Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1066

 92 STAT. 2346

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

"(7) that in the case of any project involving construction— "(A) the project is not inconsistent with overall State plans for the construction of school facilities, and "(B) in developing plans for construction, due consideration will be given to excellence of architecture and design and to compliance with standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in 29 USC 794. order to ensure that facilities constructed with the use of Federal funds are accessible to and usable by handicapped individuals; and "(8) that the local educational agency has adopted effective procedures for acquiring and disseminating to teachers and administrators participating in each program significant information from educational research, demonstrations, and similar projects, and for adopting, where appropriate, promising educational practices developed through such projects. "(c) A general application submitted under this section shall remain in effect for the duration of the programs it covers. The State agencies or boards administering the programs covered by the application shall not require the submission or amendment of such application unless required by changes in Federal or State law or by other significant change in the circumstances affecting an assurance in such application.". (b) Section 497A(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is 20 USC 1088f-l. amended by striking out "or of section 434(c) of the General Education Provisions Act.". (c) Part C of the General Education Provisions Act is further amended by inserting immediately after section 436 the following: "Subpart 4—Records; Privacy; Limitation on Withholding Federal Funds (C

RECORDS

20 USC 1232f.

Audits, access.

"SEC. 437. (a) Each recipient of Federal funds under any applicable program through any grant, subgrant, contract, subcontract, loan, or other arrangement (other than procurement contracts awarded by an administrative head of an educational agency) shall keep records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by the recipient of those funds, the total cost of the activity for which the funds are used, the share of that cost provided from other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. The recipient shall maintain such records for five years after the completion of the activity for which the funds are used. "(b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit examination, to any records of a recipient which may be related, or pertinent to, the grants, subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, loans, or other arrangements to which reference is made in subsection (a)j or which may relate to the compliance of the recipient with any requirement of an applicable program.". ENFORCEMENT

20 USC 1221.

SEC. 1232. The General Education Provisions Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part:

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