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114 STAT. 2763A-330 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D section for the preceding fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve, from the amount of such excess remaining after the application of subsection (b)(2), the amount of such remainder or $1,000,000, whichever is less, to award grants,"; and (2) by adding at the end "No State may receive more than one grant under this subsection.", (e) ALLOCATIONS.— Section 1202(d)(2) of the Elementary and .i Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362(d)(2)) is amended by striking "that section" and inserting "that part". (f) STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES.— Section 1203(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6363(a)) is amended— (1) by striking "5 percent" and inserting "a total of 6 percent"; and (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ", not to exceed half of such total". (g) SUBGRANTS FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS.— Section 1203(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6363(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) MINIMUM SUBGRANT AMOUNTS.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), no State shall award a subgrant under paragraph (1) in an amount less than $75,000. "(B) SUBGRANTEES IN NINTH AND SUCCEEDING YEARS. — No State shall award a subgrant under paragraph (1) in an amount less than $52,500 to an eligible entity for a fiscal year to carry out an Even Start program that is receiving assistance under this part or its predecessor authority for the ninth (or any subsequent) fiscal year. "(C) EXCEPTION FOR SINGLE SUBGRANT.— A State may award one subgrant in each fiscal year of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective in an amount less than $75,000 if, after awarding subgrants under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B), less than $75,000 is available to the State to award such subgrants.". (h) USES OF FUNDS. —Section 1204 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6364) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking "family-centered education programs" and inserting "family literacy services"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: " (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR FAMILY LITERACY SERVICES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— From funds reserved under section 1203(a), a State may use a portion of such funds to assist eligible entities receiving a subgrant under section 1203(b) in improving the quality of family literacy services provided under Even Start programs under this part, except that in no case may a State's use of funds for this purpose for a fiscal year result in a decrease from the level of activities and services provided to program participants in the preceding year. "(2) PRIORITY. —In carrying out paragraph (1), a State shall give priority to programs that were of low quality, as evaluated based on the indicators of program quality developed by the State under section 1210. "(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP LOCAL PROGRAMS RAISE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— In carrying out paragraph (1), a State may use the funds referred to in such paragraph to provide