Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§40a Educational Facilities for Dependents of Employees; Payments to School Districts; Limitation on Amount

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter V— YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK › § 40a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Under rules set by the Secretary of the Interior, money from Yellowstone National Park visitor fees may be paid to the local school district(s) that serve the park. These payments are reimbursement for school buildings and services, including student transportation, for children of park workers who live on nearby federal land that is not taxed and for which the United States does not make payments instead of taxes. For each school year, the payment cannot be more than the portion of the schools’ operating and maintenance costs that matches the share of average daily attendance made up by those park-dependent pupils.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §40a

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Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, payments may be made, as provided in sections 40a to 40c of this title, in advance or otherwise, from any revenues received by the United States from visitors to Yellowstone National Park, to the appropriate school district or districts serving that park, as reimbursement for educational facilities (including, where appropriate, transportation to and from school) furnished by the said district or districts to pupils who are dependents of persons engaged in the administration, operation, and maintenance of the park, and living at or near the park upon real property of the United States not subject to taxation by the State or local agencies and upon which payments in lieu of taxes are not made by the United States: Provided, That the payments for any school year for the aforesaid purpose shall not exceed that part of the cost of operating and maintaining such facilities which the number of pupils, in average daily attendance during that year, bears to the whole number of pupils in average daily attendance at those schools for that year.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 40a

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60