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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3855 "(6) ensure the readiness of all rural children for school, such as— "(A) full workday, full calendar-year comprehensive early childhood development programs; "(B) parenting classes, including parenting classes for teenage parents, and parent involvement activities; "(C) activities designed to coordinate prekindergarten and child care programs; "(D) efforts to integrate developmentally appropriate prekindergarten services into the overall public school program; "(E) improving the skills of early childhood education staff and standards for programs; "(F) collaborative efforts with health and social service agencies to provide comprehensive services and to facilitate the transition from home to school; "(G) establishment of comprehensive child care centers in public secondary schools for student parents and their children; and "(H) augmenting early childhood development programs to meet the special educational and cultural needs of limited-English proficient children, children with disabilities, and migrant preschool children; "(7) increase the graduation rates of rural public school students to at least the national average of such rate, when funds are used to serve secondary schools, such as— "(A) dropout prevention activities and support services for students at-risk of dropping out of school; "(B) reentry, outreach and support activities to recruit students who have dropped out of school to return to school; "(C) development of systemwide policies and practices that encourage students to stay in school; "(D) efforts to provide individualized student support; "(E) collaborative activities between schools, parents, community groups, agencies, and institutions of higher education aimed at preventing individuals from dropping out of school; "(F) programs to increase student attendance; and "(G) alternative programs for students, especially bilingual, special education, and migrant students, who have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of school; "(8) prepare rural public school students to enter higher education, pursue careers, and exercise their responsibilities as citizens, such as— "(A) activities designed to increase the number and percentages of students, enrolling in postsecondary educational institutions after graduation from secondary schools; "(B) in-school youth employment, vocational education, . and career education programs that improve the transition from school to work; "(C) activities designed in collaboration with colleges and universities to assist rural public school graduates in completing higher education;

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