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20 U.S.C. § 7267d (EDUCATION)
§ 7267d. Requirements
(a) Administrative costs
The grantee and each recipient receiving a subgrant under this subpart for a fiscal year may use not more than 5 percent of the funds made available through the grant or subgrant for administrative costs.
(b) Teacher training programs
In carrying out the teacher training programs described in section 7267b(b)(2)(A) of this title, a recipient shall—
(1) train teachers who teach a grade from kindergarten through grade 12; and
(2) encourage teachers from disciplines other than economics and financial literacy to participate in such teacher training programs, if the training will promote the economic and financial literacy of those teachers’ students.
(c) Involvement of business community
In carrying out the activities assisted under this subpart, the grantee and recipients are strongly encouraged to—
(1) include interactions with the local business community to the fullest extent possible to reinforce the connection between economic and financial literacy and economic development; and
(2) work with private businesses to obtain matching contributions for Federal funds and assist recipients in working toward self-sufficiency.
(d) Additional requirements and technical assistance
The grantee shall—
(1) meet such other requirements as the Secretary determines to be necessary to assure compliance with this section; and
(2) receive from the Secretary such technical assistance as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5535, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1850.)
20 U.S.C. § 7267e (EDUCATION)
§ 7267e. Administrative provisions
(a) Federal share
The Federal share of the cost described in section 7267b(b)(2) of this title shall be 50 percent.
(b) Payment of non-Federal share
The non-Federal share may be paid in cash or in kind (fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services).
(c) Reports to Congress
Not later than 2 years after the date funds are first made available to carry out this subpart, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report regarding activities assisted under this subpart.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5536, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1850.)
20 U.S.C. § 7267f (EDUCATION)
§ 7267f. Supplement, not supplant
Funds made available to carry out this subpart shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds expended for the purpose described in section 7267a(a) of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5537, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1851.)
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 7268, Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5308, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3706, which authorized appropriations for school dropout assistance, was omitted in the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.
20 U.S.C. § 7273 (EDUCATION)
§ 7273. Purposes
The purposes of this subpart are the following:
(1) To provide leadership, technical assistance, and financial support to nonprofit organizations (including statewide nonprofit organizations) and local educational agencies to help the organizations and agencies implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement.
(2) To strengthen partnerships among parents (including parents of children from birth through age 5), teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children.
(3) To develop and strengthen the relationship between parents and their children’s school.
(4) To further the developmental progress of children assisted under this subpart.
(5) To coordinate activities funded under this subpart with parental involvement initiatives funded under section 6318 of this title and other provisions of this chapter.
(6) To provide a comprehensive approach to improving student learning, through coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5561, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1856.)
20 U.S.C. § 7273a (EDUCATION)
§ 7273a. Grants authorized
(a) Parental information and resource centers
The Secretary is authorized to award grants in each fiscal year to nonprofit organizations (including statewide nonprofit organizations), and consortia of such organizations and local educational agencies, to establish school-linked or school-based parental information and resource centers that provide comprehensive training, information, and support to—
(1) parents of children enrolled in elementary schools and secondary schools;
(2) individuals who work with the parents of children enrolled in elementary schools and secondary schools;
(3) State educational agencies, local educational agencies, schools, organizations that support family-school partnerships (such as parent-teacher associations and Parents as Teachers organizations), and other organizations that carry out parent education and family involvement programs; and
(4) parents of children from birth through age 5.
(b) Geographic distribution
In awarding grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that such grants are distributed in all geographic regions of the United States.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5562, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1857.)
