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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§7115 Allocations to Local Educational Agencies

Title 20 › CHAPTER 70 — STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › SUBCHAPTER IV — 21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS › Part A — Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants › subpart 1 — student support and academic enrichment grants › § 7115

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

States must split the money they set aside among local school districts that have an approved application from the State education agency. Each district gets the same share it had last year under the same federal program compared with all districts in the State. No district can get less than $10,000 unless the State does not have enough money; if that happens, all allocations are cut proportionally. Districts can join nearby districts and pool their funds to run local activities together. A district may keep up to 2 percent of its allocation to pay for the direct administrative costs of these local duties.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §7115

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(a)Allocations to local educational agencies
(1)In general
From the funds reserved by a State under section 7114(a)(1) of this title, the State shall allocate to each local educational agency in the State that has an application approved by the State educational agency under section 7116 of this title an amount that bears the same relationship to the total amount of such reservation as the amount the local educational agency received under subpart 2 of part A of subchapter I for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount received by all local educational agencies in the State under such subpart for the preceding fiscal year.
(2)Minimum local educational agency allocation
No allocation to a local educational agency under this subsection may be made in an amount that is less than $10,000, subject to subsection (b).
(3)Consortia
Local educational agencies in a State may form a consortium with other surrounding local educational agencies and combine the funds each such agency in the consortium receives under this section to jointly carry out the local activities described in this subpart.
(b)Ratable reduction
If the amount reserved by the State under section 7114(a)(1) of this title is insufficient to make allocations to local educational agencies in an amount equal to the minimum allocation described in subsection (a)(2), such allocations shall be ratably reduced.
(c)Administrative costs
Of the amount received under subsection (a)(2), a local educational agency may reserve not more than 2 percent for the direct administrative costs of carrying out the local educational agency’s responsibilities under this subpart.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7115, Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4115, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IV, § 401, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1745, related to authorized activities, prior to the general amendment of this subpart by Pub. L. 114–95. Another prior section 7115, Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4115, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3681, related to local applications, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110. A prior section 4105 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3065 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section 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 an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 7115

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110