uses of granted funds and coordination with other programs

uses of granted funds and coordination with other programs Sec. 111. (a) Section 205(a) (1) of such Act of September 30, 1950, is amended by striking out “(including the acquisition of equipment and where necessary the construction of school facilities)” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(including the acquisition of equipment, and, where necessary, the construction of school facilities and plans made or to lie made for such programs, projects, and facilities)”. (b) Section 205(a) (1) of such Act is further amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the following: “: Provided,That the amount used for plans for any fiscal year shall not exceed 1 per centum of the maximum amount determined for that agency for that year pursuant to section 203 or $2,000, whichever is greater ”. (c) Section 205(a) of such Act of September 30, 1950, is amended by renumbering paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8) as (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: “(5) in the case of an application for payments for planning, (A) that the planning was or will be directly related to programs or projects to be carried out under this title and has resulted, or is reasonably likely to result, in a program or project which will be carried out under this title, and (B) that planning funds are needed because of the innovative nature of the program or project or because the local educational agency lacks the resources necessary to plan adequately for programs and projects to be carried out under this title;”. (d) Such redesignated paragraph (8) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(8) in the case of a project for the construction of school facilities, that, in developing plans for such facilities due consideration has been given to compliance with such standards as the Secretary may prescribe or approve in order to insure that facilities constructed with the use of Federal funds under this title shall be, to the extent appropriate in view of the uses to be made of the facilities, accessible to and usable by handicapped persons;”. (e) Section 205(a) of such Act is further amended by striking out the period at the end of the last paragraph, and adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(10) in the case of a project for the construction of school facilities, that, in developing plans for such facilities, due consideration has been given to excellence of architecture and design, and to the inclusion of works of art (not representing more than 1 per centum of the cost of the project).” (f) Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as redesignated by section 161 of this Act) is amended by inserting at the end of section 703 a new subsection as follows: “(c) In administering the provisions of this Act and any Act amended by this Act, the Commissioner shall consult with other Fed- 80 Stat. 1197 eral departments and agencies administering programs which may be effectively coordinated with programs carried out pursuant to such Acts, and to the extent practicable for the purposes of such Acts shall (1) coordinate such programs on the Federal level with the programs being administered by such other departments and agencies, and (2) require that effective procedures be adopted by State and local authorities to coordinate the development and operation of programs and projects carried out under such Acts with other public and private programs having the same or similar purposes, including community action programs under title II of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.”