Sec. 103. Grants to States
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The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants to States, on a competitive basis, to support educational programs in civics and history in accordance with this section. The amount of each grant to a State under this section shall be proportional to the amount received by all local educational agencies in the State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the total such amount received by all local educational agencies in every State that receives a grant under this section.
A State that receives a grant under this section may reserve not more than 5 percent of the amount of the grant for— administrative costs of carrying out the State’s responsibilities under this section; and monitoring and evaluating programs and activities supported with the grant. A State that receives a grant under this section shall use not less than 95 percent of the amount of the grant to make subgrants, on a competitive or formula basis, to local educational agencies within the State to assist such agencies in carrying out programs to improve the achievement of elementary and secondary school students in the fields of civics and history.
A State shall use a grant under this section only to supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that would, in absence of such grant, be made available for the activities supported by the grant, and not to supplant such funds. As part of the application required under section 102(b), a State shall include a plan describing how the State intends to use the grant under this section. Each State plan shall include, at a minimum, the following: An explanation of how the State will use the grant to supplement, and not supplant, other public funds provided for educational programs in civics and history.
Plans to address civics and history achievement gaps among students of different income levels, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and native languages. Plans to improve civics and history achievement among traditionally underserved students, including rural and urban students and English learners. Plans for making subgrants to local educational agencies as required under subsection (d), including— details of how the State intends to distribute funding to local educational agencies, whether by competition or through a formula-based system; how the State’s approach to distributing funds to local educational agencies will take into account requirements of paragraphs
(1)through (3); criteria by which local educational agencies’ applications for funding will be evaluated, including how such applications will take into account the requirements of paragraphs
(1)through (3); how the State will ensure that local educational agencies will use grant funds to supplement, and not supplant, other public funding for educational programs in civics and history; and how the State will evaluate and hold local educational agencies accountable for improved student knowledge and achievement in civics and history. An assurance that the State will participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress assessments in civics and history in grades 4, 8, and 12. In the case of a State applying to renew a grant previously received under this section, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the activities carried out using the previous grant, which shall be based on the results of the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress assessment in civics and history, to the extent the results of such assessment are available at the time of the State’s application.
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