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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall establish a pri-
ority for grants in order to prepare individuals for the pro-
fessorate who will train highly qualified elementary and 
secondary mathematics and science teachers, special edu-
cation teachers, and teachers who provide instruction for 
limited English proficient individuals. Such grants shall 
offer program assistance and graduate fellowships for— 
‘‘(1) post baccalaureate study related to teacher 
preparation and pedagogy in mathematics and 
science for students who have completed a master’s de-
gree or are pursuing a doctorate of philosophy in 
mathematics or science; 
‘‘(2) post baccalaureate study related to teacher 
preparation and pedagogy in special education and 
English language acquisition and academic pro-
ficiency for limited English proficient individuals; 
and 
‘‘(3) support of dissertation research in the fields 
of mathematics, science, special education, or second 
language pedagogy and second language acquisition.’’. 
(b) COLLABORATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN APPLI-
CATIONS.—Section 713(b) (20 U.S.C. 1135b) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(9); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (11); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) in the case of an application from a de-
partment, program, or unit in education or teacher 
preparation, provide assurances that such depart-
ment, program, or unit will collaborate with depart-
ments, programs, or units in all content areas to en-
sure a successful combination of training in both 
teaching and such content; and’’. 
(c) STIPENDS.—Section 714(b) (20 U.S.C. 1135c(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999–2000’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009–2010’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Foundation graduate fellow-
ships’’ and inserting ‘‘Foundation Graduate Research 
Fellowship Program on February 1 of such academic 
year’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 715(a)(1) (20 
U.S.C. 1135d(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999–2000’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009–2010’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘1998–1999’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008–2009’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘for All Urban Consumers’’ 
after ‘‘Price Index’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
716 (20 U.S.C. 1135e) is amended by striking ‘‘1999’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 714(c) (20 
U.S.C. 1135c(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 716(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 715(a)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 714(b)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 713(b)(2)’’. 
SEC. 703. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL EDUCATIONAL OP-
PORTUNITY PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—Section 721(a) (20 U.S.C. 
1136(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘middle and high school’’ after 
‘‘disadvantaged’’; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end of the sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘and admission to law practice.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 721(b) (20 U.S.C. 1136(b)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘middle and high school or’’ before 
‘‘college student’’. 
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(c) CONTRACT AND GRANT PURPOSES.—Section 721(c) 
(20 U.S.C. 1136(c)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘middle and high school stu-
dents’’ after ‘‘identify’’ in paragraph (1); 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) to prepare such students for study at ac-
credited law schools and assist them with the develop-
ment of analytical skills and study methods to en-
hance their success and promote completion of law 
school;’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(4) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) to award Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to 
eligible law school students— 
‘‘(A) who participated in summer institutes 
authorized by subsection (d) and who are en-
rolled in an accredited law school; or 
‘‘(B) who are eligible law school students 
who have successfully completed a comparable 
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summer institute program certified by the Coun-
cil on Legal Educational Opportunity.’’. 
(d) SERVICES PROVIDED.—Section 721(d)(1)(D) (20 
U.S.C. 1136(d)(1)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘in analyt-
ical skills and study methods’’ after ‘‘courses’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
721(h) (20 U.S.C. 1136(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘1999’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(f) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Subsection (e) of section 
731 (20 U.S.C. 1137(e)) is repealed. 
SEC. 704. PATSY T. MINK FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
Part A of title VII (20 U.S.C. 1134) is further amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subpart 4 as subpart 5; 
(2) in the heading of section 731, by striking 
‘‘SUBPARTS
1, 2, AND
3’’ and inserting ‘‘SUB-
PARTS 1 THROUGH 4’’; 
(3) in subsections (a) and (b) of section 731, by 
striking ‘‘subparts 1, 2, and 3’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘subparts 1 through 4’’; 
(4) in subsection (d) of such section, by striking 
‘‘subpart 1, 2, or 3’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart 1, 2, 3, 
or 4’’; and 
(5) by inserting after subpart 3 the following 
new subpart: 
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‘‘Subpart 4—Patsy T. Mink Fellowship Program 
‘‘SEC. 722. PATSY T. MINK FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE; DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this subpart 
to provide a program of fellowship awards to assist 
highly qualified minorities and women to acquire the 
terminal master’s degree or the doctorate degree in 
academic areas in which such individuals are under-
represented for the purpose of entering the higher edu-
cation professoriate. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—For purposes of 
this subpart, the term ‘eligible institution’ means an 
institution of higher education, or a consortium of 
such institutions, that offers a program of post bacca-
laureate study leading to a graduate degree. 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION.—Each recipient of a fellow-
ship award from an institution receiving a grant 
under this subpart shall be known as a Patsy T. 
