20 U.S.C. § 6331: Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior

reserve 0.4 percent to provide assistance to the outlying areas in accordance with subsection (b); and reserve 0.7 percent to provide assistance to the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with subsection (d). first reserve $1,000,000 for the Republic of Palau, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may establish, except that Public Law 95–134 , permitting the consolidation of grants, shall not apply; and use the remaining funds to award grants to the outlying areas in accordance with paragraphs (2) through (5). The Secretary shall allocate the amount available under paragraph (1)(B) to the outlying areas in proportion to their relative numbers of children, aged 5 to 17, inclusive, from families below the poverty level, on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available from the Department of Commerce. not less than 95 percent of the amount made available for the preceding fiscal year if the number of children counted under paragraph (2) is not less than 30 percent of the total number of children aged 5 to 17 years, inclusive, in the outlying area; not less than 90 percent of the amount made available for the preceding fiscal year if the percentage described in subparagraph (A) is between 15 percent and 30 percent; and not less than 85 percent of the amount made available for the preceding fiscal year if the percentage described in subparagraph (A) is below 15 percent. If the amount made available under paragraph (1)(B) for any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amounts that the outlying areas are eligible to receive under paragraphs (2) and (3) for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce those amounts. for programs described in this chapter, including teacher training, curriculum development, instructional materials, or general school improvement and reform; and to provide direct educational services that assist all students with meeting the challenging State academic standards. For the purpose of this section, the term “outlying area” means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Indian children on reservations served by elementary schools and secondary schools for Indian children operated or supported by the Department of the Interior; and out-of-State Indian children in elementary schools and secondary schools in local educational agencies under special contracts with the Department of the Interior. 40 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in the State in which the agency is located; or 48 percent of such expenditure in the United States. If, by reason of the application of subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the total amount available for allocation to all States under this part would be less than the amount allocated to all States for fiscal year 2016 under this part, the Secretary shall provide assistance to the outlying areas and the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with this section, as in effect on the day before December 10, 2015 .