1 2 9 USES OF FUNDS SEC. 205. Funds available for grants under this title shall 3 be used only in neighborhood schools for programs and proj4 ects designed to meet the special educational needs of educa5 tionally deprived children and new or innovative school and 6 community educational and recreational programs designed 7 to strengthen community involvement in a more effective use of the neighborhood schools including 8 (1) remedial and other services to meet the special needs of children attending the neighborhood schools, but especially the educationally disadvantaged children; (2) the provision for additional professional or other staff personnel with a special emphasis on recruiting parents and other local community members to assist in achieving the educational goals of such schools; (3) comprehensive guidance, counseling and other personal services for educationally disadvantaged children; (4) development and employment of new instructional techniques which appear likely to succeed in meeting the needs of such children; (5) career education programs using neighborhood people both in and outside the school whenever found in the interest of the educational goals of such schools; 10 (6) innovative school-community educational and recreational programs designed to stimulate further com munity interest and involvement with the education process; (7) provision for using the school for instructional purposes, including special tutoring for remedial students, after normal school hours, and for furnishing such pro fessional and other community staff as will contribute to the success of such an effort; (8) provisions for professional staff home consultations with the parents and students, where feasible and desirable; (9) special administrative activities such as rescheduling teachers or students, and furnishing information on programs of such schools to parents and other members of the community served by that school; and (10) appropriate planning and evaluation programs. APPLICATIONS 19 SEC. 206. (a) A local educational agency may receive 20 grants under this title for any fiscal year only upon applica 2 21 tion approved by the appropriate State educational agency, 22 upon its determination consistent with such basic criteria as 23 the Commissioner may establish 11 (1) that programs and activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by or under the di rect supervision of the applicant; (2) that such assistance will be expended only in neighborhood schools and described with particularity the programs and activities for which such assistance is sought; (3) that policies and procedures will be established to assure the Federal funds made available under this title for any fiscal year (A) will not be commingled with State funds, and (B) will be so used as to supple ment and, to the extent practical, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be available for the purposes described in section 205, and in no case supplant such funds; (4) that effective procedures will be adopted for evaluating at least annually the effectiveness of programs and activities assisted under this title; (5) that fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will bo established as may be necessary to assure proper disbursal of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the applicant under this title; (6) reasonable reports will be furnished in such form and containing such information as the Commis sioner may reasonably require and such records will be 12 1 2 3 kept and access furnished thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verifi cation of such reports. (b) The State educational agency shall not finally 5 disapprove, in whole or in part, any application for funds 6 under this title without first affording the local educational 7 agency submitting the application reasonable notice and 8 opportunity for a hearing. 9 10 ASSURANCES FROM THE STATE SEC. 207. (a) Any State desiring to participate under 11 this title shall submit through the State educational agency 12 to the Commissioner an application, in such detail and ac13 companied by such information as the Commissioner deems 14 necessary, which provides satisfactory assurance 15 16. 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 (1) that payments under this title will be used only for programs and activities in neighborhood schools which have been approved by the State educational agency pursuant to section 6 and which meet the appli cable requirements of that section and that such agency will, in all other respects, comply with the provisions of this title; (2) that such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be adopted as may be necessary to as24 sure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal 25 funds paid to the State (including such funds paid by the 45-619 O-75-2 13 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 234 13 14 15 16 State to local educational agencies) under this title; and (3) that the State educational agency will make to the Commissioner (A) periodic reports (including the results of objective measurements required by section 6(a) (4) evaluating the effectiveness of payments under this Act and of particular programs assisted under it, and (B) such other reports as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Commissioner to perform his duties under this Act (including such reports as he may require to determine the amounts which the local educational agencies of that State are eligible, to receive for any fiscal year), and assurance that such agency will keep such records and afford such access thereto as the Com missioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and vertification of such reports. (b) The Commissioner shall approve an application 17 which meets the requirements specified in subsection (a), 18 and he shall not finally disapprove an application except after 19 reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to the State 20 educational agency. 21 222 PAYMENTS SEC. 208. (a) (1) The Commissioner shall, subject to 23 the provisions of section 209, pay to cach State, in advance or 24 otherwise, the amount which that State and the local educa25 tional agencies of that State are eligible to receive under this |