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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§1774 Disbursement Directly to Schools or Institutions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 13A — CHILD NUTRITION › § 1774

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must hold back money that would go to a State and pay it straight to schools or institutions in that State, but only for the funds the Secretary has been doing this for without a break since October 1, 1980. Those payments must be used for the same purposes and follow the same rules as if the State had given them. If the Secretary is running a program in a State, the State can ask to take it over. If a State education agency is barred by law from giving money to private (nonpublic) schools, the Secretary must pay those private schools directly. The money must be used the same way and under the same conditions as funds given to public schools.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1774

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall withhold funds payable to a State under this chapter and disburse the funds directly to schools or institutions within the State for the purposes authorized by this chapter to the extent that the Secretary has so withheld and disbursed such funds continuously since October 1, 1980, but only to such extent (except as otherwise required by subsection (b)). Any funds so withheld and disbursed by the Secretary shall be used for the same purposes, and shall be subject to the same conditions, as applicable to a State disbursing funds made available under this chapter. If the Secretary is administering (in whole or in part) any program authorized under this chapter, the State in which the Secretary is administering the program may, upon request to the Secretary, assume administration of that program.
(b)If a State educational agency is not permitted by law to disburse the funds paid to it under this chapter to any of the nonpublic schools in the State, the Secretary shall disburse the funds directly to such schools within the State for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as are authorized or required with respect to the disbursements to public schools within the State by the State educational agency.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1774, Pub. L. 89–642, § 5, Oct. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 887; Pub. L. 91–248, § 2,
May 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 92–433, § 6(a)–(d), Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 93–326, § 5,
June 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 94–105, § 18, Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 525; Pub. L. 95–166, §§ 4, 20(3), (4), Nov. 10, 1977, 91 Stat. 1332, 1346; Pub. L. 95–627, § 6(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3620; Pub. L. 96–499, title II, § 211, Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2603, made provision for food service equipment assistance program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, § 805(b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 820(a)(4) of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1981 Amendment note under section 1753 of this title. Report to Congress of Needs for Equipment To Be Submitted by
June 30, 1973 Pub. L. 92–433, § 6(e), Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 729, directed Secretary, to assist Congress in determining amounts needed annually, to conduct a survey among States and school districts on unmet needs for equipment in schools eligible for assistance under former section 1774 of this title, results of such survey to be reported to Congress by
June 30, 1973.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1774

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102