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105 STAT. 592 PUBLIC LAW 102-119—OCT. 7, 1991 "(1) shall use such funds to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities aged 3 to 5, inclusive, and i "(2) may, if consistent with State policy, use such funds to provide a free appropriate public education, in accordance with this part, to 2-year-old children with disabilities who will reach age 3 during the school year, whether or not such children are receiving, or have received, services under part H."; and (5) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(g) Part H of this Act does not apply to any child with disabilities receiving a free appropriate public education, in accordance with this part, with funds received under this section.". SEC. 8. EARLY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. (a) AMENDMENTS TO SUBSECTION (a)(l).—Section 623(a)(1) (20 U.S.C. 1423(a)(1)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after "children with disabilities" the following: ", including individuals who are at risk of having substantial developmental delays if early intervention services are not provided,"; and (2)(A) by moving each of subparagraphs (F) through (I) 2 ems to the left; (B) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (H); (C) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (K); and (D) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new subparagraphs: "(I) facilitate and improve outreach to low-income, minority, rural, and other underserved populations eligible for assistance under parts B and H, "(J) support statewide projects in conjunction with a State's application under part H and a State's plan under part B, to change the delivery of early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities, and to change the delivery of special education and related services to preschool children with disabilities, from segregated to integrated environments, and". (b) NEW SUBSECTION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 623 (20 U.S.C. 1423) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (b) through (g) as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: Grants. "(b) The Secretary shall fund up to 5 grants to States for 3 years for the purpose of establishing an inter-agency, multi-disciplinary, and coordinated statewide system for the identification, tracking, and referral to appropriate services for all categories of children who are biologically and/or environmentally at-risk of having developmental delays. To the extent feasible, such grants shall be geographically dispersed throughout the Nation in urban and rural areas. Each grantee must— "(1) create a data system within the first year to document the numbers and types of at-risk children in the State and that develops linkages with all appropriate existing child data and tracking systems that assist in providing information; "(2) coordinate activities with the child find component required under parts B and H of this Act;