20 U.S.C. § 1070a–17: Staff development…

§1070a–17 Staff Development Activities

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IV — STUDENT ASSISTANCE › Part A — Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education › subpart 2 — federal early outreach and student services programs › § 1070a–17

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give grants to colleges and other public or private nonprofit groups to train staff and leaders who work in, help run, or hope to work in these programs. The goal is to help the programs run better. Training can include conferences, internships, seminars, workshops, and manuals. It must be offered around the country so it fits local needs. Training must be held each year for new project directors and each year on several topics, including rules for running the programs, helping students get financial aid, designing model programs, using appropriate education technology, and ways to reach hard-to-serve students (for example, those with limited English, from underrepresented groups, with disabilities, who are homeless, in or leaving foster care, or otherwise disconnected). Grants can only be made after talking with regional and state professional groups who know the programs’ needs.

Title 20, §1070a–17

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(a)Secretary’s authority

For the purpose of improving the operation of the programs and projects authorized by this division, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education and other public and private nonprofit institutions and organizations to provide training for staff and leadership personnel employed in, participating in, or preparing for employment in, such programs and projects.

(b)Contents of training programs

Such training shall include conferences, internships, seminars, workshops, and the publication of manuals designed to improve the operation of such programs and projects and shall be carried out in the various regions of the Nation in order to ensure that the training opportunities are appropriate to meet the needs in the local areas being served by such programs and projects. Such training shall be offered annually for new directors of projects funded under this division as well as annually on the following topics and other topics chosen by the Secretary:

(1)Legislative and regulatory requirements for the operation of programs funded under this division.

(2)Assisting students in receiving adequate financial aid from programs assisted under this subchapter and other programs.

(3)The design and operation of model programs for projects funded under this division.

(4)The use of appropriate educational technology in the operation of projects assisted under this division.

(5)Strategies for recruiting and serving hard to reach populations, including students who are limited English proficient, students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths (as such term is defined in section 11434a of title 42), students who are in foster care or are aging out of the foster care system, or other disconnected students.

(c)Consultation

Grants for the purposes of this section shall be made only after consultation with regional and State professional associations of persons having special knowledge with respect to the needs and problems of such programs and projects.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 110–315 added par. (5). 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–244, § 402(f)(1), inserted “participating in,” after “leadership personnel employed in,”. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 105–244, § 402(f)(2), added par. (4).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.