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‘‘(3) For internship and apprenticeship programs (including
the Museum Action Corps of the Peabody-Essex Museum), not
less than $1,000,000 each to—
‘‘(A) the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Alaska;
‘‘(B) the Bishop Museum in Hawaii; and
‘‘(C) the Peabody-Essex Museum in Massachusetts.
‘‘SEC. 5526. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this subpart:
‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE.—The term ‘Alaska Native’ has the
meaning given that term in section 7306.
‘‘(2) NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—The term ‘Native Hawaiian’ has
the meaning given that term in section 7207.
‘‘Subpart 13—Excellence in Economic Education
‘‘SEC. 5531. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This subpart may be cited as the ‘Excellence in Economic
Education Act of 2001’.
‘‘SEC. 5532. PURPOSE AND GOALS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to promote eco-
nomic and financial literacy among all students in kindergarten
through grade 12 by awarding a competitive grant to a national
nonprofit educational organization that has as its primary purpose
the improvement of the quality of student understanding of personal
finance and economics.
‘‘(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of this subpart are the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) To increase students’ knowledge of, and achievement
in, economics to enable the students to become more productive
and informed citizens.
‘‘(2) To strengthen teachers’ understanding of, and com-
petency in, economics to enable the teachers to increase student
mastery of economic principles and the practical application
of those principles.
‘‘(3) To encourage economic education research and develop-
ment, to disseminate effective instructional materials, and to
promote replication of best practices and exemplary programs
that foster economic literacy.
‘‘(4) To assist States in measuring the impact of education
in economics.
‘‘(5) To leverage and expand private and public support
for economic education partnerships at national, State, and
local levels.
‘‘SEC. 5533. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to award
a competitive grant to a national nonprofit educational organization
that has as its primary purpose the improvement of the quality
of student understanding of personal finance and economics through
effective teaching of economics in the Nation’s classrooms (referred
to in this subpart as the ‘grantee’).
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) DIRECT ACTIVITIES.—The grantee shall use 25 percent
of the funds made available through the grant for a fiscal
year—
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‘‘(A) to strengthen and expand the grantee’s relation-
ships with State and local personal finance, entrepre-
neurial, and economic education organizations;
‘‘(B) to support and promote training of teachers who
teach a grade from kindergarten through grade 12
regarding economics, including the dissemination of
information on effective practices and research findings
regarding the teaching of economics;
‘‘(C) to support research on effective teaching practices
and the development of assessment instruments to docu-
ment student understanding of personal finance and
economics; and
‘‘(D) to develop and disseminate appropriate materials
to foster economic literacy.
‘‘(2) SUBGRANTS.—The grantee shall use 75 percent of the
funds made available through the grant for a fiscal year to
award subgrants to State educational agencies or local edu-
cational agencies, and State or local economic, personal finance,
or entrepreneurial education organizations (referred to in this
section as the ‘recipient’). The grantee shall award such a
subgrant to pay for the Federal share of the cost of enabling
the recipient to work in partnership with one or more of the
entities described in paragraph (3) for one or more of the
following purposes:
‘‘(A) 
Collaboratively 
establishing 
and 
conducting
teacher training programs that use effective and innovative
approaches to the teaching of economics, personal finance,
and entrepreneurship.
‘‘(B) Providing resources to school districts that desire
to incorporate economics and personal finance into the
curricula of the schools in the districts.
‘‘(C) Conducting evaluations of the impact of economic
and financial literacy education on students.
‘‘(D) Conducting economic and financial literacy edu-
cation research.
‘‘(E) Creating and conducting school-based student
activities to promote consumer, economic, and personal
finance education (such as saving, investing, and entrepre-
neurial education) and to encourage awareness and student
academic achievement in economics.
‘‘(F) Encouraging replication of best practices to pro-
mote economic and financial literacy.
‘‘(3) PARTNERSHIP ENTITIES.—The entities described in this
paragraph are the following:
‘‘(A) A private sector entity.
‘‘(B) A State educational agency.
‘‘(C) A local educational agency.
‘‘(D) An institution of higher education.
‘‘(E) An organization promoting economic development.
‘‘(F) An organization promoting educational excellence.
