# § 2397. Participation of private school personnel and children
**(a)** **Personnel** An eligible agency or eligible recipient that uses funds under this chapter for in-service and preservice career and technical education professional development programs for career and technical education teachers, administrators, and other personnel shall, to the extent practicable, upon written request, permit the participation in such programs of career and technical education secondary school teachers, administrators, and other personnel in nonprofit private schools offering career and technical secondary education programs located in the geographical area served by such eligible agency or eligible recipient.
**(b)** **Student participation**
**(1)** **Student participation** Except as prohibited by State or local law, an eligible recipient may, upon written request, use funds made available under this chapter to provide for the meaningful participation, in career and technical education programs and activities, including programs of study, receiving funding under this chapter, of secondary school students attending nonprofit private schools in areas served by the eligible recipient.
**(2)** **Consultation** An eligible recipient shall consult, upon written request, in a timely and meaningful manner with representatives of nonprofit private schools in areas served by the eligible recipient described in paragraph (1) regarding the meaningful participation, in career and technical education programs and activities, including programs of study, receiving funding under this chapter, of secondary school students attending nonprofit private schools.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–210, title II, § 217, formerly title III, § 317, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 744; renumbered title II, § 217, and amended Pub. L. 115–224, title II, § 201(a)(4)–(6), July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1621.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 2397, , as added , , , related to authorization of Secretary, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .
Another prior section 2397 and prior sections 2397a to 2397h were omitted in the general amendment of this chapter by .
Section 2397, , as added , , , stated purpose of program to assist tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions.
Section 2397a, , as added , , , authorized grants to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions.
Section 2397b, , as added , , , related to eligible grant recipients.
Section 2397c, , as added , , , related to applications for grants, consultation, and use of grants.
Section 2397d, , as added , , , related to amount of grants.
Section 2397e, , as added , , , related to effect of grant receipt on eligibility under other programs.
Section 2397f, , as added , , , related to grant adjustments.
Section 2397g, , as added , , , related to report on facilities and facilities improvement.
Section 2397h, , as added , , , defined terms for purposes of tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions grant program.
### Amendments
2018—Subsec. (b)(1). , inserted “, including programs of study,” after “activities” and substituted “in areas served by” for “who reside in the geographical area served by”.
Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “areas” for “the geographical area” and inserted “, including programs of study,” after “activities”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Short Title
, as added by , , , which provided that part H of title III of , enacting part H (§ 2397 et seq.) of former subchapter III of this chapter, could be cited as the “Tribally Controlled Vocational Institutions Support Act of 1990”, was omitted in the general amendment of by , , .