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 112 STAT. 3640 PUBLIC LAW 105-394—NOV. 13, 1998 individuals need at home, at school, at work, or in other environments that are part of daily hving. (ii) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION. — The State may operate or participate in an electronic information exchange through which the State may communicate with other States to gain technical assistance in a timely fashion and to avoid the duplication of efforts already xmdertaken in other States. (F) PARTNERSHIPS AND COOPERATIVE INITIATIVES.— The State may support partnerships and cooperative initiatives between the public sector and the private sector to promote greater participation by business and industry in— (i) the development, demonstration, and dissemination of assistive technology devices; and (ii) the ongoing provision of information about new products to assist individuals with disabilities. (G) EXPENSES.— The State may pay for expenses, including travel expenses, and services, including services of qualified interpreters, readers, and personal care assistants, that may be necessary to ensure access to the comprehensive statewide program of technology-related assistance by individuals with disabilities who are determined by the State to be in financial need and not eligible for such payments or services through another public agency or private entity. (H) ADVOCACY SERVICES.— The State may provide advocacy services. (c) AMOUNT OP FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— (1) GRANTS TO OUTLYING AREAS.—From the funds appropriated under section 105(a) and reserved under section 105(b)(1)(A) for any fiscal year for grants under this section, the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount of not more than $105,000 to each eligible outlying area. (2) GRANTS TO STATES. — From the funds described in paragraph (1) that are not used to make grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make grants to States in accordance with the requirements described in paragraph (3). (3) CALCULATION OP STATE GRANTS.— (A) CALCULATIONS FOR GRANTS IN THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR OP A SECOND EXTENSION GRANT. — For any fiscal year, the Secretary shall calculate the amount of a grant under paragraph (2) for each eligible State that would be in the second or third year of a second extension grant made under section 103 of the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabihties Act of 1988, if that Act had been reauthorized for that fiscal year. (B) CALCULATIONS FOR GRANTS IN THE FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR OP A SECOND EXTENSION GRANT.— (i) FOURTH YEAR.—An eligible State that would have been in the fourth year of a second extension grant made under section 103 of the Technology- Related Assistance for Individuals With DisabiHties Act of 1988 during a fiscal year, if that Act had been reauthorized for that fiscal year, shall receive under paragraph (2) a grant in an amount equal to 75 percent of the mnding that the State received in the prior

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