Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 88 Part 1.djvu/638

 594

20 USC 827. Ante, p, 497,

PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

[88 STAT.

(c) The Commissioner shall enter into an agreement which complies with the provisions of subsection (a) with any State which desires to enter into such an agreement. (d) The Commissioner's final action with respect to entering into an agreement under subsection (a) shall be subject to the provisions of section 207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, relating to judicial review. (e) The provisions of section 141A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 relating to the participation of children enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools shall apply to programs assisted under this part. PART C — OTHER READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS SPECIAL EMPHASIS PROJECTS

au^hTrity? 20 USC'1961.

Ante. p. 589.

Districtwide project.

Post. p. 595.

SEC. T21. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to contract with local educational agencies for special emphasis projects to determine the effectiveness of intensive instruction by reading specialists and reading teachers. Each such project should provide for— (1) the teaching of reading by a reading specialist for all children in the first and second grades of an elementary school and the teaching of reading by a reading specialist for elementary school children in grades three through six who have reading problems; and (2) an intensive vacation reading program for elementary school children who are found to be reading below the appropriate grade level or who are experiencing problems in learning to read. (b) No contract may be entered into under this section unless upon an application made to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and including or accompanied by such information as he may reasonably require. Each such application shall provide assurances that— ^ ]^^ ^}jg provisions of section 705(b) are met; and (2) the State educational agency has certified that individuals employed as reading specialists and reading teachers meet the requirements of subsections (e) and (f). (c) No contract may be entered into under this section unless the project has been approved by the State educational agency. (d) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into at least one arrangement with a local educational agency for a districtwide project conducted in all schools of such agencies. I n selecting the districtwide project, the Commissioner shall give priority to an application from a local educational agency if the Commissioner finds that— (1) the local educational agency will give credit for any course to be developed for reading teachers or reading special.g^g under section 722 and will^ encourage participation by the teachers of such agency in the training; (2) the local public educational television station will present or distribute, in the event supplementary noncommercial telecommunication is utilized, any course to be developed under section 722 at an hour convenient for the viewing by elementary school teachers, and, if possible, at a time convenient for such teachers to take the course, as a group, at the elementary school where they teach; and (3) the local educational agency will make arrangements with the appropriate officials of institutions of higher education to obtain academic credit for the completion of such a course.

