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‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT
OF
UNUSED
FUNDS.—The
amount of any State educational agency’s allotment under
subsection (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 agencies in proportion to the original allot-
ments to those State educational agencies under sub-
section (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 Sec-
retary estimates that the State educational agency needs
and will be able to use for that year, and the 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,
inclusive, in the State and in all States shall be determined
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by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent satisfac-
tory data available to the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 10505. 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
grants to local educational agencies within the
State to enable such local educational agencies
to provide assistance to schools served by such
agency 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;
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‘‘(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
students and teachers from historically under-
represented groups, including females, minori-
ties, individuals with limited English pro-
ficiency, the economically disadvantaged, and
individuals with disabilities; and
‘‘(G) that the needs of teachers and stu-
dents 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
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with State and local funds and other Federal re-
sources, particularly with respect to programs for
the professional development and inservice training
of elementary school teachers in science and mathe-
matics; and
‘‘(3) describe procedures—
‘‘(A) for submitting applications for pro-
grams described in section 10506 for distribu-
tion 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
disapprove an application without notice and
opportunity for a hearing.
‘‘(c) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 5
percent 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 pro-
gram assisted under this part.
‘‘SEC. 10506. 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
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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 under this part based on failure to pro-
vide 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 in-
service training of elementary school teachers in
science and mathematics; and
‘‘(4) describe the process which will be used to
determine different levels of assistance to be award-
ed to schools with different needs.
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‘‘(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 underrep-
resented 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
training supporting hands-on laboratory activities;
and
‘‘(4) assign priority to providing equipment and
materials for students in grades 1 through 6.
‘‘SEC. 10507. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—Each State educational agen-
cy 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;
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‘‘(2) evaluate applications of local educational
agencies;
‘‘(3) award grants to local educational agencies
based on the priorities described in section 10506(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
equipment, science materials, or mathematical ma-
nipulative materials and shall not be used for com-
puters, computer peripherals, software, textbooks, or
staff development 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 in-
stallation of electrical outlets, plumbing, lab tables
or counters, or ventilation mechanisms.
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‘‘SEC. 10508. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
EVALUATION
PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall provide technical as-
sistance and, in consultation with State and local rep-
resentatives 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
Congress each year on the program assisted under this
part in accordance with section 10701.
‘‘SEC. 10509. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years,
to carry out this part.’’.
TITLE X—SAFE AND DRUG-FREE
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
SEC. 1001. SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU-
NITIES.
Title XI (20 U.S.C. 8401 et seq.) is amended to read
as follows:
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‘‘TITLE 
XI—SAFE 
AND 
DRUG-
FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMU-
NITIES
‘‘SEC. 11001. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act of 2000’.
‘‘SEC. 11002. 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
disciplined environment that is conducive to learn-
ing.
‘‘(2) The widespread illegal 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 such
students’ physical and mental well-being, and signifi-
cantly impedes the learning process. For example,
data show that students who drink tend to receive
lower grades and are more likely to miss school be-
cause of illness than students who do not drink.
‘‘(3) Our Nation’s schools and communities are
increasingly plagued by violence and crime. Approxi-
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mately 3,000,000 thefts and violent crimes occur in
or near our Nation’s schools every year, the equiva-
lent 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) The tragic consequences of violence and
the illegal use of alcohol and drugs by students are
felt not only by students and such students’ families,
but by such students’ communities and the Nation,
which can ill afford to lose such students’ skills, tal-
ents, and vitality.
‘‘(6) While use of illegal drugs is a serious
problem among a minority of teenagers, alcohol use
is far more widespread. The proportion of high
school students using alcohol, though lower than a
decade ago, remains unacceptably high. By the 8th
grade, 70 percent of youth report having tried alco-
hol and by the 12th grade, about 88 percent have
used alcohol. Alcohol use by young people can and
does have adverse consequences for users, their fam-
ilies, communities, schools, and colleges.
‘‘(7) Alcohol and tobacco are widely used by
young people. Such use can, and does, have adverse
consequences for young people, their families, com-
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munities, schools, and colleges. Drug prevention pro-
grams for youth that address only controlled drugs
send an erroneous message that alcohol and tobacco
do not present significant problems, or that society
is willing to overlook their use. To be credible, mes-
sages opposing illegal drug use by youth should ad-
dress alcohol 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
smokers 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 pre-
vention programs that include tobacco have been ef-
fective in reducing teenage use of tobacco.
‘‘(9) Drug and violence prevention programs
are essential components of a comprehensive strat-
egy to promote school safety and to reduce the de-
mand 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
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success of their programs against clearly defined
goals and objectives.
‘‘(10) Students must take greater responsibility
for their own well-being, health, and safety if schools
and communities are to achieve the goals of pro-
viding a safe, disciplined, and drug-free learning en-
vironment.
‘‘SEC. 11003. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this title is to support programs to
meet the seventh National Education Goal by preventing
violence in and around schools and by strengthening pro-
grams that prevent the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and
drugs, involve parents, and are coordinated with related
Federal, State, and community efforts and resources,
through the provision of Federal assistance to—
‘‘(1) States for grants to local educational agen-
cies and educational service agencies and consortia
of such agencies to establish, operate, and improve
local programs of school drug and violence preven-
tion, early intervention, rehabilitation referral, and
education in elementary and secondary schools (in-
cluding 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-
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grams of drug and violence prevention, early inter-
vention, rehabilitation referral, and education;
‘‘(3) States for development, training, technical
assistance, and coordination activities;
‘‘(4) public and private nonprofit organizations
to conduct training, demonstrations, and evaluation,
and to provide supplementary services for the pre-
vention of drug use and violence among students
and youth; and
‘‘(5) institutions of higher education to estab-
lish, operate, expand, and improve programs of
school drug and violence prevention, education, and
rehabilitation referral for students enrolled in col-
leges and universities.
‘‘SEC. 11004. FUNDING.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated—
‘‘(1) $440,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the four
succeeding fiscal years, for State grants under sub-
part 1; and
‘‘(2) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the four
succeeding fiscal years, for national programs under
subpart 2.
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‘‘PART A—STATE GRANTS FOR DRUG AND
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
‘‘Subpart 1—State Grants for Drug and Violence
Prevention Programs
‘‘SEC. 11011. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS.—From the amount made avail-
able under section 11004(a) to carry out this subpart for
each fiscal year, the Secretary—
‘‘(1) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for
grants under this subpart to Guam, American
Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in
accordance with the Secretary’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) may reserve not more than $1,000,000 for
the national impact evaluation required by section
11117(a); and
‘‘(4) shall reserve 0.2 percent of such amount
for programs for Native Hawaiians under section
11118.
‘‘(b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall, for each fiscal year,
allocate among the States—
‘‘(A) one-half of the remainder not re-
served under subsection (a) according to the
ratio between the school-aged population of
each State and the school-aged population of all
the States; and
‘‘(B) one-half of such remainder according
to the ratio between the amount each State re-
ceived under part A of title I for the preceding
year 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 sub-
section.
‘‘(3) 
REALLOTMENT.—The 
Secretary 
may
reallot any amount of any allotment to a State if the
Secretary determines that the State will be unable to
use such amount within two years of such allotment.
Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis
as allotments are made under paragraph (1).
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‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this
subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘local educational agency’
includes educational service agencies and con-
sortia of such agencies.
‘‘SEC. 11112. STATE APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive an allotment
under section 11111 for any fiscal year, a State shall sub-
mit to the Secretary, at such time as the Secretary may
require, an application that—
‘‘(1) describes how funds under this subpart
will be coordinated with programs under this Act,
the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, and other
Acts, as appropriate, in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 14306;
‘‘(2) contains the results of the State’s needs
assessment for drug and violence prevention pro-
grams, 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 communities;
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‘‘(3) contains assurances that the sections of
the application concerning the funds provided to the
chief executive officer and the State educational
agency were developed separately by such officer or
agency, respectively, but in consultation and coordi-
nation with appropriate State officials and others,
including the chief State school officer, the chief ex-
ecutive 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 rep-
resentatives of parents, students, and community-
based organizations;
‘‘(4) contains an assurance that the State will
cooperate with, and assist, the Secretary in con-
ducting a national impact evaluation of programs re-
quired by section 11117(a); and
‘‘(5) includes any other information the Sec-
retary may require.
‘‘(b) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
FUNDS.—A
State’s application under this section shall also contain a
comprehensive plan for the use of funds under section
11113(a) by the State educational agency that includes—
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‘‘(1) a statement of the State educational agen-
cy’s measurable goals and objectives for drug and vi-
olence prevention and a description of the proce-
dures such agency will use for assessing and publicly
reporting progress toward meeting those goals and
objectives;
‘‘(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
11116;
‘‘(3) a description of how the State educational
agency will use funds under section 11113(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 violence prevention programs under this subpart
and with the prevention efforts of other State agen-
cies;
‘‘(5) an explanation of the criteria the State
educational agency will use to identify which local
educational agencies receive supplemental funds
under section 11113(d)(2)(A)(ii) and how the sup-
plemental funds will be allocated among such local
educational agencies; and
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‘‘(6) a description of the procedures the State
educational agency will use to review applications
from local educational agencies under section 11115.
‘‘(c) GOVERNOR’S FUNDS.—A State’s application
under this section shall also contain a comprehensive plan
for the use of funds under section 11114(a) by the chief
executive officer that includes—
‘‘(1) a statement of the chief executive officer’s
measurable goals and objectives for drug and vio-
lence prevention and a description of the procedures
to be used for assessing and publicly reporting
progress toward meeting such goals and objectives;
‘‘(2) a description of how the chief executive of-
ficer 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 11114(a) will be used so as not to duplicate
the efforts of the State educational agency and local
educational agencies with regard to the provision of
school-based prevention efforts and services and how
those funds will be used to serve populations not
normally served by the State educational agency,
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such as school dropouts and youth in detention cen-
ters;
‘‘(4) a description of how the chief executive of-
ficer will award funds under section 11114(a) and a
plan for monitoring the performance of, and pro-
viding technical assistance to, recipients of such
funds;
‘‘(5) a description of the special outreach activi-
ties that will be carried out to maximize the partici-
pation of community-based organizations of dem-
onstrated effectiveness which provide services in low-
income communities; and
‘‘(6) 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
fiscal year 2002 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 in-
formation as the Secretary may specify in regulations. The
purpose of such interim application and plan shall be to
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afford the State the opportunity to fully develop and re-
view such State’s application and comprehensive plan oth-
erwise required by this section. A State may not receive
a grant under this subpart for a fiscal year subsequent
to fiscal year 2001 unless the Secretary has approved such
State’s application and comprehensive plan in accordance
with this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 11113. STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY
PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), an amount equal to 80 percent of the
total amount allocated to a State under section
11111 for each fiscal year shall be used by the State
educational agency and its local educational agencies
for drug and violence prevention activities in accord-
ance with this section.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—(A) If a State has, on or be-
fore January 1, 2002, established an independent
State agency for the purpose of administering all of
the funds described in section 5121 of this Act (as
such section was in effect on the day preceding the
date of the enactment of the Improving America’s
Schools Act of 1994), then—
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‘‘(i) an amount equal to 80 percent of the
total amount allocated to such State under sec-
tion 11111 for each fiscal year shall be used by
the State educational agency and its local edu-
cational agencies for drug and violence preven-
tion activities in accordance with this section;
and
‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 20 percent of
such total amount shall be used by such inde-
pendent State agency for drug and violence pre-
vention activities in accordance with this sec-
tion.
‘‘(B) Not more than 5 percent of the amount
reserved under subparagraph (A)(ii) may be used for
administrative costs of the independent State agency
incurred in carrying out the activities described in
such subparagraph.
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘independent State agency’ means an independent
agency with a board of directors or a cabinet level
agency whose chief executive officer is appointed by
the chief executive officer of the State and confirmed
with the advice and consent of the senate of such
State.
‘‘(b) STATE LEVEL PROGRAMS.—
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‘‘(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
educational agencies and educational service
agencies, including teachers, administrators,
coaches and athletic directors, other staff, par-
ents, students, community leaders, health serv-
ice providers, local law enforcement officials,
and judicial officials;
‘‘(B) the development, identification, dis-
semination, and evaluation of the most readily
available, accurate, and up-to-date curriculum
materials (including videotapes, software, and
other technology-based learning resources), 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
violence prevention;
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‘‘(E) training, technical assistance, and
demonstration projects to address violence asso-
ciated 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) the evaluation of activities carried out
within the State under this part.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—A State educational
agency may carry out activities under this subsection
directly, or through grants or contracts.
‘‘(c) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—A State educational
agency may use not more than 4 percent of the amount
reserved under subsection (a) for the administrative costs
of carrying out its responsibilities under this part.
‘‘(d) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency
shall distribute not less than 91 percent of the
amount made available under subsection (a) for each
fiscal year to local educational agencies in accord-
ance with this subsection.
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‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—(A) Of the amount dis-
tributed under paragraph (1), a State educational
agency shall distribute—
‘‘(i) 70 percent of such amount to local
educational agencies, based on the relative en-
rollments in public and private nonprofit ele-
mentary and secondary schools within the
boundaries 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
additional funds to carry out drug and violence
prevention programs authorized by this subpart.
‘‘(B) Where appropriate and to the extent con-
sistent with the needs assessment conducted by the
State, not less than 25 percent of the amount dis-
tributed under subparagraph (A)(ii) for a fiscal year
shall be distributed to local educational agencies lo-
cated in rural and urban areas.
‘‘(C)(i) A State educational agency shall dis-
tribute funds under subparagraph (A)(ii) to not
more than 10 percent of the local educational agen-
cies in the State, or five such agencies, whichever is
greater.
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‘‘(ii) In determining which local educational
agencies have the greatest need for additional funds,
the State educational agency shall consider objective
data such as—
‘‘(I) high rates of alcohol or 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 rehabili-
tation programs;
‘‘(VII) high rates of referrals of youths to
juvenile court;
‘‘(VIII) high rates of expulsions and sus-
pensions of students from schools; and
‘‘(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
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allocated to such agency under subsection (d), or if such
agency’s application under section 11115 is disapproved
by the State educational agency, the State educational
agency shall reallocate such amount to one or more of the
local educational agencies determined by the State edu-
cational agency under subsection (d)(2)(C)(ii) to have the
greatest need for additional funds.
‘‘(f) RETURN OF FUNDS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY; REALLOCATION.—
‘‘(1) RETURN.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), upon the expiration of the 1-year period
beginning on the date that a local educational agen-
cy or educational service agency under this title re-
ceives its allocation under this title—
‘‘(A) such agency shall return to the State
educational agency any funds from such alloca-
tion that remain unobligated; and
‘‘(B) the State educational agency shall re-
allocate any such amount to local educational
agencies or educational service agencies that
have plans for using such amount for programs
or activities on a timely basis.
‘‘(2) REALLOCATION.—In any fiscal year, a
local educational agency, may retain for obligation in
the succeeding fiscal year—
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‘‘(A) an amount equal to not more than 25
percent of the allocation it receives under this
title for such fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) upon a demonstration of good cause
by such agency or consortium, a greater
amount approved by the State educational
agency.
‘‘SEC. 11114. GOVERNOR’S PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An amount equal to 20
percent of the total amount allocated to a State
under section 11111(1) for each fiscal year shall be
used by the chief executive officer of such State for
drug and violence prevention programs and activities
in accordance with this section.
‘‘(2) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
EDUCATION
PART-
NERSHIPS.—A chief executive officer shall use not
less than 10 percent of the 20 percent of the total
amount described in paragraph (1) for each fiscal
year for law enforcement education partnerships in
accordance with subsection (d).
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A chief execu-
tive officer may use not more than 5 percent of the
20 percent of the total amount described in para-
graph (1) for the administrative costs incurred in
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carrying out the duties of such officer under this
section.
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(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, commu-
nity-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
awarded under this subsection shall be subject to a
peer review process.
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‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grants and con-
tracts under subsection (b) shall be used for programs and
activities such as—
‘‘(1) disseminating information about drug and
violence prevention;
‘‘(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
referral;
‘‘(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
enforcement, health, mental health, community serv-
ice, 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 edu-
cational agency and its local educational agencies;
‘‘(5) activities to protect students traveling to
and from school;
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‘‘(6) before-and-after school recreational, in-
structional, cultural, and artistic programs that en-
courage drug- and violence-free lifestyles;
‘‘(7) activities that promote the awareness of
and sensitivity to alternatives to violence through
courses of study that include related issues of intol-
erance and hatred in history;
‘‘(8) developing and implementing activities to
prevent and reduce violence associated with preju-
dice 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) service-learning projects that encourage
drug- and violence-free lifestyles; and
‘‘(12) evaluating programs and activities as-
sisted under this section.
