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 90 STAT. 2154

PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976 "PART A—TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM"

and by adding at the end thereof the following new part: "PART B—TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

20 USC 1119.

"SEC. 531. There are authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000 for the fiscal year 1977 and for each of the fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 1979, to carry out the provisions of this part. Of the sums so appropriated for any fiscal year not less than 10 per centum shall be available for each of the programs authorized by sections 532 and 533. "TEACHER CENTERS

Grants. 20 USC 1119a.

"Teacher center."

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Application.

"SEC. 532. (a)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to local educational agencies in accordance with the provisions of this section to assist such agencies in planning, establishing, and operating teacher centers. "(2) For the purpose of this section, the term 'teacher center' means any site operated by a local educational agency (or a combination of such agencies) which serves teachers, from public and nonpublic schools of a State, or an area or community within a State, in which teachers, with the assistance of such consultants and experts as may be necessary, may— "(A) develop and produce curricula designed to meet the educational needs of the persons in the community, area, or State being served, including the use of educational research findings or new or improved methods, practices, and techniques in the development of such curricula; and "(B) provide training to improve the skills of teachers to enable such teachers to meet better the special educational needs of persons such teachers serve, and to familiarize such teachers with developments in curriculum development and educational research, including the manner in which the research can be used to improve their teaching skills. "(b) Each teacher center shall be operated under the supervision of a teacher center policy board, the majority of which is representative of elementary and secondary classroom teachers to be served by such center fairly reflecting the make-up of all schoolteachers, including special education and vocational education teachers. Such board shall also include individuals representative of, or designated by, the school board of the local educational agency served by such center, and at least one representative designated by the institutions of higher education (with departments or schools of education) located in the area. "(c)(1) Any local educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this section shall make application therefor at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information, as the Commissioner may by regulation require. Each application shall be submitted through the State educational agency of the State in which the applicant is located. Each such State agency shall review the application, make comments thereon, and recommend each application the State agency finds should be approved. Only applications so recommended shall be transmitted to the Commissioner for his approval.

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