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PUBLIC LAW 89-750_NOV. 3, 1966

[80 STAT.

for such facilities, due consideration will be given to excellence of architecture and design, and to the inclusion of works of art (not representing more than one per centum of the cost of the project), and there will be compliance with such standards as the Secretary may prescribe or approve in order to insure that facilities constructed with the use of Federal funds under this title shall be, to the extent appropriate in view of the uses to be made of the facilities, accessible to and usable by handicapped persons, and (D) ". SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES ARE F I N A N C I A L L Y OVERBURDENED

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^^^' ^^^' ^^c^io^^ ^^^ of ^^^^ ^^^ is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c) I n approving applications under this title for grants for any liscal year beginning after June 30, 1967, the Commissioner must give special consideration to the application of any local educational agency which is making a reasonable tax effort but which is nevertheless unable to meet critical educational needs, including preschool education for four and five year olds, because some or all of its schools are seriously overcrowded (as a result of growth or shifts in enrollment or otherwise), obsolete, or unsafe." PART D—COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACT AMENDMENTS PERMITTING THE RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM TO BE CARRIED OUT THROUGH CONTRACTS AS WELL AS GRANTS

79 Stat. 44.

20 USC 863.

SEC. 141. Section 2(b) of the Cooperative Research Act (20 U.S.C. 331a) is amended to read as follows: " (b)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to universities and colleges and other public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in providing training in research in the field of education (including such research described in section 603(a)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), including the development and strengthening of training staff and curricular capability for such training, and, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5), to provide by contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements with them for the conduct of such activities; except that no such grant may be made to a private agency, organization, or institution other than a nonprofit one. " (2) Funds available to the Commissioner for grants or contracts or jointly financed cooperative arrangements under this subsection may, when so authorized by the Commissioner, also be used by the recipient (A) in establishing and maintaining research traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, and for stipends and allowances (including traveling and subsistence expenses) for fellows and others undergoing training and their dependents not in excess of such maximum amounts as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, or (B) where the recipient is a State educational agency, in providing for such traineeships, internships, personnel exchanges, and fellowships either directly or through arrangements with public or other nonprofit institutions or organizations. " (3) No grant shall be made or contract or jointly financed cooperative arrangement entered into under this subsection for training in

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