 
      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-17. Staff development activities


(a) Secretary's authority

    For the purpose of improving the operation of the programs and 
projects authorized by this division, the Secretary is authorized to 
make grants to institutions of higher education and other public and 
private nonprofit institutions and organizations to provide training for 
staff and leadership personnel employed in, participating in, or 
preparing for employment in, such programs and projects.

(b) Contents of training programs

    Such training shall include conferences, internships, seminars, 
workshops, and the publication of manuals designed to improve the 
operation of such programs and projects and shall be carried out in the 
various regions of the Nation in order to ensure that the training 
opportunities are appropriate to meet the needs in the local areas being 
served by such programs and projects. Such training shall be offered 
annually for new directors of projects funded under this division as 
well as annually on the following topics and other topics chosen by the 
Secretary:
        (1) Legislative and regulatory requirements for the operation of 
    programs funded under this division.
        (2) Assisting students in receiving adequate financial aid from 
    programs assisted under this subchapter and part C of subchapter I 
    of chapter 34 of title 42 and other programs.
        (3) The design and operation of model programs for projects 
    funded under this division.
        (4) The use of appropriate educational technology in the 
    operation of projects assisted under this division.

(c) Consultation

    Grants for the purposes of this section shall be made only after 
consultation with regional and State professional associations of 
persons having special knowledge with respect to the needs and problems 
of such programs and projects.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title IV, Sec. 402G, as added Pub. L. 102-325, title 
IV, Sec. 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 491; amended Pub. L. 105-
244, title IV, Sec. 402(f), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1655.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 402(f)(1), inserted 
``participating in,'' after ``leadership personnel employed in,''.
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 402(f)(2), added par. (4).


                    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 section 1070a-11 of this title.
