ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.

SEC. 354. ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. (a) Availability of Funds.— Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 301(5)— (1) $50,000,000 shall be available for providing educational agencies assistance (as defined in subsection (c)(1)) to local educational agencies; and (2) $8,000,000 shall be available for making educational agencies payments (as defined in subsection (c)(2)) to local educational agencies. (b) Notification and Disbursal.— (1) Not later than June 30, 1995— (A) the Secretary of Defense shall notify each local educational agency that is eligible for educational agencies assistance for fiscal year 1995 of that agency’s eligibility for such assistance and the amount of such assistance for which that agency is eligible; and (B) the Secretary of Education shall notify each local educational agency that is eligible for an educational agencies payment for fiscal year 1995 of that agency’s eligibility for such payment and the amount of the payment for which that agency is eligible. (2) The Secretary of Defense (with respect to funds made available under subsection (a)(1)) and the Secretary of Education (with respect to funds made available under subsection (a)(2)) shall disburse such funds not later than 30 days after the date on which notification to the eligible local education agencies is provided pursuant to paragraph (1). (c) Definitions.— For purposes of this section: (1) The term “educational agencies assistance” means assistance authorized under subsection (b) of section 386 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2395; 20 U.S.C. 238 note). (2) The term “educational agencies payments” means payments authorized under subsection (d) of that section.