20 U.S.C. § 3997 — Approval of applications
submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 98-377 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 106 words · no verdicts yet
The State must set application-approval criteria that consider local need, likely student benefit, and other parties’ commitments. Its procedures must distribute grants fairly across community types and agency sizes.
(a) Criteria. The State* must establish criteria for approving applications. The criteria must include: (1) the local district’s need for, and inability to provide locally, the requested activities, equipment, library materials, and instructional materials; (2) the number and kinds of elementary and secondary students who will benefit from the planned program; and (3) the stated financial and in-kind commitment of other parties to the program.
(b) Approval procedures. The State must adopt procedures designed to distribute grants fairly among (1) rural, urban, and suburban areas, and (2) small, medium-sized, and large local educational agencies.
The State* shall establish criteria for approval of applications under this section. Such criteria shall include—
consideration of the local district’s need for, and inability to locally provide for, the activities, equipment, library and instructional materials requested;
the number and nature of elementary and secondary students who will benefit from the planned program; and
the expressed level of financial and in-kind commitment from other parties to the program.
The State shall adopt approval procedures designed to ensure that grants are equitably distributed among—
rural, urban, and suburban areas; and
small, medium, and large local educational agencies.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–377, title III, § 327, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6031(a)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1482.)
- 1988Enacted · Pub. L. 98-377 · 102 Stat. 1482
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