Priorities.

In awarding grants under § 38-1853.04(a) , the Secretary shall give priority to applications from eligible entities that will most effectively— (1) in awarding scholarships under § 38-1853.07(a) , give priority to— (A) eligible students who, in the school year preceding the school year for which the eligible students are seeking a scholarship, attended an elementary school or secondary school identified as one of the lowest-performing schools under the District of Columbia's accountability system; and (B) students whose household includes a sibling or other child who is already participating in the program of the eligible entity under this chapter , regardless of whether such students have, in the past, been assigned as members of a control study group for the purposes of an evaluation under § 38-1853.09(a) or whether such students have, in the past, attended a private school; (2) target resources to students and families that lack the financial resources to take advantage of available educational options; and (3) provide students and families with the widest range of educational options.