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‘‘(4) FUNDS RESULTING FROM REDUCED AL-
LOTMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
use funds withheld under paragraph (3) for a 
State served by an eligible agency, to provide 
(through alternative arrangements) services and 
activities within the State to meet the purposes 
of this Act. 
‘‘(B) REDISTRIBUTION.—If the Secretary 
cannot satisfactorily use funds withheld under 
paragraph (3), then the amount of funds re-
tained by the Secretary as a result of a reduc-
tion in an allotment made under paragraph (3) 
shall be redistributed to other eligible agencies 
in accordance with section 111. 
‘‘(b) LOCAL PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT.—
‘‘(1) LOCAL EVALUATION.—Each eligible agen-
cy shall evaluate annually, using the local adjusted 
levels of performance described in section 113(b)(4), 
the vocational and technical education activities of 
each eligible recipient receiving funds under this 
title. 
‘‘(2) PLAN.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, after reviewing the 
evaluation, the eligible agency determines that
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an eligible recipient is not making substantial 
progress in achieving the local adjusted levels of 
performance, or that an eligible recipient dem-
onstrates under section 113(b)(4)(C) persistent 
or a widening of performance gaps between 
multiple categories of students served by the eli-
gible recipient in comparison to all students in 
the State served under the Act, the eligible 
agency shall—
‘‘(i) conduct an assessment of the 
educational needs that the eligible recipient 
shall address to overcome local perform-
ance deficiencies; 
‘‘(ii) enter into an improvement plan 
agreement with an eligible recipient based 
on the results of the assessment, for the 
first program year succeeding the program 
year in which the eligible recipient failed to 
meet the local adjusted levels of perform-
ance, which plan shall demonstrate how 
the local performance deficiencies will be 
corrected and include strategies for profes-
sional development and instructional and 
other programmatic innovations of dem-
onstrated effectiveness, giving special con-
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sideration to performance gaps identified 
under section 113(b)(4)(C); and 
‘‘(iii) conduct regular evaluations of 
the progress being made toward reaching 
the local adjusted levels of performance as 
described 
in 
section 
113(b)(4) 
and 
progress on implementing the improvement 
plan. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The eligible agency 
shall conduct the activities described in para-
graph (2) in consultation with teachers, par-
ents, other school staff, appropriate agencies, 
and other appropriate individuals and organiza-
tions. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—If the eligible 
agency determines that an eligible recipient is not 
properly implementing the eligible recipient’s respon-
sibilities under section 134, or is not making sub-
stantial progress in meeting the purpose of this Act, 
based on the local adjusted levels of performance, 
the eligible agency shall provide technical assistance 
to the eligible recipient to assist such recipient in 
carrying out the improvement activities consistent 
with the requirements of this Act. 
‘‘(4) SUBSEQUENT ACTION.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible recipient 
fails to meet the local adjusted levels of per-
formance as described in section 113(b)(4) and 
the purposes of this Act, has not implemented 
an improvement plan as described in paragraph 
(2), has shown no improvement within 1 year 
after implementing an improvement plan as de-
scribed in paragraph (2), or has failed to meet 
the local adjusted levels of performance and the 
purposes of this Act for 2 or more consecutive 
years, the eligible agency may, after notice and 
opportunity for a hearing, withhold from the el-
igible recipient all, or a portion of, the eligible 
recipient’s allotment under this title. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER
FOR
EXCEPTIONAL
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—The eligible agency may waive 
the sanction under this paragraph due to excep-
tional or uncontrollable circumstances such as a 
natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen 
decline in the financial resources of the State. 
