amendment to title ix respecting training in the legal. profession

amendment to title ix respecting training in the legal. profession Sec. 836. (a) Part D of title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “assistance for training in the legal profession “Sec. 966. (a) The Commissioner is authorized prior to July 1, 1978, to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public and private agencies and organizations other than institutions of higher education for the purpose of assisting individuals from disadvantaged 88 Stat. 606backgrounds, as determined in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Commissioner, to undertake training for the legal profession. “(b) Grants made, and contracts entered into under, subsection (a) may cover, in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner, all or part of the cost of— “(1) selecting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for training for the legal profession, “(2) facilitating the entry of such individuals into institutions of higher education for the purpose of pursuing such training, “(3) providing counseling or other services designed to assist such individuals to complete successfully such training, “(4) providing, for not more than three months prior to the entry of such individuals upon their courses of training for the legal profession, preliminary training for such individuals designed to assist them to complete successfully such training for the legal profession, “(5) paying such stipends (including allowances for travel and for dependents) as the Commissioner may determine for such individuals for any such period of preliminary training or for any period of training for the legal profession during which such individuals maintain satisfactory academic proficiency, as determined by the Commissioner, and “(6) paying for administrative activities of the agencies and organizations which receive such grants, or with which such contracts are entered into, to the extent such activities are for the purpose of furthering activities described in clauses (1) through (5). “(c) The activities authorized under this section may be carried out without regard to the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 962 and 963 of this part.”. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall become effective on September 1, 1974.