Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§2325 Assistance for the Outlying Areas

Title 20 › CHAPTER 44 — CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › SUBCHAPTER I — CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES › Part A — Allotment and Allocation › § 2325

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use reserved funds to give grants of $660,000 to Guam, $350,000 to each of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and $160,000 to the Republic of Palau. Palau will stop being eligible for the $160,000 grant if it signs an agreement to extend U.S. educational assistance under the Compact of Free Association, unless that agreement says otherwise.

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Title 20, §2325

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(a)Outlying areas
From funds reserved pursuant to section 2321(a)(1)(A) of this title, the Secretary shall—
(1)make a grant in the amount of $660,000 to Guam;
(2)make a grant in the amount of $350,000 to each of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(3)make a grant of $160,000 to the Republic of Palau, subject to subsection (b).
(b)Restriction
The Republic of Palau shall cease to be eligible to receive funding under this section upon entering into an agreement for an extension of United States educational assistance under the Compact of Free Association, unless otherwise provided in such agreement.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2325, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 115, as added Pub. L. 105–332, § 1(b), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3094, related to assistance for outlying areas, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 109–270. Another prior section 2325, Pub. L. 88–210, title I, § 115, as added Pub. L. 98–524, § 1, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2449; amended Pub. L. 101–392, title I, § 115, Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 101–476, title IX, § 901(a)(2), Oct. 30, 1990, 104 Stat. 1142; Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 391(s)(3), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4024, related to State and local standards and measures, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 105–332.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 115–224, § 114(1), substituted “subject to subsection (b)” for “subject to subsection (d)”. Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 115–224, § 114(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (b) and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which provided for grants of the remainder of funds reserved pursuant to section 2321(a)(1)(A) of this title and established a limitation on use.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–224 effective July 1, 2019, see section 4 of Pub. L. 115–224, set out as a note under section 2301 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 2325

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110