Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/957

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2237

secondary schools which shall be used for instructional purposes only; and "(2) for the acquisition of instructional equipment and materials suitable for use in providing education in academic subjects for use by children and teachers in elementary and secondary schools which shall be used for instructional purposes only. "PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

"SEC. 422. (a) Funds available to a State under this part shall be distributed among local educational agencies in that State according to the enrollments in public and nonpublic schools within the school districts of those agencies, adjusted, in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Commissioner, to provide higher per pupil allocations to (1) local educational agencies whose tax effort for education is substantially greater than the State average tax effort for education, but whose per pupil expenditure (excluding payments made under title I of this Act) is no greater than the average per pupil expenditure in the State, and (2) local educational agencies which have the greatest numbers or percentages of children whose education imposes a higher than average cost per child, such as children from low-income families, children living in sparsely populated areas, and children from families in which English is not the dominant language. "(b) Local educational agencies shall be given complete discretion (subject to the provisions of section 406) in determining how funds they receive under this part will be divided among the purposes described in section 421, except that the State educational agency shall insure that each local educational agency,/in making that determination, has adopted appropriate procedures, including periodic consultation with teachers, librarians, media specialists and other professional staff in the schools, and private school officials, to coordinate the selection of equipment and materials under this part with curricula being carried out in the schools within that agency.

Distribution of funds, 20 USC 3102.

^^te, p. 2152.

"PART C—IMPROVEMENT IN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE a ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED

"SEC. 431. (a) The amounts allotted to each State under section 403 for the purpose of this part shall be used to provide assistance to local educational agencies within the State for activities that will improve the educational practices of those agencies, including— "(1) the development and demonstration of activities designed to address serious educational problems in elementary and secondary schools, including— "(A) the need for effective programs for children with special needs, such as educationally deprived children, gifted and talented children, and handicapped children, "(B) high rates of children who do not complete secondary school, and "(C) the need of children in private schools for improved educational services; "(2) encouraging the development and demonstration of improved means of carrying out programs for educationally deprived children in school attendance areas having high concentrations of children from low-income families;

Allotments to local educational agencies. 20 USC 3111.

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