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 102 STAT. 248

Classified information.

Communications and telecommunications.

20 USC 3153.

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

given by such agencies or schools, on a voluntary basis, to students described in this section. The tests of academic excellence shall be tests of acquired skills and knowledge appropriate for the completion of a secondary school education. Such students may file applications for the test at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe. Upon application by any appropriate agency or school by such time and in such manner as the Secretary may determine, the Secretary shall pay to such agency or school the cost of the administrative expenses it has incurred pursuant to an arrangement made under this section. "(2) The Secretary shall assure that the tests authorized by this part are conducted in a secure manner, and that test items remain confidential so that such items may be used in future tests. "(c) CERTIFICATE.—(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare a certificate, of such appropriate design as the Secretary shall prescribe, and in such numbers as are necessary, for issuance to students who have scored at a sufficiently high level, as determined by the Secretary, on a test of academic excellence prepared or approved under this subpart and given in accordance with arrangements made under this section. Each such student shall be awarded a certificate within 60 days following the date on which the student was given the test. "(2) Each certificate awarded pursuant to this section shall be signed by the Secretary. "(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the estimated costs of administering, scoring, and analyzing the tests of academic excellence prepared or approved under this subpart. "SEC. 4603. TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.

"(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized to develop materials for educational television and radio programming for use in elementary and secondary education, together with programs which use telecommunications and video resources for the instruction of public and private elementary and secondary school students and for related teacher training programs for public and private elementary and secondary school teachers. "(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds available to carry out this section may be used for— "(1) programs and projects which use such technology to address specifically the educational needs in critical subject matter areas; "(2) programs and projects to assist in the training of public and private elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, and other educational personnel to use in the schools of such television programming, radio programming, telecommunications programs, or video resources, or in the coordination of such technology with the school curriculum; or "(3) educational television, educational radio, telecommunications or video resources programs or projects which promote a partnership between elementary and secondary schools, the parents of elementary and secondary students, State educational agencies, and institutions of higher education or the community in which such schools are located. "(c) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section the term 'telecommunications' means the full range of technologies that can be used for educational instruction, including closed circuit television

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