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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

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in school districts of local educational agencies in order to make adjustments in the amounts of the grants for which local educational agencies within a State are eligible under section 103(a)(2) of the Act, and shall report to the Congress, no later than one year after the Report^'to^^*" date of enactment of this Act, the results of such study, which shall congress. include an analysis of alternative methods for making such adjustments, together with the recommendations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to which such method or methods are most promising for such purpose, together with a study of the results of the expanded population survey, authorized in subsection (a) (including analysis of its accuracy and the potential utility of data derived therefrom) for making adjustments in the amounts paid to each State under section 144(a)(1) of title I of such Act. . . . 20 USC 24ih. (c) No method of making adjustments directed to be considered pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall be implemented unless such method shall first be enacted by the Congress. STUDY OF THE M E A S U R E OF POVERTY USED U N D E R TITLE I OF THE E L E M E N T A R Y A N D SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965

SEC. 823. The Assistant Secretary shall supervise, with the full 20 USC 241a note. articipation of the National Institute of Education and the National enter for Education Statistics, a thorough study of the manner in which the relative measure of poverty for use in the financial assistance program authorized by title I of the Elementary and Secondary p, 4 8 8 Education Act of 1965 may be more accurately and currently devel- Ante, s e.236.. 20 u oped. The study of the relative measure of poverty required by this subsection shall be adjusted for regional, climatic, metropolitan, urban, suburban, and rural differences and for family size and head of household differences. The study required by this section shall consider— a t iStudy considerons. (A) the availability of data more current than the decennial census including data collected by any agency of the Federal Government which are relevant except that data so collected shall not disclose the name of any individual or any other information customarily held confidential by that agency, but shall include aggregate information to the extent possible; (B) the availability and usefulness of cost of living data; (C) the availability and usefulness of cost of housing data; (D) the availability and usefulness of labor market and job availability data; (E) the availability and usefulness of data with respect to prevailing wage rates, unemployment rates, and income distribution; and (F) the availability of data with respect to eligibility criteria for aid to families with dependent children under a State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act. '•^ use 6oi. (2) The Assistant Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare ^^^Z°[\^° and submit to the Congress not later than one year after the effective e o n g r e s s. date of this Act a report of the study conducted under this subsection including recommendations with respect to the availability of data designed to improve the relative measure of poverty for the program of financial assistance authorized by title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Whenever the Assistant Secretary determines that data specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection are not available or that it is impractical to obtain data for each relevant area or category, the report shall contain an explanation of the reasons therefor.

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