20 USC § 6304 - State administration

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s6304"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 6304 - State administration"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "6304"
section_name: "State administration"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1004, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1444.)"
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# § 6304. State administration

**(a)** **In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), to carry out administrative duties assigned under parts A, C, and D of this subchapter, each State may reserve the greater of—

**(1)** 1 percent of the amounts received under such parts; or

**(2)** $400,000 ($50,000 in the case of each outlying area).

**(b)** **Exception** If the sum of the amounts appropriated for parts A, C, and D of this subchapter is equal to or greater than $14,000,000,000, then the reservation described in subsection (a)(1) shall not exceed 1 percent of the amount the State would receive, if $14,000,000,000 were allocated among the States for parts A, C, and D of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1004, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1444.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 9004 and was classified to , prior to the general amendment of  by .