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PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
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PUBLIC LAW 86-620-AUG. 12, 1958

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(2) by striking out the fourth and fifth sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " I n no event shall the local contribution rate for any local educational agency in any State in the continental United States for any fiscal year be less than (i) 50 per centum of the average per pupil expenditure in such State or (ii) 50 per centum of the average per pupil expenditure in the continental United States, but not to exceed the average per pupil expenditure in the State: Provided. That if, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, the application of clause (ii) of this sentence results in a lower local contribution rate than resulted from the application of such clause during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958, as such clause was then in effect, then such clause, as in effect during the fiscal j e a r ending June 30, 1958, shall be in effect during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959. For the purposes of the preceding sentence the 'average per pupil expenditure' in a State, or in the continental United States, shall be the aggregate current expenditures, during the second fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the computation is made, of all local educational agencies in the State, or in the continental United States, as the case may be (without regard to the sources of funds from which such expenditures are made), divided by the aggregate number of children in average daily attendance to whom such agencies provided free public education during such preceding fiscal year.". (e) Section 3(e) of such Act is amended by adding the word "actually" after the words "(as defined in section 2. (b)(1)) and". Sudden inSEC. 203. (a) Section 4(a) of such Act is amended (1) by striking c r e a s e s in a t out "1958" both times it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof tendance. "1961" and (2) by inserting after "50 per centum of such product" the following: "reduced by the amount of such product which is attributable to children with respect to whom such agency is, or upon application would be, entitled to receive any payment under section 3 for such fiscal year". {h) Subparagraph (A) of section 4(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "year, and" and inserting in lieu thereof "year: Provided, That the Commissioner shall count for such purposes as an increase directly resulting from activities of the United States, an increase in the number of children who reside on Federal property or reside with a parent employed on Federal property, if the local educational agency files, in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner, its election that such increase be counted for such purposes instead of for the purposes of section 3; and". Transfer and SEC. 204. Subsection (d) of section 8 of such Act is amended— a v a i l a b i l i t y of appropriations. (1) by striking out "during the period beginning July 1, 1953, and ending June 30, 1958,"; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", or the availability of appropriations under the Act of April 16, o '** Hi^h 5^^' ^^ 1^34, commonly referred to as the Johnson-O'Malley Act (25 tJ. S. C, ^*"*-'sec. 452)". Definitions. SEC. 205. (a) The third sentence of paragraph (1) of section 9 of such Act is amended by inserting after " (A) " the following: "except for purposes of section 6,". (b) The last sentence of paragraph (1) of section 9 of such Act is amended— Q^ by inserting "or benefits" after "provision of services"; and (2) by striking out "or (C) " and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (C) any real property under the jurisdiction of the Post Office Department and used primarily for the provision of postal services, or (D) ".