§7381c — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary may let each Department research and development facility, when practical and allowed by its management contract, make education partnerships with U.S. local school districts, colleges, and universities to encourage and improve science study at all grade levels. Under those partnerships, a facility can loan or give equipment (including surplus), make staff available to teach or help create science courses, involve teachers and students in research and help students earn credit for that work, offer academic and career advice, and give money so schools can hire staff to connect local schools, labs, businesses, and government.

Title 42, §7381c

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(a)The Secretary may authorize each Department research and development facility, to the extent practicable and consistent with the provisions of the laboratory’s management and operating contract, to enter into education partnership agreements with educational institutions in the United States (including local educational agencies, colleges, and universities) for the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education.

(b)Under a partnership agreement entered into with an educational institution under subsection (a) and as authorized by the Secretary, a Department research and development facility may provide assistance to the educational institution by—

(1)loaning or transferring equipment to the institution;

(2)transferring to the institution equipment determined by the director of the Department research and development facility to be surplus;

(3)making personnel of Department research and development facilities available to teach science courses or to assist in the development of science courses and materials for the institution;

(4)involving faculty and students of the institution in research programs of Department research and development facilities;

(5)cooperating with the institution in developing a program under which students may be given academic credit for work on research projects of Department research and development facilities;

(6)providing academic and career advice and assistance to students of the institution; and

(7)providing funds to educational institutions to hire personnel to facilitate interactions between local school systems, Department research and development facilities, and corporate and governmental entities.

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2005—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–58, § 1102(c)(1), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “loaning equipment to the institution;”. Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 109–58, § 1102(c)(2)–(4), added par. (7).

§7381c Education partnerships

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