20 USC 1070a12 - Talent search

(a) Program authority 
The Secretary shall carry out a program to be known as talent search which shall be designed
(1) to identify qualified youths with potential for education at the postsecondary level and to encourage such youths to complete secondary school and to undertake a program of postsecondary education;
(2) to publicize the availability of student financial assistance available to persons who pursue a program of postsecondary education; and
(3) to encourage persons who have not completed programs of education at the secondary or postsecondary level, but who have the ability to complete such programs, to reenter such programs.
(b) Permissible services 
Any talent search project assisted under this division may provide services such as
(1) academic advice and assistance in secondary school and college course selection;
(2) assistance in completing college admission and financial aid applications;
(3) assistance in preparing for college entrance examinations;
(4) guidance on and assistance in secondary school reentry, entry to general educational development (GED) programs, other alternative education programs for secondary school dropouts, or postsecondary education;
(5) personal and career counseling, or activities designed to acquaint individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with careers in which the individuals are particularly underrepresented;
(6) tutorial services;
(7) exposure to college campuses as well as cultural events, academic programs and other sites or activities not usually available to disadvantaged youth;
(8) workshops and counseling for families of students served;
(9) mentoring programs involving elementary or secondary school teachers or counselors, faculty members at institutions of higher education, students, or any combination of such persons; and
(10) programs and activities as described in paragraphs (1) through (9) which are specially designed for students of limited English proficiency.
(c) Requirements for approval of applications 
In approving applications for talent search projects under this division for any fiscal year the Secretary shall
(1) require an assurance that not less than two-thirds of the individuals participating in the project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income individuals who are first generation college students;
(2) require that such participants be persons who either have completed 5 years of elementary education or are at least 11 years of age but not more than 27 years of age, unless the imposition of any such limitation with respect to any person would defeat the purposes of this section or the purposes of section 1070a–16 of this title;
(3) require an assurance that individuals participating in the project proposed in the application do not have access to services from another project funded under this section or under section 1070a–16 of this title; and
(4) require an assurance that the project will be located in a setting accessible to the persons proposed to be served by the project.