102 STAT. 290 Grants. Contracts.
PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988
"(b) APPLICATIONS.—(1) A grant or contract may be made under subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) of this section upon application of an institution of higher education. "(2) A grant or contract may be made under subsection (a)(4) of this section upon application of (A) institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges) and private forprofit or nonprofit organizations which apply, after consultation with, or jointly with, one or more local educational agencies or a State educational agency; (B) local educational agencies; or (C) a State educational agency. "(3) A grant or contract may be made under subsection (a)(5) of this section upon application of (A) institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges), (B) private forprofit or nonprofit organizations, or (C) a State educational agency. "(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS.—An ap-
plication for a grant or contract for preservice or inservice training activities described in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be developed in consultation with an advisory council composed of representatives of State and local educational agencies within the applicant's service area or geographic region which operate programs of bilingual education or special alternative instruction for limited English proficient students. "(d) TRAINING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A preservice or inservice training program funded under subsection (a)(1) shall assist educational personnel in meeting State and local certification requirements, and, whenever possible, should award college or university credit. Grants. Contracts.
"(e) PREFERENCE IN ASSISTANCE AND PURPOSE OF TRAINING.—(1) In
making a grant or contract for preservice training programs described in subsection (a)(1) of this section, the Secretary shall give preference to programs which contain coursework in— "(A) teaching English as a second language; "(B) use of a non-English language for instructional purposes; "(C) linguistics; and "(D) evaluation and assessment; and which involve parents in the educational process. "(2) Preservice training programs shall be designed to ensure that participants become proficient in English and a second language of instruction.
20 USC 3322.
"SEC. 7042. MULTIFUNCTIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS.
Grants. Contracts.
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Pursuant to subsection (a)(5) of section 7041, the Secretary shall establish, through competitive grants or contracts, at least 16 multifunctional resource centers (hereafter in this section referred to as 'centers'). Grants and contracts shall be awarded with consideration given to the geographic and linguistic distribution of children of limited English proficiency. "(b) REQUIRED SERVICES.—In addition to providing technical assistance and training to persons participating in or preparing to participate in bilingual education programs or special alternative instructional programs for limited English proficient students, each center shall be responsible for gathering and providing information to other centers on a particular area of bilingual education, including (but not limited to) bilingual special education, bilingual education for gifted and talented limited English proficient students, bilingual vocational education, bilingual adult education, bilingual education program administration, literacy, education technology in
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