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42 U.S. Code § 11433. Local educational agency subgrants for the education of homeless children and youths
(a) General authority
(1) In general
The State educational agency shall, in accordance with section 11432(e) of this title, and from amounts made available to such agency under section 11435 of this title, make subgrants to local educational agencies for the purpose of facilitating the identification, enrollment, attendance, and success in school of homeless children and youths.
(2) Services
(A) In generalServices under paragraph (1)—
(i)
may be provided through programs on school grounds or at other facilities;
(ii)
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be provided through existing programs and mechanisms that integrate homeless children and youths with nonhomeless children and youths; and
(iii)
shall be designed to expand or improve services provided as part of a school’s regular academic program, but not to replace such services provided under such program.
(B) Services on school groundsIf services under paragraph (1) are provided on school grounds, the related schools—
(i)
may use funds under this part to provide the same services to other children and youths who are determined by the local educational agency to be at risk of failing in, or dropping out of, school, subject to the requirements of clause (ii); and
(ii) except as otherwise provided in section 11432(e)(3)(B) of this title, shall not provide services in settings within a school that segregate homeless children and youths from other children and youths, except as necessary for short periods of time—
(I)
for health and safety emergencies; or
(II)
to provide temporary, special, and supplementary services to meet the unique needs of homeless children and youths.
(3) Requirement
Services provided under this section shall not replace the regular academic program and shall be designed to expand upon or improve services provided as part of the school’s regular academic program.
(4) Duration of grants
Subgrants made under this section shall be for terms of not to exceed 3 years.