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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 SEC 6023. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

102 STAT. 1477 20 USC 5013.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall make grants to Grants. State educational agencies whose applications are approved under subsection (b) to pay the Federal share of the cost of model programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, providing for the commencement or improvement and expansion of foreign language study for students. (b) /U>PUCATiON.—Any State educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this subchapter shall submit an application therefor to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require. No application may be approved by the Secretary unless the application— (1) contains a description of model p n ^ a m s which— (A) are designed by local educational agencies and are available without r^ard to whether students attend the schools operated by such agency and if the local educational agency determines to do so, are available to residents of the community, (B) represents a variety of alternative and innovative approaches to foreign language instruction, and (C) are selected on a competitive basis by the State educational agency; (2) provides assurances that all children aged 5 through 17 who reside within the school district of the local educational agency shall be eligible to participate in any model program funded under this section (without r^ard to whether such children attend schools operated by such agen(^); (3) provides assurances that the State wUl pay the nonFederal share of the activities for which assistance is sought from non-Federal sources; and (4) provides that the local educational agency will provide standard evaluations of the proficiency of participants at appropriate intervals in the program which are reliable and valid, and provide such evaluations to the State educational agency. (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—(1) The Federal share for each fiscal year shall be 50 percent. (2) The Secretary may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) for any local educational agency which the Secretary determines does not have adequate resources to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of the project. (d) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.—(1) To the extent consist- Children and ent with the number of children in the State or in the school district youth. of each local educational agency who are enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools, such State or agency shall, after consultation with appropriate private school representatives, make provision for including special educational services and arrangements (such as dual enrollment, educational radio and television, and mobile educational services and equipment) in which such children can participate and which meet the requirements of this section. Expenditures for educational services and arrangements pursuant to this subsection for children in private schools shall be equal (taking into account the number of cMldren to be served and the needs of such children) to expenditures for children enrolled in the public schools of the State or local educational agency.

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