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 112 STAT. 2681-397 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 20 USC 6661c. 20 USC 6661d. home, selected jointly by the Governor and the chief State school officer. "(H) A teacher who successfully teaches reading and an instructional staff member, selected jointly by the Governor and the chief State school officer. "(I) A family literacy service provider selected jointly by the Governor and the chief State school officer. "(2) OPTIONAL PARTICIPANTS. — A reading and literacy partnership may include additional participeints, who shall be selected jointly by the Governor and the chief State school officer, and who may include a representative of— "(A) an institution of higher education operating a grogram of teacher preparation based on scientifically ased reading research in the State; "(B) a local educational agency; "(C) a private nonprofit or for-profit eligible professional development provider providing instruction based on scientifically based reading resesu-ch; "(D) an adult education provider; "(E) a volunteer organization that is involved in reading programs; or "(F) a school library or a public library that offers reading or literacy progreims for children or famihes. "(3) PREEXISTING PARTNERSHIP. — If, before the date of the enactment of the Reading Excellence Act, a State established a consortium, partnership, or any other simileu* body, that includes the Governor and the chief State school officer and has, as a central part of its mission, the promotion of literacy for children in their early childhood years through the 3d grade and family literacy services, but that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1), the State may elect to treat that consortium, partnership, or body as the reading and literacy partnership for the State notwithstanding such paragraph, and it shall be considered a reading and literacy partnership for purposes of the other provisions of this part. "SEC. 2254. USE OF AMOUNTS BY STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. "A State educational agency that receives a greint under section 2253— "(1) shall use not more than 5 percent of the funds made available under the grant for the administrative costs of carry- ing out this part (excluding section 2256), of which not more than 2 percent may be used to carry out section 2259; and "(2) shall use not more than 15 percent of the funds made available under the grant to solicit applications for, award, and oversee the performance of, not less than one subgrant pursuant to section 2256. "SEC. 2255. LOCAL READING IMPROVEMENT SUBGRANTS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— "(1) SuBGRANTS. — ^A State educational agency that receives a grant under section 2253 shall make subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies that either— "(A) have at least one school that is identified for school improvement under section 1116(c) in the geographic area served by the agency; "(B) have the largest, or second largest, number of children who are counted under section 1124(c), in

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