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 108 STAT. 3608 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 national activities to evaluate and improve the use of innovative transition programs. "(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. — Of the amount reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not less than $3,000,000 to award grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations to provide to consortia which receive grants under subsection (b)(1) and, to the extent feasible, to schools that are designated schoolwide programs under section 1114— "(A) technical assistance in the implementation and expanded use of model transition and instructional approaches, including the use of appropriate pedagogy, efforts to increase parental involvement and providing access to coordinated services; and "(B) training in conjunction with the implementation and operation of such model approaches. "(3) COORDINATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may promote coordination of activities assisted under this section with the projects funded under the Head Start Transition Projects Act, including a process to— "(A) collect information on program activities and results; and "(B) disseminate information on successful transition programs. (4) EVALUATION. —(A) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is authorized to award grants, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements, to provide for the evaluation of the programs assisted under this section. "(B) To the extent practicable, such evaluations shall be conducted jointly with evaluations of Head Start Transition Projects. "(5) OTHER ACTIVITIES.— The Secretary may undertake other activities to promote the replication of successful transition programs. "(e) COORDINATION OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate regulations promulgated under this section with regulations promulgated under the Head Start Act Amendments of 1994. " (f) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— Grants. "(1) PRIORITY.— In awarding grants under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that— "(A) will operate a project under this section at a school designated as a schoolwide program under section 1114; "(B) serve local educational agencies that have the highest numbers or percentages of poor children; and "(C) demonstrate a significant commitment by the community to the proposed program, as evidenced by the level of resources, both cash and in-kind, from other public and private sources available to the consortium, "(2) SUPPLEMENT.— An application for assistance under this section may not be approved unless the Secretary is satisfied that the services to be provided by the applicant will supplement, and not supplant, services that previously provided other Federal assistance.

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