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title: "20 U.S.C. § 7355b"
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title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
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chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
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# 20 U.S.C. § 7355b - Rule of construction

## Text

Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local educational agency that enters into cooperative arrangements with other local educational agencies for the provision of special, compensatory, or other education services, pursuant to State law or a written agreement, from entering into similar arrangements for the use, or the coordination of the use, of the funds made available under this part.

(Pub. L. 89–10, title V, § 5233, formerly title VI, § 6233, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title VI, § 601, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1897; renumbered title V, § 5233, Pub. L. 114–95, title V, § 5001(a)(5), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2039, 2040.)