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National Commission on School Finance. Establisliment. Membership.

Ante, p. 193. Report to Congress.

Ante, p. 165.

PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

[84 STAT.

results of, and recommendations with respect to, research under this paragraph as a separate and distinct part of his annual report pursuant to subsection (d). " (d) The Commissioner shall, not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, establish a National Commission on School Finance Such Commission shall consist of fifteen members appointed from 1) members of State and local educational agencies, (2) State and local government officials, (3) education administrators, (4) teachers, (5) financial experts, (6) parents with one or more children in a public elementary or secondary school, (7) the Office of Education, (8) the Department of the Treasury, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and (9) other appropriate fields. The Commissioner shall appoint a chairman and vice chairman from among; such members. Such Commission shall make a full and complete investigation and study of the financing of elementary and secondary education, including, but not limited to, the matters referred to in section 2(a)(3) of the Cooperative Research Act (as amended by subsection (c) of this section). The Commission shall report the results of such investigation and study and its recommendations to the Commissioner and the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. Funds available for the purposes of the Cooperative Research Act and for the purposes of section 402 of Public Law 90-247 shall be available for the purposes of this subsection. CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH F A C I L I T I E S

79 Stat. 46. 20 USC 332a.

SEC. 810. Section 4(a) of the Cooperative Research Act (Public Law 83-531) is amended by striking out "July 1, 1970" and substituting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1973", and by striking out "July 1, 1971" and substituting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1974". --—- AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE AMERICA N P R I N T I N G H O U S E FOR THE B L I N D

Appropriatic expenditure. 70 Stat. 938.

SEC. 811. (a^ The paragraph designated "First" in section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the education of the blind", approved March 3, 1879 (20 U.S.C. 102), is amended to read as follows: "First. (A^ Such appropriation shall be expended by the trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind each year in manufacturing and furnishing books and other materials specially adapted for instruction of the blind; and the total amount of such books and other materials so manufactured and furnished by such appropriation shall each year be distributed among all the public and private nonprofit institutions in the States, territories, and possessions of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, in which blind pupils are educated. Each public and private nonprofit institution for the education of the blind shall receive, in books and other materials, upon requisition of its superintendent, that portion of the appropriation as is shown by the ratio between the number of blind pupils in that institution and the total number of blind pupils in all of the public and private nonprofit institutions in which blind pupils are educated. Each chief State school officer shall receive, in Dooks and other materials, upon requisition, that portion of the appropriation as is shown by the ratio between the number of blind pupils in public and private nonprofit institutions (in the State) m which blind pupils are educated, other than institutions to which the preceding sentence is applicable, and the total number of blind pupils in the public and private nonprofit institutions in which blind pupils are educated in all of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of

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