AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 6075. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. (a) In General.— Funds made available under this subchapter may be used— (1) to initiate or expand programs designed to meet the special educational needs of secondary school students and to help such students attain grade level proficiency in basic skills, and, as appropriate, learn more advanced skills; (2) to develop innovative approaches— (A) for surmounting barriers that make secondary school programs under this subchapter difficult for certain stu-102 STAT. 1497dents to attend and difficult for secondary schools to administer, such as scheduling problems; and (B) for courses leading to successful completion of the general educational development test or of graduation requirements; (3) to develop and implement innovative programs involving community-based organizations or the private sector, or both, to provide motivational activities, pre-employment training, or transition-to-work activities; (4) to provide programs for eligible students outside the school, with the goal of reaching school dropouts who will not reenter the traditional school, for the purpose of providing compensatory education, basic skills education, or courses for general educational development; (5) to use the resources of the community to assist in providing services to the target population; (6) to provide training for staff who will work with the target population on strategies and techniques for identifying, instructing, and assisting such students; (7) to provide guidance and counseling activities, support services, exploration of postsecondary educational opportunities, youth employment activities, and other pupil services which are necessary to assist eligible students; or (8) to recruit, train, and supervise secondary school students (including the provision of stipends to students in greatest need of financial assistance) to serve as tutors of other students eligible for services under this subchapter and under part A of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, in order to assist such eligible students with homework assignments, provide instructional activities, and foster good study habits and improved achievement. (b) Limitation.— Not more than 25 percent of amounts available to a local educational agency under this subchapter may be used by such agency for noninstructional services such as those described in subsections (a)(3), (a)(5), and (a)(7).