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 92 STAT. 2360 20 USC 1208a, 1208b, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1211a, 1211b.

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 (3) by redesignating section 310, relating to special projects for the elderly, section 310A, relating to State Advisory Councils, section 311, relating to the National Advisory Council on Adult Education, section 312, relating to limitations, section 313, relating to authorizations, section 314, relating to Indian programs, section 315, relating to Indochinese refugees, as sections 311, 31^, 313,314,315,316, and 317, respectively, (b) The Act is further amended by inserting after section 308 the following new section: "RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DISSEMINATION, EVALUATION, AND INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE

Programs, grants and contracts. 20 USC 1207a.

Ante, p. 2359.

20 USC 1203. 20 USC 1221e.

Appropriation authorization.

"SEC. 309. (a)(1) Subject to appropriations under this section, the Commissioner shall directly, and through grants and contracts with public and private nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations, carry out a program— " (A) to develop new and promising approaches and innovative methods which are designed to address those problems and which may have national significance or be of special value in promoting effective programs under this Act, including one-year grants to States to plan for the expansion of their systems for the delivery of adult education services; "(B) to determine, using appropriate objective evaluation criteria, which projects and approaches assisted under clause (A) and under section 310 of this Act have achieved their stated goals and are capable of achieving comparable levels of effectiveness at additional locations; and "(C) to disseminate throughout the Nation information about those approaches or methods pertaining to adult basic education which are most effective, by establishing and operating a clearinghouse on adult education which shall collect, select, and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of adults, those approaches and methods of educating adults which are most efl'ective, and ways of coordinating adult education programs with manpower and other education programs. " (2) The Commissioner shall directly, and through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions and organizations, evaluate the effectiveness of programs conducted under section 304 of this Act. " (b) In addition to the responsibilities of the Director under section 405 of the General Education Provisions Act and subject to appropriations under this section, the Director of the National Institute of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner, shall directly, and through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations, carry out a program to conduct research on the special needs of individuals requiring adult education. "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $3,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year prior to October 1, 1983.". S P E C I A L P R O J E C T S FOR THE

20 USC 1208a.

ELDERLY

SEC. 1308. Section 311 of the Act (as redesignated by section 1307) is amended by striking out "October 1, 1978 and for the period begin-

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