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‘‘(7) The Goals 2000: Educate America Act, other legislation
and local, State and national resources support the integration
of the arts and humanities into the regular curriculum and
school day for all children.
‘‘(8) While all children benefit from instruction in the arts
and the humanities, at-risk children and youth have a special,
additional need for arts and cultural programs both in school
and after school.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to make dem-
onstration grants to eligible entities to improve the educational
performance and future potential of at-risk children and youth
by providing comprehensive and coordinated educational and cul-
tural services.
‘‘SEC. 10412. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to award grants
to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the costs of the
activities described in section 10413.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants under
this subpart only to programs designed to—
‘‘(A) promote and enhance educational and cultural
activities;
‘‘(B) provide multi-year services to at-risk children and
youth and to integrate community cultural resources into
in-school and after-school educational programs;
‘‘(C) 
provide 
integration 
of 
community 
cultural
resources into the regular curriculum and school day;
‘‘(D) focus school and cultural resources in the commu-
nity on coordinated cultural services to address the needs
of at-risk children and youth;
‘‘(E) provide effective cultural programs to facilitate
the transition from preschool programs to elementary
school programs, including programs under the Head Start
Act and part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act;
‘‘(F) facilitate school-to-work transition from secondary
schools and alternative schools to job training, higher edu-
cation and employment through educational programs and
activities that utilize school resources;
‘‘(G) increase parental and community involvement in
the educational, social, and cultural development of at-
risk children and youth; or
‘‘(H)(i) develop programs and strategies that provide
high-quality coordinated educational and cultural services;
and
‘‘(ii) provide a model to replicate such services in other
schools and communities.
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP.—An interagency partnership comprised
of the Secretary of Education, the Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Arts, and the Director of the Institute
of Museum Services, or their designees, shall establish criteria
and procedures for awarding grants, including the establish-
ment of panels to review the applications, and shall administer
the grants program authorized by this section. The Secretary
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shall publish such criteria and procedures in the Federal
Register.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—Grants may only be awarded under
this subpart to eligible entities that agree to coordinate activi-
ties carried out under other Federal, State, and local grants,
received by the members of the partnership for purposes and
target populations described in this subpart, into an integrated
service delivery system located at a school, cultural, or other
community-based site accessible to and utilized by at-risk
youth.
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For purposes of this subpart, the
term ‘eligible entity’ means a partnership between—
‘‘(A) a local educational agency or an individual school
that is eligible to participate in a schoolwide program under
section 1114; and
‘‘(B) at least one institution of higher education,
museum, local arts agency, or cultural entity that is acces-
sible to individuals within the school district of such local
educational agency or school, and that has a history of
providing quality services to the community, which may
include—
‘‘(i) nonprofit institutions of higher education,
museums, 
libraries, 
performing, 
presenting 
and
exhibiting arts organizations, literary arts organiza-
tions, State and local arts organizations, cultural
institutions, and zoological and botanical organizations;
or
‘‘(ii) private for-profit entities with a history of
training children and youth in the arts.
‘‘(5) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants under
this subpart the Secretary, to the extent feasible, shall ensure
an equitable geographic distribution of such grants.
‘‘(6) DURATION.—Grants made under this subpart may be
renewable for a maximum of five years if the Secretary deter-
mines that the eligible recipient has made satisfactory progress
toward the achievement of the program objectives described
in the application.
‘‘(7) MODELS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and
the Director of the Institute of Museum Services, or their
designees, shall submit successful models under this title to
the National Diffusion Network for review.
‘‘(c) TARGET POPULATION.—To be eligible for a grant under
this subpart, an eligible entity shall serve—
‘‘(1) students enrolled in schools participating in a
schoolwide program under section 1114 and the families of
such students to the extent practicable;
‘‘(2) out-of-school children and youth at risk of disadvan-
tages resulting from teenage parenting, substance abuse, recent
migration, disability, limited-English proficiency, illiteracy,
being the child of a teenage parent, living in a single parent
household, or dropping out of school; or
‘‘(3) any combination of in-school and out-of-school at-risk
children and youth.
