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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1975 and an opportunity for a hearing, that the performance of the State or other recipient affected by the waiver has been inadequate to justify a continuation of the waiver or if the waiver is no longer necessary to achieve its original purposes. "(g) PUBLICATION.— ^A notice of the Secretary's decision to grant Federal Register, each waiver under subsection (a) shall be published in the Federal publication. Register and the Secretary shall provide for the dissemination of the notice to State educational agencies, interested parties, including educators, parents, students, advocacy and civil rights organizations, and the public. "PART E—UNIFORM PROVISIONS "Subpart 1—Private Schools "SEC. 9501. PARTICIPATION BY PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND 20 USC 7881. TEACHERS. " (a) PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as otherwise provided in this Act, to the extent consistent with the number of eligible children in areas served by a State educational agency, local educational agency, educational service agency, consortium of those agencies, or another entity receiving financial assistance under a program specified in subsection (b), who are enrolled in private elementary schools and secondary schools in areas served by such agency, consortium, or entity, the agency, consortium, or entity shall, after timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate private school officials provide to those children and their teachers or other educational personnel, on an equitable basis, special educational services or other benefits that address their needs under the program. " (2) SECULAR, NEUTRAL, AND NONIDEOLOGICAL SERVICES OR BENEFITS.— Educational services or other benefits, including materials and equipment, provided under this section, shall be secular, neutral, and nonideological. "(3) SPECIAL RULE. —Educational services and other benefits provided under this section for private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel shall be equitable in comparison to services and other benefits for public school children, teachers, and other educational personnel participating in the program and shall be provided in a timely manner. "(4) EXPENDITURES.— Expenditures for educational services and other benefits provided under this section for eligible private school children, their teachers, and other educational personnel serving those children shall be equal, taking into account the number and educational needs of the children to be served, to the expenditures for participating public school children. "(5) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—An agency, consortium, or entity described in subsection (a)( 1) of this section may provide those services directly or through contracts with public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions. " (b) APPLICABILITY.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Th is section applies to programs under— "(A) subparts 1 and 3 of part B of title I; "(B) parte of title I; "(C) part A of title II, to the extent provided in paragraph (3);

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