Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/933

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2213

tions to establish and conduct programs in which the arts are an integral part of elementary and secondary school curricula. Activities carried out under this part may include arrangements with public and private cultural organizations, agencies, and institutions, including museums, libraries, and theaters, to achieve the purpose of this part. F u r the r more, the Commissioner may carry out a program to develop and implement model projects and programs in the performing arts for children and youth, through arrangements made with the J o h n F. Kennedy Center for the Performing A r t s. I n addition, the Commissioner may carry out a program for the purpose of identifying, developing, and implementing model projects or programs in all the arts for handicapped persons through arrangements made with the National Committee, A r t s for the Handicapped. "AUTHORIZATION or

APPROPRIATIONS

" SEC. 323. There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for 20 USC 2963. the fiscal year 1979 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this part. " P A R T D — P R E S C H O O L PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS "ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM

" SEC. 325. (a) The Commissioner is directed to establish, in coop- 20 USC 2971. eration with the Assistant Secretary for Human Development of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a program of cooperative pilot projects between local educational agencies and Project H e a d Start, as authorized by the Headstart-Follow Through Act, 42 USC 2921. which will provide a smoother and more successful transition to formal schooling for certain preschool-aged children, and thereby improve their long-term achievement in elementary school. " (b) Projects established under this program will be designed to achieve the purposes of subsection (a) by— " (1) providing to a limited number of children aged three to four, inclusive, of low-income families and to their parents, families, or guardians a program of educational services including instruction, counseling, and testing, to be conducted primarily in the child's home; " (2) providing to children and adults who have participated in the services described above, during the following year appropriate educational services, testing, and counseling, to be primarily conducted on the premises of an elementary school; and " (3) providing a coordinated program of testing and assessment, along with such other evaluation procedures as the Commissioner and the Assistant Secretary shall deem appropriate, designed to assess the achievement of children during their participation in the program and subsequently at the end of each of the first two years of formal schooling. " (c) Funds provided under this part may also be used to fund early childhood and family education programs for children below kindergarten age. Such programs may include— " (1) the identification of potential barriers to learning; " (2) education of parents in child development, including education of parenthood programs for secondary school students; and " (3) home-based programs of early childhood and family education.

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