 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
Part D--Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who 
          Are Neglected, Delinquent, or at Risk of Dropping Out
 
                    subpart 1--state agency programs
 
Sec. 6436. Institution-wide projects

    A State agency that provides free public education for children and 
youth in an institution for neglected or delinquent children (other than 
an adult correctional institution) or attending a community-day program 
for such children may use funds received under this part to serve all 
children in, and upgrade the entire educational effort of, that 
institution or program if the State agency has developed, and the State 
educational agency has approved, a comprehensive plan for that 
institution or program that--
        (1) provides for a comprehensive assessment of the educational 
    needs of all youth in the institution or program serving juveniles;
        (2) provides for a comprehensive assessment of the educational 
    needs of youth aged 20 and younger in adult facilities who are 
    expected to complete incarceration within a two-year period;
        (3) describes the steps the State agency has taken, or will 
    take, to provide all children under age 21 with the opportunity to 
    meet challenging State content standards and challenging State 
    student performance standards in order to improve the likelihood 
    that the students will complete secondary school, attain secondary 
    diploma or its recognized equivalent, or find employment after 
    leaving the institution;
        (4) describes the instructional program, pupil services, and 
    procedures that will be used to meet the needs described in 
    paragraph (1), including, to the extent feasible, the provision of 
    mentors for students;
        (5) specifically describes how such funds will be used;
        (6) describes the measures and procedures that will be used to 
    assess student progress;
        (7) describes how the agency has planned, and will implement and 
    evaluate, the institution-wide or program-wide project in 
    consultation with personnel providing direct instructional services 
    and support services in institutions or community-day programs for 
    neglected or delinquent children and personnel from the State 
    educational agency; and
        (8) includes an assurance that the State agency has provided for 
    appropriate training for teachers and other instructional and 
    administrative personnel to enable such teachers and personnel to 
    carry out the project effectively.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1416, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3596.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6434, 6435 of this title.
