20 U.S.C. § 7710
Section 7710 · Federal administration
Viewing 20 U.S.C. § 7710 as in effect on October 30, 2000. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent January 2, 2013).
View current version →The Secretary shall round any payments under this subchapter to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Each Federal agency administering Federal property on which children reside, and each agency principally responsible for an activity that may occasion assistance under this subchapter, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, comply with requests of the Secretary for information the Secretary may require to carry out this subchapter.
(1) Certain children eligible under subparagraphs (A) and (G)(ii) of section 7703(a)(1)
(A) The Secretary shall treat as eligible under subparagraph (A) of section 7703(a)(1) of this title any child who would be eligible under such subparagraph except that the Federal property on which the child resides or on which the child's parent is employed is not in the same State in which the child attends school, if such child meets the requirements of paragraph (3) 1 of this subsection.
(B) The Secretary shall treat as eligible under subparagraph (G) of section 7703(a)(1) of this title any child who would be eligible under such subparagraph except that such child does not meet the requirements of clause (ii) of such subparagraph, if such child meets the requirements of paragraph (3) 1 of this subsection.
(2) Requirements
A child meets the requirements of this paragraph if—
(A) such child resides—
(i) in a State adjacent to the State in which the local educational agency serving the school such child attends is located; or
(ii) with a parent employed on Federal property in a State adjacent to the State in which such agency is located;
(B) the schools of such agency are within a more reasonable commuting distance of such child's home than the schools of the local educational agency that serves the school attendance area where such child resides;
(C) attending the schools of the local educational agency that serves the school attendance area where such child resides will impose a substantial hardship on such child;
(D) the State in which such child attends school provides funds for the education of such child on the same basis as all other public school children in the State, unless otherwise permitted under section 7709(b) of this title; and
(E) such agency received a payment for fiscal year 1999 under section 7703(b) of this title on behalf of children described in paragraph (1).
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
2000—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XVIII, §1813(1), (2)], redesignated par. (2) as (1) and struck out heading and text of former par. (1). Text read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any fiscal year before fiscal year 1995, the Secretary shall treat as eligible under subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) (as such subsection was in effect on the day preceding October 20, 1994), and shall forgive the obligation of a local educational agency to repay any amounts that such agency received under such section for such fiscal year based on, any child who would be eligible under such subsections except that such child does not meet the requirements of subsection (a)(1)(B) or (b)(2)(B), respectively, of such section 3, if such child meets the requirements of paragraph (3) of this subsection.”
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XVIII, §1813(2)], redesignated par. (3) as (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (1).
Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XVIII, §1813(3)(A)], struck out “section 5(d)(2) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) (as such section was in effect on the day preceding October 20, 1994) or” after “otherwise permitted under”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(E). Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XVIII, §1813(3)(B)], substituted “1999” for “1994”, struck out “(or such section's predecessor authority)” after “section 7703(b) of this title”, and substituted “paragraph (1)” for “paragraph (2)”.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XVIII, §1813(2)], redesignated par. (3) as (2).