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 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 667 "(i) does not mean a physical facility; and "(ii) does not require a separate location from another Academy or otiier training program; and "(B) the term 'eligible entity^ means a technical assistance center assisted under subpart 2 of part C of title V of this Act as such Act was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, a local educational agency, an institution of higher education, a museum, a private nonprofit educational organization of demonstrated effectiveness, or a consortium of any 2 or more such entities. "(b) APPLICATION REQUIRED. — " (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) Each eligible entity desiring to operate an Academy under this section shall submit an application to the State educational agency at such time, in such manner and accompanied by such information as the State may reasonably require. Such Academy may be operated in cooperation or consortium with an Academy of another State. "(B) A priority for awards shall be given to entities who received funds under subpart 2 of part C of title V of the Higher Education Act as in effect on September 30, 1991. " (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall describe— "(A) the goals of the Academy and the steps that shall be taken to evaluate the extent to which the Academy reaches its goals; "(B) the curriculvmi to be used or developed by the Academy; "(C) the steps to be taken to recruit school leaders for the Academj^s program, including outreach efforts to identify and attract— "(i) minority group members; "(ii) individuals with disabilities; "(iii) individueds from areas with large numbers or concentrations of disadvantaged students; and "(iv) other individuals with potential to become school leaders; "(D) efforts to be teiken to disseminate information about the Academy; "(E) selection criteria to be used in identifying school leaders to participate in the Academy; "(F) steps to be taken to assure that the programs offered by the Academy shall be of sufGcient len^h and comprehensiveness to significantly improve participants' knowledge; "(G) steps to be taken to fissure the involvement of private sector managers and executives from businesses in the conduct of the Academy's programs; and "(H) efforts to be undertaken to evaluate the impact of the Academy on participants. "(c) USE OF ALLOTTED FUNDS.— "(1) GRANTS. — Each State educational agency receiving an allotment under this part shall use the funds reserved pursuant to section 501(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to enable such eligible entity to operate an Academy in accordance with the provisions of this subpart.

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