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 104 STAT. 1128 PUBLIC LAW 101-476—OCT. 30, 1990 related services to children and youth with serious emotional disturbance. Such projects may include— "(1) studies regarding the present state of special education and related services to such children and youth and their families, including information and data to enable assessments of the status of such services over time; "(2) developing methodologies and curricula designed to improve special education and related services for these children and youth; "(3) developing and demonstrating strategies and approaches to reduce the use of out-of-community residential programs and the increased use of school districtbased programs (which may include day treatment programs, after-school programs, and summer programs); "(4) developing the knowledge, skills, and strategies for effective collaboration among special education, regular education, related services, and other professionals and agencies; or "(5) developing and demonstrating innovative approaches to assist and to prevent children with emotional and behavioral problems from developing serious emotional disturbances that require the provision of special education and related services. "(b)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies in collaboration with mental health entities to provide services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbance. Such demonstration projects shall— "(A) increase the availability, access, and quality of community services for such children and youth and their families; ' (B) improve working relationships among education, school, and community mental health and other relevant personnel, families of such children and youth, and their advocates; "(C) target resources to school settings, such as providing access to school and/or community mental health professionals and other community resources for students with serious emotional disturbance who are in community school settings; and "(D) take into account the needs of minority children and youth in all phases of project activity. "(2) Funds received under this subsection may also be used to facilitate interagency and private sector resource pooling to improve services for such children and youth and to provide information and training for those involved with, or who could be involved with, such children and youth. "(c) Each project assisted under this section shall— "(1) apply existing research outeomes from multi-disciplinary fields; "(2) use a grant evaluation plan that is outeome-oriented and that focuses on the benefits to individual children and youth; "(3) report on the effectiveness of such project; and "(4) disseminate the findings of such project, where appropriate, in accordance with section 610(g).". SEC. 308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 628 (20 U.S.C. 1427) is amended to read as follows: "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS "SEC. 628. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 621 $8,525,000 for fiscal year 1991, $9,300,000 for fiscal year

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