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 101 STAT. 525

PUBLIC LAW 100-77—JULY 22, 1987

42 USC 11421.

SEC. 702. STATEWIDE LITERACY INITIATIVES.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Education shall make Grants, grants to State educational agencies to enable each such agency to develop a plan and implement a program of literacy training and basic skills remediation for adult homeless individuals within the State, which shall— (1) include a program of outreach activities; and (2) be coordinated with existing resources such as communitybased organizations, VISTA recipients, adult basic education program recipients, and nonprofit literacy-action organizations. _, (b) APPLICATION.—Each State educational agency desiring to re'^' ceive its allocation under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Education an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require,

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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION.—

(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1987 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1988, for the adult literacy and basic skills remediation programs authorized by this section. (2) The Secretary of Education shall distribute funds to States on the basis of the assessments of the homeless population in the States made in the comprehensive plans submitted under this Act, except that no State shall receive less than $75,000 under this section. (d) DEFINITION,—As used in this section, the term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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Subtitle B—Education for Homeless Children and Youth SEC. 72L STATEMENT OF POLICY.

42 USC 11431.

It is the policy of the Congress that— (1) each State educational agency shall assure that each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth have access to a free, appropriate public education which would be provided to the children of a resident of a State and is consistent with the State school attendance laws; and (2) in any State that has a residency requirement as a component of its compulsory school attendance laws, the State will review and undertake steps to revise such laws to assure that the children of homeless individuals and homeless youth are afforded a free and appropriate public education. SEC. 722. GRANTS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH. (a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Education

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accordance with the provisions of this section, authorized to make grants to States to carry out the activities described in subsections (c), (d), and (e). 0)) ALLOCATION.—From the amounts appropriated for each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (g), the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated in each such year as the amount allocated under section 111

42 USC 11432.

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