 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
         SUBCHAPTER VI--INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM STRATEGIES
 
                    Part A--State and Local Programs
 
Sec. 7311. Allotment to States


(a) Reservations

    From the sums appropriated to carry out this subchapter in any 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not to exceed one percent for 
payments to outlying areas to be allotted in accordance with their 
respective needs.

(b) Allotment

    From the remainder of such sums, the Secretary shall allot to each 
State an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of such 
remainder as the school-age population of the State bears to the school-
age population of all States, except that no State shall receive less 
than an amount equal to one-half of one percent of such remainder.

(c) Definitions

    For purposes of this part:
        (1) The term ``school-age population'' means the population aged 
    5 through 17.
        (2) The term ``States'' includes the 50 States, the District of 
    Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title VI, Sec. 6101, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3708.)
