 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER XIII--SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
 
 Part C--Eisenhower Regional Mathematics and Science Education Consortia
 
Sec. 8671. Program established


(a) In general

                        (1) Grants authorized

        The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National 
    Science Foundation, is authorized to award grants or contracts to 
    eligible entities to enable such entities to establish and operate 
    regional mathematics and science education consortia for the purpose 
    of--
            (A) disseminating exemplary mathematics and science 
        education instructional materials; and
            (B) providing technical assistance for the implementation of 
        teaching methods and assessment tools for use by elementary and 
        secondary school students, teachers and administrators.

                             (2) Number

        The Secretary, in accordance with the provisions of this 
    section, shall award at least one grant or contract to an eligible 
    entity in each region.

                          (3) Special rule

        In any fiscal year, if the amount made available pursuant to 
    section 8678 of this title is less than $4,500,000, then the 
    Secretary may waive the provisions of paragraph (2) and award grants 
    or contracts of sufficient size, scope, and quality to carry out 
    this section.

                           (4) Designation

        Each regional consortium assisted under this section shall be 
    known as an ``Eisenhower regional consortium''.

(b) Grant term and review

    Grants or contracts under this part shall be awarded for a period of 
not more than five years and shall be reviewed before the end of the 30-
month period beginning on the date the grant or contract is awarded. 
Grants or contracts under this part shall be awarded before the end of 
the 12-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of an Act 
making appropriations to carry out this part.

(c) Amount

    In awarding grants or contracts under this part, the Secretary shall 
ensure that there is a relatively equal distribution of the funds made 
available among the regions, except that the Secretary may award 
additional funds to a regional consortium on the basis of population and 
geographical conditions of the region being served.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title XIII, Sec. 13301, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title 
I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3882.)


    Clubs for Boys and Girls Interested in Science; Authorization of 
           Appropriations; Purposes; Personnel and Facilities

    Pub. L. 85-875, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1700, provided: ``That in 
order to strengthen future scientific accomplishment in our Nation by 
assisting in the development of a body of boys and girls with a special 
interest in science, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and for each fiscal year 
thereafter, such sums, not in excess of $50,000, as may be necessary to 
enable the Commissioner of Education [now Secretary of Education] to 
encourage, foster, and assist in the establishment in localities 
throughout the Nation of clubs which are composed of boys and girls who 
have an especial interest in science.
    ``Sec. 2. (a) The Commissioner of Education [now Secretary of 
Education] shall carry out his duties under the first section with a 
view to the ultimate chartering by the Congress of a Corporation, 
similar to the Future Farmers of America, which will seek to--
        ``(1) develop an interest in science on the part of the young 
    people of America,
        ``(2) provide an opportunity for the exchange of scientific 
    information and ideas among members of the clubs,
        ``(3) encourage the promotion of science fairs at which members 
    of the clubs may display their scientific works and projects, and
        ``(4) develop an awareness of the satisfactions to be derived 
    through a career devoted to science.
    ``(b) The Commissioner of Education [now Secretary of Education] may 
utilize any of the personnel and facilities of the Office of Education 
[now Department of Education] in carrying out this Act.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 8672, 8677 of this title.
