Sec. 6. Subgrants
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A State educational agency receiving a grant under this Act shall use the grant funds to award subgrants to local educational agencies in the State. A State educational agency shall award not less than 65 percent of grant funds to— local educational agencies that have a high student poverty ratio (as measured by comparing the number of students meeting at least one measure of poverty described in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5) ) to the total number of children in the school); and local educational agencies that will support elementary schools and secondary schools that offer fewer advanced course or program offerings (or fewer available slots in those courses or programs) than the average for the State.
As part of a memorandum of understanding described in section 5(b)(1)(A), and as a requirement for receiving a subgrant under this Act, a participating local educational agency shall— establish ambitious 3-year enrollment and performance goals for each subgroup of students, and intermediate annual targets for each subgroup of students, to bridge districtwide inequities (according to race, sex, socioeconomic status, disability status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance; specify the enrollment mechanism that the local educational agency will use for its various advanced courses or programs, which shall include open enrollment, universal enrollment, or universal screening, including in the case of universal screening, a description of what assessments will be used to determine enrollment as described in section 4(6), and a justification for why each assessment was selected; submit a plan to train school leaders, academic counselors or advisors, and teachers on strategies for bridging inequities (according to race and ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, disability status, and status as an English learner) in advanced coursework or program participation and performance; submit a plan to assemble a local advisory council of students from underrepresented subgroups of students, and parents or guardians of students from those subgroups, with at least 2 members of each subgroup of students, including an explanation of how the council will be involved in the local educational agency's implementation of the grant, as well as oversight and evaluation of the grant; submit a plan to communicate to students and families, in multiple languages and through multiple formats, the process and requirements to enroll in advanced courses; and an agreement to carry out the activities described in section 7.
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