Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§6453 Local educational agency applications
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 70— - STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED › Part Part D— - Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk › Subpart subpart 2— - local agency programs › § 6453
Summary
A local school district that wants money under this program must send an application to the state education agency. The application must explain the program it wants to fund and include written agreements with juvenile correctional facilities and alternative schools (including tribal or Interior-run facilities) that will be involved. The application must also say how schools will work with those facilities so returning students get a similar education, how they will help students transition back, what special needs the students have (like learning problems or substance abuse), and how existing school programs and outside services (health, parenting help, child care, reentry programs, etc.) will be used. It should describe any partnerships with colleges or businesses, how families will be involved, how the work will fit with other federal, state, and local programs (including juvenile justice programs), how schools will work with probation officers when needed, how facilities will be told about students’ IEPs, and how the district will find other school options for students who cannot attend a regular public school.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §6453
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Each local educational agency desiring assistance under this subpart shall submit an application to the State educational agency that contains such information as the State educational agency may require. Each such application shall include—
(1)a description of the program to be assisted;
(2)a description of formal agreements, regarding the program to be assisted, between—
(A)the local educational agency; and
(B)correctional facilities and alternative school programs serving children and youth involved with the juvenile justice system, including such facilities operated by the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes;
(3)as appropriate, a description of how participating schools will coordinate with facilities working with delinquent children and youth to ensure that such children and youth are participating in an education program comparable to one operating in the local school such youth would attend;
(4)a description of the program operated by participating schools to facilitate the successful transition of children and youth returning from correctional facilities and, as appropriate, the types of services that such schools will provide such children and youth and other at-risk children and youth;
(5)a description of the characteristics (including learning difficulties, substance abuse problems, and other special needs) of the children and youth who will be returning from correctional facilities and, as appropriate, other at-risk children and youth expected to be served by the program, and a description of how the school will coordinate existing educational programs to meet the unique educational needs of such children and youth;
(6)as appropriate, a description of how schools will coordinate with existing social, health, and other services to meet the needs of students returning from correctional facilities, at-risk children or youth, and other participating children or youth, including prenatal health care and nutrition services related to the health of the parent and the child or youth, parenting and child development classes, child care, targeted reentry and outreach programs, referrals to community resources, and scheduling flexibility;
(7)as appropriate, a description of any partnerships with institutions of higher education or local businesses to facilitate postsecondary and workforce success for children and youth returning from correctional facilities, such as through participation in credit-bearing coursework while in secondary school, enrollment in postsecondary education, participation in career and technical education programming, and mentoring services for participating students;
(8)as appropriate, a description of how the program will involve parents and family members in efforts to improve the educational achievement of their children, assist in dropout prevention activities, and prevent the involvement of their children in delinquent activities;
(9)a description of how the program under this subpart will be coordinated with other Federal, State, and local programs, such as programs under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.] and career and technical education programs serving at-risk children and youth;
(10)a description of how the program will be coordinated with programs operated under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 [34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.] and other comparable programs, if applicable;
(11)as appropriate, a description of how schools will work with probation officers to assist in meeting the needs of children and youth returning from correctional facilities;
(12)a description of the efforts participating schools will make to ensure correctional facilities working with children and youth are aware of a child’s or youth’s existing individualized education program; and
(13)as appropriate, a description of the steps participating schools will take to find alternative placements for children and youth interested in continuing their education but unable to participate in a traditional public school program.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, referred to in par. (9), is Pub. L. 113–128, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425. Title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 3111 et seq.) of chapter 32 of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 3101 of Title 29 and Tables. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, referred to in par. (10), is Pub. L. 93–415, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1109, which is classified principally to chapter 111 (§ 11101 et seq.) of Title 34, Crime Control and Law
Enforcement
. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
of 1974 Act note set out under section 10101 of Title 34 and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6453, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1423, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3598; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(d)(18)(C), (f)(13)(C)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–422, 2681–431, related to local educational agency applications, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.
Amendments
2015—Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(10)(A), inserted “, including such facilities operated by the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes” after “juvenile justice system”. Par. (4). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(10)(B), added par. (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “a description of the program operated by participating schools for children and youth returning from correctional facilities and, as appropriate, the types of services that such schools will provide such children and youth and other at-risk children and youth;”. Par. (7). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(10)(C), inserted “institutions of higher education or” before “local businesses” and substituted “facilitate postsecondary and workforce success for children and youth returning from correctional facilities, such as through participation in credit-bearing coursework while in secondary school, enrollment in postsecondary education, participation in career and technical education programming” for “develop training, curriculum-based youth entrepreneurship education”. Par. (8). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(10)(D), inserted “and family members” after “parents”. Par. (9). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(10)(E), substituted “career” for “vocational”. Par. (13). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(10)(F), substituted “traditional” for “regular”. 2014—Par. (9). Pub. L. 113–128 substituted “a description of how the program under this subpart will be coordinated with other Federal, State, and local programs, such as programs under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” for “a description of how the program under this subpart will be coordinated with other Federal, State, and local programs, such as programs under title I of Public Law 105–220”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.
Effective Date
of 2014 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 113–128 effective on the first day of the first full program year after
July 22, 2014 (
July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3101 of Title 29, Labor.
Reference
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 6453
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73