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20 U.S.C. § 1137 — Authorization of appropriations
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**(a) Masters degree programs at historically Black colleges and universities** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [section 1136a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1136a&num=0&edition=prelim) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
**(b) Masters degree programs at predominantly Black institutions** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [section 1136b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1136b&num=0&edition=prelim) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
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**(a) Masters degree programs at historically Black colleges and universities** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [section 1136a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1136a&num=0&edition=prelim) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
**(b) Masters degree programs at predominantly Black institutions** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [section 1136b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1136b&num=0&edition=prelim) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
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**(a) Grant program authorized**
(1) **In general** — Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall award program grants to each of the institutions listed in subsection (b)(1) that is determined by the Secretary to be making a substantial contribution to graduate education opportunities at the masters level in mathematics, engineering, the physical or natural sciences, computer science, information technology, nursing, allied health, or other scientific disciplines for Black Americans.
(2) **Assurance of non-Federal matching funds** — No grant in excess of $1,000,000 may be made under this section unless the institution provides assurances that 50 percent of the cost of the purposes for which the grant is made will be paid from non-Federal sources, except that no institution shall be required to match any portion of the first $1,000,000 of the institution’s award from the Secretary. After funds are made available to each eligible institution under the funding rules described in subsection (f), the Secretary shall distribute, on a pro rata basis, any amounts which were not so made available (by reason of the failure of an institution to comply with the matching requirements of this paragraph) among the institutions that have complied with such matching requirement.
(3) **Minimum award** — Subject to subsections (f) and (g), the amount awarded to each eligible institution listed in subsection (b)(1) for a fiscal year shall be not less than $500,000.
(4) **Duration of grants** — A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than six years, but may be periodically renewed for a period to be determined by the Secretary.
**(b) Institutional eligibility**
(1) **In general** — Institutions eligible
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**(a) Program authority** The Secretary shall carry out a program to be known as the “Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program” designed to provide low-income, minority, or disadvantaged secondary school and college students with the information, preparation, and financial assistance to gain access to and complete law school study and admission to law practice.
**(b) Eligibility** A secondary school student or college student is eligible for assistance under this section if the student is—
(1) from a low-income family;
(2) a minority; or
(3) from an economically or otherwise disadvantaged background.
**(c) Contract or grant authorized** The Secretary is authorized to enter into a contract with, or make a grant to, the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, for a period of not less than 5 years—
(1) to identify secondary school and college students who are from low-income families, are minorities, or are from disadvantaged backgrounds described in subsection (b)(3);
(2) to prepare such students for successful completion of a baccalaureate degree and for study at accredited law schools, and to assist them with the development of analytical skills, writing skills, and study methods to enhance the students’ success in, and promote the students’ admission to and completion of, law school;
(3) to assist such students to select the appropriate law school, make application for entry into law school, and receive financial assistance for such study;
(4) to provide support services to such students who are first-year law students to improve retention and success in law school studies;
(5) to motivate and prepare such students—
(A) with respect to law school studies and practice in low-income communities; and
(B) to provide legal services to low-inco
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**(a) Limit on amount** At no time shall the aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured under this part together with any accrued unpaid interest thereon exceed $1,100,000,000, of which—
(1) not more than $733,333,333 shall be used for loans to eligible institutions that are private historically Black colleges and universities; and
(2) not more than $366,666,667 shall be used for loans to eligible institutions which are historically Black public colleges and universities.
For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), Lincoln University of Pennsylvania is an historically Black public institution. No institution of higher education that has received assistance under [section 123 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section123&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be eligible to receive assistance under this part.
**(b) Limitation on credit authority** The authority of the Secretary to issue letters of credit and insurance under this part is effective only to the extent provided in advance by appropriations Acts.
**(c) Religious activity prohibition** No loan may be made under this part for any educational program, activity or service related to sectarian instruction or religious worship or provided by a school or department of divinity or to an institution in which a substantial portion of its functions is subsumed in a religious mission.
**(d) Discrimination prohibition** No loan may be made to an institution under this part if the institution discriminates on account of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (to the extent provided in title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 [[20 U.S.C. 1681](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1681&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]), or disab
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1136c
(B) The number of students enrolled in the
qualified masters degree program at the eli-
gible institution in the previous academic
year.
(C) The average cost of attendance per stu-
dent, for all full-time students enrolled in
the qualified masters degree program at
such institution.
(D) The number of students in the previous
year who received a degree in the qualified
masters degree program at such institution.
(E) The contribution, on a percent basis, of
the programs for which the institution is eli-
gible to receive funds under this section to
the total number of African Americans re-
ceiving masters degrees in the disciplines re-
lated to the programs for the previous year.
(g) Hold harmless rule
Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub-
section (f), no eligible institution identified in
subsection (b)(1) that receives a grant under this
section for fiscal year 2009 and that is eligible to
receive a grant in a subsequent fiscal year shall
receive a grant amount in any such subsequent
fiscal year that is less than the grant amount
received for fiscal year 2009, unless—
(1) the amount appropriated is not sufficient
to provide such grant amounts to all such in-
stitutions and programs that received grants
under this section for such fiscal year and that
are eligible to receive a grant in such subse-
quent fiscal year; or
(2) the institution cannot provide sufficient
matching funds to meet the requirements of
this section.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 724, as added Pub. L.
110–315, title VII, § 706(b), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat.
3353.)
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1136b, Pub. L. 89–329, title XI, § 1103, as
added Pub. L. 102–325, title XI, § 1101, July 23, 1992, 106
Stat. 785, re
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