102 STAT. 286
PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988
cation programs, and (4) collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data and information on bilingual education. 20 USC 3302.
"SEC. 70.32. GRANTS FOR STATE PROCJRAMS. "(a) DATA COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION.—Upon application
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from a State educational agency, the Secretary shall make provision for the submission and approval of a State program for the collection, aggregation, analysis, and publication of data and information on the State's population of limited English proficient persons and the educational services provided or available to such persons. "(b) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—State programs under this part shall provide for the annual submission of a report to the Secretary containing data and information on such matters as the Secretary shall, by regulation, determine necessary and proper to achieve the purposes of this title, including the matters specified in section 7021(c)(2). Such reports shall be in such form and shall be submitted on such date as the Secretary shall specify by regulation. State programs shall provide for the dissemination of information regarding these matters to the public, and particularly to persons of limited English proficiency. "(c) OTHER USES OF FUNDS.—State programs authorized under this section may also provide for— "(1) the planning and development of educational programs such as those assisted under this title; "(2) the review and evaluation of programs of bilingual education, including bilingual education programs that are not funded under this title; "(3) the provision, coordination, or supervision of technical and other forms of nonfinancial assistance to local educational agencies, community organizations, and private elementary and secondary schools that serve limited English proficient persons; "(4) the development and administration of instruments and procedures for the assessment of the educational needs and competencies of persons of limited English proficiency; "(5) the training of State and local educational agency staff to carry out the purposes of this title; and "(6) other activities and services designed to build the capacity of State and local educational agencies to serve the educational needs of persons of limited English proficiency. "(d) PAYMENTS.—Except as provided in the second sentence of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall pay from the amounts appropriated for the purposes of this section pursuant to section 7002(b)(2) for each fiscal year to each State educational agency which has a State program submitted and approved under subsection (a) of this section such sums as may be necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of such State program. The amount paid by the Secretary to any State educational agency under the preceding sentence for any fiscal year may not be less than $75,000 nor greater than 5 percent of the aggregate of the amounts paid under section 7021 for programs within such State in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to which this limitation applies. "(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made available under this section for any fiscal year shall be used by the State educational agency to supplement and, to the extent practical, to increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such funds, be made available by the State for the purposes described in this section, and in no case to supplant such funds.
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