20 U.S.C. § 7171: Purpose; definitions

provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students, particularly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet the challenging State academic standards; offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities, service learning, nutrition and health education, drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs, arts, music, physical fitness and wellness programs, technology education programs, financial literacy programs, environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, career and technical programs, internship or apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand industry sector or occupation for high school students that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students; and offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development. reinforce and complement the regular academic programs of the schools attended by the students served; and are targeted to the students’ academic needs and aligned with the instruction students receive during the school day; and offers families of students served by such center opportunities for active and meaningful engagement in their children’s education, including opportunities for literacy and related educational development. the Secretary made a grant under this part (as this part was in effect on the day before the effective date of this part under the Every Student Succeeds Act); and the grant period had not ended on that effective date. The term “eligible entity” means a local educational agency, community-based organization, Indian tribe or tribal organization (as such terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25 ), another public or private entity, or a consortium of 2 or more such agencies, organizations, or entities. a nonprofit organization with a record of success in running or working with before and after school (or summer recess) programs and activities; or in the case of a community where there is no such organization, a nonprofit organization in the community that enters into a written agreement or partnership with an organization described in subparagraph (A) to receive mentoring and guidance in running or working with before and after school (or summer recess) programs and activities. employees of a State educational agency who are familiar with the programs and activities assisted under this part review all applications that the State receives for awards under this part for completeness and applicant eligibility; be selected for their expertise in providing effective academic, enrichment, youth development, and related services to children; and not include any applicant, or representative of an applicant, that has submitted an application under this part for the current application period; and the peer reviewers described in subparagraph (B) review and rate the applications to determine the extent to which the applications meet the requirements under sections 7174(b) and 7175 of this title. The term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.