 
               CHAPTER 52--EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY
 
SUBCHAPTER III--PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND 
                               ENGINEERING
 
                  Part A--Higher Education Partnerships
 
Sec. 3987. Approval of applications


(a) Criteria; consistency of applications with State plans

    (1) The Secretary shall establish criteria for approval of 
applications under this part.
    (2) No application may be approved by the Secretary unless the State 
educational agency or the State agency for higher education, as the case 
may be, determines that the application is consistent with State plans 
for elementary and secondary education or State plans for higher 
education, as the case may be, in the State.

(b) Procedures for equitable distribution of grants among States

    The Secretary shall adopt approval procedures designed to assure 
that there is equitable distribution of grants among the States.

(Pub. L. 98-377, title III, Sec. 308, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1286; Pub. 
L. 99-159, title II, Sec. 231, Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 900; Pub. L. 100-
418, title VI, Sec. 6031(b)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1483.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``part'' for 
``subchapter''.
    1985--Pub. L. 99-159 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Foundation'' in 
pars. (1) and (2) of subsec. (a) and in subsec. (b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3988 of this title.
