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‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A State educational agency shall award
subgrants under this subsection to local educational agencies
that are the neediest, as determined by the State, and that
have made a commitment to develop healthy, high-performance
school buildings in accordance with the plan developed and
approved under paragraph (3)(A).
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—
‘‘(A) PLANS.—A State educational agency shall award
subgrants under this subsection only to local educational
agencies that, in consultation with the State educational
agency and State agencies with responsibilities relating
to energy and health, have developed plans that the State
educational agency determines to be feasible and appro-
priate in order to achieve the purposes for which the sub-
grants are made.
‘‘(B) SUPPLEMENTING GRANT FUNDS.—The State edu-
cational agency shall encourage local educational agencies
that receive subgrants under this subsection to supplement
their subgrant funds with funds from other sources in
order to implement their plans.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—A State educational agency receiving
a grant under this subpart shall use the grant funds made available
under this subpart for one or more of the following:
‘‘(1) To evaluate compliance by local educational agencies
with the requirements of this subpart.
‘‘(2) To distribute information and materials on healthy,
high-performance school buildings for both new and existing
facilities.
‘‘(3) To organize and conduct programs for school board
members, school district personnel, and others to disseminate
information on healthy, high-performance school buildings.
‘‘(4) To provide technical services and assistance in plan-
ning and designing healthy, high-performance school buildings.
‘‘(5) To collect and monitor information pertaining to
healthy, high-performance school building projects.
‘‘SEC. 5583. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency that receives
a subgrant under section 5582(a) shall use the subgrant funds
to plan and prepare for healthy, high-performance school building
projects that—
‘‘(1) reduce energy use to at least 30 percent below that
of a school constructed in compliance with standards prescribed
in chapter 8 of the 2000 International Energy Conservation
Code, or a similar State code intended to achieve substantially
equivalent results;
‘‘(2) meet Federal and State health and safety codes; and
‘‘(3) support healthful, energy efficient, and environ-
mentally sound practices.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency that receives
a subgrant under section 5582(a) shall use funds for one or more
of the following:
‘‘(1) To develop a comprehensive energy audit of the energy
consumption characteristics of a building and the need for
additional energy conservation measures necessary to allow
schools to meet the guidelines set out in subsection (a).
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‘‘(2) To produce a comprehensive analysis of building strate-
gies, designs, materials, and equipment that—
‘‘(A) are cost effective, produce greater energy effi-
ciency, and enhance indoor air quality; and
‘‘(B) can be used when conducting school construction
and renovation or purchasing materials and equipment.
‘‘(3) To obtain research and provide technical services and
assistance in planning and designing healthy, high-performance
school 
buildings, 
including 
developing 
a 
timeline 
for
implementation of such plans.
‘‘SEC. 5584. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
‘‘The Secretary shall conduct a biennial review of State actions
implementing this subpart and carrying out the plans developed
under this subpart through State and local funding, and shall
submit a report to Congress on the results of such reviews.
‘‘SEC. 5585. LIMITATIONS.
‘‘No funds received under this subpart may be used for any
of the following:
‘‘(1) Payment of maintenance of costs in connection with
any projects constructed in whole or in part with Federal funds
provided under this subpart.
‘‘(2) Construction, renovation, or repair of school facilities.
‘‘(3) Construction, renovation, repair, or acquisition of a
stadium or other facility primarily used for athletic contests
or exhibitions, or other events for which admission is charged
to the general public.
‘‘SEC. 
5586. 
HEALTHY, 
HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
SCHOOL 
BUILDING
DEFINED.
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘healthy, high-performance school
building’ means a school building in which the design, construction,
operation, and maintenance—
‘‘(1) use energy-efficient and affordable practices and mate-
rials;
‘‘(2) are cost-effective;
‘‘(3) enhance indoor air quality; and
‘‘(4) protect and conserve water.
‘‘Subpart 19—Grants for Capital Expenses of Pro-
viding Equitable Services for Private School
Students
‘‘SEC. 5591. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to award grants to State edu-
cational agencies, from allotments made under section 5593, to
enable the State educational agencies to award subgrants to local
educational agencies to pay for capital expenses in accordance with
this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 5592. USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under
this subpart shall use the subgrant funds only to pay for capital
expenses incurred in providing equitable services for private school
students under section 1120.
