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 PUBLIC LAW 105-278—OCT. 22, 1998 112 STAT. 2687 20 USC 8066, 8067. 20 USC 8065a. "(B) assistance to applicants for assistance under this part with the preparation of applications under section 10303; "(C) assistance in the planning and startup of charter schools; "(D) training and technical assistance to existing charter schools; and "(E) for the dissemination to other public schools of best or promising practices in charter schools. "(5) To provide (including through the use of one or more contracts that use a competitive bidding process) for the collection of information regarding the financial resources available to charter schools, including access to private capital, and to widely disseminate to charter schools any such relevant information and model descriptions of successful programs. "(b) CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to require charter schools to collect any data described in subsection (a).". (g) COMMENSURATE TREATMENT; RECORDS TRANSFER; PAPER- WORK REDUCTION.— Part C of title X of such Act (20 U.S.C. 8061 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 10306 and 10307 as sections 10310 and 10311, respectively; and (2) by inserting after section 10305 the following: "SEC. 10306. FEDERAL FORMULA ALLOCATION DURING FIRST YEAR AND FOR SUCCESSIVE ENROLLMENT EXPANSIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— For purposes of the allocation to schools Deadline, by the States or their agencies of funds under part A of title I, and any other Federal funds which the Secretary allocates to States on a formula basis, the Secretary and each State educational agency shall take such measures not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Charter School Expansion Act of 1998 as are necessary to ensure that every charter school receives the Federal funding for which the charter school is eligible not later than 5 months after the charter school first opens, notwithstanding the fact that the identity and characteristics of the students enrolling in that charter school are not fully and completely determined until that charter school actually opens. The measures similarly shall ensure that every charter school expanding its enrollment in any subsequent year of operation receives the Federal funding for which the charter school is eligible not later than 5 months after such expansion. "(b) ADJUSTMENT AND LATE OPENINGS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — The measures described in subsection (a) shall include provision for appropriate adjustments, through recovery of funds or reduction of payments for the succeeding year, in cases where payments made to a charter school on the basis of estimated or projected enrollment data exceed the amounts that the school is eligible to receive on the basis of actual or final enrollment data. "(2) RULE. —For charter schools that first open after November 1 of any academic year, the State, in accordance with guidance provided by the Secretary and applicable Federgd statutes and regulations, shall ensure that such charter schools that are eligible for the funds described in subsection (a) for

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