Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/7901
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7901', 'art 2', '§ 7901', '§ 7901', '§ 9521', '§ 901', '§ 9201', '§ 101']

20 U.S. Code § 7901 - Maintenance of effort | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 20 › Chapter 70 › Subchapter IX › Part E › Subpart 2 › § 7901 20 U.S. Code § 7901 - Maintenance of effort
In general A local educational agency may receive funds under a covered program for any fiscal year only if the State educational agency finds that either the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the agency and the State with respect to the provision of free public education by the agency for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year.
Reduction in case of failure to meet (1)
In general The State educational agency shall reduce the amount of the allocation of funds under a covered program in any fiscal year in the exact proportion by which a local educational agency fails to meet the requirement of subsection (a) of this section by falling below 90 percent of both the combined fiscal effort per student and aggregate expenditures (using the measure most favorable to the local agency).
Special rule No such lesser amount shall be used for computing the effort required under subsection (a) of this section for subsequent years.
Waiver The Secretary may waive the requirements of this section if the Secretary determines that a waiver would be equitable due to—
(Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9521, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901,Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1980.)
A prior section 7901,Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9201, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101,Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3794, set forth short title of the Native Hawaiian Education Act, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110. See section 7511 of this title.