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20 USC § 6439 - Technical assistance 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s6439"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 6439 - Technical assistance"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "6439"
section_name: "Technical assistance"
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"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk"
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, § 1419, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1587; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(7), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1903.)"
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# § 6439. Technical assistance

The Secretary may reserve not more than 2.5 percent of the amount made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year to provide technical assistance to and support the capacity building of State agency programs assisted under this subpart.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1419, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1587; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(7), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1903.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—, in section catchline, substituted “Technical assistance” for “Evaluation; technical assistance; annual model program” and, in text, substituted “for a fiscal year” for “for a fiscal year—”, struck out par. (2) designation before “to provide”, and struck out par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop a uniform model to evaluate the effectiveness of programs assisted under this subpart; and”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under .