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115 STAT. 1660 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 " CHAPTER C—GENERAL PROVISIONS 20 USC 6691. "SEC. 2321. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. "(b) RESERVATION.—From the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart for fiscal year 2002, the Secretary shall reserve not more than $30,000,000 to carry out chapter A. "Subpart 2—National Writing Project 20 USC 6701. "SEC. 2331. PURPOSES. "The purposes of this subpart are— "(1) to support and promote the expansion of the National Writing Project network of sites so that teachers in every region of the United States will have access to a National Writing Project program; "(2) to ensure the consistent high quality of the sites through ongoing review, evaluation, and technical assistance; "(3) to support and promote the establishment of programs to disseminate effective practices and research findings about the teaching of writing; and "(4) to coordinate activities assisted under this subpart with activities assisted under this Act. 20 USC 6702. "SEC. 2332. NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT. " (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to award a grant to the National Writing Project, a nonprofit educational organization that has as its primary purpose the improvement of the quality of student writing and learning (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'grantee') to improve the teaching of writing and the use of writing as a part of the learning process in our Nation's classrooms. "(b) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANT. — The grant shall provide that— "(1) the grantee will enter into contracts with institutions of higher education or other nonprofit educational providers (hereafter in this section referred to as 'contractors') under which the contractors will agree to establish, operate, and provide the non-Federal share of the cost of teacher training programs in effective approaches and processes for the teaching of writing; "(2) funds made available by the Secretary to the grantee pursuant to any contract entered into under this section will be used to pay the Federal share of the cost of establishing and operating teacher training programs as provided in paragraph (1); and "(3) the grantee will meet such other conditions and standards as the Secretary determines to be necessary to assure compliance with the provisions of this section and will provide such technical assistance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. "(c) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.— The teacher training programs authorized in subsection (a) shall— "(1) be conducted during the school year and during the summer months;