§6335 Targeted Grants to Local Educational Agencies

Summary

Gives extra federal money to local school districts that meet two tests: they must have at least 10 counted children, and those children must be at least 5% of all kids aged 5 to 17 in the district. If money is first figured by county, any funds that come from applying that rule must be reallocated by the State to eligible districts in the same share as the other program funds. For most districts, the grant equals the weighted child count times the per-child amount set under section 6333(a)(1)(B). For the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the grant equals its weighted child count times the amount in section 6333(a)(4). The weighted child count is the larger of two ways to add up children: one that uses percentage ranges and one that uses number ranges. For counties, the percentage multipliers are: up to 15.00% ×1.0; over 15.00%–19.00% ×1.75; over 19.00%–24.20% ×2.5; over 24.20%–29.20% ×3.25; over 29.20% ×4.0. For counties by number the multipliers are: up to 2,311 ×1.0; 2,312–7,913 ×1.5; 7,914–23,917 ×2.0; 23,918–93,810 ×2.5; over 93,811 ×3.0. For local education agencies the percentage breakpoints and multipliers are: up to 15.58% ×1.0; over 15.58%–22.11% ×1.75; over 22.11%–30.16% ×2.5; over 30.16%–38.24% ×3.25; over 38.24% ×4.0. For local agencies by number the multipliers are: up to 691 ×1.0; 692–2,262 ×1.5; 2,263–7,851 ×2.0; 7,852–35,514 ×2.5; over 35,514 ×3.0. Puerto Rico’s weight cannot exceed its counted children multiplied by 1.82. Grants are calculated the same way as under sections 6333(a)(2) and (3). Each State is guaranteed at least the smaller of 0.35% of the total program money, or the average of 0.35% and 150% of the national average unweighted per-child grant multiplied by the State’s unweighted child count.