 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
SUBCHAPTER VII--BILINGUAL EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND LANGUAGE 
                          ACQUISITION PROGRAMS
 
                       Part A--Bilingual Education
 
    subpart 1--bilingual education capacity and demonstration grants
 
Sec. 7423. Program enhancement projects


(a) Purpose

    The purpose of this section is to carry out highly focused, 
innovative, locally designed projects to expand or enhance existing 
bilingual education or special alternative instructional programs for 
limited English proficient students.

(b) Program authorized

                            (1) Authority

        (A) The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible 
    entities having applications approved under section 7426 of this 
    title to enable such entities to carry out activities described in 
    paragraph (2).
        (B) Each grant under this section shall be awarded for a period 
    of two years.

                      (2) Authorized activities

        (A) Grants under this section shall be used for providing 
    inservice training to classroom teachers, administrators, and other 
    school or community-based organization personnel to improve the 
    instruction and assessment of language-minority and limited English 
    proficient students.
        (B) Grants under this section may be used for--
            (i) implementing family education programs and parent 
        outreach and training activities designed to assist parents to 
        become active participants in the education of their children;
            (ii) improving the instructional program for limited English 
        proficient students by identifying, acquiring, and upgrading 
        curriculum, instructional materials, educational software and 
        assessment procedures and, if appropriate, applying educational 
        technology;
            (iii) compensating personnel, including teacher aides who 
        have been specifically trained, or are being trained, to provide 
        services to children and youth of limited-English proficiency;
            (iv) providing tutorials and academic or career counseling 
        for children and youth of limited-English proficiency;
            (v) providing intensified instruction; and
            (vi) providing such other activities, related to the 
        purposes of this part, as the Secretary may approve.

(c) ``Eligible entity'' defined

    For the purpose of this section the term ``eligible entity'' means--
        (1) one or more local educational agencies;
        (2) one or more local educational agencies in collaboration with 
    an institution of higher education, community-based organization or 
    local or State educational agency; or
        (3) a community-based organization or an institution of higher 
    education which has an application approved by the local educational 
    agency to enhance early childhood education or family education 
    programs or to conduct an instructional program which supplements 
    the educational services provided by a local educational agency.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title VII, Sec. 7113, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3720.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7421 of this title.
