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‘‘(b) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may assist
grant recipients under section 3203 in acquiring satellite
time, where appropriate, as economically as possible.
‘‘SEC. 3208. OTHER ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) SPECIAL STATEWIDE NETWORK.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the
Office of Educational Technology, may provide assist-
ance to a statewide telecommunications network
under this subsection if such network—
‘‘(A) provides 2-way full motion interactive
video and audio communications;
‘‘(B) links together public colleges and uni-
versities and secondary schools throughout the
State; and
‘‘(C) meets any other requirements deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) STATE
CONTRIBUTION.—A statewide tele-
communications network assisted under paragraph
(1) shall contribute, either directly or through private
contributions, non-Federal funds equal to not less
than 50 percent of the cost of such network.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL LOCAL NETWORK.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide
assistance, on a competitive basis, to a local edu-
cational agency or consortium thereof to enable such
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agency or consortium to establish a high technology
demonstration program.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—A high tech-
nology demonstration program assisted under para-
graph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) include 2-way full motion interactive
video, audio and text communications;
‘‘(B) link together elementary and second-
ary schools, colleges, and universities;
‘‘(C) provide parent participation and fam-
ily programs;
‘‘(D) include a staff development program;
and
‘‘(E) have a significant contribution and
participation from business and industry.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Each high technology dem-
onstration program assisted under paragraph (1)
shall be of sufficient size and scope to have an effect
on meeting the National Education Goals.
‘‘(4) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—A local edu-
cational agency or consortium receiving a grant
under paragraph (1) shall provide, either directly or
through private contributions, non-Federal matching
funds equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount
of the grant.
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‘‘(c) TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS FOR CONTINU-
ING EDUCATION.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized
to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
telecommunications partnerships to enable such part-
nerships to develop and operate one or more programs
which provide on-line access to educational resources
in support of continuing education and curriculum
requirements relevant to achieving a secondary school
diploma or its equivalent. The program authorized by
this section shall be designed to advance adult lit-
eracy, secondary school completion and the acquisi-
tion of specified competency by the end of the 12th
grade, as envisioned by the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Each eligible telecommuni-
cations partnership desiring a grant under this sec-
tion shall submit an application to the Secretary.
Each such application shall—
‘‘(A) demonstrate that the applicant will
use publicly funded or free public telecommuni-
cations infrastructure to deliver video, voice and
data in an integrated service to support and as-
sist in the acquisition of a secondary school di-
ploma or its equivalent;
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‘‘(B) assure that the content of the materials
to be delivered is consistent with the accredita-
tion requirements of the State for which such
materials are used;
‘‘(C) incorporate, to the extent feasible, ma-
terials developed in the Federal departments and
agencies and under appropriate federally funded
projects and programs;
‘‘(D) assure that the applicant has the tech-
nological and substantive experience to carry out
the program; and
‘‘(E) contain such additional assurances as
the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘SEC. 3209. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘educational institution’ means an
institution of higher education, a local educational
agency, or a State educational agency;
‘‘(2) the term ‘instructional programming’
means courses of instruction, training courses, and
resources used in such instruction and training,
which have been prepared in audio and visual form
on tape, disc, film, live, and presented by means of
telecommunications devices;
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‘‘(3) the term ‘public broadcasting entity’ has the
same meaning given that term by section 397 of the
Communications Act of 1934; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘State’ means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
‘‘PART C—READY-TO-LEARN TELEVISION
‘‘SEC. 3301. READY-TO-LEARN.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants with
entities described in section 3302(b) to develop, produce,
and distribute educational and instructional video pro-
gramming for preschool and elementary school children and
their parents in order to facilitate the achievement of the
National Education Goals.
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—In making such contracts, coop-
erative agreements, or grants, the Secretary shall ensure
that recipients make programming widely available with
support materials as appropriate to young children, their
parents, child care workers, and Head Start providers to
increase the effective use of such programming.
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‘‘SEC. 3302. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
‘‘(a) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall award contracts,
cooperative agreements, or grants to eligible entities to—
‘‘(1) facilitate the development directly or
through contracts with producers of children and fam-
ily educational television programming, educational
programming for preschool and elementary school
children, and accompanying support materials and
services that promote the effective use of such pro-
gramming; and
‘‘(2) contract with entities (such as public broad-
casting entities and those funded under the Star
Schools Act) in order that programs developed under
this section are disseminated and distributed to the
widest possible audience appropriate to be served by
the programming by the most appropriate distribu-
tion technologies.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a
contract, cooperative agreement, or grant under subsection
(a), an entity shall be—
‘‘(1) a nonprofit entity (including a public tele-
communications entity) able to demonstrate a capac-
ity for the development and distribution of edu-
cational and instructional television programming of
high quality for preschool and elementary school chil-
dren; and
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‘‘(2) able to demonstrate a capacity to contract
with the producers of children’s television program-
ming for the purpose of developing educational tele-
vision programming of high quality for preschool and
elementary school children.
‘‘(c) CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.—Programming devel-
oped under this section shall reflect the recognition of di-
verse cultural experiences and the needs and experiences of
both boys and girls in engaging and preparing young chil-
dren for schooling.
‘‘SEC. 3303. DUTIES OF SECRETARY.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized—
‘‘(1) to establish and administer a Special
Projects of National Significance program to award
contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants to public
and nonprofit private entities, or local public tele-
vision stations or such public television stations that
are part of a consortium with one or more State edu-
cational agencies, local educational agencies, local
schools, institutions of higher education, or commu-
nity-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness,
for the purpose of—
‘‘(A) addressing the learning needs of young
children in limited-English proficient households,
and developing appropriate educational and in-
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structional television programming to foster the
school readiness of such children;
‘‘(B) developing programming and support
materials to increase family literacy skills
among parents to assist parents in teaching their
children and utilizing educational television pro-
gramming to promote school readiness; and
‘‘(C) identifying, supporting, and enhanc-
ing the effective use and outreach of innovative
programs that promote school readiness;
‘‘(2) to establish within the Department a clear-
inghouse to compile and provide information, refer-
rals and model program materials and programming
obtained or developed under this part to parents,
child care providers, and other appropriate individ-
uals or entities to assist such individuals and entities
in accessing programs and projects under this part;
and
‘‘(3) to develop and disseminate training mate-
rials, including—
‘‘(A) interactive programs and programs
adaptable to distance learning technologies that
are designed to enhance knowledge of children’s
social and cognitive skill development and posi-
tive adult-child interactions; and
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‘‘(B) support materials to promote the effec-
tive use of materials developed under paragraph
(2);
among parents, Head Start providers, in-home and
center based day care providers, early childhood devel-
opment personnel, and elementary school teachers,
public libraries, and after school program personnel
caring for preschool and elementary school children;
‘‘(4) coordinate activities with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services in order to—
‘‘(A) maximize the utilization of quality
educational programming by preschool and ele-
mentary school children, and make such pro-
gramming widely available to federally funded
programs serving such populations; and
‘‘(B) provide information to recipients of
funds under Federal programs that have major
training components for early childhood develop-
ment, including Head Start, Even Start, and
State training activities funded under the Child
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 re-
garding the availability and utilization of mate-
rials developed under paragraph (3) to enhance
parent and child care provider skills in early
childhood development and education.
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‘‘SEC. 3304. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘Each eligible entity desiring a contract, cooperative
agreement, or grant under section 3301 or 3303 shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary may reasonably require.
‘‘SEC. 3305. REPORTS AND EVALUATION.
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO SECRETARY.—An entity re-
ceiving funds under section 3301 shall prepare and submit
to the Secretary an annual report which contains such in-
formation as the Secretary may require. At a minimum,
the report shall describe the program activities undertaken
with funds received under this section, including—
‘‘(1) the programming that has been developed
directly or indirectly by the entity, and the target
population of the programs developed;
‘‘(2) the support materials that have been devel-
oped to accompany the programming, and the method
by which such materials are distributed to consumers
and users of the programming;
‘‘(3) the means by which programming developed
under this section has been distributed, including the
distance learning technologies that have been utilized
to make programming available and the geographic
distribution achieved through such technologies; and
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‘‘(4) the initiatives undertaken by the entity to
develop public-private partnerships to secure non-Fed-
eral support for the development and distribution and
broadcast of educational and instructional program-
ming.
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to the relevant committees of Congress a
biannual report which includes—
‘‘(1) a summary of the information made avail-
able under section 3302(a); and
‘‘(2) a description of the training materials
made available under section 3303(3), the manner in
which outreach has been conducted to inform parents
and child care providers of the availability of such
materials, and the manner in which such materials
have been distributed in accordance with such section.
‘‘SEC. 3306. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
‘‘With respect to the implementation of section 3302,
entities receiving a contract, cooperative agreement, or
grant from the Secretary may use not more than 5 percent
of the amounts received under such section for the normal
and customary expenses of administering the contract, co-
operative agreement, or grant.
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‘‘SEC. 3307. DEFINITION.
‘‘For the purposes of this part, the term ‘distance
learning’ means the transmission of educational or instruc-
tional programming to geographically dispersed individ-
uals and groups via telecommunications.
‘‘SEC. 3308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this part, $30,000,000 for fiscal year
1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
4 succeeding fiscal years. Not less than 60 percent of the
amounts appropriated under this subsection for each fiscal
year shall be used to carry out section 3302.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL PROJECTS.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (1) for each fiscal year, at least
10 percent of such amount shall be utilized in each such
fiscal year for activities under section 3303(1)(C).
‘‘PART D—ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS AND
SCIENCE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 3401. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Elementary Mathe-
matics and Science Equipment Act’.
‘‘SEC. 3402. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this part to raise the quality of
instruction in mathematics and science in the Nation’s ele-
mentary schools by providing equipment and materials nec-
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essary for hands-on instruction through assistance to State
and local educational agencies.
‘‘SEC. 3403. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to make allotments to
State educational agencies under section 3404 to enable
such agencies to award grants to local educational agencies
for the purpose of providing equipment and materials to
elementary schools to improve mathematics and science edu-
cation in such schools.
‘‘SEC. 3404. ALLOTMENTS OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appropriated
under section 3410 for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall
reserve—
‘‘(1) not more than one-half of 1 percent for al-
lotment among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic
of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Mi-
cronesia, and Palau according to their respective
needs for assistance under this part; and
‘‘(2) one-half of 1 percent for programs for In-
dian students served by schools funded by the Sec-
retary of the Interior which are consistent with the
purposes of this part.
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The remainder of the
amount so appropriated (after meeting requirements
in subsection (a)) shall be allotted among State edu-
cational agencies so that—
‘‘(A) one-half of such remainder shall be
distributed by allotting to each State educational
agency an amount which bears the same ratio to
such one-half of such remainder as the number of
children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, in the State
bears to the number of such children in all
States; and
‘‘(B) one-half of such remainder shall be
distributed according to each State’s share of al-
locations under part A of title I.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), no State educational agency shall receive
an allotment under this subsection for any fiscal year
in an amount that is—
‘‘(A) less than one-half of 1 percent of the
amount made available under this subsection for
such fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) less than the amount allotted to such
State for fiscal year 1988 under title II of the
Education for Economic Security Act.
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‘‘(3) RATABLE REDUCTIONS.—(A) If the sums
made available under this part for any fiscal year are
insufficient to pay the full amounts that all State
educational agencies are eligible to receive under
paragraph (2)(B) for such year, the Secretary shall
ratably reduce the allotment to such agencies for such
year.
‘‘(B) If additional funds become available for
making payments under paragraph (2)(B) for such
fiscal year, allotments that were reduced under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be increased on the same basis as
such allotments were reduced.
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—The amount
of any State educational agency’s allotment under sub-
section (b) for any fiscal year to carry out this part which
the Secretary determines will not be required for that fiscal
year to carry out this part shall be available for reallotment
from time to time, on such dates during that year as the
Secretary may determine, to other State educational agen-
cies in proportion to the original allotments to those State
educational agencies under subsection (b) for that year but
with such proportionate amount for any of those other State
educational agencies being reduced to the extent it exceeds
the sum the Secretary estimates that the State educational
agency needs and will be able to use for that year, and the
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total of those reductions shall be similarly reallotted among
the State educational agencies whose proportionate amounts
were not so reduced. Any amounts reallotted to a State edu-
cational agency under this subsection during a year shall
be deemed a part of the State educational agency’s allot-
ment under subsection (b) for that year.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this part the
term ‘State’ means each of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
‘‘(e) DATA.—The number of children aged 5 to 17, in-
clusive, in the State and in all States shall be determined
by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfactory
data available to the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 3405. STATE APPLICATION.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Each State educational agency
desiring to receive an allotment under this part shall file
an application with the Secretary which covers a period
of 5 fiscal years. Such application shall be filed at such
time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by
such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application
described in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) provide assurances that—
‘‘(A) the State educational agency shall use
the allotment provided under this part to award
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grants to local educational agencies within the
State to enable such local educational agencies to
provide assistance to schools served by such agen-
cy to carry out the purpose of this part;
‘‘(B) the State educational agency will pro-
vide such fiscal control and funds accounting as
the Secretary may require;
‘‘(C) every public elementary school in the
State is eligible to receive assistance under this
part once over the 5-year duration of the pro-
gram assisted under this part;
‘‘(D) funds provided under this part will
supplement, not supplant, State and local funds
made available for activities authorized under
this part;
‘‘(E) during the 5-year period described in
the application, the State educational agency
will evaluate its standards and programs for
teacher preparation and inservice professional
development for elementary mathematics and
science;
‘‘(F) the State educational agency will take
into account the needs for greater access to and
participation in mathematics and science by stu-
dents 
and 
teachers 
from 
historically
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underrepresented groups, including females, mi-
norities, individuals with limited-English pro-
ficiency, the economically disadvantaged, and in-
dividuals with disabilities; and
‘‘(G) that the needs of teachers and students
in areas with high concentrations of low-income
students and sparsely populated areas will be
given priority in awarding assistance under this
part;
‘‘(2) provide, if appropriate, a description of
how funds paid under this part will be coordinated
with State and local funds and other Federal re-
sources, particularly with respect to programs for the
professional development and inservice training of el-
ementary school teachers in science and mathematics;
and
‘‘(3) describe procedures—
‘‘(A) for submitting applications for pro-
grams described in section 3406 for distribution
of assistance under this part within the State;
and
‘‘(B) for approval of applications by the
State educational agency, including appropriate
procedures to assure that such agency will not
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disapprove an application without notice and
opportunity for a hearing.
‘‘(c) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of the funds allotted to each State educational agency
under this part shall be used for the administrative costs
of such agency associated with carrying out the program
assisted under this part.
