Ill STAT. 146 PUBLIC LAW 105-17—JUNE 4, 1997 Grants. "(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LEAS. —The Secretary shall Contracts. provide directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, technical assistance to local educational agencies to assist them in carrying out local capacity-building and improvement projects under section 611(f)(4) and other LEA systemic improvement activities under this Act. "(e) RESERVATION FOR STUDIES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary may reserve up to one-half of one percent of the amount appropriated under parts B and C for each fiscal year to carry out this section. "(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—For the first fiscal year in which the amount described in paragraph (1) is at least $20,000,000, the maximum amount the Secretary may reserve under paragraph (1) is $20,000,000. For each subsequent fiscal year, the maximum amount the Secretary may reserve under paragraph (1) is $20,000,000, increased by the cumulative rate of inflation since the fiscal year described in the previous sentence. "(3) USE OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— In any fiscal year described in paragraph (2) for which the Secretary reserves the maximum amount described in that paragraph, the Secretary shall use at least half of the reserved amount for activities under subsection (d). "Chapter 2—Improving Early Intervention, Educational, and Transitional Services and Results for Children With Disabilities Through Coordinated Technical Assistance, Support, and Dissemination of Information 20 USC 148L " SEC. 681. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Congress finds as follows: "(1) National technical assistance, support, and dissemination activities are necessary to ensure that parts B and C are fully implemented and achieve quality early intervention, educational, and transitional results for children with disabilities and their families. "(2) Parents, teachers, administrators, and related services personnel need technical assistance and information in a timely, coordinated, and accessible manner in order to improve early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results at the State and local levels for children with disabilities and their families. "(3) Parent training and information activities have taken on increased importance in efforts to assist parents of a child with a disability in dealing with the multiple pressures of rearing such a child and are of particular importance in— "(A) ensuring the involvement of such parents in planning and decisionmaking with respect to early intervention, educational, and transitional services; "(B) achieving quality early intervention, educational, and transitional results for children with disabilities; "(C) providing such parents information on their rights and protections under this Act to ensure improved early
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