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 Ill STAT. 132 PUBLIC LAW 105-17-JUNE 4, 1997 "(A) for activities that are designed to benefit children with disabilities, their families, or the personnel employed to work with such children or their families; or "(B) to benefit other individuals with disabilities that such chapter is intended to benefit. "(2) PRIORITY FOR PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES.— Subject to paragraph (1), the Secretary, in making an award of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this subpart, may, without regard to the rule making procedures under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, limit competitions to, or otherwise give priority to— "(A) projects that address one or more— "(i) age ranges; "(ii) disabilities; "(iii) school grades; "(iv) types of educational placements or early intervention environments; "(v) types of services; "(vi) content areas, such as reading; or "(vii) effective strategies for helping children with disabilities learn appropriate behavior in the school and other community-based educational settings; "(B) projects that address the needs of children based . on the severity of their disability; "(C) projects that address the needs of— "(i) low-achieving students; "(ii) underserved populations; "(iii) children from low-income families; "(iv) children with limited English proficiency; "(v) unserved and underserved areas; "(vi) particular types of geographic areas; or "(vii) children whose behavior interferes with their learning and socialization; "(D) projects to reduce inappropriate identification of children as children with disabilities, particularly among minority children; "(E) projects that are carried out in particular areas of the country, to ensure broad geographic coverage; and "(F) any activity that is expressly authorized in chapter lor 2. " (f) APPLICANT AND RECIPIENT RESPONSIBILITIES. — " (1) DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF PROJECTS.— The Secretary shall require that an applicant for, and a recipient of, a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for a project under this subpart— "(A) involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project; and "(B) where appropriate, determine whether the project has any potential for replication and adoption by other entities. " (2) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. — The Secretary may require a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for a project under this subpart— "(A) to share in the cost of the project; "(B) to prepare the research and evaluation findings and products from the project in formats that are useful

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