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PUBLIC LAW 89-694-OCT. 15, 1966
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Public Law 89-694 ^ ^ ^^^ October IS, 1966 To authorize the establishment and operation by Gallaudet College of a model [H. R. 17190] secondary school for the deaf to serve the National Capital region.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may school fo^r^t^hT'^^'^^ be cited as the "Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act". Dea^°Ac°'^ AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 2. For the purpose of providing day and residential facilities for secondary education for persons who are deaf in order to prepare them for college and other advanced study, and to provide an exemplary secondary school program to stimulate the development of similarly excellent programs throughout the Nation, there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of a model secondary school for the deaf to serve primarily residents of the District of Columbia and of nearby States, including sums necessary for the construction of buildings and other facilities for the school. DEFINITIONS
SEC. 3. As used in this Act— (a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (b) The term "construction" includes construction and initial equipment of new buildings, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings and equipment thereof, including architect'services, but excluding off-site improvements. (c) The term "secondary school" means a school which provides education in grades nine through twelve, inclusive. A G R E E M E N T WITH GALLAUDET COLLEGE TO ESTABLISH MODEL SECONDARY SCHOOL
SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary, after consultation with the National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf (created by Public Law 89-258, 42 U.S.C. 2495) is authorized to enter into an agreement ^9 Stat. 984. with Gallaudet College for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment of a model secondary school for the deaf to serve primarily residents of the District of Columbia and of nearby States. (b) The agreement shall— (1) provide that Federal funds appropriated for the benefit of the model secondary school will be used only for the purposes for which paid and in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Act and the agreement made pursuant thereto; (2) provide for utilization of the National Advisory Committee on Education of the Deaf to advise the college in formulating and carrying out the basic policies governing the establishment and operation of the model secondary school; (S) provide that the college will make an annual report to the ^^p""^*Secretary; (4) provide that in the design and construction of any facilities, maximum attention will be given to excellence of architecture and design, works of art, and innovative auditory and visual devices
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