---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 6576"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "6576"
heading: "Rule of construction on equalized spending"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/6576"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter I — Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged"
  - "Part F — General Provisions"
---

# §6576. Rule of construction on equalized spending


Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to mandate equalized spending per pupil for a [State](/usc/20/7171.md?p=b-6), [local educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A), or school.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1605, formerly § 1906, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1619; renumbered § 1605, Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1501(a)(5), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1906.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1605 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 6515 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–95.