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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3693 "(i) the hiring, promotion, or assignment of employ- ees of the agency or other personnel for whom the agency has any administrative responsibility; "(ii) the assignment of students to schools, or to courses of instruction within the school, of such agency, except to carry out the approved plan; and "(iii) designing or operating extracurricular activities for students; "(D) carry out a high-quality education program that will encourage greater parental decisionmaking and involvement; and "(E) give students residing in the local attendance area of the proposed magnet school projects equitable consideration for placement in those projects. "(c) SPECIAL RULE.— No application may be approved under this section unless the Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights determines that the assurances described in subsection (b)(2)(C) will be met. "SEC. 5107. PRIOMTY. 20 USC 7207. "In approving applications under this part, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that— "(1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance, based on the expense or difficulty of effectively carrying out an approved desegregation plan and the projects for which assistance is sought; "(2) propose to carry out new magnet school projects, or significantly revise existing magnet school projects; "(3) propose to select students to attend magnet school projects by methods such as lottery, rather than through academic examination; "(4) propose to implement innovative educational approaches that are consistent with the State's and local educational agency's approved systemic reform plans, if any, under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act; and "(5) propose to draw on comprehensive community involvement plans. "SEC. 5108. USE OF FUNDS. 20 USC 7208. "(a) IN GENERAL.— Grant funds made available under this part may be used by an eligible local educational agency or consortium of such agencies— "(1) for planning and promotional activities directly related to the development, expansion, continuation, or enhancement of academic programs and services offered at magnet schools; "(2) for the acquisition of books, materials, and equipment, including computers and the maintenance and operation thereof, necessary for the conduct of programs in magnet schools; "(3) for the payment, or subsidization of the compensation, of elementary and secondary school teachers who are certified or licensed by the State, and instructional stsiff where applicable, who are necessary for the conduct of programs in magnet schools; and "(4) with respect to a magnet school program offered to less than the entire student population of a school, for instructional activities that—

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