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ondary schools with substantial proportions of minor-
ity students; 
‘‘(2) the development and implementation of 
magnet school projects that will assist local edu-
cational agencies in achieving systemic reforms and 
providing all students the opportunity to meet chal-
lenging State academic content standards and student 
academic achievement standards; 
‘‘(3) the development and design of innovative 
educational methods and practices that promote di-
versity and increase choices in public elementary and 
secondary schools and educational programs; and 
‘‘(4) courses of instruction within magnet schools 
that will substantially strengthen the knowledge of 
academic subjects and the grasp of tangible and mar-
ketable vocational and technical skills of students at-
tending such schools. 
‘‘SEC. 4303. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘The Secretary, in accordance with this part, is au-
thorized to make grants to eligible local educational agen-
cies, and consortia of such agencies where appropriate, to 
carry out the purpose of this part for magnet schools that 
are— 
‘‘(1) part of an approved desegregation plan; 
and 
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‘‘(2) designed to bring students from different so-
cial, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds to-
gether. 
‘‘SEC. 4304. DEFINITION. 
‘‘For the purpose of this part, the term ‘magnet school’ 
means a public elementary or secondary school or public 
elementary or secondary education center that offers a spe-
cial curriculum capable of attracting substantial numbers 
of students of different racial backgrounds. 
‘‘SEC. 4305. ELIGIBILITY. 
‘‘A local educational agency, or consortium of such 
agencies where appropriate, is eligible to receive assistance 
under this part to carry out the purpose of this part if such 
agency or consortium— 
‘‘(1) is implementing a plan undertaken pursu-
ant to a final order issued by a court of the United 
States, or a court of any State, or any other State 
agency or official of competent jurisdiction, that re-
quires the desegregation of minority-group-segregated 
children or faculty in the elementary and secondary 
schools of such agency; or 
‘‘(2) without having been required to do so, has 
adopted and is implementing, or will, if assistance is 
made available to such local educational agency or 
consortium of such agencies under this part, adopt 
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and implement a plan that has been approved by the 
Secretary as adequate under title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 for the desegregation of minority- 
group-segregated children or faculty in such schools. 
‘‘SEC. 4306. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible local educational 
agency, or consortium of such agencies, desiring to receive 
assistance under this part shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information and assurances as the Secretary may rea-
sonably require. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION AND ASSURANCES.—Each such ap-
plication shall include— 
‘‘(1) a description of— 
‘‘(A) how assistance made available under 
this part will be used to promote desegregation, 
including how the proposed magnet school project 
will increase interaction among students of dif-
ferent social, economic, ethnic, and racial back-
grounds; 
‘‘(B) the manner and extent to which the 
magnet school project will increase student aca-
demic achievement in the instructional area or 
areas offered by the school; 
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‘‘(C) how an applicant will continue the 
magnet school project after assistance under this 
part is no longer available, including, if applica-
ble, an explanation of why magnet schools estab-
lished or supported by the applicant with funds 
under this part cannot be continued without the 
use of funds under this part; 
‘‘(D) how funds under this part will be used 
to improve student academic performance for all 
students attending the magnet schools; and 
‘‘(E) the criteria to be used in selecting stu-
dents to attend the proposed magnet school 
projects; and 
‘‘(2) assurances that the applicant will— 
‘‘(A) use funds under this part for the pur-
pose specified in section 4302; 
‘‘(B) employ fully qualified teachers in the 
courses of instruction assisted under this part; 
‘‘(C) not engage in discrimination based on 
race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or dis-
ability in— 
‘‘(i) the hiring, promotion, or assign-
ment of employees of the agency or other 
personnel for whom the agency has any ad-
ministrative responsibility; 
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‘‘(ii) the assignment of students to 
schools, or to courses of instruction within 
the school, of such agency, except to carry 
out the approved plan; and 
‘‘(iii) designing or operating extra-
curricular activities for students; 
‘‘(D) carry out a high-quality education 
program that will encourage greater parental de-
cisionmaking and involvement; and 
‘‘(E) give students residing in the local at-
tendance area of the proposed magnet school 
projects equitable consideration for placement in 
those projects. 
‘‘SEC. 4307. PRIORITY. 
‘‘In approving applications under this part, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to applicants that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance, 
based on the expense or difficulty of effectively car-
rying out an approved desegregation plan and the 
projects for which assistance is sought; 
‘‘(2) propose to carry out new magnet school 
projects, or significantly revise existing magnet school 
projects; and 
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