PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988
102 STAT. 223
sions of this section, to support programs conducted within institutions of higher education funded through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "(b) GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—(1)(A) Not
less than 95 percent of the amount available for this section shall be used by the State agency for higher education for grants to institutions of higher education in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. "(B) The State agency for higher education shall make funds available on a competitive basis to institutions of higher education in the State which apply for payments under this section and which demonstrate involvement of local educational agencies. The State agency for higher education shall make every effort to ensure equitable participation of private and public institutions of higher education. "(2) The amount available under this subsection shall be used for— "(A) establishing traineeship programs for new teachers who will specialize in teaching mathematics and science at the secondary school level; "(B) retraining of secondary school teachers who specialize in disciplines other than the teaching of mathematics or science to specialize in the teaching of mathematics or science, including the provision of stipends for participation in institutes authorized under title I of the Education for Economic Security Act or any other program of the National Science Foundation; and "(C) inservice training for elementary, secondary, and vocational school teachers and training for other appropriate school personnel to improve their teaching skills in the fields of mathematics and science, including stipends for participation in institutes authorized under title I of the Education for Economic Security Act, or any other program of the National Science Foundation. Each institution of higher education receiving a grant under this subsection shall assure that programs of training, retraining, and inservice training will take into account the need for greater access to and participation in mathematics and science and careers by students from historically underrepresented and underserved groups, including females, minorities, individuals with limited-English proficiency, the handicapped, migrants, and the gifted and talented, and will ensure cooperative agreements or cooperative arrangements with local educational agencies. "(3) No institution of higher education may receive assistance under paragraphs (2)(B) and (2)(C) of this subsection unless the institution enters into an agreement with a local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, to provide inservice training and retrgdning for the elementary and secondary school teachers in the public and private schools of the school district of each such agency. "(c) COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS.—The State agency for higher education may use funds described in subsection (b)(1)(A) for cooperative programs among institutions of higher education, local educational agencies. State educational agencies, private industry, and nonprofit organizations, including museums, libraries, educational television stations, and professional matehmatics, science, and engineering societies and associations for the development and dissemination of
Disadvantaged persons. Women. Minorities. Handicapped persons.
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