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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

(i) in the case of reports relating to performance, that the reports be consistent with specific criteria related to the program objectives, and (ii) that the reports include information relating to educational achievement of children in the schools of the applicant, and (B) that the applicant will keep such records and afford such ^.4

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access thereto as— (i) will be necessary to assure the correctness of such reports and to verify them, and (ii) will be necessary to assure the public adequate access to Committee comsuch reports and other written materials. ments, hearing (b) No application under this section may be approved which is not accompanied by the written comments of a committee established opportunity pursuant to clause (2)(B) of subsection (a). The Assistant Secretary shall not approve an application without first affording the committee an opportunity for an informal hearing if the committee requests such a hearing. (c) I n approving applications submitted under this title (except for those submitted under sections 708(b) and (c) and 711), the Assistant Secretary shall apply only the following criteria: (1) the need for assistance, taking into account such factors as— (A) the extent of minority group isolation (including the number of minority group isolated children and the relative concentration of such children) in the school district to be served as compared to other school districts in the State, (B) the financial need of such school district as compared to other school districts in the State, (C) the expense and difficulty of effectively carrying out a plan or activity described in section 706 or a program described in section 708(a) in such school district as compared to other school districts in the State, and (D) the degree to which measurable deficiencies in the quality of pumic education afforded in such school district exceed those of other school districts within the State; (2) the degree to which the plan or activity described in section 706(a), and the program or project to be assisted, or the program described in section 708(a) are likely to effect a decrease m minority group isolation in minority group isolated schools, or in the case of applications submitted under section 706 (a)(l)(C) ( i i i), the degree to which the plan and the program or project, are likely to prevent minority group isolation from occurring or increasing (in the absence of assistance under this title); (3) the extent to which the plan or activity described in section 706 constitutes a comprehensive districtwide approach to the elimination of minority groups isolation, to the maximum extent practicable, in the schools of such school district; (4) the degree to which the program, project, or activity to be assisted affords promise of achieving the purpose of this title stated in section 702(b); (5) that (except in the case of an application submitted under section 708(a)) the amount necessary to carrv out effectivelv the project or activity does not exceed the amount available for assistance in the State under this title in relation to the other applications from the State pending before him; and (6) the degree to which the plan or activity described in section 706 involves to the fullest extent practicable the total educational resources, both public and private, of the community to be served. (d)(1) The Assistant Secretary shall not give less favorable con-

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