Title 20 — Education
Part B · Chapter 33 — Education of Individuals with Disabilities
§ 1461. Purpose; definition of eligible entity
Statutory text
Purpose
The purpose of this part is—
to provide Federal funding for personnel preparation, technical assistance, model demonstration projects, information dissemination, and studies and evaluations, in order to improve early intervention, educational, and transitional results for children with disabilities; and
to assist State educational agencies and local educational agencies in improving their education systems for children with disabilities.
Definition of eligible entity
In general
In this part, the term “eligible entity” means—
a State educational agency;
a local educational agency;
a public charter school that is a local educational agency under State law;
an institution of higher education;
a public agency not described in subparagraphs (A) through (D);
a private nonprofit organization;
an outlying area;
an Indian tribe or a tribal organization (as defined under section 5304 of title 25); or
a for-profit organization, if the Secretary finds it appropriate in light of the purposes of a particular competition for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this part.
Special rule
The Secretary may limit which eligible entities described in paragraph (1) are eligible for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this part to 1 or more of the categories of eligible entities described in paragraph (1).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Education of the Handicapped Act
Pub. L. 91–230 title VI § 661 · 84 Stat. 121
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1461
(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 661, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2774.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 661, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2774.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 661. research, training, and model centers (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private educational and research agencies and organizations (except that no grant shall be made other than to a nonprofit agency or organization) in order to carry out a program of— (1) research and related purposes relating to the education of children with specific learning disabilities; (2) professional or advanced training for educational personnel who are teaching, or are preparing to be teachers of, children with specific learning disabilities, or such training for persons who are, or are preparing to be, supervisors and teachers of such personnel; and (3) establishing and operating model centers for the improvement of education of children with specific learning disabilities, which centers shall (A) provide testing and educational evaluation to identify children with learning disabilities who have been referred to such centers, (B) develop and conduct model programs designed to meet the special educational needs of such children, (C) assist appropriate educational agencies, organizations, and institutions in making such model programs available to other children with learning disabilities, and (D) disseminate new methods or techniques for overcoming learning disabilities to educational institutions, organizations, and agencies within the the area served by such center and evaluate the effectiveness of the dissemination process. Such evaluation shall be conducted annually after the first year of operation of a center. In making grants and contracts under this section the Commissioner shall give special consideration to applications which propose innovative and creative approaches to meeting the educational needs of children with specific learning disabilities, and those which emphasize the prevention and early identification of learning disabilities. (b) In making grants and controls under this section, the Commissioner shall— (1) for the purposes of clause (2) of subsection (a), seek to achieve an equitable geographical distribution of training programs and trained personnel throughout the Nation, and (2) for the purposes of clause (3) of subsection (a), to the extent feasible, taking into consideration the appropriations pursuant to this section, seek to encourage the establishment of a model center in each of the States. (c) For the purpose of making grants and contracts under this section there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and $31,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1973.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1461, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 661, as added Pub. L. 105–17, title I, § 101, , 111 Stat. 130, related to administrative provisions, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 108–446.
Another prior section 1461, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 661, as added Pub. L. 99–457, title III, § 317, , 100 Stat. 1172; amended Pub. L. 100–630, title I, § 107(b), , 102 Stat. 3301; Pub. L. 101–476, title VII, § 701, title IX, § 901(b)(154)–(156), , 104 Stat. 1140, 1149; Pub. L. 102–119, § 25(a)(15), (b), , 105 Stat. 606, 607, related to financial assistance for the purpose of advancing use of new technology, media, and materials in education of students with disabilities and provision of related services and early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–17, title II, § 203(c), , 111 Stat. 157, effective .
Another prior section 1461, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 661, , 84 Stat. 187; Pub. L. 93–380, title VI, § 621, , 88 Stat. 585; Pub. L. 98–199, § 3(b), , 97 Stat. 1358, related to research, training, and model centers respecting special programs for children with specific learning disabilities, providing in subsec. (a), Secretary’s grant and contract authority, functions of model centers, and considerations governing making of contracts and grants; subsec. (b), other considerations in making awards, geographical distribution of training programs and trained personnel, and a model center in each State; and subsec. (c), appropriations authorization of $10, $20, and $20 million dollars for fiscal years ending through 1977, respectively, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–199, § 14, , 97 Stat. 1374.
Credits
(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 661, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, , 118 Stat. 2774.)