allocation of fellowships under title v–c

allocation of fellowships under title v–c Sec. 236. Clause (1) of section 523 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended (1) by inserting after “provide an equitable distribution of such fellowships throughout the States,” the following: “taking into account such factors as the number of children in each State who are aged three to seventeen and the undergraduate student enrollment in institutions of higher education in each State,” and, (2) by striking out “except that to the extent he deems proper in the national interest after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development, the Commissioner may give preference to programs designed to meet an urgent national need” and inserting in lieu thereof “except that to the extent that the National Advisory Council on Education Professions Development determines that an urgent need for a certain category of educational personnel is unlikely to be met without preference in favor of such category over other categories of educational personnel, the Commissioner may give preference to programs designed to meet that need, but in no case shall such preferred programs constitute more than 50 per centum of the total number of fellowships awarded in any fiscal year”.