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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1759 "(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term 'eligible entity' means— "(i) a local educational agency; "(ii) a nonprofit, community-based organization; or "(iii) a partnership between a local educational agency and a nonprofit, community-based organization. "(C) MENTOR.— The term 'mentor' means a responsible adult, a postsecondary school student, or a secondary school student who works with a child— "(i) to provide a positive role model for the child; "(ii) to establish a supportive relationship with the child; and "(iii) to provide the child with academic assistance and exposure to new experiences and examples of opportunity that enhance the ability of the child to become a responsible adult. "(D) STATE.— The term 'State' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "(b) GRANT PROGRAM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may award grants from funds made available to carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) to eligible entities to assist such entities in establishing and supporting mentoring programs and activities for children with greatest need that— "(A) are designed to link such children (particularly children living in rural areas, high-crime areas, or troubled home environments, or children experiencing educational failure) with mentors who— "(i) have received training and support in mentoring; "(ii) have been screened using appropriate ref- erence checks, child and domestic abuse record checks, and criminal background checks; and "(iii) are interested in working with children with greatest need; and "(B) are intended to achieve one or more of the following goals with respect to children with greatest need: "(i) Provide general guidance. "(ii) Promote personal and social responsibility, "(iii) Increase participation in, and enhance the ability to benefit from, elementary and secondary education. "(iv) Discourage illegal use of drugs and alcohol, violence, use of dangerous weapons, promiscuous behavior, and other criminal, harmful, or potentially harmful activity. "(v) Encourage participation in community service and community activities. "(vi) Encourage setting goals and planning for the future, including encouragement of graduation from secondary school and pleinning for postsecondary education or training. "(viii) Discourage involvement in gangs. "(2) USE OF FUNDS.—

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