; and (v) for the 2028–2029 award year and each subsequent award year, 20 percent. (C) Obligation to provide share The State shall provide the State share even if the State is able to set tuition and fees charged to eligible students attending community colleges operated or controlled by the State to $0 as required by section 499D without such State share. (D) No double counting funds No funds that count toward the maintenance of effort requirement under section 499D(c) may also count toward the State share under this subsection. (E) Special rule for outlying areas and territories (i) In general If the Secretary determines that requiring an outlying area or territory to provide a State share in accordance with this subsection would represent a substantial hardship for the outlying area or territory, the Secretary shall reduce or waive the State share for such area or territory. If the Secretary so reduces or waives the amount of the State share of an outlying area or territory, the Secretary shall increase the applicable percent used to calculate the Federal share for such area or territory, in proportion to the reduction in the applicable percent used to calculate such State share. (ii) Definition For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term outlying area or territory means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Freely Associated States. (2) Inclusion of State financial aid and local funds In the case of a State that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that community colleges operated or controlled by such State will not experience a net reduction in total per-student revenue (including revenue derived from tuition and fees) as compared to the preceding State fiscal year in such State, a State may include, as part of the State share— (A) any financial aid that is provided from State funds to eligible students for such students’ cost of attendance that is not