(20 U.S.C. 241) Enacted Sept. 30, 1950, C. 1124, P.L. 874, 81st Cong., sec. 6, 64 Stat. 1107; amended Aug. 8, 1953, C. 402, P.L. 248, 83d Cong., sec. 8, 67 Stat. 535; amended Aug. 1, 1955, C. 446, P.L. 204, 84th Cong., 69 Stat. 433; amended Aug. 1, 1956, C. 852, P.L. 896, 84th Cong., sec. 10, 70 Stat. 909; amended May 6, 1960, P.L. 86-449, Title V, sec. 501, 74 Stat. 89; amended April 11, 1965, P.L. 89-10, Title I, secs. 2, 4(d) (2), 79 Stat. 27, 35; amended July 21, 1965, P.L. 89-77, sec. 2, 79 Stat. 243; amended Nov. 3, 1966, P.L. 89-750, Title II, sec. 204, 80 Stat. 1212; subsection (g) repealed April 13, 1970. P.L. 91-230, Title IV, sec. 401 (f) (1) and superseded by sec. 422 of P.L. 90-247, Title IV, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1232a).

ASSISTANCE FOR CURRENT SCHOOL EXPENDITURES IN CASES OF CERTAIN

DISASTERS

SEC. 7. (a) In any case in which

(1) (A) the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning determines with respect to any local educational agency (including for the purpose of this section any other public agency which operates schools providing technical, vocational, or other special education to children of elementary or secondary school age) that such agency is located in whole or in part within an area which after August 30, 1965, and prior to July 1, 1978, has suffered a major disaster as the result of any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe which, in the determination of the President pursuant to section 2(a) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1855a (a)), is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government; or

(B) the Commissioner determines with respect to any such agency that public elementary or secondary school facilities of such agency have been destroyed or seriously damaged prior to July 1, 1978, as a result of flood, hurricane, earthquake, storm, fire, or other catastrophe, except any such catastrophe caused by negligence or malicious action; and

(2) the Governor of the State in which such agency is located has certified the need for disaster assistance under this section, and has given assurance of expenditure of a reasonable amount of the funds of the government of such State, or of any political subdivision thereof, for the same or similar purposes with respect to such catastrophe;

and if the Commissioner determines with respect to such agency that(3) such agency is utilizing or will utilize all State and other financial assistance available to it for the purpose of meeting the cost of providing free public education for the children attending the schools of such agency, but as a result of such disaster it is unable to obtain sufficient funds for such purpose and requires an amount of additional assistance equal to at least $1,000 or one-half of 1 per centum of such agency's current operating expenditures during the fiscal year preceding the one in which such disaster occurred, whichever is less, and

(4) in the case of any such major disaster to the extent that the operation of private elementary and secondary schools in the school attendance area of such local educational agency has been disrupted or impaired by such disaster, such local educational

agency has made provisions for the conduct of educational programs under public auspices and administration in which children enrolled in such private elementary and secondary schools may attend and participate: Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize the making of any payment under this Act for religious worship or instruction, the Commissioner may provide to such agency the additional assistance necessary to provide free public education to the children attending the schools of such agency, upon such terms and in such amounts (subject to the provisions of this section) as the Commissioner may consider to be in the public interest. Such additional assistance may be provided for a period not greater than a five-fiscal-year period beginning with the fiscal year in which it is determined pursuant to clause (1) of this subsection that such agency suffered a disaster. The amount so provided for any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount which the Commissioner determines to be necessary to enable such agency, with the State, local, and other Federal funds available to it for such purpose, to provide a level of education equivalent to that maintained in the schools of such agency prior to the occurrence of such disaster, taking into account the additional costs reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of clause (4) of this subsection. The amount, if any, so provided for the second, third, and fourth fiscal years following the fiscal year in which it is so determined that such agency has suffered a disaster shall not exceed 75 per centum, 50 per centum, and 25 per centum, respectively, of the amount so provided for the first fiscal year following such determination.

(b) In addition to and apart from the funds provided under subsection (a), the Commissioner is authorized to provide to such agency an amount which he determines to be necessary to replace instructional and maintenance supplies, equipment, and materials (including textbooks) destroyed or seriously damaged as a result of such disaster, to make minor repairs, and to lease or otherwise provide (other than by acquisition of land or erection of facilities) school and cafeteria facilities needed to replace temporarily such facilities which have been made unavailable as a result of the disaster.

(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Pending such appropriation, the Commissioner is authorized to expend (without regard for subsections (a) and (e) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665)) from any funds appropriated to the Office of Education and at that time available to the Commissioner, such sums as may be necessary for providing immediate assistance under this section. Expenditures pursuant to the preceding sentence shall

(1) be reported by the Commissioner to the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate within thirty days of the expenditure;

(2) be reimbursed from the appropriations authorized by the first sentence of this subsection.

The report required to the Committees on Appropriations by clause (1) in the preceding sentence shall constitute a budget estimate with

in the meaning of section 201 (a) (5) of the Act of June 10, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11(a) (5)).

