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108 STAT. 3654 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 "(D) an assurance that the product shall effectively serve a significant number or percentage of economically disadvantaged students; "(E) plans for dissemination of products to a wide audience of learners; "(F) a description of how the product can be adapted for use by students with disabilities including provisions for closed captioning or descriptive video, where appropriate; "(G) a description of how ownership and rights to the use and marketing of any product developed by the consortium, including intellectual property rights, will be allocated among consortium participants; and "(H) a description of the contributions, including services and funds, to be made by each member of the consortium, and how any revenues derived from the sale of any product developed by the consortium shall be distributed. "(c) CONSUMER REPORT. — The Secretary shall provide for the independent evaluation of products developed under this section and shall disseminate information about products developed pursuant to provisions of this section to State and local educational agencies, and other organizations or individuals that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, through print and electronic media that are accessible to the education community at large. " (d) PROCEEDS. —The Secretary shall not prohibit an eligible consortium or any of the members of such consortium from receiving financial benefits from the distribution of any products resulting from the assistance received under this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any profits or royalties received by a State educational agency, local educational agency, or other nonprofit member of an eligible consortium receiving assistance under this section shall be used to support further development of curriculum-based learning resources, services, and programming or to provide access to such products for a wider audience. Ster Schools "PART B—STAR SCHOOLS PROGRAM Grants. 20 USC 6891. '*SEC. 3201. SHORT TITLE. "This part may be cited as the 'Star Schools Act'. 20 USC 6892. "SEC. 3202. FINDINGS. "The Congress finds that— "(1) the Star Schools program has helped to encourage the use of distance learning strategies to serve multi-State regions primarily by means of satellite and broadcast television; "(2) in general, distance learning programs have been used effectively to provide students in small, rural, and isolated schools with courses and instruction, such as science and foreign language instruction, that the local educational agency is not otherwise able to provide; and "(3) distance learning programs may also be used to— "(A) provide students of all ages in all types of schools and educational settings with greater access to high-quality instruction in the full range of core academic subjects that will enable such students to meet challenging, internationaly competitive, educational standards;