Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1057

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2337

(8) an analysis of the effects of school finance equalization on curricular and extracurricular activities related to the arts, athletics, foreign languages, music, and other programs or activities of special value, or enrichment, or which especially serve the needs or talents of a limited sector of the preschool, elementary, or secondary school population; (9) an analysis of the effects of school finance equalization on the distribution of tax burdens by level of government, type of revenue, and family income of taxpayers; (10) an analysis of current and future Federal assistance for non-public elementary and secondary education, including the extent of non-public participation in Federal programs, trends in enrollments and costs of private education, the impact of private schools on public school enrollments and financial support, and an examination of alternative Federal policies for support of private '•'•' education; and (11) an analysis of the extent to which school districts participate in programs administered by Federal agencies other than the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which analysis (A) shall include an assessment of barriers to school district participation in programs which have general purpose governments as primary beneficiaries and (B) shall explore alternative coordinating mechanisms to achieve equitable school district participation in such programs. The studies described in this section shall be assigned to such organizational units within the Department as the Secretary deems appropriate. All studies and surveys described in this section shall utilize existing information to the extent possible, and shall require the collection of new information only as may be required. Appropriate resources shall be made available to reimburse respondents for costs associated with any additional data collection required by this section. (f) The Secretary and the Advisory Panel shall make interim reports to the President and the Congress no later than December 31, 1979, and December 31, 1980, and shall make a final report thereto no later than December 31, 1981, on the results of the studies conducted under this section. The Secretary and the Advisory Panel shall provide comments on each of the above reports and such additional recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Secretary and the Panel may deem appropriate to the President and to the Congress no later than sixty days after the submission of such reports. Any other provisions of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, such reports of the Panel shall not be submitted to any review outside of the Panel before their transmittal to the Congress, but the President and the Secretary may make to the Congress such recommendations with respect to the contents of the reports as each may deem appropriate. (g)(1) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress, within one hundred and twenty days after the date of the enactment of the Act, a plan for studies to be conducted under this section. The Secretary shall have such plan delivered to both Houses on the same day and to each House while it is in session. The Secretary shall not commence such studies until the first day after the close of the first period of sixty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date of the delivery of such plan to the Congress. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) — (A) continuity of session is broken only by adjournment of Congress sine die; and

Reports to President and Congress. Comments and legislative recommendations.

Plan, submittal to Congress.

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