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 112 STAT. 1658 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 (2)(B) based on number, quality, and promise of the applications and adjust the distribution accordingly.". "(b) LIMITATION.— Each eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(l), and each eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(2) that conducts a scholarship component under section 404E, shall use not less than 25 percent and not more than 50 percent of grant funds received under this chapter for the early intervention component of an eligible entity's program under this chapter, except that the Secretary may waive the 50 percent limitation if the eligible entity demonstrates that the eligible entity has another means of providing the students with financial assistance that is described in the plan submitted under section 404C. "(c) COORDINATION.— Each eligible entity shall ensure that the activities assisted under this chapter are, to the extent practicable, coordinated with, and complement and enhance— "(1) services under this chapter provided by other eligible entities serving the ssime school district or State; and "(2) related services under other Federal or non-Federal progrgims. "(d) DESIGNATION OF FISCAL AGENT. — An eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(2) shall designate an institution of higher education or a local educational agency as the fiscal agent for the eligible entity. "(e) COORDINATORS.— An eligible entity described in section 404A(c)(2) shall have a full-time program coordinator or a parttime program coordinator, whose primary responsibility is a project under section 404C. " (f) DISPLACEMENT.—An eligible entity described in 404A(c)(2) shall ensure that the activities assisted under this chapter will not displace an employee or eliminate a position at a school assisted under this chapter, including a partial displacement such as a reduction in hours, wages or employment benefits. "(g) COHORT APPROACH. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall require that eligible entities described in section 404A(c)(2)— "(A) provide services under this chapter to at least one grade level of students, beginning not later than 7th grade, in a participating school that has a 7th grade and in which at least 50 percent of the students enrolled are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch Act (or, if an eligible entity determines that it would promote the effectiveness of a program, an entire grade level of students, beginning not later than the 7th grade, who reside in public housing as defined in section 3(b)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937); and "(B) ensure that the services are provided through the 12tli grade to students in the participating grade level. "(2) COORDINATION REQUIREMENT.—In order for the Secretary to require the cohort approach described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, where applicable, ensure that the cohort approach is done in coordination and collaboration with existing early intervention programs and does not duplicate the services already provided to a school or community. 20 USC 1070a- "SEC. 404C. ELIGIBLE ENTTIY PLANS. 23 " (a) PLAN REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBILITY.—

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