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 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 "(2) a report on and an evaluation of the activities carried out under this title during the preceding fiscal year and the extent to which each of such activities achieves the policy set forth in section 702(a); "(3) a statement of the activities intended to be carried cut during the succeeding period, including an estimate of the cost of such activities; "(4) an assessment of the number of teachers and other educational personnel needed to carry out programs of bilingual education under this title and those carried out under other programs for persons of limited P^nglish proficiency and a statement describing the activities carried out thereunder designed to prepare teachers and other educational personnel for such programs, and the number of other educational personnel needed to carry out programs of bilingual education in the States and a statement describing the activities carried out under this title designed to prepare teachers and other educational personnel for such programs; "(5) a description of the personnel, the functions of such personnel, and information available at the regional offices of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare dealing with bilingual programs within that region; and "(6) an estimate of the number of fellowships in the field of training teachers for bilingual education which will be necessary for the two succeeding fiscal years. The Commissioners shall conduct a study on the extent of the need for these programs in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and shall report the results thereof, together with recommendations, to the President and Congress not later than eighteen months after the enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978. "(d) The Commissioner shall, within six months after the date of the enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978, develop and publish in the Federal Register (1) models for programs of bilingual education which may include suggested teacher-pupil ratios, teacher qiialifications, and other factors affecting the quality of instruction offered, and which shall represent a variety of types of such programs, and (2) models for the evaluation of such programs as to the progress made by participants therein attaining English language skills. "(e)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Council, shall prepare and, not later than September 30, 1980, submit to the Congress and the President a report identifying the approximate number of children of limited English proficiency in the Nation, by language and by State. "(2) By September 30, 1980, the Secretary shall develop methods for identifying children of limited English proficiency who are in need of bilingual education programs. "(3) By September 30, 1980, the Secretary shall develop evaluation and data gathering models, which take into account linguistic and cultural differences of the child, which consider the availability and the operations of State programs for such children, and shall include allowances for variables which are applicable to programs under this title such as pupil-teacher ratios, teacher qualifications, length of the program, hours of instruction, percentage of children in the classroom who are English dominant and the percentage who have limited English proficiency.

92 STAT. 2279

Study. Report to President and Congress. Bilingual education program models. Publication in Federal Register.

Report to Congress and the President.

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