‘‘SEC. 3406. LOCAL APPLICATION.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency that
desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit an
application to the State educational agency. Each such ap-
plication shall contain assurances that each school served
by the local educational agency shall be eligible for assist-
ance under this part only once.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each application
described in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) describe how the local educational agency
plans to set priorities on the use and distribution
among schools of grant funds received under this part
to meet the purpose of this part;
‘‘(2) include assurances that the local edu-
cational agency has made every effort to match on a
dollar-for-dollar basis from private or public sources
the funds received under this part, except that no such
application shall be penalized or denied assistance
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under this part based on failure to provide such
matching funds;
‘‘(3) describe, if applicable, how funds under this
part will be coordinated with State, local, and other
Federal resources, especially with respect to programs
for the professional development and inservice train-
ing of elementary school teachers in science and math-
ematics; and
‘‘(4) describe the process which will be used to
determine different levels of assistance to be awarded
to schools with different needs.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this part,
the State educational agency shall give priority to applica-
tions that—
‘‘(1) assign highest priority to providing assist-
ance to schools which—
‘‘(A) are most seriously underequipped; or
‘‘(B) serve large numbers or percentages of
economically disadvantaged students;
‘‘(2) 
are 
attentive 
to 
the 
needs 
of
underrepresented groups in science and mathematics;
‘‘(3) demonstrate how science and mathematics
equipment will be part of a comprehensive plan of
curriculum planning or implementation and teacher
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training supporting hands-on laboratory activities;
and
‘‘(4) assign priority to providing equipment and
materials for students in grades 1 through 6.
‘‘SEC. 3407. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—Each State educational agency
receiving an allotment under this part shall—
‘‘(1) disseminate information to school districts
and schools, including private nonprofit elementary
schools, regarding the program assisted under this
part;
‘‘(2) evaluate applications of local educational
agencies;
‘‘(3) award grants to local educational agencies
based on the priorities described in section 3406(c);
and
‘‘(4) evaluate local educational agencies’ end-of-
year summaries and submit such evaluation to the
Secretary.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), grant funds and matching funds under
this part only shall be used to purchase science equip-
ment, science materials, or mathematical manipula-
tive materials and shall not be used for computers,
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computer peripherals, software, textbooks, or staff de-
velopment costs.
‘‘(2) CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.—Grant funds
under this part may not be used for capital improve-
ments. Not more than 50 percent of any matching
funds provided by the local educational agency may
be used for capital improvements of classroom science
facilities to support the hands-on instruction that this
part is intended to support, such as the installation
of electrical outlets, plumbing, lab tables or counters,
or ventilation mechanisms.
‘‘SEC. 3408. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVALUATION PRO-
CEDURES.—The Secretary shall provide technical assist-
ance and, in consultation with State and local representa-
tives of the program assisted under this part, shall develop
procedures for State and local evaluations of the programs
assisted under this part.
‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to the Con-
gress each year on the program assisted under this part in
accordance with section 10701.
‘‘SEC. 3409. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000
for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary
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for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this
part.
‘‘PART E—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA RESOURCES PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 3501. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary shall award grants or make allocations
for the acquisition of school library media resources for the
use of students, library media specialists, and teachers in
elementary and secondary schools in accordance with this
part.
‘‘SEC. 3502. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appropriated to
carry out part A in each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
make available at least 10 percent but not more than 20
percent of such amount to make awards in accordance with
subsection (b) to States having a plan approved under sec-
tion 3503.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—
‘‘(1) 
AMOUNTS
BELOW
$50,000,000.—If 
the
amount made available under subsection (a) for a fis-
cal year is less than $50,000,000, then the Secretary
shall award grants to States, on a competitive basis,
taking into account such factors as age and condition
of existing school library media collections and the
relative economic need of the students to be served.
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‘‘(2) AMOUNTS
EQUAL
TO
OR
EXCEEDING
$50,000,000.—If the amount made available under sub-
section (a) for a fiscal year equals or exceeds
$50,000,000, then the Secretary shall allocate to each
State an amount which bears the same relationship to
such amount as the amount such State received under
title II for such year bears to the amount all States
received under such title for such year.
‘‘SEC. 3503. STATE PLANS.
‘‘In order for a State to receive a grant or an alloca-
tion of funds under this part for any fiscal year, such State
shall have in effect for such fiscal year a State plan. Such
plan shall—
‘‘(1) designate the State educational agency as
the State agency responsible for the administration of
the program assisted under this part;
‘‘(2) set forth a program under which funds paid
to the State in accordance with section 3502 will be
expended solely for—
‘‘(A) acquisition of school library media re-
sources, including books and foreign language re-
sources, for the use of students, school library
media specialists, and teachers in elementary
and secondary schools in the United States; and
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‘‘(B) administration of the State plan, in-
cluding development and revision of standards,
relating to school library media resources, except
that the amount used for administration of the
State plan in any fiscal year shall not exceed 3
percent of the amount available to such State
under section 3502 for such fiscal year; and
‘‘(3) set forth criteria to be used in allotting
funds for school library media resources among the
local educational agencies of the State, which allot-
ment shall take into consideration the relative need of
the students, school media specialists, and teachers to
be served.
‘‘SEC. 3504. DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOCATION TO LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES.
‘‘From the funds made available under section 3502
to a State in each fiscal year, such State shall distribute
not less than 97 percent of such funds for such year to local
educational agencies within such State on the same basis
as allocations are made available to States under section
2122.
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‘‘PART F—BUDDY SYSTEM COMPUTER
EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 3601. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Buddy System Com-
puter Education Act’.
‘‘SEC. 3602. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this part to award demonstration
grants to develop and expand public-private partnership
programs which extend the learning experience, via comput-
ers, beyond the classroom environment in order to—
‘‘(1) enhance learning by providing students
with the technological tools and guidance necessary to
develop skills critical to educational growth and suc-
cess in the workplace, including—
‘‘(A) mastery of fundamental computer
technology and applications;
‘‘(B) improved written and visual commu-
nication skills;
‘‘(C) improved critical thinking and prob-
lem solving abilities; and
‘‘(D) improved ability to work in a collabo-
rative, teamwork-driven environment;
‘‘(2) encourage parental involvement in edu-
cation and total family use and understanding of
computers and telecommunications through at-home
applications; and
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‘‘(3) establish foundations for lifelong learning
through improvement in education skills and student
motivation and attitudes.
‘‘SEC. 3603. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct
a program of awarding a grant to each of 3 States
to enable such States to create a computer-based edu-
cation project for children in grades 4 through 6 in
accordance with the requirements of section 3604.
‘‘(2) AWARD BASIS.—The Secretary shall award
grants under this part on a competitive basis.
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under
this part, the Secretary shall give preference to appli-
cations—
‘‘(A) from States that have a demonstrated
ability or commitment to computer-based tech-
nology education; and
‘‘(B) describing projects that serve school
districts which serve a large number or percent-
age of economically disadvantaged students.
‘‘(b) SITE SELECTION AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—Site selection and implementation of the computer-
based education projects assisted under this part shall take
place not later than 9 months after funds are appropriated
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to carry out this part pursuant to the authority of section
3608.
‘‘SEC. 3604. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘Each State receiving a grant to conduct a computer-
based education project under this part shall—
‘‘(1) provide a continuous 3-year computer-based
education project to 2 consecutive groups of 4th, 5th,
and 6th grade elementary school students during the
period commencing with each such group’s entry into
4th grade and ending the summer following each such
group’s completion of 6th grade;
‘‘(2) ensure that each student in each of the
classes participating in the project shall participate
in the project;
‘‘(3) conduct such project in not more than 7
public elementary schools within the State; and
‘‘(4) ensure that each student participating in
the project shall have access to a computer—
‘‘(A) at school during the school year; and
‘‘(B) at home during the school year and
summer.
‘‘SEC. 3605. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—In order to receive a
grant under this part, the State educational agency shall
submit an application to the Secretary in such form and
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containing such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require. Such application shall include an assurance
from the State educational agency that the State edu-
cational agency has made every effort to match on a dollar-
for-dollar basis from private or public sources the funds re-
ceived under this part, except that no such application shall
be penalized or denied assistance under this part on the
basis of the failure to provide such matching funds.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION PERIOD.—States shall be eligible to
submit applications for assistance under this part during
a 3-month period determined by the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 3606. USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘Grant funds under this part shall be used to provide
hardware and software components to all sites, and train-
ing for classroom teachers as well as parents, administra-
tors and technical personnel.
