Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1015

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2295

" (6) conduct, either directly or by grant or contract, a program of research, evaluation, and related activities pertaining to the education of gifted and talented children and may transfer to the National Institute of Education pursuant to subsection (c) not more than 20 per centum of the sums available in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this section, to pay the Federal share of the cost of such grants or contracts. Not more than 20 per centum of the sums available in any fiscal year under this section may be used pursuant to clause (1) of this subsection for grants to institutions of higher education for the training of national leadership personnel. "(b)(1) No grant may be made and no contract may be entered into under this section unless an application is submitted to the Commissioner in such form, in such manner, and containing such information, as is necessary for the purposes of this section. " (2) The requirements of section 406 of this Act (relating to the Ante, p. 2234. participation of pupils and teachers in private, elementary and secondary schools) shall apply to programs and projects under this section unless such requirements cannot legally be met in the State (as determined by the State educational agency of the State in which the applicant for funds under this section is located). "(c)(1) Notwithstanding the second sentence of section 405(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act, the National Institute of 20 USC 1221e Education may, in accordance with the terms and conditions of section 405 of such Act, carry out a program of research and related activities pertaining to the education of gifted and talented children from funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a)(6). "(2) For purposes of this section the term 'research, evaluation and "Research, related activities' means research, research training, evaluation, sur- evaluation and veys, and demonstrations in the field of education of gifted and tal- related activities." ented children and youth or the dissemination of information derived from such research, surveys or demonstrations, and all such activities, including experimental and model schools. a STATE ALLOTMENTS

"SEC. 906. (a)(1) In any fiscal year in which appropriations for this 20 USC 3316. part are equal to or exceed $15,000,000 the Commissioner shall allot, from amounts available under section 903(b)(2), not more than 1 per centum among— "(A) Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands; "(B) programs for children and teachers in elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and " (C) programs authorized for children and teachers in overseas > dependent schools of the Department of Defense, in accordance with their respective needs. "(2) From the remainder of such sums in any such fiscal year, the Commissioner shall allot to each State which has an application meeting the requirements of section 904, an amount which bears the same ratio to such remainder as the number of children in the State aged 5 to 17 years, inclusive, bears to the number of children in all States,

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