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legal/us/code/title-20/chapter-52/section-3997.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "20 U.S.C. § 3997"
+description: "Approval of applications"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 20
+title_name: "EDUCATION"
+chapter_number: "52"
+chapter_name: "EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY"
+section: "3997"
+citation: "20 U.S.C. § 3997"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc20@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3997"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 20 U.S.C. § 3997 - Approval of applications
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Criteria The State shall establish criteria for approval of applications under this section. Such criteria shall include—
+
+(1) consideration of the local district’s need for, and inability to locally provide for, the activities, equipment, library and instructional materials requested;
+
+(2) the number and nature of elementary and secondary students who will benefit from the planned program; and
+
+(3) the expressed level of financial and in-kind commitment from other parties to the program.
+
+(b) Approval procedures The State shall adopt approval procedures designed to ensure that grants are equitably distributed among—
+
+(1) rural, urban, and suburban areas; and
+
+(2) small, medium, and large local educational agencies.
+
+(Pub. L. 98–377, title III, § 327, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6031(a)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1482.)