(1) to pay the future costs of repairing concrete 
school foundations damaged by the presence of 
pyrrhotite; or 
(2) to reimburse such agencies for costs in-
curred by the agencies in making such repairs in the 
five-year period preceding the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS FOR FUTURE RE-
PAIRS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under sub-
section (a)(1), a local educational agency shall— 
(A) with respect to each school for which 
the agency seeks to use grant funds, dem-
onstrate to the State that— 
(i) the school is a pyrrhotite-affected 
school; and 
(ii) any laboratory tests, core tests, 
and visual inspections of the school’s foun-
dation used to determine that the school is 
a pyrrhotite-affected school were con-
ducted— 
(I) by a professional engineer li-
censed in the State in which the 
school is located; and 
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(II) in accordance with applicable 
State standards or standards ap-
proved by any independent, nonprofit, 
or private entity authorized by the 
State to oversee construction, testing, 
or financial relief efforts for damaged 
building foundations; and 
(B) provide an assurance that— 
(i) the local educational agency will 
use the grant only for the allowable uses 
described in subsection (f)(1); and 
(ii) all work funded with the grant 
will be conducted by a qualified contractor 
or architect licensed in the State. 
(2) 
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
REIMBURSEMENT 
GRANTS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a)(2), a local educational agency shall 
demonstrate that it met the requirements of para-
graph (1) at the time it carried out the project for 
which the agency seeks reimbursement. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 
that seeks a grant under this section shall submit to 
the State an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the State 
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may require, which upon approval by the State 
under subsection (d)(1)(A), the State shall submit to 
the 
Secretary 
for 
approval 
under 
subsection 
(d)(1)(B). 
(2) CONTENTS.—At minimum, each application 
shall include— 
(A) information and documentation suffi-
cient to enable the State to determine if the 
local educational agency meets the eligibility 
criteria under subsection (b); 
(B) in the case of an agency seeking a 
grant under subsection (a)(1), an estimate of 
the costs of carrying out the activities described 
in subsection (f); 
(C) in the case of an agency seeking a 
grant under subsection (a)(2)— 
(i) an itemized explanation of— 
(I) the costs incurred by the 
agency in carrying out any activities 
described subsection (f); and 
(II) any amounts contributed 
from other Federal, State, local, or 
private sources for such activities; and 
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(ii) the amount for which the local 
educational agency seeks reimbursement; 
and 
(D) the percentage of any costs described 
in subparagraph (B) or (C) that are covered by 
an insurance policy. 
(d) APPROVAL AND DISBURSEMENT.— 
(1) APPROVAL.— 
(A) STATE.—The State shall approve the 
application of each local educational agency for 
submission to the Secretary that— 
(i) submits a complete and correct ap-
plication under subsection (c); and 
(ii) meets the criteria for eligibility 
under subsection (b). 
(B) SECRETARY.—Not later than 60 days 
after receiving an application of a local edu-
cational agency submitted by a State under 
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall— 
(i) approve such application, in a case 
in which the Secretary determines that 
such application meets the requirements of 
subparagraph (A); or 
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(ii) deny such application, in the case 
of an application that does not meet such 
requirements. 
(2) DISBURSEMENT.— 
(A) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall 
disburse an allocation to a State not later than 
60 days after the date on which the Secretary 
approves 
an 
application 
under 
paragraph 
(1)(B). 
(B) GRANT.—The State shall disburse 
grant funds to a local educational agency not 
later than 60 days after the date on which the 
State receives an allocation under subparagraph 
(A). 
(e) FEDERAL AND STATE SHARE.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
each grant under this section shall be an amount 
that is not more than 50 percent of the total cost 
of the project for which the grant is awarded. 
(2) STATE SHARE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the State share of each grant under 
this section shall be an amount that is not less 
than 40 percent of the total cost of the project 
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for which the grant is awarded, which the State 
shall contribute from non-Federal sources. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR REIMBURSEMENT 
GRANTS.—In the case of a reimbursement grant 
made to a local educational agency under sub-
section (a)(2), a State shall be treated as meet-
ing the requirement of subparagraph (A) if the 
State demonstrates that it contributed, from 
non-Federal sources, not less than 40 percent 
of the total cost of the project for which the re-
imbursement grant is awarded. 
(f) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.—A local edu-
cational agency that receives a grant under this sec-
tion shall use such grant only for costs associated 
with— 
(A) the repair or replacement of the con-
crete foundation or other affected areas of a 
pyrrhotite-affected school in the jurisdiction of 
such agency to the extent necessary— 
(i) to restore the structural integrity 
of the school to the safety and health 
standards established by the professional 
licensed engineer or architect associated 
with the project; and 
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