Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 88 Part 1.djvu/569

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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

"(2)(A)(i) Clause (B) of paragraph (1) shall not operate to make any local educational agency eligible for a payment under this section for any fiscal year unless the number of children with respect to whom determination was made under subsections (a) and (b) respecting such agency for that fiscal year is at least ten. "(ii) If a local educational agency is eligible for a payment for any fiscal year by the operation of clause (B) of paragraph (1), it shall continue to be so eligible for the two succeeding fiscal years even if such agency fails to meet the requirement of such clause (B) during such succeeding fiscal years, except that the number of children determined for the second such succeeding fiscal year with respect to such agency for the purpose of any clause in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) shall not exceed 50 per centum of the number of children determined with respect to such agency for the purpose of that clause for the last fiscal year during which such agency was so eligible. "(iii) If the Commissioner determines with respect to any local educational agency for any fiscal year that— " (I) such agency does not meet the requirement of clause (B) of paragraph (1); and " ( II) the application of such requirement, because of exceptional circumstances, would defeat the purposes of this title; the Commissioner is authorized to waive such requirement with respect to such agency. " (B) No local educational agency shall be entitled to receive a payment for any fiscal year with respect to a number of children determined under the second sentence of subsection (b) unless the number of children so determined constitutes at least 20 per centum of the total number of children who were in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency and for whom such agency, during such fiscal year, provided free public education. "Amount of Payments " (d)(1) Except as is provided in paragraph (2), the amount to which a local educational agency shall be entitled under this section for any fiscal year shall be— " (A) in the case of any local educational agency with respect to which the rnmiber of children determined for such fiscal year under subsection (a) amounts to at least 25 per centum of the total number of children who were in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency during such fiscal year and for whom such agency provided free public education, an amount equal to 100 per centum of the local contribution rate multiplied by the number of children determined under such subsection plus the sum of the products obtained with respect to such agency under clauses (B) (iii),(B)(iv),and(B)(v);and " (B) in any other case, an amount equal to the sum of— "(i) the product obtained by multiplying 100 per centum of the local contribution rate by the number of children determined with respect to such agency for such fiscal year under clause (2) of subsection (a), "(ii) the product obtained by multiplying 90 per centum of the local contribution rate by the number of children determined with respect to such agency for such fiscal year under clause d) of subsection (a), "(iii) the product obtained by multiplying 50 per centum of the local contribution rate by the number of children determined with respect to such agency for such fiscal year under clause (3) of subsection (b),

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