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Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980

(P.L. 96-422)

AN ACT To provide general assistance to local educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children, to provide special impact aid to such agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee children and Indochinese refugee children, and to provide assistance to State educational agencies for the education of Cuban and Haitian refugee adults.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980".

TITLE I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 101. As used in this Act—

(1) The terms "Cuban and Haitian refugee adults" and "Cuban and Haitian refugee children” mean aliens who have fled from Cuba or Haiti and who

(A) on or after November 1, 1979

(i) have been admitted into the United States as refugees under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (ii) have been paroled into the United States by the Attorney General pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of such Act; or (iii) are applicants for asylum, or have been granted asylum, in the United States; or

(B) are Cuban-Haitian entrants (status pending) who entered the United States on or after November 1, 1979.

For purposes of this paragraph, any person who is a Cuban-Haitian entrant as described in subparagraph (B) at any time after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be considered to maintain such status for purposes of this Act regardless of any subsequent change in status under any other law.

(2) The terms "elementary school", "local educational agency", "secondary school", "State", and "State educational agency" have the meanings given such terms under section 198(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(3) The term "elementary or secondary nonpublic schools" schools which comply with the compulsory education laws of the State and which are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

(4) The term "Indochinese refugee children" means aliens who have fled from Cambodia, Vietnam, or Laos, and, on or after January 1, 1979

(A) have been admitted into the United States as refugees under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (B) have been paroled into the United States by the Attorney General pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of such Act; or

(C) are applicants for asylum, or have been granted asylum, in the United States.

(5) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education.

(8 U.S.C. 1522, note) Enacted Oct. 10, 1980, P.L. 96-422, sec. 101, 94 Stat. 1799, 1800.

AUTHORIZATIONS AND ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 102. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, 1983, but only in a lump sum for all programs under this Act, subject to allocation in accordance with subsection (b), such sums as may be necessary to make payments to which State educational agencies are entitled under this Act and payments for administration under section 104.

(b)(1) If the sums appropriated for any fiscal year to make payments to States under this Act are not sufficient to pay in full the sum of the amounts which State educational agencies are entitled to receive under titles II through IV for such year, the allocations to State educational agencies under each of such titles shall be ratably reduced by the same percentage to the extent necessary to bring the aggregate of such allocations within the limits of the amounts so appropriated.

(2) In the event that funds become available for making payments under this Act for any period after allocations have been made under paragraph (1) of this subsection for such period, the amounts reduced under such paragraph shall be increased on the same basis as they were reduced.

(8 U.S.C. 1522, note) Enacted Oct. 10, 1980, P.L. 96-422, sec. 102, 94 Stat. 1800.

TREATMENT OF CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS

SEC. 103. (a) The jurisdictions to which this section applies are Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

(b)(1) Each jurisdiction to which this section applies shall be entitled to grants for the purposes set forth in sections 201(a), 302, and 402 in amounts equal to amounts determined by the Secretary in accordance with criteria established by the Secretary, except that the aggregate of the amount to which such jurisdictions are so entitled for any period

(A) for the purposes set forth in section 201(a), shall not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the aggregate of the amounts to which all States are entitled under section 201 for that period;

(B) for the purposes set forth in section 302, shall not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the aggregate of the amounts to which all States are entitled under section 301 for that period; and

(C) for the purposes set forth in section 402, shall not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent of the aggregate of the amounts to which all States are entitled under section 401 for that period.

(2) If the aggregate of the amounts determined by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1) to be so needed for any period exceeds an amount equal to such 1 percent limitation, the entitlement of each such jurisdiction shall be reduced proportionately until such aggregate does not exceed such limitation.

(8 U.S.C. 1522, note) Enacted Oct. 10, 1980, P.L. 96-422, sec. 103, 94 Stat. 1800.

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

SEC. 104. The Secretary is authorized to pay to each State educational agency amounts equal to the amounts expended by it for the proper and efficient administration of its functions under this Act, except that the total of such payments for any period shall not exceed 1 percent of the amounts which that State educational agency is entitled to receive for that period under this Act.

