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 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 231

and for special activities related to carrying out the provisions of this part.

"TITLE III—MAGNET SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE "SEC. 3001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVATION.

20 USC 3021.

"(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated $165,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years 1990 through 1993 to carry out the provisions of this title. "(h) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS TO AGENCIES NOT PREVIOUSLY ASSISTED.—(1) In any fiscal year in which the amount

appropriated pursuant to section 3001 exceeds $75,000,000, the Secretary shall, with respect to such excess amount, give priority to grants to local educational agencies which— "(A) meet the requirements of section 3002; and "(B) have not received a grant under title VII of the Education for Economic Security Act, or under this title, in the last fiscal year of the funding cycle prior to the fiscal year for which the determination is made. "(2) In awarding grants with the first $75,000,000, the Secretary shall not take into account, in whole or in title, whether a local educational agency has received an award in the prior funding cycle. "SEC. 3002. ELIGIBILITY.

"A local educational agency is eligible to receive assistance under this title if the local educational agency— "(1) is implementing a plan undertaken pursuant to a final order issued by a court of the United States, or a court of any State, or any other State agency or official of competent jurisdiction, and which requires the desegregation of minority group segregated children or faculty in the elementary and secondary schools of such agency; or "(2) without having been required to do so, has adopted and is implementing, or will, if assistance is made available to it under this title, adopt and implement, a plan which has been approved by the Secretary as adequate under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for the desegregation of minority group segregated children or faculty in such schools. "SEC. 3003. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

Minorities. Discrimination, prohibition. 20 USC 3022.

20 USC 3023.

"It is the purpose of this title to support, through financial assistance to eligible local educational agencies— "(1) the elimination, reduction, or prevention of minority group isolation in elementary and secondary schools with substantial portions of minority students; and "(2) courses of instruction within magnet schools that will substantially strengthen the knowledge of academic subjects and the grasp of tangible and marketable vocational skills of students attending such schools. "SEC. 3004. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

20 USC 3024.

"The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this part, to make grants to eligible local educational agencies for use in magnet schools which are part of an approved desegregation

Grants,

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