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 108 STAT. 3614 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 State student performance standards, and to support the development and implementation of sustained and intensive highquality professional development activities in the core academic subjects; and "(2) helping to ensure that teachers, and, where appropriate, administrators, other staff, pupil services personnel, and parents, have access to professional development that— "(A) is tied to challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards; "(B) reflects recent research on teaching and learning; "(C) includes strong academic content and pedagogical components; "(D) incorporates effective strategies, techniques, methods, and practices for meeting the educational needs of diverse student populations, including females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, limited-English-proficient individuals, and economically disadvantaged individuals, in order to ensure that all students have the opportunity to achieve challenging State student performance standards; "(E) is of sufficient intensity and duration to have a positive and lasting impact on the teacher's performance in the classroom; and "(F) is part of the everyday life of the school and creates an orientation toward continuous improvement throughout the school. 20 USC 6603. "SEC. 2003. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION BETWEEN PARTS. "(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — For the purpose of carrying out this title, there are authorized to be appropriated $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. "(b) ALLOCATION BETWEEN PARTS.—Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this title for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available— "(1) 5 percent of such amounts to cany out subpart 1, of which 5 percent of such 5 percent shall be available to carry out section 2103; "(2) 94 percent of such amounts to carry out part B; and "(3) 1 percent of such amounts to carry out part C except that such 1 percent shall not exceed $3,200,000 in any fiscal year. "PART A—FEDERAL ACTlVll'lES Grants. "SEC. 2101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 20 Tmr* f?fi2i "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies, educational service agencies. State educational agencies. State agencies for higher education, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions to— "(1) support activities of national significance that the Secretary determines will contribute to the development and implementation of high-quality professional development activities in the core academic subjects; and

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