PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994
108 STAT. 3671
•«EC. 3509. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
20 USC 6979.
'There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal
year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this part.
"PART F—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA RESOURCES PRO-
GRAM
" SEC. 3601. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
20 USC 7001.
'The Secretary shall award grants or make allocations in
accordsince with section 3602 for the acquisition of school library
media resources for the use of students, library media specialists,
and teachers in elementary and secondary schools in accordance
with this part.
"SEC. 3602. ALLOCATION TO STATES.
20 USC 7002.
"(a) From the amount appropriated pursuant to section 3605
in each fiscal year, the Secretary shall award funds to each State
having an approved plan under section 3603 as follows:
"(1) AMOUNTS BELOW $50,000,000.— I f the amount made
available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is less than
$50,000,000, then the Secretary shall award grants to States,
on a competitive basis, taking into account such factors as
age and condition of existing school library media collections
and the relative economic need of the students to be served.
"(2) AMOUNTS EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING $50,000,000.— I f the
amount made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year
equals or exceeds $50,000,000, then the Secretary shall allocate
to each State an amount which bears the same relationship
to such amount as the amount such State received under title
II for such year bears to the amount all States received under
such title for such year..
" SEC. 3603. STATE PLANS.
20 USC 7003.
"(a) IN GENERAL. —In order for a State to receive a grant
or an allocation of funds under this part for any fiscal year, such
State shall have in effect for such fiscal year a State plan. Such
plan shall—
"(1) designate the State educational agency as the State
agency responsible for the administration of the program
assisted under this part;
"(2) set forth a program under which funds paid to the
State in accordance with section 3602 will be expended solely
for—
"(A) acquisition of school library media resources,
including books and foreign language resources, for the
use of students, school library media specialists, and teachers in elementary and secondary schools in the United
States; and
"(B) administration of the State plan, including development and revision of standards, relating to school library
media resources, except that the amount used for administration of the State plan in any fiscal year shall not exceed
three percent of the amount available to such State under
section 3602 for such fiscal year; and
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