 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER XIII--SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
 
Sec. 8602. Purpose

    The purpose of this subchapter is to create a national technical 
assistance and dissemination system to make available to States, local 
educational agencies, tribes, schools, and other recipients of funds 
under this chapter technical assistance in--
        (1) administering and implementing programs under this chapter;
        (2) implementing school reform programs in a manner that 
    improves teaching and learning for all students;
        (3) coordinating such programs with other Federal, State, and 
    local education plans and activities, so that all students, 
    particularly students at risk of educational failure, are provided 
    opportunities to meet challenging State content standards and 
    challenging State student performance standards; and
        (4) adopting, adapting, and implementing promising and proven 
    practices for improving teaching and learning.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title XIII, Sec. 13002, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title 
I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3876.)
