PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1195 directly advise the governing board regarding the views and recommendations of the committee. "(B) REVIEW FOR GRANT RENEWAL. — If a nonprofit private organization requests the renewal of a grant under this subsection, the board of directors or the special governing committee shall prepare and submit to the Commissioner a written review of the training and information program conducted by the organization during the preceding fiscal year. "(d) BRAILLE TRAINING PROGRAMS.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Commissioner shall make grants to, and enter into contracts with. States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to pay all or part of the cost of training in the use of braille for personnel providing vocational rehabilitation services or educational services to youth and adults who are blind. "(2) PROJECTS. —Such grants shall be used for the establishment or continuation of projects that may provide— "(A) development of braille training materials; "(B) in-service or pre-service training in the use of braille, the importance of braille literacy, and methods of teaching braille to youth and adults who are blind; and "(C) activities to promote knowledge and use of braille and nonvisual access technology for blind youth and adults through a program of training, demonstration, and evaluation conducted with leadership of experienced blind individuals, including the use of comprehensive, state-of-the-art technology. "(3) APPLICATION. — To be eligible to receive a grant, or enter into a contract, under paragraph (1), an agency or organization shall submit an application to the Commissioner at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Commissioner may require. "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003. "SEC. 304. MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS. 29 USC 774. " (a) GRANTS.— "(1) AUTHORITY. —The Commissioner, subject to the provisions of section 306, may make grants to eligible entities to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstration programs for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, as determined in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, and to the family members who are residing with such individuals (whether or not such family members are individuals with disabilities). "(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. —To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an entity shall be— "(A) a State designated agency; "(B) a nonprofit agency working in collaboration with a State agency described in subparagraph (A); or "(C) a local agency working in collaboration with a State agency described in subparagraph (A).
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