 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
             SUBCHAPTER VI--INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
 
           Part A--International and Foreign Language Studies
 
Sec. 1123. Language resource centers


(a) Language resource centers authorized

    The Secretary is authorized to make grants to and enter into 
contracts with institutions of higher education, or combinations of such 
institutions, for the purpose of establishing, strengthening, and 
operating a small number of national language resource and training 
centers, which shall serve as resources to improve the capacity to teach 
and learn foreign languages effectively.

(b) Authorized activities

    The activities carried out by the centers described in subsection 
(a) of this section--
        (1) shall include effective dissemination efforts, whenever 
    appropriate; and
        (2) may include--
            (A) the conduct and dissemination of research on new and 
        improved teaching methods, including the use of advanced 
        educational technology;
            (B) the development and dissemination of new teaching 
        materials reflecting the use of such research in effective 
        teaching strategies;
            (C) the development, application, and dissemination of 
        performance testing appropriate to an educational setting for 
        use as a standard and comparable measurement of skill levels in 
        all languages;
            (D) the training of teachers in the administration and 
        interpretation of performance tests, the use of effective 
        teaching strategies, and the use of new technologies;
            (E) a significant focus on the teaching and learning needs 
        of the less commonly taught languages, including an assessment 
        of the strategic needs of the United States, the determination 
        of ways to meet those needs nationally, and the publication and 
        dissemination of instructional materials in the less commonly 
        taught languages;
            (F) the development and dissemination of materials designed 
        to serve as a resource for foreign language teachers at the 
        elementary and secondary school levels; and
            (G) the operation of intensive summer language institutes to 
        train advanced foreign language students, to provide 
        professional development, and to improve language instruction 
        through preservice and inservice language training for teachers.

(c) Conditions for grants

    Grants under this section shall be made on such conditions as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
section.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 603, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title VI, 
Sec. 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1777.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1123, Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 603, as added 
Pub. L. 96-374, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1466; 
amended Pub. L. 99-498, title VI, Sec. 603, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1515; Pub. L. 102-325, title VI, Sec. 601, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 722; 
Pub. L. 103-208, Sec. 2(j)(12), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2481, 
authorized grants for language resource centers, prior to the general 
amendment of this part by Pub. L. 105-244.
    Another prior section 1123, Pub. L. 89-329, title VI, Sec. 603, Nov. 
8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1262, related to the State plans for carrying out the 
program of equipment grants to institutions of higher education, prior 
to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96-374.
