PROGRAMS FOR SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

SEC. 304. PROGRAMS FOR SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. (a) Amendment to Section Heading.— The heading for section 624 (20 U.S.C. 1424) is amended to read as follows: “programs for children with severe disabilities”. (b) Amendments to Subsection (a).— Section 624(a) (20 U.S.C. 1424(a)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by amending such matter to read as follows: “The Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, appropriate public agencies and nonprofit organizations to address the special education, related services, early intervention, and integration needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with severe disabilities through—;” (2) in paragraph (1), (A) by inserting after “special needs” the following: “, including transportation to and from school”, and (B) by inserting “education, related services, and early intervention” after “special”; (3) in paragraph (3), (A) by inserting “special and regular education, related services, and early intervention” before “personnel”, (B) by inserting “infants, toddlers,” after “such”, and (C) by striking “youth, and” and inserting the following: “youth, including training of regular teachers, instructors, and administrators in strategies (the goal of which is to serve infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities) that include integrated settings for educating such children alongside their nondisabled peers,”; 104 STAT. 1123 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking “children and youth.” and inserting the following: “children and youth by utilizing existing networks as prescribed in section 610(g) and”; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) statewide projects, in conjunction with the State’s plan under part B, to improve the quality of special education and related services for children and youth with severe disabilities, and to change the delivery of those services from segregated to integrated environments.’. (b) New Subsection.— Section 624 (20 U.S.C. 1424) is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private non-profit private agencies, institutions, or organizations for the development and operation of extended school year demonstration programs for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with severe disabilities.”. (c) Further New Subsection.— Section 624, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) In awarding such grants and contracts under this section, the Secretary shall include a priority on programs that increase the likelihood that these children and youth will be educated with their nondisabled peers.”.