‘‘(d) LAW ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION PARTNER-
SHIPS.—A chief executive officer shall use funds under
subsection (a)(2) to award grants to State, county or local
law enforcement agencies (including district attorneys) in
consortium with local educational agencies or community-
based agencies for the purposes of carrying out drug abuse
and violence prevention activities, such as—
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‘‘(1) Project Drug Abuse Resistance Education
and other programs which provide classroom instruc-
tion by uniformed law enforcement officials that is
designed to teach students to recognize and resist
pressures to experiment that influence such children
to use controlled substances or alcohol;
‘‘(2) Project Legal Lives and other programs in
which district attorneys provide classroom instruc-
tion in the law and legal system which emphasizes
interactive learning techniques, such as mock trial
competitions;
‘‘(3) partnerships between law enforcement and
child guidance professionals; and
‘‘(4) before- and after-school activities.
‘‘SEC. 11115. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to
receive a distribution under section 11113(d) for any
fiscal year, a local educational agency shall submit,
at such time as the State educational agency re-
quires, an application to the State educational agen-
cy for approval. Such an application shall be amend-
ed, as necessary, to reflect changes in the local edu-
cational 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, busi-
ness, parents, students, teachers, pupil services per-
sonnel, appropriate State agencies, private schools,
the medical profession, law enforcement, community-
based organizations, and other groups with interest
and expertise 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 des-
ignated under subparagraph (A) shall, on an ongo-
ing 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
regarding—
‘‘(I) how best to coordinate such agen-
cy’s activities under this subpart with
other related programs, projects, and ac-
tivities; and
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‘‘(II) the agencies that administer
such programs, projects, and activities;
and
‘‘(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) an objective analysis of the current use
(and consequences of such use) of alcohol, tobacco,
and controlled, illegal, addictive or harmful sub-
stances as well as the violence, safety, and discipline
problems among students who attend the schools of
the applicant (including private school students who
participate in the applicant’s drug and violence pre-
vention program) that is based on ongoing local as-
sessment or evaluation activities;
‘‘(2) a detailed explanation of the local edu-
cational agency’s comprehensive plan for drug and
violence prevention, which shall include a description
of—
‘‘(A) how the plan will be coordinated with
programs under this Act, the Goals 2000: Edu-
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cate America Act, and other Acts, as appro-
priate, in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 14306;
‘‘(B) the local educational agency’s meas-
urable goals for drug and violence prevention,
and a description of how such agency will as-
sess and publicly report progress toward attain-
ing these goals;
‘‘(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 re-
quire.
‘‘(c) REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In reviewing local applica-
tions under this section, a State educational agency
shall use a peer review process or other methods of
assuring the quality of such applications.
‘‘(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
coordinated with programs under this Act, the Goals
2000: Educate America Act, in accordance with the
provisions of section 14306.
‘‘(B) A State educational agency may dis-
approve a local educational agency application under
this section in whole or in part and may withhold,
limit, or place restrictions on the use of funds allot-
ted to such a local educational agency in a manner
the State educational agency determines will best
promote the purposes of this part, except that a
local educational agency shall be afforded an oppor-
tunity to appeal any such disapproval.
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‘‘SEC. 11116. LOCAL DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational
agency shall use funds received under this subpart to
adopt and carry out a comprehensive drug and violence
prevention program which shall—
‘‘(1) be designed, for all students and employ-
ees, to—
‘‘(A) prevent the use, possession, and dis-
tribution of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs
by students and to prevent the illegal use, pos-
session, and distribution of such substances by
employees;
‘‘(B) prevent violence and promote school
safety; and
‘‘(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—
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‘‘(1) age-appropriate, developmentally based
drug prevention and education programs for all stu-
dents, from the preschool level through grade 12,
that address the legal, social, personal and health
consequences of the use of illegal drugs, promote a
sense of individual responsibility, and provide infor-
mation about effective techniques for resisting peer
pressure to use illegal drugs;
‘‘(2) programs of drug prevention, comprehen-
sive health education, early intervention, pupil serv-
ices, mentoring, or rehabilitation referral, which em-
phasize students’ sense of individual responsibility
and which may include—
‘‘(A) the dissemination of information
about drug prevention;
‘‘(B) the professional development of
school personnel, parents, students, law enforce-
ment officials, judicial officials, health service
providers and community leaders in prevention,
education, early intervention, pupil services or
rehabilitation referral; and
‘‘(C) the implementation of strategies, in-
cluding strategies to integrate the delivery of
services from a variety of providers, to combat
illegal alcohol, tobacco and drug use, such as—
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‘‘(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 vi-
olence prevention and education programs for all
students, from the preschool level through grade 12,
that address the legal, health, personal, and social
consequences of violent and disruptive behavior, in-
cluding sexual harassment and abuse, and victimiza-
tion associated with prejudice and intolerance, and
that include activities designed to help students de-
velop a sense of individual responsibility and respect
for the rights of others, and to resolve conflicts with-
out violence;
‘‘(4) violence prevention programs for school-
aged youth, which emphasize students’ sense of indi-
vidual responsibility and may include—
‘‘(A) the dissemination of information
about school safety and discipline;
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‘‘(B) the professional development of
school personnel, parents, students, law enforce-
ment officials, judicial officials, and community
leaders in designing and implementing strate-
gies to prevent school violence;
‘‘(C) the implementation of strategies, such
as conflict resolution and peer mediation, stu-
dent outreach efforts against violence, anti-
crime youth councils (which work with school
and community-based organizations to discuss
and develop crime prevention strategies), and
the use of mentoring programs, to combat
school violence and other forms of disruptive
behavior, such as sexual harassment and abuse;
and
‘‘(D) the development and implementation
of character education programs, as a compo-
nent of a comprehensive drug or violence pre-
vention program, that are tailored by commu-
nities, parents and schools; and
‘‘(E) 
comprehensive, 
community-wide
strategies to prevent or reduce illegal gang ac-
tivities;
‘‘(5) supporting ‘‘safe zones of passage’’ for
students between home and school through such
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measures as Drug- and Weapon-Free School Zones,
enhanced law enforcement, and neighborhood pa-
trols;
‘‘(6) acquiring and installing metal detectors
and hiring security personnel;
‘‘(7) professional development for teachers and
other staff and curricula that promote the awareness
of and sensitivity to alternatives to violence through
courses of study that include related issues of intol-
erance and hatred in history;
‘‘(8) the promotion of before-and-after school
recreational, instructional, cultural, and artistic pro-
grams in supervised community settings;
‘‘(9) drug abuse resistance education programs,
designed to teach students to recognize and resist
pressures to use alcohol or other drugs, which may
include activities such as classroom instruction by
uniformed law enforcement officers, resistance tech-
niques, resistance to peer pressure and gang pres-
sure, and provision for parental involvement; and
‘‘(10) the evaluation of any of the activities au-
thorized under this subsection.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 20 percent
of the funds made available to a local educational
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agency under this subpart may be used to carry out
the activities described in paragraphs (5) and (6) of
subsection (b).
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—A local educational agen-
cy shall only be able to use funds received under this
subpart for activities described in paragraphs (5)
and (6) of subsection (b) if funding for such activi-
ties is not received from other Federal agencies.
‘‘SEC. 11117. 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-
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
report of the findings of such evaluation to the
President and the Congress.
‘‘(2) DATA
COLLECTION.—(A) The National
Center for Education Statistics shall collect data to
determine the frequency, seriousness, and incidence
of violence in elementary and secondary schools in
the States. The Secretary shall collect the data
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using, wherever appropriate, data submitted by the
States pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B).
‘‘(B) Not later than January 1, 2004, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Congress a report on the
data collected under this subsection, together with
such recommendations as the Secretary determines
appropriate, including estimated costs for imple-
menting any recommendation.
‘‘(b) STATE REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—By October 1, 2003, and
every third year thereafter, the chief executive offi-
cer of the State, in cooperation with the State edu-
cational agency, shall submit to the Secretary a
report—
‘‘(A) on the implementation and outcomes
of State programs under section 11114 and sec-
tion 11113(b) and local educational agency pro-
grams under section 11113(d), as well as an as-
sessment of their effectiveness; and
‘‘(B) on the State’s progress toward at-
taining its goals for drug and violence preven-
tion under subsections (b)(1) and (c)(1) of sec-
tion 11112.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The report required by
this subsection shall be—
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‘‘(A) in the form specified by the Sec-
retary;
‘‘(B) based on the State’s ongoing 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 sub-
part shall submit to the State educational agency such in-
formation, and at such intervals, that the State requires
to complete the State report required by subsection (b),
including information on the prevalence of drug use and
violence by youth in the schools and the community. Such
information shall be made readily available to the public.
‘‘SEC. 11118. PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the funds made
available pursuant to section 11111(a)(4) to carry out this
section, the Secretary shall make grants to or enter into
cooperative agreements or contracts with organizations
primarily serving and representing Native Hawaiians
which are recognized by the Governor of the State of Ha-
waii to plan, conduct, and administer programs, or por-
tions thereof, which are authorized by and consistent with
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the provisions of this title for the benefit of Native Hawai-
ians.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN.—For the
purposes of this section, the term ‘Native Hawaiian’
means any individual any of whose ancestors were natives,
prior to 1778, of the area which now comprises the State
of Hawaii.
‘‘Subpart 2—National Programs
‘‘SEC. 11121. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From funds made
available to carry out this subpart under section 11004(2),
the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, the Director of the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy, the Chair of the Ounce of Pre-
vention Council, and the Attorney General, shall carry out
programs to prevent the illegal use of drugs and violence
among, and promote safety and discipline for, students at
all educational levels from preschool through the postsec-
ondary level. The Secretary shall carry out such programs
directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements with public and private nonprofit organiza-
tions and individuals, or through agreements with other
Federal agencies, and shall coordinate such programs with
other appropriate Federal activities. Such programs may
include—
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‘‘(1) the development and demonstration of in-
novative strategies for training school personnel,
parents, and members of the community, including
the demonstration of model preservice training pro-
grams for prospective school personnel;
‘‘(2) demonstrations and rigorous evaluations of
innovative approaches to drug and violence preven-
tion;
‘‘(3) the provision of information on drug abuse
education and prevention to the Secretary of Health
and Human Services for dissemination by the clear-
inghouse for alcohol and drug abuse information es-
tablished under section 501(d)(16) of the Public
Health Service Act;
‘‘(4) the development of curricula related to
child abuse prevention and education and the train-
ing of personnel to teach child abuse education and
prevention to elementary and secondary school-
children;
‘‘(5) program evaluations in accordance with
section 14701 that address issues not addressed
under section 11117(a);
‘‘(6) direct services to schools and school sys-
tems afflicted with especially severe drug and vio-
lence problems;
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‘‘(7) activities in communities designated as
empowerment zones or enterprise communities that
will connect schools to community-wide efforts to re-
duce drug and violence problems;
‘‘(8) developing and disseminating drug and vi-
olence prevention materials, including video-based
projects and model curricula;
‘‘(9) developing and implementing a comprehen-
sive violence prevention strategy for schools and
communities, that may include conflict resolution,
peer mediation, the teaching of law and legal con-
cepts, and other activities designed to stop violence;
‘‘(10) the implementation of innovative activi-
ties, such as community service projects, designed to
rebuild safe and healthy neighborhoods and increase
students’ sense of individual responsibility;
‘‘(11) grants to noncommercial telecommuni-
cations entities for the production and distribution
of national video-based projects that provide young
people with models for conflict resolution and re-
sponsible decisionmaking;
‘‘(12) the development of education and train-
ing programs, curricula, instructional materials, and
professional training and development for preventing
and reducing the incidence of crimes and conflicts
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motivated by hate in localities most directly affected
by hate crimes; and
‘‘(13) other activities that meet unmet national
needs related to the purposes of this title.
‘‘(b) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a peer
review process in reviewing applications for funds under
this section.
‘‘SEC. 11123. HATE CRIME PREVENTION.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—From funds made
available to carry out this subpart under section 11004(1)
the Secretary may make grants to local educational agen-
cies and community-based organizations for the purpose
of providing assistance to localities most directly affected
by hate crimes.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—Grants under
this section may be used to improve elementary and
secondary educational efforts, including—
‘‘(A) development of education and train-
ing programs designed to prevent and to reduce
the incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated
by hate;
‘‘(B) development of curricula for the pur-
pose of improving conflict or dispute resolution
skills of students, teachers, and administrators;
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‘‘(C) development and acquisition of equip-
ment and instructional materials to meet the
needs of, or otherwise be part of, hate crime or
conflict programs; and
‘‘(D) professional training and develop-
ment for teachers and administrators on the
causes, effects, and resolutions of hate crimes
or hate-based conflicts.
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to
receive a grant under this section for any fiscal year,
a local educational agency, or a local educational
agency in conjunction with a community-based orga-
nization, shall submit an application to the Secretary
in such form and containing such information as the
office may reasonably require.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Each application under
paragraph (2) shall include—
‘‘(A) a request for funds for the purposes
described in this section;
‘‘(B) a description of the schools and com-
munities to be served by the grants; and
‘‘(C) assurances that Federal funds re-
ceived under this section shall be used to sup-
plement, not supplant, non-Federal funds.
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‘‘(4) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—Each application
shall include a comprehensive plan that contains—
‘‘(A) a description of the hate crime or
conflict problems within the schools or the com-
munity targeted for assistance;
‘‘(B) a description of the program to be
developed or augmented by such Federal and
matching funds;
‘‘(C) assurances that such program or ac-
tivity shall be administered by or under the su-
pervision of the applicant;
‘‘(D) proper and efficient administration of
such program; and
‘‘(E) fiscal control and fund accounting
procedures as may be necessary to ensure pru-
dent use, proper disbursement, and accurate ac-
counting of funds received under this section.
‘‘(c) AWARD OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) SELECTION
OF
RECIPIENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall consider the incidence of crimes and
conflicts motivated by bias in the targeted schools
and communities in awarding grants under this sec-
tion.
‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to
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achieve an equitable geographic distribution of grant
awards.
‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION
OF
INFORMATION.—The
Secretary shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to
make available information regarding successful hate
crime prevention programs, including programs es-
tablished or expanded with grants under this section.
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the
Congress a report every two years which shall contain a
detailed statement regarding grants and awards, activities
of grant recipients, and an evaluation of programs estab-
lished under this section.
‘‘Subpart 3—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 11131. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For the purposes of this part:
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The
term ‘community-based organization’ means a pri-
vate nonprofit organization which is representative
of a community or significant segments of a commu-
nity and which provides educational or related serv-
ices to individuals in the community.
‘‘(2) DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION.—The
term ‘drug and violence prevention’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to drugs, prevention,
early intervention, rehabilitation referral, or
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education related to the illegal use of alcohol
and the use of controlled, illegal, addictive, or
harmful substances, including inhalants and an-
abolic steroids;
‘‘(B) prevention, early intervention, smok-
ing cessation activities, or education, related to
the use of tobacco by children and youth eligible
for services under this title; and
‘‘(C) with respect to violence, the pro-
motion of school safety, such that students and
school personnel are free from violent and dis-
ruptive acts, including sexual harassment and
abuse, and victimization associated with preju-
dice and intolerance, on school premises, going
to and from school, and at school-sponsored ac-
tivities, through the creation and maintenance
of a school environment that is free of weapons
and fosters individual responsibility and respect
for the rights of others.
‘‘(3) HATE
CRIME.—The term ‘hate crime’
means a crime as described in section 1(b) of the
Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990.
‘‘(4) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’, as ap-
plied to a school, agency, organization, or institution
means a school, agency, organization, or institution
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owned and operated by one or more nonprofit cor-
porations or associations, no part of the net earnings
of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit
of any private shareholder or individual.
‘‘(5) SCHOOL-AGED
POPULATION.—The term
‘school-aged population’ means the population aged
five through 17, as determined by the Secretary on
the basis of the most recent satisfactory data avail-
able from the Department of Commerce.
‘‘(6) SCHOOL PERSONNEL.—The term ‘school
personnel’ includes teachers, administrators, guid-
ance 
counselors, 
social 
workers, 
psychologists,
nurses, librarians, and other support staff who are
employed by a school or who perform services for the
school on a contractual basis.
‘‘SEC. 11132. MATERIALS.
‘‘(a) ‘WRONG AND HARMFUL’ MESSAGE.—Drug pre-
vention programs supported under this part shall convey
a clear and consistent message that the illegal use of alco-
hol and other drugs is wrong and harmful.
‘‘(b) CURRICULUM.—The Secretary shall not pre-
scribe the use of specific curricula for programs supported
under this part, but may evaluate the effectiveness of such
curricula and other strategies in drug and violence preven-
tion.
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‘‘SEC. 11133. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘No funds under this part may be used for—
‘‘(1) construction (except for minor remodeling
needed to accomplish the purposes of this part); and
‘‘(2) medical services, drug treatment or reha-
bilitation, except for pupil services or referral to
treatment for students who are victims of or wit-
nesses to crime or who use alcohol, tobacco, or
drugs.