‘‘SEC. 3607. EVALUATION.
‘‘The Secretary shall evaluate the demonstration pro-
gram assisted under this part and shall report to the Con-
gress regarding the overall effectiveness of such program.
‘‘SEC. 3608. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000
for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this
part.
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‘‘TITLE IV—MAGNET SCHOOLS
ASSISTANCE
‘‘SEC. 4101. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) magnet schools are a significant part of our
Nation’s effort to achieve voluntary desegregation in
our Nation’s schools;
‘‘(2) the use of magnet schools has increased dra-
matically since the date of enactment of the Magnet
Schools Assistance program, with approximately
1,400,000 students nationwide now attending such
schools, of which more than 60 percent of the students
are nonwhite;
‘‘(3) magnet schools offer a wide range of distinc-
tive programs that have served as models for school
improvement efforts;
‘‘(4) in administering the Magnet Schools Assist-
ance program, the Federal Government has learned
that—
‘‘(A) where magnet programs are imple-
mented for only a portion of a school’s student
body, special efforts must be made to discourage
the isolation of—
‘‘(i) magnet students from other stu-
dents in the school; and
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‘‘(ii) students by racial characteristics;
‘‘(B) school districts can maximize their ef-
fectiveness in achieving the purposes of the Mag-
net Schools Assistance program if such districts
have more flexibility in the administration of
such program in order to serve students attend-
ing a school who are not enrolled in the magnet
school program;
‘‘(C) school districts must be creative in de-
signing magnet schools for students at all aca-
demic levels, so that school districts do not skim
off only the highest achieving students to attend
the magnet schools;
‘‘(D) consistent with desegregation guide-
lines, school districts must seek to enable partici-
pation in magnet school programs by students
who reside in the neighborhoods where the pro-
grams operate; and
‘‘(E) in order to ensure that magnet schools
are sustained after Federal funding ends, the
Federal Government must assist school districts
to improve their capacity to continue to operate
magnet schools at a high level of performance;
‘‘(5) it is in the best interest of the Federal Gov-
ernment to—
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‘‘(A) continue the Federal Government’s
support of school districts implementing court-
ordered desegregation plans and school districts
seeking to foster meaningful interaction among
students of different racial and ethnic back-
grounds, beginning at the earliest stage of such
students’ education;
‘‘(B) ensure that all students have equitable
access to quality education that will prepare
such students to function well in a culturally di-
verse, technologically oriented, and highly com-
petitive, global community; and
‘‘(C) maximize the ability of school districts
to plan, develop, implement and continue effec-
tive and innovative magnet schools that contrib-
ute to State and local systemic reform.
‘‘SEC. 4102. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this title is to assist in the desegrega-
tion of school districts by providing financial assistance to
eligible local educational agencies for—
‘‘(1) the elimination, reduction, or prevention of
minority group isolation in elementary and second-
ary schools with substantial proportions of minority
students;
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‘‘(2) the development and implementation of
magnet school projects that will assist local edu-
cational agencies in achieving systemic reforms and
providing all students the opportunity to meet chal-
lenging State content standards and challenging State
student performance standards;
‘‘(3) the development and design of innovative
educational methods and practices; and
‘‘(4) courses of instruction within magnet schools
that will substantially strengthen the knowledge of
academic subjects and the grasp of tangible and mar-
ketable vocational skills of students attending such
schools.
‘‘SEC. 4103. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘The Secretary, in accordance with this title, is au-
thorized to make grants to local educational agencies, and
consortia of such agencies where appropriate, to carry out
the purpose of this title for magnet schools that are—
‘‘(1) part of an approved desegregation plan;
and
‘‘(2) designed to bring students from different so-
cial, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds to-
gether.
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‘‘SEC. 4104. DEFINITION.
‘‘For the purpose of this title, the term ‘magnet school’
means a public school or public education center that offers
a special curriculum capable of attracting substantial num-
bers of students of different racial backgrounds.
‘‘SEC. 4105. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘A local educational agency, or consortium of such
agencies where appropriate, is eligible to receive assistance
under this title to carry out the purposes of this title if
such agency or consortium—
‘‘(1) is implementing a plan undertaken pursu-
ant to a final order issued by a court of the United
States, or a court of any State, or any other State
agency or official of competent jurisdiction, and that
requires the desegregation of minority-group-seg-
regated children or faculty in the elementary and sec-
ondary schools of such agency; or
‘‘(2) without having been required to do so, has
adopted and is implementing, or will, if assistance is
made available to such local educational agency or
consortium of such agencies under this part, adopt
and implement a plan that has been approved by the
Secretary as adequate under title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 for the desegregation of minority-
group-segregated children or faculty in such schools.
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‘‘SEC. 4106. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible local educational
agency or consortium of such agencies desiring to receive
assistance under this title shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing
such information and assurances as the Secretary may re-
quire.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION AND ASSURANCES.—Each such ap-
plication shall include—
‘‘(1) a description of—
‘‘(A) how assistance made available under
this title will be used to promote desegregation,
including how the proposed magnet school project
will increase interaction among students of dif-
ferent social, economic, ethnic, and racial back-
grounds;
‘‘(B) the manner and extent to which the
magnet school project seeks to increase student
achievement in the instructional area or areas
offered by the school;
‘‘(C) how an applicant will continue the
magnet school project after assistance under this
title may no longer be available, including, if
applicable, an explanation of why magnet
schools established or supported by the applicant
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with funds under this title cannot be continued
without the use of funds under this part;
‘‘(D) how funds under this title will be used
to implement services and activities that are con-
sistent with—
‘‘(i) the State plan described in section
1111; and
‘‘(ii) the local educational agency’s
plan described in section 1112; and
‘‘(E) the criteria to be used in selecting stu-
dents to attend the proposed magnet school
projects; and
‘‘(2) assurances that the applicant will—
‘‘(A) use funds under this title for the pur-
poses specified in section 4102;
‘‘(B) employ State certified or licensed
teachers in the courses of instruction assisted
under this title to teach or supervise others who
are teaching the subject matter of the courses of
instruction;
‘‘(C) not engage in discrimination based on
race, religion, color, national origin, sex, or dis-
ability in—
‘‘(i) the hiring, promotion, or assign-
ment of employees of the agency or other
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personnel for whom the agency has any ad-
ministrative responsibility;
‘‘(ii) the assignment of students to
schools, or to courses of instruction within
the school, of such agency, except to carry
out the approved plan; and
‘‘(iii) designing or operating extra-
curricular activities for students;
‘‘(D) carry out a high-quality education
program that will encourage greater parental de-
cisionmaking and involvement; and
‘‘(E) give students residing in the local at-
tendance area of the proposed magnet school
projects equitable consideration for places in
those projects.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—No application may be ap-
proved under this section unless the Assistant Secretary of
Education for Civil Rights determines that the assurances
described in subsection (b)(2)(C) will be met.
‘‘SEC. 4107. PRIORITY.
‘‘In approving applications under this title, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to applicants that—
‘‘(1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance,
based on the expense or difficulty of effectively carry-
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ing out an approved desegregation plan and the
projects for which assistance is sought;
‘‘(2) propose to carry out new magnet school
projects, or significantly revise existing magnet school
projects, which include revisions to enable a magnet
school to implement effective educational approaches
that are consistent with the State’s and the local edu-
cational agency’s State or local improvement plans, if
any;
‘‘(3) propose to select students to attend magnet
school projects on the basis of multiple criteria which
may include a lottery, rather than solely academic ex-
amination; and
‘‘(4) propose to draw on comprehensive commu-
nity involvement plans.
