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124 STAT. 3202 PUBLIC LAW 111–296—DEC. 13, 2010 under the grant to award subgrants to local educational agen- cies for a qualifying school or groups of qualifying schools to carry out activities in accordance with this section. ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding subgrants under this sub- section, a State educational agency shall give priority to local educational agencies with qualifying schools in which at least 75 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced price school lunches under the school lunch program established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). ‘‘(3) STATE AND DISTRICT TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUP- PORT.—A local educational agency or State educational agency may allocate a portion of each subgrant to provide training and technical assistance to the staff of qualifying schools to carry out the purposes of this section. ‘‘(4) AMOUNT; TERM.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a subgrant provided by a State educational agency to a local educational agency or qualifying school under this section shall be in such amount, and shall be provided for such term, as the State educational agency determines appropriate. ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a subgrant provided by a State educational agency to a local edu- cational agency for a qualifying school or a group of quali- fying schools under this subsection shall not exceed $10,000 for each school year. ‘‘(C) MAXIMUM GRANT TERM.—A local educational agency or State educational agency shall not provide sub- grants to a qualifying school under this subsection for more than 2 fiscal years. ‘‘(e) BEST PRACTICES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall make available to State educational agencies information regarding the most effective mechanisms by which to increase school breakfast participation among eligible children at qualifying schools. ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE.—In awarding subgrants under this sec- tion, a State educational agency shall give preference to local educational agencies for qualifying schools or groups of quali- fying schools that have adopted, or provide assurances that the subgrant funds will be used to adopt, the most effective mechanisms identified by the Secretary under paragraph (1). ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualifying school may use a grant provided under this section— ‘‘(A) to establish, promote, or expand a school breakfast program of the qualifying school under this section, which shall include a nutritional education component; ‘‘(B) to extend the period during which school breakfast is available at the qualifying school; ‘‘(C) to provide school breakfast to students of the qualifying school during the school day; or ‘‘(D) for other appropriate purposes, as determined by the Secretary. ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—Each activity of a qualifying school under this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with