Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/885

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2165

projects which are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to give reasonable promise of substantial progress toward meeting the special educational needs of the children being served, and to this end such programs and projects must involve an expenditure of not less than $2,500, except that a State educational agency may reduce such $2,500 requirement for a local educational agency if it determines that i t would be impossible, for reasons such as distance or difficulty of travel, for such local educational agency to join effectively with other local educational agencies for the purpose of meeting the requirement. "(e)

EXPENDITURES RELATED TO R A N K I N G OF PROJECT AREAS AND

SCHOOLS.—A local educational agency may receive funds under this t^tie only if such funds are allocated among project areas or schools for programs and projects assisted under this title on the basis of the number and needs of children to be served as determined in accordance with section 123. "(f)

COORDINATION W I T H OTHER PROGRAMS.—(1)

A local educa-

tional agency may receive funds under this title only if it demonstrates that, in the development of its application, it has taken into consideration benefits and services which are or may be available through other public and private agencies, organizations, or individuals. The local educational agency shall also demonstrate that in order to avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that all programs and projects complement each other, it has considered suggestions and offers of assistance made by other agencies which may aid in carrying out or making more effective the program or project for which the application is made. " (2) A local educational agency may use funds received under this title for health, social, or nutrition services for participating children under this title only if such agency has requested from the State educational agency assistance in locating and utilizing other Federal and State programs to provide such services. " (g) EVALUATIONS.—A local educational agency may receive funds under this title only if— " (1) effective procedures are adopted for evaluating, in accordance with the evaluation schedule promulgated by the Commissioner under section 183(g), the effectiveness of the programs Posf, p. 2189. assisted under this title in meeting the special educational needs of educationally deprived children; " (2) such evaluations will include, during each three-year . -• period, the collection and analysis of data relating to the degree to which programs assisted under this title have achieved their goals, including the requirements of section 130, and will also include objective measurements of educational achievement in basic skills over at least a twelve-month period in order to determine whether regular school year programs have sustained effects over the summer; and " (3) the evaluation will address the purposes of the programs, including the requirements of section 130, and the results of the evaluations will be utilized in planning for and improving projects and activities carried out under this title in subsequent years. " (h) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.—A local educational agency may receive funds under this title only if effective procedures are in existence for acquiring and disseminating to teachers and administrators significant information derived from educational research, demonstration, and similar projects, and for adopting, where appropriate, promising educational practices developed through such projects.

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