PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988
102 STAT. 425
made available to the Congress, State educational agencies, and the National Diffusion Network. SEC. 6203. STUDY OF STATE OPERATED PROGRAM FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
20 USC 2791 note.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the State Operated Program for Handicapped Children under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (2) Not later than January 30, 1989, the Comptroller General shall Reports, prepare and submit a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress containing the findings of such study to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. (3) For the purpose of this section, the term "children" includes infants and toddlers. (b) STUDY COMPONENTS.—The study shall include— (1) a description of State and local agencies that participate in the program, the children the agencies serve, and the programs for which the agencies use funds; (2) how such program is administered by the State educational agency or any predecessor agencies serving as fiscal agents for the States; (3) the major policies, procedures and practices pertaining to the determination of when a child is considered eligible to be counted unc^er such program; the allocation of funds to agencies, schools, programs and projects within schools; the supplementary nature of the services provided; and authorized use of funds; (4) the policies and procedures governing the placement of handicapped children, including local educational agency transfer children, in schools and programs and projects receiving assistance under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (5) the relationship between the chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 program and parts B and H of the Education of the Handicapped Act (conceptual relationship; comparison of how the two programs are administered by the State educational agency; and a comparison between the programs with respect to the extent to which handicapped children receive a free appropriate public education and such children and their parents are provided the rights and procedural safeguards guaranteed under part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act); and (6) such other information as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. (c) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Comptroller General shall include in the report the findings based on the study, a Stateby-State analysis for the States subject to the study, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Comptroller General deems appropriate. SEC. 6204. STUDY ON TUTORING PROGRAMS.
The Secretary shall conduct a study of tutoring programs for eligible participants under chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 carried out by students in institutions of higher education. In conducting such research, the Secretary shall
20 USC 2882
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