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Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73not60

§2532 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 20 › Chapter 45— CAREER EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter II— GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS › § 2532

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

It provides money: $20,000,000 for each fiscal year 1978 through 1983 to carry out this part of the law. It also provides $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for grants to States to expand and strengthen counseling and guidance in elementary and secondary schools. That same $3,000,000 may not be treated as authorized under a specified section of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for 1977. The Secretary of Education must divide the 1977 funds among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands based on need, and must set aside amounts needed for schools for Indian children run by the Department of the Interior and for overseas dependents schools run by the Department of Defense, with payment terms the Secretary decides. The rest is given to States in proportion to the number of children ages five through seventeen, inclusive, using the most recent reliable data. If a State’s share is more than it can use, the Secretary can reassign the extra to other States in proportion to their original shares, reducing any share that would exceed a State’s estimated need; reallocated amounts count as part of a State’s allotment.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §2532

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(a)There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978 through 1983, to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
(b)(1)There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, for purposes of grants to States made by the Secretary of Education for programs, projects, and leadership activities designed to expand and strengthen counseling and guidance services in elementary and secondary schools.
(2)No sums are authorized to be appropriated under section 401(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for fiscal year 1977, for the purpose of making grants under part B (Libraries and Learning Resources) of title IV of such Act, for such fiscal year which represent the amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(3)(A)The Secretary of Education shall allot the amounts appropriated under this subsection among Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands according to their respective needs for assistance under this subsection. In addition, he shall allot from such amounts to (i) the Secretary of the Interior the amounts necessary for the programs, projects, and activities authorized by this subsection for children and teachers in elementary and secondary schools operated for Indian children by the Department of the Interior; and (ii) the Secretary of Defense the amounts necessary for the programs, projects, and activities authorized by this subsection for children and teachers in the overseas dependents schools of the Department of Defense. The terms upon which payment for such purposes shall be made to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Defense shall be determined pursuant to such criteria as the Secretary of Education determines will best carry out the purposes of this subsection.
(B)From the amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection, the Secretary of Education shall allot to each State from such amounts an amount which bears the same ratio to such amounts as the number of children aged five to seventeen, inclusive, in the State bears to the number of such children in all the States. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term “State” shall not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The number of children aged five to seventeen, inclusive, in a State and in all the States shall be determined by the Secretary of Education on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available to him.
(C)The amount of any State’s allotment under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) to carry out this subsection which the Secretary of Education determines will not be required to carry out this subsection shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates as the Secretary of Education may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) but with such proportionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Secretary of Education estimates such State needs and will be able to use. The total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amounts reallotted to a State under this subparagraph from funds appropriated under this subsection shall be deemed a part of its allotment under subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), which was formerly classified to subchapter I (§ 1801 et seq.) of chapter 40 of this title, was amended generally by Pub. L. 95–561, title IV, § 401, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2229, and reclassified to subchapter IV (§ 3081 et seq.) of chapter 47 of this title prior to its repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title V, § 587(a)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 480. section 401(a) and part B of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 were classified to section 3081(a) and section 3101 and 3102, respectively, of this title prior to their repeal by section 587(a)(1) of Pub. L. 97–35.

Amendments

1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–561 substituted “fiscal years 1978 through 1983” for “fiscal years 1978 and 1979”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–561 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 1530(a) of Pub. L. 95–561, set out as a note under section 1221e–3 of this title.

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.

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Education” substituted for “Commissioner” in subsec. (b)(1) and (3) 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. § 2532

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60