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 101 STAT. 526

20 USC 3801 note.

Establishment.

Schools and colleges.

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-77—JULY 22, 1987

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as incorporated by reference in chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981) to the local educational agencies in the State in that year bears to the total amount allocated to such agencies in all States, except that no State shall receive less than $50,000 in any fiscal year. (c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants under this section shall be used— (1) to carry out the policies set forth in section 721 in the State; (2) to establish or designate an Office of Coordinator of Education of Homeless Children and Youth in accordance with subsection (d); and (3) to prepare and carry out the State plan described in subsection (e). (d) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF COORDINATOR.—The Coordinator of Education of Homeless Children and Youth established in each State shall— (1) gather data on the number and location of homeless children and youth in the State, and such data gathering shall include the nature and extent of problems of access to, and placement of, homeless children and homeless youth in elementary and secondary schools, and the difficulties in identifying the special needs of such children; (2) develop and carry out the State plan described in subsection (e); and (3) prepare and submit to the Secretary an interim report not later than December 31, 1987, and a final report not later than December 31, 1988, on the data gathered pursuant to paragraph (1). To the extent that reliable current data is available in the State, each coordinator described in this subsection may use such data to fulfill the requirements of paragraph (1). (e) STATE PLAN.—


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(1) Each State shall adopt a plan to provide for the education of each homeless child or homeless youth within the State which will contain provisions designed to— (A) authorize the State educational agency, the local educational agency, the parent or guardian of the homeless child, the homeless youth, or the applicable social worker to make the determinations required under this section; and (B) provide procedures for the resolution of disputes regarding the educational placement of homeless children and youth. (2) Each plan adopted under this subsection shall assure, to the extent practicable under requirements relating to education established by State law, that local educational agencies within -S'M' the State will comply with the requirements of paragraphs (3) through (6). (3) The local educational agency of each homeless child or youth shall either— (A) continue the child's or youth's education in the school district of origin for the remainder of the school year; or (B) enroll the child or youth in the school district where the child or youth is actually living; whichever is in the child's best interest or the youth's best interest.

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