Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 7.09.1995

Program Title NIS Secondary School Initiative; Inbound Academic Year Placement

The NIS Secondary School Initiative Division, Office of Citizen Exchanges, of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award program. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c)(3)-1 may apply to place high school students between the ages of 15 and 17 from the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union in homestays and schools for the 1996/97 academic year. Organizations will be responsible for orienting students at the local level and for monitoring them during their time in the U.S. Overall grant-making authority for this program is contained in the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87- 256, as amended, also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the Act is ``to enable the Government of the United States and the people of other countries * * *; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations * * * and thus to assist in the dev