Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session

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Page 936 - infant or toddler with a disability " — (A) means an individual under 3 years of age who needs early intervention services because the individual — (i) is experiencing developmental delays, as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures in one or more of the...
Page 721 - ... in a low-rent housing project assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937...
Page 1057 - ... goals in general, and in relation to their cost, their impact on related programs, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, including, where appropriate, comparisons with appropriate control groups composed of persons who have not participated in such programs. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not immediately involved in the administration of the program or project evaluated.
Page 698 - Maryland, under section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 if the Secretary has received that application not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That from the amount appropriated for section 8008 the Secretary shall award $500,000 to the Randolph Field Independent School District, Texas...
Page 966 - CENTERS. (a) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local parent organizations to support parent training and information centers that will help ensure that underserved parents of children with disabilities, including low-income parents, parents of children with limited English proficiency, and parents with disabilities, have the training and information they need to enable them to participate effectively in helping their children...
Page 930 - ... include amounts other than education funds) , to develop and implement a coordinated services system designed to improve results for children and families. including children with disabilities and their families.
Page 936 - State may use such funds — (1) for direct early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities, and their families...
Page 463 - To conduct nationally significant programs to improve the quality of education, assist all students to meet challenging State content standards, and contribute to the achievement of the National Education Goals.
Page 632 - That $6,574,000,000 shall be available for basic grants under section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary on October 1, 1998, to obtain updated local-educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census...
Page 960 - ... ensure that those personnel have the skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined, through research and experience, to be successful, that are needed to serve those children.