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title: "20 U.S.C. § 7841"
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title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
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chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
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citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7841"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 7841 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of this part are—

(1) to improve teaching and learning by encouraging greater cross-program coordination, planning, and service delivery;

(2) to provide greater flexibility to State and local authorities through consolidated plans, applications, and reporting; and

(3) to enhance the integration of programs under this chapter with State and local programs.

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8301, formerly title IX, § 9301, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1968; renumbered title VIII, § 8301, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)