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 92 STAT. 2200

20 USC 244.

Repeal.

20 USC 241a, 241b, 241c-241o. 20 USC 241b-l, 2713.

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 "(17) The term 'State educational agency' means the officer or agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools.". (b) Section 403 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), is amended— (1) by striking out, "except as used in title II ", where it appears in paragraph (2); (2) by striking out, ", except that for purposes of title II such term does not include any education provided beyond grade 12", where it appears in paragraph (4); (3) by striking out, "title II of this act or title II or III " where it appears in paragraph (5), and inserting "title I, II, or III "; (4) by striking out, " (A) " where it appears in paragraph (6) and by striking out subparagraph (B) of such paragraph; (5) by striking out ", and for purposes of title II, such term includes the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands" in paragraph t (8); and (6) by striking out paragraphs (15), (16), and (17). (c) Title II of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), is repealed. (d) Section 101(a) (10) of the Education Amendments of 1974 is amended by striking out "Part A" and inserting in lieu thereof "subpart 1 of part A, and part B," and by striking out "such part A" and inserting in lieu thereof "such subpart or part". STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPARABILITY

20 USC 2701

SEC. 102. (a) The Commissioner shall, not later than September 30, note. 1981, make a study of the feasibility and desirability of alternative criteria for demonstrating the comparability of services provided with State and local funds in each project area (as defined in section 198(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) to Ante, p. 2198. those provided outside such areas which ensure, at least to the same extent as the criteria in existing regulations published in the Federal 45 eFR 116, Register (41 F.R. 42894 et seq., September 28, 1976), that children in 116a. each school serving such a project area receive comparable services paid for out of State and local funds. (b) The Commissioner may select all the local educational agencies in one State and not more than twenty such agencies in other States which are reasonably representative of the various geographical areas of the Nation for participation in the study provided for in this section. For purposes of the study, the Commissioner, without regard to section 431 of the General Education Provisions Act, may permit the 20 USC 1232. use of substitute criteria meeting the requirements of subsection (c) in place of criteria contained in existing regulations, to be applicable only for the school years 1979-1980 and 1980-1981 and only to local educational agencies selected to participate in the study. Participating (c) Local educational agencies selected for participation in the study agencies selection provided for in this section shall demonstrate comparability througifi criteria. the use of alternative criteria, which, at a minimum, meet the conditions of the following paragraphs: (1) Such criteria are approved by the districtwide advisory council established under section 125 of the Elementary and SecAnte, p. 2167. ondary Education Act of 1965. (2) Based on such criteria, each school serving such a project area receives services comparable to those services provided with

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