PUBLIC LAW 107-279—NOV. 5, 2002 116 STAT. 1987 "(bb) for a local educational agency that has a total student enrollment of less than 350 students, has a per-pupil expenditure that is less than the average per-pupil expenditure of a comparable local education agency or three comparable local educational agencies in the State in which the local educational agency is located; and". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by section 406(a) shall be effective on September 30, 2001, and shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2001, and all subsequent fiscal years. (c) BONESTEEL-FAIRFAX SCHOOL DISTRICT. —The Secretary of Education shall deem the local educational agency serving the Bonesteel-Fairfax school district, 26-5, in Bonesteel, South Dakota, as eligible in fiscal year 2003 for a basic support payment for heavily impacted local educational agencies under section 8003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)). (d) CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education shall treat as timely filed an application filed by Central School District, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, for payment for federally connected students for fiscal year 2003, pursuant to section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703), and shall process such application for payment, if the Secretary has received such application not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Applicability. 20 USC 7703 note. Deadline. Approved November 5, 2002. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3801: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-404 (Comm. on Education and the Workforce). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): Apr. 30, considered and passed House. Oct. 15, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 16, House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 38 (2002): Nov. 5, Presidential statement.
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