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PUBLIC LAW 90^47-JAN. 2, 1968

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APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED

SEC. 602. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $150,000 to carry out the provisions of this title. TITLE VII—BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FINDINGS o r CONGRESS

SEC. 701. The Congress hereby finds that one of the most acute educational problems in the United States is that which involves millions of children of limited English-speaking ability because they come from environments where the dominant language is other than English; that additional efforts should be made to supplement present attempts to find adequate and constructive solutions to this unique and perplexing educational situation; and that the urgent need is for comprehensive and cooperative action now on the local, State, and Federal levels to develop forward-looking approaches to meet the serious learning difficulties faced by this substantial segment of the Nation's school-age population. AMENDMENT TO E L E M E N T A R Y A N D S E C O N D A R Y EDUCATION ACT

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1963

^^^' '^^^' ^ h c Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by redesignating title VII as title VIII, by redesignating sections 701 through 707 and references thereto as sections 801 through 807, respectively, and by inserting after title VI the following new title: "TITLE VII—BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS "SHORT TITLE

"SEC. 701. This title may be cited as the 'Bilingual Education Act'. "DECLARATION OF POLICY

"SEC. 702. I n recognition of the special educational needs of the lar^e numbers of children of limited English-speaking ability in the United States, Congress hereby declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance to local educational ageu: cies to develop and carry out new and imaginative elementary and secondary school programs designed to meet these special educational needs. For the purposes of this title, 'children of limited Englishspeaking ability means children who come from environments where the dominant language is other than English. "AUTHORIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS

"SEC. 703. (a) For the purposes of making grants under this title, there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. "(b) I n determining distribution of funds under this title, the Commissioner shall give highest priority to States and areas within States having the greatest need for programs pursuant to this title. Such priorities shalitake into consideration the number of children of limited English-speaking ability between the ages of three and eighteen in each State.

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