‘‘SEC. 11134. QUALITY RATING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The chief executive officer of
each State, or in the case of a State in which the constitu-
tion or law of such State designates another individual,
entity, or agency in the State to be responsible for edu-
cation activities, such individual, entity, or agency, is au-
thorized and encouraged—
‘‘(1) to establish a standard of quality for drug,
alcohol, and tobacco prevention programs imple-
mented in public elementary schools and secondary
schools in the State in accordance with subsection
(b); and
‘‘(2) to identify and designate, upon application
by a public elementary school or secondary school,
any such school that achieves such standard as a
quality program school.
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‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—The standard referred to in sub-
section (a) shall address, at a minimum—
‘‘(1) a comparison of the rate of illegal use of
drugs, alcohol, and tobacco by students enrolled in
the school for a period of time to be determined by
the chief executive officer of the State;
‘‘(2) the rate of suspensions or expulsions of
students enrolled in the school for drug, alcohol, or
tobacco-related offenses;
‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the drug, alcohol, or
tobacco prevention program as proven by research;
‘‘(4) the involvement of parents and community
members in the design of the drug, alcohol, and to-
bacco prevention program; and
‘‘(5) the extent of review of existing community
drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention programs be-
fore implementation of the public school program.
‘‘(c) REQUEST
FOR QUALITY PROGRAM SCHOOL
DESIGNATION.—A school that wishes to receive a quality
program school designation shall submit a request and
documentation of compliance with this section to the chief
executive officer of the State or the individual, entity, or
agency described in subsection (a), as the case may be.
‘‘(d) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—Not less than once a
year, the chief executive officer of each State or the indi-
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vidual, entity, or agency described in subsection (a), as
the case may be, shall make available to the public a list
of the names of each public school in the State that has
received a quality program school designation in accord-
ance with this section.’’.
TITLE XI—PROGRAMS OF
NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
SEC. 1101. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
Title XII (20 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘TITLE XII—PROGRAMS OF
NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
‘‘PART A—FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 12101. FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDU-
CATION.
‘‘(a) FUND AUTHORIZED.—From funds appropriated
under subsection (d), the Secretary is authorized to sup-
port nationally significant programs and projects to im-
prove the quality of education, assist all students to meet
challenging State content standards and challenging State
student performance standards, and contribute to achieve-
ment of the National Education Goals. The Secretary is
authorized to carry out such programs and projects di-
rectly or through grants to, or contracts with, State and
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local educational agencies, institutions of higher edu-
cation, and other public and private agencies, organiza-
tions, and institutions.
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds under this section
may be used for—
‘‘(A) activities that will promote systemic
education reform at the State and local levels,
such as—
‘‘(i) research and development related
to challenging State content and chal-
lenging State student performance stand-
ards;
‘‘(ii) the development and evaluation
of model strategies for—
‘‘(I) assessment of student learn-
ing;
‘‘(II) professional development
for teachers and administrators;
‘‘(III) parent and community in-
volvement; and
‘‘(IV) other aspects of systemic
reform;
‘‘(iii) developing and evaluating strat-
egies for eliminating ability-grouping prac-
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tices, and developing policies and programs
that place all students on a college-pre-
paratory path of study, particularly in aca-
demic fields such as mathematics, science,
English, and social studies, including com-
prehensive inservice programs for teachers
and pupil services personnel and academic
enrichment programs that supplement reg-
ular courses for students;
‘‘(iv) developing and evaluating pro-
grams that directly involve parents and
family members in the academic progress
of their children;
‘‘(v) developing and evaluating strate-
gies for integrating instruction and assess-
ment such that teachers and administra-
tors can focus on what students should
know and be able to do at particular grade
levels, which instruction shall promote the
synthesis of knowledge, encourage the de-
velopment of problem-solving skills drawing
on a vast range of disciplines, and promote
the development of higher order thinking
by all students; and
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‘‘(vi) developing and evaluating strate-
gies for supporting professional develop-
ment for teachers across all disciplines and
for pupil services personnel, guidance coun-
selors, and administrators, including in-
service training that improves the skills of
pupil services personnel, counselors and
administrators for working with students
from diverse populations;
‘‘(B) demonstrations at the State and local
levels that are designed to yield nationally sig-
nificant results, including approaches to public
school choice and school-based decisionmaking;
‘‘(C) joint activities with other agencies to
assist the effort to achieve the National Edu-
cation Goals, including activities related to im-
proving the transition from preschool to school
and from school to work, as well as activities
related to the integration of education and
health and social services;
‘‘(D) activities to promote and evaluate
counseling and mentoring for students, includ-
ing intergenerational mentoring;
‘‘(E) activities to promote and evaluate co-
ordinated pupil services programs;
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‘‘(F) activities to promote comprehensive
health education;
‘‘(G) activities to promote environmental
education;
‘‘(H) activities to promote consumer, eco-
nomic, and personal finance education, such as
saving, investing, and entrepreneurial edu-
cation;
‘‘(I) activities to promote programs to as-
sist students to demonstrate competence in for-
eign languages;
‘‘(J) studies and evaluation of various edu-
cation reform strategies and innovations being
pursued by the Federal Government, States,
and local educational agencies;
‘‘(K) activities to promote metric edu-
cation;
‘‘(L) the identification and recognition of
exemplary schools and programs, such as Blue
Ribbon Schools;
‘‘(M) programs designed to promote gen-
der equity in education by evaluating and elimi-
nating gender bias in instruction and edu-
cational materials, identifying, and analyzing
gender inequities in educational practices, and
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implementing and evaluating educational poli-
cies and practices designed to achieve gender
equity;
‘‘(N) programs designed to reduce exces-
sive student mobility, retain students who move
within a school district at the same school, edu-
cate parents about the effect of mobility on a
child’s education and encourage parents to par-
ticipate in school activities;
‘‘(O) experiential-based learning, such as
service-learning;
‘‘(P) the development and expansion of
public-private partnership programs which ex-
tend the learning experience, via computers, be-
yond the classroom environment into student
homes through such programs as the Buddy
System Computer Project;
‘‘(Q) other programs and projects that
meet the purposes of this section;
‘‘(R) activities to promote child abuse edu-
cation and prevention programs;
‘‘(S) activities to raise standards and ex-
pectations for academic achievement among all
students, especially disadvantaged students tra-
ditionally underserved in schools;
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‘‘(T) activities to provide the academic
support, enrichment and motivation to enable
all students to reach such standards;
‘‘(U) demonstrations relating to the plan-
ning and evaluations of the effectiveness of
projects under which local educational agencies
or schools contract with private management
organizations to reform a school or schools;
‘‘(V) demonstrations that are designed to
test whether prenatal and counseling provided
to pregnant students may have a positive effect
on pregnancy outcomes, with such education
and counseling emphasizing the importance of
prenatal care, the value of sound diet and nutri-
tion habits, and the harmful effects of smoking,
alcohol, and substance abuse on fetal develop-
ment;
‘‘(W) programs under section 12102;
‘‘(X) programs under section 12103;
‘‘(Y) programs under section 12104; and
‘‘(Z) programs under section 12105;
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
USES.—The Secretary may
also use funds under this section to complete the
project periods for direct grants or contracts award-
ed under the provisions of this Act, the Fund for the
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Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching
Act, or title III of the Education for Economic Secu-
rity Act, as such Acts were in effect on the day pre-
ceding the date of the enactment of the Improving
America’s Schools Act of 1994.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall not
make available more than $1,000,000 to carry out
paragraph (1)(R), nor more than $1,000,000 to
carry out paragraph (1)(V) during the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2002, through September 30,
2007.
‘‘(c) AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may—
‘‘(A) make awards under this section on
the basis of competitions announced by the Sec-
retary; and
‘‘(B) support meritorious unsolicited pro-
posals.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that programs, projects, and activities sup-
ported under this section are designed so that the ef-
fectiveness of such programs, projects, and activities
is readily ascertainable.
‘‘(3) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a
peer review process in reviewing applications for as-
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sistance under this section and may use funds ap-
propriated under subsection (d) for the cost of such
peer review.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION.—For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘SEC. 12102. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELING DEM-
ONSTRATION.
‘‘(a) COUNSELING DEMONSTRATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award
grants under this section to establish or expand ele-
mentary school counseling programs.
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this
section, the Secretary shall give special consideration
to applications describing programs that—
‘‘(A) demonstrate the greatest need for
new or additional counseling services among the
children in the elementary schools served by the
applicant;
‘‘(B) propose the most promising and inno-
vative approaches for initiating or expanding el-
ementary school counseling; and
‘‘(C) show the greatest potential for rep-
lication and dissemination.
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‘‘(3) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding
grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure
an equitable geographic distribution among the re-
gions of the United States and among urban, subur-
ban, and rural areas.
‘‘(4) DURATION.—A grant under this section
shall be awarded for a period not to exceed three
years.
‘‘(5) MAXIMUM
GRANT.—A grant under this
section shall not exceed $400,000 for any fiscal year.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each local educational
agency desiring a grant under this section shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in
such manner, and accompanied by such information
as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application for a grant
under this section shall—
‘‘(A) describe the elementary school popu-
lation to be targeted by the program, the par-
ticular personal, social, emotional, educational,
and career development needs of such popu-
lation, and the current school counseling re-
sources available for meeting such needs;
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‘‘(B) describe the activities, services, and
training to be provided by the program and the
specific approaches to be used to meet the
needs described in subparagraph (A);
‘‘(C) describe the methods to be used to
evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of the
program;
‘‘(D) describe the collaborative efforts to
be undertaken with institutions of higher edu-
cation, businesses, labor organizations, commu-
nity groups, social service agencies, and other
public or private entities to enhance the pro-
gram and promote school-linked services inte-
gration;
‘‘(E) describe collaborative efforts with in-
stitutions of higher education which specifically
seek to enhance or improve graduate programs
specializing in the preparation of elementary
school counselors, school psychologists, and
school social workers;
‘‘(F) document that the applicant has the
personnel qualified to develop, implement, and
administer the program;
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‘‘(G) describe how any diverse cultural
populations, if applicable, would be served
through the program;
‘‘(H) assure that the funds made available
under this part for any fiscal year will be used
to supplement and, to the extent practicable, in-
crease the level of funds that would otherwise
be available from non-Federal sources for the
program described in the application, and in no
case supplant such funds from non-Federal
sources; and
‘‘(I) assure that the applicant will appoint
an advisory board composed of parents, school
counselors, school psychologists, school social
workers, other pupil services personnel, teach-
ers, school administrators, and community lead-
ers to advise the local educational agency on the
design and implementation of the program.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grant funds under this sec-
tion shall be used to initiate or expand elementary
school counseling programs that comply with the re-
quirements in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Each pro-
gram assisted under this section shall—
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‘‘(A) be comprehensive in addressing the
personal, social, emotional, and educational
needs of all students;
‘‘(B) use a developmental, preventive ap-
proach to counseling;
‘‘(C) increase the range, availability, quan-
tity, and quality of counseling services in the el-
ementary schools of the local educational agen-
cy;
‘‘(D) expand counseling services only
through qualified school counselors, school psy-
chologists, and school social workers;
‘‘(E) use innovative approaches to increase
children’s understanding of peer and family re-
lationships, work and self, decisionmaking, aca-
demic and career planning, or to improve social
functioning;
‘‘(F) provide counseling services that are
well-balanced among classroom group and small
group counseling, individual counseling, and
consultation with parents, teachers, administra-
tors, and other pupil services personnel;
‘‘(G) include inservice training for school
counselors, school social workers, school psy-
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chologists, other pupil services personnel, teach-
ers, and instructional staff;
‘‘(H) involve parents of participating stu-
dents in the design, implementation, and eval-
uation of a counseling program;
‘‘(I) involve collaborative efforts with insti-
tutions of higher education, businesses, labor
organizations, community groups, social service
agencies, or other public or private entities to
enhance the program and promote school-linked
services integration; and
‘‘(J) evaluate annually the effectiveness
and outcomes of the counseling services and ac-
tivities assisted under this section.
‘‘(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall issue a re-
port evaluating the programs assisted pursuant to
each grant under this subsection at the end of each
grant period in accordance with section 14701, but
in no case later than January 30, 2005.
‘‘(4) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall
make the programs assisted under this section avail-
able for dissemination, either through the National
Diffusion Network or other appropriate means.
‘‘(5) LIMIT
ON
ADMINISTRATION.—Not more
than five percent of the amounts made available
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under this section in any fiscal year shall be used
for administrative costs to carry out this section.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘school counselor’ means an indi-
vidual who has documented competence in coun-
seling children and adolescents in a school setting
and who—
‘‘(A) possesses State licensure or certifi-
cation granted by an independent professional
regulatory authority;
‘‘(B) in the absence of such State licensure
or certification, possesses national certification
in school counseling or a specialty of counseling
granted by an independent professional organi-
zation; or
‘‘(C) holds a minimum of a master’s de-
gree in school counseling from a program ac-
credited by the Council for Accreditation of
Counseling and Related Educational Programs
or the equivalent;
‘‘(2) the term ‘school psychologist’ means an in-
dividual who—
‘‘(A) possesses a minimum of 60 graduate
semester hours in school psychology from an in-
stitution of higher education and has completed
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1,200 clock hours in a supervised school psy-
chology internship, of which 600 hours shall be
in the school setting;
‘‘(B) possesses State licensure or certifi-
cation in the State in which the individual
works; or
‘‘(C) in the absence of such State licensure
or certification, possesses national certification
by the National School Psychology Certification
Board;
‘‘(3) the term ‘school social worker’ means an
individual who holds a master’s degree in social
work and is licensed or certified by the State in
which services are provided or holds a school social
work specialist credential; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘supervisor’ means an individual
who has the equivalent number of years of profes-
sional experience in such individual’s respective dis-
cipline as is required of teaching experience for the
supervisor or administrative credential in the State
of such individual.
‘‘SEC. 12103. PARTNERSHIPS IN CHARACTER EDUCATION
PILOT PROJECT.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to make up to a total of ten grants annually to part-
nerships of State educational agencies and local edu-
cational agencies for the design and implementation
of character education programs that incorporate
the elements of character listed in subsection (d), as
well as other character elements identified by appli-
cants.
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANT.—No State
educational agency shall receive more than a total of
$1,000,000 in grants under this part.
‘‘(3) DURATION.—Each grant under this sec-
tion shall be awarded for a period not to exceed five
years, of which the State educational agency shall
not use more than one year for planning and pro-
gram design.
‘‘(b) 
STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY
APPLICA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each State educational
agency desiring a grant under this section shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time and
in such manner as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.—Each State educational
agency desiring a grant under this section shall form
a partnership with at least one local educational
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agency to be eligible for funding. The partnership
shall pursue State and local initiatives to meet the
objectives of this section.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—Each application under
this section shall include—
‘‘(A) a list of the local educational agencies
entering into the partnership with the State
educational agency;
‘‘(B) a description of the goals of the part-
nership;
‘‘(C) a description of activities that will be
pursued by the participating local educational
agencies, including—
‘‘(i) how parents, students, and other
members of the community, including
members of private and nonprofit organi-
zations, will be involved in the design and
implementation of the program;
‘‘(ii) curriculum and instructional
practices;
‘‘(iii) methods of teacher training and
parent education that will be used or devel-
oped; and
‘‘(iv) examples of activities that will
be carried out under this part;
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‘‘(D) a description of how the State edu-
cational agency will provide technical and pro-
fessional assistance to its local educational
agency partners in the development and imple-
mentation of character education programs;
‘‘(E) a description of how the State edu-
cational agency will evaluate the success of local
programs and how local educational agencies
will evaluate the progress of their own pro-
grams;
‘‘(F) a description of how the State edu-
cational agency will assist other interested local
educational agencies that are not members of
the original partnership in designing and estab-
lishing programs;
‘‘(G) a description of how the State edu-
cational agency will establish a clearinghouse
for information on model programs, materials,
and other information the State and local edu-
cational agencies determine to be appropriate;
‘‘(H) an assurance that the State edu-
cational agency will annually provide to the Sec-
retary such information as may be required to
determine the effectiveness of the program; and
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‘‘(I) any other information that the Sec-
retary may require.
‘‘(4) 
NON-PARTNER
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.—Any local educational agency that was
not a partner with the State when the application
was submitted may become a partner by submitting
an application for partnership to the State edu-
cational agency, containing such information that
the State educational agency may require.
‘‘(c) EVALUATION AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each State educational
agency receiving a grant under this section shall
submit to the Secretary a comprehensive evaluation
of the program assisted under this part, including
the impact on students, teachers, administrators,
parents, and others—
‘‘(A) by the mid-term of the program; and
‘‘(B) not later than one year after comple-
tion of such program.
