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[CITE: 42USC1862i]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 16--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 1862i. Scientific and technical education


(a) National advanced scientific and technical education program

    The Director of the National Science Foundation (hereafter in 
sections 1862h to 1862j of this title referred to as the ``Director'') 
shall award grants to associate-degree-granting colleges, and consortia 
thereof, to assist them in providing education in advanced-technology 
fields. The grant program shall place emphasis on the needs of students 
who have been in the workforce (including work in the home), and shall 
be designed to strengthen and expand the scientific and technical 
education and training capabilities of associate-degree-granting 
colleges through such methods as--
        (1) the development of model instructional programs in advanced-
    technology fields;
        (2) the professional development of faculty and instructors, 
    both full- and part-time, in advanced-technology fields;
        (3) the establishment of innovative partnership arrangements 
    that--
            (A) involve associate-degree-granting colleges and other 
        appropriate public and private sector entities, and
            (B) provide for private sector donations, faculty 
        opportunities to have short-term assignments with industry, 
        sharing of program costs, equipment loans, and the cooperative 
        use of laboratories, plants, and other facilities, and provision 
        for state-of-the-art work experience opportunities for students 
        enrolled in such programs;

        (4) the acquisition of state-of-the-art instrumentation 
    essential to programs designed to prepare and upgrade students in 
    scientific and advanced-technology fields; and
        (5) the development and dissemination of instructional materials 
    in support of improving the advanced scientific and technical 
    education and training capabilities of associate-degree-granting 
    colleges, including programs for students who are not pursuing a 
    science degree.

(b) National centers of scientific and technical education

    The Director shall award grants for the establishment of centers of 
excellence, not to exceed 10 in number, among associate-degree-granting 
colleges. Centers shall meet one or both of the following criteria:
        (1) Exceptional instructional programs in advanced-technology 
    fields.
        (2) Excellence in undergraduate education in mathematics and 
    science.

The centers shall serve as national and regional clearinghouses and 
models for the benefit of both colleges and secondary schools, and shall 
provide seminars and programs to disseminate model curricula and model 
teaching methods and instructional materials to other associate-degree-
granting colleges in the geographic region served by the center.

(c) Articulation partnerships

                       (1) Partnership grants

        (A) The Director shall make grants to eligible partnerships to 
    encourage students to pursue bachelor degrees in mathematics, 
    science, engineering, or technology, and to assist students pursuing 
    bachelor degrees in mathematics, science, engineering, or technology 
    to make the transition from associate-degree-granting colleges to 
    bachelor-degree-granting institutions, through such means as--
            (i) examining curricula to ensure that academic credit 
        earned at the associate-degree-granting college is transferable 
        to bachelor-degree-granting institutions;
            (ii) informing teachers from the associate-degree-granting 
        college on the specific requirements of courses at the bachelor-
        degree-granting institution; and
            (iii) providing summer educational programs for students 
        from the associate-degree-granting college to encourage such 
        students' subsequent matriculation at bachelor-degree-granting 
        institutions.

        (B) Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under this 
    paragraph shall, at a minimum--
            (i) counsel students, including students who have been in 
        the workforce (including work in the home), about the 
        requirements and course offerings of the bachelor-degree-
        granting institution; and
            (ii) conduct workshops and orientation sessions to ensure 
        that students are familiar with programs, including laboratories 
        and financial aid programs, at the bachelor-degree-granting 
        institution.

    Funds used by eligible partnerships to carry out clauses (i) and 
    (ii) shall be from non-Federal sources. In-cash and in-kind 
    resources used by eligible partnerships to carry out clauses (i) and 
    (ii) shall not be considered to be contributions for purposes of 
    applying subsection (f)(3) of this section.
        (C) Any institution participating in a partnership that receives 
    a grant under this paragraph shall be ineligible to receive 
    assistance under part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 
    1965 [20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.] for the duration of the grant received 
    under this paragraph.

                         (2) Outreach grants

        The Director shall make grants to associate-degree-granting 
    colleges with outstanding mathematics and science programs to 
    strengthen relationships with secondary schools in the community 
    served by the college by improving mathematics and science education 
    and encouraging the interest and aptitude of secondary school 
    students for careers in science and advanced-technology fields 
    through such means as developing agreements with local educational 
    agencies to enable students to satisfy entrance and course 
    requirements at the associate-degree-granting college.

