§ 7703b. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees
(a)
Assistance to schools with significant numbers of military dependent students
(1)
Assistance authorized
The Secretary of Defense shall provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency described in paragraph (2) if, without such assistance, the local educational agency will be unable (as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary of Education) to provide the students in the schools of the local educational agency with a level of education that is equivalent to the minimum level of education available in the schools of the other local educational agencies in the same State.
(2)
Eligible local educational agencies
A local educational agency is eligible for assistance under this subsection for a fiscal year if at least 20 percent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent) of the students in average daily attendance in the schools of the local educational agency during the preceding school year were military dependent students counted under section
7703
(a)(1) of this title.
(b)
Assistance to schools with enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure changes, or force relocations
(1)
Assistance authorized
To assist communities in making adjustments resulting from changes in the size or location of the Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defense shall provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency described in paragraph (2) if, during the period between the end of the school year preceding the fiscal year for which the assistance is authorized and the beginning of the school year immediately preceding that school year, the local educational agency had (as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary of Education) an overall increase or reduction of—
(2)
Eligible local educational agencies
A local educational agency is eligible for assistance under this subsection for a fiscal year if—
(A)
the local educational agency is eligible for assistance under subsection (a) of this section for the same fiscal year, or would have been eligible for such assistance if not for the reduction in military dependent students in schools of the local educational agency; and
(3)
Calculation of amount of assistance
(A)
Pro rata distribution
The amount of the assistance provided under this subsection to a local educational agency that is eligible for such assistance for a fiscal year shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—
(c)
Notification
Not later than June 30, 2006, and June 30 of each fiscal year thereafter for which funds are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall notify each local educational agency that is eligible for assistance under this section for that fiscal year of—
(d)
Disbursement of funds
The Secretary of Defense shall disburse assistance made available under this section for a fiscal year not later than 30 days after the date on which notification to the eligible local educational agencies is provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this section for that fiscal year.
(e)
Funding for fiscal year 2006
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section
301
(5) [1] for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities—
(f)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
The term “base closure process” means the 2005 base closure and realignment process authorized by Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note ) or any base closure and realignment process conducted after January 6, 2006, under section
2687 of title
10 or any other similar law enacted after January 6, 2006.
(2)
The term “local educational agency” has the meaning given that term in section
7713
(9) of this title.
[1] See References in Text note below.