‘‘(2) CONTRACTS
FOR
EVALUATION.—Each
State educational agency receiving a grant under
this section may contract with outside sources, in-
cluding institutions of higher education, and private
and nonprofit organizations, for purposes of evalu-
ating their program and measuring the success of
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the program toward fostering in students the ele-
ments of character listed in subsection (b).
‘‘(3) FACTORS.—Factors which may be consid-
ered in evaluating the success of the program may
include—
‘‘(A) discipline problems;
‘‘(B) students’ grades;
‘‘(C) participation in extracurricular activi-
ties;
‘‘(D) parental and community involvement;
‘‘(E) faculty and administration involve-
ment; and
‘‘(F) student and staff morale.
‘‘(4) MATERIALS
AND
PROGRAM
DEVELOP-
MENT.—Local educational agencies, after consulting
with the State educational agency, may contract
with outside sources, including institutions of higher
education, and private and nonprofit organizations,
for assistance in developing curriculum, materials,
teacher training, and other activities related to char-
acter education.
‘‘(d) ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Applicants desiring funding
under this part shall develop character education
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programs that incorporate the following elements of
character:
‘‘(A) Caring.
‘‘(B) Civic virtue and citizenship.
‘‘(C) Justice and fairness.
‘‘(D) Respect.
‘‘(E) Responsibility.
‘‘(F) Trustworthiness.
‘‘(G) Any other elements deemed appro-
priate by the members of the partnership.
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER.—
A local educational agency participating under this
section may, after consultation with schools and
communities of such agency, define additional ele-
ments of character that the agency determines to be
important to the schools and communities of such
agency.
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the total funds received by
a State educational agency in any fiscal year under this
section—
‘‘(1) not more than 30 percent of such funds
may be retained by the State educational agency, of
which—
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‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent of such
funds may be used for administrative purposes;
and
‘‘(B) the remainder of such funds may be
used for—
‘‘(i) collaborative initiatives with local
educational agencies;
‘‘(ii) the establishment of the clearing-
house, preparation of materials, teacher
training; and
‘‘(iii) other appropriate activities; and
‘‘(2) the remaining of such funds shall be used
to award subgrants to local educational agencies, of
which—
‘‘(A) not more than 10 percent of such
funds may be retained for administrative pur-
poses; and
‘‘(B) the remainder of such funds may be
used to—
‘‘(i) award subgrants to schools within
the local educational agency; and
‘‘(ii) pursue collaborative efforts with
the State educational agency.
‘‘(f) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.—
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‘‘(1) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall select,
through peer review, partnerships to receive grants
under this section on the basis of the quality of the
applications submitted under subsection (b), taking
into consideration such factors as—
‘‘(A) the quality of the activities proposed
by local educational agencies;
‘‘(B) the extent to which the program fos-
ters in students the elements of character;
‘‘(C) the extent of parental, student, and
community involvement;
‘‘(D) the number of local educational agen-
cies involved in the effort;
‘‘(E) the quality of the plan for measuring
and assessing success; and
‘‘(F) the likelihood that the goals of the
program will be realistically achieved.
‘‘(2) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary
shall approve applications under this section in a
manner that ensures, to the extent practicable, that
programs assisted under this section—
‘‘(A) serve different areas of the Nation,
including urban, suburban, and rural areas; and
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‘‘(B) serve schools that serve minorities,
Native Americans, students of limited-English
proficiency, and disadvantaged students.
‘‘SEC. 12104. PROMOTING SCHOLAR-ATHLETE COMPETI-
TIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
award a grant to a nonprofit organization to reimburse
such organizations for the costs of conducting scholar-ath-
lete games.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding the grant under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall give priority to a nonprofit
organization that—
‘‘(1) is described in section 501(c)(3) of, and
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of, the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and is affiliated
with a university capable of hosting a large edu-
cational, cultural, and athletic event that will serve
as a national model;
‘‘(2) has the capability and experience in ad-
ministering federally funded scholar-athlete games;
‘‘(3) has the ability to provide matching funds,
on a dollar-for-dollar basis, from foundations and
the private sector for the purpose of conducting a
scholar-athlete program;
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‘‘(4) has the organizational structure and capa-
bility to administer a model scholar-athlete program;
‘‘(5) has the organizational structure and exper-
tise to replicate the scholar-athlete program in var-
ious venues throughout the United States inter-
nationally; and
‘‘(6) has plans for conducting scholar-athlete
games without Federal assistance.
‘‘SEC. 12105. SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each local educational agency
desiring a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require. Each such application shall describe—
‘‘(1) strategies and methods the applicant will
use to create the smaller learning community or
communities;
‘‘(2) curriculum and instructional practices, in-
cluding any particular themes or emphases, to be
used in the learning environment;
‘‘(3) the extent of involvement of teachers and
other school personnel in investigating, designing,
implementing and sustaining the smaller learning
community or communities;
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‘‘(4) the process to be used for involving stu-
dents, parents and other stakeholders in the develop-
ment and implementation of the smaller learning
community or communities;
‘‘(5) any cooperation or collaboration among
community agencies, organizations, businesses, and
others to develop or implement a plan to create the
smaller learning community or communities;
‘‘(6) the training and professional development
activities that will be offered to teachers and others
involved in the activities assisted under this part;
‘‘(7) the goals and objectives of the activities
assisted under this part, including a description of
how such activities will better enable all students to
reach challenging State content standards and State
student performance standards;
‘‘(8) the methods by which the applicant will
assess progress in meeting such goals and objectives;
‘‘(9) if the smaller learning community or com-
munities exist as a school-within-a-school, the rela-
tionship, including governance and administration,
of the smaller learning community to the rest of the
school;
‘‘(10) a description of the administrative and
managerial relationship between the local edu-
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cational agency and the smaller learning community
or communities, including how such agency will dem-
onstrate a commitment to the continuity of the
smaller learning community or communities, includ-
ing the continuity of student and teacher assignment
to a particular learning community;
‘‘(11) how the applicant will coordinate or use
funds provided under this part with other funds pro-
vided under this Act or other Federal laws;
‘‘(12) grade levels or ages of students who will
participate in the smaller learning community or
communities; and
‘‘(13) the method of placing students in the
smaller learning community or communities, such
that students are not placed according to ability,
performance or any other measure, so that students
are placed at random or by their own choice, not
pursuant to testing or other judgments.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this
section may be used—
‘‘(1) to study the feasibility of creating the
smaller learning community or communities as well
as effective and innovative organizational and in-
structional strategies that will be used in the smaller
learning community or communities;
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‘‘(2) to research, develop and implement strate-
gies for creating the smaller learning community or
communities, as well as effective and innovative
changes in curriculum and instruction, geared to
high State content standards and State student per-
formance standards;
‘‘(3) to provide professional development for
school staff in innovative teaching methods that
challenge and engage students to be used in the
smaller learning community or communities; and
‘‘(4) to develop and implement strategies to in-
clude parents, business representatives, local institu-
tions of higher education, community-based organi-
zations, and other community members in the small-
er learning communities, as facilitators of activities
that enable teachers to participate in professional
development activities, as well as to provide links be-
tween students and their community.
‘‘SEC. 12106. NATIONAL STUDENT AND PARENT MOCK ELEC-
TION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
award grants to national nonprofit, nonpartisan organiza-
tions that work to promote voter participation in American
elections to enable such organizations to carry out voter
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education activities for students and their parents. Such
activities shall—
‘‘(1) be limited to simulated national elections
that permit participation by students and parents
from all 50 States in the United States; and
‘‘(2) consist of—
‘‘(A) school forums and local cable call-in
shows on the national issues to be voted upon
in an ‘issue forum’;
‘‘(B) speeches and debates before students
and parents by local candidates or stand-ins for
such candidates;
‘‘(C) quiz team competitions, mock press
conferences and speechwriting competitions;
‘‘(D) weekly meetings to follow the course
of the campaign; or
‘‘(E) school and neighborhood campaigns
to increase voter turnout, including newsletters,
posters, telephone chains, and transportation.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT.—Each organization receiving a
grant under this section shall present awards to out-
standing student and parent mock election projects.
‘‘SEC. 12107. MODEL PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to award grants to cultural institutions to enable
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such institutions to develop and expand model projects of
outreach activities for at-risk children in the communities
served by such institutions, including activities which inte-
grate such institution’s cultural programming with other
disciplines, including environmental, mathematics, and
science programs.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion the Secretary shall give priority to activities that are
part of an overall State, local, and private commitment,
seek to improve learning for at-risk youth, and are sub-
stantially funded by State, local, or private funds.
‘‘PART B—GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN
‘‘SEC. 12201. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘Jacob K. Javits Gift-
ed and Talented Students Education Act of 2000’.
‘‘SEC. 12202. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares
that—
‘‘(1) all students can learn to high standards
and must develop their talents and realize their po-
tential if the United States is to prosper;
‘‘(2) gifted and talented students are a national
resource vital to the future of the Nation and its se-
curity and well-being;
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‘‘(3) too often schools fail to challenge students
to do their best work, and students who are not
challenged will not learn to challenging State content
standards and challenging State student perform-
ance standards, fully develop their talents, and real-
ize their potential;
‘‘(4) unless the special abilities of gifted and
talented students are recognized and developed dur-
ing such students’ elementary and secondary school
years, much of such students’ special potential for
contributing to the national interest is likely to be
lost;
‘‘(5) gifted and talented students from economi-
cally disadvantaged families and areas, and students
of limited-English proficiency are at greatest risk of
being unrecognized and of not being provided ade-
quate or appropriate educational services;
‘‘(6) State and local educational agencies and
private nonprofit schools often lack the necessary
specialized resources to plan and implement effective
programs for the early identification of gifted and
talented students and for the provision of edu-
cational services and programs appropriate to their
special needs;
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‘‘(7) the Federal Government can best carry out
the limited but essential role of stimulating research
and development and personnel training and pro-
viding a national focal point of information and
technical assistance that is necessary to ensure that
the Nation’s schools are able to meet the special
educational needs of gifted and talented students,
and thereby serve a profound national interest; and
‘‘(8) the experience and knowledge gained in
developing and implementing programs for gifted
and talented students can and should be used as a
basis to—
‘‘(A) develop a rich and challenging cur-
riculum for all students; and
‘‘(B) provide all students with important
and challenging subject matter to study and en-
courage the habits of hard work.
‘‘(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of
this part—
‘‘(1) to provide financial assistance to State and
local educational agencies, institutions of higher edu-
cation, and other public and private agencies and or-
ganizations, to initiate a coordinated program of re-
search, demonstration projects, personnel training,
and similar activities designed to build a nationwide
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capability in elementary and secondary schools to
meet the special educational needs of gifted and tal-
ented students;
‘‘(2) to encourage the development of rich and
challenging curricula for all students through the
appropriate application and adaptation of materials
and instructional methods developed under this part;
and
‘‘(3) to supplement and make more effective the
expenditure of State and local funds, for the edu-
cation of gifted and talented students.
‘‘SEC. 12203. CONSTRUCTION.
‘‘Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit
a recipient of funds under this part from serving gifted
and talented students simultaneously with students with
similar educational needs, in the same educational settings
where appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 12204. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the sums appro-
priated under section 12207 in any fiscal year the
Secretary (after consultation with experts in the
field of the education of gifted and talented stu-
dents) shall make grants to or enter into contracts
with State educational agencies, local educational
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agencies, institutions of higher education, or other
public agencies and private agencies and organiza-
tions (including Indian tribes and Indian organiza-
tions (as such terms are defined by the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act) and
Native Hawaiian organizations) to assist such agen-
cies, institutions, and organizations which submit
applications in carrying out programs or projects au-
thorized by this part that are designed to meet the
educational needs of gifted and talented students, in-
cluding the training of personnel in the education
of gifted and talented students and in the use, where
appropriate, of gifted and talented services, mate-
rials, and methods for all students.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Each entity desiring as-
sistance under this part shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require. Each such application shall de-
scribe how—
‘‘(A) the proposed gifted and talented serv-
ices, materials, and methods can be adapted, if
appropriate, for use by all students; and
‘‘(B) the proposed programs can be evalu-
ated.
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‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Programs and projects as-
sisted under this section may include—
‘‘(1) professional development (including fellow-
ships) for personnel (including leadership personnel)
involved in the education of gifted and talented stu-
dents;
‘‘(2) establishment and operation of model
projects and exemplary programs for serving gifted
and talented students, including innovative methods
for identifying and educating students who may not
be served by traditional gifted and talented pro-
grams, summer programs, mentoring programs,
service learning programs, and cooperative programs
involving business, industry, and education;
‘‘(3) training of personnel and parents involved
in gifted and talented programs with respect to the
impact of gender role socialization on the edu-
cational needs of gifted and talented children and in
gender equitable education methods, techniques and
practices;
‘‘(4) implementing innovative strategies, such
as cooperative learning, peer tutoring and service
learning;
‘‘(5) strengthening the capability of State edu-
cational agencies and institutions of higher edu-
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cation to provide leadership and assistance to local
educational agencies and nonprofit private schools in
the planning, operation, and improvement of pro-
grams for the identification and education of gifted
and talented students and the appropriate use of
gifted and talented programs and methods to serve
all students;
‘‘(6) programs of technical assistance and infor-
mation dissemination, including how gifted and tal-
ented programs and methods, where appropriate,
may be adapted for use by all students; and
‘‘(7) carrying out—
‘‘(A) research on methods and techniques
for identifying and teaching gifted and talented
students, and for using gifted and talented pro-
grams and methods to serve all students; and
‘‘(B) program evaluations, surveys, and the
collection, analysis, and development of infor-
mation needed to accomplish the purposes of
this part.
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary (after con-
sultation with experts in the field of the education
of gifted and talented students) shall establish a Na-
tional Center for Research and Development in the
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Education of Gifted and Talented Children and
Youth through grants to or contracts with one or
more institutions of higher education or State edu-
cational agency, or a combination or consortium of
such institutions and agencies, for the purpose of
carrying out activities described in paragraph (7) of
subsection (b).
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—Such National Center shall
have a Director. The Secretary may authorize the
Director to carry out such functions of the National
Center as may be agreed upon through arrange-
ments with other institutions of higher education,
State or local educational agencies, or other public
or private agencies and organizations.
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Not more than 30 percent of the
funds available in any fiscal year to carry out the pro-
grams and projects authorized by this section may be used
to conduct activities pursuant to subsection (b)(7) or (c).
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—Research activities supported
under this section—
‘‘(1) shall be carried out in consultation with
the Office of Educational Research and Improve-
ment to ensure that such activities are coordinated
with and enhance the research and development ac-
tivities supported by such Office; and
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‘‘(2) may include collaborative research activi-
ties which are jointly funded and carried out with
such Office.
‘‘SEC. 12205. PROGRAM PRIORITIES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL PRIORITY.—In the administration of
this part the Secretary shall give highest priority—
‘‘(1) to the identification of and the provision of
services to gifted and talented students who may not
be identified and served through traditional assess-
ment methods (including economically disadvantaged
individuals, individuals of limited-English pro-
ficiency, and individuals with disabilities); and
‘‘(2) to programs and projects designed to de-
velop or improve the capability of schools in an en-
tire State or region of the Nation through coopera-
tive efforts and participation of State and local edu-
cational agencies, institutions of higher education,
and other public and private agencies and organiza-
tions (including business, industry, and labor), to
plan, conduct, and improve programs for the identi-
fication of and service to gifted and talented stu-
dents, such as mentoring and apprenticeship pro-
grams.
‘‘(b) SERVICE PRIORITY.—In approving applications
for assistance under section 12204(a)(2), the Secretary
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shall assure that in each fiscal year at least one-half of
the applications approved under such section address the
priority described in subsection (a)(1).
‘‘SEC. 12206. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN
AND TEACHERS.—In making grants and entering into
contracts under this part, the Secretary shall ensure,
where appropriate, that provision is made for the equitable
participation of students and teachers in private nonprofit
elementary and secondary schools, including the participa-
tion of teachers and other personnel in professional devel-
opment programs serving such children.
‘‘(b) REVIEW, DISSEMINATION, AND EVALUATION.—
The Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) use a peer review process in reviewing ap-
plications under this part;
‘‘(2) ensure that information on the activities
and results of programs and projects funded under
this part is disseminated to appropriate State and
local agencies and other appropriate organizations,
including nonprofit private organizations; and
‘‘(3) evaluate the effectiveness of programs
under this part in accordance with section 14701,
both in terms of the impact on students traditionally
served in separate gifted and talented programs and
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on other students, and submit the results of such
evaluation to Congress not later than January 1,
2005.
‘‘(c) PROGRAM OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall
ensure that the programs under this part are administered
within the Department by a person who has recognized
professional qualifications and experience in the field of
the education of gifted and talented students and who
shall—
‘‘(1) administer the programs authorized by
this part;
‘‘(2) coordinate all programs for gifted and tal-
ented students administered by the Department;
‘‘(3) serve as a focal point of national leader-
ship and information on the educational needs of
gifted and talented students and the availability of
educational services and programs designed to meet
such needs; and
‘‘(4) assist the Assistant Secretary of the Office
of Educational Research and Improvement in identi-
fying research priorities which reflect the needs of
gifted and talented students.
