amendments with respect to handicapped and neglected or delinquent children

amendments with respect to handicapped and neglected or delinquent children Sec. 105. (a) Paragraph (5) of section 103(a) of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended to read as follows: “(5) In the case of a State agency which is directly responsible for providing free public education for handicapped children (including mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health impaired children who by reason thereof require special education), the maximum grant which that agency shall be eligible to receive under this part for any fiscal year shall be an amount equal to the Federal percentage of the average per pupil expenditure in the State or, if greater, in the United States, multiplied by the number of such children in average daily attendance, as determined by the Commissioner, at schools for handicapped children operated or supported by the State agency, including schools providing special education for handicapped children under contract or other arrangement with such State agency, in the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data are available. Such State agency shall use payments under this part only for programs and projects (including the acquisition of equipment and where necessary the construction of school facilities) which are designed to meet the special educational needs of such children.” (b) Paragraph (7) of section 103(a) of such title I is amended by inserting after “supported by that State agency” the following: “, including schools providing education for such children under contract or other arrangement with such agency,”. (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective after June 30, 1970.