(8 U.S.C. 1522, note) Enacted Oct. 10, 1980, P.L. 96-422, sec. 104, 94 Stat. 1801.

WITHHOLDING

SEC. 105. Whenever the Secretary, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to any State educational agency, finds that there is a failure to meet the requirements of any title of this Act, the Secretary shall notify that agency that further payments will not be made to the agency under such title, or in the discretion of the Secretary, that the State educational agency shall not make further payments under such title to specified local educational agencies or other entities (in the case of funds under title IV) whose actions cause or are involved in such failure until the Secretary is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply. Until the Secretary is so satisfied, no further payments shall be made to the State educational agency under such title, or payments by the State educational agency under such title shall be limited to local educational agencies or other entities (in the case of funds under title IV) whose actions did not cause or were not involved in the failure, as the case may be.

(8 U.S.C. 1522, note) Enacted Oct. 10, 1980, P.L. 96-422, sec. 105, 94 Stat. 1801.

TITLE II-GENERAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

STATE ENTITLEMENTS

SEC. 201. The Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of this title, make payments to State educational agencies for each of the fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983 for the purpose of assisting local educational agencies of that State in providing basic education for Cuban and Haitian refugee children. Payments made under this title to any State shall be used in accordance with applications approved under section 202 for public educational services for Cuban and Haitian refugee children enrolled in the elementary and secondary public schools under the jurisdiction of the local educational agencies of that State.

(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and in subsection (c), the amount of the grant to which a State educational agency is entitled under this title, for any fiscal year described in subsection (a), shall be equal to the product of—

(A) the number of Cuban and Haitian refugee children enrolled in elementary or secondary public schools under the jurisdiction of each local educational agency within that State during the period for which the determination is made; multiplied by

(B) $450.

(2) The amount of the grant to which a State educational agency is otherwise entitled for any fiscal year, as determined under paragraph (1), shall be reduced by the amounts made available for such fiscal year under any other Federal law for expenditure within the State for the same purposes as those for which funds are made available under this title, except that the reduction shall be made only to the extent that such amounts (A) are allocated to the State (or to agencies or entities providing services within the State) on the basis of a statutory formula, and (B) are made available for such purposes specifically because of the refugee, parolee, or asylee status of the individuals to be served by such funds. The amount of the reduction required under this paragraph shall be determined by the Secretary in a manner consistent with subsection (c).

(3) For the purpose of this subsection, the term "State" does not include Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The entitlements of such jurisdictions shall be determined in the manner specified in section 103, but for purposes of this title and section 105 any payments made under section 103 for the purposes set forth in section 201(a) shall be considered to be payments under this title.

(c) Determinations by the Secretary under this title for any period with respect to the number of Cuban and Haitian refugee children and the amount of the reduction under subsection (b)(2) shall be made, whenever actual satisfactory data are not available, on the basis of estimates. No such determination shall operate because of an underestimate or overestimate to deprive any State educational agency of its entitlement to any payment (or the amount thereof) under this title to which such agency would be entitled had such determination been made on the basis of accurate data.

(8 U.S.C. 1522, note) Enacted Oct. 10, 1980, P.L. 96-422, sec. 201, 94 Stat. 1801, 1802.

APPLICATIONS

SEC. 202. (a) No State educational agency shall be entitled to any payment under this title for any period unless that agency submits an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall

(1) provide that the payments under this title will be used for the purposes set forth in section 201(a);

(2) provide assurances that such payments will be distributed among local educational agencies within that State in accordance with section 201;

(3) provide assurances that the State educational agency will not finally disapprove in whole or in part any application for funds received under this title without first affording the local educational agency submitting the application for such funds reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing; and

(4) provide for making such reports as the Secretary may reasonably require to carry out this title.

(b) The Secretary shall approve an application which meets the requirements of subsection (a). The Secretary shall not finally dis

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