‘‘SEC. 12207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000
for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary
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for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out
the provisions of this part.
‘‘PART D—ARTS IN EDUCATION
‘‘Subpart 1—Arts Education
‘‘SEC. 12401. SUPPORT FOR ARTS EDUCATION.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the arts are forms of understanding and
ways of knowing that are fundamentally important
to education;
‘‘(2) the arts are important to excellent edu-
cation and to effective school reform;
‘‘(3) the most significant contribution of the
arts to education reform is the transformation of
teaching and learning;
‘‘(4) such transformation is best realized in the
context of comprehensive, systemic education reform;
‘‘(5) demonstrated competency in the arts for
American students is among the National Education
Goals;
‘‘(6) participation in performing arts activities
has proven to be an effective strategy for promoting
the inclusion of persons with disabilities in main-
stream settings;
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‘‘(7) opportunities in the arts have enabled per-
sons of all ages with disabilities to participate more
fully in school and community activities;
‘‘(8) the arts can motivate at-risk students to
stay in school and become active participants in the
educational process; and
‘‘(9) arts education should be an integral part
of the elementary and secondary school curriculum.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subpart are
to—
‘‘(1) support systemic education reform by
strengthening arts education as an integral part of
the elementary and secondary school curriculum;
‘‘(2) help ensure that all students have the op-
portunity to learn to challenging State content
standards and challenging State student perform-
ance standards in the arts; and
‘‘(3) support the national effort to enable all
students to demonstrate competence in the arts in
accordance with the National Education Goals.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—In order to carry out
the purposes of this subpart, the Secretary is authorized
to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative
agreements with—
‘‘(1) State educational agencies;
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‘‘(2) local educational agencies;
‘‘(3) institutions of higher education;
‘‘(4) museums and other cultural institutions;
and
‘‘(5) other public and private agencies, institu-
tions, and organizations.
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this
subpart may be used for—
‘‘(1) research on arts education;
‘‘(2) the development of, and dissemination of
information about, model arts education programs;
‘‘(3) the development of model arts education
assessments based on high standards;
‘‘(4) the development and implementation of
curriculum frameworks for arts education;
‘‘(5) the development of model preservice and
inservice professional development programs for arts
educators and other instructional staff;
‘‘(6) supporting collaborative activities with
other Federal agencies or institutions involved in
arts education, such as the National Endowment for
the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Serv-
ices, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, Very Special Arts, and the National
Gallery of Art;
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‘‘(7) supporting model projects and programs in
the performing arts for children and youth through
arrangements made with the John F. Kennedy Cen-
ter for the Performing Arts;
‘‘(8) supporting model projects and programs
by Very Special Arts which assure the participation
in mainstream settings in arts and education pro-
grams of individuals with disabilities;
‘‘(9) supporting model projects and programs to
integrate arts education into the regular elementary
and secondary school curriculum; and
‘‘(10) other activities that further the purposes
of this subpart.
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of funds under
this subpart shall, to the extent possible, coordinate
projects assisted under this subpart with appropriate
activities of public and private cultural agencies, in-
stitutions, and organizations, including museums,
arts education associations, libraries, and theaters.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—In carrying out this sub-
part, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Mu-
seum and Library Services, the John F. Kennedy
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Center for the Performing Arts, Very Special Arts,
and the National Gallery of Art.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out this subpart, there are authorized to be
appropriated $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the four
succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—If the amount appro-
priated under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year is
$9,000,000 or less, then such amount shall only be
available to carry out the activities described in
paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (d).
‘‘Subpart 2—Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk
Children and Youth
‘‘SEC. 12411. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds:
‘‘(1) With local school budget cuts there are in-
adequate arts and cultural programs available for
children and youth in schools, especially at the ele-
mentary school level.
‘‘(2) The arts promote progress in academic
subjects as shown by research conducted by the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts.
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‘‘(3) Children and youth who receive instruction
in the arts and humanities, or who are involved in
cultural activities, remain in school longer and are
more successful than children who do not receive
such instruction.
‘‘(4) Learning in the arts and humanities pro-
motes progress in other academic subjects, and gen-
erates positive self-esteem and a greater sense of ac-
complishment in young people.
‘‘(5) School-university and school-cultural insti-
tution partnerships that upgrade teacher training in
the arts and humanities have significantly contrib-
uted to improved instruction and achievement levels
of school-aged children.
‘‘(6) Museum outreach, cultural activities and
informal education for at-risk children and youth
have contributed significantly to the educational
achievement and enhanced interest in learning of at-
risk children and youth.
‘‘(7) The Goals 2000: Educate America Act,
other legislation and local, State and national re-
sources support the integration of the arts and hu-
manities into the regular curriculum and school day
for all children.
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‘‘(8) While all children benefit from instruction
in the arts and the humanities, at-risk children and
youth have a special, additional need for arts and
cultural programs both in school and after school.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to
make demonstration grants to eligible entities to improve
the educational performance and future potential of at-
risk children and youth by providing comprehensive and
coordinated educational and cultural services.
‘‘SEC. 12412. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
award grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share
of the costs of the activities described in section 12413.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award
grants under this subpart only to programs designed
to—
‘‘(A) promote and enhance educational and
cultural activities;
‘‘(B) provide multi-year services to at-risk
children and youth and to integrate community
cultural resources into in-school and after-
school educational programs;
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‘‘(C) provide integration of community cul-
tural resources into the regular curriculum and
school day;
‘‘(D) focus school and cultural resources in
the community on coordinated cultural services
to address the needs of at-risk children and
youth;
‘‘(E) provide effective cultural programs to
facilitate the transition from preschool pro-
grams to elementary school programs, including
programs under the Head Start Act and part H
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act;
‘‘(F) facilitate school-to-work transition
from secondary schools and alternative schools
to job training, higher education and employ-
ment through educational programs and activi-
ties that utilize school resources;
‘‘(G) increase parental and community in-
volvement in the educational, social, and cul-
tural development of at-risk children and youth;
or
‘‘(H)(i) develop programs and strategies
that provide high-quality coordinated edu-
cational and cultural services; and
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‘‘(ii) provide a model to replicate such
services in other schools and communities.
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP.—An interagency partner-
ship comprised of the Secretary of Education, the
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities, the Chairman of the National Endowment
for the Arts, and the Director of the Institute of
Museum and Library Services, or their designees,
shall establish criteria and procedures for awarding
grants, including the establishment of panels to re-
view the applications, and shall administer the
grants program authorized by this section. The Sec-
retary shall publish such criteria and procedures in
the Federal Register.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—Grants may only be
awarded under this subpart to eligible entities that
agree to coordinate activities carried out under other
Federal, State, and local grants, received by the
members of the partnership for purposes and target
populations described in this subpart, into an inte-
grated service delivery system located at a school,
cultural, or other community-based site accessible to
and utilized by at-risk youth.
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‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For purposes of this
subpart, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a partner-
ship between—
‘‘(A) a local educational agency or an indi-
vidual school that is eligible to participate in a
schoolwide program under section 1114; and
‘‘(B) at least one institution of higher edu-
cation, museum, local arts agency, or cultural
entity that is accessible to individuals within the
school district of such local educational agency
or school, and that has a history of providing
quality services to the community, which may
include—
‘‘(i) nonprofit institutions of higher
education, museums, libraries, performing,
presenting and exhibiting arts organiza-
tions, literary arts organizations, State and
local arts organizations, cultural institu-
tions, and zoological and botanical organi-
zations; or
‘‘(ii) private for-profit entities with a
history of training children and youth in
the arts.
‘‘(5) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding
grants under this subpart the Secretary, to the ex-
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tent feasible, shall ensure an equitable geographic
distribution of such grants.
‘‘(6) DURATION.—Grants made under this sub-
part may be renewable for a maximum of five years
if the Secretary determines that the eligible recipient
has made satisfactory progress toward the achieve-
ment of the program objectives described in the ap-
plication.
‘‘(7) MODELS.—The Secretary, in consultation
with the Chairman of the National Endowment for
the Humanities, the Chairman of the National En-
dowment for the Arts and the director of the Insti-
tute of Museum and Library Services, or their des-
ignees, shall submit successful models under this
title to the National Diffusion Network for review.
‘‘(c) TARGET POPULATION.—To be eligible for a
grant under this subpart, an eligible entity shall serve—
‘‘(1) students enrolled in schools participating
in a schoolwide program under section 1114 and the
families of such students to the extent practicable;
‘‘(2) out-of-school children and youth at risk of
disadvantages resulting from teenage parenting, sub-
stance abuse, recent migration, disability, limited-
English proficiency, illiteracy, being the child of a
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teenage parent, living in a single parent household,
or dropping out of school; or
‘‘(3) any combination of in-school and out-of-
school at-risk children and youth.
‘‘SEC. 12413. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this sub-
part may be used—
‘‘(1) to plan, develop, acquire, expand, and im-
prove school-based or community-based coordinated
educational and cultural programs to strengthen the
educational performance and future potential of in-
school or out-of-school at-risk children and youth
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts
for services, or administrative coordination;
‘‘(2) to provide at-risk students with integrated
cultural activities designed to develop a love of learn-
ing that fosters the smooth transition of preschool
children to elementary school;
‘‘(3) to design collaborative cultural activities
for students in secondary or alternative schools that
ensure the smooth transition to job training, higher
education, or full employment;
‘‘(4) to provide child care for children of at-risk
students who would not otherwise be able to partici-
pate in the program;
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‘‘(5) to provide transportation necessary for
participation in the program;
‘‘(6) to work with existing school personnel to
develop curriculum materials and programs in the
arts;
‘‘(7) to work with existing school personnel on
staff development activities that encourage the inte-
gration of the arts into the curriculum;
‘‘(8) for stipends that allow local artists to work
with at-risk children and youth in schools;
‘‘(9) for training individuals who are not
trained to work with children and youth;
‘‘(10) for cultural programs that encourage the
active participation of parents in the education of
their children;
‘‘(11) for programs that use the arts and cul-
ture to reform current school practices, including
lengthening the school day or academic year;
‘‘(12) for equipment or supplies that the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and
‘‘(13) for evaluation, administration, and super-
vision.
‘‘(b) PLANNING GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity may
submit an application to the Secretary for a plan-
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ning grant for an amount not to exceed $50,000.
Such grants shall be for periods of not more than
one year.
‘‘(2) LIMIT ON PLANNING GRANTS.—Not more
than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated in each
fiscal year under this subpart shall be used for
grants under this subsection, and an eligible entity
may receive not more than one such planning grant.
‘‘(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity desir-
ing a grant under this subpart shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) describe the cultural entity or entities
that will participate in the partnership;
‘‘(B) describe the target population to be
served;
‘‘(C) describe the services to be provided;
‘‘(D) describe a plan for evaluating the
success of the program;
‘‘(E) in the case of each local educational
agency or school participating in the eligible re-
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cipient partnership, describe how the activities
assisted under this subpart will be perpetuated
beyond the duration of the grant;
‘‘(F) describe the manner in which the eli-
gible entity will improve the educational
achievement or future potential of at-risk youth
through more effective coordination of cultural
services in the community;
‘‘(G) describe the overall and operational
goals of the program;
‘‘(H) describe the nature and location of
all planned sites where services will be delivered
and a description of services which will be pro-
vided at each site; and
‘‘(I) describe training that will be provided
to individuals who are not trained to work with
children and youth, and how teachers will be in-
volved.
‘‘SEC. 12414. PAYMENTS; AMOUNTS OF AWARD; COST
SHARE; LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pay to
each eligible recipient having an application ap-
proved under section 12413(c) the Federal share of
the cost of the activities described in the application.
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‘‘(2) SPECIAL
RULE.—(A) Grants awarded
under this subpart shall be of sufficient size, scope,
and quality to be effective.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall award grants under
this subpart so as to ensure nonduplication of serv-
ices provided by grant recipients and services pro-
vided by—
‘‘(i) the National Endowment for the Hu-
manities;
‘‘(ii) the National Endowment for the Arts;
and
‘‘(iii) the Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a
grant under this subpart shall be 80 percent of the
cost of carrying out the activities described in the
application.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal
share of a grant under this subpart shall be 20 per-
cent of the cost of carrying out the activities de-
scribed in the application and may be in cash or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including the provision of
equipment, services, or facilities.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) 
NONINSTRUCTIONAL
SERVICES.—Not
more than 25 percent of the grant funds provided in
any fiscal year under this subpart may be used for
noninstructional activities such as the activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (4), (5), and (12) of section
12413(a).
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—
Grant funds awarded under this part shall be used
to supplement not supplant the amount of funds
made available from non-Federal sources, for the ac-
tivities assisted under this subpart, in amounts that
exceed the amounts expended for such activities in
the year preceding the year for which the grant is
awarded.
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—(A) The Sec-
retary may reserve not more than five percent of the
grant funds received under this subpart in each fis-
cal year for the costs of administration.
‘‘(B) Each eligible recipient may reserve not
more than 5 percent of any grant funds received
under this subpart in each fiscal year for the costs
of administration.
‘‘SEC. 12415. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subpart, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such
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sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding
fiscal years.
‘‘PART E—INEXPENSIVE BOOK DISTRIBUTION
PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 12501. INEXPENSIVE BOOK DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
FOR READING MOTIVATION.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized
to enter into a contract with Reading is Fundamental
(RIF) (hereafter in this section referred to as ‘‘the con-
tractor’’) to support and promote programs, which include
the distribution of inexpensive books to students, that mo-
tivate children to read.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS OF CONTRACT.—Any contract
entered into under subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) provide that the contractor will enter into
subcontracts with local private nonprofit groups or
organizations, or with public agencies, under which
each subcontractor will agree to establish, operate,
and provide the non-Federal share of the cost of
reading motivation programs that include the dis-
tribution of books, by gift, to the extent feasible, or
loan, to children from birth through secondary
school age, including those in family literacy pro-
grams;
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‘‘(2) provide that funds made available to sub-
contractors will be used only to pay the Federal
share of the cost of such programs;
‘‘(3) provide that in selecting subcontractors for
initial funding, the contractor will give priority to
programs that will serve a substantial number or
percentage of children with special needs, such as—
‘‘(A) low-income children, particularly in
high-poverty areas;
‘‘(B) children at risk of school failure;
‘‘(C) children with disabilities;
‘‘(D) foster children;
‘‘(E) homeless children;
‘‘(F) migrant children;
‘‘(G) children without access to libraries;
‘‘(H) institutionalized or incarcerated chil-
dren; and
‘‘(I) children whose parents are institu-
tionalized or incarcerated;
‘‘(4) provide that the contractor will provide
such technical assistance to subcontractors as may
be necessary to carry out the purpose of this section;
‘‘(5) provide that the contractor will annually
report to the Secretary the number of, and describe,
programs funded under paragraph (3); and
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‘‘(6) include such other terms and conditions as
the Secretary determines to be appropriate to ensure
the effectiveness of such programs.
‘‘(c) RESTRICTION ON PAYMENTS.—The Secretary
shall make no payment of the Federal share of the cost
of acquiring and distributing books under any contract
under this section unless the Secretary determines that
the contractor or subcontractor, as the case may be, has
made arrangements with book publishers or distributors
to obtain books at discounts at least as favorable as dis-
counts that are customarily given by such publisher or dis-
tributor for book purchases made under similar cir-
cumstances in the absence of Federal assistance.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF ‘FEDERAL SHARE’.—For the
purpose of this section, the term ‘Federal share’ means,
with respect to the cost to a subcontractor of purchasing
books to be paid under this section, 75 percent of such
costs to the subcontractor, except that the Federal share
for programs serving children of migrant or seasonal
farmworkers shall be 100 percent of such costs to the sub-
contractor.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated $10,300,000 for fiscal year 2002 and
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such sums as may be necessary for each of the four suc-
ceeding fiscal years.
‘‘PART F—CIVIC EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 12601. INSTRUCTION ON THE HISTORY AND PRIN-
CIPLES OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED.—(A) The Sec-
retary is authorized to carry out a program to en-
hance the attainment of the third and sixth National
Education Goals by educating students about the
history and principles of the Constitution of the
United States, including the Bill of Rights, and to
foster civic competence and responsibility.
‘‘(B) Such program shall be known as ‘We the
People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution’.
‘‘(2) EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The program
required by paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) continue and expand the educational
activities of the ‘We the People . . . The Cit-
izen and the Constitution’ program adminis-
tered by the Center for Civic Education; and
‘‘(B) enhance student attainment of chal-
lenging content standards in civics and govern-
ment.
