Ill STAT. 1496 PUBLIC LAW 105-78 —NOV. 13, 1997 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1998. Federal Register, publication. Institutes of Health research funding policies and processes and for any necessary congressional action. This title may be cited as the "Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998". TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EDUCATION REFORM For carrying out activities authorized by titles III and IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, and sections 3132, 3136, and 3141 and parts B, C, and D of title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,275,035,000, of which $464,500,000 for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and $200,000,000 for the School-to- Work Opportunities Act shall become available on July 1, 1998, and remain available through September 30, 1999: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, except that no more than $1,500,000 may be used to carry out activities under section 314(a)(2) of that Act: Provided further, That section 315(a)(2) of the Goals 2000 Act shall not apply: Provided further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the amount available under section 3132 shall be set aside for the outlying areas, to be distributed on the basis of their relative need as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the purposes of the program: Provided further. That if any State educational agency does not apply for a grant under section 3132, that States allotment under section 3131 shall be reserved by the Secretary for grants to local educational agencies in that State that apply directly to the Secretary according to the terms and conditions published by the Secretary in the Federal Register: Provided further. That of the funds made available under section 3136, $5,000,000 shall be provided to the Hospitals, Universities, Businesses, and Schools program to develop a regional information infrastructure in the mid-Atlantic region, $7,300,000 shall be for the "I Can Learn" project to integrate technology into eighth grade algebra classrooms and $800,000 shall be provided for a distance education network involving a consortium of nine school districts and Nicolet Area Technical College: Provided further, That of the amoiuit available for title III, part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $8,000,000 shall be awarded to continue and expand the Iowa Communication Network statewide fiber optic demonstration project. EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher Education Act, $8,021,827,000, of which $6,553,249,000 shall become available on July 1, 1998, and shall remain available through September 30, 1999, and of which $1,448,386,000 shall become available on October 1, 1998 and shall remain available through September 30, 1999, for academic year 1998-1999: Provided, That $6,273,212,000 shall be available for basic grants under section 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary on October 1, 1997, to obtain updated local-educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau
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