(a) Authority The Secretary may make grants to State educational agencies to assist the agencies in recognizing local educational agencies and other public and
nonprofit">
nonprofit entities whose programs have
(1) demonstrated significant progress in assisting limited English proficient children to learn English according to age appropriate and developmentally appropriate standards; and
(2) demonstrated significant progress in assisting limited English proficient children to meet, according to age appropriate and developmentally appropriate standards, the same challenging State academic content and
student academic achievement standards as all children are expected to meet.
