118 STAT. 2779 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 ‘‘(B) A demonstration of an effective collaboration between an eligible entity and a local educational agency that promotes recruitment and subsequent retention of highly qualified personnel to serve children with low incidence disabilities. ‘‘(5) PREPARATION IN USE OF BRAILLE.—The Secretary shall ensure that all recipients of awards under this subsection who will use that assistance to prepare personnel to provide services to visually impaired or blind children that can appropriately be provided in Braille, will prepare those individuals to provide those services in Braille. ‘‘(d) LEADERSHIP PREPARATION; AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Sec retary shall support leadership preparation activities that are consistent with the objectives described in subsection (a). ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Activities that may be car ried out under this subsection include activities such as the following: ‘‘(A) Preparing personnel at the graduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels of training to administer, enhance, or provide services to improve results for children with disabilities. ‘‘(B) Providing interdisciplinary training for various types of leadership personnel, including teacher prepara tion faculty, related services faculty, administrators, researchers, supervisors, principals, and other persons whose work affects early intervention, educational, and transitional services for children with disabilities, including children with disabilities who are limited English proficient children. ‘‘(e) APPLICATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An 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. ‘‘(2) IDENTIFIED STATE NEEDS.— ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT TO ADDRESS IDENTIFIED NEEDS.— An application for assistance under subsection (b), (c), or (d) shall include information demonstrating to the satisfac tion of the Secretary that the activities described in the application will address needs identified by the State or States the eligible entity proposes to serve. ‘‘(B) COOPERATION WITH STATE EDUCATIONAL AGEN CIES.—An eligible entity that is not a local educational agency or a State educational agency shall include in the eligible entity’s application information demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the eligible entity and 1 or more State educational agencies or local edu cational agencies will cooperate in carrying out and moni toring the proposed project. ‘‘(3) ACCEPTANCE BY STATES OF PERSONNEL PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may require eligible entities to provide in the eligible entities’ applications assurances from 1 or more States that such States intend to accept successful completion of the proposed personnel preparation program as meeting State personnel standards or other requirements in
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