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‘‘(3) CONTRACT OR GRANT AUTHORIZED.—The
Secretary is authorized to award a grant or enter
into a contract with the Center for Civic Education
to carry out the program described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(b) PROGRAM CONTENT.—The education program
authorized by this section shall provide—
‘‘(1) a course of instruction on the basic prin-
ciples of our Nation’s constitutional democracy and
the history of the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights;
‘‘(2) at the request of a participating school,
school and community simulated congressional hear-
ings following the course of study; and
‘‘(3) an annual national competition of simu-
lated congressional hearings for secondary students
who wish to participate in such program.
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY
OF PROGRAM.—The education
program authorized by this section shall be made available
to public and private elementary and secondary schools in
the 435 congressional districts, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the District of Columbia.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—After the provisions of sub-
section (b) have been implemented, funds provided under
this section may be used for—
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‘‘(1) advanced training of teachers about the
United States Constitution and the political system
the United States created; or
‘‘(2) a course of instruction at the middle
school level on the roles of State and local govern-
ments in the Federal system established by the Con-
stitution, which course shall provide for—
‘‘(A) optional school and community simu-
lated State legislative hearings;
‘‘(B) an annual competition of simulated
legislative hearings at the State legislative dis-
trict, State, and national levels for middle
school students who wish to participate in the
program; and
‘‘(C) participation by public and private
middle schools in the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands.
‘‘SEC. 12602. INSTRUCTION IN CIVICS, GOVERNMENT, AND
THE LAW.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to carry out a program of awarding grants and
contracts to assist State and local educational agencies
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and other public and private nonprofit agencies, organiza-
tions, and institutions to enhance—
‘‘(1) attainment by students of challenging
State content standards and challenging State stu-
dent performance standards in civics, government,
and the law; and
‘‘(2) attainment by the Nation of the third and
the sixth National Education Goals.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Assistance under
this section may support new and ongoing programs in
elementary and secondary schools that provide for—
‘‘(1) the development and implementation of
curricular programs that enhance student under-
standing of—
‘‘(A) the values and principles which un-
derlie, and the institutions and processes which
comprise, our Nation’s system of government;
‘‘(B) the role of law in our constitutional
democracy, including activities to promote—
‘‘(i) legal literacy;
‘‘(ii) a dedication by students to the
use of nonviolent means of conflict resolu-
tion such as arbitration, mediation, nego-
tiation, trials, and appellate hearings; and
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‘‘(iii) respect for cultural diversity and
acceptance of cultural differences; and
‘‘(C) the rights and responsibilities of citi-
zenship;
‘‘(2) professional development for teachers, in-
cluding preservice and inservice training;
‘‘(3) outside-the-classroom learning experiences
for students, including community service activities;
‘‘(4) the active participation of community lead-
ers, from the public and private sectors, in the
schools; and
‘‘(5) the provision of technical assistance to
State and local educational agencies and other insti-
tutions and organizations working to further the
progress of the Nation in attaining the third and
sixth National Education Goals regarding civics and
government.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS, PEER REVIEW AND PRIORITY.—
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.—A State
or local educational agency, other public or private
nonprofit agency, organization, or institution that
desires to receive a grant or enter into a contract
under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
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taining or accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) PEER REVIEW.—(A) The Secretary shall
convene a panel of individuals for purpose of review-
ing and rating applications submitted under para-
graph (1).
‘‘(B) Such individuals shall have experience
with education programs in civics, government, and
the law.
‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants or award-
ing contracts under this section, the Secretary shall
give priority consideration to applications which pro-
pose the operation of statewide programs.
‘‘(d) DURATION OF GRANTS AND EXCEPTION.—
‘‘(1) DURATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall award grants and con-
tracts under this section for periods of two or three
years.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may award a
grant or a contract under this section for a period
of less than 2 years if the Secretary determines that
special circumstances exist which warrant a 1-year
grant or contract award.
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‘‘SEC. 12603. REPORT; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.
‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report, on a bien-
nial basis to the Committee on Education and Labor of
the House of Representatives and to the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources of the Senate regarding the
distribution and use of funds authorized under this part.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this part $15,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Except as provided in
paragraph (3), from the amount appropriated under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate—
‘‘(A) 40 percent of such amount to carry
out section 12601; and
‘‘(B) 60 percent of such amount to carry
out section 12602.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—From funds appropriated
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make avail-
able for fiscal year 2001 and each succeeding fiscal
year thereafter for the programs under sections
12101 and 12102 not less than the amount made
available for fiscal year 1994 to carry out such pro-
grams under sections 4609 and 1562, respectively,
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of this Act (as such sections were in effect on the
day preceding the date of enactment of the Improv-
ing America’s Schools Act of 1994).
‘‘PART G—ALLEN J. ELLENDER FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 12701. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds as follows:
‘‘(1) It is a worthwhile goal to ensure that all
students in America are prepared for responsible
citizenship and that all students should have the op-
portunity to be involved in activities that promote
and demonstrate good citizenship.
‘‘(2) It is a worthwhile goal to ensure that
America’s educators have access to programs for the
continued improvement of their professional skills.
‘‘(3) Allen J. Ellender, a Senator from Lou-
isiana and President pro tempore of the United
States Senate, had a distinguished career in public
service characterized by extraordinary energy and
real concern for young people. Senator Ellender pro-
vided valuable support and encouragement to the
Close Up Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit foun-
dation promoting knowledge and understanding of
the Federal Government among young people and
educators. Therefore, it is a fitting and appropriate
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tribute to Senator Ellender to provide fellowships in
his name to students of limited economic means, the
teachers who work with such students, and older
Americans, so that such students, teachers, and
older Americans may participate in the programs
supported by the Close Up Foundation.
‘‘Subpart 1—Program for Middle and Secondary
School Students
‘‘SEC. 12711. ESTABLISHMENT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants in accordance with the provisions
of this subpart to the Close Up Foundation of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of increasing un-
derstanding of the Federal Government among middle and
secondary school students.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this subpart
shall be used only to provide financial assistance to eco-
nomically disadvantaged students who participate in the
program described in subsection (a). Financial assistance
received pursuant to this subpart by such students shall
be known as Allen J. Ellender fellowships.
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‘‘SEC. 12712. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No grant under this
subpart may be made except upon an application at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each such appli-
cation shall contain provisions to assure—
‘‘(1) that fellowship grants are made to eco-
nomically disadvantaged middle and secondary
school students;
‘‘(2) that every effort will be made to ensure
the participation of students from rural and small
town areas, as well as from urban areas, and that
in awarding fellowships to economically disadvan-
taged students, special consideration will be given to
the participation of students with special educational
needs, including student with disabilities, ethnic mi-
nority students, and gifted and talented students;
and
‘‘(3) the proper disbursement of the funds re-
ceived under this subpart.
‘‘Subpart 2—Program for Middle and Secondary
School Teachers
‘‘SEC. 12721. ESTABLISHMENT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to make grants in accordance with the provisions
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of this subpart to the Close Up Foundation of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, nonprofit
foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up
Foundation in carrying out its programs of teaching skills
enhancement for middle and secondary school teachers.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this subpart
shall be used only for financial assistance to teachers who
participate in the program described in subsection (a). Fi-
nancial assistance received pursuant to this subpart by
such individuals shall be known as Allen J. Ellender fel-
lowships.
‘‘SEC. 12722. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No grant under this
subpart may be made except upon an application at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each such appli-
cation shall contain provisions to assure—
‘‘(1) that fellowship grants are made only to
teachers who have worked with at least one student
from such teacher’s school who participates in the
programs described in section 12711(a);
‘‘(2) that not more than one teacher in each
school participating in the programs provided for in
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section 12711(a) may receive a fellowship in any fis-
cal year; and
‘‘(3) the proper disbursement of the funds re-
ceived under this subpart.
‘‘Subpart 3—Programs for Recent Immigrants,
Students of Migrant Parents and Older Americans
‘‘SEC. 12731. ESTABLISHMENT.
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to make grants in accordance with the provisions of
this subpart to the Close Up Foundation of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, non-
profit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the
Close Up Foundation in carrying out its programs
of increasing understanding of the Federal Govern-
ment among economically disadvantaged older Amer-
icans, recent immigrants and students of migrant
parents.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this
subpart, the term ‘older American’ means an indi-
vidual who has attained 55 years of age.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this subpart
shall be used for financial assistance to economically dis-
advantaged older Americans, recent immigrants and stu-
dents of migrant parents who participate in the program
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described in subsection (a). Financial assistance received
pursuant to this subpart by such individuals shall be
known as Allen J. Ellender fellowships.
‘‘SEC. 12732. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No grant under this
subpart may be made except upon application at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such informa-
tion as the Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Except such ap-
plication shall contain provisions to assure—
‘‘(1) that fellowship grants are made to eco-
nomically disadvantaged older Americans, recent im-
migrants and students of migrant parents;
‘‘(2) that every effort will be made to ensure
the participation of older Americans, recent immi-
grants and students of migrant parents from rural
and small town areas, as well as from urban areas,
and that in awarding fellowships, special consider-
ation will be given to the participation of older
Americans, recent immigrants and students of mi-
grant parents with special needs, including individ-
uals with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and gifted
and talented students;
‘‘(3) that activities permitted by subsection (a)
are fully described; and
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‘‘(4) the proper disbursement of the funds re-
ceived under this subpart.
‘‘Subpart 4—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 12741. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Payments under this part
may be made in installments, in advance, or by way of
reimbursement, with necessary adjustments on account of
underpayment or overpayment.
‘‘(b) AUDIT RULE.—The Comptroller General of the
United States or any of the Comptroller General’s duly
authorized representatives shall have access for the pur-
pose of audit and examination to any books, documents,
papers, and records that are pertinent to any grant under
this part.
‘‘SEC. 12742. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the provisions of subparts 1, 2,
and 3 of this part $4,400,000 for fiscal year 2002 and
such sums as may be necessary of each of the four suc-
ceeding fiscal years.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Of the funds appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a), not more than 30 percent may
be used for teachers associated with students participating
in the programs described in section 12711(a).
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‘‘PART H—21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING
CENTERS
‘‘SEC. 12801. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This part may be cited as the ‘21st Century Com-
munity Learning Centers Act’.
‘‘SEC. 12802. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) a local public school often serves as a cen-
ter for the delivery of education and human re-
sources for all members of a community;
‘‘(2) public schools, primarily in rural and inner
city communities, should collaborate with other pub-
lic and nonprofit agencies and organizations, local
businesses, educational entities (such as vocational
and adult education programs, school-to-work pro-
grams, community colleges, and universities), rec-
reational, cultural, and other community and human
service entities, for the purpose of meeting the needs
of, and expanding the opportunities available to, the
residents of the communities served by such schools;
‘‘(3) by using school facilities, equipment, and
resources, communities can promote a more efficient
use of public education facilities, especially in rural
and inner city areas where limited financial re-
sources have enhanced the necessity for local public
schools to become social service centers;
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‘‘(4) the high technology, global economy of the
21st century will require lifelong learning to keep
America’s workforce competitive and successful, and
local public schools should provide centers for life-
long learning and educational opportunities for indi-
viduals of all ages; and
‘‘(5) 21st Century Community Learning Cen-
ters enable the entire community to develop an edu-
cation strategy that addresses the educational needs
of all members of local communities.
‘‘SEC. 12803. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) GRANTS BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary is
authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this part,
to award grants to rural and inner-city public elementary
or secondary schools, or consortia of such schools, to en-
able such schools or consortia to plan, implement, or to
expand projects that benefit the educational, health, social
service, cultural, and recreational needs of a rural or
inner-city community.
‘‘(b) 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
awarding
grants under this part, the Secretary shall assure an equi-
table distribution of assistance among the States, among
urban and rural areas of the United States, and among
urban and rural areas of a State.
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‘‘(c) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall award
grants under this part for a period not to exceed 3 years.
‘‘(d) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall not award a
grant under this part in any fiscal year in an amount less
than $35,000.
‘‘SEC. 12804. APPLICATION REQUIRED.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under this part, an elementary or secondary school or con-
sortium shall submit an application to the Secretary at
such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such in-
formation as the Secretary may reasonably prescribe.
Each such application shall include—
‘‘(1) a comprehensive local plan that enables
the school or consortium to serve as a center for the
delivery of education and human resources for mem-
bers of a community;
‘‘(2) an evaluation of the needs, available re-
sources, and goals and objectives for the proposed
project in order to determine which activities will be
undertaken to address such needs; and
‘‘(3) a description of the proposed project,
including—
‘‘(A) a description of the mechanism that
will be used to disseminate information in a
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manner that is understandable and accessible to
the community;
‘‘(B) identification of Federal, State, and
local programs to be merged or coordinated so
that public resources may be maximized;
‘‘(C) a description of the collaborative ef-
forts to be undertaken by community-based or-
ganizations, related public agencies, businesses,
or other appropriate organizations;
‘‘(D) a description of how the school or
consortium will serve as a delivery center for
existing and new services, especially for inter-
active telecommunication used for education
and professional training; and
‘‘(E) an assurance that the school or con-
sortium will establish a facility utilization policy
that specifically states—
‘‘(i) the rules and regulations applica-
ble to building and equipment use; and
‘‘(ii) supervision guidelines.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority to
applications describing projects that offer a broad selec-
tion of services which address the needs of the community.
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‘‘SEC. 12805. USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘Grants awarded under this part may be used to
plan, implement, or expand community learning centers
which include not less than four of the following activities:
‘‘(1) Literacy education programs.
‘‘(2) Senior citizen programs.
‘‘(3) Children’s day care services.
‘‘(4) Integrated education, health, social service,
recreational, or cultural programs.
‘‘(5) Summer and weekend school programs in
conjunction with recreation programs.
‘‘(6) Nutrition and health programs.
‘‘(7) Expanded library service hours to serve
community needs.
‘‘(8) Telecommunications and technology edu-
cation programs for individuals of all ages.
‘‘(9) Parenting skills education programs.
‘‘(10) Support and training for child day care
providers.
‘‘(11) Employment counseling, training, and
placement.
‘‘(12) Services for individuals who leave school
before graduating from secondary school, regardless
of the age of such individual.
‘‘(13) Services for individuals with disabilities.
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‘‘SEC. 12806. DEFINITION.
‘‘For the purpose of this part, the term ‘community
learning center’ means an entity within a public elemen-
tary or secondary school building that—
‘‘(1) provides educational, recreational, health,
and social service programs for residents of all ages
within a local community; and
‘‘(2) is operated by a local educational agency
in conjunction with local governmental agencies,
businesses, vocational education programs, institu-
tions of higher education, community colleges, and
cultural, recreational, and other community and
human service entities.
‘‘SEC. 12807. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$850,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years,
to carry out this part.
‘‘PART I—URBAN AND RURAL EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE
‘‘SEC. 12851. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the four
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succeeding fiscal years, to carry out subparts 1 and
2 (other than section 12875).
‘‘(2) RESERVATION FOR SUBPART 1.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve 50 percent of the amount appro-
priated under paragraph (1) to carry out subpart 1.
‘‘(3) RESERVATION FOR SUBPART 2.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve 50 percent of the amount appro-
priated under paragraph (1) to carry out subpart 2
(other than section 12875).
‘‘(b) HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year
2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years to carry out section 12875.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP-
PLANT NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.—An eligible local edu-
cational agency may use funds received under this part
only to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase
the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Fed-
eral funds, be made available from non-Federal sources
for the education of students participating in activities as-
sisted under this part, and in no such case may such funds
be used to supplant funds from non-Federal sources.
‘‘SEC. 12852. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of
this part:
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‘‘(1) CENTRAL CITY.—The term ‘central city’
has the same meaning used by the Bureau of the
Census.
‘‘(2) METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.—The
term ‘metropolitan statistical area’ has the same
meaning used by the Bureau of the Census.
‘‘(3) POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term ‘poverty
level’ means the criteria of poverty used by the Bu-
reau of the Census in compiling the most recent de-
cennial census.
‘‘(4) RURAL
ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘rural eligible local educational
agency’ means a local educational agency—
‘‘(A)(i) in which at least 15 percent of the
children enrolled in the schools served by such
agency are eligible to be counted under part A
of title I; and
‘‘(ii) which is not in a metropolitan statis-
tical area; or
‘‘(B) in which the total enrollment in the
schools served by such agency is less than 2,500
students and that does not serve schools located
in a metropolitan statistical area.
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‘‘(5) URBAN
ELIGIBLE
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘urban eligible local educational
agency’ means a local educational agency that—
‘‘(A) serves the largest central city in a
State;
‘‘(B) enrolls more than 30,000 students
and serves a central city with a population of
at least 200,000 in a metropolitan statistical
area; or
‘‘(C) enrolls between 25,000 and 30,000
students and serves a central city with a popu-
lation of at least 140,000 in a metropolitan sta-
tistical area.
