Pub. L. 88-665, tit. IX, sec. 901
Pub. L. 88-665, tit. IX, sec. 901
Sec. 901. (a) The National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title: “TITLE XI— INSTITUTES “authorization of institutes “Sec. 1101. There are authorized to be appropriated $32,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and each of the three succeeding fiscal years, to enable the Commissioner to arrange, through grants or contracts, with institutions of higher education for the operation by 78 Stat. 1108them of short-term or regular session institutes for advanced study, including study in the use of new materials, to improve the qualification of individuals— “(1) who are engaged in or preparing to engage in the teaching, or supervising or training of teachers, of history, geography, modern foreign languages, reading, or English in elementary or secondary schools, “(2) who are engaged in or preparing to engage hi the teaching of disadvantaged youth and are, by virtue of their service or future service in elementary or secondary schools enrolling substantial numbers of culturally, economically, socially, and educationally handicapped youth, in need of specialized training; except that no institute may be established under this title for teachers of disadvantaged youth unless such institute will offer a specialized program of instruction designed to assist such teachers in coping with the unique and peculiar problems involved in the teaching of such youth, “(3) who are engaged as, or preparing to engage as, library personnel in the elementary or secondary schools, or as supervisors of such personnel, or “(4) who are engaged as, or are preparing to engage as, educational media specialists. “stipends “Sec. 1102. Each individual who attends an institute operated under the provisions of this title shall be eligible (after application therefor) to receive a stipend at the rate of $75 per week for the period of his attendance at such institute, and each such individual with one or more dependents shall receive an additional stipend at the rate of $15 per week for each such dependent.”