PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994
108 STAT. 3703
the transfer of amounts from one category to another is made
to a category in which there is the greatest need for funds.
"(2) PEER REVIEW.—In order to transfer funds under this
subsection, the Secretary shall use a peer review process to
determine that such excess funds are not needed to fund
projects in particular categories and shall prepare a list of
the categories in which funds were not fully expended and
the reasons therefor, and make such list available to local
educational agencies and educational partnerships upon
request. The Secretary may use the peer review process to
determine grant recipients of funds transferred in accordance
with this subsection.
"(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—
"(1) FEDERAL SHARE. —The Federal share of a grant under
this part may not exceed—
"(A) 90 percent of the total cost of a project for the
first year for which the project receives assistance under
this part; and
"(B) 75 percent of such cost in each such succeeding
fiscal year.
"(2) REMAINING COSTS.— The remaining cost of a project
that receives assistance under this part may be paid from
any source other than funds made available under this part,
except that not more than 10 percent of the remaining cost
in any fiscal year may be provided from Federal sources other
than this part.
"(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The share of payments from
sources other than funds made available under this part may
be in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment or services.
"SEC. 5404. APPLICATION.
20 USC 7264.
"(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—
"(1) IN GENERAL. —A grant under this part may be made
only to a local educational agency or an educational partnership
which submits an application to the Secretary containing such
information as may be required by the Secretary by regulation.
"(2) DURATION.— Each such application shall be for a threeyear period.
"(b) CONTENTS. — Each such application shall—
"(1) provide documentation of—
"(A) the number of children who were enrolled in the
schools to be served by the applicant for the five academic
years prior to the date application is made who have not
completed their elementary or secondary education and
who are classified as school dropouts; and
"(B) the percentage that such number of children is
of the total school-age population in the applicant's schools;
"(2) include a plan for the development and implementation
of a school dropout information collection and reporting system
for documenting the extent and nature of the dropout problem,
which system shall collect and cross tabulate data, where feasible, by sex according to race or ethnicity and socioeconomic
status;
"(3) include a plan for coordinated activities involving not
less than one secondary school and its feeder junior high or
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