Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Part 2.djvu/877

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PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1861 enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) for the duration of the gramt or contract award. "SEC. 5566. LOCAL FAMILY INFORMATION CENTERS. 20 USC 7273e. "(a) IN GENERAL.—I f the amount made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year is more than $50,000,000, the Secretary is authorized to award 50 percent of the amount that exceeds $50,000,000 as grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local nonprofit parent organizations to enable the organizations to support local family information centers that help ensure that parents of students in elementary schools and secondary schools assisted under this subpart have the training, information, and support the parents need to enable the parents to participate effectively in their children's early childhood education, in their children's elementary and secondary education, and in helping their children to meet challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards. " (b) LOCAL NONPROFIT PARENT ORGANIZATION DEFINED.— In this section, the term 'local nonprofit parent organization' means a private nonprofit organization (other than an institution of higher education) that— "(1) has a demonstrated record of working with low-income individuals and parents; "(2)(A) has a board of directors, the majority of whom are parents of students in elementary schools and secondary schools assisted under part A of title I and located in the geographic area to be served by a local family information center; or "(B) has a special governing committee to direct and implement a local family information center, a majority of the members of whom are parents of students in schools assisted under part A of title I; and "(3) is located in a community with elementary schools and secondary schools that receive funds under part A of title I, and is accessible to the families of students in those schools. "Subpart 17—Combatting Domestic Violence "SEC. 5571. GRANTS TO COMBAT THE IMPACT OF EXPERIENCING OR 20 USC 7275. WITNESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. "(a) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term 'domestic violence' has the meaning given that term in section 2003 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg- 2). "(2) EXPERT.— The term 'expert' means— "(A) an expert on domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse from the educational, legal, youth, mental health, substance abuse, or victim advocacy field; and "(B) a State or local domestic violence coalition or community-based youth organization. "(3) WITNESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.— "(A) IN GENERAL. — The term 'witness domestic violence' means to witness— "(i) an act of domestic violence that constitutes actual or attempted physical assault; or