achieve the purposes for which the subgrants are 
made. 
(2) 
SUPPLEMENTING
GRANT
FUNDS.—The 
State educational agency shall encourage local edu-
cational agencies that receive subgrants under this 
section to supplement their subgrant funds with 
funds from other sources in order to implement their 
plans. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—A State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds made available under this section for one or more 
of the following: 
(1) To evaluate compliance by local educational 
agencies with the requirements of this section. 
(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 planning and designing healthy, high-performance 
school buildings. 
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(5) To collect and monitor information per-
taining to healthy, high-performance school building 
projects. 
(e) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 
that receives a subgrant under this section shall use 
the subgrant funds to plan and prepare for healthy, 
high-performance school building projects that— 
(A) reduce energy use to at least 30 per-
cent below that of a school constructed in com-
pliance with standards prescribed in chapter 8 
of the 2000 International Energy Conservation 
Code, or a similar State code intended to 
achieve substantially equivalent results; 
(B) meet Federal and State health and 
safety codes; and 
(C) support healthful, energy efficient, and 
environmentally sound practices. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agen-
cy that receives a subgrant under this section shall 
use funds for one or more of the following: 
(A) 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 
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schools to meet the guidelines set out in para-
graph (1). 
(B) To produce a comprehensive analysis 
of building strategies, designs, materials, and 
equipment that— 
(i) are cost effective, produce greater 
energy efficiency, and enhance indoor air 
quality; and 
(ii) can be used when conducting 
school construction and renovation or pur-
chasing materials and equipment. 
(C) To obtain research and provide tech-
nical services and assistance in planning and 
designing 
healthy, 
high-performance 
school 
buildings, including developing a timeline for 
implementation of such plans. 
(f) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting 
through the National Institute of Building Sciences, shall 
provide information and assistance to local educational 
agencies on sustainable design. The information and as-
sistance shall include— 
(1) information on how benefits of sustainable 
design can benefit life cycle costs to all school dis-
tricts at no cost to school districts; and 
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(2) assistance on how to create curriculum for 
environmental science classes to study local effects 
of sustainable design. 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator shall 
conduct a biennial review of State actions implementing 
this section and carrying out the plans developed under 
this section through State and local funding, and shall 
submit a report to Congress on the results of such reviews. 
(h) LIMITATIONS.—No funds received under this sec-
tion may be used for any of the following: 
(1) Payment of maintenance of costs in connec-
tion with any projects constructed in whole or in 
part with Federal funds provided under this section. 
(2) Construction, renovation, or repair of school 
facilities. 
(3) Construction, renovation, repair, or acquisi-
tion 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. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘healthy, high-performance school 
building’’ means a school building in which the de-
sign, construction, operation, and maintenance— 
(A) use energy-efficient and affordable 
practices and materials; 
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(B) are cost-effective; 
(C) enhance indoor air quality; and 
(D) protect and conserve water. 
(2) The terms ‘‘local educational agency’’ and 
‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(j) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Subpart 18 (20 U.S.C. 
7277 et seq.) of part D of title V of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 is repealed. 
SEC. 11. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall establish a 
program to make loan guarantees available to public insti-
tutions of higher education in a State for the construction 
or renovation of permanent buildings that meet the stand-
ards established under section 8(a). 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish the qualifications necessary for an institution to 
be eligible for a loan guarantee under this section, includ-
ing qualifications to protect the financial interests of the 
Federal Government. 
(c) APPROVAL.—The Administrator shall approve or 
disapprove an application for a loan guarantee under this 
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