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 NCLB Law: Subpart 16. Parental Assistance and Local Family Information Centers
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SEC. 5561. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this subpart are the following:
(1) To provide leadership, technical assistance, and financial support to nonprofit organizations (including statewide nonprofit organizations) and local educational agencies to help the organizations and agencies implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement.
(2) To strengthen partnerships among parents (including parents of children from birth through age 5), teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children.
(3) To develop and strengthen the relationship between parents and their children's school.
(4) To further the developmental progress of children assisted under this subpart.
(5) To coordinate activities funded under this subpart with parental involvement initiatives funded under section 1118 and other provisions of this Act.
(6) To provide a comprehensive approach to improving student learning, through coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs.
SEC. 5562. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.
(a) PARENTAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS- The Secretary is authorized to award grants in each fiscal year to nonprofit organizations (including statewide nonprofit organizations), and consortia of such organizations and local educational agencies, to establish school-linked or school-based parental information and resource centers that provide comprehensive training, information, and support to —
(1) parents of children enrolled in elementary schools and secondary schools;
(2) individuals who work with the parents of children enrolled in elementary schools and secondary schools;
(3) State educational agencies, local educational agencies, schools, organizations that support family-school partnerships (such as parent-teacher associations and Parents as Teachers organizations), and other organizations that carry out parent education and family involvement programs; and
(4) parents of children from birth through age 5.
(b) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION- In awarding grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that such grants are distributed in all geographic regions of the United States.
SEC. 5563. APPLICATIONS.
(a) SUBMISSION- Each nonprofit organization (including a statewide nonprofit organization), or a consortia of such an organization and a local educational agency, that desires a grant under this subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.
(b) CONTENTS- Each application submitted under subsection (a), at a minimum, shall include assurances that the organization or consortium will —
(1)(A) be governed by a board of directors the membership of which includes parents; or
(B) be an organization or consortium that represents the interests of parents;
(2) establish a special advisory committee the membership of which includes —
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