PURPOSE.

SEC. 6042. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this chapter to encourage the creation of alliances between public elementary and secondary schools or institutions of higher education and the private sector in order to— (1) apply the resources of the private and nonprofit sectors of the community to the needs of the elementary and secondary schools or institutions of higher education, as the case may be, in that community designed to encourage excellence in education; (2) encourage business to work with educationally disadvantaged students and with gifted students; (3) apply the resources of communities for the improvement of elementary and secondary education or higher education, as the case may be; and (4) enrich the career awareness of secondary or postsecondary school students to exposures to the private sector and their work.