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‘‘SEC. 10413. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this subpart may
be used—
‘‘(1) to plan, develop, acquire, expand, and improve school-
based or community-based coordinated educational and cultural
programs to strengthen the educational performance and future
potential of in-school or out-of-school at-risk children and youth
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts for services,
or administrative coordination;
‘‘(2) to provide at-risk students with integrated cultural
activities designed to develop a love of learning that fosters
the smooth transition of preschool children to elementary
school;
‘‘(3) to design collaborative cultural activities for students
in secondary or alternative schools that ensure the smooth
transition to job training, higher education, or full employment;
‘‘(4) to provide child care for children of at-risk students
who would not otherwise be able to participate in the program;
‘‘(5) to provide transportation necessary for participation
in the program;
‘‘(6) to work with existing school personnel to develop
curriculum materials and programs in the arts;
‘‘(7) to work with existing school personnel on staff develop-
ment activities that encourage the integration of the arts into
the curriculum;
‘‘(8) for stipends that allow local artists to work with at-
risk children and youth in schools;
‘‘(9) for training individuals who are not trained to work
with children and youth;
‘‘(10) for cultural programs that encourage the active
participation of parents in the education of their children;
‘‘(11) for programs that use the arts and culture to reform
current school practices, including lengthening the school day
or academic year;
‘‘(12) for equipment or supplies that the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate; and
‘‘(13) for evaluation, administration, and supervision.
‘‘(b) PLANNING GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity may submit an
application to the Secretary for a planning grant for an amount
not to exceed $50,000. Such grants shall be for periods of
not more than one year.
‘‘(2) LIMIT ON PLANNING GRANTS.—Not more than 10 percent
of the amounts appropriated in each fiscal year under this
subpart shall be used for grants under this subsection, and
an eligible entity may receive not more than one such planning
grant.
‘‘(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desiring a grant
under this subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) describe the cultural entity or entities that will
participate in the partnership;
‘‘(B) describe the target population to be served;
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‘‘(C) describe the services to be provided;
‘‘(D) describe a plan for evaluating the success of the
program;
‘‘(E) in the case of each local educational agency or
school participating in the eligible recipient partnership,
describe how the activities assisted under this subpart
will be perpetuated beyond the duration of the grant;
‘‘(F) describe the manner in which the eligible entity
will improve the educational achievement or future poten-
tial of at-risk youth through more effective coordination
of cultural services in the community;
‘‘(G) describe the overall and operational goals of the
program;
‘‘(H) describe the nature and location of all planned
sites where services will be delivered and a description
of services which will be provided at each site; and
‘‘(I) describe training that will be provided to individ-
uals who are not trained to work with children and youth,
and how teachers will be involved.
‘‘SEC. 10414. PAYMENTS; AMOUNTS OF AWARD; COST SHARE; LIMITA-
TIONS.
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay to each eligible
recipient having an application approved under section 10413(c)
the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in
the application.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—(A) Grants awarded under this subpart
shall be of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall award grants under this subpart
so as to ensure nonduplication of services provided by grant
recipients and services provided by—
‘‘(i) the National Endowment for the Humanities;
‘‘(ii) the National Endowment for the Arts; and
‘‘(iii) the Institute of Museum Services.
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant under
this subpart shall be 80 percent of the cost of carrying out
the activities described in the application.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal share of a
grant under this subpart shall be 20 percent of the cost of
carrying out the activities described in the application and
may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including the
provision of equipment, services, or facilities.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) NONINSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.—Not more than 25 per-
cent of the grant funds provided in any fiscal year under
this subpart may be used for noninstructional activities such
as the activities described in paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)
of section 10413(a).
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Grant funds
awarded under this part shall be used to supplement not sup-
plant the amount of funds made available from non-Federal
sources, for the activities assisted under this subpart, in
amounts that exceed the amounts expended for such activities
in the year preceding the year for which the grant is awarded.