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PUBLIC LAW 90-247-JAN. 2, 1968

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(b) Section 706 of such Act is amended in subsection (c), as redesignated by subsection (a), by striking out "and not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $3,700,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970". DEMONSTRATION P R O J E C T S TO P R E V E N T DROPOUTS

8o^statr*i2?4^ S^^- l'^^- '^itle VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education 20 USC 881-886. Act of 1965 is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section as follows: " D R O P O U T PREVENTION PROJECTS

"SEC. 707. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to arrange by contract grant, or otherwise, with local educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies in schools which (1) are located in urban or rural areas, (2) have a high percentage of children from families with an income not exceeding the low-income factor, as defined in section 103(c), and (3) have a high percentage of such children who do not complete their education in elementary or secondary school, of demonstration projects involving the use of innovative methods, systems, materials, or programs which show promise of reducing the number of such children who do not complete their education in elementary and secondary schools. "(b) The Commissioner shall approve arrangements pursuant to this section only on application by a local educational agency and upon his finding: "(1) that the project will be carried out in one or more schools described in subsection (a); "(2) that the applicant has analyzed the reasons for such children not completing their education and has designed a program to meet this problem; "(3) that effective procedures, including objective measurements of educational achievements, will be adopted for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of the project; and "(4) that the project has been approved by the appropriate State educational agency. " (c) There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $30,000,000 for the period ending June 30, 1969, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, for the purpose of this section." TITLE II—FEDERALLY AFFECTED AREAS PART A—ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND CURRENT EXPENDITURES I N IMPACTED AREAS CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS OF "FEDERAL PROPERTY'*

^2 s^^^ 20 us^c 6^45^/ 64 Stat. 1108; ''2o*usc^44.

SEC. 201. Section 15(1) of the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815, Eighty-first Congress), and section 303(1) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), are each amended by— (a) striking out the second sentence thereo f; (b) striking out "also" in the penultimate sentence thereof; and (c) inserting immediately before the last sentence thereof the following new sentence: "Such term also includes any interest in Federal property (as defined in the foregoing provisions of

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