‘‘Subpart 1—Urban Education Demonstration Grants
‘‘SEC. 12861. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the ability of the Nation’s major urban
public school systems to meet the Nation’s edu-
cational goals will determine the country’s economic
competitiveness and academic standing in the world
community;
‘‘(2) the quality of public education in the Na-
tion’s major urban areas has a direct effect on the
economic development of the Nation’s inner-cities;
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‘‘(3) the success of urban public schools in
boosting the achievement of its minority youth at-
tending 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 high school graduates is ap-
proximately $21,000,000,000 per year;
‘‘(5) approximately one-third of the Nation’s
workforce will be members of minority groups by the
year 2000;
‘‘(6) urban schools enroll a disproportionately
large share of the Nation’s poor and ‘at-risk’ youth;
‘‘(7) urban schools enroll approximately one-
third of the Nation’s poor, 40 percent of the Na-
tion’s African American children, and 30 percent of
the Nation’s Hispanic youth;
‘‘(8) nearly 20 percent of the Nation’s limited-
English-proficient children and 15 percent of the
Nation’s disabled youth are enrolled in urban public
schools;
‘‘(9) the academic performance of students in
the average inner-city public school system is below
that of students in most other kinds of school sys-
tems;
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‘‘(10) urban public school systems have higher
dropout rates, more problems with health care, and
less parental participation than other kinds of school
systems;
‘‘(11) urban preschoolers have one-half the ac-
cess to early childhood development programs as do
other children;
‘‘(12) shortages of teachers in urban public
school systems are 2.5 times greater than such
shortages in other kinds of school systems;
‘‘(13) declining numbers of urban minority high
school graduates are pursuing postsecondary edu-
cational opportunities;
‘‘(14) urban public school systems have greater
problems with teenage pregnancy, discipline, drug
abuse, and gangs than do other kinds of school sys-
tems;
‘‘(15) 75 percent of urban public school build-
ings are over 25 years old, 33 percent of such build-
ings are over 50 years old, and such buildings are
often in serious disrepair and create poor and de-
moralizing working and learning conditions;
‘‘(16) solving the challenges facing our Nation’s
urban schools will require the concerted and collabo-
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rative efforts of all levels of government and all sec-
tors of the community;
‘‘(17) Federal and State funding of urban pub-
lic schools has not adequately reflected need; and
‘‘(18) Federal funding that is well-targeted,
flexible, and accountable would contribute signifi-
cantly to addressing the comprehensive needs of
inner-city public schools.
‘‘SEC. 12862. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to provide financial
assistance to—
‘‘(1) assist urban public schools in meeting the
National Education Goals;
‘‘(2) improve the educational and social well-
being of urban public school children;
‘‘(3) close the achievement gap between urban
and nonurban public school children, while improv-
ing the achievement level of all children nationally;
‘‘(4) conduct coordinated research on urban
public education problems, solutions, and promising
practices;
‘‘(5) improve the Nation’s global economic and
educational competitiveness by improving the Na-
tion’s urban schools; and
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‘‘(6) encourage community, parental, and busi-
ness collaboration in the improvement of urban
schools.
‘‘SEC. 12863. URBAN SCHOOL GRANTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized to
make grants to eligible local educational agencies serving
an urban area or State educational agencies in the case
where the State educational agency is the local educational
agency for activities designed to assist in local school im-
provement efforts and school reform, and to assist the
schools of such agencies in meeting the National Edu-
cation Goals.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this
section may be used to—
‘‘(1) increase the academic achievement of
urban public school children to at least the national
average, such as—
‘‘(A) effective public schools programs;
‘‘(B) tutoring, mentoring, and other activi-
ties to improve academic achievement directly;
‘‘(C) activities designed to increase the
participation of minority and female students in
entry level and advanced courses in mathe-
matics and science;
‘‘(D) supplementary academic instruction;
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‘‘(E) efforts to improve problem-solving
and higher-order thinking skills;
‘‘(F) programs to increase student motiva-
tion for learning; and
‘‘(G) efforts to lengthen the school day or
school year, or to reduce class sizes;
‘‘(2) ensure the readiness of all urban public
school children for school, such as—
‘‘(A) full workday, full calendar-year com-
prehensive early childhood development pro-
grams;
‘‘(B) parenting classes and parent involve-
ment activities;
‘‘(C) activities designed to coordinate pre-
kindergarten and child care programs;
‘‘(D) efforts to integrate developmentally
appropriate prekindergarten services into the
overall public school program;
‘‘(E) upgrading the qualifications of early
childhood education staff and standards for
programs;
‘‘(F) collaborative efforts with health and
social service agencies to provide comprehensive
services and to facilitate the transition from
home to school;
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‘‘(G) establishment of comprehensive child
care centers in public secondary schools for stu-
dents who are parents and their children; and
‘‘(H) augmenting early childhood develop-
ment programs to meet the special educational
and cultural needs of limited-English-proficient
preschool children;
‘‘(3) increase the graduation rates of urban
public school students to at least the national aver-
age, such as—
‘‘(A) dropout prevention activities and sup-
port services for public school students at-risk
of dropping out of school;
‘‘(B) reentry, outreach, and support activi-
ties to recruit students who have dropped out of
school to return to school;
‘‘(C) development of systemwide policies
and practices that encourage students to stay in
school;
‘‘(D) efforts to provide individualized stu-
dent support, such as mentoring programs;
‘‘(E) 
collaborative 
activities 
between
schools, parents, community groups, agencies,
and institutions of higher education aimed at
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preventing individuals from dropping out of
school;
‘‘(F) programs to increase student attend-
ance; and
‘‘(G) alternative programs for students, es-
pecially bilingual and special education stu-
dents, who have dropped out of school or are at
risk of dropping out of school;
‘‘(4) prepare urban public school students to
enter higher education, pursue careers, and exercise
their responsibilities as citizens, such as—
‘‘(A) activities designed to increase the
number and percentages of students, particu-
larly minority students, enrolling in postsec-
ondary educational institutions after graduation
from public secondary schools;
‘‘(B) in-school youth employment, voca-
tional education, and career education programs
that improve the transition from school to work;
‘‘(C) activities designed in collaboration
with colleges and universities to assist urban
public school graduates in completing higher
education;
‘‘(D) efforts to increase voter registration
among eligible public secondary school students;
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‘‘(E) activities designed to promote com-
munity service and volunteerism among stu-
dents, parents, teachers, and the community;
and
‘‘(F) civic education and other programs
designed to enhance responsible citizenship and
understanding of the political process;
‘‘(5) recruit and retain qualified teachers, such
as—
‘‘(A) school-based management projects
and activities;
‘‘(B) programs designed to test efforts to
increase the professionalization of teachers or to
bring teachers up to national voluntary stand-
ards;
‘‘(C) alternative routes to certification for
qualified individuals from business, the military,
and other fields;
‘‘(D) efforts to recruit and retain teachers,
particularly minority teachers, specializing in
critical shortage areas, including early child-
hood teachers, mathematics and science teach-
ers, and special education and bilingual teach-
ers;
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‘‘(E) upgrading the skills of teacher aides
and paraprofessionals to permit such individ-
uals to become certified teachers;
‘‘(F) activities specifically designed to in-
crease the number of minority teachers in
urban schools;
‘‘(G) incentives for teachers to work in
inner-city public schools; and
‘‘(H) collaborative activities with urban
universities to revise and upgrade teacher train-
ing programs;
‘‘(6) provide for ongoing staff development to
increase the professional capacities of the teaching
staff and the skills of teacher aides and paraprofes-
sionals;
‘‘(7) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol
among urban public school students and enhance the
physical and emotional health of such students, such
as—
‘‘(A) activities designed to improve the
self-esteem and self-worth of urban public
school students;
‘‘(B) the provision of health care services
and other social services and the coordination of
such services with other health care providers;
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‘‘(C) programs designed to improve safety
and discipline and reduce in-school violence,
vandalism, and gang activity;
‘‘(D) activities that begin in the early
grades and are designed to prevent drug and al-
cohol abuse and smoking among students and
teachers;
‘‘(E) collaborative activities with other
agencies, businesses, and community groups to
discourage the advertisement and glorification
of drugs and alcohol;
‘‘(F) efforts to enhance health education
and nutrition education; and
‘‘(G) 
alternative 
public 
schools, 
and
schools-within-schools programs, including bilin-
gual and special education programs for public
school students with special needs; or
‘‘(8) plan, develop, operate, or expand programs
and activities that are designed to assist urban pub-
lic schools in meeting the National Education Goals,
including—
‘‘(A) training of teachers and other edu-
cational personnel in subject areas, or in in-
structional technology and methods that will
improve the delivery of services in urban set-
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tings and assist in the achievement of the Na-
tional Education Goals, including staff develop-
ment efforts that emphasize multicultural and
gender and disability bias-free curricula;
‘‘(B) coordination and collaboration with
other municipal agencies, child care organiza-
tions, universities, or the private sector;
‘‘(C) parental involvement and outreach ef-
forts and other activities designed to enhance
parental encouragement of student learning;
‘‘(D) pupil services and other support serv-
ices that contribute to progress in achieving
National Education Goals;
‘‘(E) efforts to acquire and improve access
to educational technology;
‘‘(F) assist the schools most in need of
services by replicating successful efforts of
other urban local educational agencies and ex-
panding successful programs within the eligible
agency; or
‘‘(G) efforts to improve and strengthen the
curriculum and coordinate services across grade
levels.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible local edu-
cational agency desiring to receive a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may
reasonably require, consistent with this section.
‘‘(2) DURATION.—An application submitted
pursuant to paragraph (1) may be for a period of
not more than five years.
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall make an
award only to urban eligible local educational agencies
that—
‘‘(1) comply with the provisions of section
12866; and
‘‘(2) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary that the data submitted pursuant to section
12861 shows progress toward meeting National
Education Goals.
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than five
percent of any award made under this subpart may be
used for administrative costs.
‘‘SEC. 12864. SPECIAL RULES.
‘‘(a) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In making awards
under this subpart, the Secretary shall give special consid-
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eration to urban eligible local educational agencies in
which there is—
‘‘(1) low achievement;
‘‘(2) high poverty; and
‘‘(3) racial isolation.
‘‘(b) FLEXIBILITY.—Each urban eligible local edu-
cational agency shall have the flexibility to serve homeless
children, children in schools undergoing desegregation, im-
migrants, migrants, or other highly mobile populations
within the program assisted under this subpart.
‘‘Subpart 2—Rural Education Demonstration Grants
‘‘SEC. 12871. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the ability of America’s rural public school
systems to meet the National Education Goals will
contribute to the economic competitiveness and aca-
demic standing of the Nation in the world commu-
nity;
‘‘(2) approximately 60 percent of the Nation’s
public school districts are rural with a population of
less than 2,500;
‘‘(3) about 1 out of every 4 of America’s rural
school children are living below the poverty line;
‘‘(4) the quality of public education in the rural
areas of the Nation has a direct effect on the eco-
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nomic development of the rural communities of the
Nation;
‘‘(5) the success of rural public schools in
boosting the achievement of minority youth attend-
ing such schools will determine the ability of the Na-
tion to close the gap between the haves and the
have-nots in society;
‘‘(6) the academic performance of students in
the average rural school system is below that of stu-
dents in most other suburban school systems;
‘‘(7) the average age of rural public school
buildings is more than 45 years old and such build-
ings are often in serious disrepair, creating poor and
demoralizing working and learning conditions;
‘‘(8) shortages of teachers for rural public
school systems is greater than in other kinds of
school systems;
‘‘(9) solving the challenges facing the Nation’s
rural public schools will require the concerted and
collaborative efforts of all levels of government and
all sectors of the community;
‘‘(10) additional Federal funding would con-
tribute significantly to addressing the comprehensive
needs of rural schools;
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‘‘(11) rural public schools enroll a dispropor-
tionately large share of the Nation’s poor and at-risk
youth;
‘‘(12) a declining number of rural public sec-
ondary school graduates are pursuing postsecondary
education opportunities;
‘‘(13) rural preschoolers have less access to
early childhood development programs than other
children; and
‘‘(14) Federal and State funding of rural public
schools has not adequately reflected need.
‘‘SEC. 12872. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to provide financial
assistance to rural public schools most in need, to encour-
age the comprehensive restructuring of America’s rural
schools, the appropriate use of telecommunications tech-
nologies for learning, and to support innovative programs
which improve performance through programs and
projects designed to—
‘‘(1) assist rural public schools in meeting Na-
tional Education Goals;
‘‘(2) encourage rural public schools to engage in
school reform;
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‘‘(3) develop pilot projects that experiment with
innovative ways to teach rural public school children
more effectively;
‘‘(4) improve the educational and social well-
being of rural public school children;
‘‘(5) close the achievement gap between children
attending rural public schools and other children,
while improving the achievement level of all children
nationally;
‘‘(6) conduct coordinated research on rural edu-
cation problems, solutions, promising practices, and
distance learning technologies;
‘‘(7) improve the Nation’s global economic and
educational competitiveness by improving the Na-
tion’s rural public schools;
‘‘(8) encourage community, parental, and busi-
ness collaboration in the improvement of rural public
schools;
‘‘(9) encourage rural school consortia for the
purpose of increasing efficiency and course offerings;
‘‘(10) encourage a positive role for rural public
schools in local rural entrepreneurship and the iden-
tification of rural community economic development
opportunities;
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‘‘(11) encourage community-as-school concepts,
which include the role public schools can play to as-
sist with rural community economic revitalization;
and
‘‘(12) provide for the recruitment and meaning-
ful inservice opportunities for rural public school
teachers.
‘‘SEC. 12873. RURAL SCHOOL GRANTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized to
make grants to rural eligible local educational agencies,
or State educational agencies in the case where the State
educational agency is the local educational agency, for ac-
tivities designed to assist in local school improvement ef-
forts.
‘‘(b) AWARD RULES.—
‘‘(1) LESS
THAN
$50,000,000.—If the amount
made available to carry out this subpart for any fis-
cal year is less than $50,000,000, the Secretary
shall award grants under this section on a competi-
tive basis.
‘‘(2) 
EQUAL
TO
OR
GREATER
THAN
$50,000,000.—If the amount made available to carry
out this subpart for any fiscal year is equal to or
greater than $50,000,000, the Secretary shall award
grants under this section so that a rural eligible
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local educational agency in each State receives such
a grant.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than five
percent of a grant awarded under section 12573 shall be
used for administrative costs.
‘‘(d) DURATION.—Each grant under this section shall
be awarded for a period of not more than five years.
