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PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

Appropriations.

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(3) establishing and operating model centers for the improvement of education of children with specific learning disabilities, which centers shall (A) provide testing and educational evaluation to identify children with learning disabilities who have been referred to such centers, (B) develop and conduct model programs designed to meet the special educational needs of such children, (C) assist appropriate educational agencies, organizations, and institutions in making such model programs available to other children with learning disabilities, and (D) disseminate new methods or techniques for overcoming learning disabilities to educational institutions, organizations, and agencies within the the area served by such center and evaluate the effectiveness of the dissemination process. Such evaluation shall be conducted annually after the first year of operation of a center. I n making grants and contracts under this section the Commissioner shall give special consideration to applications which propose innovative and creative approaches to meeting the educational needs of children with specific learning disabilities, and those which emphasize the prevention and early identification of learning disabilities. (b) I n making grants and controls under this section, the Commissioner shall— (1) for the purposes of clause (2) of subsection (a), seek to achieve an equitable geographical distribution of training programs and trained personnel throughout the Nation, and (2) for the purposes of clause (3) of subsection (a), to the extent feasible, taking into consideration the appropriations pursuant to this section, seek to encourage the establishment of a model center in each of the States. (c) For the purpose of making grants and contracts under this section there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and $31,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1973. REPEALER

Effective date.

79 Stat. 983. 42 USC 24912494. 72 Stat. 1777. 20 USC 611617. 80 Stat. 1204; 81 Stat. 800, 813. 20 USC 87 1880a.

SEC. 662. Effective July 1, 1971, the following provisions of law are repealed: (1) That part of section 1 of the Act of September 2, 1958 (Public Law 85-905), which follows the enacting clause and sections 2,3, and 4 of such Act; (2) The Act of September 6, 1958 (Public Law 85-926); _ (3) Title VI of the Element^ary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10); (4) Titles III and V of the Act of October 31, 1963 (Public Law 88-164); and (5) The Act of Septeml)er 30, 1968 (Public Law 90-538).

77 Stat. 29 4.

20 USC 618, 676. 81 Stat. 42 USC seq. 8 2 Stat. 20 USC 624. 82 Stat. 20 USC

611530. 2698 et 901. 6211065. 1242.

TITLE VII—VO(\^TIONAL EDUCATION E X T E N S I O N o r PROGRAM OK GRANTS FOR SPECIAE PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED STI^DENTS

SEC. 701. Section 102(b) of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 is amended by inserting after "1970," the following: "$50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30. 11)71, and $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972,".

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