‘‘SEC. 4108. USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grant funds made available under
this title may be used by an eligible local educational agen-
cy or consortium of such agencies—
‘‘(1) for planning and promotional activities di-
rectly related to the development, expansion, continu-
ation, or enhancement of academic programs and
services offered at magnet schools;
‘‘(2) for the acquisition of books, materials, and
equipment, including computers and the maintenance
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and operation thereof, necessary for the conduct of
programs in magnet schools;
‘‘(3) for the payment of, or subsidization of the
compensation of, elementary and secondary school
teachers who are certified or licensed by the State,
and instructional staff, where applicable, and who are
necessary for the conduct of programs in magnet
schools; and
‘‘(4) with respect to a magnet school program of-
fered to less than the entire student population of a
school, for instructional activities that—
‘‘(A) are designed to make available the spe-
cial curriculum that is offered by the magnet
school project to students who are enrolled in the
school but who are not enrolled in the magnet
school program; and
‘‘(B) further the purposes of this title.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Grant funds under this title
may be used in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)
of subsection (a), only if the activities described in such
paragraphs are directly related to improving the students’
reading skills or knowledge of mathematics, science, history,
geography, English, foreign languages, art, or music, or to
improving vocational skills.
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‘‘SEC. 4109. PROHIBITIONS.
‘‘Grants under this title may not be used for transpor-
tation, or for any activity that does not augment academic
improvement.
‘‘SEC. 4110. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) DURATION OF AWARDS.—A grant under this title
shall be awarded for a period that shall not exceed four fis-
cal years.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PLANNING FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency
may expend for planning not more than 50 percent
of the funds received under this title for the first year
of the project, 25 percent of such funds for the second
such year, and 10 percent of such funds for the third
such year.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—A local educational agency
shall not expend funds under this title for planning
after the third year of a project assisted under this
title.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost
of any project assisted under this title shall not exceed
100 percent for the first and second years of the
project, 90 percent for the third such year, and 70
percent for the fourth or any subsequent such year in-
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cluding any year for which a grant is renewed pursu-
ant to a new grant competition under this title.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of the cost of any project assisted under this
title may be in cash or in kind, including planned
equipment or services, fairly valued, and may include
other Federal education funds.
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON GRANTS.—No local educational
agency or consortium receiving a grant under this section
shall receive more than $4,000,000 under this part in any
one fiscal year.
‘‘(e) AWARD REQUIREMENT.—To the extent prac-
ticable, for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants
to local educational agencies or consortia under this title
not later than June 30 of the applicable fiscal year.
‘‘SEC. 4111. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts reserved under sec-
tion 4112(d) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall award
grants to local educational agencies described in section
4105 to enable such agencies to conduct innovative pro-
grams that—
‘‘(1) carry out the purpose of this part; and
‘‘(2) involve strategies other than magnet schools,
such as neighborhood or community model schools—
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‘‘(A) organized around a special emphasis,
theme or concept; and
‘‘(B) involving extensive parent and com-
munity involvement.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Sections 4103, 4106, 4107, and
4108, shall not apply to grants awarded under subsection
(a).
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Each local educational agency
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information and assurances as the Sec-
retary may require.
‘‘SEC. 4112. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RES-
ERVATION.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of carrying
out this title, there are authorized to be appropriated
$120,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS TO AGEN-
CIES NOT PREVIOUSLY ASSISTED.—In any fiscal year for
which the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection (a)
exceeds $75,000,000, the Secretary shall give priority to
using such amounts in excess of $75,000,000 to award
grants to local educational agencies or consortia that did
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‘‘(d) INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall re-
serve not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated
under subsection (a) for each fiscal year to award grants
under section 4111.
‘‘TITLE V—BETTER SCHOOLS
FOR AMERICA
‘‘PART A—SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITIES
‘‘SEC. 5101. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds as follows:
‘‘(1) The seventh National Education Goal pro-
vides that by the year 2000, all schools in America
will be free of drugs and violence and the unauthor-
ized presence of firearms and alcohol, and offer a dis-
ciplined environment that is conducive to learning.
‘‘(2) The widespread use of alcohol and other
drugs among the Nation’s secondary school students,
and increasingly by students in elementary schools as
well, constitutes a grave threat to the physical and
mental well-being of such students, and significantly
impedes the learning process. For example, data show
that students who drink tend to receive lower grades
and are more likely to miss school because of illness
than students who do not drink.
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‘‘(3) Our Nation’s schools and communities are
increasingly plagued by violence and crime. Approxi-
mately 3,000,000 thefts and violent crimes occur in or
near our Nation’s schools every year, the equivalent of
more than 16,000 incidents per school day.
‘‘(4) Violence that is linked to prejudice and in-
tolerance victimizes entire communities leading to
more violence and discrimination.
‘‘(5) Violence and drug abuse have numerous
personal and societal roots, and character education
is an important component of any comprehensive
strategy to address the serious problems of violence
and drug abuse.
‘‘(6) The tragic consequences of violence and the
illegal use of alcohol and other drugs by students are
felt not only by students and their families, but by
such students’ communities and the Nation, which
can ill afford to lose such students’ skills, talents, and
vitality.
‘‘(7) Alcohol and tobacco are widely used by
young people. Such use can, and does, have adverse
consequences for young people, their families, commu-
nities, schools, and colleges. Drug prevention pro-
grams for youth that address only controlled drugs
send an erroneous message that alcohol and tobacco
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do not present significant problems, or that society is
willing to overlook their use. To be credible, messages
opposing illegal drug use by youth should address al-
cohol and tobacco as well.
‘‘(8) Every day approximately 3,000 children
start smoking. Thirty percent of all secondary school
seniors are smokers. Half of all new smokers begin
smoking before the age of 14, 90 percent of such smok-
ers begin before the age of 21, and the average age of
the first use of smokeless tobacco is under the age of
10. Use of tobacco products has been linked to serious
health problems. Drug education and prevention pro-
grams that include tobacco have been effective in re-
ducing teenage use of tobacco.
‘‘(9) Drug and violence prevention programs are
essential components of a comprehensive strategy to
promote school safety and to reduce the demand for
and use of drugs throughout the Nation. Schools and
local organizations in communities throughout the
Nation have a special responsibility to work together
to combat the growing epidemic of violence and illegal
drug use and should measure the success of their pro-
grams against clearly defined goals and objectives.
‘‘(10) Students must take greater responsibility
for their own well-being, health, and safety if schools
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and communities are to achieve the goals of providing
a safe, disciplined, and drug-free learning environ-
ment.
‘‘SEC. 5102. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this title is to support programs to
meet the seventh National Educational Goal by preventing
violence in and around schools and by strengthening pro-
grams that prevent the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and
other drugs, involve parents, and are coordinated with re-
lated Federal, State, and community efforts and resources,
through the provision of Federal assistance to—
‘‘(1) States for grants to local and intermediate
educational agencies and consortia to establish, oper-
ate, and improve local programs of school drug and
violence prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation
referral, and education in elementary and secondary
schools (including intermediate and junior high
schools);
‘‘(2) States for grants to, and contracts with,
community-based organizations and other public and
private nonprofit agencies and organizations for pro-
grams of drug and violence prevention, early inter-
vention, rehabilitation referral, and education for
school dropouts and other high-risk youth;
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‘‘(3) States for development, training, technical
assistance, and coordination activities;
‘‘(4) institutions of higher education to establish,
operate, expand, and improve programs of school
drug and violence prevention, education, and reha-
bilitation referral for students enrolled in colleges and
universities; and
‘‘(5) public and private nonprofit organizations
to conduct training, demonstrations, research, and
evaluation, and to provide supplementary services for
the prevention of drug use and violence among stu-
dents and youth.
‘‘SEC. 5103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $660,000,000
for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this
part, of which not more than 10 percent shall be available
in each fiscal year to carry out subpart 2.
