20 USC § 7231h - Limitations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7231h"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7231h - Limitations"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7231h"
section_name: "Limitations"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Magnet Schools Assistance"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4408, formerly title V, § 5309, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1810; renumbered title IV, § 4408, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, §§ 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(iii), 4401(5), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967, 2015.)"
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# § 7231h. Limitations

**(a)** **Duration of awards** A grant under this part shall be awarded for a period that shall not exceed 5 fiscal years.

**(b)** **Limitation on planning funds** A local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, may expend for planning (professional development shall not be considered to be planning for purposes of this subsection) not more than 50 percent of the grant funds received under this part for the first year of the program and not more than 15 percent of such funds for each of the second and third such years.

**(c)** **Amount** No grant awarded under this part to a local educational agency, or a consortium of such agencies, shall be for more than $15,000,000 for the grant period described in subsection (a).

**(d)** **Timing** To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall award grants for any fiscal year under this part not later than June 1 of the applicable fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4408, formerly title V, § 5309, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1810; renumbered title IV, § 4408, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, §§ 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(iii), 4401(5), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967, 2015.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

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

### Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a). , substituted “5” for “3”.

Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “No local educational agency, or consortium of such agencies, awarded a grant under this part shall receive more than $4,000,000 under this part for any 1 fiscal year.”

Subsec. (d). , substituted “June” for “July”.

## 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 .