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 105 STAT. 1042 PUBLIC LAW 102-159—NOV. 13, 1991 Public Law 102-159 102d Congress An Act Nov. 13, 1991 To restore the authority of the Secretary of Education to make certain preliminary [S. 1848] payments to local educational agencies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dropout United States of America in Congress assembled, Preve ntion Technical SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Correction Amendment This Act may be cited as the Dropout Prevention Technical S^l?2J, - „. Correction Amendment of 1991". 20 USC 236 note. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. Paragraph (2) of section 5(b) of the Act entitled "To provide financial assistance to local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities and for other purposes", approved September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 240(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) As soon as possible after the beginning of any fiscal year, the Secretary shall, on the basis of a written request for a preliminary payment from any local education agency that was eligible for a payment for the preceding fiscal year on the basis of entitlements established under section 2 or 3, make such a preliminary payment— "(A) to any agency for whom the number of children determined under section 3(a) amounts to at least 20 per centum of such agency's total average daily attendance, of 75 per centum of the amount that such agency received for such preceding fiscal year on the basis of such entitlements; and "(B) to any other agency, of 50 per centum of the amount that such agency received for such preceding fiscal year on the basis of such entitlements.". Approved November 13, 1991. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1848: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): Oct. 25, considered and passed Senate. Nov. 1, considered and passed House.

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