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preparing to engage in employment as teachers of handicapped children, as supervisors of such teachers, or as speech correctionists or other specialists providing special services for education of such children, or engaged or preparing to engage in research in fields related to education of such children. Grants under this section may be used by such institutions to assist in covering the cost of courses of training or study for such personnel and for establishing and maintaining fellowships or traineeships with such stipends as may be determined by the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning and other appropriate nonprofit institutions or agencies to assist them in establishing and maintaining scholarships, with such stipends as may be determined by the Commissioner, for training personnel preparing to engage in employment as teachers of

the deaf.

(20 U.S.C. 611) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 1, 72 Stat. 1777; amended Oct. 31, 1963, P.L. 88-164, Title III, sec. 301(a)(1)−(3), (b), 77 Stat. 294; amended Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-576, Title III, sec. 303, 82 Stat. 1096.

SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Education is also authorized to make grants to State educational agencies to assist them in establishing and maintaining, directly or through grants to public or other nonprofit institutions of higher learning, fellowships or traineeships for training personnel engaged or preparing to engage in employment as teachers of handicapped children or as supervisors of such teachers. Such grants shall also be available to assist such institutions in meeting the costs of training such personnel.

(20 U.S.C. 612) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 2, 72 Stat. 1777; amended Aug. 14, 1959, P.L. 86-158, Title II, sec. 201, 73 Stat. 346; amended Oct. 31, 1963, P.L. 88-164, Title III, sec. 301 (a) (3), 77 Stat. 294.

SEC. 3. Payments of grants pursuant to this Act may be made by the Commissioner of Education from time to time, in advance or by way of reimbursement, on such conditions as the Commissioner may determine.

(20 U.S.C. 613) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 3, 72 Stat. 1777; amended Oct. 31, 1963, P.L. 88-164, Title III, sec. 301(a)(4), 77 Stat. 294.

SEC. 4. Each State educational agency and each public or other nonprofit institution of higher education which receives a grant under this Act during a fiscal year shall after the end of such fiscal year submit a report to the Commissioner of Education. Such report shall contain a detailed financial statement showing the purposes for which the funds granted under this Act were expended.

(20 U.S.C. 614) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 4, 72 Stat. 1777.

SEC. 5. For purposes of this Act

(a) The term "nonprofit institution" means an institution owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

(b) The term "State educational agency" means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools in the State. (c) The term "State" includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, and American Samoa.

(20 U.S.C. 615) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 5, 72 Stat. 1777; amended Aug. 4, 1965, P.L. 89-105, sec. 7, 79 Stat. 430.

SEC. 6. The Commissioner of Education is authorized to delegate any of his functions under this Act, except the making of regulations, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education.

(20 U.S.C. 616) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 6, 72 Stat. 1777.

SEC. 7. There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this Act $19,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; $29,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $34,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $37,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970.

(20 U.S.C. 617) Enacted Sept. 6, 1958, P.L. 85-926, sec. 7, 72 Stat. 1777; amended Oct. 31, 1963, P.L. 88-164, Title III, sec. 301(a)(4), 77 Stat. 294; amended Aug. 4, 1965, P.L. 89-105, sec. 8, 79 Stat. 430, amended Dec. 4, 1967, P.L. 90-170, sec. 6, 81 Stat. 530.

Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963

(P.L. 88-164)

AN ACT To provide assistance in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963".

TITLE III—TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF MENTALLY RETARDED AND OTHER HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN EDUCATION OF
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

SEC. 302. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; $12,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; $14,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, to enable the Commissioner of Education to make grants to States, State or local educational agencies, public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning, and other public or nonprofit private educational or research agencies and organizations, and to make contracts with States, State or local educational agencies, public and private institutions of higher learning and other public or private educational or research agencies and organizations, for research and related purposes (as defined in this section) and to conduct research, surveys, or demonstrations, relating

to education for mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health impaired children who by reason thereof require special education (hereinafter in this section referred to as "handicapped children"). Payments pursuant to grants or contracts under this section may be made in installments, in advance or by way of reimbursement, and on such conditions as the Commissioner of Education may determine.

(b) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to appoint such special or technical advisory committees as he may deem necessary to advise him on matters of general policy relating to particular fields of education of handicapped children or relating to special services necessary thereto or special problems involved therein.

(c) The Commissioner of Education shall also from time to time appoint panels of experts who are competent to evaluate various types of research or demonstration projects under this section, and shall secure the advice and recommendations of such a panel before making any such grant in the field in which such experts are competent.

(d) Members of any committee or panel appointed under this sec tion who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall, while serving on the business of such committee or panel, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but not exceeding $75 per day, including travel time; and, while so serving away from their homes or regular place of business, they may be allowed travel expenses including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

(e) The Commissioner of Education is authorized to delegate any of his functions under this section, except the promulgation of regula tions, to any officer or employee of the Office of Education.

