                 CHAPTER 74--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM
 
Sec. 9306. Participation by States


(a) Discharge of State activities through consortia of States

    The administering Secretary may permit States participating in the 
Troops-to-Teachers Program to carry out activities authorized for such 
States under the program through one or more consortia of such States.

(b) Assistance to States

    (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the administering Secretary may make 
grants to States participating in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, or to 
consortia of such States, in order to permit such States or consortia of 
States to operate offices for purposes of recruiting eligible members of 
the Armed Forces for participation in the program and facilitating the 
employment of participants in the program in schools in such States or 
consortia of States.
    (2) The total amount of grants under paragraph (1) in any fiscal 
year may not exceed $4,000,000.

(Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title XVII, Sec. 1706, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
822.)
