further , That the Secretary shall issue a notice inviting applications not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further , That any State receiving funding under this heading shall maintain its percent of total spending on elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in fiscal year 2019 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022: Provided further , That a State’s application shall include assurances that the State will maintain support for elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2021, and fiscal year 2022 at least at the level of such support that is the average of such State’s support for elementary and secondary education in the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which State support for elementary and secondary education is provided: Provided further , That any State receiving funding under this heading shall maintain or exceed its per pupil spending on elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2019 or the proportion of such State’s spending on elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2019 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022: Provided further , That a State educational agency shall only be eligible to receive funds under this Act if the State in which such agency is located, in either of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, does not reduce State funding for a high-need local educational agency (defined as a local educational agency that has a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students than the median local educational agency in the state) such that the per-pupil reduction in State funds in each such high-need local educational agency is more than the overall per-pupil reduction in State funds, as calculated by the total reduction in State funds provided to all local educational agencies in the State divided by the total student enrollment across all local educational agencies in the State: Provided further , That a State’s application shall include assurances that the State will maintain State support for higher