work-study program

work-study program Sec. 128. (a) Section 441(b) of the Act is amended— (1) by striking out the word “and” after “1974,”, and (2) by inserting before the period a comma and the following: “$420,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the transitional period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, $450,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $570,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $600,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $630,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $670,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $720,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. (b) Section 443(b) of the Act is amended by striking “461” and inserting in lieu thereof “491”, and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “, and includes a combination of such institutions which have entered into a cooperative arrangement, or have designated or created a public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization to act on their behalf.”. (c) (1) Section 444(a) (1) of the Act is amended by striking out the word “public” the second time it appears and by inserting in lieu thereof “Federal, State, or local public agency”, and by inserting “agency or” before the word “organization” the second time it appears in such’ section. (2) Section 444(a) (2) of the Act is amended to read as follows: “(2) provide that funds granted an institution of higher education, pursuant to section 443, may lie used only to make payments to students participating in work-study programs, except that an institution may use a portion of the sums granted to it to meet administrative expenses in accordance with section 493 of this Act, may use a portion of the sums granted to it to meet the cost of a job location and development program in accordance with section 447 of this part, and may transfer funds in accordance with the provisions of section 496 of this Act;”. (3) Section 444(a) (4) of the Act is amended to read as follows: “(4) provide that no student in a work-study program under this part shall be required to terminate that employment during a semester (or other regular enrollment period) at the time income derived from any additional employment together with such work-study income is in excess of the determination of the amount of such student’s need for that, semester under clause (3) of this subsection, but when such excess income equals $200 or more, continued employment under a work-study program shall not be subsidized with funds appropriated under this part;”. (4) Section 444(a) (7) of the Act is amended to read as follows: “(7) include provisions to make employment under such work-study program reasonably available (to the extent of available funds) to all eligible students in the institution in need thereof, and to make equivalent employment offered or arranged by the institution reasonably available (to the extent of available funds) to all students in the institution who desire such employment; and”. (d) Section 447 of the Act is amended to read as follows: “job location and development programs “Sec. 447. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with eligible institutions under which such institution may use 90 STAT. 2144not more than 10 per centum or $15,000 of its allotment tinder section 446, whichever is less, to establish or expand a program under which such institution, separately, in combination with other eligible institutions, or through a contract with a nonprofit organization, locates and develops jobs for currently enrolled students which are suitable to the scheduling and other needs of such students. “(b) Agreements under subsection (a) shall— “(1) provide that the Federal share of the cost of any program under this section will not exceed 80 per centum of such cost; “(2) provide satisfactory assurance that funds available under this section will not be used to locate or develop jobs at an eligible institution; “(3) provide satisfactory assurance that the institution will continue to spend in its own job location and development programs, from sources other than funds received under this section, not less than the average expenditures per year made during the most recent three fiscal years preceding the effective date of the agreement; “(4) provide-satisfactory assurance that funds available under this section will not be used for the location or development of jobs for students to obtain upon graduation, but rather for the location and development of jobs available to students during and between periods of attendance at such institution; “(5) provide satisfactory assurance that the location or development of jobs pursuant to programs assisted under this section will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts for services; “(6) provide satisfactory assurance that Federal funds used for the purposes of this section can realistically be expected to help generate student wages exceeding in the aggregate the amount of such funds and that if such funds are used to contract with another organization, appropriate performance standards are part of such contract; and “(7) provide that the institution will submit to the Commissioner an annual report on the uses made of funds provided under this section and an evaluation of the effectiveness of such program in benefiting the students of such institution.”.