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board or the Commissioner deem necessary to perform their duties;

(5) that the local educational agency will provide reasonable opportunities for the participation by teachers, parents, and other interested agencies, organizations, and individuals in the planning for and operation of each program;

(6) that any application, evaluation, periodic program plan or report relating to each program will be made readily available to parents and other members of the general public;

(7) that in the case of any project involving construction

(A) the project is not inconsistent with overall State plans for the construction of school facilities,

(B) in developing plans for construction, due consideration will be given to excellence of architecture and design and to compliance with standards prescribed by the Secretary under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in order to insure that facilities constructed with the use of Federal funds are accessible to and usable by handicapped individuals,

(C) in developing plans for such facilities, due consideration has been given to excellence of architecture and design, and inclusion of works of art (not representing more than 1 per centum of the cost of the project); and (8) that the local educational agency has adopted effective procedures for acquiring and disseminating to teachers and administrators participating in each program significant information from educational research, demonstrations, and similiar projects, and for adopting, where appropriate, promising educational practices developed through those projects.

(c) A general application submitted under this section shall remain in effect for the duration of the programs it covers. The State agencies or boards administering the programs covered by the application shall not require the resubmission or amendment of that application unless required by changes in Federal or State law or by other significant change in the circumstances affecting an assurance in that application.

(20 U.S.C. 3142) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2242, 2243 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

APPLICATION APPROVAL

SEC. 503. (a)(1) A State educational agency shall approve an application of a local educational agency or a State agency subject to this part if (A) such State educational agency is satisfied, after considering the factors specified in paragraph (2), that such applicant agency will use the funds received under the application in a manner which meets the requirements of this title, the General Education Provisions Act and other applicable requirements and (B) such applicant agency is not out of compliance with a determination of the State educational agency or the Commissioner that it repay funds paid it under this title which were misused, and is not out of compliance with a compliance agreement under section 508(c).

(2) A State educational agency may approve an application under paragraph (1) of this subsection, only after it has considered, where

pertinent, (A) the results of Federal and State audits, (B) the results of Federal and State monitoring reports, (C) administrative complaints made by parents or other individuals concerning the applicant agency's compliance with this title, and (D) reports on evaluations conducted by the local educational agency of its programs. (b) A State educational agency may make payments from funds received under this part only for programs and projects which it has approved under subsection (a).

(c) A State educational agency shall not finally disapprove in whole or in part any application for funds under this part without first affording the local educational agency or other applicant submitting the application reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 434 of the General Education Provisions Act.

(20 U.S.C. 3143) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2243, 2244 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

STATE RULEMAKING

SEC. 504. Nothing in this part shall be deemed to prohibit a State educational agency from adopting rules, regulations, procedures, guidelines, criteria, or other requirements applicable to programs and projects, assisted under this part if they do not conflict with the provisions of this part or with regulations promulgated by the Commissioner implementing this title or other applicable Federal law. The Commissioner shall encourage State educational agencies, in adopting such rules, regulations, procedures, guidelines, criteria, or other requirements to recognize the special and unique needs and circumstances of the State and of each local educational agency in the State.

(20 U.S.C. 3144) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2244 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

SEC. 505. Each State educational agency shall carry out a comprehensive program to provide technical assistance to local educational agencies and State agencies with respect to the use of funds received under this part. Such a program shall include technical assistance for management procedures, for planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs, and for preparation of applications, as well as other forms of technical assistance needed by local educational agencies and State agencies. Each State educational agency shall also adopt effective procedures for disseminating to local educational agencies and State agencies (1) significant and relevant information derived from education research, (2) information about successful compensatory education projects, (3) information about other Federal and State funded programs which may provide needed health, social, and nutrition services to eligible participating children under this title, and (4) such other information as will assist local educational agencies, and State agencies in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating programs subject to this part.

(20 U.S.C. 3145) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2244 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

MONITORING

SEC. 506. Each State educational agency shall adopt standards, consistent with minimum standards established by the Commissioner, for monitoring the effectiveness of programs and projects subject to this part. Such standards shall (1) describe the purpose and scope of monitoring; (2) specify the frequency of on-site visits; (3) describe the procedures for issuing and responding to monitoring reports, including but not limited to, the period of time in which the State educational agency must issue its report, the period of time in which the applicant agency must respond, and the appropriate followup by the State educational agency, (4) specify the methods for making monitoring reports available to parents, State and local auditors, and other persons, and (5) specify the methods for insuring that noncompliant practices are corrected.

(20 U.S.C. 3146) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2244, 2245 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

COMPLAINT RESOLUTION

SEC. 507. Each State educational agency shall adopt written procedures for receiving and resolving complaints, or reviewing appeals from decisions of local educational agencies with respect to complaints, concerning violations of this title, applicable provisions of the General Education Provisions Act or of programs subject to this part, and for conducting on-site investigations of complaints which the State educational agency deems necessary. Such procedure shall include

(1) specific time limits for resolving the complaint or completing the review and, if necessary, the independent on-site investigation, which shall not exceed sixty days unless exceptional circumstances exist;

(2) an opportunity for the complainant or the complainant's representative, or both, and the local educational agency involved to present evidence, including the opportunity to question parties to the dispute and any of their witnesses;

(3) the right to appeal the final resolution of the State educational agency to the Commissioner within thirty days after receipt of the written decision; and

(4) dissemination of information concerning the procedures to interested parties, including all district and school advisory councils.

