Statute

``SEC. 682. <<NOTE: 20 USC 1482.>> ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

``(a) Applicant and Recipient Responsibilities.--

``(1) Development and assessment of projects.--The Secretary

shall require that an applicant for, and a recipient of, a

grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for a project under

subpart 2 or 3--

``(A) involve individuals with disabilities or

parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth

through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the

project; and

``(B) where appropriate, determine whether the

project has any potential for replication and adoption

by other entities.

``(2) Additional responsibilities.--The Secretary may

require a recipient of a grant, contract, or cooperative

agreement under subpart 2 or 3 to--

``(A) share in the cost of the project;

``(B) prepare any findings and products from the

project in formats that are useful for specific

audiences, including parents, administrators, teachers,

early intervention personnel, related services

personnel, and individuals with disabilities;

``(C) disseminate such findings and products; and

``(D) collaborate with other such recipients in

carrying out subparagraphs (B) and (C).

``(b) Application Management.--

``(1) Standing panel.--

``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and

use a standing panel of experts who are qualified, by

virtue of their training, expertise, or experience, to

evaluate each application under subpart 2 or 3 that

requests more than $75,000 per year in Federal financial

assistance.

``(B) Membership.--The standing panel shall include,

at a minimum--

``(i) individuals who are representatives of

institutions of higher education that plan,

develop, and carry out high quality programs of

personnel preparation;

``(ii) individuals who design and carry out

scientifically based research targeted to the

improvement of special education programs and

services;

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``(iii) individuals who have recognized

experience and knowledge necessary to integrate

and apply scientifically based research findings

to improve educational and transitional results

for children with disabilities;

``(iv) individuals who administer programs at

the State or local level in which children with

disabilities participate;

``(v) individuals who prepare parents of

children with disabilities to participate in

making decisions about the education of their

children;

``(vi) individuals who establish policies that

affect the delivery of services to children with

disabilities;

``(vii) individuals who are parents of

children with disabilities ages birth through 26

who are benefiting, or have benefited, from

coordinated research, personnel preparation, and

technical assistance; and

``(viii) individuals with disabilities.

``(C) Term.--No individual shall serve on the

standing panel for more than 3 consecutive years.

``(2) Peer-review panels for particular competitions.--

``(A) Composition.--The Secretary shall ensure that

each subpanel selected from the standing panel that

reviews an application under subpart 2 or 3 includes--

``(i) individuals with knowledge and expertise

on the issues addressed by the activities

described in the application; and

``(ii) to the extent practicable, parents of

children with disabilities ages birth through 26,

individuals with disabilities, and persons from

diverse backgrounds.

``(B) Federal employment limitation.--A majority of

the individuals on each subpanel that reviews an

application under subpart 2 or 3 shall be individuals

who are not employees of the Federal Government.

``(3) Use of discretionary funds for administrative

purposes.--

``(A) Expenses and fees of non-federal panel

members.--The Secretary may use funds available under

subpart 2 or 3 to pay the expenses and fees of the panel

members who are not officers or employees of the Federal

Government.

``(B) Administrative support.--The Secretary may use

not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated to

carry out subpart 2 or 3 to pay non-Federal entities for

administrative support related to management of

applications submitted under subpart 2 or 3,

respectively.