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PUBLIC LAW91-230-APR. 13, 1970 EXPERIMENTAL

DEMONSTRATION TRAINING

PROJECTS

AND

TEACHER

"SEC. 309. (a) The sums reserved in section 304(a) for the purposes of this section shall be used for making special project grants or providing teacher-training grants in accordance with this section. "(b) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to local educational agencies or other public or private nonprofit agencies, including educational television stations, for special projects which will be carried out in furtherance of the purposes of this title, and which— "(1) involve the use of innovative methods, systems, materials, or programs which the Commissioner determines may have national significance or be of special value in promoting effective programs under this title, or "(2) involve programs of adult education, carried out in cooperation with other Federal, federally assisted. State, or local programs which the Commissioner determines have unusual promise in promoting a comprehensive or coordinated approach to the problems of persons with educational deficiencies. The Commissioner shall establish procedures for making grants under this subsection which shall require a non-Federal contribution of at least 10 per centum of the costs of such projects wherever feasible and not inconsistent with the purposes of this subsection. "(c) The Commissioner is authorized to make provision for training persons engaged, or preparing to engage, as personnel in adult education programs designed to carry out the purposes of this title, including the payment of such stipends and allowances (including traveling and subsistence expenses, if any, for such persons and their dependents) as the Commissioner may determine by regulation. The Commissioner may provide such training directly or by contract or he may provide for such training by making grants to institutions of higher education. State or local educational agencies, or other appropriate public or private agencies or organizations.

Special project grants.

Adult education training.

Contract authority.

a N A T I O N A L ADVISORY C O U N C I L ON ADUI.T EDUCATION

"SEC. 310. (a) The President shall appoint a National Advisory Council on Adult Education (hereinafter in this section referred to as the'Council'). "(b) The Council shall consist of fifteen members who shall, to the extent possible, include persons knowledgeable in the field of adult education. State and local public school officials, and other persons having special knowledge and experience, or qualifications with respect to adult education, and persons representative of the general public. The Council shall meet initially at the call of the Commissioner and elect from its number a chairman. The Council will thereafter meet at the call of the chairman, but not less often than twice a year. "(c) The Council shall advise the Commissioner in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this title, including policies and procedures governing the approval of State plans under section 306 and policies to eliminate duplication, and to effectuate the coordination of programs under this title and other programs offering adult education activities and services. " (d) The Council shall review the administration and effectiveness of programs under this title, make recommendations with respect thereto, and make annual reports to the President of its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for changes in this

Members.

Duties.

Program evaluation. Reports to P r e s i d e n t and Congress.

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