§ 6381a. Program authorized
(a)
Reservation for migrant programs, outlying areas, and Indian tribes
(1)
In general
For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section
6302
(b)(3) of this title (or, if such appropriated amount exceeds $200,000,000, 6 percent of such amount) for programs, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall establish, that are consistent with the purpose of this subpart, and according to their relative needs, for—
(2)
Special rule
After December 21, 2000, the Secretary shall award a grant, on a competitive basis, of sufficient size and for a period of sufficient duration to demonstrate the effectiveness of a family literacy program in a prison that houses women and their preschool age children and that has the capability of developing a program of high quality.
(3)
Coordination of programs for American Indians
The Secretary shall ensure that programs under paragraph (1)(C) are coordinated with family literacy programs operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in order to avoid duplication and to encourage the dissemination of information on high-quality family literacy programs serving American Indians.
(b)
Reservation for Federal activities
(1)
Evaluation, technical assistance, program improvement, and replication activities
(2)
Research
In any fiscal year, if the amount appropriated under section
6302
(b)(3) of this title for such year—
(A)
is equal to or less than the amount appropriated for the preceding fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve from such amount only the amount necessary to continue multi-year activities carried out pursuant to section
6381j
(b) of this title that began during or prior to the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made; or
(c)
Reservation for grants
(1)
Grants authorized
(A)
In general
For any fiscal year for which at least one State educational agency applies and submits an application that meets the requirements and goals of this subsection and for which the amount appropriated under section
6302
(b)(3) of this title exceeds the amount appropriated under that section for the preceding fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve, from the amount of the excess remaining after the application of subsection (b)(2) of this section, the amount of the remainder or $1,000,000, whichever is less, to award grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational agencies to enable them to plan and implement statewide family literacy initiatives to coordinate and, where appropriate, integrate existing Federal, State, and local literacy resources consistent with the purposes of this subpart.
(B)
Coordination and integration
The coordination and integration described in subparagraph (A) shall include coordination and integration of funds available under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act [20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.], the Head Start Act [42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.], this subpart, part A of this subchapter, and part A of title IV of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.].
(2)
Consortia
(A)
Establishment
To receive a grant under this subsection, a State educational agency shall establish a consortium of State-level programs under the following provisions of laws:
(B)
Plan
To receive a grant under this subsection, the consortium established by a State educational agency shall create a plan to use a portion of the State educational agency’s resources, derived from the programs referred to in subparagraph (A), to strengthen and expand family literacy services in the State.
(3)
Reading instruction
Statewide family literacy initiatives implemented under this subsection shall base reading instruction on scientifically based reading research.
(4)
Technical assistance
The Secretary shall provide, directly or through a grant or contract with an organization with experience in the development and operation of successful family literacy services, technical assistance to State educational agencies receiving a grant under this subsection.
(5)
Matching requirement
The Secretary shall not make a grant to a State educational agency under this subsection unless the State educational agency agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the eligible consortium in carrying out the activities for which the grant was awarded, the State educational agency will make available non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than the Federal funds provided under the grant.
(d)
State educational agency allocation
(2)
Allocations
Except as provided in paragraph (3), from the total amount available under paragraph (1) for allocation to State educational agencies in any fiscal year, each State educational agency shall be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1) in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount as the amount allocated under part A of this subchapter to that State educational agency bears to the total amount allocated under that part to all State educational agencies.
(3)
Minimum
No State educational agency shall receive a grant under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year in an amount that is less than $250,000, or one-half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated under section
6302
(b)(3) of this title and not reserved under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section for such year, whichever is greater.
(e)
Definitions
For the purpose of this subpart—
(2)
the term “eligible organization” means any public or private nonprofit organization with a record of providing effective services to family literacy providers, such as the National Center for Family Literacy, Parents as Teachers, Inc., the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, and the Home and School Institute, Inc.;
(3)
the terms “Indian tribe” and “tribal organization” have the meanings given those terms in section
450b of title
25;
(4)
the term “scientifically based reading research” has the meaning given that term in section
6368 of this title; and