Source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2003-title20/html/USCODE-2003-title20-chap33-subchapIV-partB-subpart2-sec1487.htm
Timestamp: 2019-02-21 12:43:08
Document Index: 743065417

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', '§1487', '§687', '§101', '§701', '§315']

Part B - Coordinated Research, Personnel Preparation, Technical Assistance, Support, and Dissemination of Information
subpart 2 - improving early intervention, educational, and transitional services and results for children with disabilities through coordinated technical assistance, support, and dissemination of information
Sec. 1487 - Technology development, demonstration, and utilization; and media services
§1487. Technology development, demonstration, and utilization; and media services
The Secretary shall competitively make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, eligible entities to support activities described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) Technology development, demonstration, and utilization; authorized activities
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall support activities to promote the development, demonstration, and utilization of technology.
(A) Conducting research and development activities on the use of innovative and emerging technologies for children with disabilities.
(G) Demonstrating the use of publicly-funded telecommunications systems to provide parents and teachers with information and training concerning early diagnosis of, intervention for, and effective teaching strategies for, young children with reading disabilities.
(c) Educational media services; authorized activities
(1) educational media activities that are designed to be of educational value to children with disabilities;
(5) providing cultural experiences through appropriate nonprofit organizations, such as the National Theater of the Deaf, that—
(A) enrich the lives of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults;
(C) promote the integration of hearing, deaf, and hard-of-hearing persons through shared cultural, educational, and social experiences; and
(6) compiling and analyzing appropriate data relating to the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (5).
Any eligible entity that wishes to receive a grant, or enter into a contract or cooperative agreement, under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, §687, as added Pub. L. 105–17, title I, §101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 154.)
Section 1491, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, §701, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title III, §315, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3937, provided that former subchapter IX of this chapter could be cited as the “Families of Children With Disabilities Support Act of 1994”.