20 U.S.C. § 7703b: Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees

The Secretary of Defense shall provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency described in paragraph (2) if, without such assistance, the local educational agency will be unable (as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary of Education) to provide the students in the schools of the local educational agency with a level of education that is equivalent to the minimum level of education available in the schools of the other local educational agencies in the same State. A local educational agency is eligible for assistance under this subsection for a fiscal year if at least 20 percent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent) of the students in average daily attendance in the schools of the local educational agency during the preceding school year were military dependent students counted under section 7703(a)(1) of this title . not less than five percent in the average daily attendance of military dependent students in the schools of the local educational agency; or not less than 250 military dependent students in average daily attendance in the schools of the local educational agency. the local educational agency is eligible for assistance under subsection (a) for the same fiscal year, or would have been eligible for such assistance if not for the reduction in military dependent students in schools of the local educational agency; and The global rebasing plan of the Department of Defense. The official creation or activation of one or more new military units. The realignment of forces as a result of the base closure process. A change in the number of housing units on a military installation. the per-student rate determined under subparagraph (B) for that fiscal year; by the net of the overall increases and reductions in the number of military dependent students in schools of the local educational agency, as determined under paragraph (1). the total amount of funds made available for that fiscal year to provide assistance under this subsection; by the sum of the overall increases and reductions in the number of military dependent students in schools of all eligible local educational agencies for that fiscal year under this subsection. A local educational agency may not receive more than $1,000,000 in assistance under this subsection for any fiscal year. Assistance may not be provided under this subsection after September 30, 2014 . the eligibility of the local educational agency for the assistance, including whether the agency is eligible for assistance under either subsection (a) or (b) or both subsections; and the amount of the assistance for which the local educational agency is eligible. The Secretary of Defense shall disburse assistance made available under this section for a fiscal year not later than 30 days after the date on which notification to the eligible local educational agencies is provided pursuant to subsection (c) for that fiscal year. The term “base closure process” means the 2005 base closure and realignment process authorized by Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510 ; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) or any base closure and realignment process conducted after January 6, 2006 , under section 2687 of title 10 or any other similar law enacted after January 6, 2006 . The term “local educational agency” has the meaning given that term in section 7713(9) of this title . elementary and secondary school students who are dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and elementary and secondary school students who are dependents of civilian employees of the Department of Defense. The term “State” means each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia.