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section 7116 to enable such entities to carry out activities
described in paragraph (3).
‘‘(B) Each grant under this section shall be awarded for
five years.
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall terminate grants
to eligible entities under this section if the Secretary determines
that—
‘‘(A) the program evaluation required by section 7123
indicates that students in the schoolwide program are not
being taught to and are not making adequate progress
toward achieving challenging State content standards and
challenging State student performance standards; or
‘‘(B) in the case of a program to promote dual language
facility, such program is not promoting such facility.
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZED
ACTIVITIES.—Grants under this section
may be used to improve the education of limited English pro-
ficient students and their families by—
‘‘(A) implementing family education programs and par-
ent outreach and training activities designed to assist par-
ents to become active participants in the education of their
children;
‘‘(B) improving the instructional program for limited
English proficient students by identifying, acquiring and
upgrading curriculum, instructional materials, educational
software and assessment procedures and, if appropriate,
applying educational technology;
‘‘(C) compensating personnel, including teacher aides
who have been specifically trained, or are being trained,
to provide services to children and youth of limited English
proficiency;
‘‘(D) providing tutorials and academic or career counsel-
ing for children and youth of limited-English proficiency;
‘‘(E) providing intensified instruction; and
‘‘(F) providing such other activities, related to the pur-
poses of this part, as the Secretary may approve.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE.—A grant recipient, before carrying out
a program assisted under this section, shall plan, train person-
nel, develop curriculum, and acquire or develop materials.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purpose of this section the
term ‘eligible entity’ means—
‘‘(1) one or more local educational agencies; or
‘‘(2) one or more local educational agencies in collaboration
with an institution of higher education, community-based
organizations or a local or State educational agency.
‘‘SEC. 7115. SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to implement
districtwide bilingual education programs or special alternative
instruction programs to improve, reform, and upgrade relevant
programs and operations, within an entire local educational agency,
that serve a significant number of children and youth of limited
English proficiency in local educational agencies with significant
concentrations of such children and youth.
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—(A) The Secretary is authorized to award
grants to eligible entities having applications approved under
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section 7116 to enable such entities to carry out activities
described in paragraphs (3) and (4).
‘‘(B) Each grant under this section shall be awarded for
5 years.
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The Secretary shall terminate grants
to eligible entities under this section if the Secretary determines
that—
‘‘(A) the program evaluation required by section 7123
indicates that students in the program are not being taught
to and are not making adequate progress toward achieving
challenging State content standards and challenging State
student performance standards; or
‘‘(B) in the case of a program to promote dual language
facility, such program is not promoting such facility.
‘‘(3) PREPARATION.—Grants under this section may be used
during the first 12 months exclusively for activities preparatory
to the delivery of services.
‘‘(4) USES.—Grants under this section may be used to
improve the education of limited English proficient students
and their families by reviewing, restructuring, and upgrading—
‘‘(A) educational goals, curriculum guidelines and con-
tent, standards and assessments;
‘‘(B) personnel policies and practices including recruit-
ment, certification, staff development, and assignment;
‘‘(C) student grade-promotion and graduation require-
ments;
‘‘(D) student assignment policies and practices;
‘‘(E) family education programs and parent outreach
and training activities designed to assist parents to become
active participants in the education of their children;
‘‘(F) the instructional program for limited English pro-
ficient students by identifying, acquiring and upgrading
curriculum, instructional materials, educational software
and assessment procedures and, if appropriate, applying
educational technology;
‘‘(G) tutorials and academic or career counseling for
children and youth of limited-English proficiency; and
‘‘(H) such other activities, related to the purposes of
this part, as the Secretary may approve.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purpose of this section the
term ‘eligible entity’ means—
‘‘(1) one or more local educational agencies; or
‘‘(2) one or more local educational agencies in collaboration
with an institution of higher education, community-based
organizations or a local or State educational agency.
‘‘SEC. 7116. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—To receive a grant under this subpart,
an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such form, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—An eligible entity, with
the exception of schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
shall submit a copy of its application under this section to
the State educational agency.
‘‘(b) STATE REVIEW AND COMMENTS.—
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‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—The State educational agency, not later
than 45 days after receipt of an application under this section,
shall review the application and transmit such application to
the Secretary.
