Ill STAT. 120 PUBLIC LAW 105-17^JIJNE 4, 1997 "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), from the funds remaining for each fiscal year after the reservation and payments under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall first allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount of such remainder as the number of infants and toddlers in the State bears to the number of infants and toddlers in all States. "(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS. —Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), no State shall receive an amount under this section for any fiscal year that is less than the greatest of— "(A) one-half of one percent of the remaining amount described in paragraph (1); or "(B) $500,000. "(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR 1998 AND 1999.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (4), no State may receive an amount under this section for either fiscal year 1998 or 1999 that is less than the sum of the amounts such State received for fiscal year 1994 under— "(i) part H (as in effect for such fiscal year); and "(ii) subpart 2 of part D of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994) for children with disabilities under 3 years of age. "(B) EXCEPTION.—I f, for fiscal year 1998 or 1999, the number of infants and toddlers in a State, as determined under paragraph (1), is less than the number of infants and toddlers so determined for fiscal year 1994, the amount determined under subparagraph (A) for the State shall be reduced by the same percentage by which the number of such infants and toddlers so declined. "(4) RATABLE REDUCTION. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —I f the sums made available under this part for any fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full amounts that all States are eligible to receive under this subsection for such year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments to such States for such year. "(B) ADDITIONAL FUNDS.— If additional funds become available for making payments under this subsection for a fiscal year, allotments that were reduced under subparagraph (A) shall be increased on the same basis they were reduced. "(5) DEFINITIONS.— For the purpose of this subsection— "(A) the terms 'infants' and 'toddlers' mean children under 3 years of age; and "(B) the term 'State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "(d) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.— I f a State elects not to receive its allotment under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reallot, among the remaining States, amounts from such State in accordance with such subsection.
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