 
      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-16. Educational opportunity centers


(a) Program authority; services provided

    The Secretary shall carry out a program to be known as educational 
opportunity centers which shall be designed--
        (1) to provide information with respect to financial and 
    academic assistance available for individuals desiring to pursue a 
    program of postsecondary education; and
        (2) to provide assistance to such persons in applying for 
    admission to institutions at which a program of postsecondary 
    education is offered, including preparing necessary applications for 
    use by admissions and financial aid officers.

(b) Permissible services

    An educational opportunity center assisted under this section may 
provide services such as--
        (1) public information campaigns designed to inform the 
    community regarding opportunities for postsecondary education and 
    training;
        (2) academic advice and assistance in course selection;
        (3) assistance in completing college admission and financial aid 
    applications;
        (4) assistance in preparing for college entrance examinations;
        (5) guidance on secondary school reentry or entry to a general 
    educational development (GED) program or other alternative education 
    programs for secondary school dropouts;
        (6) personal counseling;
        (7) tutorial services;
        (8) career workshops and counseling;
        (9) mentoring programs involving elementary or secondary school 
    teachers, 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 educational opportunity centers under 
this section for any fiscal year the Secretary shall--
        (1) require an assurance that not less than two-thirds of the 
    persons 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 are at least 
    nineteen years of age, unless the imposition of such limitation with 
    respect to any person would defeat the purposes of this section or 
    the purposes of section 1070a-12 of this title; and
        (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-12 of this title.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 402F, as added Pub. L. 102-325, title 
IV, Sec. 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 490.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1070a-11, 1070a-12 of this 
title.
