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PUBLIC LAW 90-247-JAN. 2, 1968

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is intended to meet, provision has been made for participation of such children; and " (4) the State educational agency has been ijotified of the application and been given the opportunity to offer recommendations. "(c) Amendments of applications shall, except as the Commissioner may otherwise provide by or pursuant to regulations, be subject to approval in the same manner as original applications. "PAYMENTS

"SEC. 706. (a) The Commissioner shall pay to each applicant which has an application approved under this title an amount equal to the total sums expended by the applicant under the application for the purposes set forth therein. " (b) Payments under this title may be made ill installments and in advance or by way of reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or underpayments. uADVISORY COMMITTEE

"SEC. 707. (a) The Commissioner shall establish in the Office of Education an Advisory Committee on the Education of Bilingual Children, consisting of nine members appointed, without regard to the civil service laws, by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary. The Commissioner shall appoint one such member as Chairman. A t least four of the members of the Advisory Committee shall be educators experienced in dealing with the educational problems of children whose native tongue is a language other than English. "(b) The Advisory Committee shall advise the Commissioner in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this title, including the development of criteria for approval of applications thereunder. The Commissioner may appoint such special advisory and technical experts and consultants as may be useful and necessary in carrying out the functions of the Advisory Committee. "(c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall, while serving on Members. ^^ ^^^ Compensation; the business of the Advisory Committee, be entitled to receive com- tr^ei^xpenses' pensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 of the United States Code for persons in the so Stat. 499. Government service employed intermittently. "LABOR STANDARDS

"SEC. 708. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on all minor remodeling projects assisted under this title shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevsiiling on similar minor remodeling in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this section, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 L'.S.C. 276c)."

78 Stat. 238. 64 Stat. 1267. 63 Stat. 108.
 * 9 Stat. 1011;

CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 703. (a) That part of section 801 (as so redesignated by section 702 of this Act) of the Elementary and Secondary Education

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