‘‘(2) COMMENTS.—(A) Regarding any application submitted
under this title, the State educational agency shall—
‘‘(i) submit to the Secretary written comments regard-
ing all such applications; and
‘‘(ii) submit to each eligible entity the comments that
pertain to such entity.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this subpart, such comments shall
address how the eligible entity—
‘‘(i) will further the academic achievement of limited
English proficient students served pursuant to a grant
received under this subpart; and
‘‘(ii) how the grant application is consistent with the
State plan submitted under section 1111.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY COMMENTS.—An eligible entity may sub-
mit to the Secretary comments that address the comments submit-
ted by the State educational agency.
‘‘(d) COMMENT CONSIDERATION.—In making grants under this
subpart the Secretary shall take into consideration comments made
by a State educational agency.
‘‘(e) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary
is authorized to waive the review requirement of subsection (b)
if a State educational agency can demonstrate that such review
requirement may impede such agency’s ability to fulfill the require-
ments of participation in the State grant program, particularly
such agency’s data collection efforts and such agency’s ability to
provide technical assistance to local educational agencies not receiv-
ing funds under this Act.
‘‘(f) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—Such application shall include
documentation that the applicant has the qualified personnel
required to develop, administer, and implement the proposed pro-
gram.
‘‘(g) CONTENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An application for a grant under this
subpart shall contain the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the need for the proposed program,
including data on the number of children and youth of
limited-English proficiency in the school or school district
to be served and the characteristics of such children and
youth, such as language spoken, dropout rates, proficiency
in English and the native language, academic standing
in relation to the English-proficient peers of such children
and youth, and, where applicable, the recency of immi-
gration.
‘‘(B) A description of the program to be implemented
and how such program’s design—
‘‘(i) relates to the linguistic and academic needs
of the children and youth of limited-English proficiency
to be served;
‘‘(ii) is coordinated with other programs under this
Act, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and other
Acts, as appropriate, in accordance with section 14306;
‘‘(iii) involves the parents of the children and youth
of limited-English proficiency to be served;
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‘‘(iv) ensures accountability in achieving high aca-
demic standards; and
‘‘(v) promotes coordination of services for the chil-
dren and youth of limited-English proficiency to be
served and their families.
‘‘(C) A description, if appropriate, of the applicant’s
collaborative activities with institutions of higher edu-
cation, community-based organizations, local or State edu-
cational agencies, private schools, nonprofit organizations,
or businesses in carrying out the proposed program.
‘‘(D) An assurance that the applicant will not reduce
the level of State and local funds that the applicant expends
for bilingual education or special alternative instruction
programs if the applicant receives an award under this
subpart.
‘‘(E) An assurance that the applicant will employ teach-
ers in the proposed program that, individually or in com-
bination, are proficient in English, including written, as
well as oral, communication skills.
‘‘(F) A budget for grant funds.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.—Each application for a
grant under section 7114 or 7115 shall—
‘‘(A) describe—
‘‘(i) current services the applicant provides to chil-
dren and youth of limited-English proficiency;
‘‘(ii) what services children and youth of limited-
English proficiency will receive under the grant that
such children or youth will not otherwise receive;
‘‘(iii) how funds received under this subpart will
be integrated with all other Federal, State, local, and
private resources that may be used to serve children
and youth of limited-English proficiency;
‘‘(iv) specific achievement and school retention
goals for the children and youth to be served by the
proposed program and how progress toward achieving
such goals will be measured; and
‘‘(v) 
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if
applicable; and
‘‘(B) provide assurances that—
‘‘(i) the program funded will be integrated with
the overall educational program; and
‘‘(ii) the application has been developed in consulta-
tion with an advisory council, the majority of whose
members are parents and other representatives of the
children and youth to be served in such programs.
‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—An application for a grant
under this subpart may be approved only if the Secretary deter-
mines that—
‘‘(1) the program will use qualified personnel, including
personnel who are proficient in the language or languages
used for instruction;
‘‘(2) in designing the program for which application is made,
the needs of children in nonprofit private elementary and
secondary schools have been taken into account through con-
sultation with appropriate private school officials and, consist-
ent with the number of such children enrolled in such schools
in the area to be served whose educational needs are of the