(a) Incentive payments From amounts made available under section
7241 of this title to carry out this subpart, 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 for not fewer than 4 days per week throughout an academic year.