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20 U.S.C. § 1450 — Administrative provisions
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**(a) Applicant and recipient responsibilities**
(1) **Development and assessment of projects** — The Secretary shall require that an applicant for, and a recipient of, a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for a project under part B or C—
(A) involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project; and
(B) where appropriate, determine whether the project has any potential for replication and adoption by other entities.
(2) **Additional responsibilities** — The Secretary may require a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under part B or C to—
(A) share in the cost of the project;
(B) prepare any findings and products from the project in formats that are useful for specific audiences, including parents, administrators, teachers, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, and individuals with disabilities;
(C) disseminate such findings and products; and
(D) collaborate with other such recipients in carrying out subparagraphs (B) and (C).
**(b) Application management**
(1) **Standing panel**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall establish and use a standing panel of experts who are qualified, by virtue of their training, expertise, or experience, to evaluate each application under part B or C that requests more than $75,000 per year in Federal financial assistance.
(B) *Membership* — The standing panel shall include, at a minimum—
(i) individuals who are representatives of institutions of higher education that plan, develop, and carry out high quality programs of personnel preparation;
(ii) individuals who design and carry out scientifically based research targeted to the improvement of special
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**(a) Applicant and recipient responsibilities**
(1) **Development and assessment of projects** — The Secretary shall require that an applicant for, and a recipient of, a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for a project under part B or C—
(A) involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project; and
(B) where appropriate, determine whether the project has any potential for replication and adoption by other entities.
(2) **Additional responsibilities** — The Secretary may require a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under part B or C to—
(A) share in the cost of the project;
(B) prepare any findings and products from the project in formats that are useful for specific audiences, including parents, administrators, teachers, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, and individuals with disabilities;
(C) disseminate such findings and products; and
(D) collaborate with other such recipients in carrying out subparagraphs (B) and (C).
**(b) Application management**
(1) **Standing panel**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall establish and use a standing panel of experts who are qualified, by virtue of their training, expertise, or experience, to evaluate each application under part B or C that requests more than $75,000 per year in Federal financial assistance.
(B) *Membership* — The standing panel shall include, at a minimum—
(i) individuals who are representatives of institutions of higher education that plan, develop, and carry out high quality programs of personnel preparation;
(ii) individuals who design and carry out scientifically based research targeted to the improvement of special education programs and services;
(iii) individuals who have recognized experience and knowledge necessary to integrate and apply scientifically based research findings to improve educational and transitional results for children with disabilities;
(iv) individuals who administer programs at the State or local level in which children with disabilities participate;
(v) individuals who prepare parents of children with disabilities to participate in making decisions about the education of their children;
(vi) individuals who establish policies that affect the delivery of services to children with disabilities;
(vii) individuals who are parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26 who are benefiting, or have benefited, from coordinated research, personnel preparation, and technical assistance; and
(viii) individuals with disabilities.
(C) *Term* — No individual shall serve on the standing panel for more than 3 consecutive years.
(2) **Peer-review panels for particular competitions**
(A) *Composition* — The Secretary shall ensure that each subpanel selected from the standing panel that reviews an application under part B or C includes—
(i) individuals with knowledge and expertise on the issues addressed by the activities described in the application; and
(ii) to the extent practicable, parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26, individuals with disabilities, and persons from diverse backgrounds.
(B) *Federal employment limitation* — A majority of the individuals on each subpanel that reviews an application under part B or C shall be individuals who are not employees of the Federal Government.
(3) **Use of discretionary funds for administrative purposes**
(A) *Expenses and fees of non-Federal panel members* — The Secretary may use funds available under part B or C to pay the expenses and fees of the panel members who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government.
(B) *Administrative support* — The Secretary may use not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out part B or C to pay non-Federal entities for administrative support related to management of applications submitted under part B or C, respectively.
**(c) Program evaluation** The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out part B or C to evaluate activities carried out under part B or C, respectively.
**(d) Minimum funding required**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that, for each fiscal year, not less than the following amounts are provided under parts B and C to address the following needs:
(A) $12,832,000 to address the educational, related services, transitional, and early intervention needs of children with deaf-blindness.
(B) $4,000,000 to address the postsecondary, vocational, technical, continuing, and adult education needs of individuals with deafness.
(C) $4,000,000 to address the educational, related services, and transitional needs of children with an emotional disturbance and those who are at risk of developing an emotional disturbance.
(2) **Ratable reduction** — If the sum of the amount appropriated to carry out parts B and C, and part E of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 [[20 U.S.C. 9567](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9567&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] for any fiscal year is less than $130,000,000, the amounts listed in paragraph (1) shall be ratably reduced for the fiscal year.
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**(a) Regional educational laboratories** The Director shall enter into contracts with entities to establish a networked system of 10 regional educational laboratories that serve the needs of each region of the United States in accordance with the provisions of this section. The amount of assistance allocated to each laboratory by the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commissioner shall reflect the number of local educational agencies and the number of school-age children within the region served by such laboratory, as well as the cost of providing services within the geographic area encompassed by the region.
