The amount of assistance allocated to each REL contractor shall reflect the number of local educational agencies, and the number of school-age children within the laboratory region served as well as the cost of providing services within the geographic area encompassed by the region.

Fiscal Year 2000: $65,000,000
Fiscal Year 2001: $65,000,000
Fiscal Year 2002: $67,500,000
Fiscal Year 2003: $67,061,250
Fiscal Year 2004: $66,665,340
Fiscal Year 2005: $66,131,680
Fiscal Year 2006: $65,469,690