20 USC § 7841 - Purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7841"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7841 - Purposes"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7841"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Coordination of Programs; Consolidated State and Local Plans and Applications"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8301, formerly title IX, § 9301, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1968; renumbered title VIII, § 8301, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)"
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# § 7841. Purposes

The purposes of this part are—

**(1)** to improve teaching and learning by encouraging greater cross-program coordination, planning, and service delivery;

**(2)** to provide greater flexibility to State and local authorities through consolidated plans, applications, and reporting; and

**(3)** to enhance the integration of programs under this chapter with State and local programs.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8301, formerly title IX, § 9301, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1968; renumbered title VIII, § 8301, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)