 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
     SUBCHAPTER VII--GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
 
  Part D--Demonstration Projects To Ensure Students With Disabilities 
                   Receive a Quality Higher Education
 
Sec. 1140a. Grants authorized


(a) Competitive grants authorized

    The Secretary may award grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education, 
of which at least two such grants shall be awarded to institutions that 
provide professional development and technical assistance in order for 
students with learning disabilities to receive a quality postsecondary 
education.

(b) Duration; activities

                            (1) Duration

        Grants under this part shall be awarded for a period of 3 years.

                      (2) Authorized activities

        Grants under this part shall be used to carry out one or more of 
    the following activities:

        (A) Teaching methods and strategies

            The development of innovative, effective, and efficient 
        teaching methods and strategies to provide faculty and 
        administrators with the skills and supports necessary to teach 
        students with disabilities. Such methods and strategies may 
        include inservice training, professional development, customized 
        and general technical assistance, workshops, summer institutes, 
        distance learning, and training in the use of assistive and 
        educational technology.

        (B) Synthesizing research and information

            Synthesizing research and other information related to the 
        provision of postsecondary educational services to students with 
        disabilities.

        (C) Professional development and training sessions

            Conducting professional development and training sessions 
        for faculty and administrators from other institutions of higher 
        education to enable the faculty and administrators to meet the 
        postsecondary educational needs of students with disabilities.

             (3) Mandatory evaluation and dissemination

        Grants under this part shall be used for evaluation, and 
    dissemination to other institutions of higher education, of the 
    information obtained through the activities described in 
    subparagraphs (A) through (C).\1\
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(c) Considerations in making awards

    In awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under this 
section, the Secretary shall consider the following:

                     (1) Geographic distribution

        Providing an equitable geographic distribution of such grants.

                      (2) Rural and urban areas

        Distributing such grants to urban and rural areas.

                  (3) Range and type of institution

        Ensuring that the activities to be assisted are developed for a 
    range of types and sizes of institutions of higher education.

            (4) Prior experience or exceptional programs

        Institutions of higher education with demonstrated prior 
    experience in, or exceptional programs for, meeting the 
    postsecondary educational needs of students with disabilities.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VII, Sec. 762, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1801.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 762 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 
1132g-1 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-325.
    Another prior section 762 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to 
section 1132d-1 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 96-374.
