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1 Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first

2 Congress, as amended).

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"(10) The term 'repair and minor remodeling' includes

4 the preparation of drawings and specifications for such work,

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and the inspection and supervision of the work.

"(11) The term 'school facilities' means classrooms

7 and related facilities (including initial equipment) for free 8 public education and interests in land (including site, grad9 ing, and improvements; on which such facilities are con10 structed, except that such term does not include those gym11 nasiums and similar facilities intended primarily for exhibi12 tions for which admission is to be charged to the general 13 public.

14 "(12) The term 'equipient' includes machinery, utili15 ties, and built-in equipment, and any necessary enclosures or 16 structures to house them, and includes all other items neces17 sary for the functioning of a particular facility as a facility 18 for the provision of educational services, including items such 19 as instructional equipment and necessary furniture, printed, 20 published, and audiovisual instructional materials, and books, 21 periodicals, documents, and other related materials.

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"(13) The term 'nonprofit' as applied to a school means

a school owned and operated by one or more nonprofit cor

24 porations or associations no part of the net earning of which

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1 inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private 2 shareholder or individual."

3 SEC. 3. (a) Section 103 and part A of title I of the 4 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as 5 amended by this Act shall be effective upon the date of 6 enactment of this Act. The remaining provisions of such title 7 shall become effective July 1, 1975.

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8 (b) Except for section 148 (National Advisory Coun9 cil), which is hereby repealed, the operative provisions of 10 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (title II of the Act of September 30, 1950), without 12 regard to the amendments made by this Act, shall be effec13 tive prior to July 1, 1975, and for that purpose section 102 14 of such title is amended by striking out "June 30, 1973" 15 and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1975”.

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(c) Effective July 1, 1975, section 403 of the Act of 17 September 30, 1950, is amended

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(1) by striking out, in paragraph (4), the following: ", except that for purposes of title II such term does not include any education provided beyond grade 12",

(2) by striking out, in paragraph (5), the follow

ing: "title II of this Act or",

(3) by striking out "(A)" where it appears after “(6)", in paragraph (6), and by striking out subparagraph (B) of such paragraph,

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(4) by striking out, in paragraph (8), the follow

ing: "and for purposes of title II, such term includes the

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Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands", and

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(5) by striking out paragraph (15).

93D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

H. R. 5823

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 20, 1973

Mr. BELL (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To strengthen education by consolidating certain elementary and secondary education grant programs through the provision of a share of the revenues of the United States to the States and to local educational agencies for the purpose of assisting them in carrying out education programs reflecting areas of national concern.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Better Schools Act of 4 1973".

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FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that, while public

7 education is primarily the responsibility of the States and

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1 local communities of this country, the Federal Government 2 has a responsibility to assist them in meeting the costs of edu3 cation in areas of special national concern. The Congress 4 finds, however, that prior programs of Federal financial assist5 ance for elementary or secondary education are too narrow 6 in scope to meet the needs of State and local school systems. (b) It is therefore the purpose of this Act to consolidate 8 certain current programs of Federal assistance to elementary 9 or secondary education into a system of Federal revenue 10 sharing for education designed to assist in meeting such 11 needs, to assist in encouraging innovation and development 12 of new educational programs and practices, to assist in pro13 viding compensatory education for educationally deprived 14 children, to assist in providing the special educational serv15 ices needed by the physically or mentally handicapped, to 16 encourage greater attention to the vital field of vocational 17 education, to assure to children whose parents live on Fed18 eral property an education comparable to that given to other 19 children, and to assist in providing State and local educational 20 officials with the flexibility and responsibility they need to 21 make meaningful decisions in response to the needs of their 22 students.

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AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS

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SEC. 3. Allotments to a State and payments to the

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