 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
                 Part C--Education of Migratory Children
 
Sec. 6398. Coordination of migrant education activities


(a) Improvement of coordination

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary, in consultation with the States, may make grants 
    to, or enter into contracts with, State educational agencies, local 
    educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other 
    public and private nonprofit entities to improve the interstate and 
    intrastate coordination among such agencies' educational programs, 
    including the establishment or improvement of programs for credit 
    accrual and exchange, available to migratory students.

                            (2) Duration

        Grants under this subpart \1\ may be awarded for not more than 
    five years.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``this part''.
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(b) Assistance and reporting

                         (1) Student records

        (A) The Secretary shall solicit information on how student 
    records are transferred from one school to another and shall solicit 
    recommendations on whether new procedures and technologies for 
    record transfer should be employed to better meet the needs of the 
    migrant population.
        (B) The Secretary shall also seek recommendations on the most 
    effective means for determining the number of students or full-time 
    equivalent students in each State for the purpose of allocating 
    funds under this part.

                       (2) Report to Congress

        (A) Not later than April 30, 1995, the Secretary shall report to 
    the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the 
    Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives the 
    Secretary's findings and recommendations, and shall include in this 
    report, recommendations for interim measures that may be taken to 
    ensure continuity of services in this program.
        (B) The Secretary shall assist States in developing effective 
    methods for the transfer of student records and in determining the 
    number of students or full-time equivalent students in each State if 
    such interim measures are required.

(c) Availability of funds

    For the purpose of carrying out this section in any fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall reserve not more than $6,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated to carry out this part for such year.

(d) Incentive grants

                           (1) In general

        From the amounts made available to carry out this section, the 
    Secretary shall reserve not more than $1,500,000 to award, on a 
    competitive basis, grants in the amount of not more than $250,000 to 
    State educational agencies with consortium agreements under section 
    6393(d) of this title.

                           (2) Limitation

        Not less than 10 of such grants shall be awarded to States which 
    receive allocations of less than $1,000,000 if such States have 
    approved agreements.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1308, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3590.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth Congress, 
Jan. 7, 1997.


    Extension of Operation of Migrant Student Record Transfer System

    Pub. L. 103-59, Aug. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 281, provided that:
    ``(a) Program Extension.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
Federal law, the Secretary of Education shall extend the contract for 
the operation of the migrant student record transfer system under 
section 1203(a)(2)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 [formerly 20 U.S.C. 2783(a)(2)(A)] to operate such system until 
such time as the Secretary of Education determines is necessary, but 
shall not extend such contract beyond June 30, 1995, without conducting 
a competition.
    ``(b) Program Modification.--Major modification of such system may 
be made only after consultation with the Committee on Education and 
Labor [now Committee on Education and the Workforce] of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the 
Senate.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6393 of this title.
