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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

^^s^usc 5332 "°2o*usc 1402 "°l!,\^ e-7o Ante,

p. 579.

Effective date. 20 USC 1402

note.

" (2) I n addition to such Deputy Commissionerj there shall be placed in such Bureau five positions for persons to assist the Deputy Commissioner in carrying out his duties, including the position of Associate Deputy Commissioner, and such positions shall be placed in grade 16 of the General Schedule set forth in section 5332 of title 5, United states Code.". (b)(1) The positions created by subsection (b) of section 603 of the Education of the Handicapped Act shall be in addition to the number of positions placed in the appropriate grades under section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, and such positions shall be in addition to, and without prejudice against, the number of positions otherwise placed in the Office of Education under such section 5108 or under other law. Nothing in this section shall be deemed as limiting the Commissioner from assigning additional General Schedule positions in grades 16, IT, and 18 to the Office should he determine such additions to be necessary to operate programs for educating handicapped children authorized by this Act. (2) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall become effective upon the enactment of this Act ADVISORY

20 USC 1403.

[88 STAT.

COMMITTEE

SEC. 613. (a) Section 604(b) of the Education of the Handicapped Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Advisory Committee shall continue to exist until July 1, 1977.". (b) Section 604 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the three succeeding fiscal years.". STATE ENTITLEMENTS

Effective date. 20 USC 1411

g^Q 614. (a) Effcctlvc for fiscal year 1975 only, section 611 of the Education of the Handicapped Act is amended to read as follows:

and note.

"GRANTS TO STATES FOR EDUCATION or HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

20 USC 1412.

"State."

"SEC. 611. (a) The Commissioner shall, in accordance with the provisions of this part, make payments to States for the purpose of assisting the States in the initiation, expansion, and improvement of programs and projects for the education of handicapped children at the preschool, elementary school, and secondary school levels in order to provide full educational opportunities to all handicapped children. Such payments may be used for the early identification and assessment of handicapping conditions in children under three years of age. " (b)(1) Subject to the provisions of section 612, the maximum amount of the grant to which a State shall be entitled under this part shall be equal to— " (A) the number of children aged three to twenty-one inclusive, in that State in the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data are available; multiplied by— " (B) $8.75. «^2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'State' does not include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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