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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-402 provides notice under subparagraph (A), each local educational agency described in paragraph (1) shall, as a condition on the agency's receipt of funds made available under title I of this Act, provide public notice to potential providers of tutorial assistance operating in the jurisdiction of the agency, and parents residing in such jurisdiction, regarding the availability of the subgrants under this section. "(3) APPLICATION.— ^A local educational agency that desires to receive a subgrant under this section shall submit an application to the State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and including such information as the agency may require. The application shall include an assurance that the local educational agency will use the subgrant funds to carry out the duties described in subsection (b) for children enrolled in any school selected by the agency that (A) is described in paragraph (1)(A), (B) is described in paragraph (1)(B), (C) has the largest, or second largest, number of children who are counted under section 1124(c), in comparison to all other schools in the local educational agency, or (D) has the highest, or second highest, school-age child poverty rate (as defined in the second sentence of paragraph (1)), in comparison to all other schools in the local educational agency. "(4) EXCEPTION.—I f no local educational agency within the State submits an application to receive a subgrant under this section within the 6-month period beginning on the date on which the State educational agency provided notice to the local educational agencies regarding the availability of the subgrants, the State educational agency may use funds otherwise reserved under 2254(2) for the purpose of providing local reading improvement subgrants under section 2255 if the State educational agency certifies to the Secretary that the requirements of paragraph (2) have been met and each local educational agency in the State described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph has demonstrated to the State educational agency that no provider of tutorial assistance described in such subparagraph requested the local educational agency to submit under paragraph (3) an application for a tutorial assistance subgrant. "(b) USE OF FUNDS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under this section shall carry out, using the funds provided under the subgrant, each of the duties described in paragraph (2). "(2) DUTIES. —The duties described in this paragraph are the provision of tutorial assistance in reading, before school, after school, on weekends, or during the summer, to children who have difficulty reading, using instructional practices based on scientifically based reading research, through the following: "(A) The creation and implementation of objective criteria to determine in a uniform manner the eligibility of tutorial assistance providers and tutorial assistance programs desiring to provide tutorial assistance under the subgrant. Such criteria shall include the following: "(i) A record of effectiveness with respect to reading readiness, reading instruction for children in

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