26 1 2 3 4 ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 26 State's two planning agencies, the amount of any grant or grants under this section from the State's apportion ment. "(3) An application (or amendment or supplement 5 thereto) under this section shall set forth, in such detail as 6 the Commissioner deems necessary, the statewide program 7 referred to in paragraph (1) (or, in the case of a separate 8 application or amendment or supplement with respect to the 9 field of higher education, so much of the statewide program 10 as relates to that field), which shall include provision for"(A) setting statewide educational goals and establishing priorities among these goals; 11 121 13 14 15 "(B) developing through analyses alternative means of achieving these goals, taking into account the resources available and the educational effectiveness of each of the alternatives (including, in the case of higher education, the resources and plans of private institutions in the State bearing upon the State's goals and plans for 19 public higher education); 16 17 18 20 21 "(C) planning new programs and improvements in existing programs based on the results of these analyses; "(D) developing and strengthening the capabilities of the State to conduct, on a continuous basis, objective 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 27 evaluations of the effectiveness of educational programs; and "(E) developing and maintaining a permanent system for obtaining and collating significant information necessary to the assessment of progress toward the State's educational goals. 7 "(b) Applications (including amendments and supplements thereto) for grants under this section may be approved by the Commissioner only if the application 10 11 12 13 14 "(1) has been submitted to the chief executive of the State for review and recommendations; "(2) sets forth, if the State has elected to include the field of higher education and has designated or established a separate State higher education planning 15 agency, such arrangements for coordination, between the State's educational planning program in that field and the remaining educational planning program submitted by the State, as will in the Commissioner's judgment be effective; 16. 17 "(3) contains satisfactory assurance "(A) that the assistance provided under this section, together with other available resources, will be so used for the several purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (3) ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 28 of subsection (a) of this section as to result in the maximum possible effective progress toward the achievement of a high level of competence with respect to each of them, and "(B) that assistance under this part will, by the State planning agency involved, be used primarily in strengthening the capabilities of its own planning and evaluation staff or, to the extent that the program is to be carried out under the supervision of that agency by other agencies, the plan ning and evaluation staffs of such other agencies; but consistently with this objective part of the funds received under a grant under this section may be used, in appropriate circumstances, to employee consultants, or to enter into contracts for special projects with public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations having special competence in the areas of planning or evaluation; "(4) makes adequate provision (consistent with such criteria as the Commissioner may prescribe) for using funds granted to the applicant under this section, other than funds granted for planning and evaluation in the field of higher education, (A) to make program planning and evaluation services available to local edu LEGISLATION 29 cational agencies, and (B) in the case of such agencies in areas (particularly metropolitan areas) with school populations sufficiently large to warrant their own plan ning or evaluation staffs, to assist such agencies (financially or through technical assistance, or both) to strengthen their planning and evaluation capabilities and to promote coordinated areawide planning for such areas; "(5) provides for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the program; "(6) provides for such fiscal control and fund ac counting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid under this part to the State (including any such funds paid by the State to agencies, institutions, or organizations referred to in subparagraph (B) or paragraph (3)); and "(7) provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information as the Commissioner may reasonably require (copies of which shall also be sent to the chief executive of the State), and for keep ing such records and for affording such access thereto as 22 ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 22 1 ments of the population throughout the State, the Commis2 sioner is authorized to make, in accordance with the pro3 visions of this part, comprehensive planning and evaluation 4 grants to States that have submitted, and had approved by 5 the Commissioner, an application pursuant to section 523, 6 and special project grants, related to the purposes of this 7 part, pursuant to section 524. For the purpose of making 8 such grants, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,9 000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and 10 such sums as may be necessary for the next four fiscal years. "APPORTIONMENT AMONG THE STATES 11 12 12 13 "SEC. 522. (a) (1) From the sums appropriated for carrying out this part for each fiscal year, 25 per centum 14 shall be reserved for the purposes of section 524 and the 15 remaining 75 per centum shall be available for grants to 16 States under section 523. 17 "(2) The Commissioner shall apportion not in excess 18 of 2 per centum of the amount available for grants under 19 section 523 among the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 20 Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust 21 Territory of the Pacific Islands, according to their respective 22 needs for carrying out the purposes of this part. The re |