special consideration for local educational agencies which are financially overburdened

special consideration for local educational agencies which are financially overburdened Sec. 134. Section 304 of such Act is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) In approving applications under this title for grants for any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1967, the Commissioner must give special consideration to the application of any local educational agency which is making a reasonable tax effort but which is nevertheless unable to meet critical educational needs, including preschool education for four and five year olds, because some or all of its schools are seriously overcrowded (as a result of growth or shifts in enrollment or otherwise), obsolete, or unsafe.”