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 PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007

121 STAT. 665

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may be for planning and development. A grant may be renewed for not more than 2 additional 5-year periods, if the Secretary determines that the partnership’s program is effective and the renewal will best serve the purposes of this subtitle. (b) APPLICATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (2) CONTENTS.—Each application shall— (A) identify each local educational agency partner, including contact information and letters of commitment, and describe the responsibilities of each member of the partnership, including— (i) how each of the partners will be involved in planning, developing, and implementing— (I) program curriculum and materials; and (II) teacher professional development; (ii) what resources each of the partners will provide; and (iii) how the partners will contribute to ensuring the continuity of student progress from elementary school through the postsecondary level; (B) describe how an articulated curriculum for students will be developed and implemented, which may include the use and integration of technology into such curriculum; (C) identify target proficiency levels for students at critical benchmarks (such as grades 4, 8, and 12), and describe how progress toward those proficiency levels will be assessed at the benchmarks, and how the program will use the results of the assessments to ensure continuous progress toward achieving a superior level of proficiency at the postsecondary level; (D) describe how the partnership will— (i) ensure that students from a program assisted under this subtitle who are beginning postsecondary education will be assessed and enabled to progress to a superior level of proficiency; (ii) address the needs of students already at, or near, the superior level of proficiency, which may include diagnostic assessments for placement purposes, customized and individualized language learning opportunities, and experimental and interdisciplinary language learning; and (iii) identify and describe how the partnership will work with institutions of higher education outside the partnership to provide participating students with multiple options for postsecondary education consistent with the purposes of this subtitle; (E) describe how the partnership will support and continue the program after the grant has expired, including how the partnership will seek support from other sources, such as State and local governments, foundations, and the private sector; and (F) describe what assessments will be used or, if assessments not available, how assessments will be developed. (c) USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under this subtitle—

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