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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 201 Education Exchange Program. Under such program the Secretary shall award grants to or enter into contracts with organizations with demonstrated effectiveness or expertise in international achievement comparisons, in order to— (i) make available to educators from eli^ble countries exemplary curriculum and teacher training programs in civics and government education and economic education developed in the United States; (ii) assist eligible countries in the adaptation and implementation of such programs or joint research concerning such programs; (iii) create and implement educational programs for United States students which draw upon the experiences of emerging constitutional democracies; (iv) provide a means for the exchange of ideas and experiences in civics and government education and economic education among political, educational, ^ and private sector leaders of participating eligible countries; and (v) provide support for— (I) research and evaluation to deteimine the effects of educational programs on students' development of the knowledge, skills, and traits of character essential for the preservation and improvement of constitutional democracy; and (II) effective participation in and the preservation and improvement of an efficient market economy. (B) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. — The Secretary and the Director of the United States Information Agency, or their designees, shall be jointly responsible for the design of the program described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary and the Director of the United States Information Agency shall name to an oversight committee an equal number of representatives. Such committee shall determine the specifications for requests for proposals, the eligibility and review criteria for proposals, and the review process for proposals, for grants or contracts under this section. The Director of the United States Information Agency shall have particular responsibility for ensuring that programs assisted under this section are not duplicative of other efforts in the target countries and that foreign partner institutions are creditable. (C) RESERVATIONS.—In carrying out the program described in subparagraph (A), there shall be reserved in each fiscal year— (i) 50 percent of the amount available to carry out this subsection for civics and government education activities; and (ii) 50 percent of such amount available to carry out this subsection for economic education activities. (2) CONTRACT AUTHORIZED. — (A) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the United States Information Agency, is authorized to contract with independent nonprofit edu-

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