---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7355c"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7355c"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7355c"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter V — Flexibility and Accountability"
  - "Part B — Rural Education Initiative"
  - "Subpart 3 — general provisions"
---

# §7355c. Authorization of appropriations


There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $169,840,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2020, to be distributed equally between subparts 1 and 2 of this part.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5234, formerly title VI, § 6234, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title VI, § 601, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1897; renumbered title V, § 5234, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title V, §§ 5001(a)(5), 5003(9), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2039, 2040, 2045.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95, § 5003(9), substituted “$169,840,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 2020,” for “$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years,”.

### 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.