§ 7255e. Administrative provisions
(a)
Leadership, evaluation, and peer review
(1)
Reservation of funds
The Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent of the amount made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year for national leadership, evaluation, and peer review activities, which the Secretary may carry out directly or through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
(2)
Leadership
Funds reserved for leadership activities under paragraph (1) may be used for—
(3)
Evaluation
Funds reserved for evaluation activities under paragraph (1) may be used to conduct independent evaluations of the activities assisted under this subpart and of distance learning in general, including—
(b)
Coordination
The Department, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and any other Federal department or agency operating a telecommunications network for educational purposes, shall coordinate the activities assisted under this subpart with the activities of such department or agency relating to a telecommunications network for educational purposes.
(c)
Funds from other agencies
The Secretary may accept funds from other Federal departments or agencies to carry out the purposes of this subpart, including funds for the purchase of equipment.
(d)
Availability of funds
Funds made available to carry out this subpart shall remain available until expended.
(e)
Closed captioning and descriptive video
The Secretary shall encourage each entity receiving funds under this subpart to provide—