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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1491

CHAPTER 7—PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS DE- Grants SIGNED TO ADDRESS SCHOOL DROPOUT PROBLEMS AND TO STRENGTHEN BASIC SKILLS INSTRUCTION Subchapter A—Assistance to Address School Dropout School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of Problems SEC 6061. SHORT TITLE.

1988. 20 USC 5051.

This subchapter may be cited as the 'School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988". SEC 6062. PURPOSE.

20 USC 5052.

The purpose of this subchapter is to reduce the number of children who do not complete their elementary and secondary education by providing grants to local educational agencies to establish and demonstrate— (1) effective programs to identify potential student dropouts and prevent them from dropping out; (2) effective pn^n^ams to identify and encourage children who have already dropped out to reenter school and complete their elementary and secondary education; (3) effective early intervention pn^rams designed to identify at-risk students in elementary and secondary schools; and (4) model systems for collecting and reporting information to local school officials on the number, ages, and grade levels of the children not completing their elementary and secondary education and the reasons why such children have dropped out of school. SEC 6063. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 USC 5053.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter $50,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988. SEC 6064. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 20 USC 5054. (a) ALLOTBIENT TO CATEGORIES OP LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—

From the amount appropriated under section 6063 for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot the following percentages to each of the following cat^ories of local educational s^encies: (1) Local educational agencies administering schools with a total enrollment of 100,000 or more e l e m e n t a l and secondary school students shall be allotted 25 percent of the amount appropriated. (2) Local educational agencies administering schools with a total enrollment of at least 20,000 but less than 100,000 elementary and secondary school students shall be allotted 40 percent of the amount appropriated. (3) Local educational agencies administering schools with a total enrollment of less than 20,000 elemental^ and secondary school students shall be allotted 30 percent of the amount appropriated. Grants may be made under this paragraph to intermediate educational units and consortia of not more than 5 local educational agencies in any case in which the total enrollment of the laigest such local educational agency is less than 20,000 elementary and secondary students. Such units and con-

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