(f) For the purposes of this section the Commissioner of Education may make grants to institutions of higher education for the construction, equipping, and operation of a facility for research, or for research and related purposes (as defined in this section).

(g) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on construction of any project under this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this clause, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15), and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c).

(h) As used in this section the terms "construction" and "cost of construction" include (A) the construction of new buildings and the expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land or off-site improvements, and (B) equipping new buildings and existing buildings, whether or not expanded, remodeled, or altered.

(i) As used in this section, the term "research and related purposes" means research, research training, surveys, or demonstrations

in the field of education of handicapped children, or the dissemination of information derived therefrom, or all of such activities, including (but without limitation) experimental schools.

(20 U.S.C. 618) Enacted Oct. 31, 1963, P.L. 89-164, Title III, sec. 302, 77 Stat. 295; amended Aug. 4, 1965, P.L. 89-105, secs. 4, 5, 79 Stat. 429, 430; amended Jan. 2, 1968, P.L. 90-247, sec. 156.

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TITLE V-TRAINING OF PHYSICAL EDUCATORS AND PERSONNEL FOR MENTALLY

RECREATION

TARDED AND OTHER HANDICAPPED CHILDREN 1

GRANTS; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

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SEC. 501. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to public and other nonprofit institutions of higher learning to assist them in providing professional or advanced training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in employment as physical educators or recreation personnel for mentally retarded and other handicapped children (as defined in the first section of the Act of September 6, 1958 (20 U.S.C. 611)) or as supervisors of such personnel, or engaged or preparing to engage in research or teaching in fields related to the physical education or recreation of such children.

(b) For the purpose of making the grants authorized under subsection (a), there is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $1,000,000; for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $2,000,000; and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $3,000,000. Any sums appropriated for any such fiscal year and not obligated before the end thereof shall remain available for the succeeding fiscal year for the purpose for which appropriated.

(42 U.S.C. 2698) Enacted Dec. 4, 1967, P.L. 90-170, sec. 7.

RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION FOR MENTALLY RETARDED AND OTHER HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

SEC. 502. (a) (1) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $1,000,000, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, $1,500,000, to enable the Secretary to make grants to States, State or local educational agencies, public and nonprofit private institutions of higher learning, and other public or nonprofit private educational or research agencies and organizations, for research or demonstration projects relating to physical education or recreation for mentally retarded and other handicapped children (as defined in the first section of the Act of September 6, 1958 (20 U.S.C. 611)).

(2) Grants under paragraph (1) shall be made in installments, in advance or by way of reimbursement, and on such conditions as the Secretary may determine.

(b) The Secretary shall from time to time appoint panels of experts who are competent to evaluate various types of research or demonstra

1 This title was added to the Act by sec. 7 of the Mental Retardation Amendments of 1967 (P.L. 90-170) on Dec. 4, 1967.

tion projects under this section, and shall secure the advice and recommendations of one such panel before making any grant under this section.

(42 U.S.C. 2698a) Enacted Dec. 4, 1967, P.L. 90-170, sec. 7.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

SEC. 503. (a) (1) The Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee which shall consist of seven members to advise him on matters of general policy relating to the administration of this title. Three members of such committee shall be individuals from the field of physical education, two members thereof shall be individuals from the field of recreation, and two members thereof shall be individuals with experience or special interest in the education of the mentally retarded or other handicapped children.

(2) The Secretary shall, from time to time, designate one of the members of such committee to serve as the chairman thereof.

(b) Members of the advisory committee and members of any panel appointed pursuant to section 502(b), who are not regular full-time employees of the United States, shall, while serving on the business of such committee or such panel, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time; and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed 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.

(42 U.S.C 2698b) Enacted Dec. 4, 1967, P.L. 90-170, sec. 7.

Instructional Media for Handicapped Children

(P.L. 85-905)

AN ACT To provide in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for a loan service of captioned films for the deaf

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the objectives of this Act are

(a) to promote the general welfare of deaf persons by (1) bringing to such persons understanding and appreciation of those films which play such an important part in the general and cultural advancement of hearing persons, (2) providing through these films, enriched educational and cultural experiences through which deaf persons can be brought into better touch with the realities of their environment, and (3) providing a wholesome and rewarding experience which deaf persons may share together; and

(b) to promote the educational advancement of handicapped persons by (1) carrying on research in the use of educational media for the handicapped, (2) producing and distributing educational media for the use of handicapped persons, their parents, their actual or potential employers, and other persons directly involved in work for the advancement of the handicapped, and

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