(A) be appointed by the State educational agency or as otherwise provided by State law and be broadly representative of the cultural and educational resources of the State and of the public, including

(i) teachers, principals, superintendents, and other professional employees of local educational agencies and private schools,

(ii) teachers from institutions of higher education,

(iii) school librarians, personnel involved in operating media programs in local schools, and guidance counselors, (iv) individuals from fields of professional competence in dealing with children needing special education because of physical or mental handicaps, specific learning disabilities, severe educational disadvantages, and limited English proficiency or because they are gifted or talented, and of professional competence in guidance and counseling, and

(v) parents, students, and other interested members of the public;

(B) advise the State educational agency on the preparation of, and policy matters arising in the administration of, the State plan, including the development of criteria for the distribution of funds and the approval of applications for assistance under this title;

(C) evaluate all programs and projects assisted under this title; and

(D) prepare at least every three years and submit through the State educational agency a report of its activities, reconmendations, and evaluations, together with such additional comments as the State educational agency deems appropriate, to the Commissioner.

(2) Not less than ninety days before the beginning of any fiscal year for which funds will be available for carrying out this title, each State shall certify the establishment of, and membership of (including the name of the person designated as Chairman), its State advisory council to the Commissioner.

(3) Each State advisory council shall meet within thirty days after certification has been accepted by the Commissioner and establish the time, place, and manner, of its future meetings, except that such council shall have not less than one public meeting each year at which the public is given an opportunity to express views concerning the administration and operation of this title.

(4) Each State advisory council shall be authorized to obtain the services of such professional, technical, and clerical personnel, and to contract for such other services as may be necessary to enable them to carry out their functions under this title, and the Commissioner shall assure that funds sufficient for these purposes are made available to each council from funds available for administration of the State plan.

(c) The Commissioner shall approve any State plan and any modification thereof which complies with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(20 U.S.C. 3084) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 401, 88 Stat. 538-540; amended Oct. 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, secs. 323(a), 501(e), 90 Stat. 2217, 2218, 2237; redesignated and amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2232-2234 (effective Oct. 1, 1979); amended Aug. 6, 1979, P.L. 96-46, sec. 1(13), (14) and (15), 93 Stat.

PAYMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 405. From the amounts allotted to each State under section 403 for carrying out the programs authorized by part B, part C, and part D, respectively, the Commissioner shall pay to that State an amount equal to the amount expended by the State in carrying out its State plan (after withholding any amount necessary pursuant to section 406(g)).

(20 U.S.C. 3085) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 401, 88 Stat. 541; amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2234 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

SEC. 406. (a)(1) To the extent consistent with the number of children in the school district of a local educational agency which is eligible to receive funds under this title or which serves the area in which a program or project assisted under this title is located who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, such agency, after consultation with the appropriate private school officials, shall provide for the benefit of such children in such schools secular, neutral, and nonideological services, materials, and equipment including the repair, minor remodeling, or construction of public facilities as may be necessary for their provision (consistent with subsection (c) of this section), or, if such service, materials, and equipment are not feasible or necessary in one or more such private schools as determined by the local educational agency after consultation with the appropriate private school officials, shall provide such other arrangements as will assure equitable participation of such children in the purpose and benefits of this title.

(2) If no program or project is carried out under part B in the school district of a local educational agency, the State educational agency shall make arrangements, such as through contracts with nonprofit private agencies or organizations, under which children in private schools in that district are provided with services and materials under that part to the extent that would have occurred if the local educational agency had received funds under this title.

(b) Expenditures for programs pursuant to subsection (a) shall be equal (consistent with the number of children to be served) to expenditures for programs under this title for children enrolled in the public schools of the local educational agency, taking into account the needs of the individual children and other factors which relate to such expenditures, and when funds available to a local educational agency under this title are used to concentrate programs or projects on a particular group, attendance area, or grade or age level, children enrolled in private schools who are included within the group, attendance area, or grade or age level selected for such concentration shall, after consultation with the appropriate private school officials, be assured equitable participation in the purposes and benefits of such programs or projects.

(c)(1) The control of funds provided under this title and title to materials, equipment, and property repaired, remodeled, or constructed therewith shall be in a public agency for the uses and purposes provided in this title, and a public agency shall administer such funds and property.

(2) The provision of services pursuant to this section shall be provided by employees of a public agency or through contract by such public agency with a person, an association, agency, or corporation who or which in the provision of such services is independent of such private school and of any religious organizations, and such employment or contract shall be under the control and supervision of such public agency, and the funds provided under this title shall not be commingled with State or local funds.

(d) If a State is prohibited by law from providing for the participation in programs of children enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools, as required by this section, the Commissioner shall waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to such children through arrangements which shall be subject to the requirements of this section.

(e)(1) If the Commissioner determines that a State or a local educational agency has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for participation on an equitable basis of children enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools as required by this section, he may waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to such children through arrangements which shall be subject to the requirements of this section.

