Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 2.djvu/303

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PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1187 used to provide any one course of study to an individual for a period of more than 4 years. "(B) EXCEPTION. —I f a grant or contract recipient under this subsection determines that an individual has a disability which seriously affects the completion of training under this subsection, the grant or contract recipient may extend the period referred to in subparagraph (A). " (4) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS.— Grants and contracts under paragraph (1) may be expanded to provide services that include the provision of scholarships and necessary stipends and allow£inces. " (5) AGREEMENTS. — "(A) CONTENTS.—A recipient of a grant or contract under this subsection shall provide assurances to the Commissioner that each individual who receives a scholarship, for any academic year beginning after June 1, 1992, utilizing funds provided under such grant or contract shall enter into an agreement with the recipient under which the individual shall— "(i) maintain employment— "(I) in a nonprofit rehabilitation agency or related agency or in a State rehabilitation agency or related agency, including a professional corporation or professional practice group through which the individual has a service arrangement with the designated State agency; "(II) on a full- or part-time basis; and "(III) for a period of not less than the fulltime equivalent of 2 years for each year for which assistance under this section was received by the individual, within a period, beginning after the recipient completes the training for which the scholarship was awarded, of not more than the sum of the number of years in the period described in subclause (III) and 2 additional years; and "(ii) repay all or part of any scholarship received, plus interest, if the individual does not fulfill the requirements of clause (i), except as the Commissioner by regulation may provide for repa3rment exceptions and deferrals. "(B) ENFORCEMENT. —The Commissioner shall be responsible for the enforcement of each agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) upon completion of the training involved under such subparagraph. " (c) GRANTS TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER- SITIES. —The Commissioner, in carrying out this section, shall msike grants to historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions of higher education whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 percent of the total enrollment of the institution. "(d) APPLICATION.— A grant may not be awarded to a State or other organization under this section unless the State or organization has submitted an application to the Commissioner at such time, in such form, in accordance with such procedures, and containing such information as the Commissioner may require. Any such application shall include a detailed description of strategies that will be utilized to recruit and train individuals so as