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‘‘SEC. 5593. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘From the funds made available to carry out this subpart
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount
that bears the same ratio to the funds made available as the
number of private school students who received services under
part A of title I in the State in the most recent year for which
data, satisfactory to the Secretary, are available bears to the
number of such students in all States in such year.
‘‘SEC. 5594. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS.—A local educational agency that desires
to receive a subgrant under this subpart shall submit an application
to the State educational agency involved at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the State educational
agency may require.
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION.—A State educational agency shall award
subgrants to local educational agencies within the State based
on the degree of need set forth in their respective applications
submitted under subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 5595. CAPITAL EXPENSES DEFINED.
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘capital expenses’ means—
‘‘(1) expenditures for noninstructional goods and services,
such as the purchase, lease, or renovation of real and personal
property, including mobile educational units and leasing of
neutral sites or spaces;
‘‘(2) insurance and maintenance costs;
‘‘(3) transportation; and
‘‘(4) other comparable goods and services.
‘‘SEC. 5596. TERMINATION.
‘‘The authority provided by this subpart terminates effective
October 1, 2003.
‘‘Subpart 20—Additional Assistance for Certain
Local Educational Agencies Impacted by Fed-
eral Property Acquisition
‘‘SEC. 5601. RESERVATION.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to provide additional assistance
to meet special circumstances relating to the provision of education
in local educational agencies eligible to receive assistance under
section 8002.
‘‘SEC. 5602. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘A local educational agency is eligible to receive additional
assistance under this subpart only if such agency—
‘‘(1) received a payment under both section 8002 and section
8003(b) for fiscal year 1996 and is eligible to receive payments
under those sections for the year of application;
‘‘(2) provided a free public education to children described
under subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of section 8003(a)(1);
‘‘(3) had a military installation located within the
geographic boundaries of the local educational agency that was
closed as a result of base closure or realignment and, at the
time at which the agency is applying for a payment under
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this subpart, the agency does not have a military installation
located within its geographic boundaries;
‘‘(4) remains responsible for the free public education of
children residing in housing located on Federal property within
the boundaries of the closed military installation but whose
parents are on active duty in the uniformed services and
assigned to a military activity located within the boundaries
of an adjoining local educational agency; and
‘‘(5) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that
such agency’s per-pupil revenue derived from local sources for
current expenditures is not less than that revenue for the
preceding fiscal year.
‘‘SEC. 5603. MAXIMUM AMOUNT.
‘‘(a) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The maximum amount that a local
educational agency is eligible to receive under this subpart for
any fiscal year, when combined with its payment under section
8002(b), shall not be more than 50 percent of the maximum amount
determined under section 8002(b).
‘‘(b) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If funds appropriated under section
5401 are insufficient to pay the amount determined under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall ratably reduce the payment to each
local educational agency eligible under this subpart.
‘‘(c) EXCESS FUNDS.—If funds appropriated under section 5401
are in excess of the amount determined under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall ratably distribute any excess funds to all local
educational agencies eligible for payment under section 8002(b).
‘‘Subpart 21—Women’s Educational Equity Act
‘‘SEC. 5611. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subpart may be cited as the ‘Women’s
Educational Equity Act of 2001’.
‘‘(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) since the enactment of title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972, women and girls have made strides in edu-
cational achievement and in their ability to avail themselves
of educational opportunities;
‘‘(2) because of funding provided under the Women’s Edu-
cational Equity Act of 2001, more curricula, training, and other
educational materials concerning educational equity for women
and girls are available for national dissemination;
‘‘(3) teaching and learning practices in the United States
are frequently inequitable as such practices relate to women
and girls, for example—
‘‘(A) sexual harassment, particularly that experienced
by girls, undermines the ability of schools to provide a
safe and equitable learning or workplace environment;
‘‘(B) classroom textbooks and other educational mate-
rials do not sufficiently reflect the experiences, achieve-
ments, or concerns of women and, in most cases, are not
written by women or persons of color;
‘‘(C) girls do not take as many mathematics and science
courses as boys, girls lose confidence in their mathematics
and science ability as girls move through adolescence, and
there are few women role models in the sciences; and