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TITLE IV-EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT, RESOURCES, AND

SUPPORT1

PART A-GENERAL PROVISIONS

PURPOSE

SEC. 401. It is the purpose to this title to provide financial assistance to State and local educational agencies

(1) to strengthen the quality of elementary and secondary education through support of locally initiated projects and activities designed to improve educational practices;

(2) to assist local educational agencies in the acquisition of necessary books, materials, library resources, and instructional equipment; and

(3) to strengthen and expand programs of counseling and guidance services and testing of students in elementary and secondary schools.

(20 U.S.C. 3081) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2229 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 402. (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for obligation by the Commissioner during fiscal year 1980 and for each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1983, for the purpose of making grants under part B, relating to instructional materials and school library resources.

(2) No funds are authorized to be appropriated under this subsection for obligation by the Commissioner during any fiscal year unless

(A)(i) the aggregate amount which would be appropriated under this subsection is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during the preceding fiscal year in which part B was in effect, or

(ii) in the case of appropriations under this subsection for the first fiscal year in which part B is effective, such amount is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner for the fiscal year 1974, or for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher, under title II of this Act, and under title III (except for section 305) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, and

(B) the sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection are included in an Act making appropriations for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which such sums will be obligated, and are made available for expenditure prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.

(3) Whenever the requirements of paragraph (2) are not met, the Commissioner shall carry out programs under title II of this Act and under this title III (except for section 305) of the National De

1A new title IV was added by the Education Amendments of 1978 (P.L. 95-561, sec. 401). For its relationship to prior law, see title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-10), as amended prior to P.L. 95-561.

Section 402 of the Education Amendments of 1978 reads as follows:

"Sec. 402. The amendments and repeals made by this title shall take effect October 1, 1979."

fense Education Act of 1958 as in effect for the fiscal year 1978 (prior to the repeal or expiration thereof). In any fiscal year in which the provisions of the preceding sentence are in effect, sums equal to the sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs for fiscal year 1978 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year.

(b)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for obligation by the Commissioner during the fiscal year 1980 and for each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1983, for the purpose of making grants under part C, relating to improvements in local educational practices.

(2) No funds are authorized to be appropriated under this subsection for obligation by the Commissioner during any fiscal year unless

(A)(i) the aggregate amount which would be appropriated under this subsection is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during the preceding fiscal year in which part C was in effect, or

(ii) in the case of appropriation under this subsection for the first fiscal year in which part C is effective, such amount is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, or for the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher, under title III (except for programs of testing, guidance, and counseling), title V, and sections 807 and 808 of this Act, and

(B) the sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection are included in an Act making appropriations for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which such sums will be obligated, and are made available for expenditure prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.

(3) Whenever the requirements of paragraph (2) are not met, the Commissioner shall carry out programs under title III (except for programs of testing, guidance, and counseling), title V and sections 807 and 808 of this Act in effect for fiscal year 1978 (prior to the repeal thereof). In any fiscal year in which the provisions of the preceding sentence are in effect, sums equal to the sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs for fiscal year 1978 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year.

(c)(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000,000 for obligation by the Commissioner during the fiscal year ending prior to 1980, and for each succeeding fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1983, for the purposes of making grants under part D, relating to formula grants for guidance, counseling, and testing.

(2) No funds are authorized to be appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner for any fiscal year unless

(A)(i) the aggregate amount_which would be appropriated under this subsection for part D is at least equal to the aggregate amount appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during the preceding fiscal year in which part D is in effect; or (ii) in the case of appropriations under this subsection for the first fiscal year in which part D is in effect, the amount is at least equal to $18,000,000, and

(B) the sums appropriated pursuant to this subsection are included in an Act making appropriations for the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year in which such sums will be obligated, and are made available for expenditure prior to the beginning of such fiscal year.

(3) Whenever the requirements of paragraph (2) are not met, the Commissioner shall carry out programs under part A of title V of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 as in effect for fiscal year 1971 (prior to the expiration thereof). In any fiscal year in which the provisions of the preceding sentence are in effect, sums equal to the sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs for fiscal year 1978 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year.

(d) There are authorized to be appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during each fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1983, such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of increasing the allotment under section 403(a)(1) for that year to any State to a level of funding which equals the amounts of funds received by that State for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for programs under title II, title III, title V, and sections 807 and 808 of this Act, and title III (except for section 305) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958.

(20 U.S.C. 3082) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 401, 88 Stat. 535-537; amended Oct. 12, 1976, P.L. 92-482, sec. 328, 90 Stat. 2220; redesignated and amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2229-2231 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

ALLOTMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 403. (a)(1) From the amounts appropriated to carry out part B, part C, and part D of this title for any fiscal year, the Commissioner shall allot to each State from each such amount an amount which bears the same ratio to that amount as the number of children aged five to seventeen, inclusive, in the State bears to the number of those children in all the States.

