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 89 STAT. 774 20 USC 1413 note.

Ante, p. 773.

Rules. 20 USC 1412. Publication in Federal Register.

Ante, p. 773. Appropriation authorization. 20 USC 1411 note.

PUBLIC LAW 94-142—NOV. 29, 1975 (3) Section 614(c) of the Education Amendments of 1974 (Public Law 93-380; 88 Stat. 580) is amended by striking out "fiscal year 1974" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and 1976, for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977,". (c) Section 612(a) of the Act, as in effect during the fiscal years 1976 and 1977, and as amended by subsection (a)(4), is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following:", or $300,000, whichever is greater". (d) Section 612 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1411), as in effect during the fiscal years 1976 and 1977, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) The Commissioner shall, no later than one hundred twenty days after the date of the enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, prescribe and publish in the Federal Eegister such rules as he considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and section 611.". (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 611 of the Act, as in effect during the fiscal years 1976 and 1977, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976, such sums as may be necessary for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $200,000,000 for the fiscal year 1977, to carry out the provisions of part B of the Act, as in effect during such fiscal years. STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

20 USC 1401 note.

SEC. 3. (a) Section 601 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by inserting " (a) " immediately before "This title" and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(b) The Congress finds that— "(1) there are more than eight million handicapped children in the United States today; " (2) the special educational needs of such children are not being fully met; "(3) more than half of the handicapped children in the United States do not receive appropriate educational services which would enable them to have full equality of opportunity; "(4) one million of the handicapped children in the United States are excluded entirely from the public school system and will not go through the educational process with their peers; "(5) there are many handicapped children throughout the United States participating in regular school programs whose handicaps prevent them from having a successful educational experience because their handicaps are undetected; "(6) because of the lack of adequate services within the public school system, families are often forced to find services outside the public school system, often at great distance from their residence and at their own expense; " (7) developments in the training of teachers and in diagnostic and instructional procedures and methods have advanced to the point that, given appropriate funding, State and local educational agencies can and will provide effective special education and related services to meet the needs of handicapped children;

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