‘‘(G) An organization promoting personal finance or
entrepreneurial education.
‘‘SEC. 5534. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) GRANTEE APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this subpart, the grantee shall submit to the Secretary an
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application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by
such information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(b) RECIPIENT APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to receive a subgrant
under this section, a recipient shall submit an application to
the grantee at such time, in such manner, and accompanied
by such information as the grantee may require.
‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The grantee shall invite the individuals
described in paragraph (3) to review all applications from recipi-
ents for a subgrant under this section and to make rec-
ommendations to the grantee regarding the approval of the
applications.
‘‘(3) REVIEWERS.—The individuals described in this para-
graph are the following:
‘‘(i) Leaders in the fields of economics and edu-
cation.
‘‘(ii) Such other individuals as the grantee deter-
mines to be necessary, especially members of the State
and local business, banking, and finance communities.
‘‘SEC. 5535. REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The grantee and each recipient
receiving a subgrant under this subpart for a fiscal year may
use not more than 5 percent of the funds made available through
the grant or subgrant for administrative costs.
‘‘(b) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—In carrying out the teacher
training programs described in section 5533(b)(2)(A), a recipient
shall—
‘‘(1) train teachers who teach a grade from kindergarten
through grade 12; and
‘‘(2) encourage teachers from disciplines other than
economics and financial literacy to participate in such teacher
training programs, if the training will promote the economic
and financial literacy of those teachers’ students.
‘‘(c) INVOLVEMENT OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY.—In carrying out
the activities assisted under this subpart, the grantee and recipients
are strongly encouraged to—
‘‘(1) include interactions with the local business community
to the fullest extent possible to reinforce the connection between
economic and financial literacy and economic development; and
‘‘(2) work with private businesses to obtain matching con-
tributions for Federal funds and assist recipients in working
toward self-sufficiency.
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
The grantee shall—
‘‘(1) meet such other requirements as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to assure compliance with this section;
and
‘‘(2) receive from the Secretary such technical assistance
as may be necessary to carry out this section.
‘‘SEC. 5536. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost described
in section 5533(b)(2) shall be 50 percent.
‘‘(b) PAYMENT OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share
may be paid in cash or in kind (fairly evaluated, including plant,
equipment, or services).
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‘‘(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the
date funds are first made available to carry out this subpart,
and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report regarding activities
assisted under this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 5537. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.
‘‘Funds made available to carry out this subpart shall be used
to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local
funds expended for the purpose described in section 5532(a).
‘‘Subpart 14—Grants to Improve the Mental
Health of Children
‘‘SEC. 5541. GRANTS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF SCHOOLS AND MENTAL
HEALTH SYSTEMS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to award
grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with,
State educational agencies, local educational agencies, or Indian
tribes, for the purpose of increasing student access to quality mental
health care by developing innovative programs to link local school
systems with the local mental health system.
‘‘(b) DURATION.—With respect to a grant, contract, or coopera-
tive agreement awarded or entered into under this section, the
period during which payments under such grant, contract or agree-
ment are made to the recipient may not exceed 5 years.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State educational agency, local edu-
cational agency, or Indian tribe that receives a grant, contract,
or cooperative agreement under this section shall use amounts
made available through such grant, contract, or cooperative agree-
ment for the following:
‘‘(1) To enhance, improve, or develop collaborative efforts
between school-based service systems and mental health service
systems to provide, enhance, or improve prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment services to students.
‘‘(2) To enhance the availability of crisis intervention serv-
ices, appropriate referrals for students potentially in need of
mental health services, and ongoing mental health services.
‘‘(3) To provide training for the school personnel and mental
health professionals who will participate in the program carried
out under this section.
‘‘(4) To provide technical assistance and consultation to
school systems and mental health agencies and families partici-
pating in the program carried out under this section.
‘‘(5) To provide linguistically appropriate and culturally
competent services.
‘‘(6) To evaluate the effectiveness of the program carried
out under this section in increasing student access to quality
mental health services, and make recommendations to the Sec-
retary about sustainability of the program.
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant, contract,
or cooperative agreement under this section, a State educational
agency, local educational agency, or Indian tribe shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably
require. The application shall include each of the following: