; (2) provide student and teacher supports for middle grades education, including funding and curricula, that align with the student and teacher supports provided for elementary school and secondary school grades within and across local educational agencies; (3) provide resources to State educational agencies and local educational agencies to collaboratively develop and implement middle grade improvement plans in order to deliver evidence-based support and technical assistance to schools serving middle grade students; (4) provide resources for schools serving middle grade students to develop positive learning communities where educators and students feel engaged, and share high expectations of student success, as exhibited by mutual respect, fair discipline approaches, and rigorous academic curriculum; and (5) increase the capacity of States and local educational agencies to develop effective, sustainable, and replicable school improvement programs and models and evidence-based or, when available, scientifically valid student interventions for implementation by schools serving students in the middle grades. 102. Formula grants to State educational agencies for middle grades improvement (a) In general From amounts appropriated under section 107, the Secretary shall make grants under this title for a fiscal year to each State educational agency for which the Secretary has approved an application in an amount equal to the allotment determined for such agency under subsection (c) for such fiscal year. (b) Reservations From the total amount made available to carry out this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary— (1) shall reserve not more than 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior (on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Education) and the outlying areas for activities carried out in accordance with this section