‘‘Subpart 1—State Grants for Drug and Violence
Prevention Programs
‘‘SEC. 5111. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS.—From the amount made avail-
able to carry out this subpart for each fiscal year under
section 5103, the Secretary—
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‘‘(1) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for
grants under this subpart to Guam, American
Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and
Palau, to be allotted in accordance with the Sec-
retary’s determination of their respective needs;
‘‘(2) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for
the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs
under this part for Indian youth;
‘‘(3) shall reserve 0.2 percent of such amount for
programs for Native Hawaiians under section 5119;
and
‘‘(4) may reserve not more than $1,000,000 for
the national impact evaluation required by section
5118(a).
‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall, for each fiscal year, al-
locate among the States—
‘‘(A) one-half of the remainder not reserved
under subsection (a) according to the ratio be-
tween the school-aged population of each State
and the school-aged population of all the States;
and
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‘‘(B) one-half of such remainder according
to the ratio between the amount each State re-
ceived under section 1122 for the preceding year
(or, for fiscal year 1995 only, sections 1005 and
1006 of this Act as such sections were in exist-
ence on the day preceding the date of enactment
of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994)
and the sum of such amounts received by all the
States.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—For any fiscal year, no State
shall be allotted under this subsection an amount that
is less than one-half of 1 percent of the total amount
allotted to all the States under this subsection.
‘‘(3) REALLOTMENT.—The Secretary may reallot
any amount of any allotment to a State if the Sec-
retary determines that the State will be unable to use
such amount within two years of such allotment.
Such reallotments may be made by the Secretary in
the same manner as allotments are made under para-
graph (1).
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this sub-
section—
‘‘(A) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico; and
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‘‘(B) the term ‘local educational agency’ in-
cludes intermediate school districts and consor-
tia.
‘‘SEC. 5112. STATE APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an allotment
under section 5111 for any fiscal year, a State shall submit
to the Secretary, at such time as the Secretary may require,
an application that—
‘‘(1) contains the results of the State’s needs as-
sessment for drug and violence prevention programs,
which shall be based on the results of on-going State
evaluation activities, including data on the prevalence
of drug use and violence by youth in schools and com-
munities;
‘‘(2) contains assurances that the application
was developed in consultation and coordination with
appropriate State officials and others, including the
chief State school officer, the head of the State alcohol
and drug abuse agency, the heads of the State health
and mental health agencies, the head of the State
criminal justice planning agency, the head of the
State child welfare agency, the head of the State
board of education, or their designees, and representa-
tives of parents, students, and community-based orga-
nizations; and
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‘‘(3) contains a description of the procedures the
State educational agency will use to review applica-
tions from local educational agencies under section
5115.
‘‘(b) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY FUNDS.—A State’s
application under this section shall also contain a com-
prehensive plan for the use of funds under section 5113(a)
by the State educational agency that includes—
‘‘(1) a statement of the State educational agen-
cy’s measurable goals and objectives for drug and vio-
lence prevention and a description of the procedures
such agency will use for assessing and publicly re-
porting progress toward meeting those goals and ob-
jectives;
‘‘(2) a plan for monitoring the implementation
of, and providing technical assistance regarding, the
drug and violence prevention programs conducted by
local educational agencies in accordance with section
5116;
‘‘(3) a description of how the State educational
agency will use funds such agency reserves under sec-
tion 5113(b);
‘‘(4) a description of how the State educational
agency will coordinate such agency’s activities under
this subpart with the chief executive officer’s drug and
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violence prevention programs under this subpart and
with the prevention efforts of other State agencies;
and
‘‘(5) an explanation of the criteria the State edu-
cational agency will use to identify which local edu-
cational agencies receive supplemental funds under
section 5113(d)(2)(A)(ii) and how the supplemental
funds will be allocated among those local educational
agencies.
‘‘(c) GOVERNOR’S
FUNDS.—A State’s application
under this section shall also contain a comprehensive plan
for the use of funds under section 5114(a) by the chief execu-
tive officer that includes—
‘‘(1) a statement of the chief executive officer’s
measurable goals and objectives for drug and violence
prevention and a description of the procedures to be
used for assessing and publicly reporting progress to-
ward meeting those goals and objectives;
‘‘(2) a description of how the chief executive offi-
cer will coordinate such officer’s activities under this
part with the State educational agency and other
State agencies and organizations involved with drug
and violence prevention efforts;
‘‘(3) a description of how funds reserved under
section 5114(a) will be used so as not to duplicate the
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efforts of the State educational agency and local edu-
cational agencies with regard to the provision of
school-based prevention efforts and services and how
those funds will be used to serve populations not nor-
mally served by the State educational agency, such as
school dropouts and youth in detention centers;
‘‘(4) a description of how the chief executive offi-
cer will award funds under section 5114(a) and a
plan for monitoring the performance of, and provid-
ing technical assistance to, recipients of such funds;
and
‘‘(5) a description of how funds will be used to
support community-wide comprehensive drug and vi-
olence prevention planning.
‘‘(d) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a peer
review process in reviewing State applications under this
section.
‘‘(e) INTERIM APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this section, a State may submit for fis-
cal year 1995 a one-year interim application and plan for
the use of funds under this subpart that are consistent with
the requirements of this section and contain such informa-
tion as the Secretary may specify in regulations. The pur-
pose of such interim application and plan shall be to afford
the State the opportunity to fully develop and review such
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State’s application and comprehensive plan otherwise re-
quired by this section. A State may not receive a grant
under this subpart for a fiscal year subsequent to fiscal year
1995 unless the Secretary has approved such State’s appli-
cation and comprehensive plan in accordance with this sub-
part.
‘‘SEC. 5113. STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PRO-
GRAMS.
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—An amount equal to 80 percent
of the total amount allocated to a State under section 5111
for each fiscal year shall be used by the State educational
agency and its local educational agencies for drug and vio-
lence prevention activities in accordance with this section.
‘‘(b) STATE LEVEL PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
shall use not more than 5 percent of the amount
available under subsection (a) for activities such as—
‘‘(A) training and technical assistance con-
cerning drug and violence prevention for local
and intermediate educational agencies, including
teachers, administrators, coaches and athletic di-
rectors, other staff, parents, students, community
leaders, health service providers, local law en-
forcement officials, and judicial officials;
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‘‘(B) the development, identification, dis-
semination and evaluation of the most readily
available, accurate, and up-to-date curriculum
materials, for consideration by local educational
agencies;
‘‘(C) making available to local educational
agencies cost effective programs for youth vio-
lence and drug abuse prevention;
‘‘(D) demonstration projects in drug and vi-
olence prevention;
‘‘(E) training, technical assistance, and
demonstration projects to address violence associ-
ated with prejudice and intolerance;
‘‘(F) financial assistance to enhance re-
sources available for drug and violence preven-
tion in areas serving large numbers of economi-
cally disadvantaged children or sparsely popu-
lated areas, or to meet other special needs con-
sistent with the purposes of this subpart; and
‘‘(G) evaluation activities required by this
subpart.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agen-
cy may carry out activities under this subsection di-
rectly, or through grants or contracts.
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‘‘(c) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—A State educational
agency may use not more than 5 percent of the amount
made available under subsection (a) for the administrative
costs of carrying out such agency’s responsibilities under
this subpart.
‘‘(d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
shall distribute not less than 90 percent of the amount
made available under subsection (a) for each fiscal
year to local educational agencies in accordance with
this subsection.
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—(A) Of the amount distrib-
uted under subsection (d)(1), a State educational
agency shall distribute—
‘‘(i) 70 percent of such amount to local edu-
cational agencies, based on the relative enroll-
ments in public and private nonprofit elemen-
tary and secondary schools within the bound-
aries of such agencies; and
‘‘(ii) 30 percent of such amount to local
educational agencies that the State educational
agency determines have the greatest need for ad-
ditional funds to carry out drug and violence
prevention programs authorized by this subpart.