(20 U.S.C. 3147) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2245 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS

SEC. 508. (a) Whenever a State educational agency, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to any local educational agency or State agency, before an impartial decisionmaker, finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of the programs subject to this part the State educational agency shall notify such agency that further payments, in whole or in part, will not be made to it under applicable provisions of law until it is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. Until it is so satisfied, no further payments shall be made

to such agency under applicable provisions of law, except as may be provided in a compliance agreement entered into under subsection (c). Pending the outcome of any proceeding under this subsection, the State educational agency may suspend payments to such agency, after such agency has been given reasonable notice and opportunity to show cause why such action should not be taken.

(b) Upon submission to a local educational agency or a State agency of a notice that the State educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) is withholding payment the State educational agency shall inform the district advisory council, if any, and shall take such additional action as may be necessary to bring the State action to the attention of the public.

(c) A State educational agency may suspend the initiation or continuation of its withholding action under subsection (a) while there is in effect a compliance agreement with the local educational agency or State agency under this subsection, except that if the local educational agency or State agency under this subsection, except that if the local educational agency or State agency fails to comply with the terms agreed to, such agreement shall no longer be in effect and subsection (a) shall be fully operative. In implementing such subsection, the State educational agency shall take into account any partial compliance by such agency under such agreement. For purposes of this subsection, the term "compliance agreement" means an agreement which—

(1) sets forth the terms and conditions to which the local educational agency or State agency has agreed in order to comply with the requirements of this title or the General Education Provisions Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, and with the applicable rules, regulations, procedures, guidelines, criteria or other requirements adopted by the State educational agency;

(2) addresses all the matters that formed the basis for the initiation of the withholding action by the State educational agency; and

(3) may consist of a series of agreements that in the aggregate dispose of all such matters.

Within fifteen days after the execution of any compliance agreement, the State educational agency shall send a copy thereof to the district advisory council affected, and to each organization or person who filed a complaint with respect to any failure to comply which is covered by that agreement.

(d) A local educational agency or State agency may, in accordance with section 425(a) of the General Education Provisions Act, appeal a final determination of the State educational agency under subsection (a) to the Commissioner.

(20 U.S.C. 3148) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2245, 2246 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

AUDITS AND AUDIT RESOLUTION

SEC. 509. (a) Each State shall make provision for audits of the expenditure of funds received under programs subject to this part, including funds received under this part, to determine, at a minimum, the fiscal integrity of grant or subgrant financial transactions and reports, and the compliance with applicable statutes, reg

ulations, and terms and conditions of the grant or subgrant. Such audits shall be made with reasonable frequency, usually annually, but not less frequently than once every two years, considering the nature, size, and complexity of the activity.

(b) Each State educational agency shall have in effect written procedures, meeting minimum standards established by the Commissioner, to assure timely and appropriate resolution of audit findings and recommendations arising out of audits provided for in subsection (a). Such procedures shall inlcude a description of the audit resolution process, timetables for each step of the process, and an audit appeals process. Where, under such procedures, the audit resolution process requires the repayment of Federal funds which were misspent or misapplied, such repayment may be made in either a single payment or in installments over a period not to exceed three years.

(c) A local educational agency or State agency shall repay from non-Federal sources or from Federal funds no accountability for which is required to the Federal Government the amount of funds under any program to which this part applies which have been finally determined through the audit resolution process to have been misspent or misapplied.

(d) A local educational agency or State agency may, in accordance with section 425(a) of the General Education Provisions Act, appeal a final determination of the State educational agency under subsection (b) to the Commissioner.

(e) If, following an affirmance by the Commissioner of a final determnation of a State educational agency under subsection (b) or failure by a local educational agency or State agency to seek timely review by the Commissioner, such local educational agency or State agency refuses to repay from non-Federal sources or from Federal funds no accountability for which is required to the Federal Government funds which have been misspent or misapplied under any program to which this part applies, the State educational agency shall promptly notify the Commissioner and the Commissioner shall promptly initiate collection action.

(20 U.S.C. 3149) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 501, 92 Stat. 2246, 2247 (effective Oct. 1, 1978).

PAYMENTS; AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 510. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to pay to each State amounts equal to the amounts expended by it for the proper and efficient performance of its duties under this part, except that the total of such payments in any fiscal year shall not exceed

(1) 1.75 per centum of the amount allocated to the State and its local educational agencies as determined for that year under the programs described in section 501(a); or

(2) $550,000, or $87,500 in the case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or the Northern Marianas,

whichever is the greater, but such payment shall not be less than the amount each State received for administration of programs under this Act for fiscal year 1978.

(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this part for the fiscal

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