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 98 STAT. 1302

PUBLIC LAW 98-377—AUG. 11, 1984

remain available for obligation and expenditure by the recipient until the end of the succeeding fiscal year. (b)(1) If a local educational agency in a State is prohibited by law from providing for the participation of children and staff enrolled or employed in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools as required by this title, the Secretary may waive such requirement with respect to local educational agencies in such State and, upon the approval of an application from a local educational agency within such State, shall arrange for the provision of services to such children enrolled in, or teachers or other educational staff of, any nonprofit private elementary or secondary school located within the school district of such agency if the participation of such children and staff would assist in achieving the purpose of this title. The services to be provided through arrangements made by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be comparable to the services to be provided by such local educational agency under such application. (2) In determining the amount to be paid pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account the number of children and teachers and other educational staff who, except for provisions of State law, might reasonably be expected to participate in the program carried out under this title by such local educational agency. (3) If the Secretary determines that a local educational agency has substantially failed to provide for the participation on an equitable basis of children and staff enrolled or employed in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, the Secretary shall arrange for the provision of services to children enrolled in, or teachers or other educational staff of, the nonprofit private elementary or secondary school or schools located within the school district of such local educational agency, which services shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be identical with the services which would have been provided such children or staff had the local educational agency carried out such assurance. The Secretary shall pay the cost of such services from the grant to such local educational agency and shall have the authority for this purpose of recovering from such agency any funds paid to it under such grant. WITHHOLDING

20 USC 4062. 20 USC 1234b, 1234c. The Equal

SEC. 712. The provisions of sections 453 and 454 of the General Education Provisions Act, relating to withholding and cease and desist orders, shall apply to the program authorized by this title. TITLE VIII—THE EQUAL ACCESS ACT

Access Act. SHORT TITLE

20 USC 4071

SEC. 801. This title may be cited as "The Equal Access Act",

note. DENIAL OF EQUAL ACCESS PROHIBITED

20 USC 4071.

SEC. 802. (a) It shall be unlawful for any public secondary school which receives Federal financial assistance and which has a limited open forum to deny equal access or a fair opportunity to, or discriminate against, any students who wish to conduct a meeting within that limited open forum on the basis of the religious, political, philosophical, or other content of the speech at such meetings, (b) A public secondary school has a limited open forum whenever such school grants an offering to or opportunity for one or more

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