(5) Integrate these art forms into the regular educational program as distinguished from treating them on an extracurricular or peripheral basis; and

(6) Infuse the arts into the curriculum to enhance and improve the quality and quantity of aesthetic education offered and to expand the use of the arts for cognitive and affective learning experience.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.4 Project duration.

(a) Each grant is for a period of up to one year.

(b) If an applicant seeks a grant for an additional period, it must submit a new application to be evaluated in competition with all other applications.

(20 U.S.C. 1221e-3(a), 1867)

§ 160g.5 Initial funding.

(a) It is anticipated that one-third of the funds available for grants will be reserved for local educational agency programs under Subpart B and twothirds for State educational agency programs under Subpart C.

(b) It is anticipated that, for fiscal year 1976, grants will range from $5,000 to $10,000. However, this paragraph does not limit the amount of funds which may be awarded to a particular applicant.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.6 Costs.

(a) For the purpose of this Part, costs will be determined as provided in Appendix B to Subchapter A of this Chapter, subject to the restrictions in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) The following costs are not allowable:

(1) Salaries for regular instructional services and expenses incidental thereto;

(2) Equipment costs and expenses incidental thereto; and

(3) Costs of facility construction. (20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.7 Role of the Kennedy Center.

(a) Resources of the Kennedy Center, such as technical and staff assistance (including assistance with respect to project evaluations), training, and information on the arts may be provided to grant recipients at State and local sites, and at the Kennedy Center.

(b) The Kennedy Center will assist in the review of applications for grants and make recommendations to the Commissioner regarding them.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the Kennedy Center may use such instrumentalities or resources of the Center as it considers appropriate (including the Alliance for Arts Education National Committee).

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

Subpart B-Local Educational Agencies

§ 160g.11 Applicability.

This subpart applies to applications from and grants to local educational agencies under §§ 160g.14 and 160g.3.

§ 160g.12 Project areas.

(a) An application for a grant may be for a project relating to an arts education program to be carried out:

(1) By a single local educational agency, in one or more elementary or secondary schools in its school district;

or

(2) By more than one local educational agency, applying jointly, in more than one elementary or secondary school in the applicants' school districts, or in a single school in one district.

(b) Each arts education program that does not involve all of the schools of the applicant must be a pilot program designed to be replicated in other schools of the applicant.

§ 160g.13 Examples of projects.

The following are examples of projects for which grants may be made, when specifically related to an arts education program.

(a) Inservice training for administrators, regular classroom teachers, and special arts teachers;

(b) The use of arts resource personnel for conducting an arts education program;

(c) The use of visiting artists and consultants as part of an arts education program;

(d) Special arrangements for the continuing use of arts institutions and other community resources, including museums, performing arts organizations, and art centers;

(e) Employment of a director, administrator, or coordinator;

to

(f) Curriculum development infuse the arts into the total school environment;

(g) Providing any of the following developmental and technical assistance activities:

(1) Technical assistance by consultants;

(2) Assessment of needs for arts education programs;

(3) Surveys of arts resources which might be available for those programs; (4) Planning;

(5) Training of administrators, staff, and community representatives with responsibility for planning and organizing those programs;

(6) Evaluation of those programs; and

(7) Information for those programs. (20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.14 Application requirements.

The Commissioner may not make a grant unless the local educational agency submits an application containing:

(a) A description of the school or schools in which the arts education program to be assisted will be carried out, including the educational program and any arts activities which are a part of that program;

(b) A brief description of the school system of which the school or schools covered by the application are a part;

(c) A plan to integrate the art forms (including at least dance, music, drama, and the visual arts) into the regular educational program in the schools to be assisted through the establishment of an arts education program;

(d) A description of how the activities proposed under the project relate

to the plan described in paragraph (c) of this section;

(e) A description of how the plan relates to the State plan for arts education, if any;

(f) An explanation of the applicant's need for Federal assistance to carry out the project;

(g) A brief description of the involvement (on an advisory basis) of arts resources, in the area to be served by the project, in preparing the application, including, but not limited to, any recognized arts committees such as those established under the Alliance for Arts Education Program and other arts education programs;

(h) Provision for establishing an advisory committee, if the grant is made, which will be involved in developing and carrying out the project, to be composed of persons broadly representative of arts resources in the area to be served, including such persons as representatives of:

(1) The State educational agency (arts specialist or administrator);

(2) The local educational agency (administrator or teacher);

(3) The State arts agency (executive director or chairperson);

(4) The local arts agency (executive director, president, or artistic director);

(5) Professional arts education associations (such as the Music Educators National Conference, the National Art Education Association, the American Theatre Association, and the National Dance Association);

(6) Artists (professional or in training);

(7) Parents of children who will be served by the project; and

(8) Students who will be so served.

