teacher corps amendments

teacher corps amendments Sec. 835. (a) (1) Section 511 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended— (A) by inserting after “teacher preparation” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) the following: “and to encourage institutions of higher education and local educational agencies to improve programs of training and retraining for teachers and teacher aides”; (B) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (3); (C) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and “and”; (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: “(5) supporting demonstration projects for retraining experienced teachers and teacher aides serving in local educational agencies.”. (2) Section 513(a) of such Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (1) after “experienced teachers” a comma and the following: “teacher aides”. (3) Section 513 (c) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out “3 per centum” in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof “5 per centum”; (B) by striking out in paragraph (2) “and the Virgin Islands” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific. Islands”; and (C) by striking out in paragraph (2) “or the Virgin Islands” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands”. (4) Section 514(a)(2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(2) a teacher intern shall be compensated at such rates as the Commissioner may determine to be consistent with the nature of the program and with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs or local projects, not to exceed $150 per week plus $15 per week for each dependent; and” (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective on and after July 1, 1974.