‘‘(5) FUNDS RESULTING FROM REDUCED AL-
LOTMENTS.—The eligible agency shall use funds 
withheld under paragraph (4) to continue to provide 
(through alternative arrangements) services and ac-
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tivities in the area served by such recipient to meet 
the purpose of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 14. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 
Section 124 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘learn-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘education’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, and the required 
math and science education,’’ after ‘‘use of 
technology in vocational and technical edu-
cation’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘(including the 
math and science knowledge that pro-
vides a strong basis for such skills)’’ 
after ‘‘technical skills’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘and 
tele-
communications field’’ and inserting 
‘‘fields, 
including 
nontraditional 
fields’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘at the secondary and 
postsecondary levels’’ after ‘‘academic, 
guidance, and administrative personnel’’;
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(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) through (D) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (F), respectively, and inserting be-
fore such subparagraphs (as so redesig-
nated) the following: 
‘‘(A) will provide inservice and preservice 
training for vocational and technical education 
teachers in the integration and use of rigorous 
and challenging academics with vocational and 
technical subjects; 
‘‘(B) are high quality, sustained, intensive, 
and classroom-focused in order to have a posi-
tive and lasting impact on classroom instruction 
and the teacher’s performance in the classroom, 
and are not 1-day or short-term workshops or 
conferences;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so redes-
ignated)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘scientifically 
based’’ after ‘‘based on’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; 
(iv) in subparagraph (D) (as so redes-
ignated), by striking ‘‘assist students in
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meeting’’ and inserting ‘‘improve student 
achievement in order to meet’’; and 
(v) by amending subparagraph (E) 
(as so redesignated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(E) will support education programs for 
teachers of vocational and technical education 
in public schools and other public school per-
sonnel who are involved in the direct delivery of 
educational services to vocational and technical 
education students to ensure that teachers and 
personnel—
‘‘(i) stay current with the needs, ex-
pectations, and methods of industry; 
‘‘(ii) meet teacher certification or li-
censing requirements, especially in core 
academic subjects as defined in section 
9101(11) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801(11)); 
‘‘(iii) effectively develop integrated 
rigorous and challenging academic and vo-
cational and technical education cur-
riculum; 
‘‘(iv) develop a high level of academic 
and industry knowledge and skills nec-
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essary to provide effective instruction in 
vocational and technical education; and 
‘‘(v) effectively use applied learning 
that contributes to the academic and voca-
tional and technical knowledge of the stu-
dent; and’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘integra-
tion of academics’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘core academic,’’ and inserting ‘‘provision of 
rigorous and challenging academics that are in-
tegrated with vocational and technical education 
to ensure achievement in the core academic sub-
jects (as defined in section 9101(11) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801(11))),’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘training 
and employment’’ and inserting ‘‘fields’’; 
(F) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and 
complete a model sequence of courses, as de-
scribed in section 122(c)(1)(A)’’ after ‘‘tech-
nical skills’’; 
(G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(H) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(I) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 
following: 
‘‘(9) technical assistance for eligible recipi-
ents.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1), and redesig-
nating paragraphs (2) through (10) as para-
graphs (1) through (9), respectively, and para-
graphs (11) and paragraphs (13) and (14), re-
spectively; 
(B) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated), 
by inserting ‘‘that prepare individuals academi-
cally and technically for current and emerging 
occupations 
in 
demand’’ 
after 
‘‘education 
courses’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(10) awarding incentive grants to eligible re-
cipients for exemplary performance in carrying out 
programs under this Act, which awards shall be 
based on—
‘‘(A) eligible recipients exceeding chal-
lenging 
performance 
measures 
established 
under section 113(b) in a manner that reflects 
sustained or significant improvement;
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‘‘(B) eligible recipients effectively devel-
oping connections between secondary education 
and postsecondary education and training; 
‘‘(C) the adoption and integration of rig-
orous and challenging academic and technical 
coursework; 
‘‘(D) an eligible recipient’s progress in hav-
ing special populations participating in voca-
tional and technical education programs meet 
local adjusted levels of performance; or 
‘‘(E) other factors relating to the perform-
ance of the eligible recipient under this Act as 
the eligible agency determines are appropriate; 
‘‘(11) providing for activities to support entre-
preneurship education and training; 
‘‘(12) support for initiatives to facilitate the 
transition of sub-baccalaureate career and technical 
education students into baccalaureate degree pro-
grams, including—
‘‘(A) statewide articulation agreements be-
tween sub-baccalaureate degree granting career 
and technical postsecondary educational institu-
tions and baccalaureate degree granting post-
secondary educational institutions;
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‘‘(B) postsecondary dual and concurrent 
enrollment program; 
‘‘(C) academic and financial aid coun-
seling; and 
‘‘(D) other initiatives to—
‘‘(i) encourage the pursuit of a bacca-
laureate degree; and 
‘‘(ii) overcome barriers to participa-
tion in baccalaureate degree programs, in-
cluding geographic and other barriers af-
fecting rural students and special popu-
lations;’’. 
SEC. 15. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 131 (20 U.S.C. 2351) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and redesignating 
subsections (b) through (i) as subsections (a) 
through (h), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘Special’’ and ‘‘for Succeeding Fiscal Years’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2000 and 
succeeding fiscal years’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 9902(2))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 9902(2)))’’. 
SEC. 16. ELIMINATION OF REDISTRIBUTION RULE. 
