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 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 219

"(c) TRANSITION.—With respect to the period beginning July 1, 1988, and ending June 30, 1989, no recipient of funds under this Act or chapter 2 of the Education ConsoHdation and Improvement Act of 1981 shall be held to have expended such funds in violation of the requirements of this Act or of such Act if such funds are expended in accordance with this Act or such Act.

"TITLE II—CRITICAL SKILLS IMPROVEMENT "PART A—DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT "SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

"This part may be cited as the 'Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act'. "SEC. 2002. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act. 20 USC 2981. 20 USC 2982.

"The purpose of this part is to strengthen the economic competitiveness and national security of the United States by improving the skills of teachers and the quality of instruction in mathematics and science in the Nation's public and private elementary and secondary schools through assistance to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education. "SEC. 2003. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

20 USC 2983.

"(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized to make grants to States and discretionary grants in accordance with the provisions of this part for strengthening the skills of teachers and improving instruction in mathematics and science. "(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this part, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. "SEC, 2004. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

20 USC 2984.

"(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) From the amount appropriated under section 2003(b) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— "(A) not more than VT. of 1 percent for allocation among Territories, U.S. Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for sissistance under this part; "(B) Vz of 1 percent for programs for Indian students served Indians. by schools funded by the Secretary of the Interior consistent with the purposes of this part; and "(C) 4 percent for section 2012. "(2) The remainder of the amount so appropriated (after meeting the requirements of paragraph (1)) shall be allocated among the States (treating the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico 2& States) as follows— "(A) ¥2 of such remainder shall be allocated among the States by allocating to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such ¥2 of such remainder as the number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, in the State bears to the number of such children in all States; and

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