consolidation and revision of talent search and upward bound programs; special services to disadvantaged students in institutions of higher education

consolidation and revision of talent search and upward bound programs; special services to disadvantaged students in institutions of higher education Sec. 105. (a) Section 408 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: “identifying qualified low-income students; preparing them for post secondary education; special services for such students in institutions of higher education “Sec. 408. (a) To assist in achieving the objectives of this part the Commissioner is authorized (without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5))— “(1) to make grunts to, or contracts with, institutions of higher education and combinations of institutions of higher education for planning, developing, or carrying out one or more of the programs described in subsection (b), “(2) to make grants to, or contracts with, public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations (including professional and scholarly associations) and to make contracts with public and private agencies and organizations for planning, developing, or carrying out Talent Search programs described in subsection (b)(1), and “(3) in exceptional cases, to make grants to, or contracts with, secondary schools, and postsecondary educational institutions accredited by a State, for planning, developing, or carrying out Upward Bound programs described in subsection (b) (2). No grant or contract for planning, developing, or carrying out it Talent Search program described in subsection (b)(1) may exceed $100,000 per year. “(b) The programs referred to in subsection (a) are— “(1) programs, to be known as ‘Talent Search’, designed to— “(A) identify qualified youths of financial or cultural need with an exceptional potential for postsecondary educational training and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake postsecondary educational training. “(B) publicize existing forms of student financial aid, including aid furnished under this title, and “(C) encourage secondary-school or college dropouts of demonstrated aptitude to reenter educational programs, including post-secondary school programs; “(2) programs, to be known as ‘Upward Bound’, (A) which are designed to generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school and (B) in which enrollees from low-income backgrounds and with inadequate secondary-school preparation participate on a substantially full-time basis during all or part of the program; or “(3) programs, to be known as ‘Special Services for Disadvantaged Students’, of remedial and other special services for students 82 Stat. 1019with academic potential (A) who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment at the institution which is the beneficiary of the grant or contract, and (B) who, by reason of deprived educational, cultural, or economic background, or physical handicap, are in need of such services to assist them to initiate, continue, or resume their postsecondary education. “(c) (1) Upward Bound programs under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) must include arrangements to assure cooperation among one or more institutions of higher education and one or more secondary schools. Such programs must include necessary health services. Enrollees in such programs may not receive stipends in excess of $30 per month. The cost of carrying out any such program may not exceed $150 per enrollee per month. Federal financial assistance by way of grant or contract for such a program may not be in excess of 80 per centum of the cost of carrying out such program. Such programs shall be carried on within the States. “(2) Special Services for Disadvantaged Students programs carried on under paragraph (3) of subsection (b) may provide, among other things, for— “(A) counseling, tutorial, or other educational services, including special summer programs, to remedy such students’ academic deficiencies, “(B) career guidance, placement, or other student personnel services to encourage or facilitate such students’ continuance or reentrance in higher education programs, or “(C) identification, encouragement, and counseling of any such students with a view to their undertaking a program of graduate or professional education. “(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969 (of which $500,000 shall be available in connection with planning and related activities for Upward Bound programs described in subsection (b) (2)), $56,680,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $96,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971.” (b) Effective July 1, 1969, section 222(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by striking out paragraph (5) and by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) (and references thereto) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7). (c) (1) On July 1, 1969, all functions, powers, and duties of the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity with respect to Upward Bound programs, are transferred to the Commissioner of Education. No provision of law which limits the number of persons who may be appointed as full-time civilian employees, or temporary and part-time employees, in the executive branch of the Government shall apply to employees of the Office of Education whose duties the Director of the Bureau of the Budget determines primarily relate (A) to programs carried out under section 408(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or (B) to functions transferred by this paragraph. In applying any such provision of law to the departments and agencies in the executive branch, the number of such employees of the Office of Education shall not be taken into account. (2) For purposes of this subsection the term “Upward Bound program” means a program carried out under section 222(a)(5) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (as so designated prior to the amendment made by subsection (b) of this section) or a comparable program carried out under section 221 of such Act.