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‘‘(B)(i) A State educational agency shall distrib-
ute funds under subparagraph (A)(ii) to not more
than 10 percent of the local educational agencies in
the State, or five such agencies, whichever is greater.
‘‘(ii) In determining which local educational
agencies have the greatest need for additional funds,
the State educational agency shall consider factors
such as—
‘‘(I) high rates of alcohol or other drug use
among youth;
‘‘(II) high rates of victimization of youth by
violence and crime;
‘‘(III) high rates of arrests and convictions
of youth for violent or drug- or alcohol-related
crime;
‘‘(IV) the extent of illegal gang activity;
‘‘(V) high incidence of violence associated
with prejudice and intolerance;
‘‘(VI) high rates of referrals of youths to
drug and alcohol abuse treatment and rehabilita-
tion programs;
‘‘(VII) high rates of referrals of youths to ju-
venile court;
‘‘(VIII) high rates of expulsions and suspen-
sions of students from schools; and
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‘‘(IX) high rates of reported cases of child
abuse and domestic violence.
‘‘(e) REALLOCATION
OF FUNDS.—If a local edu-
cational agency chooses not to apply to receive the amount
allocated to such agency under subsection (d), or if such
agency’s application under section 5115 is disapproved by
the State educational agency, the State educational agency
shall reallocate such amount to one or more of the local edu-
cational agencies determined by the State educational agen-
cy under subsection (d)(2)(B) to have the greatest need for
additional funds.
‘‘SEC. 5114. GOVERNOR’S PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An amount equal to 20 per-
cent of the total amount allocated to a State under
section 5111 for each fiscal year shall be used by the
chief executive officer of such State for drug and vio-
lence prevention programs and activities in accord-
ance with this section.
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A chief executive
officer may use not more than 5 percent of the
amount reserved under subsection (a)(1) for the ad-
ministrative costs incurred in carrying out the duties
of such officer under this section.
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A chief executive officer shall
use funds made available under subsection (a)(1) for
grants to or contracts with parent groups, community
action and job training agencies, community-based
organizations, and other public entities and private
nonprofit organizations and consortia thereof. In
making such grants and contracts, a chief executive
officer shall give priority to programs and activities
described in subsection (c) for—
‘‘(A) children and youth who are not nor-
mally served by State or local educational agen-
cies; or
‘‘(B) populations that need special services
or additional resources (such as preschoolers,
youth in juvenile detention facilities, runaway or
homeless children and youth, pregnant and
parenting teenagers, and school dropouts).
‘‘(2) PEER REVIEW.—Grants or contracts award-
ed under this subsection shall be subject to a peer re-
view process.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants and contracts
under subsection (b) shall be used for programs and activi-
ties such as—
‘‘(1) disseminating information about drug and
violence prevention;
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‘‘(2) training parents, law enforcement officials,
judicial officials, social service providers, health serv-
ice providers and community leaders about drug and
violence prevention, comprehensive health education,
early intervention, pupil services, or rehabilitation re-
ferral;
‘‘(3) developing and implementing comprehen-
sive, community-based drug and violence prevention
programs that link community resources with schools
and integrate services involving education, vocational
and job skills training and placement, law enforce-
ment, health, mental health, community service,
mentoring, and other appropriate services;
‘‘(4) planning and implementing drug and vio-
lence prevention activities that coordinate the efforts
of State agencies with efforts of the State educational
agency and its local educational agencies;
‘‘(5) activities to protect students traveling to
and from school;
‘‘(6) before-and-after school recreational, instruc-
tional, cultural, and artistic programs that encourage
drug- and violence-free lifestyles;
‘‘(7) professional development workshops for
teachers and curricula that promote the awareness of
and sensitivity to alternatives to violence through
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courses of study that include related issues of intoler-
ance and hatred in history;
‘‘(8) developing and implementing activities to
prevent and reduce violence associated with prejudice
and intolerance;
‘‘(9) developing and implementing strategies to
prevent illegal gang activity;
‘‘(10) coordinating and conducting community-
wide violence and safety assessments and surveys;
‘‘(11) age appropriate programs to prevent child
abuse;
‘‘(12) activities such as community service and
service-learning projects; and
‘‘(13) evaluating programs and activities as-
sisted under this section.
‘‘SEC. 5115. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to re-
ceive a distribution under section 5113(d) for any fis-
cal year, a local educational agency shall submit, at
such time as the State educational agency requires,
an application to the State educational agency for
approval. Such an application shall be amended, as
necessary, to reflect changes in the local educational
agency’s program.
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‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT.—(A) A local educational
agency shall develop its application under subsection
(a)(1) in consultation with a local or substate re-
gional advisory council that includes, to the extent
possible, representatives of local government, business,
parents, students, teachers, pupil services personnel,
appropriate State agencies, private schools, the medi-
cal profession, law enforcement, community-based or-
ganizations, and other groups with interest and ex-
pertise in drug and violence prevention.
‘‘(B) In addition to assisting the local edu-
cational agency to develop an application under this
section, the advisory council established or designated
under paragraph (2)(A) shall, on an ongoing basis—
‘‘(i) disseminate information about drug
and violence prevention programs, projects, and
activities conducted within the boundaries of the
local educational agency;
‘‘(ii) advise the local educational agency on
how best to coordinate such agency’s activities
under this subpart with other related programs,
projects, and activities and the agencies that ad-
minister such programs, projects, and activities;
and
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‘‘(iii) review program evaluations and other
relevant material and make recommendations to
the local educational agency on how to improve
such agency’s drug and violence prevention pro-
grams.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATIONS.—An application
under this section shall contain—
‘‘(1) a description of the current alcohol, tobacco,
and other drug problems as well as the violence, safe-
ty, prejudice, and discipline problems among students
who attend the schools of the applicant (including
private school students who participate in the appli-
cant’s drug and violence prevention program);
‘‘(2) a detailed explanation of the local edu-
cational agency’s comprehensive plan for drug and vi-
olence prevention, which shall include a description
of—
‘‘(A) how that plan is consistent with, and
promotes the goals in, the State’s application
under section 5112;
‘‘(B) the local educational agency’s measur-
able goals for drug and violence prevention, and
a description of how such agency will assess and
publicly report progress toward attaining these
goals;
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‘‘(C) how the local educational agency will
use its distribution under this subpart;
‘‘(D) how the local educational agency will
coordinate such agency’s programs and projects
with community-wide efforts to achieve such
agency’s goals for drug and violence prevention;
and
‘‘(E) how the local educational agency will
coordinate such agency’s programs and projects
with other Federal, State, and local programs for
drug-abuse prevention, including health pro-
grams; and
‘‘(3) such other information and assurances as
the State educational agency may reasonably require.
‘‘(c) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
shall use a peer review process in reviewing local ap-
plications under this section.
