97 STAT. 1364 PUBLIC LAW 98-199—DEC. 2, 1983 Grants, cooperative agreements or contracts. 20 USC 1422. Report to Secretary. 20 USC 1411. 20 USC 2771. SERVICES FOR DEAF-BUND CHILDREN AND YOUTH "SEC. 622. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, or to enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, or organizations to assist State educational agencies to— "(A) assure deaf-blind children and youth provision of special education and related services as well as vocational and transi- tional services; and "(B) make available to deaf-blind youth upon attaining the age of twenty-two, programs and services to facilitate their transition from educational to other services. "(2) A grant, cooperative agreement, or contract pursuant to paragraph (I)(A) may be made only for programs providing (A) technical assistance to agencies, institutions, or organizations providing educational services to deaf-blind children or youth; (B) preservice or inservice training to paraprofessionals, professionals, or related services personnel preparing to serve, or serving, deaf- blind children or youth; (C) replication of successful innovative approaches to providing educational or related services to deaf-blind children and youth; and (D) facilitation of parental involvement in the education of their deaf-blind children and youth. Such programs may include— "(i) the diagnosis and educational evaluation of children and youth at risk of being certified deaf-blind; "(ii) programs of adjustment, education, and orientation for deaf-blind children and youth; and "(iii) consultative, counseling, and training services for the families of deaf-blind children and youth. "(3) A grant, cooperative agreement, or contract pursuant to paragraph (I)(B) may be made only for programs providing (A) technical assistance to agencies, institutions, and organizations serv- ing, or proposing to serve, deaf-blind individuals who have attained age twenty-two years; (B) training or inservice training to parapro- fessionals or professionals serving, or preparing to serve, such indi- viduals; and (C) assistance in the development or replication of successful innovative approaches to providing rehabilitative, semi- supervised, or independent living programs. '(4) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall take into consideration the need for a center for deaf-blind children and youth in light of the general availability and quality of existing services for such children and youth in the part of the country involved. "(b) The Secretary is also authorized to enter into a limited number of cooperative agreements or contracts to establish and support regional programs for the provision of technical assistance in the education of deaf-blind children and youth. "(c)(1) Programs supported under this section shall report annually to the Secretary on (A) the numbers of deaf-blind children and youth served by age, severity, and nature of deaf-blindness; (B) the number of paraprofessionals, professionals, and family members directly served by each activity; and (C) the types of services provided. "(2) The Secretary shall examine the number of deaf-blind chil- dren and youth (A) reported under subparagraph (c)(l)(A) and by the States; (B) served by the programs under part B of this Act and subpart 2 of part B, title I, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as modified by chapter 1 of the Education
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