President pro tempore of the Senate, and ten of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Committee shall at its first meeting select a Chairman and a Vice Chairman. (2) (A) The Committee shall provide guidance and planning for the Conference and shall make a final report (and such interim reports as may be desirable) of the results, findings, and recommendations of the Conference to the President and to the Congress not later than December 1, 1977.

(B) The Committee is authorized to provide such assistance as may be necessary for State and local conference activities in preparation for the National Conference.

(3) The Commissioner shall support the activities of the Committee by providing technical assistance, advice, and consultation.

(4) Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but may receive travel expenses (including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 (b) of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently, while employed in the business of the Committee away from their homes or regular places of business.

(5) The Committee is authorized to appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, a Conference Director and such professional, technical, and clerical personnel as may be necessary to assist in carrying out its functions under this section."

(d) (1) From the sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (e) the Commissioner is authorized to make a grant to each State, upon application of the Governor thereof, in order to assist in meeting the costs of that State's participation in the Conference program (including the conduct of conferences at the State and local levels).

(2) Grants made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made only with the approval of the Chairman of the Committee.

(3) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this subsection shall be apportioned among the States by the Commissioner in accordance with their respective needs for assistance under this subsection, except that no State shall be apportioned more than $75,000 nor less than $25,000.

(e) There are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitations, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section; and sums so appropriated shall remain available for expenditure until June 30, 1978.

(f) For the purposes of this section, the term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(20 U.S.C. 1221-1 note) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 804, 88 Stat. 597, 599.

PART B-EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND SURVEYS

STUDY OF PURPOSES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION

PROGRAMS

SEC. 821. (a) In addition to the other authorities, responsibilities and duties conferred upon the National Institute of Education (here

inafter referred to as the "Institute") by section 405 of the General Education Provisions Act and notwithstanding the second sentence of subsection (b) (1) of such section 405, the Institute shall undertake a thorough evaluation and study of compensatory education programs, including such programs conducted by States and such programs conducted under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Such study shall include

(1) an examination of the fundamental purposes of such programs, and the effectiveness of such program in attaining such purposes;

(2) an analysis of means to identify accurately the children who have the greatest need for such programs, in keeping with the fundamental purposes thereof;

(3) an analysis of the effectiveness of methods and procedures for meeting the educational needs of children, including the use of individualized written educational plans for children, and programs for training the teachers of children;

(4) an exploration of alternative methods, including the use of procedures to assess educational disadvantage, for distributing funds under such programs to States, to State educational agencies, and to local educational agencies in an equitable and efficient manner, which will accurately reflect current conditions and insure that such funds reach the areas of greatest current need and are effectively used for such areas;

(5) not more than 20 experimental programs, which shall be reasonably geographically representative, to be administered by the Institute, in cases where the Institute determines that such experimental programs are necessary to carry out the purposes of clauses (1) through (4), and the Commissioner of Education is authorized, notwithstanding any provision of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, at the request of the Institute, to approve the use of grants which educational agencies are eligible to receive under such title I (in cases where the agency eligible for such grant agrees to such use) in order to carry out such experimental programs; and

(6) findings and recommendations, including recommendations for changes in such title I or for new legislation, with respect to the matters studied under clauses (1) through (5).

(b) The National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children shall advise the Institute with respect to the design and execution of such study. The Commissioner of Education shall obtain and transmit to the Institute such information as it shall request with respect to programs carried on under title I of the Act. (c) The Institute shall make interim reports to the President and to the Congress not later than December 31, 1976, and September 30, 1977, and shall make a final report thereto no later than September 30, 1978, on the result of its study conducted under this section.

Any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, such reports shall not be submitted to any review outside of the Institute before their transmittal to the Congress, but the President and the Commissioner of Education may make

to the Congress such recommendations with respect to the contents of the reports as each may deem appropriate.

(d) Sums made available pursuant to section 151 (i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be available to carry out the provisions of this section.

(e) (1) The Institute shall submit to the Congress, within one hundred and twenty days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a plan for its study to be conducted under this section. The Institute shall have such plan delivered to both Houses on the same day and to each House while it is in session. The Institute shall not commence such study until the first day after the close of the first period of thirty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date of the delivery of such plan to the Congress.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)—

(A) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and

(B) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the thirty-day period.

(20 U.S.C. 1221e note) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 821, 88 Stat. 599, 600; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title V, Part A, sec. 501 (a) (13), 90 Stat. 2235.

SURVEY AND STUDY FOR UPDATING NUMBER OF CHILDREN COUNTED

SEC. 822. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, expand the current population survey (or make such other survey) in order to furnish current data for each State with respect to the total number of school-age children in each State to be counted for purposes of section 103 (c) (1) (A) of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965. Such survey shall be made, and a report of the results of such survey shall be made jointly by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Congress, not later than December 31, 1976.

