 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
   Part A--Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher 
                                Education
 
     subpart 2--federal early outreach and student services programs
 
                    Division 1--Federal TRIO Programs
 
Sec. 1070a-12. Talent search


(a) Program authority

    The Secretary shall carry out a program to be known as talent search 
which shall be designed--
        (1) to identify qualified youths with potential for education at 
    the postsecondary level and to encourage such youths to complete 
    secondary school and to undertake a program of postsecondary 
    education;
        (2) to publicize the availability of student financial 
    assistance available to persons who pursue a program of 
    postsecondary education; and
        (3) to encourage persons who have not completed programs of 
    education at the secondary or postsecondary level, but who have the 
    ability to complete such programs, to reenter such programs.

(b) Permissible services

    Any talent search project assisted under this division may provide 
services such as--
        (1) academic advice and assistance in secondary school and 
    college course selection;
        (2) assistance in completing college admission and financial aid 
    applications;
        (3) assistance in preparing for college entrance examinations;
        (4) guidance on and assistance in secondary school reentry, 
    entry to general educational development (GED) programs, other 
    alternative education programs for secondary school dropouts, or 
    postsecondary education;
        (5) personal and career counseling, or activities designed to 
    acquaint individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with careers in 
    which the individuals are particularly underrepresented;
        (6) tutorial services;
        (7) exposure to college campuses as well as cultural events, 
    academic programs and other sites or activities not usually 
    available to disadvantaged youth;
        (8) workshops and counseling for families of students served;
        (9) mentoring programs involving elementary or secondary school 
    teachers or counselors, faculty members at institutions of higher 
    education, students, or any combination of such persons; and
        (10) programs and activities as described in paragraphs (1) 
    through (9) which are specially designed for students of limited 
    English proficiency.

(c) Requirements for approval of applications

    In approving applications for talent search projects under this 
division for any fiscal year the Secretary shall--
        (1) require an assurance that not less than two-thirds of the 
    individuals participating in the project proposed to be carried out 
    under any application be low-income individuals who are first 
    generation college students;
        (2) require that such participants be persons who either have 
    completed 5 years of elementary education or are at least 11 years 
    of age but not more than 27 years of age, unless the imposition of 
    any such limitation with respect to any person would defeat the 
    purposes of this section or the purposes of section 1070a-16 of this 
    title;
        (3) require an assurance that individuals participating in the 
    project proposed in the application do not have access to services 
    from another project funded under this section or under section 
    1070a-16 of this title; and
        (4) require an assurance that the project will be located in a 
    setting accessible to the persons proposed to be served by the 
    project.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 402B, as added Pub. L. 102-325, title 
IV, Sec. 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 486; amended Pub. L. 105-
244, title IV, Sec. 402(b), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1654.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 402(b)(1), added par. 
(4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: ``guidance on 
secondary school reentry or entry to general educational development 
(GED) programs or other alternative education programs for secondary 
school dropouts;''.
    Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 402(b)(2), inserted before 
semicolon ``, or activities designed to acquaint individuals from 
disadvantaged backgrounds with careers in which the individuals are 
particularly underrepresented''.
    Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 402(b)(3), substituted 
``families'' for ``parents''.
    Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 402(b)(4), inserted ``or 
counselors'' after ``teachers''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as 
otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244, 
set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1070a-11, 1070a-16 of this 
title.
