Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/934

 92 STAT. 2214

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 " (d) Not less than 10 percent of the funds made available for purposes of section 303 for each fiscal year shall be made available for purposes of this part.

Consumer Education Act of 1978. 20 USC 2981.

" P A R T E — C O N S U M E R EDUCATION "SHORT TITLE; STATEMENT or

FINDINGS

" SEC. 331. (a) This part may be cited as the 'Consumer Education Act of 1978'. " (b) The Congress finds that— " (1) in an inflated economy, the American consumer is finding that the dollar is buying less and less; " (2) the consumer needs useful information in order to make wise economic choices; and " (3) Federal involvement is needed to encourage and support the development of consumer education programs throughout the country. "OFFICE OF CONSUMERS' EDUCATION

Establishment and Director. 20 USC 2982.

" SEC. 332. (a) There shall be within the Office of Education an Office of Consumers' Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Office') which shall be headed by a Director of Consumers' Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Director') who, subject to the management of the Commissioner, shall have responsibility for carrying out the provisions of this section. " (b) The Director shall be appointed by the Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code relating to appointments to the competitive service. uPROGRAM AUTHORIZED

Grants and contracts.

20 USC 2983.

" SEC. 333. (a) The Commissioner shall carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private agencies, organizations and institutions (including libraries) to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to provide consumer education to the public except that no g r a n t may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization, or institution. " (b)(1) Funds appropriated for g r a n t s and contracts under this part shall be available for such activities as— " (A) the development of curricula (including interdisciplinary curricula) in consumer education; " (B) dissemination of information relating to such curricula; " (C) in the case of grants to State and local educational agencies and institutions of higher education, for the support of education programs at the elementary and secondary and higher education levels; and " (D) preservice and in-service training programs and projects (including fellowship programs, institutes, workshops, symposiums, and seminars) for educational personnel to prepare them to teach in subject matter areas associated with consumer education. " (2) I n addition to the activities specified in the first sentence of this subsection, such funds may be used for projects designed to demonstrate, test and evaluate the effectiveness of any such activities, whether or not assisted under this section. Activities assisted pursuant to this section shall provide bilingual assistance when appropriate.

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