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—(A) In determining
whether to approve the application of a local edu-
cational agency under this section, a State edu-
cational agency shall consider the quality of the local
educational agency’s comprehensive plan under sub-
section (b)(2) and the extent to which such plan is
consistent with, and supports, the State’s application
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‘‘(C) create a disciplined environment con-
ducive to learning; and
‘‘(2) include activities to promote the involve-
ment of parents and coordination with community
groups and agencies, including the distribution of in-
formation about the local educational agency’s needs,
goals, and programs under this subpart.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED
ACTIVITIES.—A comprehensive
drug and violence prevention program carried out under
this subpart may include—
‘‘(1) 
age-appropriate, 
developmentally 
based
drug prevention and comprehensive health education
programs for all students, from the preschool level
through grade 12, that address the legal, social, per-
sonal and health consequences of the use of illegal
drugs, promote a sense of individual responsibility,
and provide information about effective techniques for
resisting peer pressure to use illegal drugs;
‘‘(2) programs of drug prevention, comprehensive
health education, early intervention, pupil services,
mentoring, or rehabilitation referral, which emphasize
students’ sense of individual responsibility and which
may include—
‘‘(A) the dissemination of information about
drug prevention;
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‘‘(B) the professional development of school
personnel, parents, students, law enforcement of-
ficials, judicial officials, health service providers
and community leaders in prevention, education,
early intervention, pupil services or rehabilita-
tion referral; and
‘‘(C) the implementation of strategies, in-
cluding strategies to integrate the delivery of
services from a variety of providers, to combat il-
legal alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, such
as—
‘‘(i) family counseling;
‘‘(ii) early intervention activities that
prevent family dysfunction, enhance school
performance, and boost attachment to school
and family; and
‘‘(iii) activities, such as community
service and service-learning projects, that
are designed to increase students’ sense of
community;
‘‘(3) age-appropriate, developmentally based vio-
lence prevention and education programs for all stu-
dents, from the preschool level through grade 12, that
address the legal, health, personal, and social con-
sequences of violent and disruptive behavior, includ-
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ing sexual harassment and abuse, and victimization
associated with prejudice and intolerance, and that
include activities designed to help students develop a
sense of individual responsibility and respect for the
rights of others, and to resolve conflicts without vio-
lence;
‘‘(4) violence prevention programs for school-aged
youth, which emphasize students’ sense of individual
responsibility and may include—
‘‘(A) the dissemination of information about
school safety and discipline;
‘‘(B) the professional development of school
personnel, parents, students, law enforcement of-
ficials, judicial officials, and community leaders
in designing and implementing strategies to pre-
vent school violence;
‘‘(C) the implementation of strategies, such
as conflict resolution and peer mediation, and
the use of mentoring programs, to combat school
violence and other forms of disruptive behavior,
such as sexual harassment and abuse;
‘‘(D) the development and implementation
of character education programs that are tai-
lored by communities, parents and schools, and
based on the tenets of democracy, self discipline,
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and personal and civic responsibility, and guid-
ed by the principles of community and national
laws, in order to reduce the problems of violence
and drug abuse; and
‘‘(E) comprehensive, community-wide strat-
egies to prevent or reduce illegal gang activities;
‘‘(5) supporting ‘safe zones of passage’ for stu-
dents between home and school through such measures
as Drug- and Weapon-Free School Zones, enhanced
law enforcement, and neighborhood patrols;
‘‘(6) acquiring and installing metal detectors
and hiring security personnel;
‘‘(7) reimbursing law enforcement authorities for
their personnel who participate in school violence pre-
vention activities;
‘‘(8) professional development workshops for
teachers and other staff and curricula that promote
the awareness of and sensitivity to alternatives to vio-
lence through courses of study that include related is-
sues of intolerance and hatred in history;
‘‘(9) the promotion of before-and-after school rec-
reational, instructional, cultural, and artistic pro-
grams in supervised community settings;
‘‘(10) drug abuse resistance education programs,
designed to teach students to recognize and resist
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pressures to use alcohol or other drugs, which may in-
clude activities such as classroom instruction by uni-
formed law enforcement officers, resistance techniques,
resistance to peer pressure and gang pressure, and
provision for parental involvement; and
‘‘(11) the evaluation of any of the activities au-
thorized under this subsection.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 10 percent of
the funds made available to a local educational agen-
cy under this subpart may be used to carry out the
activities described in paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of
subsection (b).
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—A local educational agency
shall only be able to use funds received under this
subpart for activities described in paragraphs (5),
(6), and (7), of subsection (b) if funding for such ac-
tivities is not received from other Federal agencies.
‘‘SEC. 5117. EVALUATION AND REPORTING.
‘‘(a) NATIONAL IMPACT EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) BIENNIAL EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, the Director of the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy, and the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall conduct an independent biennial evalua-
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tion of the national impact of programs assisted
under this subpart and of other recent and new ini-
tiatives to combat violence in schools and submit a re-
port of the findings of such evaluation to the Presi-
dent and the Congress.
‘‘(2) DATA COLLECTION.—
‘‘(A) COLLECTION.—The Secretary shall col-
lect data to determine the frequency, seriousness,
and incidence of violence in elementary and sec-
ondary schools in the States. The Secretary shall
collect the data using, wherever appropriate,
data submitted by the States pursuant to sub-
section (b)(2)(B).
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than January 1,
1998, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress
a report on the data collected under this sub-
section, together with such recommendations as
the Secretary determines appropriate, including
estimated costs for implementing any rec-
ommendation.
‘‘(b) STATE REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—By October 1, 1997, and
every third year thereafter, the chief executive officer
of the State, in cooperation with the State educational
agency, shall submit to the Secretary a report—
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‘‘(A) on the implementation and outcomes
of State programs under section 5114 and sec-
tion 5113(b) and local programs under section
5113(d), as well as an assessment of their effec-
tiveness; and
‘‘(B) on the State’s progress toward attain-
ing its goals for drug and violence prevention
under subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of section
5112.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—The report required by
this subsection shall be—
‘‘(A) in the form specified by the Secretary;
‘‘(B) based on the State’s on-going evalua-
tion activities, and shall include data on the
prevalence of drug use and violence by youth in
schools and communities; and
‘‘(C) made readily available to the public.
‘‘(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORT.—Each
local educational agency receiving funds under this subpart
shall submit to the State educational agency whatever infor-
mation, and at whatever intervals, the State requires to
complete the State report required by subsection (b), includ-
ing information on the prevalence of drug use and violence
by youth in the schools and the community. Such informa-
tion shall be made readily available to the public.
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‘‘(2) the quality of public education in the rural
areas of the Nation has a direct effect on the economic
development of the rural communities of the Nation;
‘‘(3) the success of rural public schools in boost-
ing the achievement of minority youth attending such
schools will determine the ability of the Nation to
close the gap between the haves and the have-nots in
society;
‘‘(4) the cost to America’s businesses to provide
remedial education to secondary public school grad-
uates is approximately $21,000,000,000 per year;
‘‘(5) rural public schools enroll a disproportion-
ately large share of the Nation’s poor and at-risk
youth;
‘‘(6) approximately 60 percent of the Nation’s
public school districts are rural with a population of
less than 2,500;
‘‘(7) approximately one out of every four of
America’s rural children are living below the poverty
line;
‘‘(8) the academic performance of students in the
average rural public school system is below that of
students in most suburban school systems;
‘‘(9) rural preschoolers have less access to early
childhood development programs than other children;
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Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as such subpart
was in existence on the day preceding the date of en-
actment of the Improving America’s Schools Act of
1994) receives, from the sum of such funds and funds
provided under paragraph (1), an amount equal to—
‘‘(I) the number of children, aged 6 through
21, determined under subsection (a)(3) for such
agency; multiplied by
‘‘(II) the per-child amount provided under
such subpart for fiscal year 1994; and
‘‘(ii) shall use such funds, for fiscal years 1995
and 1996, and may use such funds for fiscal years
1997, 1998 and 1999, to ensure that each local edu-
cational agency that received funds for fiscal year
1994 under such subpart for children who had trans-
ferred from a State-operated or State-supported school
or program assisted under such subpart receives, from
the sum of such funds and funds provided under
paragraph (1), an amount for each such child, aged
3 through 21, determined under subsection (a)(3) for
such agency, equal to the per-child amount the agency
received under such subpart for fiscal year 1994.
‘‘(B) For the purpose of subparagraph (A), the number
of children determined under subsection (a)(3) for any
State agency or local educational agency shall not exceed