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PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 159 (C) to the Alaska Federation of Natives in cooperation with the Alaska Native Education Council to benefit Alaska Native students; and (2) may reserve a total of not more than 5 percent for— (A) national leadership activities under sections 313 and 314; (B) the costs of peer review of State improvement plans and applications under this title; and (C) evaluation activities under section 221. (b) STATE ALLOTMENTS.— From the amount appropriated under section 303 and not reserved under subsection (a) in each fiscal year the Secretary shall make allotments to State educational agencies as follows: (1) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated in accordance with the relative amounts each State would have received under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year if funds under such chapter in such preceding fiscal year were not reserved for the outlying areas. (2) 50 percent of such amount shall be allocated in accordance with the relative amounts each State would have received under part A of chapter 2 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year if funds under such chapter in such preceding fiscal year were not reserved for the outlying areas. (c) REALLOTMENTS.— If the Secretary determines that any amount of a State educational agency's allotment for any fiscal year under subsection (b) will not be needed for such fiscal year by the State, the Secretary shall reallot such amount to other State educational agencies that need additional funds, in such manner as the Secretary determines is appropriate. (d) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. —Each recipient of funds under this title, in utilizing the proceeds of an allotment received under this title, shall maintain the expenditures of such recipient for the activities assisted under this title at a level equal to not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by such recipient for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such allotment is received, except that the Secretary may reduce, temporarily or permanently, the level of expenditures required by this subsection if the Secretary determines that such recipient has justifiable reasons for a reduction in the level of expenditures required by this subsection. SEC. 305. STATE APPLICATIONS. 20 USC 5885. (a) APPLICATION.— (1) IN GENERAL. — Each State educational agency that desires to receive an allotment under this title shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may determine. (2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— In addition to the information described in subsections (b) and (c), each such application shall include— (A) an assurance that the State educational agency will cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities under section 312, and will comply with reasonable requests of the Secretary for data related