Section 133 (20 U.S.C. 2353) is amended by striking 
subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c) and (d) 
as subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 
SEC. 17. LOCAL PLAN FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL 
EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 134(b) (20 U.S.C. 2354(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and local’’ 
after ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), 
respectively, and inserting before such subpara-
graphs the following: 
‘‘(A) offer the appropriate courses of at 
least one of the model sequences of courses de-
scribed in section 124(c)(1), as appropriate to 
the eligible recipient responsible for that ele-
ment of the sequence;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘rigorous and chal-
lenging’’ after ‘‘integration of’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘subjects (as defined 
by section 9101(11) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801(11)))’’ after ‘‘core academic’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘rigorous and’’ after 
‘‘taught to the same’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(10) as paragraphs (5) through (11), respectively, 
and inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) describe how comprehensive professional 
development (including initial teacher preparation) 
for vocational and technical, academic, guidance, 
and administrative personnel will be provided that 
promotes the integration of rigorous and challenging 
academic and technical education (including cur-
riculum development);’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘academic and vocational 
and technical’’ after ‘‘students,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including the eligible re-
cipients that offer elements of the model se-
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quence of courses)’’ after ‘‘such individuals and 
entities’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) will provide activities to prepare spe-
cial populations, including single parents and 
displaced homemakers, for high skill, high wage 
occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency;’’. 
SEC. 18. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 135 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to en-
sure learning in the core academic’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as established in the State-developed 
model sequences of courses described in section 
122(c)(1)(A) to ensure learning in the core aca-
demic subjects (as defined by section 9101(11) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(11)))’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (8);
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(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re-
spectively, and inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) link secondary vocational and technical 
education and postsecondary vocational and tech-
nical education, including offering model sequences 
of courses and implementing tech-prep programs 
consistent with the activities described in paragraph 
(3); 
‘‘(3) support tech-prep programs (if the eligible 
recipient receives the funds from the eligible agency 
under section 112(a)(1)) that—
‘‘(A) are carried out under an articulation 
agreement between the participants in a consor-
tium, which shall include—
‘‘(i) a local educational agency, an in-
termediate educational agency or area vo-
cational and technical education school 
serving secondary school students, or a 
secondary school funded by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) a nonprofit institution of high-
er education that offers—
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‘‘(aa) a 2- or 4-year degree 
program, or a 2-year certificate 
program, and is qualified as an 
institution of higher education 
pursuant to section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002) (except those 
institutions described in section 
102(a)(1)(C) of such Act), in-
cluding an institution receiving 
assistance under the Tribally 
Controlled College or University 
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and a trib-
ally controlled postsecondary vo-
cational and technical institution; 
or 
‘‘(bb) a 2-year apprentice-
ship program that follows sec-
ondary instruction, if such non-
profit institution of higher edu-
cation is not prohibited from re-
ceiving assistance under part B 
of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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1071 et seq.) pursuant to the 
provisions of section 435(a)(3) of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1083(a)); or 
‘‘(II) a proprietary institution of high-
er education that offers a 2-year associate 
degree program and is qualified as an in-
stitution of higher education pursuant to 
section 102 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), if such propri-
etary institution of higher education is not 
subject to a default management plan re-
quired by the Secretary, 
and may include nonprofit organizations that 
provide eligible recipients with technology and 
programs to enhance math and science skills, 
employers, and labor organizations; 
‘‘(B) consist of a minimum of 2 years of 
secondary school preceding graduation and a 
minimum of 2 years of higher education, or an 
apprenticeship program of at least 2 years, fol-
lowing secondary instruction; 
‘‘(C) meet academic standards developed 
by the State, including standards developed 
under section 1111 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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6311) for secondary students, and support pro-
ficiency in mathematics, science, reading, writ-
ing, communications, and technologies; 
‘‘(D) are comprised of model sequences of 
courses that integrate rigorous and challenging 
academics and vocational and technical edu-
cation; 
‘‘(E) provide technical preparation in a ca-
reer field such as engineering technology; ap-
plied science; a mechanical, industrial, or prac-
tical art or trade; agriculture; health occupa-
tions; business; applied economics; advanced 
manufacturing; or other high-skill, high-wage, 
high-demand occupations as determined by the 
State; 
‘‘(F) use, if appropriate and available, 
work-based or worksite learning in conjunction 
with academic and vocational and technical edu-
cation; 
‘‘(G) use educational technology and dis-
tance learning, as appropriate, to involve all the 
consortium partners more fully in the develop-
ment and operation of programs; 
‘‘(H) facilitate and promote close working 
relationships among eligible recipients to ensure
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that programs within a geographic area are 
closely integrated with tech-prep program ac-
tivities; 
‘‘(I) are sustainable and use performance 
indicator data, described in section 113, to in-
form program quality; 
‘‘(J) include academic and career coun-
seling for participants that provides information 
to students (and parents, as appropriate) re-
garding tech-prep programs and supports stu-
dent progress in completing tech-prep pro-
grams; 
‘‘(K) include in-service training for teach-
ers that—
‘‘(i) provides for joint training for 
