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PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

CHAPTER 5—ACCESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

102 STAT. 1513

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SEC. 6141. PURPOSE. 20 USC 5121. It is the purpose of this chapter to support training programs for secondary school personnel, including guidance counselors, in order to increase the opportunities of secondary school students in rural sections of the Nation for continued education. SEC. 6142. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 20 USC 5122. (a) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may make grants to institutions of higher education, private nonprofit agencies and organizations, including regional educational laboratories, public agenices. State educational agencies, or combinations thereof within particular regions of the United States to support the development of training programs for secondary school personnel, including guidance counselors. The Secretary may not make a grant under the preceding sentence to any nonpublic agency unless such agency has extensive experience in providing educational assistance to State and local educational agencies. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1988 for purposes of carrying out this chapter. SEC. 6143. APPLICATIONS. 20 USC 5123. (a) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity which desires to develop and operate a program described in section 6142(a) shall submit an application to the Secretary. Ob) REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.—Each application submitted under subsection (a) shall be reviewed by peers, including educators and researchers, to determine the quality of the proposed program and its relationship to the demonstrated needs of the region to be served. (c) SouciTATiON OF ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS.—If, based upon a review under subsection (b), the Secretary determines that a proposed program would not best serve the needs of the students of the region to be served, the Secretary may solicit proposals from other eligible entities located in the region. (d) CONTENT OF APPLICATIONS.—Each application for assistance under this section shall— (1) contain assurances that— (A) the eligible entity shall provide technical assistance to appropriate educational agencies; and (B) information developed as a result of the applicant's research and development activities, including new educational methods, practices, techniques, and products, will be appropriately disseminated; (C) all rural students in all States within the region will have access to and information about the access progrsim; (2) contain a description of— (A) the rural secondary school population within the region served by the eligible entity, including estimates of the number of high school graduates who— (i) attend institutions of higher education, including an estimate of the number who attend out-of-state institutions; (ii) attend trade schools; ^^

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