Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Part 2.djvu/846

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115 STAT. 1830 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 20 USC 7255b. " SEC. 5473. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. " (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in conjunction with the Office of Educational Technology, is authorized to make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the cost of the following: "(1) Development, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of telecommunications facilities and equipment. "(2) Development and acquisition of live, interactive instructional programming. "(3) Development and acquisition of preservice and inservice teacher training programs based on established research regarding teacher-to-teacher mentoring, and ongoing, in-class instruction. "(4) Establishment of teleconferencing facilities and resources for making interactive training available to teachers. "(5) Obtaining technical assistance. "(6) Coordination of the design and connectivity of telecommunications networks to reach the greatest number of schools. "(b) DURATION AND AMOUNT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—^A grant under this section may not exceed— "(A) 5 years in duration (subject to subsection (c)); and " (B) $10,000,000 in any single fiscal year. "(c) RENEWAL.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under subsection (a) may be renewed for a single additional period of 3 years. "(2) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY. —In order to be eligible to receive a grant renewal under this subsection, a grant recipient shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in an addendum to its application submitted under section 5474, that the grant recipient will— "(A) continue to provide services in the subject areas and geographic areas assisted with funds received under this subpart for the previous grant period; and "(B) use all grant funds received under this subpart for the 3 year renewal period to provide expanded services by- "(i) increasing the number of students, schools, or school districts served by the courses of instruction assisted under this part in the previous fiscal year; "(ii) providing new courses of instruction; and "(iii) serving new populations of underserved individuals, such as children or adults who are disadvantaged, have limited English proficiency, are individuals with disabilities, are illiterate, or lack secondary school diplomas or their recognized equivalent. "(3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT. — Grant funds received under this subsection shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, services provided by the grant recipient under this subpart in the previous fiscal year. "(d) RESERVATIONS. — "(1) INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING. —At least 25 percent of the funds made available to the Secretary for any fiscal year under this subpart shall be used for the cost of instructional programming.