received funds under this subpart for 
planning, program design, or imple-
mentation,’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) STATE DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(i) GENERAL RULE.—A State edu-
cational agency or authorized public char-
tering agency may use funds authorized to 
be reserved for dissemination activities 
under paragraph (3) to make subgrants 
for dissemination activities, described in 
subparagraph (B), for charter schools de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), to— 
‘‘(I) eligible applicants; or 
‘‘(II) 
non-profit 
organizations 
that have demonstrated knowledge of, 
and experience with, the activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL
RULE.—A State edu-
cational agency may also use funds author-
ized to be reserved for dissemination under 
paragraph (3) to make a subgrant, for dis-
semination activities described in subpara-
graph (B), to an authorized public char-
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tering agency that does not receive a direct 
grant from the Secretary under section 
5202.’’. 
(e) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 5205 of that 
Act (20 U.S.C. 7221d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting after 
‘‘State educational agencies’’ the following: ‘‘or 
authorized public chartering agencies’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(E) by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, au-
thorized public chartering agencies, and charter 
support organizations’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (5) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(6) To provide technical assistance to charter 
schools on how to meet the requirements of part B 
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking ‘‘sub-
section’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart, the Sec-
retary may’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, a State 
shall— 
‘‘(i) establish or enhance, and admin-
ister, a per-pupil facilities aid program for 
charter schools in the State, that is speci-
fied in State law and provides annual fi-
nancing, on a per-pupil basis, for charter 
school facilities; or 
‘‘(ii) provide funding for operations, 
capital costs, and interest for charter 
schools in the State in an amount that, on 
a per-pupil basis, is commensurate with 
what it provides for those costs to public 
elementary and secondary schools in the 
State.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘(A), (B), 
and (C) of paragraph (3), of section 5202(e)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(A) through (G) of paragraph 
(3), of section 5202(d)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry 
out evaluations of, technical assistance for, and in-
formation dissemination regarding, the per-pupil fa-
cilities aid programs. In carrying out the evalua-
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tions, the Secretary may carry out one or more eval-
uations of State programs assisted under this sub-
section, which shall, at a minimum, address— 
‘‘(A) how, and the extent to which, the 
programs promote educational equity and excel-
lence; and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which charter schools 
supported through the programs are— 
‘‘(i) held accountable to the public; 
‘‘(ii) effective in improving public edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(iii) open and accessible to all stu-
dents.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may reserve 
not more than 7 percent of the funds appropriated 
under section 5211 for any fiscal year to make 
grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational 
agencies, authorized public chartering agencies, local 
educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, or a 
consortium of charter schools, in any combination, 
for multi-State dissemination activities designed to 
increase the number of high-quality charter schools 
nationally by carrying out such activities as— 
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