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 PUBLIC LAW 109–270—AUG. 12, 2006

120 STAT. 691

to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this Act, except as required under sections 112(b), 311(b), and 323. ‘‘(b) NO PRECLUSION OF OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Any State that declines to submit an application to the Secretary for assistance under this Act shall not be precluded from applying for assistance under any other program administered by the Secretary. ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING FEDERAL APPROVAL OR CERTIFICATION OF STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, no State shall be required to have academic and career and technical content standards or student academic and career and technical achievement standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, in order to receive assistance under this Act. ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the requirements under section 113. ‘‘(e) COHERENT AND RIGOROUS CONTENT.—For the purposes of this Act, coherent and rigorous content shall be determined by the State consistent with section 1111(b)(1)(D) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. ‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 USC 2307.

‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act (other than sections 114, 117, and 118, and title II) such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

‘‘TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES ‘‘PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION ‘‘SEC. 111. RESERVATIONS AND STATE ALLOTMENT.

20 USC 2321.

‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS AND STATE ALLOTMENT.— ‘‘(1) RESERVATIONS.—From the sum appropriated under section 9 for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— ‘‘(A) 0.13 percent to carry out section 115; and ‘‘(B) 1.50 percent to carry out section 116, of which— ‘‘(i) 1.25 percent of the sum shall be available to carry out section 116(b); and ‘‘(ii) 0.25 percent of the sum shall be available to carry out section 116(h). ‘‘(2) STATE ALLOTMENT FORMULA.—Subject to paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), from the remainder of the sum appropriated under section 9 and not reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to a State for the fiscal year— ‘‘(A) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of the sum being allotted as the product of the population aged 15 to 19 inclusive, in the State in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the determination is made and the State’s allotment ratio bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States; ‘‘(B) an amount that bears the same ratio to 20 percent of the sum being allotted as the product of the population

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