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 118 STAT. 2798 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 ‘‘(iii) individuals who have recognized experience and knowledge necessary to integrate and apply sci entifically based research findings to improve edu cational and transitional results for children with disabilities; ‘‘(iv) individuals who administer programs at the State or local level in which children with disabilities participate; ‘‘(v) individuals who prepare parents of children with disabilities to participate in making decisions about the education of their children; ‘‘(vi) individuals who establish policies that affect the delivery of services to children with disabilities; ‘‘(vii) individuals who are parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26 who are benefiting, or have benefited, from coordinated research, personnel preparation, and technical assistance; and ‘‘(viii) individuals with disabilities. ‘‘(C) TERM.—No individual shall serve on the standing panel for more than 3 consecutive years. ‘‘(2) PEER REVIEW PANELS FOR PARTICULAR COMPETITIONS.— ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary shall ensure that each subpanel selected from the standing panel that reviews an application under subpart 2 or 3 includes— ‘‘(i) individuals with knowledge and expertise on the issues addressed by the activities described in the application; and ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, parents of children with disabilities ages birth through 26, individuals with disabilities, and persons from diverse back grounds. ‘‘(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT LIMITATION.—A majority of the individuals on each subpanel that reviews an applica tion under subpart 2 or 3 shall be individuals who are not employees of the Federal Government. ‘‘(3) USE OF DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.— ‘‘(A) EXPENSES AND FEES OF NON FEDERAL PANEL MEM BERS.—The Secretary may use funds available under sub part 2 or 3 to pay the expenses and fees of the panel members who are not officers or employees of the Federal Government. ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary may use not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out subpart 2 or 3 to pay non Federal entities for adminis trative support related to management of applications sub mitted under subpart 2 or 3, respectively. ‘‘(c) PROGRAM EVALUATION.—The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out subpart 2 or 3 to evaluate activities carried out under subpart 2 or 3, respectively. ‘‘(d) MINIMUM FUNDING REQUIRED.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that, for each fiscal year, not less than the fol lowing amounts are provided under subparts 2 and 3 to address the following needs:

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