; (2) to provide teachers, principals, and other school leaders with professional development activities that enhance or enable the provision of postsecondary coursework through a dual or concurrent enrollment program or an early college high school program; and (3) to support activities such as— (A) designing the curriculum and sequence of courses in collaboration with teachers from the local educational agency and faculty from the eligible institution; (B) establishing a course articulation process for defining and approving courses for high school and postsecondary credit or credentials for both 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education in the State; (C) outreach programs to provide elementary school and secondary school students, especially those in middle grades, and their parents, teachers, school counselors, and principals information about and academic preparation for the credit-based academic transition programs described in subsection (a); (D) helping students meet eligibility criteria for postsecondary courses and ensuring that students understand how credits earned will transfer to institutions of higher education in the State; and (E) coordinating secondary and postsecondary support services and academic calendars. (g) Flexibility of funds An eligible institution that receives a grant under this section may use grant funds for any of the costs associated with carrying out credit-based academic transition programs described in subsection (a), including the costs of— (1) tuition and fees, books, and required instructional materials for such program so that students will not be required to pay tuition or fees for postsecondary courses; and (2) transportation to and from such program. (h) Evaluation and report Each eligible institution receiving a grant under this section shall— (1) conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the activities carried out by such eligible institution under this section