PUBLIC LAW 107-lia-JAN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1559 "(1) administration, which amount shall not exceed half of the total; "(2) providing, through one or more subgrants or contracts, technical assistance for program improvement and replication, to eligible entities that receive subgrants under subsection (b); and "(3) carrying out sections 1240 and 1234(c). "(b) SUBGRANTS FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Each State educational agency shall use the grant funds received under section 1232(d)(1) and not reserved under subsection (a) to award subgrants to eligible entities to carry out Even Start programs. "(2) MINIMUM SUBGRANT AMOUNTS.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), no State educational agency shall award a subgrant under paragraph (1) in an amount less than $75,000. "(B) SUBGRANTEES IN NINTH AND SUCCEEDING YEARS. — No state educational agency shall award a subgrant under paragraph (1) in an amount less than $52,500 to an eligible entity for a fiscal year to carry out an Even Start program that is receiving assistance under this subpart or its predecessor authority for the ninth (or any subsequent) fiscal year. "(C) EXCEPTION FOR SINGLE SUBGRANT.— ^A State educational agency may award one subgrant in each fiscal year of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective in an amount less than $75,000 if, after awarding subgrants under paragraph (1) for that fiscal year in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B), less than $75,000 is available to the State educational agency to award those subgrants. "SEC. 1234. USES OF FUNDS. 20 USC 6381c. "(a) IN GENERAL. —In carrying out an Even Start program under this subpart, a recipient of funds under this subpart shall use those funds to pay the Federal share of the cost of providing intensive family literacy services that involve parents and children, from birth through age 7, in a cooperative effort to help parents become full partners in the education of their children and to assist children in reaching their full potential as learners. "(b) FEDERAL SHARE LIMITATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— "(A) FEDERAL SHARE. —Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal share under this subpart may not exceed— "(i) 90 percent of the total cost of the program in the first year that the program receives assistance under this subpart or its predecessor authority; "(ii) 80 percent in the second year; "(iii) 70 percent in the third year; "(iv) 60 percent in the fourth year; "(v) 50 percent in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth such years; and "(vi) 35 percent in any subsequent year. "(B) REMAINING COST.— The remaining cost of a program assisted under this subpart may be provided in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, and may be obtained from any source, including other Federal funds under this Act.
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