 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
                     SUBCHAPTER V--PROMOTING EQUITY
 
          Part C--Assistance To Address School Dropout Problems
 
Sec. 7265. Authorized activities

    Grants under this part shall be used to carry out activities and 
services described in applications approved under section 7264 \1\ of 
this title. In addition, grants may be used for educational, 
occupational, and basic skills testing services and activities, 
including--
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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        (1) the establishment of systemwide or school-level policies, 
    procedures, and plans for dropout prevention and school reentry;
        (2) the development and implementation of activities, including 
    extended day or summer programs, designed to address poor 
    achievement, basic skills deficiencies, language deficiencies, or 
    course failures, in order to assist students at risk of dropping out 
    of school and students reentering school, including youth returning 
    to school from a correctional or other facility operated for 
    delinquent youth;
        (3) the establishment or expansion of work-study, apprentice, or 
    internship programs;
        (4) the use of resources of the community, including contracting 
    with public or private entities or community-based organizations of 
    demonstrated performance, to provide services to the grant recipient 
    or the target population;
        (5) the evaluation and revision of program placement of students 
    at risk;
        (6) the evaluation of program effectiveness of dropout programs;
        (7) the development and implementation of programs for 
    traditionally underserved groups of students;
        (8) the implementation of activities which will improve student 
    motivation and the school learning environment;
        (9) the provision of training for school personnel on strategies 
    and techniques designed to--
            (A) identify children at risk of dropping out of school;
            (B) intervene in the instructional program for such children 
        with support and remedial services;
            (C) develop realistic expectations for student performance; 
        and
            (D) improve student-staff interactions;

        (10) the study of the relationship between drugs and school 
    dropouts and between youth gangs and school dropouts, and the 
    coordination of dropout prevention and reentry programs with 
    appropriate drug prevention and community organizations for the 
    prevention of youth gangs;
        (11) the study of the relationship between disabling conditions 
    and student dropouts;
        (12) the study of the relationship between the dropout rate for 
    gifted and talented students compared to the dropout rate for the 
    general student enrollment;
        (13) the use of educational telecommunications and broadcasting 
    technologies and educational materials designed to extend, motivate, 
    and reinforce school, community, and home dropout prevention and 
    reentry activities;
        (14) the development and implementation of efforts to identify 
    and address factors in a student's decision to drop out of school 
    that are related to gender and family roles, including activities 
    and services designed to meet the needs of pregnant and parenting 
    teenagers;
        (15) the provision of other educational, occupational and 
    testing services and activities which directly relate to the purpose 
    of this part;
        (16) activities which offer jobs and college admissions for 
    successful completion of the program for which assistance is sought;
        (17) summer employment programs;
        (18) occupational training programs;
        (19) career opportunity and skills counseling;
        (20) job placement services;
        (21) the development of skill employment competency testing 
    programs;
        (22) special school staff training projects; and
        (23) mentoring programs.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title V, Sec. 5305, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3704.)

                       References in Text

    Section 7264 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original 
``section 5304'', meaning section 5304 of Pub. L. 89-10, which was 
translated as reading section 5404 of that Act to reflect the probable 
intent of Congress, because Pub. L. 89-10 does not contain a section 
5304, but does contain a section 5404 relating to applications for 
grants under this part.
