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 PUBLIC LAW 98-221—FEB. 22, 1984 "(E) the percentage of resources committed to each type of service provided; "(F) how services provided contributed to the maintenance of or the increased independence of handicapped individuals assisted; "(G) the extent to which handicapped individuals participate in management and decisionmaking in the center; "(H) the extent of capacity building activities including collaboration with other agencies and organizations; "(I) the extent of catalytic activities to promote community awareness, involvement, and assistance; "(J) the extent of outreach efforts and the impact of such efforts; and "(K) a comparison, when appropriate, of prior year(s) activities with most recent year activities.", (b) Section 711 of the Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e)(1) The Commissioner shall, not later than February 1, 1985, develop and publish standards for evaluation consistent with the provisions in subparagraph (c)(3) to assist each independent living center receiving funding under this title to review and evaluate the operation of its center. "(2) The Commissioner shall, under the authority specified in section 14 of this Act, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Centers for Independent Living Grant Program, and submit a report no later than February 1, 1986, to Congress on the evaluation, including recommendations for the improvement and continuation of each grantee and for the support of new independent living centers. In conducting the comprehensive evaluation, the Commissioner shall apply standards for evaluation which are consistent with the standards required in paragraph (1). "(3) In developing standards for evaluation to be used by the grantees, and in developing the standards for evaluation to be used in the comprehensive evaluation, the Commissioner shall obtain and consider recommendations for such standards from national organizations representing handicapped individuals and independent living programs; and from independent living centers, professionals serving handicapped individuals, and individuals, associations, and organizations engaged in research in independent living. "(4) No standards may be established under this subsection unless the standards are approved by the National Council on the Handicapped. The Council shall approve the standards within ninety days after receiving the standards. If the Secretary of Education has not received notification of approval or disapproval from the Council within the ninety days, the standards shall be deemed approved. A Council decision on such standards shall occur at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Council, and shall be the result of a simple majority of those present at the meeting. "(f) Grantees receiving assistance under this section in the fiscal year in which the Rehabilitation Amendments of 1984 are enacted shall continue to receive assistance through September 30, 1986, unless the Commissioner determines that there is a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of the approved application.".

98 STAT. 31

29 USC 796e.

Report.

29 USC 713.

Prohibition,

Ante, p. 17.

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