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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1793 "(3) the extent of community support for the appHcation; "(4) the ambitiousness of the objectives for the charter school; "(5) the quahty of the strategy for assessing achievement of those objectives; "(6) the HkeUhood that the charter school will meet those objectives and improve educational results for students; and "(7) in the case of an eligible applicant that proposes to use grant funds to support dissemination activities under subsection (f)(6)(B), the quality of those activities and the likelihood that those activities will improve student achievement. "(c) PEER REVIEW.— The Secretary, and each State educational agency receiving a grant under this subpart, shall use a peer review process to review applications for assistance under this subpart. "(d) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS. — The Secretary and each State educational agency receiving a grant under this subpart, shall award grants and subgrants under this subpart in a manner that, to the extent possible, ensures that such grants and subgrants— "(1) are distributed throughout different areas of the Nation and each State, including urban and rural areas; and "(2) will assist charter schools representing a variety of educational approaches, such as approaches designed to reduce school size. "(e) WAIVERS.— The Secretary may waive any statutory or regulatory requirement over which the Secretary exercises administrative authority except any such requirement relating to the elements of a charter school described in section 5210(1), if— "(1) the waiver is requested in an approved application under this subpart; and "(2) the Secretary determines that granting such a waiver will promote the purpose of this subpart. "(f) USE OF FUNDS.— "(1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this subpart shall use such grant funds to award subgrants to one or more eligible applicants in the State to enable such applicant to plan and implement a charter school in accordance with this subpart, except that the State educational agency may reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds to support dissemination activities described in paragraph (6). "(2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Each eligible applicant receiving funds from the Secretary or a State educational agency shall use such funds to plan and implement a charter school, or to disseminate information about the charter school and successful practices in the charter school, in accordance with this subpart. " (3) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible applicant receiving a grant or subgrant under this subpart may use the grant or subgrant funds only for— (A) post-award planning and design of the educational program, which may include— "(i) refinement of the desired educational results and of the methods for measuring progress toward achieving those results; and "(ii) professional development of teachers and other staff who will work in the charter school; and

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