---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7115"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7115"
heading: "Allocations to local educational agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7115"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter IV — 21st Century Schools"
  - "Part A — Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants"
  - "Subpart 1 — student support and academic enrichment grants"
---

# §7115. Allocations to local educational agencies

- (a) **Allocations to local educational agencies—**
  - (1) **In general—** From the funds reserved by a [State](/usc/20/7112.md?p=7) under [section 7114(a)(1) of this title](/usc/20/7114.md?p=a-1), the [State](/usc/20/7112.md?p=7) shall allocate to each [local educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) in the [State](/usc/20/7112.md?p=7) that has an application approved by the [State educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=49) under [section 7116 of this title](/usc/20/7116.md) an amount that bears the same relationship to the total amount of such reservation as the amount the [local educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) received under subpart 2 of part A of subchapter I for the preceding fiscal year bears to the total amount received by all [local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) in the [State](/usc/20/7112.md?p=7) under such subpart for the preceding fiscal year.
  - (2) **Minimum local educational agency allocation—** No allocation to a [local educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) under this subsection may be made in an amount that is less than $10,000, subject to [subsection (b)](#b).
  - (3) **Consortia—** [Local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) in a [State](/usc/20/7112.md?p=7) may form a consortium with other surrounding [local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) and combine the funds each such agency in the consortium receives under this section to jointly carry out the local activities described in this subpart.
- (b) **Ratable reduction—** If the amount reserved by the [State](/usc/20/7112.md?p=7) under [section 7114(a)(1) of this title](/usc/20/7114.md?p=a-1) is insufficient to make allocations to [local educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) in an amount equal to the minimum allocation described in [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2), such allocations shall be ratably reduced.
- (c) **Administrative costs—** Of the amount received under [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2), a [local educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A) may reserve not more than 2 percent for the direct administrative costs of carrying out the [local educational agency](/usc/20/7801.md?p=30-A)’s responsibilities under this subpart.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4105, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4101, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1974.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7115, Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4115, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IV, § 401, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1745, related to authorized activities, prior to the general amendment of this subpart by Pub. L. 114–95.

Another prior section 7115, Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4115, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3681, related to local applications, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

A prior section 4105 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3065 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

### 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.