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 PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 509 (c) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES. —Section 419D of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-34) is amended to read as follows: "ALLOCATION AMONG STATES "SEC. 419D. (a) ALLOCATION FORMULA. — From the sums appropriated pursuant to the authority of section 419K for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each State that has an agreement under section 419E an amount equal to $1,500 multiplied by the number of scholarships determined by the Secretary to be available to such State in accordance with subsection (b). "(b) NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. — The number of scholarships to be made available in a State for any fiscal year shall bear the same ratio to the number of scholarships made available to all States as the State's population ages 5 through 17 bears to the population ages 5 through 17 in all the States, except that not less than 10 scholarships shall be made aveiilable to any State. "(c) USE OF CENSUS DATA. — For the purpose of this section, the population ages 5 through 17 in a State and in all the States shall be determined by the most recently available data, satisfactory to the Secretaryfi-omthe Bureau of the Census.". (d) SELECTION OF SCHOLARS. —Section 419G of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-37) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: "(b) ADOPTION OF PROCEDURES. —The State educational agency shall adopt selection procedures designed to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of awards within the State (and in the case of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or Palau (until such time as the Compact of Free Association is ratified), not to exceed 10 individuals will be selectedfi:omsuch entities). "; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d) TIMING OF SELECTION. — The selection process shall be completed, and the awards made, prior to the end of each secondary school academic year.". (e) STIPENDS AND SCHOLARSHIP CONDITIONS. — Section 419H(a) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-38(a)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: ", except that in no case shall the total amount of financial aid awarded to such student exceed such student's total cost-of-attendance". (f) CONSTRUCTION OF NEEDS PROVISIONS. — Section 419J of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-40) is amended by striking "Nothing" and inserting "Except as provided in section 471, nothing". (g) AWARDS CEREMONY. — (1) REPEAL. — Section 4191 of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-39) is repealed. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Section 419E of the Act (20 U.S.C. 1070d-35) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3) by inserting "and" after the semicolon; (B) in paragraph (4) by striking "at an awards ceremony in accordance with section 4191; and" and inserting a period; and (3) by striking paragraph (5). (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —Section 419K of the Act 20 USC is amended to read as follows: I070d-4l.

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