§6435 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

§6435 Use of Funds

Title 20 › Chapter 70— STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › Subchapter I— IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED › Part D— Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk › Subpart 1— state agency programs › § 6435

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

State agencies must spend these funds only on programs that match the State plan and that help young people move on to finish high school, get career or technical training, continue their education, or find a job. Programs can pay for things like equipment, pay-for-success projects, or special services for youth involved in both child welfare and juvenile justice. Programs must focus on students the agency finds are failing or most at risk, help meet their learning needs, improve the services they get, and give them a chance to reach the State’s academic standards. These activities must follow rules that keep federal funds from replacing other education funds. If a program adds extra instructional hours, it counts as adding to (not replacing) regular instruction no matter which subjects are taught.

Title 20, §6435

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(a)(1)A State agency shall use funds received under this subpart only for programs and projects that—

(A)are consistent with the State plan under section 6434(a) of this title; and

(B)concentrate on providing participants with the knowledge and skills needed to make a successful transition to secondary school completion, career and technical education, further education, or employment.

(2)Such programs and projects—

(A)may include—

(i)the acquisition of equipment;

(ii)pay-for-success initiatives; or

(iii)providing targeted services for youth who have come in contact with both the child welfare system and juvenile justice system;

(B)shall be designed to support educational services that—

(i)except for institution-wide projects under section 6436 of this title, are provided to children and youth identified by the State agency as failing, or most at-risk of failing, to meet the challenging State academic standards;

(ii)respond to the educational needs of such children and youth, including by supplementing and improving the quality of the educational services provided to such children and youth by the State agency; and

(iii)afford such children and youth an opportunity to meet challenging State academic standards; and

(C)shall be carried out in a manner consistent with section 6321 of this title and part F (as applied to programs and projects under this part).

(b)A program under this subpart that supplements the number of hours of instruction students receive from State and local sources shall be considered to comply with the supplement, not supplant requirement of section 6321 of this title (as applied to this part) without regard to the subject areas in which instruction is given during those hours.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6435, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1415, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3596, related to use of funds, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(i), substituted “career and technical education” for “vocational or technical training”. Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(ii)(I), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar (A) which read as follows: “may include the acquisition of equipment;”. Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(i). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(ii)(II)(aa), substituted “the challenging State academic standards” for “the State’s challenging academic content standards and student academic achievement standards”. Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(ii)(II)(bb), substituted “respond to the educational needs of such children and youth, including by supplementing and improving the quality” for “supplement and improve the quality”. Subsec. (a)(2)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(ii)(II)(cc), substituted “challenging State academic standards” for “challenging State academic achievement standards” and inserted “and” after semicolon at end. Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(ii)(III), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 6321 of this title and substituted “part F” for “part I” and period for “; and” at end. Subsec. (a)(2)(D). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(A)(ii)(IV), struck out subpar. (D) which read as follows: “may include the costs of meeting the evaluation requirements of section 7941 of this title.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(4)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 6321 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.