§6334 Concentration grants to local educational agencies

Summary

Local school districts that already get a certain federal grant can get extra money if they have more than 6,500 children counted for the program or if those children are more than 15% of all kids aged 5–17 in the district. No State can get less than a guaranteed minimum. That minimum is the smaller of two amounts: (1) 0.25% of the total money for fiscal year 2001 plus 0.35% of any money above the FY2001 amount, or (2) the average of that amount and the bigger of $340,000 or the State’s counted children times 150% of the national average per‑pupil payment. To figure each extra grant, the federal Secretary multiplies a district’s counted children by the per‑pupil amount used for the related grant (Puerto Rico uses a different per‑pupil amount). Each district gets a share of the extra money equal to its product divided by the sum of all districts’ products. States must follow the other program’s allocation rules, may keep up to 2% to help districts in nonqualifying counties, and special rules apply in States with under 0.25% of the national count on January 8, 2002.