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 115 STAT. 1814 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 "Subpart 2—Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Programs 20 USC 7245. " SEC. 5421. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELING PRO- GRAMS. "(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary is authorized to award grants to local educational agencies to enable such agencies to establish or expand elementary school and secondary school counseling programs that comply with the requirements of subsection (c)(2). "(2) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. — In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications describing programs that— "(A) demonstrate the greatest need for new or additional counseling services among children in the schools served by the local educational agency, in part by providing information on current ratios of students to school counselors, students to school social workers, and students to school psychologists; "(B) propose the most promising and innovative approaches for initiating or expanding school counseling; and "(C) show the greatest potential for replication and dissemination. "(3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.— In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution among the regions of the United States and among local educational agencies located in urban, rural, and suburban areas. "(4) DURATION.—^A grant under this section shall be awarded for a period not to exceed 3 years. "(5) MAXIMUM GRANT,—^A grant awarded under this section shall not exceed $400,000 for any fiscal year. "(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.— Funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds used for providing school-based counseling and mental health services to students. "(b) APPLICATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each local educational agency desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(2) CONTENTS.— Each application for a grant under this section shall— "(A) describe the school population to be targeted by the program, the particular counseling needs of such population, and the current school counseling resources available for meeting such needs; "(B) describe the activities, services, and training to be provided by the program and the specific approaches to be used to meet the needs described in subparagraph (A); "(C) describe the methods to be used to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of the program;

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