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 108 STAT. 222 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1999, (ii) Of the amount appropriated under clause (i) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available not less than $8,000,000 to carry out subsection (f) of section 941 (relating to Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses). (B) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (h) of section 941 (relating to regional educational laboratories), there are authorized to be appropriated $41,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1999. Of the amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall obligate not less than 25 percent to carry out such purpose with respect to rural areas (including schools funded by the Bureau which are located in rural areas). (C) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (j) of section 941 (relating to the teacher research dissemination demonstration program) there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1999. (D) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (i) of section 941 (relating to the Goals 2000 Community Partnerships program), there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1999. (3) NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH POLICY AND PRIOR- ITIES BOARD.—Of the amounts appropriated under paragraphs (1) and (2) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available 2 percent of such amounts, or $1,000,000, whichever is less, for the purpose of supporting the activities and expenses of the Board and the collaborative development of the Research Priorities Plan by the Assistant Secretary and the Board. (4) ALLOCATIONS FOR GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS. — Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) or (2) for any fiscal year, not less than 95 percent shall be expended to carry out the purposes described in such paragraphs through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts. (5) LIMITATIONS ON APPROPRIATIONS. —No amounts are authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) or (2) for fiscal year 1996 or any fiscal year thereafter unless the Board has been appointed in accordance with section 921. (6) GRANT AUTHORIZED. — (A) IN GENERAL.— From the amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for any fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, to award a grant of not more than $5,000,000 to a public or private institution, agency or organization for a period not to exceed 5 years for the purpose of conducting a State-by-State poll to determine the perceptions of recent graduates of secondary schools, their instructors in institutions of higher education, parents of recent such graduates, and employers of recent such graduates on how

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