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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1611 "(3) to provide technical assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools in designing and implementing programs and securing resources to implement effective school dropout prevention and reentry programs; "(4) to establish and consult with an interagency working group that shall— "(A) address inter- and intra-agency program coordination issues at the Federal level with respect to school dropout prevention and reentry, and assess the targeting of existing Federal services to students who are most at risk of dropping out of school, and the cost-effectiveness of various programs and approaches used to address school dropout prevention and reentry; "(B) describe the ways in which State educational agencies and local educational agencies can implement effective school dropout prevention and reentry programs using funds from a variety of Federal programs, including the programs under this part; and "(C) examine Federal programs that may have a positive impact on secondary school graduation or school reentry; "(5) to carry out a national recognition program in accordance with subsection (b) that recognizes schools that have made extraordinary progress in lowering school dropout rates; and "(6) to use funds made available for this subpart to carry out the evaluation required under section 1830(c). " (b) RECOGNITION PROGRAM.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall-- "(A) establish a national recognition program; and "(B) develop uniform national guidelines for the recognition program that shall be used to recognize eligible schools from nominations submitted by State educational agencies. "(2) RECOGNITION.— The Secretary shall recognize, under the recognition program established under paragraph (1), eligible schools. "(3) SUPPORT. —The Secretary may make monetary awards to an eligible school recognized under this subsection in amounts determined appropriate by the Secretary that shall be used for dissemination activities within the eligible school district or nationally. "(4) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE SCHOOL. —In this subsection, the term 'eligible school' means a public middle school or secondary school, including a charter school, that has implemented comprehensive reforms that have been effective in lowering school dropout rates for all students— "(A) in that secondary school or charter school; or "(B) in the case of a middle school, in the secondary school that the middle school feeds students into. "(c) CAPACITY BUILDING.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through a contract with one or more non-Federal entities, may conduct a capacity building and design initiative in order to increase the types of proven strategies for school dropout prevention and reentry that address the needs of an entire school population rather than a subset of students. " (2) NUMBER AND DURATION. —

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