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[84 STAT. 127]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 127]

84 STAT. ]

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PUBLIC LAW 91-230-APR. 13, 1970

\n'oVili\\s Hiid projects desi<iiied to meet the special education] needs of educationally depiived children. DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 128. For the piirpose of this part the term 'eiiort index' Avhen applied to States, means the per centum expressing the ratio of expenditures from all non-Federal sources in a State for public elementary and secondary education to the total personal income in such State, and the term 'national ei!ort index* means the per centum exjiressing the ratio of such expenditures in all States to the total personal income in all States; and the term 'State" means the fifty States and the District of (.'olumbia.

"Effort i n d e x. "

" National effort index."

I'ART C—SPECIAL GRANTS EOK L'RBAX AND RURAL SCHOOLS SERVIN(J AREAS W I T H THE HKJHEST CONCENTRATIONS OE CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES "ELIGIBILITY

AND

MAXIMUM

A M O l ' N T OF (JRANT

131. (a)(1) Each local educati<mal agency which is eligible for a grant under paragraph (2) of section 103(a) shall be entitled to an additional grant under this paragraph for any fiscal year if— " (A) the total number of children described in clause (A), (I^), or (C) of section 103(a)(2) in the school district of such agency for such year amounts to at least 20 per centum of the total mimber of children, aged five to seventeen inclusive, in the school district of such agency for such year; or " (B) the total number of children described in clause (A), (B), or (C) of section 103(a)(2) in the school district is at least 5,000 and amounts to at least 5 per centum of the total number of children, aged five to seventeen, inclusive, in such school district. "(2) P^ach local educational agency which is eligible for a grant under paragraph (2) of section 103(a) and which (A) is not eligible for a grant under paragraph (1) of this subsection, but (B) would be eligible for a grant under such paragraph (1) if there were in the school district of such agency a relatively small increase in the number of children, aged five to seventeen, inclusive, described in clause (A), (B), o r (C) of section 103(a)(2) shall be entitled to a grant under this l)aragraph (2) if the State educational agency of the State in which such agency is located determines (in accordance with criteria established by regulation of the Commissioner) that such agency has an urgent need for financial assistance to meet the special educational needs of the educationally deprived children in the school district of such agency. ' ' (b)(1) The maximum amount of any grant to any lo<"al educational agency under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be— •'(A) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, 30 per centum of the amount that such agency is eligible to receive for such fiscal year under paragraph (2) of section 103(a); and " (B) for any succeeding fiscal year, 40 per centum of the amount that such agency is eligible to receive for each such succeeding fiscal year. The aggregate of the amounts for which all local educational agencies are eligible under this paragraph for any fiscal year shall not exceed the amount determined in the following manner: (i) compute the total amount for which all State and local educational agencies are eligible under this title for that fiscal year; "(ii) subtract from such total, a sum equal to the figure set forth in paragraph (3) of section 144; and •'SEC.

79 Stat. 28; 81 Stat. 787. 20 USC 241c.

79 Stat. 28; 80 Stat. 1193; 81 Stat. 787.

81 Stat. 785; Ante, p. 126. 20 USC 241h.