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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3827 "(G) a request and justification for waivers of any Federal statutory or regulatory provisions that the applicant believes are necessary for the successful operation of the charter school, and a description of any State or local rules, generally applicable to public schools, that will be waived for, or otherwise not apply to, the school; "(H) a description of how the subgrant funds or grant funds, as appropriate, will be used, including a description of how such funds will be used in conjunction with other Federal programs administered by the Secretary; "(I) a description of how students in the community will be— "(i) informed about the charter school; and "(ii) given an equal opportunity to attend the charter school; "(J) an assurance that the eligible applicant will annually provide the Secretary and the State educational agency such information as may be required to determine if the charter school is making satisfactory progress toward achieving the objectives described in subparagraph (C)(i); "(K) an assurance that the applicant will cooperate with the Secretary and the State educational agency in evaluating the program assisted under this part; and "(L) such other information and assurances as the Secretary and the State educational agency may require. "(c) CONTENTS OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANT APPLICATION.—Each eligible applicant desiring a grant pursuant to section 10302(e)(1) or 10302(b) shall submit an application to the State educational agency or Secretary, respectively, at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the State educational agency or Secretary, respectively, may reasonably require. "(d) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION. —Each application submitted pursuant to subsection (c) shall contain— "(1) the information and assurances described in subparagraphs (A) through (L) of subsection (b)(3), except that for purposes of this subsection subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K) of such subsection shall be applied by striking 'and the State educational agency* each place such term appears; and "(2) assurances that the State educational agency— "(A) will grant, or will obtain, waivers of State statutory or regulatory requirements; and "(B) will assist each subgrantee in the State in receiving a waiver under section 10304(e). "SEC. 10304. ADMINISTRATION. Grants. 20 USC 80fi4 "(a) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— The Secretary shall award grants to State educational agencies under this part on the basis of the quality of the applications submitted under section 10303(b), after taking into consideration such factors as— "(1) the contribution that the charter schools grant program will make to assisting educationally disadvantaged and other students to achieving State content standards and State student performance standards and, in general, a State's education improvement plan;

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