(b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Commerce shall study the feasibility of updating the number of children counted for purposes of section 103 (c) of title I of the Act in school districts of local educational agencies in order to make adjustments in the amounts of the grants for which local educational agencies within a State are eligible under section 103 (a) (2) of the Act, and shall report to the Congress, no later than six months after the completion of the survey authorized by subsection (a), the results of such study, which shall include an analysis of alternative methods for making such adjustments, together with the recommendations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to which such method or methods are most promising for such purpose, together with a study of the results of the expanded population survey, authorized in subsection (a) (including analysis of its accuracy and the potential utility of data derived therefrom) for making adjustments in the amounts paid to each State under section 144 (a) (1) of title I of such Act.

(c) No method of making adjustments directed to be considered pursuant to subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall be implemented unless such method shall first be enacted by the Congress.

(20 U.S.C. 241c note) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 822, 88 Stat. 600, 601; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title V, Part A, sec. 501(a) (14)(A), (a) (14) (B), 90 Stat. 2235, 2236.

STUDY OF THE MEASURE OF POVERTY USED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965

SEC. 823. The Assistant Secretary shall supervise, with the full participation of the National Institute of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics, a thorough study of the manner in which the relative measure of poverty for use in the financial assistance program authorized by title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be more accurately and currently developed. The study of the relative measure of poverty required by this subsection shall be adjusted for regional, climatic, metropolitan, urban, suburban, and rural differences and for family size and head of household differences. The study required by this section shall consider

(A) the availability of data more current than the decennial census including data collected by any agency of the Federal Government which are relevant except that data so collected shall not disclose the name of any individual or any other information customarily held confidential by that agency, but shall include aggregate information to the extent possible;

(B) the availability and usefulness of cost of living data; (C) the availability and usefulness of cost of housing data; (D) the availability and usefulness of labor market and job availability data;

(E) the availability and usefulness of data with respect to prevailing wage rates, unemployment rates, and income distribution; and

(F) the availability of data with respect to eligibility criteria for aid to families with dependent children under a State plan approved under title IV of the Social Security Act.

(2) The Assistant Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare and submit to the Congress not later than December 31, 1975 a report of the study conducted under this subsection including recommendations with respect to the availability of data designed to improve the relative measure of poverty for the program of financial assistance authorized by title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Whenever the Assistant Secretary determines that data specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection are not available or that it is impractical to obtain data for each relevant area or category, the report shall contain an explanation of the reasons therefor.

(20 U.S.C. 241a note) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 823, 88 Stat. 601; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title V, Part A, sec. 501(a)(15), 90 Stat. 2236.

STUDY OF LATE FUNDING OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

SEC. 824. (a) The Commissioner shall make a full and complete investigation and study to determine—

(1) the extent to which late funding of Federal programs to assist elementary and secondary education handicaps local educational agencies in the effective planning of their education programs, and the extent to which program quality and achievement of program objectives is adversely affected by such late funding, and

(2) means by which, through legislative or adminstrative action, the problem can be overcome.

(b) Not later than January 31, 1976 the Commissioner shall make a report to the Congress on the study required by subsection (a), together with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate.

(20 U.S.C. 241a note) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 824, 88 Stat. 602; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title V, Part A, sec. 501(a)(16), 90 Stat. 2236.

SAFE SCHOOL STUDY

SEC. 825. (a) The Secretary shall make a full and complete investigation and study, including necessary research activities, during the period beginning upon the date of enactment of this Act and ending August 31, 1977, to determine—

(1) the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of crime in elementary and secondary schools in the States;

(2) the number and location of schools affected by crime;

(3) the per-pupil average incidence of crimes in elementary and secondary schools in urban, suburban, and rural schools located in all regions of the United States;

(4) the cost of replacement and repair of facilities, books, supplies, equipment, and other tangible objects seriously damaged or destroyed as the result of crime in such schools; and

(5) the means by which crimes are attempted to be prevented in such schools and the means by which crimes may more effectively be prevented in such schools.

(b) The Secretary shall request each State educational agency to take the steps necessary to establish and maintain appropriate records to facilitate the compilation of information specified in subsection (a) and to submit such information to him no later than June 1, 1976. In conducting this study, the Secretary shall utilize data and other information available as a result of any other studies which are relevant to the objectives of this section.

(c) Not later than August 31, 1977, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the study required by this section, together with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate. In such report, all information required under each paragraph of subsection (a) of this section shall be stated separately and be appropriately labeled, and shall be separately stated for elementary and secondary schools, as defined in sections 801 (c) and (d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.