state plans

state plans Sec. 304. (a) Clause (A) of section 303(a)(1) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows: “(A) acquisition of laboratory and other special equipment (other than supplies consumed in use), including audiovisual materials and equipment, and printed and published materials (other than textbooks), suitable for use in providing education in science, mathematics, history, civics, geography, modem foreign language, English, or reading in public elementary or secondary schools, or both, and of test grading equipment for such schools and specialized equipment for audiovisual libraries serving such schools, and such equipment may, if there exists a critical need therefor in the judgment of local school authorities, be used when available and suitable in providing education in other subject matter, and”. (b) Paragraph (5) of section 303(a) is amended by striking out “and modern foreign languages” and inserting in lieu thereof “history, civics, geography, modern foreign languages, English, and reading”.