 
 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. 7515. Elementary school foreign language incentive program


(a) Incentive payments

    From amounts appropriated under section 7516 of this title the 
Secretary shall make an incentive payment for each fiscal year to each 
public elementary school that provides to students attending such school 
a program designed to lead to communicative competency in a foreign 
language.

(b) Amount

    The Secretary shall determine the amount of the incentive payment 
under subsection (a) of this section for each public elementary school 
for each fiscal year on the basis of the number of students 
participating in a program described in such subsection at such school 
for such year compared to the total number of such students at all such 
schools in the United States for such year.

(c) Requirement

    The Secretary shall consider a program to be designed to lead to 
communicative competency in a foreign language if such program is 
comparable to a program that provides not less than 45 minutes of 
instruction in a foreign language not less than four days per week 
throughout an academic year.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title VII, Sec. 7205, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3738.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7516 of this title.
