102 STAT. 272
20 USC 3266. Grants.
Disadvantaged persons. Handicapped persons.
Disadvantaged persons.
PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988
agency for noninstructional services such as those described in subsections (a)(3), (a)(5), and (a)(7). "SEC. 6106. APPLICATION. "(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) A grant under this part may be made only to a local educational agency which submits an application to the Secretary containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(2) Applications shall be for a 1-year period. "(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each such application shall include— "(1) a description of the program goals and the manner in which funds will be used to initiate or expand services to secondary school students; "(2) a description of the activities and services which will be provided by the program (including documentation to demonstrate that the local educational agency has the qualified personnel needed to develop, administer, and implement the program under this part); "(3) a list of the secondary schools within the local educational agency in which programs will be conducted and a description of the needs of the schools, in terms of achievement levels of students and poverty rates; "(4) an assurance that programs will be operated in secondary schools with the greatest need for assistance, in terms of achievement levels and poverty rates; "(5) an assurance that parents of eligible students will be involved in the development and implementation of programs under this part; "(6) a statement of the methods which will be used— "(A) to ensure that the programs will serve eligible students most in need of the activities and services provided by this part; and "(B) an assurance that services will be provided under this part to special populations, such as individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with handicaps; "(7) an assurance that the program will be of sufficient size, scope, and quality to offer reasonable promise of success; "(8) a description of the manner in which the agency will provide for equitable participation of private school students as provided under section 1017 of this Act; "(9) a description of the methods by which the applicant will coordinate programs under this part with programs for the eligible student population operated by community-based organizations, social service organizations and agencies, private sector entities, and other agencies, organizations, and institutions, and with programs conducted under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, and other relevant Acts; and "(10) such other information as the Secretary may require to determine the nature and quality of the proposed project and the applicant's ability to carry out the project. "(c) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—(1) The Secretary shall, in approving applications under this section, give special consideration to programs that— "(A) demonstrate the greatest need for services assisted under this part based on their numbers or proportions of secondary
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