104 STAT. 4742 PUBLIC LAW 101-645—NOV. 29, 1990 Government contracts. Reports. Government contracts. "(2) a description of the success of the program under this section in allowing homeless children and homeless youths to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school.", (d) NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.— Section 724(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11434), is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "In reviewing the State plans submitted by the State educational agencies under section 722(e), the Secretary shall evaluate whether State laws, policies, and practices described in such plans adequately address the problems of homeless children and homeless youth relating to access to education and placement as described in such plans."; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs: "(2)(A) The Secretary, in consultation with persons and organizations that are knowledgeable about the needs of homeless children and youth, shall, through the awarding of a grant, or through entering into a contract or cooperative agreement, conduct a study to determine the best means of identifying, locating, and counting homeless children and youth for the purposes of this subtitle. Such persons and organizations to be consulted shall include representatives of State coordinators, local educational agencies with substantial numbers of homeless children and youth, local government agencies with responsibility for administering homeless shelters, and advocacy groups representing the interests of homeless children and youth. The Secretary shall also consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as appropriate, in carrying out this paragraph. "(B) The study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall consider— "(i) the appropriate definition of the terms 'homeless child* and 'homeless youth'; "(ii) the experience of the 1990 Census in identifying, locating, and counting homeless children and youth; "(iii) appropriate methodologies for identifying, locating, and counting such children and youth, including using schools, shelters, and other social service agencies to collect data; and "(iv) the projected accuracy of the methodologies identified in clause (iii), and the costs associated with the use of each methodology; to determine the number of homeless children and youth in the United States to create as accurate an account as possible of the number, location, and living circumstances of such children and youth, including the number of such children and youth that are attending school regularly, part-time, or not at all, and reasons for the nonattendance of such children and youth. "(C)(i) Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall prepare and submit, to the appropriate committees of Congress, a report containing the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A) and the estimated costs of making the estimates required under clause (ii). "(ii) Not later them December 1, 1992, the Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, and through the use of appropriate statistical methodology, shall, through a grant, contract or cooperative agreement, determine accurate estimates of
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