 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
SUBCHAPTER VII--BILINGUAL EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND LANGUAGE 
                          ACQUISITION PROGRAMS
 
               Part B--Foreign Language Assistance Program
 
Sec. 7513. Program authorized


(a) Program authority

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to 
    State educational agencies or local educational agencies to pay the 
    Federal share of the cost of innovative model programs providing for 
    the establishment, improvement or expansion of foreign language 
    study for elementary and secondary school students.

                            (2) Duration

        Each grant under paragraph (1) shall be awarded for a period of 
    three years.

(b) Requirements

              (1) Grants to State educational agencies

        In awarding a grant under subsection (a) of this section to a 
    State educational agency, the Secretary shall support programs that 
    promote systemic approaches to improving foreign language learning 
    in the State.

              (2) Grants to local educational agencies

        In awarding a grant under subsection (a) of this section to a 
    local educational agency, the Secretary shall support programs 
    that--
            (A) show the promise of being continued beyond the grant 
        period;
            (B) demonstrate approaches that can be disseminated and 
        duplicated in other local educational agencies; and
            (C) may include a professional development component.

(c) Federal share

                           (1) In general

        The Federal share for each fiscal year shall be 50 percent.

                             (2) Waiver

        The Secretary may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) for any 
    local educational agency which the Secretary determines does not 
    have adequate resources to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of 
    the activities assisted under this part.

                          (3) Special rule

        Not less than three-fourths of the funds appropriated under 
    section 7516 of this title shall be used for the expansion of 
    foreign language learning in the elementary grades.

                           (4) Reservation

        The Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent of funds 
    appropriated under section 7516 of this title to evaluate the 
    efficacy of programs under this part.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title VII, Sec. 7203, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3737.)
