Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 2.djvu/829

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PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1713 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: "(B) for fiscal year 2000 and succeeding fiscal years, an institution shall use at least 7 percent of the total amount of funds granted to such institution under this section for such fiscal year to compensate students employed in community service, and shall ensure that not less than 1 tutoring or family literacy project (as described in subsection (d)) is included in meeting the requirement of this subparagraph, except that the Secretary may waive this subparagraph if the Secretary determines that enforcing this subparagraph would cause hardship for students at the institution; and"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: " (d) TUTORING AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES.— "(1) USE OF FUNDS.— In any academic year to which subsection (b)(2)(B) applies, an institution shall ensure that funds granted to such institution under this section are used in accordance with such subsection to compensate (including compensation for time spent in training and travel directly related to tutoring in reading and family literacy activities) students— "(A) employed as reading tutors for children who are preschool age or are in elementary school; or "(B) employed in family literacy projects. "(2) PRIORITY FOR SCHOOLS.—To the extent practicable, an institution shall— "(A) give priority to the employment of students in the provision of tutoring in reading in schools that are participating in a reading reform project that— "(i) is designed to train teachers how to teach reading on the basis of scientifically-based research on reading; and "(ii) is funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and "(B) ensure that any student compensated with the funds described in paragraph (1) who is employed in a school participating in a reading reform project described in subparagraph (A) receives training from the employing school in the instructional practices used by the school. "(3) FEDERAL SHARE. — The Federal share of the compensation of work-study students compensated under this subsection may exceed 75 percent.". (d) USE OF FUNDS FOR INDEPENDENT AND LESS THAN FULL- TIME STUDENTS. — Paragraph (3) of section 443(b) is amended to 42 USC 2753. read as follows: "(3) provide that in the selection of students for employment under such work-study program, only students who demonstrate financial need in accordance with part F and meet the requirements of section 484 will be assisted, except that if the institution's grant under this part is directly or indirectly based in part on the financial need demonstrated by students who are (A) attending the institution on less than a full-time basis, or (B) independent students, a reasonable portion of the grant shall be made available to such students;". (e) FEDERAL SHARE. —Paragraph (5) of section 443(b) is amended to read as follows: