 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
                     SUBCHAPTER V--PROMOTING EQUITY
 
                    Part A--Magnet Schools Assistance
 
Sec. 7206. Applications and requirements


(a) Applications

    An eligible local educational agency or consortium of such agencies 
desiring to receive assistance under this part shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may 
reasonably require.

(b) Information and assurances

    Each such application shall include--
        (1) a description of--
            (A) how assistance made available under this part will be 
        used to promote desegregation, including how the proposed magnet 
        school project will increase interaction among students of 
        different social, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds;
            (B) the manner and extent to which the magnet school project 
        will increase student achievement in the instructional area or 
        areas offered by the school;
            (C) how an applicant will continue the magnet school project 
        after assistance under this part is no longer available, 
        including, if applicable, an explanation of why magnet schools 
        established or supported by the applicant with funds under this 
        part cannot be continued without the use of funds under this 
        part;
            (D) how funds under this part will be used to implement 
        services and activities that are consistent with other programs 
        under this chapter, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act [20 
        U.S.C. 5801 et seq.], and other Acts, as appropriate, in 
        accordance with the provisions of section 8856 of this title; 
        and
            (E) the criteria to be used in selecting students to attend 
        the proposed magnet school projects; and

        (2) assurances that the applicant will--
            (A) use funds under this part for the purposes specified in 
        section 7202 of this title;
            (B) employ State certified or licensed teachers in the 
        courses of instruction assisted under this part to teach or 
        supervise others who are teaching the subject matter of the 
        courses of instruction;
            (C) not engage in discrimination based on race, religion, 
        color, national origin, sex, or disability in--
                (i) the hiring, promotion, or assignment of employees of 
            the agency or other personnel for whom the agency has any 
            administrative responsibility;
                (ii) the assignment of students to schools, or to 
            courses of instruction within the school, of such agency, 
            except to carry out the approved plan; and
                (iii) designing or operating extracurricular activities 
            for students;

            (D) carry out a high-quality education program that will 
        encourage greater parental decisionmaking and involvement; and
            (E) give students residing in the local attendance area of 
        the proposed magnet school projects equitable consideration for 
        placement in those projects.

(c) Special rule

    No application may be approved under this section unless the 
Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights determines that the 
assurances described in subsection (b)(2)(C) of this section will be 
met.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title V, Sec. 5106, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3692.)

                       References in Text

    The Goals 2000: Educate America Act, referred to in subsec. 
(b)(1)(D), is Pub. L. 103-227, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 125 (except 
titles V and IX), as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 
68 (Sec. 5801 et seq.) of this title (except subchapters V (Sec. 5931 et 
seq.) and IX (Sec. 6001 et seq.)). For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5801 of this 
title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7211 of this title.
