LEGISLATION 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 planning 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 5 VI SEC. 155. So much of paragraph (1) of section 603 (a) 6 (1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 7 as follows the first sentence is amended to read as follows: 8 "The Commissioner shall allot the amount appropriated pursuant to this paragraph among "(A) Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs, and "(B) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, (i) the Secretary of the Interior according to the need for such assistance for the education of handicapped children in elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior, and (ii) the Secretary of Defense according to the need for such assistance for the education of handicapped children in the overseas dependents schools of the Department of Defense. The terms upon which payments for such 38 ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 38 purpose shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior 1 2 and the Secretary of Defense shall be determined pur 3 4 suant to such criteria as the Commissioner determines will best carry out the purposes of this title." 5 EXPANSION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA PROGRAMS TO IN 6 7 8 11 14 CLUDE ALL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN SEC. 156. Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to provide in the Department of Health, 9 Education, and Welfare for a loan service of captioned films 10 for the deaf" (42 U.S.C. 2491 et seq.), is amended to read as follows in order to conform its statement of objectives to 12 amendments made to such Act by Public Law 89-258: 13 "(b) To promote the educational advancement of handicapped persons by (1) carrying on research in the use of educational media for the handicapped, (2) produc16 ing and distributing educational media for the use of handi17 capped persons, their parents, their actual or potential em18 ployers, and other persons directly involved in work for 19 the advancement of the handicapped, and (3) training 20 persons in the use of educational media for the instruction 21 of the handicapped." 15 22 SEC. 157. Section 2 of such Act is amended by adding 23 the following at the end thereof: "(4) The term 'handicapped' means deaf, mentally ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 31 to the complexities of adequate metropolitan planning in such places; "(3) comparative and cooperative studies agreed upon between States or metropolitan areas; "(4) conferences to promote the purposes of this part and involving different States; “(5) publications of general use to the planning of more effective and efficient educational services, and other activities for dissemination of information related to the purposes of this part. "PAYMENTS 12 "SEC. 525. Payments under this part may be made in 13 installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, 14 with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or 15 underpayments, as the Commissioner may determine." 16 PART E-AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VI OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, AND 17 18 19 RELATED AMENDMENTS REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS SEC. 151. Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 21 Education Act of 1965 is amended by 32 ANALYSIS OF S. 1125 32 1 "PART A-ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR EDUCATION OF 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN"; (2) inserting immediately below section 607 "PART D-GENERAL PROVISIONS"; (3) redesignating sections 608, 609, and 610 as sections 610, 611, and 612, respectively, (4) striking out the words "this title" wherever they occur in sections 601 through 607, and inserting in lieu thereof "this part"; and (5) inserting immediately after section 607 the following: "PART B-REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS FOR IMPROVE MENT OF THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHIL DREN "REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS "SEC. 608. (a) For the purpose of aiding in the estab17 lishment and operation of regional centers which will de18 velop and apply the best methods of appraising the special 19 educational needs of handicapped children referred to them 20 and will provide other services to assist in meeting such 21 needs, there are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 22 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal 23 24 years. 25 "(b) Appropriations under this section shall be avail |