Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 5.djvu/176

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108 STAT. 3666 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 20 USC 6928. «SEC. 3308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL. — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Not less than 60 percent of the amounts appropriated under this subsection for each fiscal year shall be used to carry out section 3302. "(b) SPECIAL PROJECTS. —Of the amount appropriated under subsection (b) for each fiscal year, at least 10 percent of such amount shall be used for each such fiscal year for activities under section 3303(1)(0. "PART D—TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMON- STRATION PROJECT FOR MATHEMATICS 20 USC 6951. "SEC. 3401. PROJECT AUTHORIZED. 'The Secretary is authorized to make grants to a nonprofit telecommunications entity, or partnership of such entities, for the purpose of carrying out a national telecommunications-based demonstration project to improve the teaching of mathematics. The demonstration project authorized by this part shall be designed to assist elementary and secondary school teachers in preparing all students for achieving State content standards. 20 USC 6952. "SEC. 3402. APPLICATION REQUIRED. "(a) IN GENERAL. —Each nonprofit telecommunications entity, or partnership of such entities, desiring a grant under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary. Each such application shall— "(1) demonstrate that the applicant will use the existing ^ publicly funded telecommunications infrastructure to deliver video, voice and data in an integrated service to train teachers in the use of new standards-based curricula materials and learning technologies; "(2) assure that the project for which assistance is sought will be conducted in cooperation with appropriate State educational agencies, local educational agencies, State or local nonprofit public telecommunications entities, and a national mathematics education professional association that has developed content standards; "(3) assure that a significant portion of the benefits available for elementary and secondary schools from the project for which assistance is sought will be available to schools of local educational agencies which have a high percentage of children counted for the purpose of part A of title I; and "(4) contain such additional assurances as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(b) APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS; NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATION SITES.— In approving applications under this section, the Secretary shall assure that the demonstration project authorized by this part is conducted at elementary and secondary school sites in at least 15 States. 20 USC 6953. "SEC. 3403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 'There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Eart, $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may e necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.