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20 U.S.C. § 6471 — Transition services
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**(a) Transition services** Each State agency shall reserve not less than 15 percent and not more than 30 percent of the amount such agency receives under this subpart for any fiscal year to support—
(1) projects that facilitate the transition of children and youth between State-operated institutions, or institutions in the State operated by the Secretary of the Interior, and schools served by local educational agencies or schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education; or
(2) the successful reentry of youth offenders, who are age 20 or younger and have received a regular high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, into postsecondary education, or career and technical training programs, through strategies designed to expose the youth to, and prepare the youth for, postsecondary education, or career and technical training programs, such as—
(A) preplacement programs that allow adjudicated or incarcerated youth to audit or attend courses on college, university, or community college campuses, or through programs provided in institutional settings;
(B) worksite schools, in which institutions of higher education and private or public employers partner to create programs to help students make a successful transition to postsecondary education and employment; and
(C) essential support services to ensure the success of the youth, such as—
(i) personal, career and technical, and academic, counseling;
(ii) placement services designed to place the youth in a university, college, or junior college program;
(iii) information concerning, and assistance in obtaining, available student financial aid;
(iv) counseling services; and
(v) job placement services.
**(b) Conduct of projects** A project supported under this section may be
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**(a) Transition services** Each State agency shall reserve not less than 15 percent and not more than 30 percent of the amount such agency receives under this subpart for any fiscal year to support—
(1) projects that facilitate the transition of children and youth between State-operated institutions, or institutions in the State operated by the Secretary of the Interior, and schools served by local educational agencies or schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education; or
(2) the successful reentry of youth offenders, who are age 20 or younger and have received a regular high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, into postsecondary education, or career and technical training programs, through strategies designed to expose the youth to, and prepare the youth for, postsecondary education, or career and technical training programs, such as—
(A) preplacement programs that allow adjudicated or incarcerated youth to audit or attend courses on college, university, or community college campuses, or through programs provided in institutional settings;
(B) worksite schools, in which institutions of higher education and private or public employers partner to create programs to help students make a successful transition to postsecondary education and employment; and
(C) essential support services to ensure the success of the youth, such as—
(i) personal, career and technical, and academic, counseling;
(ii) placement services designed to place the youth in a university, college, or junior college program;
(iii) information concerning, and assistance in obtaining, available student financial aid;
(iv) counseling services; and
(v) job placement services.
**(b) Conduct of projects** A project supported under this section may be conducted directly by the State agency, or through a contract or other arrangement with one or more local educational agencies, other public agencies, or private nonprofit organizations.
**(c) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a school that receives funds under subsection (a) from serving neglected and delinquent children and youth simultaneously with students with similar educational needs, in the same educational settings where appropriate.
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**(a) Agreements** In any case in which a negotiated rulemaking process is established under [section 6571(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571/b&num=0&edition=prelim), all published proposed regulations shall conform to agreements that result from the rulemaking described in [section 6571 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section6571&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process.
**(b) Records** The Secretary shall ensure that an accurate and reliable record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is maintained.
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**(a) State plan**
(1) **In general** — Each State educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this subpart shall submit, for approval by the Secretary, a plan—
(A) for meeting the educational needs of neglected, delinquent, and at-risk children and youth;
(B) for assisting in the transition of children and youth between correctional facilities and locally operated programs; and
(C) that is integrated with other programs under this chapter or other Acts, as appropriate.
(2) **Contents** — Each such State plan shall—
(A) describe the program objectives and outcomes established by the State that will be used to assess the effectiveness of the program in improving the academic, career, and technical skills of children in the program;
(B) provide that, to the extent feasible, such children will have the same opportunities to achieve as such children would have if such children were in the schools of local educational agencies in the State;
(C) describe how the State will place a priority for such children to attain a regular high school diploma, to the extent feasible;
(D) contain an assurance that the State educational agency will—
(i) ensure that programs assisted under this subpart will be carried out in accordance with the State plan described in this subsection; and
(ii) ensure that the State agencies receiving subgrants under this subpart comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; and
(E) provide assurances that the State educational agency has established—
(i) procedures to ensure the timely re-enrollment of each student who has been placed in the juvenile justice system in secondary school or in a re-entry program that best meets the needs of the student, including the transfer of credits t
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 6471
1 So in original.
3599; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title VIII,
§ 405(d)(18)(D), (f)(13)(D)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337,
2681–422, 2681–431, related to program requirements for
correctional facilities receiving funds, prior to the gen-
eral amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.
AMENDMENTS
2015—Par. (4). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(12)(A), inserted
‘‘and attain a regular high school diploma’’ after ‘‘reen-
ter school’’ and substituted ‘‘seek a regular high school
diploma’’ for ‘‘seek a secondary school diploma’’.
Par. (6). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(12)(B), substituted ‘‘the
challenging State academic standards’’ for ‘‘high aca-
demic achievement standards’’.
Par. (9). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(12)(C), substituted ‘‘ca-
reer’’ for ‘‘vocational’’.
Pars. (12), (13). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(12)(D)–(F), added
pars. (12) and (13).
2014—Par. (9). Pub. L. 113–128 substituted ‘‘coordinate
funds received under this subpart with other local,
State, and Federal funds available to provide services
to participating children and youth, such as funds
made available under title I of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act,’’ for ‘‘coordinate funds re-
ceived under this subpart with other local, State, and
Federal funds available to provide services to partici-
pating children and youth, such as funds made avail-
able under title I of Public Law 105–220,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2015 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015,
except with respect to certain noncompetitive pro-
grams 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 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L.
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