115 STAT. 1616 PUBLIC LAW 107-lia-^AN. 8, 2002 "(2) approaches such as breaking larger schools down into smaller learning communities and other comprehensive reform approaches, creating alternative school programs, and developing clear linkages to career skills and employment. 20 USC 6561e. "SEC. 1826. SELECTION OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR SUB- GRANTS. "(a) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REVIEW AND AWARD.— The State educational agency shall review applications submitted under section 1823(a)(2) and award subgrants to local educational agencies with the assistance and advice of a panel of experts on school dropout prevention and reentry. "(b) ELIGIBILITY. —^A local educational agency is eligible to receive a subgrant under this subpart if the local educational agency operates a public school (including a public alternative school)— "(1) that is eligible to receive assistance under part A; and "(2)(A) that serves students 50 percent or more of whom are low-income students; or "(B) in which a majority of the students come from feeder schools that serve students 50 percent or more of whom are low-income students. 20 USC 6561f. "SEC. 1827. COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. "A local educational agency that receives a grant or subgrant under this subpart and a State educational agency that receives a grant under this subpart may use the funds to secure necessary services from a community-based organization or other government agency if the funds are used to provide school dropout prevention and reentry activities related to schoolwide efforts. 20 USC 6561g. "SEC. 1828. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each local educational agency that receives funds under this subpart shall use the funds to provide technical assistance to secondary schools served by the agency that have not made progress toward lowering annual school dropout rates after receiving assistance under this subpart for 2 fiscal years. 20 USC 6561h. "SEC. 1829. SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE CALCULATION. "For purposes of calculating an annual school dropout rate under this subpart, a school shall use the annual event school dropout rate for students leaving a school in a single year determined in accordance with the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data. 20 USC 65611. "SEC. 1830. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY. "(a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —To receive funds under this subpart for a fiscal year after the first fiscal year that a local educational agency receives funds under this subpart, the local educational agency shall provide, on an annual basis, a report regarding the status of the implementation of activities funded under this subpart, and the dropout data for students at schools assisted under this subpart, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, to the— "(A) Secretary, if the local educational agency receives a grant under section 1822(a)(1); or
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