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112 STAT. 2681-365 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further. That no funds appropriated under section 1002(g)(2) shall be available for section 1503, IMPACT AID For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $864,000,000, of which $704,000,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 8003(b), $50,000,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $70,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f), $7,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007, and $28,000,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 8002 and $5,000,000 to remain available \antil expended shall be for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That Section 8002(f) of the 20 USC 7702. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection heading; and (2) by adding a new paragraph (2) at the end to read as follows: "(2) For each fiscal yesir beginning with fiscal year 1999, the Secretary shall treat the Webster School District, Day County, South Dakota as meeting the eligibility requirements of subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section.": Provided further, That Section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (k) to read as follows: "(k) SPECIAL RULE.— For purposes of payments under this section for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1998— "(1) the Secretary shall, for the Stanley County, South Dakota local educational agency, calculate payments as if subsection (e) had been in effect for fiscal year 1994; and "(2) the Secretary shall treat the Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania local educational agency as if it had filed a timely application under section 2 of Public Law 81-874 for fiscal year 1994.": Provided further. That (a)fromthe funds appropriated for payments to local educational agencies under section 8003(f) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) for fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of Education shall distribute supplemental payments for certain local educational agencies, as follows: (1) First, from the amount of $68,000,000, the Secretary shall make supplemental payments to the following agencies under section 8003(b) of the ESEA: (A) Local educational agencies that received assistance under section 8003(f) for fiscal year 1998. (B) Local educational agencies with Impact Aid applicant numbers 20-0019, 51-0504, 51-2801, 51-1903, 51-0010, 51-4203, 51-2101, 51-0811, and 51-0904. (C) Any eligible local educational agency with at least 25,000 children in average daily attendsince, at least 55 percent federally connected children described in section 8003(a)(1) in average daily attendance, and at least 6,500 children described in sections 8003(a)(1)(A) and (B) in average daily attendance.