20 U.S.C. § 7273c (EDUCATION)
§ 7273c. Uses of funds
(a) In general
Grant funds received under this subpart shall be used for one or more of the following:
(1) To assist parents in participating effectively in their children’s education and to help their children meet State and local standards, such as assisting parents—
(A) to engage in activities that will improve student academic achievement, including understanding the accountability systems in place within their State educational agency and local educational agency and understanding their children’s educational academic achievement in comparison to State and local standards;
(B) to provide follow-up support for their children’s educational achievement;
(C) to communicate effectively with teachers, principals, counselors, administrators, and other school personnel;
(D) to become active participants in the development, implementation, and review of school-parent compacts, parent involvement policies, and school planning and improvement;
(E) to participate in the design and provision of assistance to students who are not making adequate academic progress;
(F) to participate in State and local decisionmaking; and
(G) to train other parents (such as training related to Parents as Teachers activities).
(2) To obtain information about the range of options, programs, services, and resources available at the national, State, and local levels to assist parents and school personnel who work with parents.
(3) To help the parents learn and use the technology applied in their children’s education.
(4) To plan, implement, and fund activities for parents that coordinate the education of their children with other Federal, State, and local services and programs that serve their children or their families.
(5) To provide support for State or local educational personnel, if the participation of such personnel will further the activities assisted under the grant.
(6) To coordinate and integrate early childhood programs with school-age programs.
(b) Permissive activities
Grant funds received under this subpart may be used to assist schools with activities including one or more of the following:
(1) Developing and implementing the schools’ plans or activities under sections 6318 and 6319 of this title.
(2) Developing and implementing school improvement plans, including addressing problems that develop in the implementation of the schools’ plans or activities under sections 6318 and 6319 of this title.
(3) Providing information about assessment and individual results to parents in a manner and a language the family can understand.
(4) Coordinating the efforts of Federal, State, and local parent education and family involvement initiatives.
(5) Providing training, information, and support to—
(A) State educational agencies;
(B) local educational agencies and schools, especially low-performing local educational agencies and schools; and
(C) organizations that support family-school partnerships.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5564, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1858.)
20 U.S.C. § 7273e (EDUCATION)
§ 7273e. Local family information centers
(a) In general
If the amount made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year is more than $50,000,000, the Secretary is authorized to award 50 percent of the amount that exceeds $50,000,000 as grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local nonprofit parent organizations to enable the organizations to support local family information centers that help ensure that parents of students in elementary schools and secondary schools assisted under this subpart have the training, information, and support the parents need to enable the parents to participate effectively in their children’s early childhood education, in their children’s elementary and secondary education, and in helping their children to meet challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards.
(b) Local nonprofit parent organization defined
In this section, the term “local nonprofit parent organization” means a private nonprofit organization (other than an institution of higher education) that—
(1) has a demonstrated record of working with low-income individuals and parents;
(2)
(A) has a board of directors, the majority of whom are parents of students in elementary schools and secondary schools assisted under part A of subchapter I of this chapter and located in the geographic area to be served by a local family information center; or
(B) has a special governing committee to direct and implement a local family information center, a majority of the members of whom are parents of students in schools assisted under part A of subchapter I of this chapter; and
(3) is located in a community with elementary schools and secondary schools that receive funds under part A of subchapter I of this chapter, and is accessible to the families of students in those schools.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5566, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1861.)
20 U.S.C. § 7277 (EDUCATION)
§ 7277. Grant program authorized
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is authorized to award grants to State educational agencies to permit such State educational agencies to carry out section 7277a of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5581, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1863.)
20 U.S.C. § 7277a (EDUCATION)
§ 7277a. State uses of funds
(a) Subgrants
(1) In general
A State educational agency receiving a grant under this subpart shall use funds made available under the grant to award subgrants to local educational agencies to permit such local educational agencies to carry out the activities described in section 7277b of this title.
(2) Limitation
A State educational agency shall award subgrants under this subsection to local educational agencies that are the neediest, as determined by the State, and that have made a commitment to develop healthy, high-performance school buildings in accordance with the plan developed and approved under paragraph (3)(A).
(3) Implementation
(A) Plans
A State educational agency shall award subgrants under this subsection only to local educational agencies that, in consultation with the State educational agency and State agencies with responsibilities relating to energy and health, have developed plans that the State educational agency determines to be feasible and appropriate in order to achieve the purposes for which the subgrants are made.
