---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7231e"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7231e"
heading: "Priority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7231e"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter IV — 21st Century Schools"
  - "Part D — Magnet Schools Assistance"
---

# §7231e. Priority


In awarding grants under this part, the [Secretary](/usc/20/7801.md?p=46) shall give priority to applicants that—

- (1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance, based on the expense or difficulty of effectively carrying out approved desegregation plans and the magnet school program for which the grant is sought;
- (2) propose to—
  - (A) carry out a new, [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) magnet school program;
  - (B) significantly revise an existing magnet school program, using [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) methods and practices, as available; or
  - (C) [replicate](/usc/20/7221i.md?p=9) an existing magnet school program that has a demonstrated record of success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups;
- (3) propose to select students to attend magnet school programs by methods such as lottery, rather than through academic examination; and
- (4) propose to increase racial integration by taking into account socioeconomic diversity in designing and implementing magnet school programs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4406, formerly title V, § 5306, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title V, § 501, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1809; renumbered title IV, § 4406, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, §§ 4001(b)(3)(A), (B), (D)(i), 4401(3), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1967, 2014.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 4406 of Pub. L. 89–10 was classified to section 3126 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89–10 by Pub. L. 103–382.

### Amendments

2015—Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 114–95, § 4401(3), added pars. (2) to (4) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which read as follows:

“(2) propose to carry out new magnet school programs, or significantly revise existing magnet school programs; and

“(3) propose to select students to attend magnet school programs by methods such as lottery, rather than through academic examination.”

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–95 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 a note under section 6301 of this title.