teachers in tech-prep programs; and 
‘‘(ii) is designed to ensure that teach-
ers and administrators stay current with 
the needs, expectations, and methods of 
business and all aspects of an industry; 
and 
‘‘(L) provide students with transferable 
credit between the consortium members, as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and may include
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programs that allow secondary programs to be 
co-located on postsecondary campuses;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesig-
nated)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, and the related 
math and science education’’ after ‘‘use of 
technology in vocational and technical edu-
cation’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘(including the 
math and science knowledge that pro-
vides a strong basis for such skills)’’ 
after ‘‘technical skills’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘and 
tele-
communications field’’ and inserting 
‘‘fields’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) by striking ‘‘work’’ and in-
serting ‘‘collaborate’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘that improve 
the math and science knowledge of 
students’’ 
after 
‘‘mentoring 
pro-
grams’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesig-
nated)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘teachers,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘secondary and postsecondary teach-
ers, instructors,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘in effective teaching skills based on re-
search’’ and inserting ‘‘in effective integra-
tion of rigorous and challenging academic 
and vocational and technical education, in 
effective teaching skills based on scientif-
ically based research’’; and 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(10) provide activities to prepare special popu-
lations, including single parents and displaced home-
makers, for high skill, high wage occupations that 
will lead to self sufficiency.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, re-
garding the range of postsecondary options 
available, including for adult students who are 
changing careers or updating skills’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the establishment and operation of spe-
cial arrangements with industry partners that
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allow qualified industry professionals to serve as 
faculty in postsecondary programs’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘aides’’ 
and inserting ‘‘aids and publications’’; 
(D) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘that 
address the integration of academic and voca-
tional and technical education and’’ after 
‘‘teacher preparation programs’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 
through (14) as paragraphs (12) through (16), 
and paragraph (15) as paragraph (20), respec-
tively, and inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) to develop and expand postsecondary pro-
gram offerings that are accessible by students, in-
cluding the use of distance education; 
‘‘(11) to provide activities to support entrepre-
neurship education and training;’’; 
(F) in paragraph (12) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘, including development of 
new proposed model sequences of courses for 
consideration by the eligible agency and courses 
that prepare individuals academically and tech-
nically for current and emerging occupations
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that are in demand, and dual enrollment oppor-
tunities by which secondary vocational and 
technical education students could obtain post-
secondary credit to count towards an associate 
or baccalaureate degree’’ before the semicolon; 
(G) by amending paragraph (16) (as so re-
designated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(16) to support training in nontraditional 
fields;’’; and 
(H) by inserting after paragraph (16) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(17) to provide accurate information relating 
to the availability of supportive services available in 
an area served by the eligible recipient, and referral 
to such services, as appropriate; 
‘‘(18) to support the activities described in sub-
section (b)(3); 
‘‘(19) for programs that assist in the training 
of automotive technicians in diesel retrofitting, hy-
brid, hydrogen, and alternative fuel automotive tech-
nologies; and’’. 
SEC. 19. REPEAL OF TECH-PREP EDUCATION ACT. 
Title II (20 U.S.C. 2071 et seq.) is repealed. 
SEC. 20. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF TITLE III.—
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(1) REDESIGNATION.—Title III (20 U.S.C. 
2391 et seq.) is amended—
(A) by striking section 318; 
(B) by redesignating such title as title II 
of such Act; and 
(C) by redesignating sections 311 through 
317 as section 211 through 217 and sections 
321 through 325 as sections 221 through 225, 
respectively. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents in section 1(b) is amended—
(A) by striking the items relating to title 
III; and 
(B) by amending the items relating to title 
II to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
‘‘PART A—FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 211. Fiscal requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 212. Authority to make payments. 
‘‘Sec. 213. Construction. 
‘‘Sec. 214. Voluntary selection and participation. 
‘‘Sec. 215. Limitation for certain students. 
‘‘Sec. 216. Federal laws guaranteeing civil rights. 
‘‘Sec. 217. Participation of private school children and personnel. 
‘‘PART B—STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 221. Joint funding. 
‘‘Sec. 222. Prohibition on use of funds to induce out-of-State relocation of busi-
nesses. 
‘‘Sec. 223. State administrative costs. 
‘‘Sec. 224. Limitation on Federal regulations. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Student assistance and other Federal programs.’’.
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(b) FISCAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 211(b) (20 
U.S.C. 2391(b)) (as so redesignated) is amended by in-
serting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘preceding fiscal year’ means the 
Federal fiscal year or the 12-month fiscal period 
used by a State for official reporting purposes, prior 
to the beginning of the Federal fiscal year in which 
funds are available for obligation by the Secretary.’’. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN 
AND PERSONNEL.—Section 217 (as so redesignated) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 217. PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN 
AND PERSONNEL. 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION ON EQUITABLE BASIS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent consistent 
with the number of children in the school district of 
a local educational agency that is eligible to receive 
funds under this Act, or that serves the area in 
which a program assisted under this Act is located, 
who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary 
schools and secondary schools, or, with respect to in-
structional or personnel training programs funded 
by an eligible agency, the local educational agency,