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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§2502 Funding Requirements

Title 20 › CHAPTER 45 — CAREER EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — CAREER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES › § 2502

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Authorizes $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the program, and says the rule in section 1226a does not apply to this money. The Secretary of Education must set aside up to $2,000,000 for actions under section 2505. From the rest, the Secretary may reserve up to 1% to share among the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands based on need. After those reserves, each State gets $100,000, and the remaining funds are split among the States by population for work under section 2501. "State" means the states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The federal share will cover no more than 80% of planning costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §2502

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(a)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this subchapter $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978. The provisions of section 1226a of this title shall not apply to the authorization made by this subsection.
(b)Availability of amounts appropriated; allotments to States, etc.
(1)From the sums appropriated under this subchapter, the Secretary of Education shall reserve an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out section 2505 of this title.
(2)From the remainder of the sums appropriated under this subchapter, the Secretary of Education shall reserve such amount, not to exceed 1 per centum thereof, as he may determine necessary and shall allot such amount among the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, according to their relative need for assistance under this subchapter.
(3)(A)Of the remainder of the sums appropriated, the Secretary of Education shall allot to each State $100,000, and of the remainder of the sums appropriated the Secretary of Education shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums for such year as the population of the State bears to the population of all States, for purposes of carrying out section 2501 of this title.
(B)For purposes of this paragraph, the term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(c)Federal share
The Federal share of funds allotted to States under this subchapter shall not exceed 80 per centum of the total cost of the planning undertaken pursuant to this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1226a of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original a reference to section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act. section 414 of that Act was renumbered as section 422 by Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 212(b)(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3913, and is classified to section 1226a of this title.

Amendments

1977—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 95–207, § 16(1), substituted “1 per centum” for “3 per centum” and struck out “the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,” after “shall allot such amount among”. Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 95–207, § 16(2), substituted “, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico” for “and the District of Columbia”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1976, except either as specifically otherwise provided or, if not so specifically otherwise provided, effective July 1, 1976, where section provides for authorization of appropriations, see section 532 of Pub. L. 94–482, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1976 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.

Repeals

The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 95–207, § 16, Dec. 13, 1977, 91 Stat. 1474, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–35, title V, § 587(a)(4), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 480, effective Oct. 1, 1982.

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Education” substituted for “Commissioner of Education” and “Commissioner” in subsecs. (b)(1), (2), and (3)(A) pursuant to section 301(a)(1) and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to section 3441(a)(1) and 3507 of this title and which transferred functions of Commissioner of Education to Secretary of Education.

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 2502

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110