102 STAT. 204
PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988
classroom teachers and supporting personnel, because they have the most direct contact with students and are most directly responsible to parents and because they are the most likely to be able to design programs to meet the educational needs of students in their own districts. 20 USC 2912.
"SEC. 1502. AUTHORIZATION ASSISTANCE.
OF
APPROPRIATIONS;
DURATION
OF
"(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated $580,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989, $610,000,000 for the fiscal year 1990, $640,000,000 for the fiscal year 1991, $672,000,000 for the fiscal year 1992, and $706,000,000 for the fiscal year 1993, to carry out the provisions of this chapter. "(b) DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.—During the period beginning October 1, 1988, and ending September 30, 1993, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, make payments to State educational agencies for the purpose of this chapter. "PART A—STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS "Subpart 1—General Provisions 20 USC 2921. Territories, U.S.
20 USC 2922. Disadvantaged persons.
"SEC. 15II. ALLOTMENT TO STATES.
"(a) RESERVATIONS.—(1) From the sums appropriated to carry out this chapter in any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not to exceed 1 percent for payments to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective needs. "(2) The Secretary shall reserve an additional amount, not to exceed 6 percent of the sums appropriated in each fiscal year, to carry out the provisions of part B. "(b) ALLOTMENT.—From the remainder of such sums the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of such remainder as the school-age population of the State bears to the school-age population of all States, except that no State shall receive less than an amount equal to one-half of 1 percent of such remainder. "(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— "(1) The term 'school-age population' means the population aged 5 through 17. "(2) The term 'States' includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "SEC. I5I2. ALLOCATION TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
"(a) DISTRIBUTION RULE.—From the sum made available each year under section 1511, the State educational agency shall distribute not less than 80 percent to local educational agencies within such State according to the relative enrollments in public and private, nonprofit schools within the school districts of such agencies, adjusted, in accordance with criteria approved by the Secretary, to provide higher per pupil allocations to local educational agencies which have the greatest numbers or percentages of children whose education imposes a higher than average cost per child, such as— "(1) children living in areas with high concentrations of lowincome families, "(2) children from low-income families, and
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