Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§1067a Purpose; Authority
Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — INSTITUTIONAL AID › Part E — Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program › subpart 1 — minority science and engineering improvement program › § 1067a
Summary
Keep the Education Department in charge of the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program. The Department must give grants to minority colleges to improve science and engineering education and raise participation by underrepresented minorities, especially women, in science and tech careers.
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Title 20, §1067a
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(a)Congressional declaration of purpose
It is the purpose of this subpart to continue the authority of the Department to operate the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program created under section 1862(a)(1) of title 42 and transferred to the Department by section 3444(a)(1) of this title.
(b)Grant authority
The Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, carry out a program of making grants to institutions of higher education that are designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the participation of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, in scientific and technological careers.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1135b of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 105–244.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 351 of Pub. L. 89–329 was renumbered section 391 and is classified to section 1068 of this title.
Amendments
2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–39 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 3444(a)(1) of this title. 1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–325 inserted “, particularly minority women,” after “ethnic minorities”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–325 effective Oct. 1, 1992, see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 1067a
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110