provisions of this section to enable such States to carry 
out the activities described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—No State may receive a grant 
under this section unless the State educational agency 
submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing or accompanied by such in-
formation as the Secretary may reasonably require. The 
application must— 
‘‘(1) contain assurances that the State, local 
educational agencies, and preschool programs in the 
State will meet the requirements of Part A of this 
subtitle; 
‘‘(2) contain assurances and describe policies 
and procedures in the State to ensure that the State 
educational agency and local educational agencies 
coordinate and collaborate with public and private 
child welfare and social service agencies, State-fund-
ed or local educational agency-funded preschool pro-
grams, and providers of housing and shelter to 
homeless children, youths, and families, including 
public housing agencies, shelter operators, transi-
tional housing facilities, and transitional living pro-
grams for homeless youths, to minimize educational 
disruption for homeless children and youths; 
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‘‘(3) contain assurances that the State edu-
cational agency will review and revise its existing 
transportation funding polices and procedures to en-
sure they promote compliance with the transpor-
tation requirements of Part A of this subtitle; and 
‘‘(4) describe the manner in which funds shall 
be distributed to local educational agencies and local 
agencies administering State-funded preschool pro-
grams and the transportation costs that shall be 
funded under subsection (d). 
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION AND RESERVATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOCATION.—(A) The Secretary is au-
thorized to allot to each State an amount that bears 
the same ratio to the amount appropriated for such 
year under section 733 as the amount allocated 
under section 1122 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 to the State for that 
year bears to the total amount allocated under sec-
tion 1122 of such Act to all States for that year. 
‘‘(B) STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
Part, the term ‘State’ does not include the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
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‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—Grants under this section shall be 
used to assist local educational agencies and State-funded 
or local educational-agency funded preschool programs in 
meeting costs incurred in providing transportation to 
homeless children and youths, including costs to— 
‘‘(1) provide transportation to the school of ori-
gin pursuant to subsections (g)(1)(J)(iii) and 
(g)(3)(B)(v) of section 722 Part A of this subtitle; 
‘‘(2) provide transportation to local agencies ad-
ministering State-funded preschool programs pursu-
ant to subsection (g)(7) of section 722 of Part A of 
this subtitle; 
‘‘(3) provide transportation to academic support 
services, extracurricular activities, athletic activities, 
before and after school programs, extended school 
year services, and adult education programs; 
‘‘(4) provide transportation to parents or 
guardians of homeless children or youths to increase 
their meaningful involvement in the education of 
their children; 
‘‘(5) provide transportation to the school serv-
ing the attendance area where the child or youth is 
living in any case where the local educational agency 
does not normally provide such transportation, if the 
lack of such transportation presents a barrier to the 
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student’s enrollment, attendance, or success in 
school; and 
‘‘(6) provide other transportation services to 
homeless children and youths that the Coordinator 
for Education of Homeless Children and Youths 
under section 722(d)(3) of Part A designates as re-
imbursable under subsection (b)(4). 
‘‘(e) STATE AND LOCAL SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF COORDI-
NATOR.—The Coordinator for Education of Home-
less Children and Youths established in each State 
under subsection 722(d)(3) of Part A of this subtitle 
shall develop and carry out the State application de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM DISBURSEMENTS BY STATES.— 
From the sums made available each year to carry 
out this Part, the State educational agency shall dis-
tribute not less than 95 percent to local educational 
agencies and local agencies administering preschool 
programs to carry out the activities described in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(3) USE BY STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
A State educational agency— 
‘‘(A) shall use funds made available for 
State use under this Part to collect and trans-
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