Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 2.djvu/490

 102 STAT. 1494

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

(D) as appropriate, including coordinated services and activities with programs of vocational education, adult basic education, and programs under the Job Training Partnership Act; (E) involving the use of educational and telecommunications and broadcasting technologies and educational materials for dropout prevention, outreach, and reentry; (F) providing activities which focus on developing occupational competencies which link job skill preparation and training with genuine job opportunities; (G) establishing annual procedures for— (i) evaluating the effectiveness of the project; and (ii) where possible, determining the cost-effectiveness of the particular dropout prevention and reentry methods used and the potential for reproducing such methods in other areas of the country; (H) coordinating, to the extent practicable, with other student dropout activities in the community; or (I) using the resources of the community and parents to help develop and implement solutions to the local dropout problem; and (5) contain such other information as the Secretary considers necessary to determine the nature of the local needs, the quedity of the proposed project, and the capability of the applicant to carry out the project. (c) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall, in approving applications under this section, give priority to applications which both show the replication of successful programs conducted in other local educational agencies or the expansion of successful programs within a local educational agency and reflect very high numbers or very high percentages of school dropouts in the schools of the applicant in each category described in section 6064(a). (d) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall give additional special consideration to applications that include— (1) provisions which emphasize early intervention services designed to identify at-risk students in elementary or early secondary schools; and (2) provisions for significant parental involvement. 20 USC 5056.

Contracts.

SEC. 6066. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants under this subchapter shall be used to carry out plans set forth in applications approved under section 6065. In addition, grants may be used for educational, occupational, and basic skills testing services and activities, including, but not limited to— (1) the establishment of systemwide or school-level policies, procedures, and plans for dropout prevention and school reentry; (2) the development and implementation of activities, including extended day or summer programs, designed to address poor achievement, basic skills deflciencies, language deflciencies, or course failures, in order to assist students at risk of dropping out of school and students reentering school; (3) the establishment or expansion of work-study, apprentice, or internship programs; (4) the use of resources of the community, including contracting with public or private entities or community-based organiza-

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