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 94 STAT. 1382

Post, p. 1493.

PUBLIC LAW 96-374—OCT. 3, 1980

"(b) No grant may be awarded under this section within a State unless the Secretary has provided the State entity responsible for comprehensive planning under section 1203, if applicable, an opportunity to comment on the relationship of the proposed grant to such planning. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON CONTINUING EDUCATION

Appointments. 20 USC 1017.

Regulation preparation.

Report to President, transmittal to Congress.

"SEC, 117. (a) The President shall appoint a National Advisory Council on Continuing Education consisting of eight representatives of Federal agencies having postsecondary continuing education and training responsibilities, including but not limited to, one representative each from the Departments of Education, Agriculture, Defense, and Labor, and the Veterans' Administration; and twelve members, not full-time employees of the Federal Government, who are knowledgeable and experienced in the field of continuing education, including State and local government officials, representatives of business, labor, and community groups, and adults whose educational needs have been inadequately served. The Advisory Council shall meet at the call of the chairman but not less than twice a year. "0)) The Advisory Council shall advise the Secretary in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policies and procedures arising in the administration of this title. "(c) The Advisory Council shall examine all federally supported continuing education and training programs and make recommendations with regard to policies to eliminate duplication and to effectuate the coordination of programs under this title and other federally funded continuing education and training programs and services. "(d) The Advisory Council shall make annual reports to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary, commencing on September 30, 1981, of its findings and recommendations, including recommendations for changes in the provisions of this title and other Federal laws relating to continuing education and training activities. The President shall transmit each such report to the Congress with his comments and recommendations. The Advisory Council shall make such other reports or recommendations to the President, the Congress, the Secretary, or the head of any other Federal department or agency as may be appropriate. "(e) The Advisory Council may utilize the services and facilities of any agency of the Federal Government as may be necessary. The Advisory Council may accept, employ, and dispose of gifts or bequests to carry out its responsibilities under this title. DEFINITIONS

20 USC 1018.

"SEC. 118. For the purposes of this subpart— "(1) the term 'Commission' means the Commission on National Development in Postsecondary Education established under section 102; "(2) the term 'Advisory Council' means the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education established under section 117; "(3) the term 'adults whose educational needs have been inadequately served' means individuals eighteen years of age or older who, because of circumstances of age, sex, low income, handicap, minority status, rural isolation, status of unemployment or underemployment, lack of education, or other significant barriers have been discouraged from obtaining equal educational opportunities;

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