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Title 20 — Education

Part B · Chapter 52 — Education for Economic Security

§ 3997. Approval of applications

Statutory text

(a)

Criteria

The State shall establish criteria for approval of applications under this section. Such criteria shall include—

(1)

consideration of the local district’s need for, and inability to locally provide for, the activities, equipment, library and instructional materials requested;

(2)

the number and nature of elementary and secondary students who will benefit from the planned program; and

(3)

the expressed level of financial and in-kind commitment from other parties to the program.

(b)

Approval procedures

The State shall adopt approval procedures designed to ensure that grants are equitably distributed among—

(1)

rural, urban, and suburban areas; and

(2)

small, medium, and large local educational agencies.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Education for Economic Security Act

    Pub. L. 98–377 title III § 327 · 98 Stat. 1267

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 3997

    (Pub. L. 98–377, title III, § 327, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6031(a)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1482.)

    Source evidence

    Code 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.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 98–377, title III, § 327, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6031(a)(2), , 102 Stat. 1482.)

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