2013 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 70 - STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (§§ 6301 - 8962)
Subchapter I - IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED (§§ 6301 - 6578)
Part H - School Dropout Prevention (§§ 6551 - 6561i)
Subpart 2 - school dropout prevention initiative (§§ 6561 - 6561i)
Section 6561a - Program authorized
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 70 - STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS SUBCHAPTER I - IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED Part H - School Dropout Prevention subpart 2 - school dropout prevention initiative Sec. 6561a - Program authorized |
Contains | section 6561a |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-10, title I, §1822, as added Pub. L. 107-110, title I, §101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1612. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 115 Stat. 1612 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-10, Public Law 107-110 |
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If the amount appropriated under section 6553 of this title for a fiscal year equals or is less than $75,000,000, then the Secretary shall use such amount to award grants, on a competitive basis, to—
(i) State educational agencies to support activities—
(I) in schools that—
(aa) serve students in grades 6 through 12; and
(bb) have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate; or
(II) in the middle schools that feed students into the schools described in subclause (I); or
(ii) local educational agencies that operate—
(I) schools that—
(aa) serve students in grades 6 through 12; and
(bb) have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate; or
(II) middle schools that feed students into the schools described in subclause (I).
(B) Use of grant fundsGrant funds awarded under this paragraph shall be used to fund effective, sustainable, and coordinated school dropout prevention and reentry programs that may include the activities described in subsection (b)(2) of this section, in—
(i) schools serving students in grades 6 through 12 that have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate; or
(ii) the middle schools that feed students into the schools described in clause (i).
(2) Amount less than $250,000,000 but more than $75,000,000If the amount appropriated under section 6553 of this title for a fiscal year is less than $250,000,000 but more than $75,000,000, then the Secretary shall use such amount to award grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to award subgrants under subsection (b) of this section.
(3) Amount equal to or exceeds $250,000,000If the amount appropriated under section 6553 of this title for a fiscal year equals or exceeds $250,000,000, then the Secretary shall use such amount to award a grant to each State educational agency in an amount that bears the same relation to such appropriated amount as the amount the State educational agency received under part A of this subchapter for the preceding fiscal year bears to the amount received by all State educational agencies under such part for the preceding fiscal year, to enable the State educational agency to award subgrants under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Subgrants to local educational agencies (1) In generalFrom amounts made available to a State educational agency under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the State educational agency shall award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies that operate public schools that serve students in grades 6 through 12 and that have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate, to enable those schools, or the middle schools that feed students into those schools, to implement effective, sustainable, and coordinated school dropout prevention and reentry programs that involve activities such as—
(A) professional development;
(B) obtaining curricular materials;
(C) release time for professional staff to obtain professional development;
(D) planning and research;
(E) remedial education;
(F) reduction in pupil-to-teacher ratios;
(G) efforts to meet State student academic achievement standards;
(H) counseling and mentoring for at-risk students;
(I) implementing comprehensive school reform models, such as creating smaller learning communities; and
(J) school reentry activities.
(2) AmountSubject to paragraph (3), a subgrant under this subpart shall be awarded—
(A) in the first year that a local educational agency receives a subgrant payment under this subpart, in an amount that is based on factors such as—
(i) the size of schools operated by the local educational agency;
(ii) costs of the model or set of prevention and reentry strategies being implemented; and
(iii) local cost factors such as poverty rates;
(B) in the second year, in an amount that is not less than 75 percent of the amount the local educational agency received under this subpart in the first such year;
(C) in the third year, in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of the amount the local educational agency received under this subpart in the first such year; and
(D) in each succeeding year, in an amount that is not less than 30 percent of the amount the local educational agency received under this subpart in the first year.
(3) DurationA subgrant under this subpart shall be awarded for a period of 3 years, and may be continued for a period of 2 additional years if the State educational agency determines, based on the annual reports described in section 6561i(a) of this title, that significant progress has been made in lowering the annual school dropout rate for secondary schools participating in the program assisted under this subpart.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, §1822, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, §101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1612.)
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