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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

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activities" means research, research training, surveys, or demonstrations in the field of education of gifted and talented children and youth, or the dissemination of information derived therefrom, or all of such activities, including (but without limitation) experimental and model schools. (g) I n addition to the other authority of the Commissioner under this section, the Commissioner is authorized to make contracts with public and private agencies and organizations for the establishment and operation of model projects for the identification and education of gifted and talented children, including such activities as career education, bilingual education, and programs of education for handicapped children and for educationally disadvantaged children. The total of the amounts expended for projects authorized under this subsection shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total of the amounts expended under this section for any fiscal year. (h) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, the Commissioner is authorized to expend not to exceed $12,250,000 for each fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1978. COMMUNITY

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SEC. 405. (a) This section may be cited as the "Community Schools ^ community . ,, Act.

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(b) I n recognition of the fact that the school, as the prime educational institution of the community, is most effective when the school involves the people of that community in a program designed to fulfill their education needs, and that community education promotes a more efficient use of public education facilities through an extension of school buildings and equipment, it is the purpose of this section to provide educational, recreational, cultural, and other related community services, in accordance with the needs, interests, and concerns of the community, through the establishment of the community education program as a center for such activities in cooperation with other community groups. (c) For purposes of this section and subparagraph (C) of section Ar\c\ /L\

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4:0A{D)(o), a community education program is a program in which gram." a public building, including but not limited to a public elementary ^"'e* P- ^44. or secondary school or a community or junior college, is used as a community center operated in conjunction with other groups in the community, community organizations, and local governmental agencies, to provide educational, recreational, cultural, and other related community services for the community that center serves in accordance with the needs, interests, and concerns of that community. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any applicant under this section from carrying out any activity with funds derived from other sources. (d)(1) In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this c^'nts. section, the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State educational agencies and to local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, expanding, and operating community education programs. (2) Fifty percent of the funds made available pursuant to clause (1) of subsection (i) shall be available for grants to State educational agencies. The remainder of such funds shall be available for grants to local educational agencies. (3) For the purpose of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Federal Federal share. share shall be— (A) 80 per centum of a program to establish a new community education program.

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