2012 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 45 - CAREER EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2501 - 2569)
Subchapter II - GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 2531 - 2534)
Section 2534 - Contracts and grants to States, educational agencies, etc.

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 20 - EDUCATION
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 45 - CAREER EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER II - GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
Sec. 2534 - Contracts and grants to States, educational agencies, etc.
Containssection 2534
Date2012
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 15, 2013
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 94-482, title III, §344, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2225; Pub. L. 96-88, title III, §301(a)(1), title V, §507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677, 692.
Statutes at Large References90 Stat. 2225
93 Stat. 677
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 94-482, Public Law 96-88

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GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS - 20 U.S.C. § 2534 (2012)
§2534. Contracts and grants to States, educational agencies, etc. (a) Implementation of programs

The Secretary of Education is authorized, on a competitive basis, to enter into contracts and make grants to State and local educational agencies, to institutions of higher education, and to private nonprofit organizations to assist them in conducting institutes, work shops, and seminars designed to improve the professional guidance qualifications of teachers and counselors in State and local educational agencies and nonpublic elementary and secondary school systems, including opportunities for teachers and guidance counselors in such agencies and systems to obtain experience in business and industry, the professions, and other occupational pursuits, and including, for the purpose of such improvement, such programs, services, or activities which bring individuals with experience in such pursuits into schools as counselors or advisors for students, and which bring students into the workplaces of such pursuits to acquaint students with the nature of the work and to provide training for supervisory and technical personnel in such agencies and systems having responsibilities for guidance and counseling, and to improve supervisory services in the field of guidance and counseling.

(b) Coordination of programs of guidance and counseling

The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants to States to assist them in carrying out programs to coordinate new and existing programs of guidance and counseling in the States.

(Pub. L. 94–482, title III, §344, Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2225; Pub. L. 96–88, title III, §301(a)(1), title V, §507, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 677, 692.)

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Education” substituted in text for “Commissioner” pursuant to sections 301(a)(1) and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to sections 3441(a)(1) and 3507 of this title and which transferred functions of Commissioner of Education to Secretary of Education.

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