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123STA T . 32 7 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 117 —DE C.1 6, 2 0 0 9nosuchap p r opr i a t ion sha l l be increase d b ym ore than 3 percent by any such trans f er

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d ,T hat the transfer authority g ranted by this section shall be a v ailable only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any ne w program or to fund any pro j ect or activity for which no funds are provided in this A ct: Provided fu r th er, That the C ommittees on Appropriations of the H ouse of R epresentatives and the S enate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer . S EC . 3 0 5. The O utlying Areas may consolidate funds received under this Act, pursuant to 48U .S.C. 14 69 a, under part A of title V of the E lementary and Secondary Education Act. SEC. 306. N one of the funds made available in the si x th proviso under the heading ‘ ‘ I nnovation and Improvement ’ ’ in this Act shall be made available for new awards under the Teacher Incentive F und prior to the submission of an impact evaluation plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. SEC. 30 7 . Section 14007 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2 009 is amended —( 1 ) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read as follows: ‘‘(3) PURPOS EO FAW AR D S.—The Secretary shall ma k e awards to eligible entities in order to identify, document, and bring to scale innovative best practices based on demonstrated success, to allow such eligible entities to— ‘‘(A) expand their work and serve as models for best practices

and ‘‘( B ) work in partnership with the private sector and the philanthropic community.’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), (2), and (3), respectively; (B) in paragraph (1)(A), as so redesignated, by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; (C) by amending paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, to read as follows: ‘‘(B) have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students described in such section;’’; and ( D ) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘they have established partnerships’’ and inserting ‘‘it has established one or more partnerships’’; (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘paragraphs’’ and all that follows through ‘‘such re q uirements’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) or (1)(B) and (2) of subsection (b) if the nonprofit organi z ation has a record of significantly improving student achievement, attainment, or retention and shall be considered to have met the requirements of subsection (b)(3) if it dem - onstrates that it will meet the requirement relating to private- sector matching’’; and (4) by adding at the end a new subsection (d) to read as follows: ‘‘(d) SU BG RA NT S.—In the case of an eligible entity that is a partnership described in subsection (a)(1)(B), the partner serving as the fiscal agent may make subgrants to one or more of the other entities in the partnership.’’. Ante,p.284 . Evalu a tion plan. N oti f i c ation. De a d line.