improving training programs for the education of teachers and related educational personnel

improving training programs for the education of teachers and related educational personnel Sec. 147. (a) (1) Section 531(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”, and by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: “(11) programs or projects (including cooperative arrangements or consortia between institutions of higher education, junior and community colleges, or between such institutions and State or local educational agencies and nonprofit education associations) for the improvement of undergraduate programs for preparing educational personnel, including design, development and evaluation of exemplary undergraduate training programs, introduction of high quality and more effective curricula and curricular materials, and the provision of increased opportunities for practical teaching experience for prospective teachers in elementary and secondary schools.”. (2) Section 531(c) of such Act is amended by striking out the “or” at the end of clause (1) and the period at the end of clause (2), by inserting a semicolon and “or” at the end of clause (2), and by adding the following new clause: “(3) projects or programs to improve undergraduate or other programs for training educational personnel.”. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective after, and only with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning after, June 30, 1972.