20 U.S.C. § 6454: Uses of funds

§6454 Uses 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 2 — local agency programs › § 6454

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Local educational agencies may use these funds to run programs that help at-risk students stay in school and finish their education. That includes services for students coming back from juvenile or other correctional facilities; dropout-prevention programs; coordinating health and social services like day care, drug and alcohol counseling, and mental health help; special academic and career programs (such as vocational training, special education, career counseling, youth entrepreneurship curriculum, and help getting student loans or grants); mentoring and peer mediation; programs for at-risk Native American youth (including those in facilities run by the Department of the Interior or tribes); and pay-for-success initiatives. Agencies can carry out these activities themselves or pay others through subgrants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

Title 20, §6454

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(a)In general

Funds provided to local educational agencies under this subpart may be used, as appropriate, for— (1)

(2)dropout prevention programs which serve at-risk children and youth;

(3)the coordination of health and social services for such individuals if there is a likelihood that the provision of such services, including day care, drug and alcohol counseling, and mental health services, will improve the likelihood such individuals will complete their education;

(4)special programs to meet the unique academic needs of participating children and youth, including career and technical education, special education, career counseling, curriculum-based youth entrepreneurship education, and assistance in securing student loans or grants for postsecondary education;

(5)programs providing mentoring and peer mediation;

(6)programs for at-risk Indian children and youth, including such children and youth in correctional facilities in the area served by the local educational agency that are operated by the Secretary of the Interior or Indian tribes; and

(7)pay for success initiatives.

(b)Contracts and grants

A local educational agency may use a subgrant received under this subpart to carry out the activities described under paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) directly or through subgrants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6454, Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1424, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3599, related to uses of funds, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(11)(A), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and inserted subsec. heading. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(11)(B), struck out “, including pregnant and parenting teens, children and youth who have come in contact with the juvenile justice system, children and youth at least 1 year behind their expected grade level, migrant youth, immigrant youth, students with limited English proficiency, and gang members” after “at-risk children and youth”. Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(11)(C)(i), substituted “career” for “vocational”. Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(11)(C)(ii)–(E), added pars. (6) and (7). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–95, § 1401(11)(F), added subsec. (b).

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.