115 STAT. 1546 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-JAN. 8, 2002 "(C) a private nonprofit or for-profit eligible professional development provider providing instruction based on scientifically based reading research; "(D) an adult education provider; "(E) a volunteer organization that is involved in reading programs; or "(F) a school library or a public library that offers reading or literacy programs for children or families. "(4) PREEXISTING PARTNERSHIP. — I f, before the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a State educational agency established a consortium, partnership, or any other similar body that was considered a reading and literacy partnership for purposes of part C of title II of this Act (as such part was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), that consortium, partnership, or body may be considered a reading and literacy partnership for purposes of this subsection consistent with the provisions of this subpart. 20 USC 6364. " SEC. 1204. TARGETED ASSISTANCE GRANTS. "(a) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR AWARDING TARGETED ASSISTANCE Effective date. GRANTS TO STATES. — Beginning with fiscal year 2004, from funds appropriated under section 1202(b)(1)(E), the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to those State educational agencies that— "(1) for each of 2 consecutive years, demonstrate that an increasing percentage of third graders in each of the groups described in section llll(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) in the schools served by the local educational agencies receiving funds under section 1202 are reaching the proficient level in reading; and "(2) for each of the same such consecutive 2 years, demonstrate that schools receiving funds under section 1202 are improving the reading skills of students in grades 1, 2, and 3 based on screening, diagnostic, and classroom-based instructional reading assessments. "(b) CONTINUATION OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS.—For any State educational agency that receives a competitive grant under this section, the Secretary shall make an award for each of the succeeding years that the State educational agency demonstrates it is continuing to meet the criteria described in subsection (a). "(c) DISTRIBUTION OF TARGETED ASSISTANCE GRANTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall make a grant to each State educational agency with an application approved under this section in an amount that bears the same relation to the amount made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year as the number of children counted under section 1124(c) for the State bears to the number of such children so counted for all States with applications approved for that year. "(2) PEER REVIEW. —The peer review panel convened under section 1203(c)(2) shall review the applications submitted under this subsection. The panel shall recommend such applications to the Secretary for funding or for disapproval. "(3) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—^A State educational agency that desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner.
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