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105 STAT. 604 PUBLIC LAW 102-119—OCT. 7, 1991 and recommendations for improved early intervention progrsimming for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and preschool children with disabilities; and "(6) facilitate activities in support of States' interagency coordination efforts. "(e) CoNFUCT OF INTEREST. —No member of the Council shall cast - a vote on any matter that would provide direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the appearance of a conflict of interest under Federal law.". 20 USC 1484 SEC. 22. STUDY. "°• (a) STUDY. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Eklucation shall undertake a study to identify alternative formulae for allocating funds under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (2) CONTENTS.—The study shall include an analysis of— (A) the current formula, which uses census data; (B) a formula that uses child count procedures comparable to procedures used in part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; (C) a formula that uses estimates of children that States anticipate will be served each year with adjustments made in the subsequent year for over- and under-counting of children actually served; (D) the effect of including or excluding "at risk" children in formulae using child count procedures; and (E) formulae that use other alternatives or a combination of alternatives. (b) REPORT.— The Secretary of Education shall transmit the study and a report on such study to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the House Committee on Education and Labor by March 1, 1993. SEC. 23. SECTION 6 SCHOOLS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 6(a) of Public Law 81-874 (20 U.S.C. 241(a)) (relating to the program commonly known as Impact Aid) is amended by inserting after the third sentence thereof the following new sentence: "For purposes of providing such comparable education, all substantive rights, protections and procedural safeguards (including due process procedures), available to children with disabilities age 3 to 5, inclusive, under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and to infants and toddlers under part H of such Act shall be applicable to such comparable education by academic year 1992-1993, and all substantive rights, protections and procedural safeguards (including due process procedures), available under part B of such Act shall be applicable to such comparable education for £dl other eligible children on the date of enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1991.". 20 USC 241 note. (b) RuLE OF CONSTRUCTION. —With respect to comparable education for children with disabilities for purposes of section 6(a) of Public Law 81-874 (relating to the program conmionly known as Impact Aid), the amendment made by subsection (a) may not be construed as diminishing the extent of substantive rights, protections and procedural safeguards available under such section 6(a) for children with disabilities before the date of the enactment of this Act.