increasing maximum length of fellowship from three to four years in special circumstances, and requiring institutional effort to encourage recipients to enter or continue teaching

increasing maximum length of fellowship from three to four years in special circumstances, and requiring institutional effort to encourage recipients to enter or continue teaching Sec. 312. (a) Subsection (a) of section 402 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by inserting “(1)” after “except” in the second sentence thereof, and by inserting immediately before the period at the end of such sentence the following: “, and (2) that the Commissioner may provide by regulation for the granting of such fellowships for a period of study not to exceed one academic year (or one calendar year in the case of fellowships to which clause (1) applies) in addition to the maximum period otherwise applicable, under special circumstances in which the purposes of this title would most effectively be served thereby”. (b) The Commissioner may in his discretion increase, in accordance with the amendment made by subsection (a), the maximum periods of fellowships awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act. (c) The second sentence of section 403(a) is amended by striking out the period at the end of clause (2) of such sentence and inserting “, and” in lieu thereof; and by adding the following new clause: “(3) that the application contains satisfactory assurance that the institution will make reasonable continuing efforts to encourage recipients of fellowships under this title, enrolled in such program, to teach or continue to teach in institutions of higher education.” (d) The amendment made by subsection (c) of this section shall apply with respect to fellowships awarded on or after the date of enactment of this Act.