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§7345a Grant Program Authorized

Title 20 › Chapter 70— STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › Subchapter V— FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY › Part B— Rural Education Initiative › Subpart 1— small, rural school achievement program › § 7345a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give grants to eligible local educational agencies so they can run programs under Part A of Subchapter I, Part A of Subchapter II, Subchapter III, or Part A or B of Subchapter IV. The basic grant starts with $100 for each student above 50 in average daily attendance plus $20,000, but it cannot be more than $60,000. If the total money for the program that year is $265,000,000 or more, the extra base becomes $25,000 and the cap becomes $80,000. The Secretary reduces that starting amount by what the agency already received the previous year under the laws listed in section 7345(c). For agencies that belong to an educational service agency, the Secretary may instead subtract the agency’s per-student share of what the service agency got, as long as that choice does not unfairly affect any State. If there is not enough money to pay every agency in full, the Secretary must cut all awards evenly, and if more funds later become available those reduced payments must be raised on the same proportional basis. Agencies that lost eligibility because of changes made by the Every Student Succeeds Act but were eligible on the day before December 10, 2015, get phased payments: 75% of their 2015 amount for fiscal year 2017, 50% for 2018, and 25% for 2019. The Secretary must pay grants to agencies by July 1 of the fiscal year. Terms: “eligible local educational agency” — see section 7345(b); “amounts under section 7345(c)” — the other federal funds counted against the grant.

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Title 20, §7345a

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to award grants to eligible local educational agencies to enable the local educational agencies to carry out activities authorized under any of the following provisions:
(1)Part A of subchapter I.
(2)Part A of subchapter II.
(3)Subchapter III.
(4)Part A or B of subchapter IV.
(b)(1)(A)Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary shall award a grant under subsection (a) to a local educational agency eligible under section 7345(b) of this title for a fiscal year in an amount equal to the initial amount determined under paragraph (2) for the fiscal year minus the total amount received by the agency under the provisions of law described in section 7345(c) of this title for the preceding fiscal year.
(B)For a local educational agency that is eligible under section 7345(b)(1)(C) of this title and is a member of an educational service agency, the Secretary may determine the award amount by subtracting from the initial amount determined under paragraph (2), an amount that is equal to that local educational agency’s per-pupil share of the total amount received by the educational service agency under the provisions described in section 7345(c) of this title, as long as a determination under this subparagraph would not disproportionately affect any State.
(2)(A)The initial amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to $100 multiplied by the total number of students in excess of 50 students, in average daily attendance at the schools served by the local educational agency, plus $20,000, except that the initial amount may not exceed $60,000.
(B)For any fiscal year for which the amount made available to carry out this part is $265,000,000 or more, subparagraph (A) shall be applied—
(i)by substituting “$25,000” for “$20,000”; and
(ii)by substituting “$80,000” for “$60,000”.
(3)(A)If the amount made available to carry out this section for any fiscal year is not sufficient to pay in full the amounts that local educational agencies are eligible to receive under paragraph (1) for such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce such amounts for such year.
(B)If additional funds become available for making payments under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year, payments that were reduced under subparagraph (A) shall be increased on the same basis as such payments were reduced.
(4)For a local educational agency that is not eligible under this subpart due to amendments made by the Every Student Succeeds Act to section 7345(b)(1)(A)(ii) of this title but met the eligibility requirements under section 7345(b) of this title as such section was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, the agency shall receive—
(A)for fiscal year 2017, 75 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 2015;
(B)for fiscal year 2018, 50 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 2015; and
(C)for fiscal year 2019, 25 percent of the amount such agency received for fiscal year 2015.
(c)The Secretary shall disburse the funds awarded to a local educational agency under this section for a fiscal year not later than July 1 of that fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

made by the Every Student Succeeds Act to section 7345(b)(1)(A)(ii) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), mean the

Amendments

made to section 7345(b)(1)(A)(ii) of this title by Pub. L. 114–95, title V, § 5003(1)(B)(i), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2041. See 2015 Amendment note under section 7345 of this title. section 7345(b) of this title as such section was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), means section 7345(b) of this title prior to amendment by Pub. L. 114–95, title V, §§ 5001(a)(3), 5003(1)(B), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2039–2041.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–95, § 5003(2)(A), added pars. (1) to (4) and struck out former pars. (1) to (5) which read as follows: “(1) Part A of subchapter I of this chapter. “(2) Part A or D of subchapter II of this chapter. “(3) Subchapter III of this chapter. “(4) Part A or B of subchapter IV of this chapter. “(5) Part A of subchapter V of this chapter.” Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–95, § 5003(2)(B)(i), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall award a grant under subsection (a) of this section to a local educational agency eligible under section 7345(b) of this title for a fiscal year in an amount equal to the initial amount determined under paragraph (2) for the fiscal year minus the total amount received by the agency under the provisions of law described in section 7345(c) of this title for the preceding fiscal year.” Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–95, § 5003(2)(B)(ii), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The initial amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to $100 multiplied by the total number of students in excess of 50 students, in average daily attendance at the schools served by the local educational agency, plus $20,000, except that the initial amount may not exceed $60,000.” Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 114–95, § 5003(2)(B)(iii), added par. (4). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114–95, § 5003(2)(C), struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “A local educational agency that is eligible to receive a grant under this subpart for a fiscal year is not eligible to receive funds for such fiscal year under subpart 2 of this part.”

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.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 7345a

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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