20 U.S.C. § 3986 — Submission of applications

Each applicant^* within a State^* which desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit the application prepared in accordance with section 3985 of this title to the State agency on 1 higher education or the State educational agency^*, as the case may be, for approval and shall submit the approved application to the Secretary^* under section 3985 of this title. Each such application shall be submitted jointly by the local educational agency^* in the case of activities described in section 3984(a) of this title, or an institution of higher education^* in the case of activities described in section 3984(b) of this title, and each business concern or other party that is to participate in the program for which assistance is sought.