(B) Supplementing grant funds
The State educational agency shall encourage local educational agencies that receive subgrants under this subsection to supplement their subgrant funds with funds from other sources in order to implement their plans.
(b) Administration
A State educational agency receiving a grant under this subpart shall use the grant funds made available under this subpart for one or more of the following:
(1) To evaluate compliance by local educational agencies with the requirements of this subpart.
(2) To distribute information and materials on healthy, high-performance school buildings for both new and existing facilities.
(3) To organize and conduct programs for school board members, school district personnel, and others to disseminate information on healthy, high-performance school buildings.
(4) To provide technical services and assistance in planning and designing healthy, high-performance school buildings.
(5) To collect and monitor information pertaining to healthy, high-performance school building projects.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5582, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1863.)
20 U.S.C. § 7277b (EDUCATION)
§ 7277b. Local uses of funds
(a) In general
A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 7277a(a) of this title shall use the subgrant funds to plan and prepare for healthy, high-performance school building projects that—
(1) reduce energy use to at least 30 percent below that of a school constructed in compliance with standards prescribed in chapter 8 of the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code, or a similar State code intended to achieve substantially equivalent results;
(2) meet Federal and State health and safety codes; and
(3) support healthful, energy efficient, and environmentally sound practices.
(b) Use of funds
A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 7277a(a) of this title shall use funds for one or more of the following:
(1) To develop a comprehensive energy audit of the energy consumption characteristics of a building and the need for additional energy conservation measures necessary to allow schools to meet the guidelines set out in subsection (a) of this section.
(2) To produce a comprehensive analysis of building strategies, designs, materials, and equipment that—
(A) are cost effective, produce greater energy efficiency, and enhance indoor air quality; and
(B) can be used when conducting school construction and renovation or purchasing materials and equipment.
(3) To obtain research and provide technical services and assistance in planning and designing healthy, high-performance school buildings, including developing a timeline for implementation of such plans.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5583, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1864.)
20 U.S.C. § 7277c (EDUCATION)
§ 7277c. Report to Congress
The Secretary shall conduct a biennial review of State actions implementing this subpart and carrying out the plans developed under this subpart through State and local funding, and shall submit a report to Congress on the results of such reviews.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5584, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1865.)
20 U.S.C. § 7277d (EDUCATION)
§ 7277d. Limitations
No funds received under this subpart may be used for any of the following:
(1) Payment of maintenance of costs in connection with any projects constructed in whole or in part with Federal funds provided under this subpart.
(2) Construction, renovation, or repair of school facilities.
(3) Construction, renovation, repair, or acquisition of a stadium or other facility primarily used for athletic contests or exhibitions, or other events for which admission is charged to the general public.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5585, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1865.)
20 U.S.C. § 7277e (EDUCATION)
§ 7277e. Healthy, high-performance school building defined
In this subpart, the term “healthy, high-performance school building” means a school building in which the design, construction, operation, and maintenance—
(1) use energy-efficient and affordable practices and materials;
(2) are cost-effective;
(3) enhance indoor air quality; and
(4) protect and conserve water.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5586, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1865.)
20 U.S.C. § 7279 (EDUCATION)
§ 7279. Grant program authorized
The Secretary is authorized to award grants to State educational agencies, from allotments made under section 7279b of this title, to enable the State educational agencies to award subgrants to local educational agencies to pay for capital expenses in accordance with this subpart.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5591, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1865.)
20 U.S.C. § 7279a (EDUCATION)
§ 7279a. Uses of funds
A local educational agency that receives a subgrant under this subpart shall use the subgrant funds only to pay for capital expenses incurred in providing equitable services for private school students under section 6320 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5592, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1865.)
