PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 659 to achieve agreed upon local, State and National standards; and "(5) any other information that the State educational agency may reasonably require. "(b) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Local educational agencies receiving assistance under section 501(b)(2)(A) or 501(c) shall use such funds for the inservice training of teachers and, if appropriate, for preschool and early childhood education specialists, and may use funds for— "(A) development of programs to recruit individuals into the teaching profession and the field of early childhood education; "(B) business psirtnerships; "(C) outreach to military veterans; and "(D) other purposes consistent with improving the quality of teaching in the local educational agency, as approved by the State educational agency. "(2) INSERVICE TRAINING.— "(A) In order to receive assistance tmder section 501(b)(2)(A) or 501(c), a local educational agency or a consortium of local educational agencies shall first assess the needs of such agency or agencies for inservice training. "(B) Funds expended for inservice training shall be used, in accordance with the assessment conducted under subparagraph (A), for the cost of—- "(i) the expansion and improvement of inservice training and retraining of teachers and other appropriate school personnel, including vocational teacners, special education teachers, and preschool teachers, consistent with the assessment conducted under subparagraph (A); "(ii) providing funds for grants for individual teachers within the local educational agency to luidertake projects to improve their teaching ability or to improve the instructional materials used in their classrooms; "(iii) activities desigpied to address the effects of chronic community violence on children, such as violence counseling training for teachers and early childhood specialists, 8md activities and training cdmed at resolving conflicts; "(iv) activities designed to enhance the ability of teachers to work with culturally diverse students; "(v) activities designed to integrate academic and vocational education; "(vi) as appropriate, activities designed to assist teacher participation in a Tech-Prep program under section 344 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act, in order to develop the skills of such teachers in activities such as organizational development leadership and interdisciplinary curricula development; and " (vii) other activities consistent with the goals of this part as approved by the State educational agency. "(C) Such activities may be carried out through agreements with institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and museums.
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