20 U.S.C. § 6452: Programs operated by local…

§6452 Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies

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 2 — local agency programs › § 6452

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The state education agency must use money from section 6422(b) to give subgrants to local school districts that have many children living in locally run juvenile correctional facilities, including county-run facilities and community day programs. A district that runs a school inside a correctional facility does not have to run a return-to-school support program for students who will live outside the district if more than 30 percent of those students will live elsewhere after leaving the facility. The state agency must tell districts if they can apply for a subgrant. Programs paid for under this rule must focus mainly on helping students coming back from correctional facilities with their transition and schoolwork. Services for students at risk of dropping out must not reduce the help given to returning students.

Title 20, §6452

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(a)Local subgrants

With funds made available under section 6422(b) of this title, the State educational agency shall award subgrants to local educational agencies with high numbers or percentages of children and youth residing in locally operated (including county operated) correctional facilities for children and youth (including facilities involved in community day programs).

(b)Special rule

A local educational agency that serves a school operated by a correctional facility is not required to operate a program of support for children and youth returning from such school to a school that is not operated by a correctional agency but served by such local educational agency, if more than 30 percent of the children and youth attending the school operated by the correctional facility will reside outside the boundaries served by the local educational agency after leaving such facility.

(c)Notification

A State educational agency shall notify local educational agencies within the State of the eligibility of such agencies to receive a subgrant under this subpart.

(d)Transitional and academic services

Transitional and supportive programs operated in local educational agencies under this subpart shall be designed primarily to meet the transitional and academic needs of students returning to local educational agencies or alternative education programs from correctional facilities. Services to students at-risk of dropping out of school shall not have a negative impact on meeting such transitional and academic needs of the students returning from correctional facilities.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6452, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1422, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3598, related to programs operated by local educational agencies, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114–95 substituted “impact on meeting such transitional” for “impact on meeting the transitional”.

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.