§ 7255b. Grant program authorized
(a)
Authorization
The Secretary, in conjunction with the Office of Educational Technology, is authorized to make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the cost of the following:
(1)
Development, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of telecommunications facilities and equipment.
(3)
Development and acquisition of preservice and inservice teacher training programs based on established research regarding teacher-to-teacher mentoring, and ongoing, in-class instruction.
(c)
Renewal
(1)
In general
Grants awarded under subsection (a) of this section may be renewed for a single additional period of 3 years.
(2)
Continuing eligibility
In order to be eligible to receive a grant renewal under this subsection, a grant recipient shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in an addendum to its application submitted under section
7255c of this title, that the grant recipient will—
(A)
continue to provide services in the subject areas and geographic areas assisted with funds received under this subpart for the previous grant period; and
(d)
Reservations
(1)
Instructional programming
At least 25 percent of the funds made available to the Secretary for any fiscal year under this subpart shall be used for the cost of instructional programming.
(2)
Local educational agency assistance
At least 50 percent of the funds available in any fiscal year under this subpart shall be used for the cost of facilities, equipment, teacher training or retraining, technical assistance, or programming, for local educational agencies that are eligible to receive assistance under part A of subchapter I of this chapter.
(e)
Federal share
(f)
Required local educational agency participation
The Secretary is authorized to make a grant under this section to any eligible entity, if at least one local educational agency is participating in the proposed program.
(g)
Assistance obtaining satellite time
The Secretary may assist recipients of grants made under this section in acquiring satellite time, where appropriate, as economically as possible.
[1] So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted.