Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/852

 89 STAT. 792

Report, transmittal to congressional committees. Contents.

PUBLIC LAW 94-142—NOV. 29, 1975 supporting the education of handicapped children, and such information from State and local educational agencies and other appropriate sources necessary for the implementation of this part, including— "(A) the number of handicapped children in each State, within each disability, who require special education and related services; "(B) the number of handicapped children in each State, within each disability, receiving a free appropriate public education and the number of handicapped children who need and are not receiving a free appropriate public education in each such State; "(C) the number of handicapped children in each State, within each disability, who are participating in regular educational programs, consistent with the requirements of section 612(5)(B) and section 614(a)(1)(C) (iv), and the number of handicapped children who have been placed in separate classes or separate school facilities, or who have been otherwise removed from the regular education environment; "(D) the number of handicapped children who are enrolled in public or private institutions in each State and who are receiving a free appropriate public education, and the number of handicapped children who are in such institutions and who are not receiving a free appropriate public education; " (E) the amount of Federal, State, and local expenditures in each State specifically available for special education and related services; and " (F) the number of personnel, by disability category, employed in the education of handicapped children, and the estimated number of additional personnel needed to adequately carry out the policy established by this Act; and "(2) provide for the evaluation of programs and projects assisted under this part through— " (A) the development of effective methods and procedures for evaluation; "(B) the testing and validation of such evaluation methods and procedures; and "(C) conducting actual evaluation studies designed to test the effectiveness of such programs and projects. "(c) In developing and furnishing information under subclause (E) of clause (1) of subsection (b), the Commissioner may base such information upon a sampling of data available from State agencies, including the State educational agencies, and local educational agencies. "(d)(1) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the close of ea,ch fiscal year, the Commissioner shall transmit to the appropriate committees of each House of the Congress a report on the progress being made toward the provision of free appropriate public education to all handicapped children, including a detailed description of all evaluation activities conducted under subsection (b). "(2) The Commissioner shall include in each such report— "(A) an analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of procedures undertaken by each State educational agency, local educational agency, and intermediate educational unit to assure that handicapped children receive special education and related services in the least restrictive environment commensurate with their needs and to improve programs of instruction for handicapped children in day or residential facilities;

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