20 U.S.C. § 7279b (EDUCATION)
§ 7279b. Allotments to States
From the funds made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to the funds made available as the number of private school students who received services under part A of subchapter I of this chapter in the State in the most recent year for which data, satisfactory to the Secretary, are available bears to the number of such students in all States in such year.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5593, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1866.)
20 U.S.C. § 7279c (EDUCATION)
§ 7279c. Subgrants to local educational agencies
(a) Applications
A local educational agency that desires to receive a subgrant under this subpart shall submit an application to the State educational agency involved at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State educational agency may require.
(b) Distribution
A State educational agency shall award subgrants to local educational agencies within the State based on the degree of need set forth in their respective applications submitted under subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5594, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1866.)
20 U.S.C. § 7279d (EDUCATION)
§ 7279d. Capital expenses defined
In this subpart, the term “capital expenses” means—
(1) expenditures for noninstructional goods and services, such as the purchase, lease, or renovation of real and personal property, including mobile educational units and leasing of neutral sites or spaces;
(2) insurance and maintenance costs;
(3) transportation; and
(4) other comparable goods and services.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5595, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1866.)
20 U.S.C. § 7279e (EDUCATION)
§ 7279e. Termination
The authority provided by this subpart terminates effective October 1, 2003.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5596, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1866.)
20 U.S.C. § 7281 (EDUCATION)
§ 7281. Reservation
The Secretary is authorized to provide additional assistance to meet special circumstances relating to the provision of education in local educational agencies eligible to receive assistance under section 7702 of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5601, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1866.)
20 U.S.C. § 7281a (EDUCATION)
§ 7281a. Eligibility
A local educational agency is eligible to receive additional assistance under this subpart only if such agency—
(1) received a payment under both section 7702 of this title and section 7703(b) of this title for fiscal year 1996 and is eligible to receive payments under those sections for the year of application;
(2) provided a free public education to children described under subparagraph (A), (B), or (D) of section 7703(a)(1) of this title;
(3) had a military installation located within the geographic boundaries of the local educational agency that was closed as a result of base closure or realignment and, at the time at which the agency is applying for a payment under this subpart, the agency does not have a military installation located within its geographic boundaries;
(4) remains responsible for the free public education of children residing in housing located on Federal property within the boundaries of the closed military installation but whose parents are on active duty in the uniformed services and assigned to a military activity located within the boundaries of an adjoining local educational agency; and
(5) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such agency’s per-pupil revenue derived from local sources for current expenditures is not less than that revenue for the preceding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5602, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1866.)
20 U.S.C. § 7281b (EDUCATION)
§ 7281b. Maximum amount
(a) Maximum amount
The maximum amount that a local educational agency is eligible to receive under this subpart for any fiscal year, when combined with its payment under section 7702(b) of this title, shall not be more than 50 percent of the maximum amount determined under section 7702(b) of this title.
(b) Insufficient funds
If funds appropriated under section 7241 of this title are insufficient to pay the amount determined under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the payment to each local educational agency eligible under this subpart.
(c) Excess funds
If funds appropriated under section 7241 of this title are in excess of the amount determined under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall ratably distribute any excess funds to all local educational agencies eligible for payment under section 7702(b) of this title.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5603, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1867.)
20 U.S.C. § 7283a (EDUCATION)
§ 7283a. Statement of purpose
It is the purpose of this subpart—
(1) to promote gender equity in education in the United States;
(2) to provide financial assistance to enable educational agencies and institutions to meet the requirements of title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 [20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.]; and
(3) to promote equity in education for women and girls who suffer from multiple forms of discrimination based on sex, race, ethnic origin, limited English proficiency, disability, or age.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5612, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1868.)
heading: References in Text
text: The Educational Amendments of 1972, referred to in par. (2), probably means the Education Amendments of 1972 which is Pub. L. 92–318, June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 235, as amended. Title IX of the Act, known as the Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, is classified principally to chapter 38 (§ 1681 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of title IX to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1681 of this title and Tables.