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20 USC § 7115 - Allocations to local educational agencies 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7115"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7115 - Allocations to local educational agencies"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7115"
section_name: "Allocations to local educational agencies"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants"
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 IV, § 4105, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4101, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1974.)"
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# § 7115. Allocations to local educational agencies

**(a)** **Allocations to local educational agencies**

**(1)** **In general** section 7114(a)(1) of this titlesection 7116 of this title

From the funds reserved by a State under , the State shall allocate to each local educational agency in the State that has an application approved by the State educational agency under  an amount that bears the same relationship to the total amount of such reservation as the amount the local educational agency received under subpart 2 of part A of subchapter I for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount received by all local educational agencies in the State under such subpart for the preceding fiscal year.

**(2)** **Minimum local educational agency allocation** No allocation to a local educational agency under this subsection may be made in an amount that is less than $10,000, subject to subsection (b).

**(3)** **Consortia** Local educational agencies in a State may form a consortium with other surrounding local educational agencies and combine the funds each such agency in the consortium receives under this section to jointly carry out the local activities described in this subpart.

**(b)** **Ratable reduction** section 7114(a)(1) of this title

If the amount reserved by the State under  is insufficient to make allocations to local educational agencies in an amount equal to the minimum allocation described in subsection (a)(2), such allocations shall be ratably reduced.

**(c)** **Administrative costs** Of the amount received under subsection (a)(2), a local educational agency may reserve not more than 2 percent for the direct administrative costs of carrying out the local educational agency’s responsibilities under this subpart.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4105, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4101, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1974.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7115, , as added , , , related to authorized activities, prior to the general amendment of this subpart by .

Another prior section 7115, , as added , , , related to local applications, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .

A prior  was classified to , prior to the general amendment of  by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under .