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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

[88 STAT.

"(iv) the product obtained by multiplying 45 per centum of the local contribution rate by the number of children determined with respect to such agency for such fiscal year under clauses (1) and (2)(A) of subsection (b),and " (v) the product obtained by multiplying 40 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)(B) of subsection (b). "(2)(A) Not later than December 1 during each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1977, the Commissioner shall, except as is provided m clause (iii) in the third sentence of this subparagraph, determine the total number of children with respect to whom determinations are made under subsection (b) for all local educational agencies making application for payments under this section which meet the eligibility requirements set forth in subsection (c). The Commissioner shall determine the percentage which such number constitutes of the total number of children who were in average daily attendance at the schools of such agencies during such fiscal year and for whom such agencies provided free public education. In calculating the products under clauses (B) ( i i i), (B) ( i v), and (B)(v) of paragraph (1), with respect to any local educational agency for any fiscal year, the Commissioner shall reduce the number of children with respect to whom a determination is made under subsection (b) by a number equal to one-half of the number which the percentage determined under the preceding sentence constitutes of the total number of children with respect to whom such a determination is made and 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, except that— "(i) such percentage shall not exceed 4 per centum; "(ii) the number reduced shall not exceed three hundred; and " (iii) this subparagraph shall not apply to any local educational agency (I) with respect to which the number of children determined under subsection (b) for any fiscal year amounts to at least 10 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, or ( II) during any fiscal year in which such agency receives more than 25 per centum of the funds for its current expenditures from payments under this section. In determining the total number of children who were in average daily attendance at the schools of an agency during any fiscal year under clause (iii)(I) in the preceding sentence, the number of children in such schools with respect to whom a determination is made under subsection (a) for such year shall not be considered. " (B) If the Commissioner determines that— " (i) the amount computed under paragraph (1), as is otherwise provided in this subsection with respect to any local educational agency for any fiscal year, together with the funds available to such agency from State and local sources and from other sections of this title, is less than the amount necessary to enable such agency to provide a level of education equivalent to that maintained in the school districts of the State which are generally comparable to the school district of such agency; " (ii) such agency is making a reasonable tax effort and exercising due diligence m availing itself of State and other financial assistance;

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