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(c) SPECIAL RULES.— 
(1) DISTRIBUTIONS
BY
SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary shall make and distribute the reservations and 
allocations described in subsections (a) and (b) not 
later than 120 days after an appropriation of funds 
for this chapter is made. 
(2) DISTRIBUTIONS BY STATES.—A State shall 
make and distribute the allocations described in sub-
section (b)(3) within 90 days of receiving such funds 
from the Secretary. 
SEC. 313. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
A local educational agency receiving a grant under 
this chapter shall use the grant for modernization, renova-
tion, or repair of public school facilities (including early 
learning facilities, as appropriate), including— 
(1) repair, replacement, or installation of roofs, 
including extensive, intensive or semi-intensive green 
roofs, electrical wiring, water supply and plumbing 
systems, sewage systems, storm water runoff systems, 
lighting systems, building envelope, windows, ceilings, 
flooring, or doors, including security doors; 
(2) repair, replacement, or installation of heat-
ing, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, includ-
ing insulation, and conducting indoor air quality as-
sessments; 
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(3) compliance with fire, health, seismic, and 
safety codes, including professional installation of fire 
and life safety alarms, and modernizations, renova-
tions, and repairs that ensure that schools are pre-
pared for emergencies, such as improving building in-
frastructure to accommodate security measures and 
installing or upgrading technology to ensure that 
schools are able to respond to emergencies such as acts 
of terrorism, campus violence, and natural disasters; 
(4) retrofitting necessary to increase the energy 
efficiency and water efficiency of public school facili-
ties; 
(5) modifications necessary to make facilities ac-
cessible in compliance with the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and 
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794); 
(6) abatement, removal, or interim controls of 
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, 
lead-based hazards, including lead-based paint haz-
ards, or a proven carcinogen; 
(7) measures designed to reduce or eliminate 
human exposure to classroom noise and environ-
mental noise pollution; 
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(8) modernization, renovation, or repair nec-
essary to reduce the consumption of coal, electricity, 
land, natural gas, oil, or water; 
(9) installation or upgrading of educational 
technology infrastructure; 
(10) modernization, renovation, or repair of 
science and engineering laboratories, libraries, and 
career and technical education facilities, and im-
provements to building infrastructure to accommodate 
bicycle and pedestrian access; 
(11) installation or upgrading of renewable en-
ergy generation and heating systems, including solar, 
photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including wood pellet 
and woody biomass), waste-to-energy, and solar-ther-
mal and geothermal systems, and for energy audits; 
(12) measures designed to reduce or eliminate 
human exposure to airborne particles such as dust, 
sand, and pollens; 
(13) creating greenhouses, gardens (including 
trees), and other facilities for environmental, sci-
entific, or other educational purposes, or to produce 
energy savings; 
(14) modernizing, renovating, or repairing phys-
ical education facilities for students, including up-
grading or installing recreational structures made 
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from post-consumer recovered materials in accordance 
with the comprehensive procurement guidelines pre-
pared by the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency under section 6002(e) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6962(e)); 
(15) other modernization, renovation, or repair 
of public school facilities to— 
(A) improve teachers’ ability to teach and 
students’ ability to learn; 
(B) ensure the health and safety of students 
and staff; 
(C) make them more energy efficient; or 
(D) reduce class size; and 
(16) required environmental remediation related 
to modernization, renovation, or repair described in 
paragraphs (1) through (15). 
SEC. 314. PRIORITY PROJECTS. 
In selecting a project under section 313, a local edu-
cational agency may give priority to projects involving the 
abatement, removal, or interim controls of asbestos, poly-
chlorinated biphenyls, mold, mildew, lead-based hazards, 
including lead-based paint hazards, or a proven carcinogen. 
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CHAPTER 
2—SUPPLEMENTAL 
GRANTS 
FOR 
LOUISIANA, 
MISSISSIPPI, 
AND 
ALABAMA 
SEC. 321. PURPOSE. 
Grants under this chapter shall be for the purpose of 
modernizing, renovating, repairing, or constructing public 
school facilities, including, where applicable, early learning 
facilities, based on the need for such improvements or con-
struction, to ensure that public school facilities are safe, 
healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. 
SEC. 322. ALLOCATION TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated to 
carry out this chapter for each fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 345(b), the Secretary shall allocate to local educational 
agencies in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama an 
amount equal to the infrastructure damage inflicted on 
public school facilities in each such district by Hurricane 
Katrina or Hurricane Rita in 2005 relative to the total 
of such infrastructure damage so inflicted in all such dis-
tricts, combined. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION
BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall determine and distribute the allocations described in 
subsection (a) not later than 120 days after an appropria-
tion of funds for this chapter is made. 
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