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 98 STAT. 2368

PUBLIC LAW 98-511—OCT. 19, 1984 "(15) provide such further assurances and information as the Secretary may require.". PAYMENTS

20 USC 1206.

SEC. 106. Section 307(b) of the Act is amended by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) The Secretary may waive, for one fiscal year only, the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances such as a natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State educational agency.". .., ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PLANS

20 USC 1207.

SEC. 107. Section 308 of the Act is amended to read as follows: ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PLANS

20 USC 1234b, 1234c.

"SEC. 308. Whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that, in administering its State plan, a State has failed to comply substantially with any provision of that State plan, the Secretary may take appropriate action under sections 453 and 454 of the General Education Provisions Act.". NATIONAL PROGRAMS

20 USC 1207a.

SEC. 108. Section 309 of the Act is amended to read as follows: " R E S E A R C H, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, DISSEMINATION, AND

EVALUATION

Grants. contracts with

U.S.

20 USC 1221e.

"SEC. 309. (a)(1) The Secretary shall, with funds set aside under section 3140b), support applied research, development, demonstration, dissemination, evaluation, and related activities which will contribute to the improvement and expansion of adult education in the United States. The activities required by this subsection may include— "(A) improving adult education opportunities for elderly individuals and adult immigrants, "(B) evaluating educational technology and computer software suitable for providing instruction to adults, and "(C) supporting exemplary cooperative adult education programs which combine the resources of businesses, schools and community organizations. "(2)(A) The Secretary may support such activities directly, or through grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private institutions, agencies, or organizations, or individuals, including business concerns. "(B) Whenever the Secretary makes a grant or enters into a contract or cooperative agreement with any private for-profit institution, agency, organization, individual, or business concern, the Secretary shall assure that participants in the program assisted under this subsection are not charged for their participation. "(b) In addition to the responsibilities of the Director under section 405 of the General Education Provisions Act, the Director of the National Institute of Education may, with funds available under

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