Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Part 2.djvu/637

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PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1621 "(3) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— The term 'high-need local educational agency' means a local educational agency— "(A)(i) that serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families with incomes below the poverty line; or "(ii) for which not less than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are from families with incomes below the poverty line; and "(B)(i) for which there is a high percentage of teachers not teaching in the academic subjects or grade levels that the teachers were trained to teach; or "(ii) for which there is a high percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification or licensing. "(4) HIGHLY QUALIFIED PARAPROFESSIONAL. — The term 'highly qualified paraprofessional' means a paraprofessional who has not less than 2 years of— "(A) experience in a classroom; and "(B) postsecondary education or demonstrated competence in a field or academic subject for which there is a significant shortage of qualified teachers. "(5) OUT-OF-FIELD TEACHER.— The term 'out-of-field teacher' means a teacher who is teaching an academic subject or a grade level for which the teacher is not highly qualified. "(6) PRINCIPAL. —The term 'principal' includes an assistant principal. "SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 20 USC 6603. "(a) GRANTS TO STATES, LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, AND ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS.— T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part (other than subpart 5) $3,175,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. "(b) NATIONAL PROGRAMS. — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 5 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. "Subpart 1—Grants to States "SEC. 2111. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES. 20 USC 6611. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall make grants to States with applications approved under section 2112 to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the activities specified in section 2113. Each grant shall consist of the allotment determined for a State under subsection (b). " (b) DETERMINATION OF ALLOTMENTS.— "(1) RESERVATION OF FUNDS. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— From the total amount appropriated under section 2103(a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— "(i) one-half of 1 percent for allotments for the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be distributed among those outlying areas on the basis of their relative need, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance with the purpose of this part; and