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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2193

"(b) CONTENTS OF POLICT MANUAL..—The policy manual shall, with respect to programs carried on under this title, contain descriptions, statements, procedural and substantive rules, opinions, policy statements and interpretations and indices to and amendments of the foregoing, and in particular, whether or not such items are required under section 552 of title 5, United States Code to be published or made available, the manual shall include (but not be limited to)— "(1) a statement of the requirements applicable to the programs carried on under this title including such requirements contained in this title, the General Education Provisions Act, other appli- 20 USC 1221. cable statutes, and regulations issued under the authoriy of such statutes; i " (2) an explanation of the purpose of each requirement, including appropriate references to legislative history; " (3) an explanation of the interrelationships between the applicable requirements; "(4) a statement of the procedures to be followed by the Commissioner and the Secretary with respect to proper and efficient performance of their administrative responsibilities, including but not limited to (A) approving State applications or State plans, (B) distributing grants to appropriate agencies, (C) resolving problems discovered during monitoring visits, (D) resolving financial exceptions disclosed during audits, (E) collecting outstanding claims arising out of activities under this title, (F) resolving complaints, (G) responding to requests for advisory opinions interpreting and applying standards contained in applicable statutes and regulations to the public, (H) identifying and publicizing exemplary programs, and (I) making public audit determinations of the Commissioner or of any officer or panel authorized by the Commissioner to make such determinations; "(5) summaries of (A) advisory opinions referred to in paragraph (4)(G) of this section and (B) final audit determinations referred to in paragraph (4)(I), including examples of actual applications of the legal requirements of applicable statutes and regulations; "(6) model forms and instructions developed by the Commissioner for use by State and local educational agencies, at their discretion, includinar, but not limited to, application forms, application review checklists, and instruments for monitoring programs operated by applicant agencies; "(7) summaries of appropriate court decisions concerning programs under this title; "(8) examples of methods of distributing State and local funds which do and do not satisfy the applicable requirements under this title; and "(9) model forms, policies, and procedures developed by State educational agencies. "ENFORCEMENT REPORT

"SEC. 188. The Commissioner shall, in conjunction with the report Report to required by section 183(g), submit to the Congress a report concern- Congress, ing the enforcement of this title. The report submitted in 1980, 1982, 20 USC 2838. and 1984 shall contain— "(1) an analysis, for each State which has an application approved for that year under section 182, of the extent to which the assurances, policies, and procedures of that State submitted as part of that application satisfy the requirements of this title,

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