 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION
 
                    Part C--Ready-To-Learn Television
 
Sec. 6922. Educational programming


(a) Awards

    The Secretary shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements to eligible entities to--
        (1) facilitate the development directly or through contracts 
    with producers of children and family educational television 
    programming, educational programming for preschool and elementary 
    school children, and accompanying support materials and services 
    that promote the effective use of such programming; and
        (2) enable such entities to contract with entities (such as 
    public telecommunications entities and those funded under the Star 
    Schools Act [20 U.S.C. 6891 et seq.]) so that programs developed 
    under this section are disseminated and distributed to the widest 
    possible audience appropriate to be served by the programming by the 
    most appropriate distribution technologies.

(b) Eligible entities

    To be eligible to receive a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement under subsection (a) of this section, an entity shall be--
        (1) a nonprofit entity (including a public telecommunications 
    entity) able to demonstrate a capacity for the development and 
    distribution of educational and instructional television programming 
    of high quality for preschool and elementary school children; and
        (2) able to demonstrate a capacity to contract with the 
    producers of children's television programming for the purpose of 
    developing educational television programming of high quality for 
    preschool and elementary school children.

(c) Cultural experiences

    Programming developed under this section shall reflect the 
recognition of diverse cultural experiences and the needs and 
experiences of both boys and girls in engaging and preparing young 
children for schooling.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title III, Sec. 3302, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3663.)

                       References in Text

    The Star Schools Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is part B 
(Secs. 3201-3210) of title III of Pub. L. 89-10, as added by Pub. L. 
103-382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3654, which is 
classified generally to part B (Sec. 6891 et seq.) of this subchapter. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 6891 of 
this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6921, 6925, 6926, 6928 of 
this title.
