100 STAT. 3408 h
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PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986
Public Law 98-511; 20 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) shall apply to payments under such paragraph in the same manner as they apply to payments under that Act, except that, in applying this paragraph— (A) any reference in such Act to "immigrant children" shall ,, be deemed to be a reference to "eligible legalized aliens" (including such aliens who are over 16 years of age) during the 60month period beginning with the first month in which such an alien is granted temporary lawful residence under section Ante, p. 3394. 245A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (B) in determining the amount of payment with respect to eligible legalized aliens who are over 16 years of age, the phrase "described under paragraph (2)" shall be deemed to be stricken from section 606(b)(1)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 4105(b)(1)(A)); (C) the State educational agency may provide such educational services to adult eligible legalized aliens through local educational agencies and other public and private nonprofit ,-,; organizations, including community-based organizations of dem- onstrated effectiveness; and V (D) such services may include English language and other programs designed to enable such aliens to attain the citizenship skills described in section 245A(b)(l)(D)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (d) STATEMENTS AND ASSURANCES.—(1) No State is eligible for payment under subsection (b) unless the State— (A) has filed with, and had approved by, the Secretary an application containing such information, including the information described in paragraph (2) and criteria for and administrative methods of disbursing funds received under this section, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this i4'8,ftin v '-M section, and (B) transmits to the Secretary a statement of assurances that ,! certifies that (i) funds allotted to the State under this section
- .( will only be used to carry out the purposes described in subsecffl tion (c)(1), (ii) the State will provide a fair method (EIS determined by the State) for the allocation of funds among State and
.;, local agencies in accordance with paragraph (2) and subsection y; (c)(2), and (iii) fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be established that are adequate to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) and subsections (e) and (f). (2) The application of each State under this subsection for each fiscal year must include detailed information on— (A) the number of eligible legalized aliens residing in the State, and (B) the costs (excluding any such costs otherwise paid from Federal funds) which the State and each locality is likely to incur for the purposes described in subsection (c)(1). (e) REPORTS AND AUDITS.—(1)(A) Each State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary annual reports on its activities under this section. In order to properly evaluate and to compare the performance of different States assisted under this section and to assure the proper expenditure of funds under this section, such reports shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary determines (after consultation with the States and the Comptroller General) to be necessary— (i) to secure an accurate description of those activities, (ii) to secure a complete record of the purposes for which g funds were spent, and of the recipients of such funds, and
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