student teacher corps

student teacher corps Sec. 804. (a) It is the purpose of this section to encourage high school and college students, parents, and other community residents to volunteer for service on a part-time or full-time basis as tutors or instructional assistants for children in disadvantaged areas and to provide support by the Teacher Corps of volunteer programs to be carried out by State and local educational agencies and institutions of higher education. (b) (1) Section 511(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (1), by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “and”, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) attracting volunteers to serve as part-time tutors or full-time instructional assistants in programs carried out by local educational agencies and institutions of higher education serving such areas.” (2) Section 511(b) of such Act is amended by striking out “$56,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1971” and inserting in lieu thereof “$80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971”. (c) Paragraph (1) of section 513(a) of such Act is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof a comma and the following: “and, for such periods as the Commissioner may prescribe by regulation, persons who volunteer to serve as part-time tutors or full-time instructional assistants”. 84 Stat. 191 (d) Section 513(a) of such Act is further amended by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: “(5) enter into contracts or other arrangements with local educational agencies or institutions of higher education, upon approval by the appropriate State educational agency, under which provisions (including payment of the cost of such arrangements) will be made (A) to carry out programs serving disadvantaged areas in which volunteers (including high school and college students) serve as part-time tutors or full-time instructional assistants in teams with other Teacher Corps members, under the guidance of experienced teachers, but not in excess of 90 per centum of the cost of compensation for such tutors and instructional assistants may be paid from Federal funds, and (B) to provide appropriate framing to prepare tutors and instructional assistants for service in such programs;”. (e) Section 514(a) of such Act is amended— (1) by inserting after “paragraph (3) of section 513(a)” a comma and the following: “or an arrangement with a local educational agency or institution of higher education pursuant to paragraph (5) of section 513(a),”; (2) by striking out in paragraph (2) “is equal to” and inserting in lieu thereof “does not exceed”, and by striking out “$75 per week” in such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “$90 per week”; and (3) by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (1), by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word “and”, and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: (3) tutors and instructional assistants shall be compensated at such rates as the Commissioner may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported work-study programs.”