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 92 STAT. 2334

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

mentary and secondary education. Each State receiving funds under 20 USC 821 note. the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall cooperate with the National Center in this effort. State profile, "(2)(A) The National Center shall, in consultation with the Office publication. of Education, publish by no later than September 30, 1979, and by no later than September 30 of each second fiscal year thereafter, a composite profile of each State showing the degree to which each has achieved equalization of resources for elementary and secondary education among the school districts within the State. A summary of these profiles shall show this equalization among the States. "(B) In compiling the profiles required by this paragraph, the National Center shall list the degree of equalization both within and among the States according to the following standards: "(i) the disparity in expenditures amon^ school districts; "(ii) the disparity from wealth neutrality; and "(iii) such other measures as the National Center considers appropriate, including a consideration of price differentials and pupil-teacher ratios. Appropriation "(3) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be authorization. necessary for any fiscal year to assist the National Center in carrying out its responsibilities under this subsection.". EQUALIZATION ASSISTANCE

SEC. 1202. Part C of the General Education Provisions Act amended by inserting after section 426 the following new section:

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"EQUALIZATION ASSISTANCE

Grants. 20 USC 1231C-1.

20 USC 246.

National dissemination center, designation.

Appropriation authorization.

"SEC. 426A. (a) The Commissioner is authorized from the sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (d) to make grants to States to assist in developing and implementing plans to revise their systems of financing elementary and secondary education in order to achieve a greater equalization of resources among school districts. Any State desiring to receive such a grant shall (1) submit an application approved by the State legislature for such funds, (2) provide that State funds will match the Federal funds on a dollar for dollar basis, and (3) show how these efforts build upon the knowledge gained through the plans developed pursuant to section 842 of the Education Amendments of 1974. "(b) The Commissioner is authorized, from sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (d), (1) to develop and disseminate models and materials useful to the States in planning and implementing revisions of their school financing systems, and (2) to establish temporary national and regional training centers to assist those involved in school finance in providing the level of expertise needed by the States in revising their financing systems. "(c) The Commissioner shall (1) designate a unit within the Office of Education to serve as a national dissemination center for information on the States' efforts to achieve a greater equalization of resources for elementary and secondary education, and (2) develop an analysis of what has been learned through the use of funds available under section 842 of the Education Amendments of 1974 and disseminate the results of this analysis. "(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending prior to September 30, 1983, for the purposes of this section.".

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