§1161n–4. Authorization of appropriations — Inbound Citations

Citations to 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–4 as a whole

• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(a)(1)

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  (1) The Secretary is authorized, from the amount available to carry out this section under section 1161n–4 of this title in each fiscal year and in accordance with the provisions of this part—

  (A) to award grants to institutions of higher education or consortia of such institutions that have not received a grant under this paragraph in the ten-year period preceding the date for which a grant under this section is requested to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, expanding, or carrying out programs of cooperative education by such institutions or consortia of institutions; and

  (B) to award grants to institutions of higher education that are operating an existing cooperative education program as determined by the Secretary to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, expanding, or carrying out programs of cooperative education by such institutions.

• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)

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  (a) From the amounts appropriated under section 1161n–4 of this title, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to make grants and enter into contracts—

  (1) from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 1161n–1(a)(3) of this title, for the conduct of demonstration projects designed to demonstrate or determine the effectiveness of innovative methods of cooperative education;

  (2) from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 1161n–1(a)(4) of this title, for the conduct of training and resource centers designed to—

  (A) train personnel in the field of cooperative education;

  (B) improve materials used in cooperative education programs if such improvement is conducted in conjunction with other activities described in this paragraph;

  (C) provide technical assistance to institutions of higher education to increase the potential of the institution to continue to conduct a cooperative education program without Federal assistance;

  (D) encourage model cooperative education programs that furnish education and training in occupations in which there is a national need;

  (E) support partnerships under which an institution carrying out a comprehensive cooperative education program joins with one or more institutions of higher education in order to—

  (i) assist the institution that is not the institution carrying out the cooperative education program to develop and expand an existing program of cooperative education; or

  (ii) establish and improve or expand comprehensive cooperative education programs; and

  (F) encourage model cooperative education programs in the fields of science and mathematics for women and minorities who are underrepresented in such fields; and

  (3) from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 1161n–1(a)(5) of this title, for the conduct of research relating to cooperative education.