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Title 20 — Education

Part B · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance

§ 1032. Program authorized

Statutory text

(a)

Program authority

The Secretary is authorized to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, eligible consortia to pay the Federal share of the costs of projects to—

(1)

assist in the graduation of teacher candidates who are prepared to use modern information, communication, and learning tools to—

(A)

improve student learning, assessment, and learning management; and

(B)

help students develop learning skills to succeed in higher education and to enter the workforce;

(2)

strengthen and develop partnerships among the stakeholders in teacher preparation to transform teacher education and ensure technology-rich teaching and learning environments throughout a teacher candidate’s preservice education, including clinical experiences; and

(3)

assess the effectiveness of departments, schools, and colleges of education at institutions of higher education in preparing teacher candidates for successful implementation of technology-rich teaching and learning environments, including environments consistent with the principles of universal design for learning, that enable kindergarten through grade 12 students to develop learning skills to succeed in higher education and to enter the workforce.

(b)

Amount and duration

A grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this subpart—

(1)

shall be for not more than $2,000,000;

(2)

shall be for a three-year period; and

(3)

may be renewed for one additional year.

(c)

Non-Federal share requirement

The Federal share of the cost of any project funded under this subpart shall not exceed 75 percent. The non-Federal share of the cost of such project may be provided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including services.

(d)

Definition of eligible consortium

In this subpart, the term “eligible consortium” means a consortium of members that includes the following:

(1)

Not less than one institution of higher education that awards baccalaureate or masters degrees and prepares teachers for initial entry into teaching.

(2)

Not less than one State educational agency or local educational agency.

(3)

A department, school, or college of education at an institution of higher education.

(4)

A department, school, or college of arts and sciences at an institution of higher education.

(5)

Not less than one entity with the capacity to contribute to the technology-related reform of teacher preparation programs, which may be a professional association, foundation, museum, library, for-profit business, public or private nonprofit organization, community-based organization, or other entity.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Higher Education Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–329 title II § 231 · 79 Stat. 1219

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1032

    Pub. L. 89–329, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title II, § 201(3), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3154

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–329, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title II, § 201(3), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3154

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 231. appropriations authorized There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, $6,315,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $7,770,000 for the fiscal year ending dune 30, 1968, to enable the Commissioner to transfer funds to the Librarian of Congress for the purpose of— (1) acquiring, so far as possible, all library materials currently published throughout the world which are of value to scholarship; and (2) providing catalog information for these materials promptly after receipt, and distributing bibliographic information by printing catalog cards and by other means, and enabling the Library of Congress to use for exchange and other purposes such of these materials as are not needed for its own collections. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and the succeeding fiscal year. There may be appropriated, to enable the Commissioner to transfer funds to the Librarian of Congress for such purpose, only such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize by law.

  2. Pub. L. 111–39 title II § 201(3) · 123 Stat. 1934

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 1032(a)(1)

    Pub. L. 111–39 substituted “assist in the graduation of” for “serve graduate” in introductory provisions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–39 substituted “assist in the graduation of” for “serve graduate” in introductory provisions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) in section 231(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1032(a)(1)), by striking “serve graduate” and inserting “assist in the graduation of”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1032, Pub. L. 89–329, title II, § 222, as added Pub. L. 96–374, title II, § 201, , 94 Stat. 1385; amended Pub. L. 102–325, title II, § 201, , 106 Stat. 469, related to library education and human resource development, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 708(b)], , 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–312.

Another prior section 1032, Pub. L. 89–329, title II, § 222, , 79 Stat. 1227, defined the term “librarianship”, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 92–318, title I, § 111(b)(3)(A), , 86 Stat. 239.

A prior section 231 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1041 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–208.

Another prior section 231 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1041 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

Another prior section 231 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1041 of this title, prior to the general amendment of former part C of this subchapter by Pub. L. 94–482.

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–39 substituted “assist in the graduation of” for “serve graduate” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

Credits

2008–2009 · 2 acts
  1. 2008Pub. L. 89–329, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title II, § 201(3), , 122 Stat. 3154
  2. 2009amended Pub. L. 111–39, title II, § 201(3), , 123 Stat. 1936.
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(Pub. L. 89–329, title II, § 231, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title II, § 201(3), , 122 Stat. 3154; amended Pub. L. 111–39, title II, § 201(3), , 123 Stat. 1936.)

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