115 STAT. 1612 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 "(A) NUMBER.— The Secretary may award not more than five contracts under this subsection. "(B) DURATION.— The Secretary may award a contract under this subsection for a period of not more than 5 years. "(d) SUPPORT FOR EXISTING REFORM NETWORKS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide appropriate support to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to provide training, materials, development, and staff assistance to schools assisted under this part. "(2) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the term 'eligible entity' means an entity that, prior to the date of enactment of the Dropout Prevention Act— "(A) provided training, technical assistance, and materials related to school dropout prevention or reentry to 100 or more elementary schools or secondary schools; and "(B) developed and published a specific educational program or design related to school dropout prevention or reentry for use by the schools. "Subpart 2—School Dropout Prevention Initiative 20 USC 6561. " SEC. 1821. DEFINITIONS. "In this subpart: "(1) LOW-INCOME STUDENT. —The term 'low-income student' means a student who is determined by a local educational agency to be from a low-income family using the measures described in section 1113(c). "(2) STATE. —The term 'State' means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs for purposes of serving schools funded by the Bureau. 20 USC 6561a. " SEC. 1822. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. "(a) GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL EDU- CATIONAL AGENCIES. — " (1) AMOUNT LESS THAN $75,000,000. — "(A) IN GENERAL.— I f the amount appropriated under section 1803 for a fiscal year equals or is less than $75,000,000, then the Secretary shall use such amount to award grants, on a competitive basis, to— "(i) State educational agencies to support activities— "(I) in schools that— "(aa) serve students in grades 6 through 12; and "(bb) have annual school dropout rates that are above the State average annual school dropout rate; or "(II) in the middle schools that feed students into the schools described in subclause (I); or "(ii) local educational agencies that operate— "(I) schools that— "(aa) serve students in grades 6 through 12; and
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