sharing of educational and related resources among colleges and universities

sharing of educational and related resources among colleges and universities Sec. 251. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by redesignating title VIII as title XII, and sections 801 through 804 (and references thereto however styled in such Act, or any other Act, including such references heretofore made in this Act) as sections 1201 through 1204, respectively. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is further amended by inserting after title VII the following new title: “TITLE VIII—NETWORKS FOR KNOWLEDGE “sharing educational and related resources “Sec. 801. (a) To encourage colleges and universities to share to an optimal extent, through cooperative arrangements, their technical and other educational and administrative facilities and resources, and in order to test and demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of a variety of such arrangements the Commissioner is authorized to enter into contracts and to make project grants for all or part of the cost of planning, developing, or carrying out such arrangements. Such grants may be made to public or nonprofit private colleges or universities. When in the Commissioner’s judgment it will more effectively promote the purposes of this title, the Commissioner may make grants to other established public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations, including professional organizations or academic societies and he may enter into contracts with established private agencies and organizations. “(b) Projects for the planning, development, or carrying out of such arrangements assisted under this title may, subject to the provisions of subsection (c), include— “(1) (A) joint use of facilities such as classrooms, libraries, or laboratories, including joint use of necessary books, materials, and equipment; or (B) affording access to specialized library collections through preparation of interinstitutional catalogs and through development of systems and preparation of suitable media for electronic or other rapid transmission of materials; “(2) establishment and joint operation of closed-circuit television or equivalent transmission facilities (such as the instructional television fixed services); and “(3) establishment and joint operation of electronic computer networks and programs therefor, to be available to participating institutions for such purposes as financial and student records, student course work, or transmission of library materials. “(c) (1) Grants pursuant, to clause (B) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) may not be used to pay the costs of electronic transmission terminals. “(2) In the case of a project for the establishment and operation of a computer network, grants may not include— “(A) the cost, of operating administrative terminals or student terminals at participating institutions; or “(B) the cost, or any participating institution’s pro rata share of the cost, of using the central computer facilities of the network, except (i) such costs of systems development and programing of computers and transmission costs as are necessary to make the network operational, (ii) the administrative and program support costs of the central facilities of the network, and (iii) the line-access costs incurred by participating institutions. 82 Stat. 1043 “appropriations authorized “Sec. 802. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this title (and planning and related activities in the initial fiscal year for such purpose), $340,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, i960, $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 19T0, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. “authority for free or reduced rate communications interconnection services “Sec. 803. Nothing in the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent United States communications common carriers from rendering, subject to such rules and regulations as the Federal Communications Commission may prescribe, free or reduced rate communications interconnection services for interconnection systems within the purview of this title, whether or not included in a project for which a grant is made under this title.”