School Improvement Programs

School Improvement Programs For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,408,567,000, of which $2,588,002,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, and remain available through September 30, 2018, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 2018, for academic year 2017–2018: Provided, That $369,100,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That $1,191,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided further, That $33,397,000 shall be for part B of title VI and may be used for construction, renovation, and modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That $32,453,000 shall be for part C of title VI and shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and also may be used for construction: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services provided under this section: Provided further, That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementation of these grants: Provided further, That $175,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That $400,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 4105 of such Act, each State may use funds reserved under section 4104(a)(1) of such Act to award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to local educational agencies receiving a grant under part A of title I, or consortia of such local educational agencies, of such Act, to enable the agencies or consortia to support activities authorized under one or more of sections 4107, 4108, and 4109(a) of such Act: Provided further, That each such subgrant shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as an allocation provided under section 4105 of such Act, except as otherwise provided in this Act: Provided further, That each State that awards such subgrants shall award such subgrants with priority given to local educational agencies, or consortia of local educational agencies, with the greatest need based on the number or percentage of children counted under section 1124(c), in a manner that ensures geographic diversity among subgrant recipients representing rural, suburban, and urban areas, and in a manner that distributes the total amount of funds available to the State under section 4104(a)(1) consistent with the requirements described in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 4106(e)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That each such subgrant awarded shall be for a term of one year and in an amount of 131 STAT. 546 not less than $10,000, and a subgrant recipient shall not be subject to any of the distribution requirements described in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of subsections (e)(2) and (f), of section 4106 of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4109(b) of such Act, a subgrant recipient using such subgrant funds to carry out only activities authorized under section 4109(a) of such Act may use not more than 25 percent of the subgrant funds for purchasing technology infrastructure as described in such section 4109(b): Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading to a State agency awarding such subgrants shall remain available until September 30, 2018.