504
Appropriation.
Posf. p. 506.
Post, p. 510.
PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974
[88 STAT.
to develop and carry out such programs in elementary and secondary schools, including activities at the preschool level, which are designed to meet the educational needs of such children; and to demonstrate effective ways of providing, for children of limited English-speaking ability, instruction designed to enable them, while using their native language, to achieve competence in the English language. «^|^^ ^-,^^ Except as is otherwlsc provided in this title, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $135,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; $135,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; $150,000,000 for the fiscal 3^ear ending June 30, 1977; and $160,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978. "(2) There are further authorized to be appropriated to carry out tjjg provisions of section 721(b)(3) $6,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; $7,250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; $7,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; $8,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977; and $9,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978. "(3) From the sums appropriated under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year— " (A) the Commissioner shall reserve $16,000,000 of that part thereof which does not exceed $70,000,000 for training activities carried out under clause (3) of subsection (a) of section 721, and shall reserve for such activities 33i/<5 per centum of that part thereof which is in excess of $70,000,000; and " (B) the Commissioner shall reserve from the amount not reserved pursuant to clause (A) of this paragraph such amounts as may be necessary, but not in excess of 1 per centum thereof, for ^^^ purposes of section 732. "DEFINITIONS; REGULATIONS
20 USC 880b-l,
Ante, p. 488.
703. (a) The following definitions shall apply to the terms used in this title: "(1) The term 'limited English-speaking ability', when used with reference to an individual, means— " (A) individuals who were not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English, and " (B) individuals who come from environments where a language other than English is dominant, as further defined by the Commissioner by regulations; and, by reason thereof, have difficulty speaking and understanding instruction in the English language. "(2) The term 'native language', when used with reference to an individual of limited English-speaking ability, means the language normally used by such individuals, or in the case of a child, the language normally used by the parents of the child, "(3) The term 'low-income' when used with respect to a family means an annual income for such a family which does not exceed the low annual income determined pursuant to section 103 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. "(4)(A) The term 'program of bilingual education' means a program of instruction, designed for children of limited English-speaking ability in elementary or secondary schools, in which, with respect to the years of study to which such program is applicable— " (i) there is instruction given in, and study of, English and, to the extent necessary to allow a child to progress effectively through
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