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 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 713 "(3) develop teacher training programs, texts, curriculum, and other activities designed to improve and expand the instruction of foreign languages at elementary and secondary schools across the Nation. "(b) GRANT LIMITATION. — The Secretary shall not award a grant which exceeds $2,000,000 to an eligible consortium under this section in any fiscal year, but shall award grants of sufficient size, scope and quaUty for a program of comprehensive instruction of foreign languages. " (c) SPECIAL RULES. — "(1) PRIORITY. —In awarding grants xmder this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible consortia with demonstrated, proven effectiveness in the field of critical language and area studies and which have been in existence for at least 1 year prior to applying for a grant under this section. "(2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.— In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration providing an equitable geographic distribution of such grants among the regions of the United States. "(3) PROGRAM REQUIREMENT. —Each eligible consortium receiving a grant under this section shall include in the activities assisted pursuant to such grant, a study abroad or cultured exchange program. " (d) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— For the purposes of this section, the term 'eligible consortium' means a cooperative effort between entities in one or more States that must include at least 4 schools, of which— "(A) one shall be an institution of higher education; "(B) one shall be a secondary school with experience in teaching critical languages; "(C) one shall be a secondary school with experience in teaching critical languages and in which at least 25 percent of the students are eligible to be counted under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and "(D) one shall be a secondary school in which at least 25 percent of the students are eligible to be counted under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. "(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—Each eligible consortium described in paragraph (1) may include a nonprofit organization to provide services not otherwise available from the entities described in paragraph (1). "(e) ADMINISTRATION.— Each eligible consortixmi receiving a grant under this section may use not more than 10 percent of such grant for administrative expenses. "(f) APPLICATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), each eligible consortium desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner and accompanied by such information as tibe Secretary may reasonably require. "(2) SPECIAL RULE. —The State educational agency or State higher education agency responsible for the supervision of any one school participating in an eligible consortium may submit

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