100 STAT. 1506
PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986
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"PART D—TEACHER SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
"SUBPART 1—CONGRESSIONAL TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS "PURPOSE
20 USC n i l.
"SEC. 551. It is the purpose of this subpart to make available, through grants to the States, scholarships during fiscal years 1987 through 1991 to a maximum of 10,000 individuals who are outstanding high school graduates and who demonstrate an interest in teaching, in order to enable and encourage those individuals to pursue teaching careers in education at the pre-school, elementary or secondary level. Such scholarships shall be referred to as 'Congressional Teacher Scholarships'. "ALLOCATION AMONG STATES
20 USC 1111a.
552. (a) PER CAPITA ALLOCATION.—From the sums appropriated for this subpart pursuant to section 502(d) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to any State an amount which bears as nearly as possible the same ratio to such sums as the number of persons in that State bears to the number of persons in all States. "(b) USE OF CENSUS DATA.—For the purpose of this section, the number of persons in a State and in all States shall be determined by the most recently available data from the United States Census Bureau. "SEC.
GRANT APPLICATIONS State and local governments. 20 USC 1111b.
"SEC. 553.
(a) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary is
authorized to make grants to States in accordance with the provisions of this subpart. In order to receive a grant under this subpart, a State shall submit an application at such time or times, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. Such application shall set forth a program of activities for carrying out the purposes set forth in section 546 in such detail as will enable the Secretary to determine the degree to which such program will accomplish such purposes and such other policies, procedures, and assurances as the Secretary may require by regulation. "(b) CONTENT OF APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall approve an application under this subpart only if the application— "(1) describes the selection criteria and procedures to be used by the State in the selection of scholarships under this part which satisfy the provisions of this part; "(2) designates the State agency which administers the program under subpart 3 of part A of title IV, relating to State student incentive grants, or the State agency with which the Secretary has an agreement under section 428(b); "(3) describes the outreach effort the State agency intends vo use to publicize the availability of Congressional Teacher Scholarships to high school students in the State; "(4) provides assurances that each recipient eligible under section 555(b) of this part who receives a Congressional Teacher Scholarship shall enter into an agreement with the State agency under which the recipient shall—
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