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# 20 U.S.C. § 6439 - Technical assistance

## Text

The Secretary may reserve not more than 2.5 percent of the amount made available to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year to provide technical assistance to and support the capacity building of State agency programs assisted under this subpart.

(Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1419, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1587; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(7), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1903.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2015—Pub. L. 114–95, in section catchline, substituted “Technical assistance” for “Evaluation; technical assistance; annual model program” and, in text, substituted “for a fiscal year” for “for a fiscal year—”, struck out par. (2) designation before “to provide”, and struck out par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop a uniform model to evaluate the effectiveness of programs assisted under this subpart; and”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2015 AmendmentAmendment 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.