Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 2.djvu/263

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PUBLIC LAW 101-501—NOV. 3, 1990 104 STAT. 1243 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE FOLLOW THROUGH ACT SEC. 201. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. The Follow Through Act (42 U.S.C. 9861-9877) is amended— (1) by inserting after section 661 the following: "PART I— DIRECT SERVICES", and (2) in section 668- 42 USC 9867. (A) by striking "this subchapter" each place it appears and inserting "part I", and (B) in subsection (a) by inserting "programs and" after "participating in". SEC. 202. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOLLOW THROUGH PROGRAMS. (a) PRIORITY.— Section 662(a) of the Follow Through Act (42 U.S.C. 9861(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "For the purpose of making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to any local educational agency that requests the grant for purposes of carrying out a Follow Through program in a school that— "(1) is designated as a schoolwide project under section 1015(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and "(2) has a high concentration of children described in the first sentence of this subsection.". (b) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE. —Section 662 of the Follow Through Act (42 U.S.C. 9861) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by inserting "quality pre-school" after "similar", (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the first sentence by striking "this section shall provide such" and inserting "this part shall use model Follow Through approaches for which financial assistance is provided under section 664A and shall provide directly, through referral or a program established under the Head Start Transition Project Act, or by using any combination of these methods,", (B) in the second sentence by striking "projects" and inserting "programs", and (C) in the last sentence by striking "project" and inserting "program", and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(d) The Secretary may not refuse to provide financial assistance under subsection (a) to an applicant solely because such applicant proposes to carry out a Follow Through program during a period in which school is not in regular session, at more than one site, or both. "(e)(1) In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide sufficient funds to enable programs to meet the requirements of subsection (c). "(2) If the aggregate amount appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this subchapter exceeds $15,000,000, the amount of each such grant shall be not less than $200,000. "(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), any local educational Eigency that receives a grant under subsection (a) for purposes of carrying out a Follow Through program in an elementary school that—