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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1489

"(6) provide assurances that a significant portion of the facilities, equipment, technical assistance, and programming for which assistance is sought will be made available to elementary and secondary schools of local educational agencies which have a high percentage of children counted for the purpose of chapter 1 of title I of this Act; "(7) describe the manner in which traditionally underserved students will participate in the benefits of the telecommunications facilities, equipment, technical assistance, and programming assisted under this Act; "(8) provide assurances that the applicant will use the funds to supplement and not supplant funds otherwise available for the purpose of this title; and "(9) provide such additional assurances as the Secretary may reasonably require. "(c) APPROVAL OP APPLICATION; PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall, in approving applications under this title, give priority to applications which demonstrate that— "(1) a concentration and quality of mathematics, science, and foreign language resources which, by their distribution through the eligible telecommunications partnership, will offer significant new educational opportunities to network participants, particularly to traditionally underserved populations and areas with scarce resources and limited access to courses in mathematics, science, and foreign languages; "(2) the eligible telecommunications partnership has secured the direct cooperation and involvement of public and private educational institutions. State and local government, and industry in planning the network; "(3) the eligible telecommunications partnership will serve the broadest range of institutions, including public and private elementary and secondary schools (particularly schools having significant numbers of children counted for the purpose of chapter 1 of title I of this Act, programs providing instruction outside of the school setting, institutions of higher education, teacher training centers, research institutes, and private industry; "(4) a significant number of educational institutions have agreed to participate or will participate in the use of the telecommunications s}rstem for which assistance is sought; "(5) the eligible telecommunications partnership will have substantial academic and teaching capabilities including the capability of training, retraining, and inservice upgrading of teaching skills; "(6) the eligible telecommunications partnership will serve a multistate area; and "(7) the eligible telecommunications partnership will, in providing services with assistance sought under this Act, meet the needs of groups of individuals traditionally excluded from careers in mathematics and science because of discrimination, inaccessibility, or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. "(d) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—In approving applications under this title, the Secretary shall assure an equitable geographic distribution of grants.

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