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PUBLIC LAW91-230-APR. 13, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(3) Grants for any fiscal year to a State agency and any local educational agency in such State pursuant to this part shall be made from such State's apportionment for such year pursuant to this subsection. a C O M P R E H E N S IV E P L A N N I N G A N D EVALUATION GRANTS: ELIGIBLE AGENCIES

"SEC. 532. (a) Any State desiring to receive a grant under this part for any fiscal year shall designate or establish within its State educational agency a single office or unit (hereafter in this part referred to as the State planning and evaluation agency) as the sole agency for administering a comprehensive program of systematic planning and evaluation of elementary and secondary education in the State. The State planning and evaluation agency shall have the primary responsibility for planning and evaluating the education programs of the State and for the administration of funds received by the State under this part. "(b) Any local educational agenc}^ desiring to receive a grant under this part must provide the Commissioner with satisfactory assurance that— " (1) the local educational agency or agencies have a planning and evaluation office or unit which has or will have, as the result of assistance under this part, the capability of carrying out a comprehensive program of systematic planning and evaluation meeting the purposes of this part; "(2) the appropriate State educational agency or agencies have been consulted and have had the opportunity to comment on, and advise the local educational agencies and the Commissioner with regard to, the application; and "(3) the planning and evaluation activities of the local educational agency or agencies will be closely coordinated with such activities of the appropriate State agencies; and must further provide the Commissioner with satisfactory assurance that— "(4) the local educational agency serves, or, if two or more local educational agencies are making joint application, those agencies serve, an area with a population sufficient to merit a comprehensive planning and evaluation program in addition to that of the State or of other local educational agencies in the area or region to be served by the applicant; or "(6) the local educational agency or agencies will use the funds for demonstration projects to plan, develop, test, and improve planning and evaluation systems and techniques consistent with, and to further the purposes of, this jDart. "(c) In making grants pursuant to this section the Commissioner shall give special emphasis on developing coordinated and comprehensive plans for educational planning and evaluation between and among the Office of Education, State educational agencies, and local educational agencies, including projects on an interstate, regional, or metropolitan area basis. " (d) No grant shall be made by the Commissioner to a local educational agency or agencies under this part unless the application for such grant has been submitted to the State educational agency or agencies in the State or States in which it is to be carried out. If, within sixty days of such submission or within such longer period of time as the Commissioner may determine pursuant to regulations, the State agency or agencies disapprove the proposed program or project, the Commissioner shall review the application with the appropriate State and local educational agencies before making a final decision.

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