**(b) Regions** The regions served by the regional educational laboratories shall be the 10 geographic regions served by the regional educational laboratories established under section 941(h) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such provision existed on the day before November 5, 2002).
**(c) Eligible applicants** The Director may enter into contracts under this section with research organizations, institutions, agencies, institutions of higher education, or partnerships among such entities, or individuals, with the demonstrated ability or capacity to carry out the activities described in this section, including regional entities that carried out activities under the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994 (as such Act existed on the day before November 5, 2002) and title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such title existed on the day before January 8, 2002).
**(d) Applications**
(1) **Submission** — Each applicant desiring a contract under this section shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
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**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated to administer and carry out this subchapter (except [section 9564 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9564&num=0&edition=prelim)) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years, of which—
(1) not less than the amount provided to the National Center for Education Statistics (as such Center was in existence on the day before November 5, 2002) for fiscal year 2002 shall be provided to the National Center for Education Statistics, as authorized under part C; and
(2) not more than the lesser of 2 percent of such funds or $1,000,000 shall be made available to carry out [section 9516 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9516&num=0&edition=prelim) (relating to the National Board for Education Sciences).
**(b) Regional educational laboratories** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [section 9564 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section9564&num=0&edition=prelim) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. Of the amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence for a fiscal year, the Director shall obligate not less than 25 percent to carry out such purpose with respect to rural areas (including schools funded by the Bureau which are located in rural areas).
**(c) Availability** Amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.
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**(a) Authorization for veterans’ services**
(1) **Definition of Freely Associated States** — In this subsection, the term “Freely Associated States” means—
(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–239; [48 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) note);
(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–239; [48 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) note); and
(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint Resolution entitled “Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Compact of Free Association’ between the United States and the Government of Palau, and for other purposes” (Public Law 99–658; [48 U.S.C. 1931](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section1931&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
(2) **, (3) Omitted**
(4) **Legal issues**
(A) *Agreements to furnish care and services*
(i) *In general* — Before delivering hospital care or medical services under subsection (f) of [section 1724 of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1724&num=0&edition=prelim), as added by paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall enter into agreements with the govern
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1450
ed Pub. L. 101–476, title V, §§ 503, 504, title IX,
§ 901(b)(147), (148), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1138, 1149; Pub.
L. 102–119, § 25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607, authorized
appropriations, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–17, title
II, § 203(c), June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 157, effective Oct. 1,
1997.
A prior section 1445, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 645, as
added Pub. L. 105–17, title I, § 101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat.
123, which authorized appropriations, was omitted in
the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this
chapter by Pub. L. 108–446.
SUBCHAPTER
IV—NATIONAL
ACTIVITIES
TO IMPROVE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
WITH DISABILITIES
§ 1450. Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Government has an ongoing
obligation to support activities that con-
tribute to positive results for children with
disabilities, enabling those children to lead
productive and independent adult lives.
(2) Systemic change benefiting all students,
including children with disabilities, requires
the involvement of States, local educational
agencies, parents, individuals with disabilities
and their families, teachers and other service
providers, and other interested individuals and
organizations to develop and implement com-
prehensive
strategies
that
improve
edu-
cational results for children with disabilities.
(3) State educational agencies, in partner-
ship with local educational agencies, parents
of children with disabilities, and other individ-
uals and organizations, are in the best position
to improve education for children with disabil-
ities and to address their special needs.
(4) An effective educational system serving
students with disabilities should—
(A) maintain high academic achievement
standards and
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 9567
(k) Rule of construction
No regional educational laboratory receiving
assistance under this section shall, by reason of
the receipt of that assistance, be ineligible to re-
ceive any other assistance from the Department
of Education as authorized by law or be prohib-
ited from engaging in activities involving inter-
national projects or endeavors.
(l) Advance payment system
Each regional educational laboratory awarded
a contract under this section shall participate in
the advance payment system at the Department
of Education.
(m) Additional projects
In addition to activities authorized under this
section, the Director is authorized to enter into
contracts or agreements with a regional edu-
cational laboratory for the purpose of carrying
out additional projects to enable such regional
educational laboratory to assist in efforts to
achieve State education goals and for other pur-
poses.
(n) Annual report and plan
Not later than July 1 of each year, each re-
gional educational laboratory awarded a con-
tract under this section shall submit to the
Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commis-
sioner—
(1) a plan covering the succeeding fiscal
year, in which such laboratory’s mission, ac-
tivities, and scope of work are described, in-
cluding a general description of the plans such
laboratory expects to submit in the remaining
years of such laboratory’s contract; and
(2) a report of how well such laboratory is
meeting the needs of the region, including a
summary of activities during the preceding
year, a list of entities served, a list of prod-
ucts, and any other information that the re-
gional educational laboratory may consider
relevant or the Evaluation and Regional As-
sistance Commissioner may require.
(o) Con
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