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20 U.S.C. § 4359b — Research priorities
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**(a) Research priorities** Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf shall each establish and disseminate priorities for their national mission with respect to deafness related research, development, and demonstration activities, that reflect public input, through a process that includes consumers, constituent groups, and the heads of other federally funded programs. The priorities for the University shall include activities conducted as part of the University’s elementary and secondary education programs under [section 4304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section4304&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Research reports** The University and NTID shall each prepare and submit an annual research report, to the Secretary, the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, not later than January 10 of each year, that shall include—
(1) a summary of the public input received as part of the establishment and dissemination of priorities required by subsection (a), and the University’s and NTID’s response to the input; and
(2) a summary description of the research undertaken by the University and NTID, the start and projected end dates for each research project, the projected cost and source or sources of funding for each project, and any products resulting from research completed in the prior fiscal year.
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**(a) Research priorities** Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf shall each establish and disseminate priorities for their national mission with respect to deafness related research, development, and demonstration activities, that reflect public input, through a process that includes consumers, constituent groups, and the heads of other federally funded programs. The priorities for the University shall include activities conducted as part of the University’s elementary and secondary education programs under [section 4304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section4304&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Research reports** The University and NTID shall each prepare and submit an annual research report, to the Secretary, the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, not later than January 10 of each year, that shall include—
(1) a summary of the public input received as part of the establishment and dissemination of priorities required by subsection (a), and the University’s and NTID’s response to the input; and
(2) a summary description of the research undertaken by the University and NTID, the start and projected end dates for each research project, the projected cost and source or sources of funding for each project, and any products resulting from research completed in the prior fiscal year.
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**(a) Enrollment**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), effective with new admissions for academic year 1993–1994 and each succeeding academic year, the University (including undergraduate and graduate students) and NTID shall limit the enrollment of international students to approximately 15 percent of the total postsecondary student population enrolled respectively at the University or NTID, except that in any school year no United States citizen who is qualified to be admitted to the University or NTID and applies for admission to the University or NTID shall be denied admission because of the admission of an international student.
(2) **Distance learning** — International students who participate in distance learning courses that are at the University or the NTID, who are residing outside of the United States, and are not enrolled in a degree program at the University or the NTID shall—
(A) not be counted as international students for purposes of the cap on international students under paragraph (1), except that in any school year no United States citizen who applies to participate in distance learning courses that are at the University or NTID shall be denied participation in such courses because of the participation of an international student in such courses; and
(B) not be charged a tuition surcharge, as described in subsection (b).
**(b) Tuition surcharge** Except as provided in subsections (a)(2)(B) and (c), the tuition for postsecondary international students enrolled in the University (including undergraduate and graduate students) or NTID shall include, for academic year 2009–2010 and any succeeding academic year, a surcharge of—
(1) 100 percent for a postsecondary international student from a non-developing country; and
(2)
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**(a) General authority**
(1)
(A) The Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University is authorized, in accordance with the agreement under [section 4305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section4305&num=0&edition=prelim), to maintain and operate the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (referred to in this section as the “Clerc Center”) to carry out exemplary elementary and secondary education programs, projects, and activities for the primary purpose of developing, evaluating, and disseminating innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials that can be used in various educational environments serving individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing throughout the Nation.
(B) The elementary and secondary education programs described in subparagraph (A) shall serve students with a broad spectrum of needs, including students who are lower achieving academically, who come from non-English-speaking homes, who have secondary disabilities, who are members of minority groups, or who are from rural areas.
(C) The elementary and secondary education programs described in subparagraph (A) shall include—
(i) the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, to provide day facilities for elementary education for students who are deaf from the age of onset of deafness to age fifteen, inclusive, but not beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent, to provide such students with the vocational, transitional, independent living, and related services they need to function independently, and to prepare such students for high school and other secondary study; and
(ii) the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, to provide day and residential facilities for secondary education for students who are deaf fr
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**(a) Institution of higher education** For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV, the term “institution of higher education” means an educational institution in any State that—
(1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, or persons who meet the requirements of [section 1091(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1091/d&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education;
(3) provides an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor’s degree or provides not less than a 2-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or awards a degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional degree program, subject to review and approval by the Secretary;
(4) is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, or if not so accredited, is an institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
**(b) Additional institutions included** For purposes of this chapter, other than subchapter IV, the term “institution of higher education” also includes—
(1) any school that provides not less than a 1-year program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a re
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 4359b
§ 204(h), Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 735; renumbered
§ 209 and amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 922,
Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 110–315, title
IX, § 911, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3454.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 209 of Pub. L. 99–371 was renumbered
section 208 and is classified to section 4359 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315, § 911(1), designated
existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, sub-
stituted ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2), effective
with’’ for ‘‘Effective with’’ and ‘‘undergraduate’’ for
‘‘preparatory, undergraduate,’’, and added par. (2).
Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 110–315, § 911(2), added sub-
secs. (b) to (d) and struck out former subsecs. (b) to (d),
which related to tuition surcharge, reduction of sur-
charge, and definition of ‘‘developing country’’, respec-
tively.
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–244, § 922(a)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserted be-
fore period ‘‘, except that in any school year no United
States citizen who is qualified to be admitted to the
University or NTID and applies for admission to the
University or NTID shall be denied admission because
of the admission of an international student’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–244, § 922(a)(2), substituted
‘‘surcharge of 100 percent for the academic year
1999–2000 and any succeeding academic year’’ for ‘‘sur-
charge of 75 percent for the academic year 1993–1994 and
90 percent beginning with the academic year 1994–1995’’.
1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–73, § 204(h)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘75 percent for the academic year 1993–1994 and
90 percent beginning with the academic year 1994–1995’’
for ‘‘75 percent beginning the academic year
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