of experimental projects for developing State leadership or for the establishment of special services which, in the judgment of the Commissioner, hold promise of making a substantial contribution to the solution of problems common to the State educational agencies of all or several States, and for grants to public regional interstate commissions or agencies for educational planning and research.

(20 U.S.C. 865) Enacted April 11, 1965, P.L. 89-10, Title V, sec. 505, 79 Stat. 51; amended Jan. 2, 1968, P.L. 90-247, Title I, secs. 145(b) (3), 146, 81 Stat. 800.

PART B-LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED

SEC. 521. (a) The Commissioner shall carry out a program for making grants to stimulate and assist local educational agencies in strengthening the leadership resources of their districts, and to assist those agencies in the establishment and improvement of programs to identify and meet the educational needs of their districts.

(b) For the purpose of making grants under this part, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each of the five succeeding fiscal years, except that no funds are authorized to be appropriated for obligation by the Commissioner during any year for which funds are available for obligation by the Commissioner for carrying out part C of title IV.

(20 U.S.C. 866) Enacted April 13, 1970, P.L. 91–230, Title I, sec. 143(a) (4) (D), 84 Stat. 142; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93–380, sec. 104 (b), 88 Stat. 503.

APPORTIONMENT AMONG STATES

SEC. 522. (a) From the sums appropriated for carrying out this part for each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall reserve such amount, but not in excess of 1 per centum of such sums, as he may determine and shall apportion such amount among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for assistance under this part. The remainder of such sums shall be apportioned by the Commissioner as follows:

(A) He shall apportion 40 per centum of such remainder among the States in equal amounts.

(B) He shall apportion to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 60 per centum of such remainder as the number of public school pupils in the State bears to the number of public school pupils in all the States, as determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available to him. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "State" does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(b) The amount apportioned to any State under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which the Commissioner determines will not be required for that year shall be available for reapportionment from

time to time, on such dates during that year as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the amounts originally apportioned among those States under subsection (a) for that year, but with the proportionate amount for any of the other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Commissioner estimates the local educational agencies of such State need and will be able to use for that year; and the total of these reductions shall be similarly reapportioned among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount reapportioned to a State under this subsection from funds appropriated pursuant to section 521 for any fiscal year shall be deemed part of the amount apportioned to it under subsection (a) for that year.

(20 U.S.C. 866a) Enacted April 13, 1970, P.L. 91-230, Title I, sec. 143(a) (4) (D), 84 Stat. 143.

GRANTS FROM APPORTIONED FUNDS

SEC. 523. From the amount apportioned to any State for any fiscal year under section 522 the Commissioner may, upon approval of an application in accordance with section 524 submitted to him by a local educational agency of such State, after approval by the State educational agency in accordance with section 525, make a grant or grants to such local educational agency equal to the expenditures incurred by such agency for the planning of, and for programs for, the development, improvement, or expansion of activities promoting the purposes set forth in section 521 (a) and more particularly described in such application and for which such application is approved, such as

(1) educational planning on a district basis, including the identification of educational problems, issues, and needs in the district and the evaluation on a periodic or continuing basis of educational programs in the district;

(2) providing support or services for the comprehensive and compatible recording, collecting, processing, analyzing interpreting, storing, retrieving, and reporting of educational data including the use of automated data systems;

(3) programs for conducting, sponsoring, or cooperating in educational research and demonstration programs and projects such as (A) establishing and maintaining curriculum research and innovation centers to assist in locating and evaluating curriculum research findings, (B) discovering and testing new educational ideas (including new uses of printed and audiovisual media) and more effective educational practices, and putting into use those which show promise of success, and (C) studying ways to improve the legal and organizational structure for education, and the management and administration of education in the district of such agency;

(4) programs to improve the quality of teacher preparation, including student-teaching arrangements, in cooperation with institutions of higher education and State educational agencies;

(5) programs and other activities specifically designed to encourage the full and adequate utilization and acceptance of auxiliary personnel (such as instructional assistants and teacher aides) in elementary and secondary schools on a permanent basis;

(6) providing such agencies and the schools of such agencies with consultative and technical assistance and services relating to academic subjects and to particular aspects of education such as the education of the handicapped, the gifted and talented, and the disadvanaged, vocational education, school building design and utilization, school social work, the utilization of modern instructional materials and equipment, transportation, educational administrative procedures, and school health, physical education, and recreation;

(7) training programs for the officials of such agencies; and

(8) carrying out any such activities or programs, where appropriate, in cooperation with other local educational agencies. (20 U.S.C. 866b) Enacted April 13, 1970, P.L. 91-230, Title I, sec. 143 (a) (4) (D), 84 Stat. 143.

APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER

SEC. 524. (a) An application for a grant under this part for each fiscal year shall set forth a plan under which Federal funds received by the applicant under this part for that fiscal year will be used solely for a program of activities specifically designed to strengthen the leadership resources of the applicant and to establish and improve programs to identify and meet the educational needs of the persons served by the applicant.

(b) The Commissioner may approve an application under this part only if the application for that year—

(1) contains or is supported by adequate assurance that Federal funds made available under the approved application will be so used as to supplement, and to the extent practical, increase the amounts of State and local funds that would in the absence of such Federal funds be made available for projects and activities which meet the requirements of section 523;

(2) sets forth such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid under this part; and

(3) provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may require to carry out his functions under this part, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.

(20 U.S.C. 866c) Enacted April 13, 1970, P.L. 91-230, Title I, sec. 143 (a) (4) (D), 84 Stat. 144.

APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS BY STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

SEC. 525. In approving applications for the purposes of this part. a State educational agency shall

(1) approve only such applications for proposed projects, programs, or activities as will

(A) make a significant contribution to strengthening the leadership resources of the applicant or its ability to par

ticipate effectively in meeting the educational needs of its district, and

(B) involve an expenditure of at least $2,500, and

(2) provide for an equitable distribution on the basis of need of funds provided pursuant to this part, and, to the extent possible within such a distribution, give priority to exemplary projects, programs, or activities.

(20 U.S.C. 866d) enacted April 13, 1970, P.L. 91-230, Title I, sec. 143(a) (4) (D) 84 Stat. 144.

PART C-COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND EVALUATION

AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 531. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make comprehensive planning and evaluation grants to State and local educational agencies in order to assist and stimulate them to enhance their capability to make effective progress, through comprehensive and continuing planning and evaluation, toward the achievement of opportunities for high-quality education for all segments of the population.

(b) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this part, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and each of the five succeeding fiscal years, except that no funds are authorized to be appropriated for obligation during any year for which funds are available for obligation for carrying out part C of title IV.

(c) (1) (A) From the sums appropriated for carrying out this part for each fiscal year, the Commissioner shall reserve such amount, but not in excess of 1 per centum of such per centum, as he may determine and shall apportion such amount among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for assistance under this part. The remainder shall be apportioned by the Commissioner as follows:

(i) He shall apportion 40 per centum of such remainder among the States in equal amounts.

(ii) He shall apportion to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 60 per centum of such remainder as the population of the State bears to the population of all the States, as determined by the Commissioner on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available to him.

(B) For purposes of this paragraph (1), the term "State" does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(2) The amount apportioned to any State under paragraph (1) of this subsection for any fiscal year which the Commissioner determines will not be required for that year shall be available for reapportionment from time to time, on such dates during that year as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the amounts originally apportioned among those States under such paragraph for that

year, but with the proportionate amount for any of the other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Commissioner estimates the State and local educational agencies of such State need and will be able to use for that year; and the total of these reductions shall be similarly reapportioned among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount reapportioned to a State under this paragraph from funds appropriated pursuant to this section for any fiscal year shall be deemed part of the amount apportioned to it under paragraph (1) for that year.

(3) Grants for any fiscal year to a State agency and any local educational agency in such pursuant to this part shall be made from such State's apportionment for such year pursuant to this subsection.

(20 U.S.C. 867) enacted April 13, 1970, P.L. 91–230, Title I, sec. 143 (a) (4) (D), 84, Stat. 145; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 104 (c), 88 Stat. 503.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND EVALUATION GRANTS:
ELIGIBLE AGENCIES

SEC. 532. (a) Any State desiring to receive a grant under this part for any fiscal year shall designate or establish within its State educational agency a single office or unit (hereinafter in this part referred to as the State planning and evaluation agency) as the sole agency for administering a comprehensive program of systematic planning and evaluation of elementary and secondary education in the State. The State planning and evaluation agency shall have the primary responsibility for planning and evaluating the education programs of the State and for the administration of funds received by the State under this part.

(b) Any local educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this part must provide the Commissioner with satisfactory assurance that

(1) the local educational agency or agencies have a planning and evaluation office or unit which has or will have, as the result of assistance under this part, the capability of carrying out a comprehensive program of systematic planning and evaluation meeting the purposes of this part;

(2) the appropriate State educational agency or agencies have been consulted and have had the opportunity to comment on, and advise the local educational agencies and the Commissioner with regard to, the application; and

(3) the planning and evaluation activities of the local educational agency or agencies will be closely coordinated with such activities of the appropriate State agencies;

and must further provide the Commissioner with satisfactory assurance that

(4) the local educational agency serves, or, if two or more local educational agencies are making joint application, those agencies serve, an area with a population sufficient to merit a comprehensive planning and evaluation program in addition to that of the State or of other local educational agencies in the area or region to be served by the applicant; or

(5) the local educational agency or agencies will use the funds for demonstration projects to plan, develop, test, and improve