(2) Pending final resolution of any investigation or complaint that could result in a determination under this subsection or subsection (d), the Commissioner may withhold from the allocation of the affected State or local educational agency the amount he estimates would be necessary to pay the cost of those services.

(f) Any determination by the Commissioner under this section. shall continue in effect until the Commissioner determines that there will no longer be any failure or inability on the part of the State or local educational agency to meet the requirements of subsections (a) and (b).

(g) When the Commissioner arranges for services pursuant to this section, he shall, after consultation with the appropriate public and private school officials, pay the cost of such services, including the administrative costs of arranging for those services, from the appropriate allotment of the State under this title.

(h)(1) The Commissioner shall not take any final action under this section until the State educational agency and local educational agency affected by such action have had an opportunity, for at least forty-five days after receiving written notice thereof, to submit written objections and to appear before the Commissioner or his designee to show cause why that action should not be taken. (2) If a State or local educational agency is dissatisfied with the Commissioner's final action after a proceeding under paragraph (1) of this subsection, it may within sixty days after notice of such action, file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for review of that action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Commissioner. The Commissioner thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based this action, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code.

(3) The findings of fact by the Commissioner, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case to the Commissioner to take further

evidence, and the Commissioner may thereupon make new or modified findings of fact and may modify his previous action, and shall file in the court the record of the further proceedings. Such new or modified findings of fact shall likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence.

(4) Upon the filing of such petition, the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Commissioner or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.

(20 U.S.C. 3086) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 401, 88 Stat. 541, 542; amended Oct. 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, sec. 324, 90 Stat. 2220; amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2234-2236 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

PART B-INSTRUCTIONAL Materials AND SCHOOL LIBRARY

RESOURCES

ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED

SEC. 421. The amounts allotted to each State under section 403 for the purposes of this part shall be used to provide assistance to local educational agencies within that State

(1) for the acquisition of school library resources, textbooks, and other printed and published instructional materials for the use of children and teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools which shall be used for instructional purposes only; and

(2) for the acquisition of instructional equipment and materials suitable for use in providing education in academic subjects for use by children and teachers in elementary and secondary schools which shall be used for instructional purposes only.

(20 U.S.C. 3101) Enacted Aug. 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 401, 88 Stat. 542, 543; amended Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2236, 2237 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 422. (a) Funds available to a State under this part shall be distributed among local educational agencies in that State according to the enrollments in public and nonpublic schools within the school districts of those agencies, adjusted, in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Commissioner, to provide higher per pupil allocations to (1) local educational agencies whose tax effort for education is substantially greater than the State average tax effort for education, but whose per pupil expenditure (excluding payments made under title I of this Act) is no greater than the average per pupil expenditure in the State, and (2) local educational agencies which have the greatest numbers or percentages of children whose education imposes a higher than average cost per child, such as children from low-income families, children living in sparsely populated areas, and children from families in which English is not the dominant language.

(b) Local educational agencies shall be given complete discretion (subject to the provisions of section 406) in determining how funds they receive under this part will be divided among the purposes de

scribed in section 421, except that the State educational agency shall insure that each local educational agency, in making that determination, has adopted appropriate procedures, including periodic consultation with teachers, librarians, media specialists and other professional staff in the schools, and private school officials, to coordinate the selection of equipment and materials under this part with curricula being carried out in the schools within that agency.

(20 U.S.C. 3102) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 401, 92 Stat. 2237 (effective Oct. 1, 1979).

PART C-IMPROVEMENT IN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE

ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED

SEC. 431. (a) The amounts allotted to each State under section 403 for the purpose of this part shall be used to provide assistance to local educational agencies within the State for activities that will improve the educational practices of those agencies, including

(1) the development and demonstration of activities designed to address serious educational problems in elementary and secondary schools, including

(A) the need for effective programs for children with special needs, such as educationally deprived children, gifted and talented children, and handicapped children,

(B) high rates of children who do not complete secondary school, and

(C) the need of children in private schools for improved educational services;

(2) encouraging the development and demonstration of improved means of carrying out programs for educationally deprived children in school attendance areas having high concentrations of children from low-income families;

(3) activities designed to improve the achievement of children in basic skills;

(4) activities to encourage the participation of parents in the education of their children;

(5) the development of programs to diagnose learning problems and assess the educational achievement of children, including children in nonprofit private schools;

(6) developing and implementing model plans to demonstrate effective means of improving school management and fully coordinating all the Federal, State, and local resources available in a school in a fashion designed to meet the individual needs of every child in that school;

(7) professional development programs for teachers, administrators, and other instructional personnel in the schools of such agencies;

(8) early childhood and family education programs for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten programs and below age six for activities related to the identification of potential barriers to learning, the education of parents in child development, homebased programs, and referral services; and