Title 20 — Education
Part A · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance
§ 1101. Findings; purpose; and program authority
Statutory text
Findings
Congress makes the following findings:
Hispanic Americans are at high risk of not enrolling or graduating from institutions of higher education.
Disparities between the enrollment of non-Hispanic white students and Hispanic students in postsecondary education are increasing. Between 1973 and 1994, enrollment of white secondary school graduates in 4-year institutions of higher education increased at a rate two times higher than that of Hispanic secondary school graduates.
Despite significant limitations in resources, Hispanic-serving institutions provide a significant proportion of postsecondary opportunities for Hispanic students.
Relative to other institutions of higher education, Hispanic-serving institutions are underfunded. Such institutions receive significantly less in State and local funding, per full-time equivalent student, than other institutions of higher education.
Hispanic-serving institutions are succeeding in educating Hispanic students despite significant resource problems that—
limit the ability of such institutions to expand and improve the academic programs of such institutions; and
could imperil the financial and administrative stability of such institutions.
There is a national interest in remedying the disparities described in paragraphs (2) and (4) and ensuring that Hispanic students have an equal opportunity to pursue postsecondary opportunities.
Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to—
expand educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and
expand and enhance the academic offerings, program quality, and institutional stability of colleges and universities that are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and helping large numbers of Hispanic students and other low-income individuals complete postsecondary degrees.
Program authority
The Secretary shall provide grants and related assistance to Hispanic-serving institutions to enable such institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Hispanic students and other low-income individuals.
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.
Higher Education Act of 1965
Pub. L. 89–329 title V § 501 · 79 Stat. 1219
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1101
(Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title V, § 501, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1765.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title V, § 501, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1765.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 501. advisory council on quality teacher preparation (a) Establishment. The Commissioner shall establish in the Office of Education an Advisory Council on Quality Teacher Preparation for the purpose of reviewing the administration and operation of the programs carried out under this title and of all other Federal programs for complementary purposes. This review shall pay particular attention to the effectiveness of these programs in attracting, preparing, and retaining highly qualified elementary and secondary school teachers, and it shall include recommendations for the improvement of these programs. The Council shall consist of the Commissioner, who shall be Chairman, and twelve members appointed for staggered terms and without regard to the civil service laws, by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary. Such twelve members shall include persons knowledgeable with respect to teacher preparation and the needs of urban and rural schools, and representatives of the general public. (b) Members of such Advisory Council who are not regular full-time Compensation. employees of the United States shall, while attending meetings or conferences of such Council or otherwise engaged on business of such Council, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per diem, including travel time, and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b–2) for persons in the Government 60 Stat. 808; 75 Stat. 339, 340. service employed intermittently. (c) The Council may appoint an Executive Secretary and such other employees as the Council deems necessary to carry out its functions under this title.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1101, Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 500, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title V, § 501(a), , 106 Stat. 653, set forth findings of Congress and purpose of this subchapter, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–244.
Another prior section 1101, Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title V, § 501(a), , 100 Stat. 1495, related to statement of purpose and applicability of this subchapter, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–325.
Another prior section 1101, Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 511, , 79 Stat. 1255; Pub. L. 90–35, § 3(a)(3), (b), , 81 Stat. 85; Pub. L. 90–575, title II, § 231 (a), (b)(1), , 82 Stat. 1039; Pub. L. 91–230, title VIII, §§ 804(b), 805(a), , 84 Stat. 190, 191; Pub. L. 92–318, title I, § 141(a)(1)(A), (c)(1)(C), , 86 Stat. 284, 285; Pub. L. 93–380, title VIII, § 835(a)(1), , 88 Stat. 605; Pub. L. 94–482, title I, §§ 151(a)(5)(A), 152(a), , 90 Stat. 2152; Pub. L. 96–49, § 6(a), , 93 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 96–374, title V, § 501(a), , 94 Stat. 1459, set forth statement of purpose and authorization of appropriations for Teacher Corps program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title V, § 587(a)(2), , 95 Stat. 480, eff. .
A prior section 501 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1102 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–244.
Another prior section 501 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1091 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–482.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Subchapter effective , except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.
National Job Bank for Teacher Recruitment
Pub. L. 102–325, title XIV, § 1412, , 106 Stat. 822, authorized Secretary of Education to conduct study on feasibility of establishing national and regional clearinghouses to operate national and regional teacher job banks and to contract one or more entities to establish a national or regional teacher job bank clearinghouse, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–332, § 6(b)(2), , 112 Stat. 3128.
Training and Technical Assistance for School-Based Decisionmakers Demonstration Program
Pub. L. 102–325, title XV, § 1531, , 106 Stat. 834, authorized Secretary of Education to make grants to local education agencies, in consortia with one or more institutions of higher education, to establish programs to provide training and technical assistance to school-based decisionmakers in local education agencies implementing system-wide reform, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–332, § 6(b)(3), , 112 Stat. 3128.
Credits
(Pub. L. 89–329, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title V, § 501, , 112 Stat. 1765.)