(d) Coordination with other Federal departments

    In carrying out this section, the Director shall consult, cooperate, 
and coordinate, to enhance program effectiveness and to avoid 
duplication, with the programs and policies of other relevant Federal 
agencies. In carrying out subsection (c) of this section, the Director 
shall coordinate activities with programs receiving assistance under 
part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 1011 et 
seq.].

(e) Limitation on funding

    To qualify for a grant under this section, an associate-degree-
granting college, or consortium thereof, shall provide assurances 
adequate to the Director that it will not decrease its level of spending 
of funds from non-Federal sources on advanced scientific and technical 
education and training programs.

(f) Functions of Director

    In carrying out sections 1862h to 1862j of this title, the Director 
shall--
        (1) award grants on a competitive, merit basis;
        (2) ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards;
        (3) ensure that an applicant for a grant awarded under 
    subsection (a), (b), or (c)(1) of this section will make an in-cash 
    or in-kind contribution in an amount equal to at least 25 percent of 
    the cost of the program, and for a grant awarded under subsection 
    (c)(2) of this section will make an in-cash or in-kind contribution 
    in an amount at least equal to the amount of the grant award;
        (4) establish and maintain a readily accessible inventory of the 
    programs assisted under sections 1862h to 1862j of this title; and
        (5) designate an officer of the National Science Foundation to 
    serve as a liaison with associate-degree-granting institutions for 
    the purpose of enhancing the role of such institutions in the 
    activities of the Foundation.

(g) Definitions

    As used in this section--
        (1) the term ``advanced-technology'' includes advanced technical 
    activities such as the modernization, miniaturization, integration, 
    and computerization of electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, laser, 
    nuclear, chemical, telecommunication, fiber optic, robotic, and 
    other technological applications to enhance productivity 
    improvements in manufacturing, communication, transportation, 
    commercial, and similar economic and national security activities;
        (2) the term ``associate-degree-granting college'' means an 
    institution of higher education (as determined under section 101 of 
    the Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 1001]) that--
            (A) is a nonprofit institution that offers a 2-year 
        associate-degree program or a 2-year certificate program; or
            (B) is a proprietary institution that offers a 2-year 
        associate-degree program;

        (3) the term ``bachelor-degree-granting institution'' means an 
    institution of higher education (as determined under section 101 of 
    the Higher Education Act of 1965 [20 U.S.C. 1001]) that offers a 
    baccalaureate degree program;
        (4) the term ``eligible partnership'' means one or more 
    associate-degree-granting colleges in partnership with one or more 
    separate bachelor-degree-granting institutions; and
        (5) the term ``local educational agency'' has the meaning given 
    such term in section 2891(12) \1\ of title 20.
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(Pub. L. 102-476, Sec. 3, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2297; Pub. L. 105-
244, title I, Sec. 102(a)(13)(B), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1620.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 1862h to 1862j of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) 
and (f), was in the original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 102-476, Oct. 
23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2297, known as the Scientific and Advanced-
Technology Act of 1992, which enacted this section and sections 1862h 
and 1862j of this title and amended section 1862 of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1992 
Amendment note set out under section 1861 of this title and Tables.
    The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsecs. (c)(1)(C) 
and (d), is Pub. L. 89-329, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1219, as amended. 
Part B of title I of the Act is classified generally to part B 
(Sec. 1011 et seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 28 of Title 20, 
Education. Pub. L. 105-244, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 
Stat. 1585, amended title I of the Act generally and part B, which 
formerly related to articulation agreements, now relates to additional 
general provisions. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of Title 20 and Tables.
    Section 2891(12) of title 20, referred to in subsec. (g)(5), was in 
the original ``section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)'', Pub. L. 89-10, and was 
omitted in the general amendment of that Act by Pub. L. 103-382, title 
I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3519. For provisions relating to 
definitions, see section 8801 of Title 20, Education.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Scientific and Advanced-
Technology Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (g)(2), (3). Pub. L. 105-244 substituted ``section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965'' for ``section 1201(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a))''.


                    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 Title 20, Education.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1862h, 1862j of this title.
