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[87 STAT. 400]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1973
[87 STAT. 400]

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PUBLIC LAW 93-113-OCT. 1, 1973

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(b) Grants to and contracts with institutions to administer programs under this part shall provide that prospective student volunteers shall participate substantially in the planning of such programs and that such institutions shall make available to the poor in the surrounding community all available facilities, including human resources, of such institutions in order to assist in meeting the needs of such poor persons. (c)(1) I n making grants or contracts for the administration of U Y A programs under this part, the Director shall insure that financial assistance under this Act to programs carried out pursuant to section 112 of this part shall not exceed 90 per centum of the total cost (including planning costs) of such program during the first year and such amounts less than 90 per centum as the Director, in consultation with the institution, may determine for not more than four additional years, including years in which support was received under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2991-2994d). Each such grant or contract shall stipulate that the institution will make every effort to (A) assume an increasing proportion of the cost of continuing a program carrying out the purpose of this part while the institution receives support under this part; (B) waive or otherwise reduce tuition for participants in such program, where such waiver is not prohibited by law; (C) utilize students and faculty at such institution to carry out, on a self-supporting basis, appropriate planning for such programs; and (D) maintain similar service-learning programs after such institution no longer receives support under this part. (2) The Director shall take necessary steps to monitor the extent of compliance by such institutions with commitments entered into under paragraph (1) of this subsection and shall advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of the extent of each such institution's compliance. SPECIAL SERVICE-LEARNING

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PROGRAMS

SEC. 114. (a) Of the funds appropriated for the operation of programs under this part, up to 10 per centum may be used, notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, to encourage and enable students in secondary, secondary vocational, and post-secondary schools to participate in service-learning programs on an in- or outof-school basis in assignments of a character and on such terms and conditions as described in subsections (a) and (c) of section 103. (b) Persons serving as volunteers under this section shall not be deemed to be Federal employees for any purpose. (Q) Xhc Dircctor may provide volunteers serving under this section a living allowance and only such other support or allowances as he determines, pursuant to regulations which he shall prescribe, are required because of unusual or special circumstances affecting the program. PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 121. This part provides for special emphasis and demonstration volunteer programs, together with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordination of such programs. The purpose of this part is to strengthen and supplement efforts to meet a broad range of human, social, and environmental needs, particularly those related to poverty, by encouraging and enabling persons from all walks of life and from all age groups