PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 255 (14) CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require any modifications in the regional educational laboratory contracts in effect on the day preceding the date of enactment of this title, (i) GOALS 2000 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. — (1) PURPOSE. — The purpose of the Goals 2000 Community Partnerships program is to improve the quality of learning and teaching in the most impoverished urban and rural communities of the United States by supporting sustained collaborations between universities, schools, businesses, and communities which apply and utilize the results of educational research and development. (2) GRANTS FOR GOALS 2000 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.— The Assistant Secretary is authorized to make grants to eligible entities to support the establishment of Learning Grant Institutions and District Education Agents and the activities authorized under this subsection within eligible communities. (3) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY AND ELIGIBLE COMMU- NITY.— For the purposes of this subsection: (A) The term "eligible entity" includes any institution of higher education, regional educational laboratory, National Diffusion Network project, national research and development center, public or private nonprofit corporation, or any consortium thereof, that— (i) has demonstrated experience, expertise and commitment in serving the educational needs of atrisk students; and (ii) is, by virtue of its previous activities, knowledgeable about the unique needs and characteristics of the community to be served. (B) The term "eligible community" means a unit of general purpose local government (such as a city, township, or village), a nonmetropolitan county, tribal village, or a geographically distinct area (such as a school district, school attendance area, ward, precinct or neighborhood), or any group of such entities that— (i) has a population of not less than 200,000 and not more than 3()0,000; and (ii) in which not less than one-half of the schoolage children have family incomes which are below the poverty line, as determined by the 1990 United States Census, participation in the National School Lunch program, or other current, reliable data concerning family income. (4) GOALS 2000 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.— Each learning grant institution receiving assistance under this subsection shall establish a Goals 2000 community partnership to carry out the activities authorized under this subsection. Such partnership— (A) shall include the participation of one or more local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, community-based organizations, parents, teachers, and the business community; (B) may include the participation of human, social service and health care agencies. Head Start and child care agencies, libraries, museums, employment and train-
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