Federal · Title 20 — Education
20 U.S.C. § 7703d: Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces with enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations
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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 500 military dependent students in average daily attendance in the schools of the local educational agency. 20 percent or more of students enrolled in schools of the local educational agency are military dependent students; 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. A signed record of decision. the per-student rate determined under paragraph (2) 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 subsection (a). the total amount of funds made available for that fiscal year to provide assistance under subsection (a); 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 that subsection. A local educational agency may not receive more than $15,000,000 in assistance under subsection (a) for any fiscal year. Assistance may not be provided under subsection (a) after September 30, 2028 . the eligibility of the local educational agency for the assistance; and the amount of the assistance for which the local educational agency is eligible. The Secretary of Defense shall disburse assistance made available under subsection (a) 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 (e) for that fiscal year. Not later than March 1, 2023 , the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the estimated cost of providing assistance to local educational agencies under subsection (a) through September 30, 2028 . Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, Department of Defense Education Activity, Line 390, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby increased by $15,000,000 for purposes of this section. Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, Line 500, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by $15,000,000. The term “base closure process” means any base closure and realignment process conducted after December 23, 2022 , under section 2687 of title 10 or any other similar law enacted after that date. 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 several States and the District of Columbia.
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