Sec. 1007. ELIGIBLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS
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## SEC. 1007 ELIGIBLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS Section 1113 (20 U.S.C. 6313) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: > > #### “(3) Ranking order > > > ##### “(A) Ranking > > Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if funds allocated in accordance with subsection
(c)are insufficient to serve all eligible school attendance areas, a local educational agency shall— > > > ###### “(i) > > annually rank, without regard to grade spans, such agency’s eligible school attendance areas in which the concentration of children from low-income families exceeds 75 percent from highest to lowest according to the percentage of children from low-income families; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > serve such eligible school attendance areas in rank order. > > > ##### “(B) Exception > > A local educational agency may lower the threshold in subparagraph (A)(i) to 50 percent for high schools served by such agency.” > ; and #####
(B)by striking paragraph
(5)and inserting the following: > > #### “(5) Measures > > > ##### “(A) In general > > Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a local educational agency shall use the same measure of poverty, which measure shall be the number of children aged 5 through 17 in poverty counted in the most recent census data approved by the Secretary, the number of children eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the number of children in families receiving assistance under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, or the number of children eligible to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid Program, or a composite of such indicators, with respect to all school attendance areas in the local educational agency— > > > ###### “(i) > > to identify eligible school attendance areas; > > > ###### “(ii) > > to determine the ranking of each area; and > > > ###### “(iii) > > to determine allocations under subsection (c). > > > ##### “(B) Secondary schools > > For measuring the number of students in low-income families in secondary schools, the local educational agency shall use the same measure of poverty, which shall be— > > > ###### “(i) > > the measure described under subparagraph (A); or > > > ###### “(ii) > > subject to meeting the conditions of subparagraph (C), an accurate estimate of the number of students in low-income families in a secondary school that is calculated by applying the average percentage of students in low-income families of the elementary school attendance areas as calculated under subparagraph
(A)that feed into the secondary school to the number of students enrolled in such school. > > > ##### “(C) Measure of poverty > > The local educational agency shall have the option to use the measure of poverty described in subparagraph (B)(ii) after— > > > ###### “(i) > > conducting outreach to secondary schools within such agency to inform such schools of the option to use such measure; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > a majority of such schools have approved the use of such measure.” > ; ####
(2)in subsection (b)(1)(D)(i), by striking “section 1120A(c)” and inserting “section 1118(c)”; and ** ####
(3)in subsection (c)— #####
(A)by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: > > #### “(3) Reservation of Funds > > > ##### “(A) In general > > A local educational agency shall reserve such funds as are necessary under this part, determined in accordance with subparagraphs
(B)and (C), to provide services comparable to those provided to children in schools funded under this part to serve— > > > ###### “(i) > > homeless children and youths, including providing educationally related support services to children in shelters and other locations where children may live; > > > ###### “(ii) > > children in local institutions for neglected children; and > > > ###### “(iii) > > if appropriate, children in local institutions for delinquent children, and neglected or delinquent children in community day programs. > > > ##### “(B) Method of determination > > The share of funds determined under subparagraph
(A)shall be determined— > > > ###### “(i) > > based on the total allocation received by the local educational agency; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > prior to any allowable expenditures or transfers by the local educational agency. > > > ##### “(C) Homeless children and youths > > Funds reserved under subparagraph (A)(i) may be— > > > ###### “(i) > > determined based on a needs assessment of homeless children and youths in the local educational agency, taking into consideration the number and needs of homeless children and youths in the local educational agency, and which needs assessment may be the same needs assessment as conducted under section 723(b)(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11433(b)(1)); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > used to provide homeless children and youths with services not ordinarily provided to other students under this part, including providing— > > > ###### “(I) > > funding for the liaison designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)); and > > > ###### “(II) > > transportation pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(iii)).” > ; #####
(B)in paragraph (4), by striking “school improvement, corrective action, and restructuring under section 1116(b)” and inserting “comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d)”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(5) Early childhood education > > A local educational agency may reserve funds made available to carry out this section to provide early childhood education programs for eligible children.” > .
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