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PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

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• ' C A T A L O G o r FEDERAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

"SEC. 413. The Commissioner shall prepare and make available in such form as he deems appropriate a catalog of all Federal education assistance programs whether or not such programs are administered by him. The catalog shall— "(1) identify each such program, and include the name of the program, the authorizing statute, the specific Federal administering officials, and a brief description of such program; (2) set forth the availability of benefits and eligibility restrictions in each such program; "(3) set forth the budget requests for each such program, past appropriations, obligations incurred, and pertinent financial information indicating (A) the size of each such program for selected fiscal years, and (B) any funds remaining available; "(4) set forth the prerequisites, including the cost to the recipient, of, receiving assistance under each such program, and any duties required of the recipient after receiving benefits; "(5) identify appropriate officials, in Washington, District of Columbia, as well as in each State and locality (if applicable), to whom application or reference for information for each such program may be made; "(6) set forth the application procedures; "(7) contain a detailed index designed to assist the potential beneficiary in identifying all education assistance programs related to a particular need or category of potential beneficiaries; "(8) contain such other program information and data as the Commissioner deems necessary or desirable in order to assist the potential program beneficiary to understand and take advantage of each Federal education assistance program; and "(9) be transmitted to Congress with the Commissioner's annual report. ' ' T E C H N I C A L ASSISTANCE

"SEC. 414. (a) For the purpose of carrying out more effectively Federal education programs, the Commissioner is authorized, upon request, to provide advice, counsel, and technical assistance to State educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and, with the approval of the appropriate State educational agency, elementary and secondary schools— "(1) in determining benefits available to them under Federal 1 aw; "(2) in preparing applications for, and meeting requirements of, applicable programs; "(3) in order to enhance the quality, increase the depth, or broaden the scope of activities under applicable programs; and "(4) in order to encourage simplification of applications, reports, evaluations, and other administrative procedures. "(b) The Commissioner shall permit local educational agencies to use organized and systematic approaches in determining cost allocation, collection, measurement, and reporting under any applicable program, if he determines (1) that the use of such approaches will not in any manner lessen the effectiveness and impact of such program in achieving purposes for which it is intended, (2) that the agency will use such procedures as will insure adequate evaluation of each of the programs involved, and (3) that such approaches are consistent with criteria prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States for the purposes of audit. For the purpose of this subsection a cost is allocable to a particular cost objective to the extent of relatiA^e benefits received by such objective.

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