§7703b Assistance to Local Educational Agencies That Benefit Dependents of Members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense Civilian Employees

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must give money to school districts that have a lot of students who are connected to the military or that face big swings in those students. A district can get help if at least 20 percent (rounded to the nearest whole percent) of its average daily attendance last school year were military dependent students. A district can also get help if, in the year before the funding year, it had an overall rise or drop in military dependent students equal to at least 5 percent or at least 250 students, and that change happened because of things like Department of Defense rebasing, new unit activations, base realignments or closures, or changes in military housing. For those enrollment-change grants, each district’s payment equals a per-student dollar rate (the total funds for the year divided by the total net changes in military students across all eligible districts) times that district’s net change in students. No district may get more than $1,000,000 in a year. Help under the enrollment-change rule could not be paid after September 30, 2014. By June 30, 2006 and each June 30 after when money is available, the Secretary must tell each eligible district whether it qualifies and how much it will get. Funds must be paid within 30 days of that notice. Defined terms: “base closure process” means BRAC or similar processes after January 6, 2006; “local educational agency” means a school district; “military dependent students” means children of Armed Forces members or DoD civilian employees; “State” means the 50 States and DC.