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20 U.S.C. § 1102b — Authorized activities
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Grants awarded under this part shall be used for one or more of the following activities:
(1) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes.
(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement of classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.
(3) Purchase of library books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials.
(4) Support for low-income postbaccalaureate students including outreach, academic support services, mentoring, scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance to permit the enrollment of such students in postbaccalaureate certificate and postbaccalaureate degree granting programs.
(5) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, faculty research, curriculum development, and academic instruction.
(6) Creating or improving facilities for Internet or other distance education technologies, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.
(7) Collaboration with other institutions of higher education to expand postbaccalaureate certificate and postbaccalaureate degree offerings.
(8) Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to [section 1102c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1102c&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.
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Grants awarded under this part shall be used for one or more of the following activities:
(1) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes.
(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement of classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.
(3) Purchase of library books, periodicals, technical and other scientific journals, microfilm, microfiche, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials.
(4) Support for low-income postbaccalaureate students including outreach, academic support services, mentoring, scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance to permit the enrollment of such students in postbaccalaureate certificate and postbaccalaureate degree granting programs.
(5) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, faculty research, curriculum development, and academic instruction.
(6) Creating or improving facilities for Internet or other distance education technologies, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services.
(7) Collaboration with other institutions of higher education to expand postbaccalaureate certificate and postbaccalaureate degree offerings.
(8) Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to [section 1102c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1102c&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.
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**(a) Institutional eligibility** Each Hispanic-serving institution desiring to receive assistance under this subchapter shall submit to the Secretary such enrollment data as may be necessary to demonstrate that the institution is a Hispanic-serving institution as defined in [section 1101a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1101a&num=0&edition=prelim), along with such other data and information as the Secretary may by regulation require.
**(b) Applications**
(1) **Applications required** — Any institution which is eligible for assistance under this subchapter shall submit to the Secretary an application for assistance at such time, in such form, and containing such information, as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to evaluate the institution’s need for assistance. Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this subchapter, the Secretary may approve an application for a grant under this subchapter only if the Secretary determines that—
(A) the application meets the requirements of subsection (c); and
(B) the institution is eligible for assistance in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter under which the assistance is sought.
(2) **Preliminary applications** — In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary may develop a preliminary application for use by Hispanic-serving institutions applying under this subchapter prior to the submission of the principal application.
**(c) Contents** A Hispanic-serving institution, in the institution’s application for a grant, shall—
(1) set forth, or describe how the institution will develop, a comprehensive development plan to strengthen the institution’s academic quality and institutional management, and otherwise provide for institutiona
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**(a) Application** Any eligible institution may apply for a grant under this part by submitting an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. Such application shall demonstrate how the grant funds will be used to improve postbaccalaureate education opportunities for Hispanic and low-income students.
**(b) Duration** Grants under this part shall be awarded for a period not to exceed five years.
**(c) Limitation** The Secretary may not award more than one grant under this part in any fiscal year to any Hispanic-serving institution.
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**(a) Review panel** All applications submitted under this subchapter by Hispanic-serving institutions shall be read by a panel of readers composed of individuals who are selected by the Secretary and who include individuals representing Hispanic-serving institutions. The Secretary shall ensure that no individual assigned under this section to review any application has any conflict of interest with regard to the application that might impair the impartiality with which the individual conducts the review under this section.
**(b) Instruction** All readers selected by the Secretary shall receive thorough instruction from the Secretary regarding the evaluation process for applications submitted under this subchapter that are consistent with the provisions of this subchapter, including—
(1) an enumeration of the factors to be used to determine the quality of applications submitted under this subchapter; and
(2) an enumeration of the factors to be used to determine whether a grant should be awarded for a project under this subchapter, the amount of any such grant, and the duration of any such grant.
**(c) Recommendations of panel** In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Secretary shall take into consideration the recommendations of the panel made under subsection (a).
**(d) Notification** Not later than June 30 of each year, the Secretary shall notify each Hispanic-serving institution making an application under this subchapter of—
(1) the scores given the institution by the panel pursuant to this section;
(2) the recommendations of the panel with respect to such application; and
(3) the reasons for the decision of the Secretary in awarding or refusing to award a grant under this subchapter, and any modifications, if any, in the recommendations of the panel m
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**(a) Types of activities authorized** Grants awarded under this subchapter shall be used by Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education to assist the institutions to plan, develop, undertake, and carry out programs to improve and expand the institutions’ capacity to serve Hispanic students and other low-income students.
**(b) Authorized activities** Grants awarded under this section shall be used for one or more of the following activities:
(1) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes.
(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities.
(3) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, curriculum development, academic instruction, and faculty fellowships to assist in attaining advanced degrees in the fellow’s field of instruction.
(4) Purchase of library books, periodicals, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program material.
(5) Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success, including innovative and customized instruction courses (which may include remedial education and English language instruction) designed to help retain students and move the students rapidly into core courses and through program completion.
(6) Articulation agreements and student support programs designed to facilitate the transfer from two-year to four-year institutions.
(7) Funds management, administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management.
(8) Joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries.
(9) Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve cont
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**(a) Program authorized** Subject to the availability of funds appropriated to carry out this part, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institutions to enable the eligible institutions to carry out the authorized activities described in [section 1102b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1102b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Eligibility** For the purposes of this part, an “eligible institution” means an institution of higher education that—
(1) is a Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in [section 1101a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1101a&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(2) offers a postbaccalaureate certificate or postbaccalaureate degree granting program.
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1102c
Stat. 656, related to State applications for allotments,
prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by
Pub. L. 105–244.
A prior section 512 of Pub. L. 89–329 was renumbered
section 522, and is classified to section 1103a of this
title.
Another prior section 512 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classi-
fied to section 1103a of this title, prior to the general
amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 105–244.
Another prior section 512 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classi-
fied to section 1103a of this title, prior to the general
amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–325.
Another prior section 512 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classi-
fied to section 1102 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub.
L. 97–35.
§ 1102b. Authorized activities
Grants awarded under this part shall be used
for one or more of the following activities:
(1) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or
laboratory equipment for educational pur-
poses, including instructional and research
purposes.
(2) Construction, maintenance, renovation,
and improvement of classrooms, libraries, lab-
oratories, and other instructional facilities,
including purchase or rental of telecommuni-
cations technology equipment or services.
(3) Purchase of library books, periodicals,
technical and other scientific journals, micro-
film, microfiche, and other educational mate-
rials, including telecommunications program
materials.
(4)
Support
for
low-income
postbaccalaureate
students
including
out-
reach, academic support services, mentoring,
scholarships, fellowships, and other financial
assistance to permit the enrollment of such
students in postbaccalaureate certificate and
postbaccalaureate degree granting programs.
(5) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty de-
velopment
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