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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 1490

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 "DISSEMINATION OF COURSES AND MATERIALS UNDER THE STAR SCHOOLS PROGRAM

"SEC. 906. (a) REPORT.—Each eligible telecommunications partnership awarded a grant under this Act shall report to the Secretary a listing and description of available courses of instruction and materials to be offered by educational institutions and teacher training centers which will be transmitted over satellite, specif3ring the satellite on which such transmission will occur and the time of such transmission. "(Jb) DISSEMINATION OF CoURSES OF INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary shall compile and prepare for dissemination a listing and description of available courses of instruction and materials to be offered by educational institutions and teacher training centers equipped with satellite transmission capabilities, as reported to the Secretary under subsection (a) of this section. "(c) DISSEMINATION TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall distribute the list required by subsection 0?) of this section to all State educational agencies. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 907. As used in this title— "(1) the term 'educational institution' means an institution of higher education, a local educational agency, and a State educational agency; "(2) the term 'institution of higher education' has the same meaning given that term under section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965; "(3) the term 'local educational agency' has the same meaning given that term under section 198(a)(10) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; "(4) the term 'instructional programming' means courses of instruction, and training courses, and materials for use in such instruction and training which have been prepared in audio and visual form on tape, disc, film, or live, and presented by means of telecommunications devices; "(5) the term 'public broadcasting entity' has the same meaning given that term in section 397 of the Communications Act of 1934; "(6) the term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Education; "(7) the term 'State educational agency' has the same meaning given that term under section 198(a)(17) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and "(8) the term 'State' means each of the several States, the District of dlolumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the dlommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.". SEC. 6052. APPLICABILITY PROVISION. The amendment made by this chapter shall not take effect if the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 is enacted prior to the enactment of this Act.