---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7545"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7545"
heading: "Administrative provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7545"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VI — Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education"
  - "Part C — Alaska Native Education"
---

# §7545. Administrative provisions


Not more than 5 percent of funds provided to an award recipient under this part for any fiscal year may be used for administrative purposes.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VI, § 6305, formerly title VII, § 7305, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title VII, § 701, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1946; renumbered title VI, § 6305, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VI, §§ 6001(a), (b)(1), 6004(d), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2046, 2071.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7545, Pub. L. 89–10, title VII, § 7305, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3741, related to State applications, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter VII of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

### Amendments

2015—Pub. L. 114–95, § 6004(d), amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section set out various administrative provisions relating to applications for grants and awards under this part, consisting of subsecs. (a) to (d).

### 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.