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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 475

Subchapter C—Special Projects STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 581. It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit State and local educational agencies to use Federal funds (directly and through grants to or contracts with educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private g^encies, organizations, and institutions) to carry out selected activities from among the full range of programs and projects formerly authorized under title III, relating to special projects, title VIII, relating to community schools, and title IX (except part C), relating to gifted and talented children, educational proficiency standards, safe schools program, and ethnic heritage program, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Career Education Incentive Act, and part B of title V of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, relating to Follow Through programs, in accordance with the planned allocation of funds set forth in the applications under sections 564 and 566, in conformity with the other requirements of this chapter.

20 USC 3841.

20 USC 2941, ^o^g 42 USC 2929.
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AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES

SEC. 582. Programs and projects authorized under this subchapter 20 USC 3842. include— (1) special projects (as may be determined to be desirable by the State or local educational agencies) in such areas as— (A) preparation of students to use metric weights and measurements when such use is needed; (B) emphasis on the arts as an integral part of the curriculum; (C)(i) in-school partnership programs in which the parents of school-age children participate to enhance the education and personal development of the children, previously authorized by part B of the Headstart-Follow Through Act; 42 USC 2929. (ii) preschool partnership programs in which the schools work with parents of preschool children in cooperation with programs funded under the Headstart-Follow Through Act; 42 USC 2921. (D) consumer education; (E) preparation for employment, the relationship between basic academic skill development and work experience, and coordination with youth employment programs carried out under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act; (F) career education previously authorized by the Career Education Incentive Act; (G) environmental education, health education, education about legal institutions and the American system of law and its underlying principles, and studies on population and the effects of population changes; (H) academic and vocational education of juvenile delinquents, youth offenders, and adult criminal offenders; and (I) programs to introduce disadvantaged secondary school students to the possibilities of careers in the biomedical and medical sciences, and to encourage, motivate, and assist them in the pursuit of such careers; (2) the use of public education facilities as community centers operated by a local education agency in conjunction with other local governmental agencies and community organizations and groups to provide educational, recreational, health care, cul-

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