(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term "State" shall not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The number of children aged five to seventeen, inclusive, in a State and in all States shall be determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available to him.

(b) The amount of any State's allotment under subsection (a) for any fiscal year to carry out part B, part C, or part D, which the Commissioner determines will not be required for that fiscal year to carry out any of those parts shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during that year as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to those States under subsection (a) for that year but with such proportionate amount for any of those other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Commissioner estimates that State needs and will be able to use for that year; and the total of those reductions shall be similarly realloted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amounts reallotted to a State under this subsection during a year shall be deemed a part of its allotment under subsection (a) for that year.

(c) There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for the purpose of this subsection amounts equal to not more than 1 per centum of each of the amounts appropriated for such year under part B, part C, and part D of this title. The Commissioner shall allot each of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for assistance under part B, part C, and part D of this title. In addition, for each fiscal year he shall allot from each of such amounts to (A) the Secretary of the Interior the amounts necessary (including not more than $75,000 for administration) for the programs authorized by each such part of children and teachers in elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior, and (B) the Secretary of Defense the amounts necessary for the programs authorized by each such part for children and teachers in the overseas dependents schools of the Department of Defense. The terms upon which payment for such purposes shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall be determined pursuant to such criteria as the Commissioner determines will best carry out the purposes of this title.

(20 U.S.C. 3085) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93–380, sec. 401, 88 Stat. 537, 538; redesignated and amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2231, 2232 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

STATE PLANS

SEC. 404. (a) A State shall be eligible to receive grants under this part if it has on file with the Commissioner a general State application under section 501 or section 435 of the General Education Provisions Act, whichever is applicable, and if it submits to the Commissioner a State plan at such times (not more often than once every three years) and in such detail as the Commissioner deems necessary, which

(1) designates the State educational agency as the State agency which shall, either directly or through arrangements with other State or local public agencies, act as the sole agency for the administration of the State plan;

(2) sets forth a program under which funds paid to the State from its allotments under section 403 will be expended solely for the programs and purposes that meet the requirements set forth in part B, part C, and part D of this title;

(3) provides assurances that the requirements of section 406 (relating to the participation of pupils and teachers in private elementary and secondary schools) will be met, or certifies that such requirements cannot legally be met in such State;

(4) describes the means by which the State educational agency will provide technical assistance to local educational agencies to enable them fully to participate in programs assisted under this title;

(5) provides assurances that funds such agency receives from appropriations made under section 402(b) will be distributed among local educational agencies on an equitable basis, recognizing the competitive nature of the grantmaking except that the State educational agency shall provide assistance in formu

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lating proposals and in operating programs to local educational agencies which are less able to compete due to small size or lack of local financial resources to distribute funds made available under this title to local educational agencies; and describes the procedures the State will use;

(6) provides that local educational agencies applying for funds under part B and part D shall be required to submit applications for that program not more than than once every three years;

(7) provides assurances that the aggregate amount to be expended per student or the aggregate expenditure by the State, its local educational agencies, and private schools in such State from funds derived from non-Federal sources for programs described in part B, section 521, and part D, respectively, for the preceding fiscal year are not less than the amount per student expended or the aggregate expenditure for the second preceding fiscal year for each such part;

(8) provides that, for any fiscal year in which the provisions of section 510(b)(2) are not met, of the funds the State receives under section 402 for each fiscal year, the State will use for administration of the State plan not to exceed whichever of the following is greater: (A) 5 per centum of the amount so received ($75,000 in the case of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands), excluding any part of such amount used for purposes of section 521, or (B) $225,000; and provides that the remainder of such funds shall be made available to local educational agencies to be used for the purposes of part B, C, and D, respectively;

(9) provides that, for any fiscal year in which the provisions of section 523(b) are not met, not more than the greater of (A) 15 per centum of the amount which such State receives pursuant to section 402(b) for any fiscal year, or (B) the amount available by appropriation to such State in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 and periods covered by section 431(a)(3) as in effect in such year, shall be used for activities described in section 521:

(10) sets forth policies and procedures which give satisfactory assurance that Federal funds made available under this title for any fiscal year will not be commingled with State funds;

(11) sets forth the means by which the State will make information and technical assistance available to private nonprofit school officials who desire to arrange for children in those schools to participate in Federal elementary and secondary education programs;

(12) sets forth a comprehensive plan for the coordination of Federal and State funds for training activities for educational personnel in the State including preservice and inservice training, which plan shall be developed with the involvement of teachers, professional associations, institutions of higher education, and other interested individuals; and

(13) provides that the State has established a State advisory council in accordance with subsection (b).

(b)(1) The State advisory council shall

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