PUBLIC LAW 105-78 —NOV. 13, 1997 111 STAT. 1503 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero. For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $104,000. EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of 1994; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, I, and K and section 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103-227, $431,438,000: Provided, That of the amount provided for section 10101 of part A of title X of the Elementsiry and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Museum of Women in the Arts; $500,000 shall be for enhanced teacher training in reading in the District of Columbia; $5,000,000 shall be for innovative learning opportunities for at-risk children at children's museums in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and museums in Chicago; $8,000,000 shall be for a demonstration of public school facilities repair and construction to the Iowa Department of Education; $350,000 shall be awarded to the White Plains City School District to expand an after school program; $100,000 shall be for the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania library network; $55,000 shall be awarded to the St. Stephen Life Center in Louisville, Kentucky; and $25,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this proviso in the statement of managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided further. That the funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall become available on July 1, 1998, and remain available through September 30, 1999, and in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further. That (1) of the amount appropriated under this heading and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education may award $1,000,000 to a State educational agency (as defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) to pay for appraisals, resource studies, and other expenses associated with the exchange of State school trust lands within the boundaries of a national monument for Federal lands outside the boundaries of the monument; and (2) the State educational agency is eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1) only if the agency serves a State that—
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