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PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(c) The Commissioner may, if he finds that a State plan for any fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1973, is in substantial compliance with the requirements set forth in subsection (b), approve that part of the plan which is in compliance with such requirements and make available (pursuant to section 307) to that State that part of the State's allotment which he determines to be necessary to carry out that Plan moduica- pg^j-t of the plan SO approved. The remainder of the amount which compliance!^ such State is eligible to receive under this section may be made available to such State only if the unapproved portion of that State plan has been so modified as to bring the plan into compliance with such requirements: Provided, That the amount made available to a State pursuant to this subsection shall not be less than 50 per centum of >.in '" '^ ' x\^Q maximum amount which the State is eligible to receive under this section. " (d) A State which has had a State plan approved for any fiscal year may receive for the purpose of carrying out such plan, an amount not in excess of 85 per centum of its allotment pursuant to section 302. Hearing " (e)(1) The Commissioner shall not finally disapprove any plan opportunity. Submitted under subsection (a), or any modification thereof, without first affording the State educational agency submitting the plan reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Cessation o"''^* "(^) Whcuever the Commissioner, after reasonable notice and oppayments, portunity for hearings to any State educational agency, finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any requirement -^-bu set forth in the plan of that State approved under section 305 or with any requirement set forth in the application of a local educational agency approved pursuant to section 304, the Commissioner shall notify the agenc;^ that further payments will not be made to the State under this title (or, in his discretion, that the State educational agency shall not make further payments under this title to specified local educational agencies affected by the failure) until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. Until he is so satisfied, no further payments shall be made to the State under this title, or payments by the State educational agency under this title shall be limited to local educational agencies not affected by the failure, as the case may be. Filing of "(3)(A) If any State is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final review petition. action with respcct to the approval of a plan submitted under subsection (a) or with his final action under paragraph (2), such State may, within 60 days after notice of such action, file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for review of that action, A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Commissioner. The Commissioner thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based his action as provided in section 2112 72 Stat. 941; of title 28, United States Code. 80 Stat. 1323. " (B) The findings of fact by the Commissioner, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause - shown niay remand the case to the Commissioner to take further evidence, and the Commissioner may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify his previous action, and shall certify to the court the record of the further proceedings. " (C) The court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Commissioner or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 62 Stat. 928. 1254 of title 28, United States Code. " (f)(1) If any local educational agency is dissatisfied with the final action of the State educational agency with respect to approval of an application of such local agency for a grant pursuant to this

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