‘‘(4) shall collaborate with business, govern-
ment, and the nonprofit sectors in the development 
and implementation of its sustainability plan. 
‘‘SEC. 773. USE OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) 
INDIVIDUAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Grants 
made 
under section 771 may be used by an eligible entity that 
is an individual institution of higher education for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
‘‘(1) To develop and implement administrative 
and operations practices at institutions of higher 
education that test, model, and analyze principles of 
sustainability. 
‘‘(2) To establish multidisciplinary education, 
research, and outreach programs at institutions of 
higher education that address the environmental, so-
cial, and economic dimensions of sustainability. 
‘‘(3) To support research and teaching initia-
tives that focus on multidisciplinary and integrated 
environmental, economic, and social elements. 
‘‘(4) To establish initiatives in the areas of en-
ergy management, green building, waste manage-
ment, purchasing, toxics management, transpor-
tation, and other aspects of sustainability. 
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‘‘(5) To support student, faculty, and staff 
work at institutions of higher education to imple-
ment, research, and evaluate sustainable practices. 
‘‘(6) To establish sustainability literacy as a re-
quirement for undergraduate and graduate degree 
programs. 
‘‘(7) To integrate sustainability curriculum in 
all programs of instruction, particularly in business, 
architecture, technology, manufacturing, engineer-
ing, and science programs. 
‘‘(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—Grants made under section 
771 may be used by an eligible entity that is a non-profit 
consortia, association, alliance, or collaboration operating 
as a partnership with one or more institutions of higher 
education for the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) To conduct faculty, staff and/or adminis-
trator training on the subjects of sustainability and 
institutional change. 
‘‘(2) To compile, evaluate and disseminate best 
practices, case studies, guidelines and standards. 
‘‘(3) To conduct efforts to engage external 
stakeholders such as business, alumni, and accred-
iting agencies in the process of building support for 
research, education and technology development for 
sustainability. 
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‘‘(4) To conduct professional development pro-
grams for faculty in all disciplines to enable faculty 
to incorporate sustainability content in their courses. 
‘‘(5) To enable an appropriate non-profit con-
sortia, association, alliance, or collaboration oper-
ating in partnership with an institution of higher 
education to create the analytical tools necessary for 
institutions of higher education to assess and meas-
ure their individual progress toward fully sustainable 
campus operations and fully integrating sustain-
ability into the curriculum. 
‘‘(6) To develop educational benchmarks for in-
stitutions of higher education to determine the nec-
essary rigor and effectiveness of academic sustain-
ability programs. 
‘‘SEC. 774. REPORTS. 
‘‘An eligible entity that receives a grant under section 
771(a) shall submit to the Secretary, for each fiscal year 
in which the entity receives amounts from such grant, a 
report that describes the work conducted pursuant to sec-
tion 773, research findings and publications, administra-
tive savings experienced, and an evaluation of the pro-
gram. 
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‘‘SEC. 775. ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘The Secretary may not make grants under section 
771(a) to any eligible entity in a total amount that is less 
than $250,000 or more than $2,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 776. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 771(a), $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘Subpart 2—Summit on Sustainability 
‘‘SEC. 781. SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY. 
‘‘Not later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary 
of Education shall convene a summit of higher education 
experts working in the area of sustainable operations and 
programs, representatives from agencies of the Federal 
Government, and business and industry leaders to focus 
on efforts of national distinction that— 
‘‘(1) encourage faculty, staff, and students at 
institutions of higher education to establish adminis-
trative and academic sustainability programs on 
campus; 
‘‘(2) enhance research by faculty and students 
at institutions of higher education in sustainability 
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practices and innovations that assist and improve 
sustainability; 
‘‘(3) encourage institutions of higher education 
to work with community partners from the business, 
government, and nonprofit sectors to design and im-
plement sustainability programs for application in 
the community and workplace; 
‘‘(4) identify opportunities for partnerships in-
volving institutions of higher education and the Fed-
eral Government to expand sustainable operations 
and academic programs focused on environmental 
and economic sustainability; and 
‘‘(5) charge the summit participants or steering 
committee to submit a set of recommendations for 
addressing sustainability through institutions of 
higher education.’’. 
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