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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

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secondary schools designed (i) to advise students of courses of study best suited to their ability, aptitude, and skills, (ii) to advise students with respect to their decisions as to the type of educational program they should pursue, the vocation they should train for and enter, and the job opportunities in the various fields, and (iii) to encourage students to complete their secondary school education, take the necessary courses for admission to postsecondary institutions suitable for their occupational or academic needs, and enter such institutions, and such programs may include short-term sessions for persons engaged in guidance and counseling in elementary and secondary schools, and (C) programs, projects, and leadership activities designed to expand and strengthen counseling and guidance services in elementary and secondary schools. "(b) I t is the purpose of this part to combine within a single authorization, subject to the modifications imposed by the provisions and requirements of this title, the programs authorized by title II and so much of title III as relates to testing, counseling, and guidance, of this Act, and title III (except for section 305 thereof) of the National ^^^^o use 821, Defense Education Act of 1958, and funds appropriated to carry out 26 USC 441. this part must be used only for the same purposes and for the funding of the same types of programs authorized under those provisions. "PART C—EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND SUPPORT a PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED

"SEC. 431. (a) The Commissioner shall carry out a program for g^^''^"*^ *° making grants to the States (pursuant to State plans approved under 20 USC isai. section 403)— Ante. p. 538. "(1) for supplementary educational centers and services to stimulate and assist in the provision of vitally needed educational services (including preschool education, special education, compensatory education, vocational education, education of gifted and talented children, and dual enrollment programs) not available in sufficient quantity or quality, and to stimulate and assist in the development and establishment of exemplary elementary and secondary school programs (including the remodeling, lease, or construction of necessary facilities) to serve as models for regular school programs; "(2) for the support of demonstration projects by local educational agencies or private educational organizations designed to improve nutrition and health services in public and private elementary and secondary schools serving areas with high concentrations of children from low-income families and such projects may include payment of the cost of (A) coordinating nutrition and health service resources in the areas to be served by a project, (B) providing supplemental health, mental health, nutritional, and food services to children from low-income families when the resources for such services available to the applicant from other sources are inadequate to meet the needs of such children, (C) nutrition and health programs designed to train professional and other school personnel to provide nutrition and health services in a manner which meets the needs of children from low-income families for such services, and (D) the evaluation of projects assisted with respect to their effectiveness in improving school nutrition and health services for such children;

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