Mink Graduate Fellow. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—From funds made 
available under subsection (e), the Secretary 
shall make grants to eligible institutions of high-
er education to enable such institutions to make 
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fellowship awards to qualified students in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this subpart. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—In mak-
ing grant awards under this subpart, the Sec-
retary shall consider the applicant institution’s 
prior experience in producing doctorates and ter-
minal master’s degree holders who are minorities 
and females, and shall give priority consider-
ation in making grants under this subpart to 
those institutions with a demonstrated record of 
producing minorities and women who have 
earned such degrees. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION AND AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In mak-
ing such grants the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent feasible, ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of awards and an equitable 
distribution among eligible public and private 
institutions of higher education that apply for 
grants under this subpart and that demonstrate 
the ability to achieve the purpose of this subpart. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—To the maximum ex-
tent practical, the Secretary shall award at least 
50 percent of the amount appropriated under 
this subpart to institutions of higher education 
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eligible for assistance under titles III and V, or 
to consortia composed of otherwise eligible insti-
tutions of higher education and such minority- 
serving institutions. 
‘‘(C) ALLOCATION.—In making such grants 
the Secretary shall, consistent with subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), allocate appropriated funds 
to those institutions whose applications indicate 
the ability to significantly increase the numbers 
of minorities and women entering the higher 
education professoriate and that commit institu-
tional resources to the attainment of the purpose 
of this subpart. No grant made under this sub-
part shall support fewer than fifteen degree can-
didates consistent with subsection (d)(2). 
‘‘(D) REALLOTMENT.—Whenever the Sec-
retary determines that an institution of higher 
education is unable to utilize all of the amounts 
made available to it under this subpart, the Sec-
retary shall, on such dates during the fiscal year 
as the Secretary may determine, reallocate such 
unused amounts to institutions which dem-
onstrate that they can use any reallocated grant 
funds to make fellowship awards to qualified in-
dividuals under this subpart. 
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‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Any eligible in-
stitution of higher education offering a program of 
post baccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree 
that meets the purpose of this subpart may apply for 
a grant. Each such institution, or consortium of eligi-
ble institutions (including those institutions specified 
in subsection (b)(2)(B)) may make an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining or accompanied by such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—In selecting 
applications for the making grants to institutions of 
higher education, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) take into account the number and dis-
tribution of minority and female faculty nation-
ally, as well as the current and projected need 
for highly trained individuals— 
‘‘(i) in all areas of the higher edu-
cation professoriate; and 
‘‘(ii) in academic career fields in 
which minorities and women are underrep-
resented in the higher education professo-
riate; and 
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‘‘(B) consider the need to prepare a larger 
number of minorities and women generally in 
academic career fields of high national priority, 
especially in areas in which such individuals are 
traditionally underrepresented in college and 
university faculties. 
‘‘(d) FELLOWSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION OF FELLOWS.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS.—The Sec-
retary shall assure that, in awarding fellowships 
from funds made available under this subpart, 
grantee institutions make fellowship awards to 
individuals who plan to pursue a career in in-
struction at any institution of higher education 
that is eligible to participate in title IV pro-
grams. 
‘‘(B) 
ACADEMIC
PROGRESS.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), no otherwise eligible 
student selected for support shall receive a fellow-
ship award— 
‘‘(i) during periods in which such stu-
dent is enrolled, unless such student is 
maintaining satisfactory academic progress 
in, and devoting full-time to, study or re-
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search in the pursuit of the degree for which 
the fellowship support was awarded; or 
‘‘(ii) if the student is engaged in gain-
ful employment, other than part-time em-
ployment related to teaching, research, or a 
similar activity determined by the institu-
tion to be consistent with and supportive of 
the student’s progress toward the appro-
priate degree. 
‘‘(2) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) TEACHING REQUIRED.—Each Patsy T. 
Mink Graduate Fellow who earns the doctoral or 
terminal master’s degree with assistance pro-
vided under this subpart shall teach at an eligi-
ble institution for one year for each year of fel-
lowship assistance received under this subpart. 
‘‘(B) INSTITUTIONAL
OBLIGATION.—Each 
institution which receives an award from the 
Secretary under this subpart shall provide an as-
surance that it has inquired of and determined 
the fellowship recipient’s decision to, within 3 
years of receiving the doctorate or terminal mas-
ter’s degree, begin employment at an eligible in-
stitution of higher education as required by this 
subpart. 
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