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 PUBLIC LAW 101-600 —NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3045 ' (e) REPORTS; DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION BASE. —Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) is amended— I (1) by redesignating sections 1106, 1107, and 1108 as sections I 1108, 1109, and 1111, respectively; and I (2) by inserting after section 1105 the following: "SEC. 1106. REPORTS; DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION BASE. "(a) REPORTS TO STATES.— Each local educational agency or individual school that receives assistance under a grant made under this part shall annually submit a report to the State describing activities carried out with such assistance and progress toward increasing the secondary school completion rate achieved as a result of such activities. "(b) REPORTS TO SECRETARY. —Each State shall annually submit a report to the Secretary describing activities carried out with assistance received under this section and progress achieved toward increasing the secondary school completion rate as a result of such activities. "(c) DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION BASE. —From information contained in the reports required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall create an information base containing information on dropout prevention programs for use by State and local educational agencies, elementary and secondary schools, and interested community organizations in the development or refinement of dropout prevention programs. The Secretary shall ensure that such information base is easily accessible to such agencies, schools, and organizations.". (f) COORDINATION AND DISSEMINATION.—Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1106 (as inserted by subsection (e)(2) of this section) the following: "SEC. 1107. COORDINATION AND DISSEMINATION. "(a) GRANTS TO REGIONAL LABORATORIES. —From an amount equal to 65 percent of the amount reserved under section 1102(a)(2), the Secretary shall make grants to regional laboratories supported by the Secretary under section 405(d)(4)(A)(i) of the General Education Provisions Act for the purposes of— "(1) identifying model programs for dropout prevention and reentry in their regions; "(2) disseminating such programs; and "(3) providing assistance to schools in replicating such programs. "(b) ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK.— The Secretary shall provide an amount equal to 45 percent of the amount reserved under section 1102(a)(2) to the National Diffusion Network established under section 1562 for the purpose of replicating model programs for dropout prevention and reentry.". 20 USC 2766- 2768. 20 USC 2765a. 20 USC 2765b.

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