SEC. 8006.

CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Section Summary

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SEC. 8006. CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

Section 8203, as redesignated by section 8001 of this

Act, <<NOTE: 20 USC 7823.>> is amended--

(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``Within 1 year after the

date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a

State'' and inserting ``A State''; and

(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:

``(d) Uses of Administrative Funds.--

``(1) In general.--A local educational agency that

consolidates administrative funds under this section may use the

consolidated funds for the administration of the programs and

for uses, at the school district and school levels, comparable

to those described in section 8201(b)(2).

``(2) Fiscal support teams.--A local educational agency that

uses funds as described in section 8201(b)(2)(I) may contribute

State or local funds to expand the reach of such support without

violating any supplement, not supplant requirement of any

program contributing administrative funds.''.

NCLB Text

 ``SEC. 9203. <<NOTE: 20 USC 7823.>> CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL

ADMINISTRATION.

``(a) General Authority.--In accordance with regulations of the

Secretary and for any fiscal year, a local educational agency, with the

approval of its State educational agency, may consolidate and use for

the administration of one or more programs under this Act (or such other

programs as the Secretary shall designate) not more than the percentage,

established in each program, of the total available for the local

educational agency under those programs.

``(b) State Procedures.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment

of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a State educational agency

shall, in collaboration with local educational agencies in the State,

establish procedures for responding to requests from local educational

agencies to consolidate administrative funds under subsection (a) and

for establishing limitations on the amount of funds under those programs

that may be used for administration on a consolidated basis.

``(c) Conditions.--A local educational agency that consolidates

administrative funds under this section for any fiscal year shall not

use any other funds under the programs included in the consolidation for

administration for that fiscal year.

``(d) Uses of Administrative Funds.--A local educational agency that

consolidates administrative funds under this section

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may use the consolidated funds for the administration of the programs

and for uses, at the school district and school levels, comparable to

those described in section 9201(b)(2).

``(e) Records.--A local educational agency that consolidates

administrative funds under this section shall not be required to keep

separate records, by individual program, to account for costs relating

to the administration of the programs included in the consolidation.