---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 6691"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "6691"
heading: "Supplement, not supplant"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/6691"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter II — Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers, Principals, or Other School Leaders"
  - "Part C — General Provisions"
---

# §6691. Supplement, not supplant


Funds made available under this subchapter shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be used for activities authorized under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2301, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title II, § 2002, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1953.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6691, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2321, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title II, § 201, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1660, authorized appropriations for subpart 1 of part C of former subchapter II of this chapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–95, § 5, title II, § 2002, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1806, 1913, effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs.

A prior section 2301 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 6671 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–239.

Another prior section 2301 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 6671 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.