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PUBLIC LAW 101-610—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3135 ficiency, homeless youth and youth with disabilities, are assured of service opportunities; (5) service programs that receive assistance under this subtitle will be evaluated; (6) programs that receive assistance under this subtitle will serve urban and rural areas and any tribal areas that exist within such State; (7) training and technical assistance will be provided to local grantees by qualified and experienced individuals employed by the State or through grant or contract with experienced content specialist and youth service resource organizations; (8) non-Federal assistance will be used to expand service opportunities for students and out-of-school youth; (9) information and outreach services will be disseminated and utilized to ensure the involvement of a broad range of organizations, particularly community-based organizations; (10) the State will keep such records and provide such information to the Secretary as may be required for fiscal audits and program evaluation; (11) the State will give special consideration to providing assistance to projects that will provide academic credit to participants; and (12) the State will assure compliance with the specific requirements of this subtitle. SEC. 114. LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 4i2 USC 12524. (a) IN GENERAL.— A partnership that desires to receive financial assistance under this subtitle shall prepare and submit to the State Eklucational Agency a proposal that meets the requirements of this section. Such proposal shall be submitted at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State Educational Agency may reasonably require. (b) REQUIREMENTS OF PROPOSAL.—A proposal submitted under subsection (a) shall— (1) contain a written agreement, between the members of the local partnership, stating that the program was jointly developed by the parties and that the program will be jointly executed by the parties; (2) establish and specify the membership and role of an advisory committee that shall consist of representatives of community-based agencies including community action agencies, service recipients, youth-serving agencies, youth, parents, teachers, administrators, agencies that serve older adults, school board members, labor, and business; (3) describe the goals of the program which shall include goals that are quantifiable, measurable, and demonstrate any bene- ^ fits that flow from the program to the participants and the community; (4) describe service opportunities to be provided under the program that shall include evidence that participants will make a sustained commitment to the service project; (5) describe the manner in which the participants in the program will be recruited, including any special efforts that will be utilized to recruit outnDf-school youth with the assistance of community-based agencies;