§1443 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Education can hold back up to 1 percent of the yearly money to help Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands based on their needs. The rule that lets outlying areas combine grants does not apply to this money. The Secretary must also set aside 1.25 percent of the total amount for all States and give it to the Secretary of the Interior. The Interior must give that money to tribes, tribal groups, or consortia on reservations served by Interior-funded schools. The Interior will split the money based on how many children under age 3 live on each reservation. Tribes must give the Interior the information needed to calculate shares. The funds must be used to find and screen infants and toddlers, train parents, and provide early intervention services. Tribes can run programs directly or hire the Bureau of Indian Affairs, local schools, or nonprofits, should involve Indian parents, and must make referrals when needed. The Interior may not spend these funds on its own administrative costs or child counting. After those set-asides and payments, the rest of the money is divided among the States (the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) by the number of children under 3 in each State. No State gets less than the larger of 0.5 percent of the remaining money or $500,000, unless there is not enough money, in which case all State amounts are cut proportionally. If a State refuses its share, that money is reallocated to the other States. If yearly appropriations exceed $460,000,000, the Secretary must reserve 15 percent of the funds for grants to States following a specific policy; those grants are split by child counts and no State can get more than 20 percent of that reserved amount. Unused grant money can be spent in the next fiscal year, but if it is still unused by the second year it must be returned and put into regular State allotments.

Title 20, §1443

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(a)(1)From the sums appropriated to carry out this subchapter for any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent for payments to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in accordance with their respective needs for assistance under this subchapter.

(2)The provisions of Public Law 95–134, permitting the consolidation of grants to the outlying areas, shall not apply to funds those areas receive under this subchapter.

(b)(1)The Secretary shall, subject to this subsection, make payments to the Secretary of the Interior to be distributed to tribes, tribal organizations (as defined under section 5304 of title 25), or consortia of the above entities for the coordination of assistance in the provision of early intervention services by the States to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families on reservations served by elementary schools and secondary schools for Indian children operated or funded by the Department of the Interior. The amount of such payment for any fiscal year shall be 1.25 percent of the aggregate of the amount available to all States under this subchapter for such fiscal year.

(2)For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall distribute the entire payment received under paragraph (1) by providing to each tribe, tribal organization, or consortium an amount based on the number of infants and toddlers residing on the reservation, as determined annually, divided by the total of such children served by all tribes, tribal organizations, or consortia.

(3)To receive a payment under this subsection, the tribe, tribal organization, or consortium shall submit such information to the Secretary of the Interior as is needed to determine the amounts to be distributed under paragraph (2).

(4)The funds received by a tribe, tribal organization, or consortium shall be used to assist States in child find, screening, and other procedures for the early identification of Indian children under 3 years of age and for parent training. Such funds may also be used to provide early intervention services in accordance with this subchapter. Such activities may be carried out directly or through contracts or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, local educational agencies, and other public or private nonprofit organizations. The tribe, tribal organization, or consortium is encouraged to involve Indian parents in the development and implementation of these activities. The above entities shall, as appropriate, make referrals to local, State, or Federal entities for the provision of services or further diagnosis.

(5)To be eligible to receive a payment under paragraph (2), a tribe, tribal organization, or consortium shall make a biennial report to the Secretary of the Interior of activities undertaken under this subsection, including the number of contracts and cooperative agreements entered into, the number of infants and toddlers contacted and receiving services for each year, and the estimated number of infants and toddlers needing services during the 2 years following the year in which the report is made. The Secretary of the Interior shall include a summary of this information on a biennial basis to the Secretary of Education along with such other information as required under section 1411(h)(3)(E) of this title. The Secretary of Education may require any additional information from the Secretary of the Interior.

(6)None of the funds under this subsection may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for administrative purposes, including child count, and the provision of technical assistance.

(c)(1)Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), from the funds remaining for each fiscal year after the reservation and payments under subsections (a), (b), and (e), the Secretary shall first allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of such remainder as the number of infants and toddlers in the State bears to the number of infants and toddlers in all States.

(2)Except as provided in paragraph (3), no State shall receive an amount under this section for any fiscal year that is less than the greater of—

(A)½ of 1 percent of the remaining amount described in paragraph (1); or

(B)$500,000.

(3)(A)If the sums made available under this subchapter for any fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full amounts that all States are eligible to receive under this subsection for such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments to such States for such year.

(B)If additional funds become available for making payments under this subsection for a fiscal year, allotments that were reduced under subparagraph (A) shall be increased on the same basis the allotments were reduced.

(4)In this subsection—

(A)the terms “infants” and “toddlers” mean children under 3 years of age; and

(B)the term “State” means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(d)If a State elects not to receive its allotment under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reallot, among the remaining States, amounts from such State in accordance with such subsection.

(e)(1)For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 1444 of this title exceeds $460,000,000, the Secretary shall reserve 15 percent of such appropriated amount to provide grants to States that are carrying out the policy described in section 1435(c) of this title in order to facilitate the implementation of such policy.

(2)(A)Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State under paragraph (1) in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount reserved under such paragraph as the number of infants and toddlers in the State bears to the number of infants and toddlers in all States receiving grants under such paragraph.

(B)No State shall receive a grant under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year in an amount that is greater than 20 percent of the amount reserved under such paragraph for the fiscal year.

(3)(A)Pursuant to section 1225(b) of this title, amounts under a grant provided under paragraph (1) that are not obligated and expended prior to the beginning of the first fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which such amounts were appropriated shall remain available for obligation and expenditure during such first succeeding fiscal year.

(B)Amounts under a grant provided under paragraph (1) that are not obligated and expended prior to the beginning of the second fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which such amounts were appropriated shall be returned to the Secretary and used to make grants to States under section 1433 of this title (from their allotments under this section) during such second succeeding fiscal year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Public Law 95–134, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is Pub. L. 95–134, Oct. 15, 1977, 91 Stat. 1159. Provisions relating to consolidation of grants are contained in section 501 of Pub. L. 95–134 which is classified to section 1469a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1443, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 643, as added Pub. L. 105–17, title I, § 101, June 4, 1997, 111 Stat. 118, related to allocation of funds, prior to the general amendment of subchapters I to IV of this chapter by Pub. L. 108–446. Another prior section 1443, Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 643, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 185; Pub. L. 98–199, §§ 3(b), 12, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1358, 1373; Pub. L. 99–457, title III, § 313, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 100–630, title I, § 105(c), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3299; Pub. L. 101–476, title IX, § 901(b)(145), (146), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1149; Pub. L. 102–119, § 25(b), Oct. 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 607, related to requirement of the Secretary to convene panels of experts to evaluate proposals for projects, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–476, title V, §§ 503, 1001, Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1138, 1151, effective Oct. 1, 1990.

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