Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 5.djvu/89

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PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3579 ing Federal, State, and local literacy resources consistent with the purposes of this part. Such coordination and integration shall include funds available under the Adult Education Act, Head Start, Even Start, and the Family Support Act of 1988. "(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— The Secretary shall not make a grant to a State under paragraph (1) unless the State agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the eligible consortium in carrying out the activities for which the grant was awarded, the State will make available non- Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than the Federal funds provided under the grant. "(d) STATE ALLOCATION. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated under section 1002(b) and not reserved under subsections (a), (b), and (c), the Secretary shall make grants to States from allocations under paragraph (2). "(2) ALLOCATIONS.— Except as provided in paragraph (3), from the total amount available for allocation to States in any fiscal year, each State shall be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1) in an amount that bears the same ratio to such total amount as the amount allocated under part A to that State bears to the total amount allocated under that section to all the States. "(3) MINIMUM.— No State shall receive a grant under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year in an amount which is less than $250,000, or one-half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 1002(b) and not reserved under subsections (a), (b), and (c) for such year, whichever is greater. "(e) DEFINITIONS.— For the purpose of this part— "(1) the term 'eligible entity means a partnership composed of both— "(A) a local educational agency; and "(B) a nonprofit community-based organization, a public agency other than a local educational agency, an institution of higher education, or a public or private nonprofit organization other than a local educational agency, of demonstrated quality; "(2) the term 'eligible organization' means any public or private nonprofit organization with a record of providing effective services to family literacy providers, such as the National Center for Family Literacy, Parents as Teachers, Inc., the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, and the Home and School Institute, Inc.; "(3) the terms 'Indian tribe' and 'tribal organization' have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and "(4) the term 'State' includes each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "SEC. 1203. STATE PROGRAMS. 20 USC 6363. "(a) STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES.— Each State that receives a grsint under section 1202(d)(1) may use not more than 5 percent of the grant funds for the costs of— "(1) administration; and "(2) providing, through one or more subgrants or contracts, technical assistance for program improvement and replication, to eligible entities that receive subgrants under subsection (b).