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Code. The commencement of proceedings under this subsection shall not unless so specifically ordered by the court operate as a stay of the Commissioner's action. SPECIAL E X P E R I M E N T A L DEMONSTRATION P R O J E C T S A N D T E A C H E R T R A I N I N G
SEC. 309. (a) The sums reserved in section 304(a) for the purposes of this section shall be used for making special project grants or providing teacher-training grants in accordance with this section. (b) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to local educational agencies or other public or private nonprofit agencies, including educational television stations, for special projects which will be carried out in furtherance of the purposes of this title, and which— (1) involve the use of innovative methods, systems, materials, or programs which the Commissioner determines may have national significance or be of special value in promoting effective programs under this title, or (2) involve programs of adult education, carried out in cooperation with other Federal, federally assisted. State, or local programs which the Commissioner determines have unusual promise in promoting a comprehensive or coordinated approach to the problems of persons with basic educational deficiencies. The Commissioner shall establish procedures for making grants under this subsection which shall require a non-Federal contribution of at least 10 per centum of the costs of such projects wherever feasible and not inconsistent with the purposes of this subsection. (c) The Commissioner is authorized to provide (directly or by contract), or to make grants to colleges or universities, State or local educational agencies, or other appropriate public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations, to provide training to persons engaged, or preparing to engage, as personnel in adult education programs designed to carry out the purposes of this title, with such stipends and allowances, if any (including traveling and subsistence expenses), for persons undergoing such training and their dependents as the Commissioner may by regulation determine. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADULT BASIC E D U C A T I O N
SEC. 310. (a) The President shall, within ninety days of enactment of this title appoint a National Advisory Committee on Adult Basic Education. (b) The National Advisory Committee shall have eight members, consisting of the Commissioner of Education, who shall be chairman, and seven other members who shall, to the extent possible, include persons knowledgeable in the field of adult education. State and local public school officials, and other persons having special knowledge and experience, or qualifications with respect to adult basic education, and persons representative of the general public. Such Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the chairman but not less often than twice a year. (c) The Advisory Committee shall advise the Commissioner in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this title, including policies and procedures governing the approval of State plans under section 306 and policies to eliminate duplication, and to effectuate the coordination of
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