20 U.S.C. § 3997 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 20. Education § 3997. Approval of applications

(1) consideration of the local district's need for, and inability to locally provide for, the activities, equipment, library and instructional materials requested;

(2) the number and nature of elementary and secondary students who will benefit from the planned program; and

(3) the expressed level of financial and in-kind commitment from other parties to the program.

(1) rural, urban, and suburban areas; and

(2) small, medium, and large local educational agencies.