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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 187 (7) Public Law 96-88 specified that no provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, (b) REAFFIRMATION.—The Congress agrees and reaffirms that the responsibility for control of education is reserved to the States and local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States and that no action shall be taken under the provisions of this Act by the Federal Government which would, directly or indirectly, impose standards or requirements of any kind through the promulgation of rules, regulations, provision of financial assistance and otherwise, which would reduce, modify, or undercut State and local responsibility for control of education. TITLE IV—PARENTAL ASSISTANCE SEC. 401. PARENTAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS. 20 USC 5911. (a) PURPOSE. —The purpose of this title is— (1) to increase parents' knowledge of and confidence in child-rearing activities, such as teaching and nurturing their young children; (2) to strengthen partnerships between parents and professionals in meeting the educational needs of children aged birth through 5 and the working relationship between home and school; (3) to enhance the developmental progress of children assisted under this title; and (4) to fund at least 1 parental information and resource center in each State before September 30, 1998. (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to award grants in each fiscal year to nonprofit organizations, and nonprofit organizations in consortia with local educational agencies, to establish parental information and resource centers that provide training, information, and support to— (A) parents of children aged birth through 5 years; (B) parents of children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools; and (C) individuals who work with the parents described in subparagraphs (A) and (B). (2) AWARD RULE. —In awarding grants under this title, the Secretary shall ensure that such grants are distributed, to the greatest extent possible, to all geographic regions of the United States. SEC. 402. APPLICATIONS. 20 USC 5912. (a) GRANTS APPLICATIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Each nonprofit organization and nonprofit organization in consortium with a local educational agency which desires a grant under this title shall submit an applica-

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