 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
             SUBCHAPTER X--PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
 
              Part J--Urban and Rural Education Assistance
 
             subpart 1--urban education demonstration grants
 
Sec. 8282. Purpose

    It is the purpose of this subpart to provide financial assistance 
to--
        (1) assist urban public schools in meeting the National 
    Education Goals;
        (2) improve the educational and social well-being of urban 
    public school children;
        (3) close the achievement gap between urban and nonurban public 
    school children, while improving the achievement level of all 
    children nationally;
        (4) conduct coordinated research on urban public education 
    problems, solutions, and promising practices;
        (5) improve the Nation's global economic and educational 
    competitiveness by improving the Nation's urban schools; and
        (6) encourage community, parental, and business collaboration in 
    the improvement of urban schools.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title X, Sec. 10962, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3849.)
