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Secretary of Education (185)

123.Financial Assistance for Public Education (Categorical) (17100)2,221,3362,221,336
1,110,668
Financial Assistance for Educational Telecommunications (17111)2,101,1732,101,173
990,505
Financial Assistance for Radio Reading Services (17116)120,163120,163
Fund Sources:General2,221,3362,221,336
1,110,668

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 24, Code of Virginia.

A. Payments out of this appropriation for educational telecommunications shall be authorized by the Secretary of Education. The Department of Education shall participate in the negotiations and be a signatory to contracts for elementary and secondary educational telecommunications.

B. The Secretary of Education is authorized to allocate and disburse state funds to public broadcasting stations and private nonprofit organizations to provide radio reading services for the benefit of print-disabled individuals. "Radio reading services" means the acquisition, production, and distribution by nonprofit organizations or by public broadcasting stations of noncommercial educational, instructional, informational, or cultural audio programs which may be transmitted by means of electronic communication for the benefit of print-disabled individuals, and any related equipment, materials, and services provided for the benefit of such individuals.

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