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Application.

Training grants.

Information clearinghouse.

Technical assistance.

Community Education Advisory Council. Establishment; membership. Post, p. 5 7 5.

PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

[88 STAT.

(B) 65 per centum of a program to expand or improve a community education program for the first year in which such program is assisted under this section, and 55 per centum in any fiscal year thereafter, and (C) 40 per centum of a program to maintain or carry out a community education program. (4) Any State or local educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year shall submit an application to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and in such form as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation. Each such application shall contain provisions— (A) assuring that local community colleges, social, recreational, and health groups will be consulted with respect to programs to be offered and facilities to be used for the purpose of this section; (B) assuring that the applicant will pay from non-Federal sources the remaining costs of carrying out the application; and (C) containing a description of each community education program for which assistance is sought in sufficient detail to apply the appropriate Federal share specified in clause (3) of this subsection. The Commissioner shall not approve an application submitted by a local educational agency unless the State educational agency of the State in which that local educational agency is located has been given an opportunity to review, and make comment on, such application. (e) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education to develop and establish, or to expand, programs which will train persons to plan and operate community education programs. (f)(1) The Commissioner shall establish or designate a clearinghouse to gather and disseminate information received from community education programs, including but not limited to information regarding new programs, methods to encourage community participation, and ways of coordinating community education programs with other community services. The Commissioner is authorized to contract with puK lie or private agencies or organizations to establish and operate the clearinghouse. (2) The Commissioner shall make available to each community education program such technical assistance and information as the program may require, and such technical assistance shall be coordinated with the national clearinghouse. (g)(1) There is established, subject to part D of the General Education Provisions Act, in the Office of the Commissioner, a Community Education Advisory Council (referred to in this section as the "Advisory Council") to be composed of eleven members. The members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Secretary. (2) A substantial number of the members of the Advisory Council shall be persons experienced in the operation of community education programs and the training of such persons. The Council shall include representatives from various disciplines involved in providing services in community school programs. (f)(1) The Commissioner shall establish or designate a clearingwithin three months after enactment of this section. (4) The Commissioner shall make available to the Advisory Council such staff, information, and other assistance as it may require to carry out its activities. (5) The Advisory Council shall advise the Commissioner on policy matters relating to the interests of community schools.

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