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 104 STAT. 1122 PUBLIC LAW 101-476—OCT. 30, 1990 aggressively disseminated through established information networks and other mechanisms to ensure both an impact and benefits at the community level. The Secretary shall ensure that the technical assistance provided under this subsection includes assistance to part H State agencies on procedures for use by primary referral sources in referring a child to the appropriate agency within the system for evaluation, assessment, or service.". (c) AMENDMENTS TO SUBSECTION (C).— Section 623(c) (20 U.S.C. 1423(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "Such institutes shall disseminate this information in the manner prescribed in section 610(g).". (d) AMENDMENTS TO SUBSECTION (d).— Section 623(d) (20 U.S.C. 1423(d)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: ", including programs to integrate children with disabilities into regular preschool programs". (e) AMENDMENTS TO SUBSECTION (f).— Section 623(f) (20 U.S.C. 1423(f)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: ", including infants and toddlers with disabilities". (f) NEW SUBSECTION (g). —Section 623 (20 U.S.C. 1423) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(g) The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education and nonprofit private organizations to synthesize the knowledge developed under this section and organize, integrate, and present such knowledge so it can be incorporated and imparted to parents, professionals, and others providing or preparing to provide preschool or early intervention services and to persons designing preschool or early intervention programs.". SEC. 304. PROGRAMS FOR SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. (a) AMENDMENT TO SECTION HEADING. — The heading for section 624 (20 U.S.C. 1424) is amended to read as follows: "P ROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABIUTIES". (b) AMENDMENTS TO SUBSECTION (a).— Section 624(a) (20 U.S.C. 1424(a)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by amending such matter to read as follows: "The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, appropriate public agencies and nonprofit organizations to address the special education, related services, early intervention, and integration needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with severe disabilities through—"; (2) in paragraph (1), (A) by inserting after "special needs" the following: ", including transportation to and from school", and (B) by inserting "education, related services, and early intervention' after "special"; (3) in paragraph (3), (A) by inserting "special and regular education, related services, and early intervention" before "personnel", (B) by inserting "infants, toddlers," after "such", and (C) by striking "youth, and" and inserting the following: "youth, including training of regular teachers, instructors, and administrators in strategies (the goal of which is to serve infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities) that include integrated settings for educating such children along side their nondisabled peers,";

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