(d) No payment may be made to any local educational agency under this section except upon application there for which is submitted through the appropriate State educational agency and is filed with the Commissioner in accordance with the regulations prescribed by him. In determining the order in which such applications shall be approved, the Commissioner shall consider the relative educational and financial needs of the local educational agencies which have submitted approvable applications.

(e) Amounts paid by the Commissioner to local educational agencies under this section may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Commissioner may determine. Any funds paid to a local educational agency and not expended or otherwise used for the purposes for which paid shall be repaid to the Treasury of the United States.

(20 U.S.C. 241-1) Enacted Nov. 1, 1965, P.L. 89-313, sec. 2, 79 Stat. 1159; amended Jan. 2, 1968, P.L. 90-247, Title II, sec. 218, 81 Stat. 811; amended April 13, 1970, P.L. 91-230, Title II, sec. 201 (c), 84 Stat. 154; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 303 (a) (3), 88 Stat. 522.

TITLE II-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

(NOTE. This title was added by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and is cited as such; see page 57.)

TITLE III-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 301. This title may be cited as the "Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act."

Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 411, 86 Stat. 334.

DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 302. (a) In recognition of the special educational needs of Indian students in the United States, Congress hereby declares it to be the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies to develop and carry out elementary and secondary school programs specially designed to meet these special educational needs.

(b) The Commissioner shall, in order to effectuate the policy set forth in subsection (a), carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies which are entitled to payments under this title and which have submitted, and had approved, applications therefor, in accordance with the provisions of this title.

(20 U.S.C. 241aa) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 411, 86 Stat. 334.

GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

SEC. 303. (a) (1) For the purpose of computing the amount to which a local educational agency is entitled under this title for any fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1978, the Commissioner shall determine the number of Indian children who were enrolled in the schools of a local educational agency, and for whom such agency provided free public education, during such fiscal year.

(2) (A) The amount of the grant to which a local educational agency is entitled under this title for any fiscal year shall be an amount equal to (i) the average per pupil expenditure for such agency (as determined under subparagraph (C)) multiplied by (ii) the sum of the number of children determined under paragraph (1).

(B) A local educational agency shall not be entitled to receive a grant under this title for any fiscal year unless the number of children under this subsection, with respect to such agency, is at least ten or constitutes at least 50 per centum of its total enrollment. The requirements of this subparagraph shall not apply to any such agencies serving Indian children in Alaska, California, and Oklahoma or located on, or in proximity to, an Indian reservation.

(C) For the purposes of this subsection, the average per pupil expenditure for a local educational agency shall be the aggregate current expenditures, during the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the computation is made, of all of the local educational agencies in the State in which such agency is located, plus any direct current expenditures by such State for the operation of such agencies (without regard to the sources of funds from which either of such expenditures are made), divided by the aggregate number of children who were in average daily enrollment for whom such agencies provided free public education during such preceding fiscal year.

(b) In addition to the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for grants to local educational agencies under this title, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year an amount not in excess of 10 per centum of the amount appropriated for payments on the basis of entitlements computed under subsection (a) for that fiscal year, for the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to provide financial assistance to schools on or near reservations which are not local educational agencies or have not been local educational agencies for more than three years, in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this title.

(20 U.S.C. 241bb) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 411, 86 Stat. 335; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 631(b), 88 Stat. 585.

USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS

SEC. 304. Grants under this title may be used, in accordance with applications approved under section 305, for

(1) planning for and taking other steps leading to the development of programs specifically designed to meet the special educational needs of Indian children, including pilot projects designed to test the effectiveness of plans so developed; and

(2) the establishment, maintenance, and operation of programs, including, in accordance with special regulations of the Commissioner, minor remodeling of classroom or other space used for such programs and acquisition of necessary equipment, specially designed to meet the special educational needs of Indian children. (20 U.S.C. 241cc) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 411, 86 Stat. 335, 336.

APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS; CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL

SEC. 305. (a) A grant under this title, except as provided in section. 303(b), may be made only to a local educational agency or agencies, and only upon application to the Commissioner at such time or times, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Such application shall

(1) provide that the activities and services for which assistance under this title is sought will be administered by or under the supervision of the applicant;

(2) set forth a program for carrying out the purposes of section 304, and provide for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the program; (3) in the case of an application for payments for planning, provide that (A) the planning was or will be directly related to programs or projects to be carried out under this title and has resulted, or is reasonably likely to result, in a program or project which will be carried out under this title, and (B) the planning funds are needed because of the innovative nature of the program or project or because the local educational agency lacks the resources necessary to plan adequately for programs and projects to be carried out under this title;

(4) provide that effective procedures, including provisions for appropriate objective measurement of educational achievement will be adopted for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of the programs and projects in meeting the special educational needs of Indian students;

(5) set forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this title for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the education of Indian children and in no case supplant such funds;

(6) provide for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the applicant under this title; and

(7) provide for making an annual report and such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably require to carry out his functions under this title and to determine the extent to which funds provided under this title have been effective in improving the educational opportunities of Indian students in the area served, and for keeping such record and for affording such access thereto as the Com