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 88 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974 SIMPLIFIED

STATE

569

APPLICATION

SEC. 511. (a) Section 434 of the General Education Provisions Act 20 USC 1232c. is amended by striking out subsection (b) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(b)(1)(A) I n the case of any State which applies, contracts, or submits a plan, for participation in any applicable program in which Federal funds are made available for assistance to local educational agencies through, or under the supervision of the State educational agency of that State, such State shall submit to, and maintain on file with, the Commissioner a general application meeting the requirements of this subsection. Such general application shall (i) provide for the submission by the State and approval by the Commissioner of an annual program plan with respect to the particular programs in which the State desires to participate and (ii) provide assurances— " (I) that the State will, through its State educational agency, provide for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the programs to which the general application applies; " ( II) that the State will make provision for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the States under any applicable program; " ( III) that the State will make provision for making such reports as the Commissioner may require to carry out his functions; " ( IV) that the State will follow such policies and use such methods and practices of administration as will insure that nonFederal funds wdll not be supplanted by Federal funds; and " (V) that the State will submit to, and have approved by, the Commissioner an annual program plan in accordance with subparagraph (B). " (B) The annual program plan submitted by any State for any fiscal ^i^""""*' program year with respect to any program to which this paragraph applies plan. shall— " (i) be prepared and administered in a manner consistent with specific State plan requirements of the appropriate applicable statutes affecting the program for which the annual program plan is applicable; "(ii) set forth a statement describing the purposes for which Federal funds will be expended during the fiscal year for which the annual program plan is submitted; and " (iii) comply in all other respects with the specific requirements of the appropriate applicable statutes. " (2) In accordance with determinations and regulations of the Commissioner, the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be in lieu of comparable requirements for State plans in applicable statutes authorizing appropriations for programs to which paragraph (1) applies. "(3) In the case of any application for assistance under any applicable program to which paragraph (1) does not apply and with respect to which the Commissioner determines that this section would simplify the administration of an applicable program, each such application shall be submitted to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regiilation and, as a precondition for approval, shall— " (A) provide for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the program or project for which application is made;

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