Sec. 204. Application
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Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this title shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. Each application submitted under this section shall include a description of— how the eligible entity will carry out the mandatory activities under section 206(a); the research or evidence concerning the effective school model that the eligible entity proposes to develop and implement or replicate, including— for an existing effective school model described in section 202(2)(A), the evidence that the model has improved academic outcomes for struggling students or dropouts; or for a proposed effective school model described in section 202(2)(B), the research that supports the key organizational and instructional practices of the proposed effective school model; the eligible entity’s school design elements and principles that will be used in the effective school model, including— the academic program; the career and technical education program, if applicable; the instructional practices; the methods of assessment; and student supports and services, such as the supports and services provided by the school or offered by other organizations and agencies in the community, to support positive student academic achievement and outcomes; how the eligible entity will use student data from the local educational agency or State educational agency to evaluate and improve academic outcomes for struggling students or dropouts; for each school in which the eligible entity implements or replicates an effective school model under this title, how the eligibility entity will sustain the implementation or replication of the effective school model, including the financing mechanism to be used; how the eligible entity will collect data and information to assess the performance of the effective school model and will make necessary adjustments to ensure continuous and substantial improvement in student academic achievement and outcomes; and how the eligible entity will make the performance data available to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools serving struggling students or dropouts.