‘‘SEC. 12874. USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grant funds made available
under section 12873 may be used by rural eligible local
educational agencies to meet the National Education
Goals through programs designed to—
‘‘(1) increase the academic achievement of rural
public school children to at least the national aver-
age of such achievement, including education reform
initiatives, such as—
‘‘(A) effective public schools programs;
‘‘(B) tutoring, mentoring, and other activi-
ties to improve academic achievement directly;
‘‘(C) supplementary academic instruction;
‘‘(D) efforts to improve problem-solving
and higher-order critical thinking skills; and
‘‘(E) efforts to lengthen the school day,
school year, or reduce class sizes;
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‘‘(2) develop pilot projects that experiment with
innovative ways to teach rural public school children
more effectively;
‘‘(3) encourage the formation of rural school
consortia for the purpose of increasing efficiency and
course offerings;
‘‘(4) provide meaningful inservice training op-
portunities for rural public school teachers;
‘‘(5) assist rural schools in acquiring and im-
proving access to educational technology, including
distance learning technologies;
‘‘(6) ensure the readiness of all rural children
for school, such as—
‘‘(A) full workday, full calendar-year com-
prehensive early childhood development pro-
grams;
‘‘(B) parenting classes, including parenting
classes for teenage parents, and parent involve-
ment activities;
‘‘(C) activities designed to coordinate pre-
kindergarten and child care programs;
‘‘(D) efforts to integrate developmentally
appropriate prekindergarten services into the
overall public school program;
542
‘‘(E) improving the skills of early child-
hood education staff and standards for pro-
grams;
‘‘(F) collaborative efforts with health and
social service agencies to provide comprehensive
services and to facilitate the transition from
home to school;
‘‘(G) establishment of comprehensive child
care centers in public secondary schools for stu-
dent parents and their children; and
‘‘(H) augmenting early childhood develop-
ment programs to meet the special educational
and cultural needs of limited-English proficient
children, children with disabilities, and migrant
preschool children;
‘‘(7) increase the graduation rates of rural pub-
lic school students to at least the national average
of such rate, when funds are used to serve secondary
schools, such as—
‘‘(A) dropout prevention activities and sup-
port services for students at-risk of dropping
out of school;
‘‘(B) reentry, outreach and support activi-
ties to recruit students who have dropped out of
school to return to school;
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‘‘(C) development of systemwide policies
and practices that encourage students to stay in
school;
‘‘(D) efforts to provide individualized stu-
dent support;
‘‘(E) 
collaborative 
activities 
between
schools, parents, community groups, agencies,
and institutions of higher education aimed at
preventing individuals from dropping out of
school;
‘‘(F) programs to increase student attend-
ance; and
‘‘(G) alternative programs for students, es-
pecially bilingual, special education, and mi-
grant students, who have dropped out of school
or are at risk of dropping out of school;
‘‘(8) prepare rural public school students to
enter higher education, pursue careers, and exercise
their responsibilities as citizens, such as—
‘‘(A) activities designed to increase the
number and percentages of students, enrolling
in postsecondary educational institutions after
graduation from secondary schools;
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‘‘(B) in-school youth employment, voca-
tional education, and career education programs
that improve the transition from school to work;
‘‘(C) activities designed in collaboration
with colleges and universities to assist rural
public school graduates in completing higher
education;
‘‘(D) activities designed in conjunction
with community colleges to provide a kinder-
garten through grade 14 experience for rural
public school secondary school students;
‘‘(E) efforts to increase voter registration
among eligible public secondary school students
attending schools served by rural eligible local
educational agencies;
‘‘(F) activities designed to promote com-
munity service and volunteerism among stu-
dents, parents, teachers, and the community;
‘‘(G) civic education, law-related education,
and other programs designed to enhance re-
sponsible citizenship and understanding of the
political process; and
‘‘(H) encouraging a positive role for rural
public schools in local rural entrepreneurship
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and the identification of rural community eco-
nomic development opportunities;
‘‘(9) recruit and retain qualified teachers, such
as—
‘‘(A) school-based management projects
and activities;
‘‘(B) programs designed to increase the
status of the teaching profession;
‘‘(C) alternative routes to certification for
qualified individuals from business, the military,
and other fields;
‘‘(D) efforts to recruit and retain teachers
in critical shortage areas, including early child-
hood teachers, mathematics and science teach-
ers, foreign language teachers, and special edu-
cation and bilingual teachers;
‘‘(E) upgrading the skills of existing class-
room teachers through the use of year-round,
systematic, comprehensive inservice training
programs;
‘‘(F) upgrading the skills of teacher aides
and paraprofessionals to assist such individuals
in becoming certified teachers;
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‘‘(G) efforts specifically designed to in-
crease the number of minority teachers in rural
public schools;
‘‘(H) programs designed to encourage par-
ents and students to enter the teaching profes-
sion;
‘‘(I) incentives for teachers to work in
rural public schools;
‘‘(J) collaborative activities with colleges
and universities to revise and upgrade teacher
training programs to meet the needs of rural
public school students; and
‘‘(K) training activities for the purpose of
incorporating distance learning technologies; or
‘‘(10) decrease the use of drugs and alcohol
among rural public school students, and to enhance
the physical and emotional health of such students,
such as—
‘‘(A) activities designed to improve the
self-esteem and self-worth of rural students;
‘‘(B) the provision of health care services
and other social services and the coordination of
such services with other health care providers;
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‘‘(C) programs designed to improve safety
and discipline and reduce in-school violence and
vandalism;
‘‘(D) activities that begin in the early
grades and are designed to prevent drug and al-
cohol abuse and smoking among students;
‘‘(E) collaborative activities with other
agencies, businesses, and community groups;
‘‘(F) efforts to enhance health education
and nutrition education; and
‘‘(G) 
alternative 
public 
schools, 
and
schools-within-schools programs, including bilin-
gual, migrant, and special education programs
for students with special needs.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible entity desiring a
grant under section 12873 shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom-
panied by such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require. Each grant awarded under section 12873
shall be of sufficient size and scope to achieve significant
rural school improvement.
‘‘SEC. 12875. HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS.
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized to make
grants to institutions of higher education, consortia of
such institutions, or partnerships between institutions of
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higher education and local educational agencies to assist
rural schools and rural eligible local educational agencies
in undertaking local school improvement activities.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Grant funds under
this section may be used to—
‘‘(1) assist rural schools in meeting National
Education Goals;
‘‘(2) assist in the recruitment and training of
teachers in rural schools;
‘‘(3) assist rural schools in the development of
appropriate innovative school improvement initia-
tives;
‘‘(4) provide inservice training opportunities for
teachers in rural schools; and
‘‘(5) provide technical assistance in the use and
installation of innovative telecommunications tech-
nology.
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible entity desiring a
grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied
by such information as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire.
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‘‘Subpart 3—White House Conferences
‘‘SEC. 12881. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON URBAN EDU-
CATION.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION TO CALL CONFERENCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is author-
ized to call and conduct a White House Conference
on Urban Education (referred to in this section as
the ‘Conference’) which shall be held not earlier than
November 1, 2002, and not later than October 30,
2004.
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Conference
shall be to—
‘‘(A) develop recommendations and strate-
gies for the improvement of urban education;
‘‘(B) marshal the forces of the private sec-
tor, governmental agencies at all levels, parents,
teachers, communities, and education officials
to assist urban public schools in achieving Na-
tional Education Goals; and
‘‘(C) conduct the initial planning for a per-
manent national advisory commission on urban
education.
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION OF CONFERENCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Conference shall be
comprised of 12 individuals, including—
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‘‘(A) representatives of urban public school
systems, including members of the governing
body of local educational agencies, and school
superintendents;
‘‘(B) representatives of the Congress, the
Department of Education, and other Federal
agencies;
‘‘(C) State elected officials and representa-
tives from State educational agencies; and
‘‘(D) individuals with special knowledge of
and expertise in urban education.
‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The President shall select
one-third of the participants of the Conference, the
majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with
the minority leader of the Senate, shall select one-
third of such participants, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, in consultation with the
minority leader of the House, shall select the re-
maining one-third of such participants.
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—In selecting the par-
ticipants of the Conference, the President, the ma-
jority leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall ensure that the par-
ticipants are as representative of the ethnic, racial,
and linguistic diversity of cities as is practicable.
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‘‘(c) REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
following the termination of the Conference, a final
report of the Conference, containing such findings
and recommendations as may be made by the Con-
ference, shall be submitted to the President. The
final report shall be made public and, not later than
90 days after receipt by the President, transmitted
to the Congress together with a statement of the
President containing recommendations for imple-
menting the report.
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.—The
Conference is authorized to publish and distribute
the report described in this section. Copies of the re-
port shall be provided to the Federal depository li-
braries and made available to local urban public
school leaders.
‘‘SEC. 12882. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON RURAL EDU-
CATION.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION TO CALL CONFERENCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is author-
ized to call and conduct a White House Conference
on Rural Education (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Conference’).
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‘‘(2) DATE.—The Conference shall be held not
earlier than November 1, 2001, and not later than
October 30, 2002.
‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purposes of the Con-
ference shall be to—
‘‘(A) develop recommendations and strate-
gies for the improvement of rural public edu-
cation;
‘‘(B) marshal the forces of the private sec-
tor, governmental agencies at all levels, parents,
teachers, communities, and education officials
to assist rural public schools in achieving Na-
tional Education Goals, and make recommenda-
tions on the roles rural public schools can play
to assist with local rural community economic
revitalization; and
‘‘(C) conduct the initial planning for a per-
manent national commission on rural public
education.
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION OF CONFERENCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Conference shall be
comprised of—
‘‘(A) representatives of eligible public
school systems, including members of the gov-
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erning body of local educational agencies, school
superintendents, and classroom teachers;
‘‘(B) representatives of the Congress, the
Department, and other Federal agencies;
‘‘(C) State elected officials and representa-
tives from State educational agencies;
‘‘(D) individuals with special knowledge of,
and expertise in, rural education, including in-
dividuals involved with rural postsecondary edu-
cation; and
‘‘(E) individuals with special knowledge of,
and expertise in, rural business.
‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The President shall select
one-third of the participants of the Conference, the
majority leader of the Senate, in consultation with
the minority leader of the Senate, shall select one-
third of such participants, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, in consultation with the
minority leader of the House, shall select the re-
maining one-third of such participants.
‘‘(3) REPRESENTATION.—In selecting the par-
ticipants of the Conference, the President, the ma-
jority leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall ensure that the par-
ticipants are as representative of the ethnic, racial,
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and language diversity of rural areas as is prac-
ticable.
‘‘(c) REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
following the termination of the Conference, a final
report of the Conference, containing such findings
and recommendations as may be made by the Con-
ference, shall be submitted to the President. The
final report shall be made public and, not later than
90 days after receipt by the President, transmitted
to the Congress together with a statement of the
President containing recommendations for imple-
menting the report.
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.—The
Conference is authorized to publish and distribute
the report described in this section. Copies of the re-
port shall be provided to the Federal depository li-
braries and made available to local rural school lead-
ers and teachers.
‘‘PART J—NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT
‘‘SEC. 12891. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the United States faces a crisis in writing
in schools and in the workplace;
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‘‘(2) the writing problem has been magnified by
the rapidly changing student populations and the
growing number of at-risk students due to limited
English proficiency;
‘‘(3) over the past two decades, universities and
colleges across the country have reported increasing
numbers of entering freshmen who are unable to
write at a level equal to the demands of college
work;
‘‘(4) American businesses and corporations are
concerned about the limited writing skills of entry-
level workers, and a growing number of executives
are reporting that advancement was denied to them
due to inadequate writing abilities;
‘‘(5) the writing problem has been magnified by
the rapidly changing student populations in the Na-
tion’s schools and the growing number of students
who are at risk because of limited English pro-
ficiency;
‘‘(6) writing and reading are both fundamental
to learning, yet writing has been historically ne-
glected in the schools and colleges, and most teach-
ers in the United States elementary schools, sec-
ondary schools, and colleges have not been trained to
teach writing;
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‘‘(7) since 1973, the only national program to
address the writing problem in the Nation’s schools
has been the National Writing Project, a network of
collaborative university-school programs whose goal
is to improve the quality of student writing and the
teaching of writing at all grade levels and to extend
the uses of writing as a learning process through all
disciplines;
‘‘(8) the National Writing Project offers sum-
mer and school year inservice teacher training pro-
grams and a dissemination network to inform and
teach teachers of developments in the field of writ-
ing;
‘‘(9) the National Writing Project is a nation-
ally recognized and honored nonprofit organization
that recognizes that there are teachers in every re-
gion of the country who have developed successful
methods for teaching writing and that such teachers
can be trained and encouraged to train other teach-
ers;
‘‘(10) the National Writing Project has become
a model for programs to improve teaching in such
other fields as mathematics, science, history, lit-
erature, performing arts, and foreign languages;
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‘‘(11) the National Writing Project teacher-
teaching-teachers program identifies and promotes
what is working in the classrooms of the Nation’s
best teachers;
‘‘(12) the National Writing Project teacher-
teaching-teachers project is a positive program that
celebrates good teaching practices and good teachers
and through its work with schools increases the Na-
tion’s corps of successful classroom teachers;
‘‘(13) evaluations of the National Writing
Project document the positive impact the project has
had on improving the teaching of writing, student
performance, and student thinking and learning abil-
ity;
‘‘(14) the National Writing Project programs
offer career-long education to teachers, and teachers
participating in the National Writing Project receive
graduate academic credit;
‘‘(15) each year over 100,000 teachers volun-
tarily seek training in National Writing Project in-
tensive summer institutes and workshops and school
year in-service programs through one of the 154 re-
gional sites located in 45 States, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, and in 4 sites that serve United
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States teachers in United States dependent and
independent schools;
‘‘(16) 250 National Writing Project sites are
needed to establish regional sites to serve all teach-
ers;
‘‘(17) private foundation resources, although
generous in the past, are inadequate to fund all of
the National Writing Project sites needed and the
future of the program is in jeopardy without secure
financial support;
‘‘(18) independent evaluation studies have
found the National Writing Project to be highly cost
effective compared to other professional development
programs for teachers; and
‘‘(19) during 1991, the first year of Federal
support for the National Writing Project, the Na-
tional Writing Project matched the $1,951,975 in
Federal support with $9,485,504 in matching funds
from State, local, and other sources.
‘‘SEC. 12892. NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized
to make a grant to the National Writing Project (hereafter
in this section referred to as the ‘grantee’), a nonprofit
educational organization which has as its primary purpose
the improvement of the quality of student writing and
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learning, and the teaching of writing as a learning process
in the Nation’s classrooms—
‘‘(1) to support and promote the establishment
of teacher training programs, including the dissemi-
nation of effective practices and research findings
regarding the teaching of writing and administrative
activities;
‘‘(2) to support classroom research on effective
teaching practice and to document student perform-
ance;
‘‘(3) to coordinate activities assisted under this
section with activities assisted under title II; and
‘‘(4) to pay the Federal share of the cost of
such programs.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANT.—The grant shall
provide that—
‘‘(1) the grantee will enter into contracts with
institutions of higher education or other nonprofit
educational providers (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as ‘contractors’) under which the contrac-
tors will agree to establish, operate, and provide the
non-Federal share of the cost of teacher training
programs in effective approaches and processes for
the teaching of writing;
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‘‘(2) funds made available by the Secretary to
the grantee pursuant to any contract entered into
under this section will be used to pay the Federal
share of the cost of establishing and operating teach-
er training programs as provided in paragraph (1);
and
‘‘(3) the grantee will meet such other conditions
and standards as the Secretary determines to be
necessary to assure compliance with the provisions
of this section and will provide such technical assist-
ance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
of this section.
‘‘(c) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The teacher
training programs authorized in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) be conducted during the school year and
during the summer months;
‘‘(2) train teachers who teach grades kinder-
garten through college;
‘‘(3) select teachers to become members of a
National Writing Project teacher network whose
members will conduct writing workshops for other
teachers in the area served by each National Writing
Project site; and
‘‘(4) encourage teachers from all disciplines to
participate in such teacher training programs.
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‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) or (3) and for purposes of subsection (a),
the term ‘Federal share’ means, with respect to the
costs of teacher training programs authorized in
subsection (a), 50 percent of such costs to the con-
tractor.
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the
provisions of paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis
if the National Advisory Board described in sub-
section (f) determines, on the basis of financial need,
that such waiver is necessary.
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM.—The Federal share of the
costs of teacher training programs conducted pursu-
ant to subsection (a) may not exceed $40,000 for
any one contractor, or $200,000 for a statewide pro-
gram administered by any one contractor in at least
five sites throughout the State.
‘‘(e) CLASSROOM TEACHER GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The National Writing
Project may reserve an amount not to exceed 5 per-
cent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the au-
thority of this section to make grants, on a competi-
tive basis, to elementary and secondary school teach-
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ers to pay the Federal share of the cost of enabling
such teachers to—
‘‘(A) conduct classroom research;
‘‘(B) publish models of student writing;
‘‘(C) conduct research regarding effective
practices to improve the teaching of writing;
and
‘‘(D) conduct other activities to improve
the teaching and uses of writing.
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—
Grants awarded pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
used to supplement and not supplant State and local
funds available for the purposes set forth in para-
graph (1).
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—Each grant
awarded pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed
$2,000.
‘‘(4) FEDERAL
SHARE.—For the purpose of
this subsection the term ‘Federal share’ means, with
respect to the costs of activities assisted under this
subsection, 50 percent of such costs to the elemen-
tary or secondary school teacher.
‘‘(f) NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD.—
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Writing
Project shall establish and operate a National Advi-
sory Board.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The National Advisory
Board established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
consist of—
‘‘(A) national educational leaders;
‘‘(B) leaders in the field of writing; and
‘‘(C) such other individuals as the National
Writing Project deems necessary.
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The National Advisory Board
established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) advise the National Writing Project
on national issues related to student writing
and the teaching of writing;
‘‘(B) review the activities and programs of
the National Writing Project; and
‘‘(C) support the continued development of
the National Writing Project.
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct an independent evaluation by grant or contract
of the teacher training programs administered pur-
suant to this Act in accordance with section 14701.
Such evaluation shall specify the amount of funds
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expended by the National Writing Project and each
contractor receiving assistance under this section for
administrative costs. The results of such evaluation
shall be made available to the appropriate commit-
tees of the Congress.
‘‘(2) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—The Secretary
shall reserve not more than $150,000 from the total
amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of
subsection (i) for fiscal year 2001 and the four suc-
ceeding fiscal years to conduct the evaluation de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
‘‘(h) APPLICATION REVIEW.—
‘‘(1) REVIEW
BOARD.—The National Writing
Project shall establish and operate a National Re-
view Board that shall consist of—
‘‘(A) leaders in the field of research in
writing; and
‘‘(B) such other individuals as the Na-
tional Writing Project deems necessary.
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The National Review Board
shall—
‘‘(A) review all applications for assistance
under this subsection; and
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‘‘(B) recommend applications for assist-
ance under this subsection for funding by the
National Writing Project.
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for the grant to the Na-
tional Writing Project, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2002,
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four
succeeding fiscal years, to carry out the provisions of this
section.’’.
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