 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
             SUBCHAPTER X--PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
 
                        Part D--Arts in Education
 
     subpart 2--cultural partnerships for at-risk children and youth
 
Sec. 8102. Program authorized


(a) In general

    The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible entities to 
pay the Federal share of the costs of the activities described in 
section 8103 of this title.

(b) Special requirements

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall award grants under this subpart only to 
    programs designed to--
            (A) promote and enhance educational and cultural activities;
            (B) provide multi-year services to at-risk children and 
        youth and to integrate community cultural resources into in-
        school and after-school educational programs;
            (C) provide integration of community cultural resources into 
        the regular curriculum and school day;
            (D) focus school and cultural resources in the community on 
        coordinated cultural services to address the needs of at-risk 
        children and youth;
            (E) provide effective cultural programs to facilitate the 
        transition from preschool programs to elementary school 
        programs, including programs under the Head Start Act [42 U.S.C. 
        9831 et seq.] and part H \1\ of the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act;
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            (F) facilitate school-to-work transition from secondary 
        schools and alternative schools to job training, higher 
        education and employment through educational programs and 
        activities that utilize school resources;
            (G) increase parental and community involvement in the 
        educational, social, and cultural development of at-risk 
        children and youth; or
            (H)(i) develop programs and strategies that provide high-
        quality coordinated educational and cultural services; and
            (ii) provide a model to replicate such services in other 
        schools and communities.

                           (2) Partnership

        An interagency partnership comprised of the Secretary of 
    Education, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the 
    Humanities, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and 
    the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, or 
    their designees, shall establish criteria and procedures for 
    awarding grants, including the establishment of panels to review the 
    applications, and shall administer the grants program authorized by 
    this section. The Secretary shall publish such criteria and 
    procedures in the Federal Register.

                          (3) Coordination

        Grants may only be awarded under this subpart to eligible 
    entities that agree to coordinate activities carried out under other 
    Federal, State, and local grants, received by the members of the 
    partnership for purposes and target populations described in this 
    subpart, into an integrated service delivery system located at a 
    school, cultural, or other community-based site accessible to and 
    utilized by at-risk youth.

                        (4) Eligible entities

        For purposes of this subpart, the term ``eligible entity'' means 
    a partnership between--
            (A) a local educational agency or an individual school that 
        is eligible to participate in a schoolwide program under section 
        6314 of this title; and
            (B) at least one institution of higher education, museum, 
        local arts agency, or cultural entity that is accessible to 
        individuals within the school district of such local educational 
        agency or school, and that has a history of providing quality 
        services to the community, which may include--
                (i) nonprofit institutions of higher education, museums, 
            libraries, performing, presenting and exhibiting arts 
            organizations, literary arts organizations, State and local 
            arts organizations, cultural institutions, and zoological 
            and botanical organizations; or
                (ii) private for-profit entities with a history of 
            training children and youth in the arts.

                     (5) Geographic distribution

        In awarding grants under this subpart the Secretary, to the 
    extent feasible, shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution 
    of such grants.

                            (6) Duration

        Grants made under this subpart may be renewable for a maximum of 
    five years if the Secretary determines that the eligible recipient 
    has made satisfactory progress toward the achievement of the program 
    objectives described in the application.

                             (7) Models

        The Secretary, in consultation with the Chairman of the National 
    Endowment for the Humanities, the Chairman of the National Endowment 
    for the Arts and the director \2\ of the Institute of Museum and 
    Library Services, or their designees, shall submit successful models 
    under this subchapter to the National Diffusion Network for review.
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(c) Target population

    To be eligible for a grant under this subpart, an eligible entity 
shall serve--
        (1) students enrolled in schools participating in a schoolwide 
    program under section 6314 of this title and the families of such 
    students to the extent practicable;
        (2) out-of-school children and youth at risk of disadvantages 
    resulting from teenage parenting, substance abuse, recent migration, 
    disability, limited-English proficiency, illiteracy, being the child 
    of a teenage parent, living in a single parent household, or 
    dropping out of school; or
        (3) any combination of in-school and out-of-school at-risk 
    children and youth.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title X, Sec. 10412, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3833; amended Pub. L. 104-208, div. 
A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 709(b)(3)(B)], Sept. 30, 1996, 
110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-313.)

                       References in Text

    The Head Start Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(E), is subchapter 
B (Secs. 635-657) of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of Pub. L. 97-
35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 499, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter II (Sec. 9831 et seq.) of chapter 105 of Title 
42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9801 of 
Title 42 and Tables.
    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, referred to in 
subsec. (b)(1)(E), is title VI of Pub. L. 91-230, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 
Stat. 175, as amended. Part H of the Act was classified generally to 
subchapter VIII (Sec. 1471 et seq.) of chapter 33 of this title prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 105-17, title II, Sec. 203(b), June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 
157, effective July 1, 1998. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see section 1400 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2), (7). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``Museum and 
Library Services'' for ``Museum Services'' in par. (2) and ``the 
director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services'' for ``the 
Director of the Institute of Museum Services'' in par. (7).
