PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3957 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau (until the effective date of the Compact of Free Association with the Government of Palau).". SEC. 323. EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: "Subtitle B—Education for Homeless Children and Youth "SEC. 721. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 42 USC 11431. "It is the policy of the Congress that— "(1) each State educational agency shall ensure that each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youth; "(2) in any State that has a compulsory residency requirement as a component of the State's compulsory school attendance laws or other laws, regulations, practices, or policies that may act as a barrier to the enrollment, attendance, or success in school of homeless children and youth, the State will review and undertake steps to revise such laws, regulations, practices, or policies to ensure that homeless children and youth are afforded the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children and youth; "(3) homelessness alone should not be sufficient reason to separate students from the mainstream school environment; and "(4) homeless children and youth should have access to the education and other services that such children and youth need to ensure that such children and youth have an opportunity to meet the same challenging State student performance standards to which all students are held. "SEC. 722. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDU- 42 USC 11432. CATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH. "(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY. —The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States in accordance with the provisions of this section to enable such States to carry out the activities described in subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g). "(b) APPLICATION.— No State may receive a grant under this section unless the State educational agency submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(c) ALLOCATION AND RESERVATIONS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2) and section 724(c), from the amounts appropriated for each fiscal year under section 726, the Secretary is authorized to allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated for such year under section 726 as the amount allocated under section 1122 of the Elementary and Secondary
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