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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

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(d)(1) From the sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (e) the Commissioner is authorized to make a grant to each State, upon application of the Governor thereof, in order to assist in meeting the costs of that State's participation in the Conference program (including the conduct of conferences at the State and local levels). (2) Grants made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made only with the approval of the Chairman of the Committee. (3) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this subsection shall be apportioned among the States by the Commissioner in accordance with their respective needs for assistance under this subsection, except that no State shall be apportioned more than $75,000 nor less than $25,000. (e) There are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitations, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section; and sums so appropriated shall remain available for expenditure until June 30, 1978. (f) For the purposes of this section, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Grants.

Apportionment of funds.

Appropriation.

'State."

PART B—EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND SURVEYS STUDY o r

PURPOSES A N D EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPENSATORY PROGRAMS

EDUCATION

SEC. 821. (a) I n addition to the other authorities, responsibilities and duties conferred upon the National Institute of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Institute") by section 405 of the General Education Provisions Act and notwithstanding the second sentence of subsection (b)(1) of such section 405, the Institute shall undertake a thorough evaluation and study of compensatory education programs, including such programs conducted by States and such programs conducted under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Such study shall include— (1) an examination of the fundamental purposes of such programs, and the effectiveness of such programs in attaining such purposes; (2) an analysis of means to identify accurately the children who have the greatest need for such programs, in keeping with the fundamental purposes thereof; (3) an analysis of the effectiveness of methods and procedures for meeting the educational needs of children, including the use of individualized written educational plans for children, and programs for training the teachers of children; (4) an exploration of alternative methods, including the use of procedures to assess educational disadvantage, for distributing funds under such programs to States, to State educational agencies, and to local educational agencies in an equitable and efficient manner, which will accurately reflect current conditions and insure that such funds reach the areas of greatest current need and are effectively used for such areas; (5) not more than 20 experimental programs, which shall be reasonably geographically representative, to be administered by the Institute, in cases where the Institute determines that such experimental programs are necessary to carry out the purposes of clauses (1) through (4), and the Commissioner of Education is

20 USC 1221e note.

20 USC 1221e„

Ante, p. 4 8 8. 20 USC 236.

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