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 115 STAT. 1716 PUBLIC LAW 107-llO^JAN. 8, 2002 "(6) the eligible entity will use State and national dissemination sources for program design and dissemination of results and products. "(i) CONSIDERATION.— In determining whether to approve an application under this subpart, the Secretary shall give consideration to— "(1) the degree to which the program for which assistance is sought involves the collaborative efforts of institutions of higher education, community-based organizations, the appropriate local educational agency and State educational agency, or businesses; and "(2) whether the application provides for training for personnel participating in, or preparing to participate in, a program that will assist such personnel in meeting State and local certification requirements. 20 USC 6915. "SEC. 3215. CAPACITY BUILDING. "Each recipient of a grant under this subpart shall use the grant in ways that will build such recipient's capacity to continue to offer high-quality language instruction educational programs and special alternative instruction programs to limited English proficient children after Federal assistance is reduced or eliminated. 20 USC 6916. " SEC. 3216. PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS AND PUERTO RICO. "Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, programs authorized under this subpart that serve Native American (including Native American Pacific Islander) children and children in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may include programs of instruction, teacher training, curriculum development, evaluation, and assessment designed for Native American children learning and studying Native American languages and children of limited Spanish proficiency, except that an outcome of programs serving such children shall be increased English proficiency among such children. 20 USC 6917. "SEC. 3217. EVALUATIONS. Reports. "(a) EVALUATION.—Each recipient of funds under this subpart for a program shall annually conduct an evaluation of the program and submit to the Secretary a report concerning the evaluation, in the form prescribed by the Secretary. "(b) USE OF EVALUATION.— Such evaluation shall be used by the grant recipient— "(1) for program improvement; "(2) to further define the program's goals and objectives; and "(3) to determine program effectiveness. "(c) EVALUATION REPORT COMPONENTS.— In preparing the evaluation reports, the recipient shall— "(1) use the data provided in the application submitted by the recipient under section 3214 as baseline data against which to report academic achievement and gains in English proficiency for children in the program; "(2) disaggregate the results of the evaluation by gender, native languages spoken by children, socioeconomic status, and whether the children have disabilities; "(3) include data on the progress of the recipient in achieving the objectives of the program, including data demonstrating the extent to which children served by the program

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