Ch. 358                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               793

(3) EVALUATION, DEMONSTRATION, AND DISSEMINATION OF
FINDINGS RELATED TO PROGRAMS OF COMPENSATORY
EDUCATION INDEPENDENTLY OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION ENGAGING IN
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNDERTAKINGS DESIGNED TO
OVERCOME DISADVANTAGE.

(B)    THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTABLISH
CRITERIA TO GUIDE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN MAKING
APPLICATIONS FOR ANY STATE FUNDS WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED
IN THE STATE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
CHAPTER AND FOR FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER THE ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT.

THESE CRITERIA APPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY DO NOT
CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 OR ADMINISTRATIVE
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER THAT ACT.

(C)   EACH APPLICATION OF A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR
STATE FUNDS WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED SHALL INCLUDE A
COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PLAN WHICH WILL
EMPHASIZE A PREVENTIVE PROGRAM AIMED AT DISADVANTAGED
OR POTENTIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, AND SHALL HAVE
AS AN ULTIMATE GOAL THE TEACHING OF SUCH CHILDREN TO
READ, AWAKENING THE CHILD'S INTEREST IN LEARNING, GIVING
THE CHILD A SENSE OF SUCCESS IN SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT,
PREVENTING THE CHILD'S ALIENATION FROM THE SCHOOL, AND
PREVENTING HIS POSSIBLE EARLY DEPARTURE FROM SCHOOL.

(D)    STATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER
MAY BE PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET.

106C.

THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE
OVERALL SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF PROGRAMS OF
COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE
STATE, AND SHALL TAKE ACTION NECESSARY TO COORDINATE
ALL THE PROGRAMS. THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
APPROVING LOCAL PROGRAM APPLICATIONS AND FOR
PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND CONSULTATIVE ASSISTANCE TO
SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That funds from Title I of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Density Aid, and appropriations
from other federal and State sources which are made in accordance with the intent
and purpose of this Act, shall be utilized to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.