20 USC § 7902 - Prohibition regarding State aid

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7902"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7902 - Prohibition regarding State aid"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7902"
section_name: "Prohibition regarding State aid"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Uniform Provisions"
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 VIII, § 8522, formerly title IX, § 9522, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1980; renumbered title VIII, § 8522, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, §§ 8001(a)(6), 8020, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089, 2112.)"
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# § 7902. Prohibition regarding State aid

A State shall not take into consideration payments under this chapter (other than under subchapter VII) in determining the eligibility of any local educational agency in that State for State aid, or the amount of State aid, with respect to free public education of children.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8522, formerly title IX, § 9522, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1980; renumbered title VIII, § 8522, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, §§ 8001(a)(6), 8020, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089, 2112.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7902, , as added , , , set forth findings, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter IX of this chapter by .

### Amendments

2015—, substituted “subchapter VII” for “subchapter VIII”.

## 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 .