school nutrition and health services and research in correction education services

school nutrition and health services and research in correction education services Sec. 164. Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding to the end thereof the following new sections: “grants for demonstration projects to improve school nutrition and health services for children from low-income families “Sec. 808. (a) The Secretary shall carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies and, where appropriate, nonprofit private educational organizations, to support demonstration projects designed to improve nutrition and health services in public and private schools serving areas with high concentrations of children from low-income families. “(b) Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (d) shall be available for grants pursuant to applications approved under this section to pay the cost of (1) coordinating nutrition and health service resources in the areas to be served by a demonstration project supported under this section, (2) providing supplemental health, nutritional, mental health, and food services to children from low-income families when the resources for such services available to the applicant from other sources are inadequate to meet the needs of such children, (3) nutrition and health education programs designed to train professional and other school personnel to provide nutrition and health services in a manner which meets the needs of children from low-income families for such services, and (4) the evaluation of projects assisted under this section with respect to their effectiveness in improving school nutrition and health services for such children. “(c) Applications for a grant under this section shall be submitted at such time, contain such information, and be consistent with such criteria as the Secretary may require by regulation. Such applications shall provide for— “(1) the use of funds available under this section and the coordination of health care facilities and resources and such nutrition resources as may be available to the applicant in order to insure that a comprehensive program of physical and mental health and nutrition services are available to children from low-income families in the area to be served; “(2) the development of health and nutrition curriculum materials related to the specific needs of persons involved with the project and to new and improved approaches to health services and food technology; 84 Stat. 154 “(3) the training of (A) school administrators, teachers, and school health and nutrition personnel in order to assist them in meeting the health and nutritional needs of children from low-income families, and (B) professional and subprofessional personnel for service in school nutrition and health programs; and “(4) adequate provision for evaluation of the project. “(d) For the purpose of making grants under this section there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $26,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. “research and demonstration projects in correction education services “Sec. 809. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private nonprofit research agencies and organizations for research or demonstration projects, relating to the academic and vocational education of antisocial, aggressive, or delinquent persons, including juvenile delinquents, youth offenders, and adult criminal offenders, including the development of criteria for the identification for specialized educational instruction of such persons from the general elementary and secondary school age population and special curriculums, and guidance and counseling programs. All projects shall include an evaluation component. “(b) The Commissioner is authorized to appoint such special or technical advisory committees as he may deem necessary to advise him on matters of general policy relating to the education of persons intended to be benefited by this section, and shall secure the advice and recommendations of the Director, Bureau of Prisons, of the Director, Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development, the Director of the Teacher Corps, the head of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, and such other persons and organizations as he, in his discretion, deems necessary before making any grant under this section.”