Sec. 311. Reservation of funds; grants to eligible agencies; allotments
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From the sum appropriated under section 306 for a fiscal year, the Secretary— shall reserve 2 percent to carry out section 342 and subsection (g), except that the amount so reserved shall not exceed $15,000,000; and shall reserve 12 percent of the amount that remains after reserving funds under paragraph
(1)to carry out section 343. From the sum appropriated under section 306 and not reserved under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award a grant to each eligible agency having a unified State plan approved under section 112 or a combined State plan approved under section 113 in an amount equal to the sum of the initial allotment under subsection (c)(1) and the additional allotment under subsection (c)(2) for the eligible agency for the fiscal year, subject to subsections
(f)and (h), to enable the eligible agency to carry out the activities assisted under this title. The Secretary may award a grant under paragraph
(1)only if the eligible entity involved agrees to expend the grant for adult education and literacy activities in accordance with the provisions of this title. From the sum appropriated under section 306 and not reserved under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each eligible agency having a unified State plan approved under section 112 or a combined State plan approved under section 113— $100,000, in the case of an eligible agency serving an outlying area, except as provided in subsection (e); and $250,000, in the case of any other eligible agency. From the sum appropriated under section 306, not reserved under subsection (a), and not allotted under paragraph (1), for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each eligible agency that receives an initial allotment under paragraph
(1)an additional amount that bears the same relationship to such sum as the number of qualifying adults in the State or outlying area served by the eligible agency bears to the number of such adults in all States and outlying areas. For the purpose of subsection (c)(2), the term qualifying adult means an adult who— is at least 16 years of age; is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance under the law of the State or outlying area; does not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent; and is not enrolled in secondary school. Notwithstanding subsection (c)(1)(A), from the sum appropriated under section 306 and not reserved under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to the Republic of Palau, except during the period described in section 101(45), an amount based on the recommendations of the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory under paragraph (2). For each fiscal year, the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii shall make recommendations to the Secretary concerning a grant amount to the Republic of Palau based on the number of qualifying adults (as defined in subsection (d)) in the population of the Republic of Palau. The Secretary may provide not more than 5 percent of the funds made available for grants under this subsection to pay the administrative costs of the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory regarding activities assisted under this subsection. Notwithstanding subsection
(c)and subject to paragraph (2), for fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year, no eligible agency shall receive an allotment under this section that is less than 90 percent of the allotment the eligible agency received for the preceding fiscal year under this section. Notwithstanding paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (e), for a fiscal year for which an eligible agency receives only an initial allotment under subsection (c)(1) (and no additional allotment under subsection (c)(2)) the eligible agency shall receive an allotment under this section that is equal to 100 percent of the initial allotment under subsection (c)(1). If for any fiscal year the amount available for allotment under this title is insufficient to satisfy the provisions of paragraphs
(1)and (2), the Secretary shall ratably reduce the payments to all eligible agencies, as necessary. From amounts reserved under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall make grants to eligible agencies described in paragraph
(2)to enable such agencies to provide activities authorized under subtitle B. An eligible agency is eligible to receive a grant under this subsection for a fiscal year if the amount of the allotment such agency receives under this section for the fiscal year is less than the amount such agency would have received for the fiscal year if the allotment formula under this section as in effect on September 30, 2003, were in effect for such year. The amount of a grant made to an eligible agency under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be the difference between— the amount of the allotment such agency would have received for the fiscal year if the allotment formula under this section as in effect on September 30, 2003, were in effect for such year; and the amount of the allotment such agency receives under this section for the fiscal year. The portion of any eligible agency’s allotment under this title for a fiscal year that the Secretary determines will not be required for the period such allotment is available for carrying out activities under this title, shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such period as the Secretary shall fix, to other eligible agencies in proportion to the original allotments to such agencies under this title for such year. The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study concerning the formula described in this section and, in conducting the study, shall, at a minimum— examine whether the formula results in a distribution of funds that sufficiently serves the entire population of individuals eligible for adult education and literacy activities under this title; examine whether the data used to count qualified adults, for purposes of the formula, accurately measure the population of individuals eligible for the activities; and develop recommendations for improving the formula so that the formula results in a distribution of funds that better serves that population and the data used to count qualified adults accurately measure that population. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Workforce Investment Act of 2013, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study described in paragraph (1).