20 U.S.C. § 7231h: Limitations

Summary

Grants under this program must last no more than 5 fiscal years and cannot be larger than $15,000,000 for that whole period. School districts, or groups of districts, may spend grant money on planning, but not more than 50% of their funds in the first year and not more than 15% in each of the second and third years. Teacher training (professional development) does not count as planning. As much as possible, the Secretary must give out the grants by June 1 of the fiscal year.

Title 20, §7231h

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(a)Duration of awards

A grant under this part shall be awarded for a period that shall not exceed 5 fiscal years.

(b)Limitation on planning funds

A local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, may expend for planning (professional development shall not be considered to be planning for purposes of this subsection) not more than 50 percent of the grant funds received under this part for the first year of the program and not more than 15 percent of such funds for each of the second and third such years.

(c)Amount

No grant awarded under this part to a local educational agency, or a consortium of such agencies, shall be for more than $15,000,000 for the grant period described in subsection (a).

(d)Timing

To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall award grants for any fiscal year under this part not later than June 1 of the applicable fiscal year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4408 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3128 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(5)(A), substituted “5” for “3”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(5)(B), added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “No local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, awarded a grant under this part shall receive more than $4,000,000 under this part for any 1 fiscal year.” Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(5)(C), substituted “June” for “July”.

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.

§7231h Limitations