20 USC 7515: Elementary school foreign language incentive program
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20 USC 7515: Elementary school foreign language incentive program Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 20-EDUCATIONCHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLSSUBCHAPTER VII-BILINGUAL EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAMSPart B-Foreign Language Assistance Program
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§7515. Elementary school foreign language incentive program

(a) Incentive payments

From amounts appropriated under section 7516 of this title the Secretary shall make an incentive payment for each fiscal year to each public elementary school that provides to students attending such school a program designed to lead to communicative competency in a foreign language.

(b) Amount

The Secretary shall determine the amount of the incentive payment under subsection (a) of this section for each public elementary school for each fiscal year on the basis of the number of students participating in a program described in such subsection at such school for such year compared to the total number of such students at all such schools in the United States for such year.

(c) Requirement

The Secretary shall consider a program to be designed to lead to communicative competency in a foreign language if such program is comparable to a program that provides not less than 45 minutes of instruction in a foreign language not less than four days per week throughout an academic year.

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VII, §7205, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, §101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3738 .)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 7516 of this title.