; (B) at least 17 years old as of April 10 of that year; and (C) are eligible to register to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State. (2) Use of voting machines for student elections At the request of a public high school which is operating a high school voter registration program under paragraph (1), the appropriate election official of the State may enter into an agreement under which the official provides the school with voting machines and related equipment and supplies for use in a student council or similar election held at the school, under such terms and conditions as the school and official may determine. . (b) Availability of grants To cover costs of voter registration drives (1) Establishment of program The Secretary of Education (hereafter referred to as the Secretary ) shall establish and operate a program under which the Secretary shall make a payment during a year to an eligible public high school to reimburse the school for the reasonable costs incurred by the school in carrying out a voter registration drive under section 7(e) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (as added by subsection (a)) during that year. (2) Eligibility A public high school is eligible to receive a payment under the program under this subsection with respect to a voter registration drive if the school submits to the Secretary, at such time and in such form as the Secretary may require, an application containing— (A) a statement of the reasonable costs incurred by the school in carrying out the voter registration drive, including the information used by the school to determine the amount of such costs; (B) a description of the activities conducted under the drive, including the number of students registered