CENTERS AND SERVICES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS.

SEC. 103. CENTERS AND SERVICES TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS. (a) In General.— The part heading for part C of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U S C. 1421 et seq J is amended to read as follows: “Part C— Centers and Services To Meet Special Needs of Handicapped Individuals”. (b) Regional Resource and Federal Centers.— Section 621 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 US.C. 1421) is amended— 102 STAT. 3297 (1) in subsection (a), by striking “appropriate State agencies” in the second sentence and inserting “appropriate public agencies”; and (2) in subsection (e), by striking “for this section” and all that follows through “subsection (a)” and inserting “in the previous fiscal year for regional resource centers under subsection (a) shall be made available for such centers”. (c) Services for Deaf-Blind Children and Youth.— Section 622 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1422) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting a comma after “youth”; and (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking “subpart 2” and all that follows through “of 1981)” and inserting “subpart 2 of part D of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965”. (d) Early Education for Handicapped Children.— Section 623 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1423) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “designed to” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “designed to— “(A) facilitate the intellectual, emotional, physical, mental, social, speech, language development, and self-help skills of such children, “(B) encourage the participation of the parents of such children in the development and operation of any such program, “(C) acquaint the community to be served by any such program with the problems and potentialities of such children, “(D) offer training about exemplary models and practices to State and local personnel who provide services to handicapped children from birth through age 8, and “(E) support the adoption of exemplary models and practices in States and local communities.”; (2) in subsection (d), by inserting “or” before “enter”; and (3) in subsection (e), by striking “application” and inserting “applications”. (e) Programs for Severely Handicapped Children.— Section 624 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1424) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the comma following “improvements in”; (2) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting “and youth” after “such children”; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “making grants and contracts” and inserting “making grants and entering into contracts and cooperative agreements”; and (B) by striking “such grants and contracts” and inserting “such grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements”; and (4) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking the comma following “programs”; and (B) by striking “nation” and inserting “Nation”. (f) Postsecondary Education.— Section 625 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1424a) is amended— 102 STAT. 3298 (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking “application” and inserting “applications”; and (2) in subsection (a)(5), by striking “dispensed throughout the nation” and inserting “dispersed throughout the Nation”. (g) Secondary Education and Transitional Services for Handicapped Youth.— Section 626 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 U.S.C. 1425) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “(Public Law 97–300)” in the first sentence; and (B) by striking “through the Nation” in the second sentence and inserting “throughout the Nation”; (2) in subsection (b)(6)— (A) by striking “between” and inserting “among”; and (B) by inserting “and” before “public employment”; (3) in subsection (b)(10), by striking “specifically” and inserting “specially”; and (4) in subsection (c), by inserting “its activities” after “coordinate”.