PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994
108 STAT. 3959
such agency received under this subtitle for fiscal year 1990,
to conduct activities under subsection (f) directly or through
grants or contracts.
"(2) SPECIAL RULE.—I f the amount allotted to a State educational agency for any fiscal year under this subtitle is less
than the amount such agency received for fiscal year 1990
under this subtitle, such agency, at such agency's discretion,
may provide grants to local educational agencies in accordance
with section 723 or may conduct activities under subsection
(f) directly or through grants or contracts.
" (0 FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF COORDINATOR. —The
Coordinator of Education of Homeless Children and Youth established in each State shall—
"(1) estimate the number of homeless children and youth
in the State and the number of such children and youth served
with assistance provided under the grants or contracts under
this subtitle;
"(2) gather, to the extent possible, reliable, valid, and comprehensive information on the nature and extent of the problems homeless children and youth have in gaining access to
public preschool programs and to public elementary and secondary schools, the difficulties in identifying the special needs
of such children and youth, any progress made by the State
educational agency and local educational agencies in the State
in addressing such problems and difficulties, and the success
of the program under this subtitle in allowing homeless children
and youth to enroll in, attend, and succeed in, school;
"(3) develop and carry out the State plan described in
subsection (g);
"(4) prepare and submit to the Secretary not later than Reports.
October 1, 1997, and on October 1 of every third year thereafter,
a report on the information gathered pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2) and such additional information as the Secretary
may require to carry out the Secretary's responsibilities under
this subtitle;
"(5) facilitate coordination between the State educational
agency, the State social services agency, and other agencies
providing services to homeless children and youth, including
nomeless children and youth who are preschool age, and families of such children and youth; and
"(6) develop relationships and coordinate with other relevant education, child development, or preschool programs and
providers of services to homeless children, homeless families,
and runaway and homeless youth (including domestic violence
agencies, shelter operators, transitional housing facilities, runaway and homeless youth centers, and transitional living programs for homeless youth), to improve the provision of
comprehensive services to homeless children and youth and
their families.
"(g) STATE PLAN.—
"(1) IN GENERAL.— Each State shall submit to the Secretary
a plan to provide for the education of homeless children and
youth within the State, which plan shall describe how such
children and youth are or will be given the opportunity to
meet the same challenging State student performance standards all students are expected to meet, shall describe the procedures the State educational agency will use to identify such
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