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 95 STAT. 476

Ante, p. 472.

42 USC 2000c.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 tural, and other related community and human services for the community served in accordance with the needs, interests, and concerns of the community and the agreement and conditions of the governing board of the local educational agency; and (3) additional programs, including— (A) special programs to identify, encourage, and meet the special educational needs of children who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or specific academic fields, and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities; (B) establishment of educational proficienQr standards for reading, writing, mathematics, or other subjects, the administration of examinations to measure the proficiency of students, and implementation of programs (coordinated with those Under subchapter A of this chapter) designed to assist students in achieving levels of proficiency compatible with established standards; (C) programs designed to promote safety in the schools and to reduce the incidence of crime and vanaalism in the school environment; (D) planning, developing, and implementing ethnic heritage studies programs to provide all persons with an opportunity to learn about and appreciate the unique contributions to the American national heritage made by the various ethnic groups, and to enable students better to understand their own cultural heritage as well as the cultural heritage of others; and (E) programs involving training and advisory services under title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Subchapter D—Secretary's Discretionary Funds DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

20 USC 3851.

20 USC 3041.

SEC. 583. (a) From the sums reserved by the Secretary pursuant to the second sentence of section 563(a) the Secretary is authorized to cany out directly or through grants to or contracts with State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions, programs and projects which— (1) provide a national source for gathering and disseminating information on the effectiveness of programs designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children, and others served by this subtitle, and for assessing the needs of such individuals, including programs and projects formerly authorized by section 376 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and programs and projects formerly funded under the "National Dimision Network" program; (2) carry out research and demonstrations related to the purposes of this subtitle; (3) are designed to improve the training of teachers and other instructional personnel needed to carry out the purposes of this subtitle; or (4) are designed to assist State and local educational agencies in the implementation of programs under this subtitle.

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