purposes of the programs described in this Part. 
Such agreement shall set forth the plans of the Sec-
retary of the Interior for the use of the amounts 
transferred, including appropriate goals, objectives, 
and milestones. 
‘‘(3) STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘State’ does not include the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands. 
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—Grants under this section shall be 
used for the following: 
‘‘(1) To carry out the policies set forth in sec-
tion 721 in the State. 
‘‘(2) To provide activities for, and services to, 
homeless children and youths that enable such chil-
dren and youths to enroll in, attend, and succeed in 
school and in State-funded or local educational agen-
cy-funded preschool programs. 
‘‘(3) To establish or designate an Office of Co-
ordinator for Education of Homeless Children and 
Youths in the State educational agency in accord-
ance with subsection (f) that has sufficient capacity, 
resources, and support to carry out the duties de-
scribed in this Part. 
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‘‘(4) To prepare and carry out the State plan 
described in subsection (g). 
‘‘(5) To develop and implement professional de-
velopment activities for liaisons designated under 
subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) to heighten their awareness 
of, and capacity to respond to, specific problems in 
the education of homeless children and youths. 
‘‘(e) STATE AND LOCAL SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) 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 75 percent in subgrants to local 
educational agencies for the purposes of carrying out 
section 723. 
‘‘(2) USE BY STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
A State educational agency may use funds made 
available for State use under this Part to conduct 
activities under subsection (f) directly or through 
grants or contracts. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION ON SEGREGATING HOMELESS 
CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In providing a free 
public education to a homeless child or youth, 
no State receiving funds under this subtitle 
shall segregate such child or youth in a sepa-
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rate school, or in a separate program within a 
school, based on such child’s or youth’s status 
as homeless. 
‘‘(B) 
TRANSITION
FROM
SEGREGATED 
SCHOOLS IN FORMERLY COVERED COUNTIES.— 
To ensure a smooth, rapid, and complete transi-
tion for all homeless children and youths from 
segregated to nonsegregated schools or pro-
grams in formerly covered counties, each local 
educational agency that serves such a covered 
county shall— 
‘‘(i) coordinate with those segregated 
schools and segregated programs within 
schools located in formerly covered coun-
ties, to identify each homeless child and 
youth enrolled in such schools and pro-
grams; 
‘‘(ii) for each homeless child and 
youth so identified, determine if the child 
or youth has a school of origin; 
‘‘(iii) immediately enroll each child or 
youth in the school of origin if it is in the 
child’s or youth’s best educational interest 
in accordance with this Part and consistent 
with the wishes of the parent, guardian, or 
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