The Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal year the greater of 5 percent or $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated to carry out this subpart, except that in no fiscal year shall the total amount so reserved exceed $8,000,000, to carry out the following activities:
(1) To provide charter schools, either directly or through State educational agencies, with—
(A) information regarding—
(i) Federal funds that charter schools are eligible to receive; and
(ii) other Federal programs in which charter schools may participate; and
(B) assistance in applying for Federal education funds that are allocated by formula, including assistance with filing deadlines and submission of applications.
(2) To provide for the completion of the 4-year national study (which began in 1995) of charter schools.
(3) To provide for other evaluations or studies that include the evaluation of the impact of charter schools on student achievement, including information regarding—
(A) students attending charter schools reported on the basis of race, age, disability, gender, limited English proficiency, and previous enrollment in public school; and
(B) the professional qualifications of teachers within a charter school and the turnover of the teaching force.
(4) To provide—
(A) information to applicants for assistance under this subpart;
(B) assistance to applicants for assistance under this subpart with the preparation of applications under section 8063 of this title;
(C) assistance in the planning and startup of charter schools;
(D) training and technical assistance to existing charter schools; and
(E) for the dissemination to other public schools of best or promising practices in charter schools.
(5) To provide (including through the use of one or more contracts that use a competitive bidding process) for the collection of information regarding the financial resources available to charter schools, including access to private capital, and to widely disseminate to charter schools any such relevant information and model descriptions of successful programs.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require charter schools to collect any data described in subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title X, §10305, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, §101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3829; amended Pub. L. 105–278, §3(f), Oct. 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 2686; Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(1) [title III, §322(b)(1)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–61.)
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–554 substituted “subpart” for “part” wherever appearing.
1998—Pub. L. 105–278 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary may reserve not more than ten percent of the funds available to carry out this part for any fiscal year for—
“(1) peer review of applications under section 8064(c) of this title;
“(2) an evaluation of the impact of charter schools on student achievement, including those assisted under this part; and
“(3) other activities designed to enhance the success of the activities assisted under this part, such as—
“(A) development and dissemination of model State charter school laws and model contracts or other means of authorizing and monitoring the performance of charter schools; and
“(B) collection and dissemination of information on successful charter schools.”