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 94 STAT. 1474

Computation.

Allotment ratios.

PUBLIC LAW 96-374—OCT. 3, 1980

"(A) the number of persons in the State who have graduated from high school or received an equivalent certificate during the previous school year, and "(B) the State's allotment ratio, bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States. "(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the allotment ratio shall be 1.00 less the product of— "(i) 0.50, and "(ii) the quotient obtained by dividing the income per person for the State by the income per person for all States (not including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Guam). "(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)— "(i) the allotment ratio shall in no case be less than 0.33% or more than 0.66%; "(ii) the allotment ratio for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Guam shall be 0.66%; and "(iii) the allotment ratio of any State shall be 0.50 for any fiscal year if the Secretary finds that the cost of school construction in such State exceeds twice the median of such costs in all the States as determined by him on the basis of statistics and data as the Secretary shall deem adequate and appropriate. "(C) Allotment ratios shall be promulgated annually by the Secretary on the basis of the average personal income in the State and in all the States for the three most recent consecutive calendar years for which data are available from the Department of Commerce. "(c) For the purpose of making grants to all other institutions of higher education, the Secretary shall allot to each State— "(1) an amount which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum of the amount available for allotment under this subsection as the number of students enrolled in institutions of higher education in such State bears to the number of students so enrolled in all States; and "(2) an amount which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum of the amount available for allotment under this subsection as the number of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve of schools in such State bears to the total number of students so enrolled in all the States. "(d) The aggregate amount allotted to any State under subsections (b) and (c) for any fiscal year shall not be less than $100,000. If the sums appropriated pursuant to section 702 are not sufficient to make payments to each State, then the amount of each State's allotment shall be ratably reduced. "(e) Any portion of a State's allotment under subsections (b) and (c) for any fiscal year for which applications from qualified institutions have not been received by the State agency prior to January 1 of such fiscal year shall, by request, be available for payment of the Federal share of cost of other approved projects. "(f) Amounts allotted under this section for any fiscal year which are not used by the close of the fiscal year, shall be reallotted by the Secretary among the States which are able to use these funds without delay during the next fiscal year. "(g) Funds available under this part may be used for construction, reconstruction, or renovation of undergraduate facilities and combined graduate and undergraduate facilities.

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