§1161n. Statement of purpose; definition — Inbound Citations

Citations to §1161n(b)

• 20 U.S.C. § 1087ll(a)(12)

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  (12) for a student engaged in a work experience under a cooperative education program, an allowance for reasonable costs associated with such employment (as determined by the institution);
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–1(a)(1)

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  (1) not less than 50 percent shall be available for awarding grants to institutions of higher education and consortia of such institutions described in section 1161n–2(a)(1)(A) of this title for cooperative education under section 1161n–2 of this title;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–1(a)(2)

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  (2) not less than 25 percent shall be available for awarding grants to institutions of higher education described in section 1161n–2(a)(1)(B) of this title for cooperative education under section 1161n–2 of this title;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(a)(1)(A)

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  (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
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(a)(1)(B)

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  (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–2(a)(2)

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  (2) Cooperative education programs assisted under this section shall provide alternating or parallel periods of academic study and of public or private employment, giving students work experience related to their academic or occupational objectives and the opportunity to earn the funds necessary for continuing and completing their education.
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(a)(3)(B)(i)

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  (i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall award grants in each fiscal year to each institution of higher education described in paragraph (1)(B) that has an application approved under subsection (b) in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount reserved pursuant to section 1161n–1(a)(2) of this title for such fiscal year as the number of unduplicated students placed in cooperative education jobs during the preceding fiscal year by such institution of higher education (other than cooperative education jobs under section 1161n–3 of this title and as determined by the Secretary) bears to the total number of all such students placed in such jobs during the preceding fiscal year by all such institutions.
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(a)(3)(B)(ii)

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  (ii) No institution of higher education shall receive a grant pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) in any fiscal year in an amount that exceeds 25 percent of such institution’s cooperative education program’s personnel and operating budget for the preceding fiscal year.
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(a)(5)(A)

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  (A) to expand the quality of and participation in a cooperative education program;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(4)

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  (4) describe the plans which the applicant will carry out to assure, and contain a formal statement of the institution’s commitment that assures, that the applicant will continue the cooperative education program beyond the five-year period of Federal assistance described in subsection (c)(1) at a level that is not less than the total amount expended for such program during the first year such program was assisted under this section;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(5)

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  (5) provide that, in the case of an institution of higher education that provides a two-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree, the cooperative education program will be available to students who are certificate or associate degree candidates and who carry at least one-half of the normal full-time academic workload;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(A)

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  (A) make such reports as may be necessary to ensure that the applicant is complying with the provisions of this section, including reports for the second and each succeeding fiscal year for which the applicant receives a grant with respect to the impact of the cooperative education program in the previous fiscal year, including—

  (i) the number of unduplicated student applicants in the cooperative education program;

  (ii) the number of unduplicated students placed in cooperative education jobs;

  (iii) the number of employers who have hired cooperative education students;

  (iv) the income for students derived from working in cooperative education jobs; and

  (v) the increase or decrease in the number of unduplicated students placed in cooperative education jobs in each fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year; and
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(A)(i)

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  (i) the number of unduplicated student applicants in the cooperative education program;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(A)(ii)

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  (ii) the number of unduplicated students placed in cooperative education jobs;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(A)(iii)

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  (iii) the number of employers who have hired cooperative education students;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(A)(iv)

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  (iv) the income for students derived from working in cooperative education jobs; and
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(A)(v)

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  (v) the increase or decrease in the number of unduplicated students placed in cooperative education jobs in each fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year; and
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(6)(B)

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  (B) keep such records as may be necessary to ensure that the applicant is complying with the provisions of this part, including the notation of cooperative education employment on the student’s transcript;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(8)

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  (8) describe the extent to which the institution is committed to extending cooperative education on an institution-wide basis for all students who can benefit;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(b)(9)

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  (9) describe the plans that the applicant will carry out to evaluate the applicant’s cooperative education program at the end of the grant period;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(e)(1)(B)

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  (B) the strength of the commitment of the institution of higher education or consortium of such institutions to cooperative education as demonstrated by the plans and formalized institutional commitment statement which such institution or consortium has made to continue the program after the termination of Federal financial assistance;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–2(e)(1)(C)

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  (C) the extent to which the institution or consortium of institutions is committed to extending cooperative education for students who can benefit; and
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(1)

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  (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;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(A)

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  (A) train personnel in the field of cooperative education;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(B)

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  (B) improve materials used in cooperative education programs if such improvement is conducted in conjunction with other activities described in this paragraph;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(C)

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  (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;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(D)

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  (D) encourage model cooperative education programs that furnish education and training in occupations in which there is a national need;
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(E)

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  (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
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(E)(i)

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  (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
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(E)(ii)

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  (ii) establish and improve or expand comprehensive cooperative education programs; and
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(2)(F)

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  (F) encourage model cooperative education programs in the fields of science and mathematics for women and minorities who are underrepresented in such fields; and
• 20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3(a)(3)

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  (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.