AMENDMENTS TO PART B.

SEC. 303. AMENDMENTS TO PART B. (a) Uses of Funds.— Section 323(a) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1062(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting “, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services” after “facilities”; (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting “, including telecommunications program materials” after “materials”; and (3) by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: “(9) Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve contributions from alumni and the private sector. “(10) Establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in a public 106 STAT. 475elementary or secondary school in the State that shall include, as part of such program, preparation for teacher certification. “(11) Establishing community outreach programs which will encourage elementary and secondary students to develop the academic skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education. “(12) Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to section 325 that— “(A) contribute to carrying out the purposes of this part; and “(B) are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.”. (b) Limitations.— Section 323(b) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1062(b)) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(3) The Secretary shall not award a grant under this part for telecommunications technology equipment, facilities or services, if such equipment, facilities or services are available pursuant to section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934.”. (c) Allotment.— Section 324(c) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1063(c)) is amended by inserting “, within 5 years of graduation with a baccalaureate degree,” after “who are admitted to and in attendance at”. (d) Minimum Allotments.— Section 324(d) of the Act is amended by striking “$350,000” and inserting “$500,000”. (e) Goals for Financial Management and Academic Programs.— Section 325 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1063a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) Goals for Financial Management and Academic Programs.— Any application for a grant under this part shall describe measurable goals for the institution’s financial management and academic programs and include a plan of how the applicant intends to achieve those goals.”. (f) Professional or Graduate Institutions. (1) Eligible institutions.— Section 326(e) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1063b(e)) is amended to read as follows: “(e) Eligibility.— “(1) In general.— Independent professional or graduate institutions and programs eligible for grants under subsection (a) include— “(A) Morehouse School of Medicine; “(B) Meharry Medical School; “(C) Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School; “(D) Clark-Atlanta University; “(E) Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine; “(F) Xavier University School of Pharmacy; “(G) Southern University School of Law; “(H) Texas Southern University School of Law and School of Pharmacy; “(I) Florida A&M University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; “(J) North Carolina Central University School of Law; “(K) Morgan State University qualified graduate program; “(L) Hampton University qualified graduate program; “(M) Alabama A&M qualified graduate program; 106 STAT. 476 “(N) North Carolina A&T State University qualified graduate program; “(O) University of Maryland Eastern Shore qualified graduate program; and “(P) Jackson State qualified graduate program. “(2) Qualified graduate program.— For the purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified graduate program’ means a graduate or professional program that— “(A) provides a program of instruction in the physical or natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or other scientific discipline in which African Americans are underrepresented; “(B) has been accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or has been approved by a nationally recognized approving agency; and “(C) has students enrolled in such program at the time of application for a grant under this section. “(3) Special rule.— Graduate institutions that were awarded grants under this section prior to October 1, 1992 shall continue to receive such grant payments, regardless of the eligibility of the graduate institutions described in subparagraphs (F) through (P), until such grant period has expired or September 30, 1993, whichever is later. “(4) One grant per institution.— The Secretary shall not award more than 1 grant under this section in any fiscal year to any institution of higher education or university system”. (g) Funding Rules for Graduate and Professional Institutions.— Section 326 of the Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Funding Rule.— Of the amount appropriated to carry out this section for any fiscal year— “(1) the first $12,000,000 (or any lesser amount appropriated) shall be available only for the purposes of making grants to institutions or programs described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (e)(1); “(2) any amount appropriated in excess of $12,000,000 shall be available— “(A) for the purposes of making grants, in equal amounts not to exceed $500,000, to institutions or programs described in subparagraphs (F) through (P) of subsection (e)(1); and “(B) secondly for the purposes of making grants to institutions or programs described in subparagraphs (A) through (P) of subsection (e)(i).”.