US Code

Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

20 U.S.C. § 1070c–1

Allotment among States

Section text and notes

(a)

Allotment based on number of eligible students in attendance

(1)
section 1070c(b)(1) of this titlesection 1070c(b)(2) of this title From the sums appropriated pursuant to and not reserved under for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the number of students who are deemed eligible in such State for participation in the grant program authorized by this subpart bears to the total number of such students in all the States, except that no State shall receive less than the State received for fiscal year 1979.
(2)
For the purpose of this subsection, the number of students who are deemed eligible in a State for participation in the grant program authorized by this subpart, and the number of such students in all the States, shall be determined for the most recent year for which satisfactory data are available.
(b)

Reallotment

section 1070c(b)(1) of this titleThe amount of any State’s allotment under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which the Secretary determines will not be required for such fiscal year for the leveraging educational assistance partnership program of that State shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such year as the Secretary may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under such part for such year, but with such proportionate amount for any of such States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Secretary estimates such State needs and will be able to use for such year for carrying out the State plan. The total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so reduced. Any amount reallotted to a State under this part during a year from funds appropriated pursuant to shall be deemed part of its allotment under subsection (a) for such year.

(c)

Allotments subject to continuing compliance

section 1070c–2(b) of this titleThe Secretary shall make payments for continuing incentive grants only to States which continue to meet the requirements of .

Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 415BPub. L. 99–498, title IV, § 401(a)100 Stat. 1333 Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 407(a)(2)(A)112 Stat. 1666 (, as added , , ; amended , (c)(2), , , 1667.)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 415BPub. L. 92–318, title I, § 131(b)(1)86 Stat. 256 Pub. L. 94–482, title I, § 123(c)(2)90 Stat. 2094 Pub. L. 96–374, title IV, § 404(b)94 Stat. 1407 Pub. L. 99–498A prior section 1070c–1, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , title XIII, § 1391(a)(1), , , 1503, related to allotment among States of amounts for grants to States for State student incentives, prior to the general revision of this part by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 105–244, § 407(c)(2)section 1070c(b)(2) of this title1998—Subsec. (a)(1). , inserted “and not reserved under ” after “1070c(b)(1) of this title”.

Pub. L. 105–244, § 407(a)(2)(A)Subsec. (b). , substituted “leveraging educational assistance partnership” for “State student grant incentive”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Pub. L. 105–244Pub. L. 105–244section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244section 1001 of this titleAmendment by effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .