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 108 STAT. 3882 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 "(2) identify educational programs and practices for possible dissemination throughout the State and Nation; "(3) promote and facilitate teacher networks throughout the State; "(4) develop and implement an aggressive outreach plan for reaching the local educational agencies and schools receiving priority under section 13401; and "(5) provide such other outreach, coordination, and dissemination services as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this title. " (g) NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND PROMISING PRACTICES SYSTEM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall develop a system of validating effective programs and promising practices for dissemination through the National Diffusion Network. Such system may include exemplary programs funded through any office of the Department, the National Science Foundation, or other Federal agencies and shall be coordinated, aligned with, and administered by, the Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination established under section 941(b) of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994. "(2) PRIORITY.— The Secretary shall give priority to identify- ing, validating, and disseminating effective schoolwide projects, programs addressing the needs of high poverty schools, and programs with the capacity to offer high-quality, sustained technical assistance. The Office of Educational Research and Improvement Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination shall also administer a grant program for the purpose of dissemination and the provision of technical assistance regarding such system. "(3) PRIORITY OF SERVICES.—The National Diffusion Network State Facilitators shall give priority in providing the services described in this section to— "(A) schoolwide program under section 1114; and "(B) local educational agencies and Bureau-funded schools with the highest percentages or numbers of children in poverty. 20 USC 8652. "SEC. 13202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. "For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. "PART C—EISENHOWER REGIONAL MATHE- MATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSOR- TIA 20 USC 8671. "SEC. 13301. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. Contracts. "(a) IN GENERAL. — "(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED. —The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, is authorized to award grants or contracts to eligible entities to enable such entities to establish and operate regional mathematics and science education consortia for the purpose of—

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