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  • (1) "Eligible elementary school" or "eligible junior high school" means a district school or charter school that has at least 50% of the school's students with a family income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.
  • (2) "Eligible partnership" means a partnership that:
    • (a) includes at least:
      • (i) a local education agency that has designated an eligible school feeder pattern;
      • (ii) a local nonprofit organization;
      • (iii) a private business;
      • (iv) a municipality or county in which the eligible school feeder pattern is located;
      • (v) an institution of higher education within the state;
      • (vi) a state or local government agency that provides services to students attending schools within the eligible school feeder pattern;
      • (vii) a local philanthropic organization; and
      • (viii) a local health care organization; and
    • (b) has designated a local education agency or local nonprofit organization to act as lead applicant for a grant described in this part.
  • (3) "Eligible school feeder pattern" means the succession of schools that a student enrolls in as the student progresses from kindergarten through grade 12 that includes, as designated by a local education agency:
    • (a) a high school;
    • (b) an eligible junior high school that:
      • (i) is a district school within the geographic boundary of the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); or
      • (ii) is a charter school that sends at least 50% of the charter school's students to the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); and
    • (c) an eligible elementary school that:
      • (i) is a district school within the geographic boundary of the high school described in Subsection (3)(a); or
      • (ii) is a charter school that sends at least 50% of the charter school's students to the junior high school described in Subsection (3)(b).
  • (4) "Local education agency" means a school district or charter school.




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