The Impact Aid Program Statute
as amended through August 2, 2002
Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
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SEC. 8010. [20 U.S.C. 7710] FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
  1. PAYMENTS IN WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. -The Secretary shall round any payments under this title to the nearest whole dollar amount.
  2. OTHER AGENCIES. - Each Federal agency administering Federal property on which children reside, and each agency principally responsible for an activity that may occasion assistance under this title, shall, to the maximum extent practicable, comply with requests of the Secretary for information the Secretary may require to carry out this title.
  3. SPECIAL RULES.-
    1. CERTAIN CHILDREN ELIGIBLE UNDER SUBPARAGRAPHS (A) AND (G) (ii) OF SECTION 8003(a)(1). -
      1. The Secretary shall treat as eligible under subparagraph (A) of section 8003(a)(1) any child who would be eligible under such subparagraph except that the Federal property on which the child resides or on which the child's parent is employed is not in the same State in which the child attends school, if such child meets the requirements of paragraph (3) of this subsection.
      2. The Secretary shall treat as eligible under subparagraph (G) of section 8003(a)(1) any child who would be eligible under such subparagraph except that such child does not meet the requirements of paragraph (3) of this subsection.
    2. REQUIREMENTS. -A child meets the requirements of this paragraph if-
      1. such child resides-
        1. in a State adjacent to the State in which the local educational agency serving the school such child attends is located; or
        2. with a parent employed on Federal property in a State adjacent to the State in which such agency is located;
      2. the schools of such agency are within a more reasonable commuting distance of such child's home than the schools of the local educational agency that serves the school attendance area where such child resides;
      3. attending the schools of the local educational agency that serves the school attendance area where such child resides will impose a substantial hardship on such child.;
      4. the State in which such child attends school provides funds for the education of such child on the same basis as all other public school children in the State unless otherwise permitted under section 8009(b) of this title; and
      5. such agency received a payment for fiscal year 1999 under section 8003(b) on behalf of children described in paragraph (1).

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