An Act to provide the Secretary of the Interior to make payments to appropriate school districts to assist in providing educational facilities and services for persons living within or near the Grand Canyon National Park on nontaxable Federal lands, and for other purposes.
PL 95-244 (S.2076), enacted 03/14/1978

92 STAT. 154 
PUBLIC LAW 95-244—MAR. 14, 1978 
Public Law 95-244 
95th Congress 
Mar. 14, 1978 
[S. 2076] 
Grand Canyon 
National Park, 
Ariz. 
Financial 
assistance to the 
Grand Canyon 
Unified School 
District. 
20 u s e 238 note. 
Cooperative 
agreements with 
State or local 
agencies. 
An Act 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make payments to appropriate 
school districts to assist in providing educational facilities and services for 
persons living within or near the Grand Canyon National Park on nontaxable 
Federal lands, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Go^igress assemhled^ That (a) the Secre-
tary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as the "Secretary") is 
authorized for the two-year period commencing October 1, 1978, and 
ending September 30, 1980 to make payments to reimburse the appro-
priate school district or districts (hereafter referred to as the 
"districts") for educational facilities and services (including, where 
appropriate, transportation to and from school) incurred by said dis-
tricts in providing educational benefits to pupils living at or near the 
Grand Canyon National Park upon real property owned by the 
United States Avhich is not subject to taxation by State or local agen-
cies : Provided, That the payments for any school year to said districts 
shall not exceed that part of the cost of operating and maintaining 
such facilities and providing such services which the number of pupils 
as defined above bears to the whole number of pupils in average daily 
attendance within said districts for that year. 
(b) If in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, the aforesaid 
educational facilities and services cannot be provided adequately and 
payment made therefor on a pro rata basis, as prescribed in subsection 
(a), the Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agree-
ments with State or local agencies for (1) the operation of school 
facilities, (2) for the construction and expansion of educational facili-
ties at Federal expense, and (3) for contribution by the Federal Gov-
ernment, on an equitable basis satisfactory to the Secretary, to cover 
the increased cost to local agencies for providing the educational serv-
ices required for the purposes of this section: Provided, That author-
ity to make payments under this subsection shall be effective only to 
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts. 
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92 STAT. 155 
(c) The Secretary shall submit an annual estimate of the antici- Annual estimated 
pated payments which may be made in accordance with the provisions payments; 
of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the United States submittal to 
Senate and House of Representatives. There are authorized to be conunlttee"^ 
appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1979 Appropriation 
and an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1980 to carry authorization, 
out the provisions of this Act: Provided^ That any appropriations 
made pursuant to this Act shall be reduced by the amount of any 
payments made to said districts pursuant to the Acts of September 23, 
1950 (64 Stat. 906), as amended (20 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), and Septem-
ber 30, 1950 (64 Stat. 1100), as amended (20 U.S.C. 236 et seq.). Any 
amount appropriated pursuant to this Act for any fiscal year shall 
remain available until expended. 
Approved March 14, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-847 (Coram, on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-388 accompanying S. 2002 (Comm. on Human Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 123 (1977): Sept. 9, considered and passed Senate, in lieu of S. 2002. 
Vol. 124 (1978): Feb. 6, considered and passed House, amended. 
Feb. 28, Senate agreed to House amendments. 
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