(i) A brief statement of how the project is designed to prevent supplanting or duplicating other activities and services in the area to be served by the project.

(20 U.S.C. 1231d, 1867)

§ 160g.15 State review of applications.

(a) The Commissioner may not approve an application unless the State educational agency, in consultation with the State Alliance for Arts Education Committee, if any, has had an

resources in the State to strengthen or help to establish specific local programs;

(b) A survey of currently existing arts programs in elementary and secondary schools in local educational agencies, and an analysis of these programs in terms of meeting the elements in § 160g.3;

(c) A determination of the need for arts education programs in specific local educational agencies, based on the survey and analysis conducted under paragraph (b) of this section;

(d) Development of a comprehensive State plan for the establishment of arts education programs, which meet the elements set forth in § 160g.3, in local educational agencies; and

(e) Providing any of the following developmental and technical assistance activities to particular local educational agencies to establish, conduct, and improve their programs:

(1) Technical assistance by arts consultants and arts resource personnel; (2) Planning and evaluation of activities;

(3) Training of administrators, coordinators, and staff with responsibility for the programs;

(4) Training of administrators and coordinators at the State level for planning and carrying out arts activities on a State-wide basis;

(5) Inservice training of regular classroom teachers and special arts teachers; and

(6) Dissemination of information on arts education programs in local educational agencies throughout the State.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.24 Application requirements.

(a) The Commissioner may not make a grant unless the State educational agency submits an application containing:

(1) A description of current and proposed State plans and activities to assist local educational agencies throughout the State in establishing, carrying out, and improving arts education programs;

(2) A description of the project and its relation to the establishment, carrying out, and improvement of arts

education programs throughout the State;

(3) An explanation of the applicant's need for Federal assistance to carry out the project;

(4) A brief description of the involvement (on an advisory basis) of arts resources in the State, including but not limited to, the State Alliance for Arts Education Committee and the comments (if any) of such Committee on the application;

(5) Provision for establishing an advisory committee, if the grant is made, which will be involved in developing and carrying out the project. The committee shall be composed of persons broadly representative of arts resources throughout the State, including such persons as representatives of: (i) The State Department of Education (arts specialist or administrator); (ii) The State arts agency;

(iii) Professional arts education associations (such as the Music Educators National Conference, the National Art Education Association, the American Theatre Association, and the National Dance Association);

(iv) Artists (professional or in training); and

(v) Teachers and administrators;

(6) A brief statement of how the is designed to prevent supplanting or duplicating other State activities and services in arts education;

(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a)(5) of this section, the State may designate its State Alliance for Arts Education Committee, if any, as the advisory committee.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.26 Criteria for approval of applications.

In determining whether to approve an application, and the amount of a grant, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Kennedy Center, will consider the following, with the maximum number of points to be given each item as indicated:

(a) (10 points). The criteria in § 100a.26(b) of this chapter;

(b) (15 points). The degree to which the project promises to enhance substantially the quality and scope of existing arts education programs in local

educational agencies throughout the State;

(c) (15 points). The extent to which the project will help to establish arts education programs throughout the State including areas where those programs do not currently exist;

(d) (15 points). The likelihood that the applicant will continue the project after Federal assistance ends, as measured by:

(1) Evidence of the applicant's financial and other commitment; and

(2) The extent to which the project is designed to build the capacity of the applicant to plan and assist local educational agencies to carry out arts education programs.

(e) (15 points). The extent to which the project will use existing and planned arts resources throughout the State;

(f) (10 points). The extent to which any arts education program which a project might assist can be replicated in a variety of settings;

(g) (10 points). The extent to which the project takes into account the special needs of handicapped children in arts education programs in the State and is designed to encourage their participation; and

(h) (10 points). Evidence of the applicant's commitment to furthering arts education programs in all elementary and secondary schools in the State, as shown by existing or planned organizational status, within the State educational agency, of personnel with administrative responsibilities those programs.

for

162.55 Project duration.

Subpart B-Reading Improvement Projects

162.10 Scope and purpose.

162.11 Eligible applicants; nature of pro

jects.

162.12 Application requirements.

Subpart F-State Leadership and Training
Projects

162.60 Scope and purpose.

162.61 Nature of projects; funding require

ments.

162.62 Evaluation criteria.

162.63 Project duration.

162.64 Allowable costs.

APPENDIX A-[Reserved]

APPENDIX B-Manual of Guidelines for the Reading Academy Program.

AUTHORITY: Title VII of Pub. L. 93-380, as amended by Pub. L. 94-194 (20 U.S.C. 19011982).

SOURCE: 41 FR 21460, May 26, 1976, unless otherwise noted.