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PUBLIC LAW 90-247-JAN. 2, 1968

[81 STAT.

"(c) In determining whether to make a grant or contract under subsection (b), the Secretary shall take into consideration the need for a center for deaf-blind children in the light of the general availability and quality of existing services for such children in the part of the country involved. " (d)(1) A grant or contract pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made only if the Secretary determines that there is satisfactory assurance that the center will provide such services as he has by regulation prescribed, including at least— " (A) comprehensive diagnostic and evaluative services for deaf-blind children; " (B) a program for the adjustment, orientation, and education of deaf-blind children which integrates all the professional and allied services necessary therefor; and "(C) effective consultative services for parents, teachers, and others who play a direct role in the lives of deaf-blind children to enable them to understand the special problems of such children and to assist in the process of their adjustment, orientation, and education. "(2) Any such services may be provided to deaf-blind children (and, where applicable, other persons) regardless of whether they reside in the center, may be provided at some place other than the center, and may include the provision of transportation for any such children (including an attendant) and for parents. "(e) The Secretary is further authorized, either as part of any grant or contract under subsection (b), or by separate grant to or contract with an agency, organization, or institution operating a center meeting the requirements prescribed by or pursuant to subsection (d), to provide for the payment of all or part of the cost of such activities as— "(1) research to identify and meet the full range of special needs of deaf-blind children; "(2) development or demonstration of new, or improvements in existing, methods, approaches, or techniques which would contribute to the adjustment and education of deaf-blind children; "(3) training (either directly or otherwise) of professional and allied personnel engaged or preparing to engage in programs specifically designed for deaf-blind children, including payment of stipends for trainees and allowances for travel and other expenses for them and their dependents; and "(4) dissemination of materials and information about practices found effective in working with deaf-blind children. "Construction," u ^f^ ipoT purposes of this part, the term 'construction' includes, in addition to those matters set forth in section 701(b), construction of residential facilities; and the cost of construction shall be deemed to include the cost of acquisition of land in connection with any of the foregoing, but not the cost of off-site improvements. " (g) If within twenty years after the completion of any construction (except minor remodeling or alteration) for which funds have been paid pursuant to a grant or contract under this part the facility constructed ceases to be used for the purposes for which it was constructed, the United States, unless the Secretary determines that there is good cause for releasing the recipient of the funds from its obligation, shall be entitled to recover from the applicant or other owner of the facility an amount which bears the same ratio to the then value of the facility as the amount of such Federal funds bore to the cost of the portion of the facility financed with such funds. Such value shall be determined by agreement of the parties or by action brought in the United States district court for the district in which the facility is situated.

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