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H.R.3064
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Enrolled Bill (Sent to
President))
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles II,
IV, V-A and B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (`ESEA' ); the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and part B of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965; $2,926,134,000,
of which $875,300,000 shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain
available through September 30, 2001, and of which $1,530,000,000 shall become
available on October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 30,
2001 for academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated, $335,000,000 shall be for Eisenhower professional development
State grants under title II-B and $380,000,000 shall be for title VI and up to
$750,000 shall be for an evaluation of comprehensive regional assistance
centers under title XIII of ESEA
: Provided further, That $1,200,000,000 is for a class size/teacher
assistance initiative to be distributed as described in subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of section 307(b)(1) of the Department of Education Appropriations Act,
1999. School districts may use the funds for class size reduction activities
as described in section 307(c)(2)(A)(i)-(iii) of the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 1999: Provided further, That, if the local
educational agency determines that it wishes to use the funds for purposes
other than class size reduction as part of a local strategy for improving
academic achievement, funds may be used for professional development
activities, teacher training or any other local need that is designed to
improve student performance: Provided further, That each such agency
shall use funds under this section only to supplement, and not to supplant,
State and local funds, that in absence of such funds, would otherwise be spent
for activities under this section.
READING EXCELLENCE
For necessary expenses to carry out the Reading Excellence Act,
$65,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2000 and shall remain
available through September 30, 2001 and $195,000,000 which shall become
available on October 1, 2000 and remain available through September 30,
2001.
INDIAN EDUCATION
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
title IX, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended, $77,000,000.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, bilingual, foreign
language and immigrant education activities authorized by parts A and C and
section 7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, without regard to section 7103(b), $387,000,000: Provided, That
State educational agencies may use all, or any part of, their part C
allocation for competitive grants to local educational agencies.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
$6,036,646,000, of which $2,047,885,000 shall become available for obligation
on July 1, 2000, and shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and of
which $3,742,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and shall
remain available through September 30, 2001, for academic year 2000-2001:
Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be for the recipient of funds
provided by Public Law 105-78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide
information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children
with disabilities: Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be awarded
to the Organizing Committee for the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games
in Alaska and $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Salt Lake City Organizing
Committee for the VIII Paralympic Winter Games: Provided further,
That $1,000,000 shall be for the Early Childhood Development Project of the
National Easter Seal Society for the Mississippi Delta Region, which funds
shall be used to provide training, technical support, services and equipment
to address personnel and other needs: Provided further, That
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Center for Literacy and Assessment at the
University of Southern Mississippi for research dissemination and teacher and
parent training.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller
National Center Act, $2,701,772,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 105(b)(1) of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (`the AT Act'), each
State shall be provided $50,000 for activities under section 102 of the AT
Act: Provided further, That of the funds available for section 303 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$750,000 shall be awarded to the Krasnow Institute at George Mason University
for a Receptive Language Disorders research center, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the University of Central Florida for a virtual reality-based
education and training program for the deaf, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to
the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind for interpreter, orientation, mobility,
and education services for deaf, blind and other visually impaired adults,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Professional Development and Research
Institute on Blindness in Louisiana for the training of professionals in the
field of education and rehabilitation of blind adults and children, and
$600,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Center for Independent Living in
Anchorage, Alaska to develop capacity to implement a self-directed model for
personal assistance services, including training of self-employed personal
assistants and their clients: Provided further, That of the funds
available for section 305 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
California State University at Northridge for a Western Center for Adaptive
Therapy.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.), $10,100,000.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $48,151,000,
of which $2,651,000 shall be for construction and shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That from the total amount available, the
Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as
authorized under section 207.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary
School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under
titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et
seq.), $85,980,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for construction and shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That from the total amount
available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment
program as authorized under section 207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, the Adult Education and Family
Literacy Act, and title VIII-D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, and Public Law 102-73, $1,656,750,000, of which $3,500,000 shall
remain available until expended, and of which $833,150,000 shall become
available on July 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 30,
2001 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000 and
shall remain available through September 30, 2001: Provided, That of
the amounts made available for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical
Education Act, $4,600,000 shall be for tribally controlled vocational
institutions under section 117: Provided further, That $9,000,000
shall be for carrying out section 118 of such act for all activities conducted
by and through the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act, $14,000,000 shall be for national
leadership activities under section 243 and $6,000,000 shall be for the
National Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further,
That $19,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender Grants, of which $5,000,000,
which shall become available on July 1, 2000, and remain available through
September 30, 2001, shall be used in accordance with section 601 of Public Law
102-73 as that section was in effect prior to the enactment of Public Law
105-220.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part C and part E of title
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $9,435,000,000, which
shall remain available through September 30, 2001.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award
year 2000-2001 shall be $3,300: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines, prior to publication
of the payment schedule for such award year, that the amount included within
this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award year, and any funds
available from the fiscal year 1999 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are
insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eligible,
as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid for each such
award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed
dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions
established by the Secretary for this purpose.
For an additional amount for `STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE' for payment of
allocations to institutions of higher education for Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grants for award years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, made
under title IV, part A, subpart 3, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Education may waive or modify any statutory
or regulatory provision applicable to the Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant program and the determination of need for such grants, that
the Secretary deems necessary to assist individuals who suffered financial
harm resulting from the hurricanes, and the flooding associated with the
hurricanes, that struck the eastern United States in August and September
1999, and who, at the time of the disaster were residing, attending an
institution of higher education, or employed within an area affected by such a
disaster on the date which the President declared the existence of a major
disaster (or, in the case of an individual who is a dependent student, whose
parent or stepparent suffered financial harm from such disaster, and who
resided, or was employed in such an area at that time): Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 437 of the General Education
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of title 5, United States
Code, the Secretary shall, by notice in the Federal Register, exercise this
authority, through publication of waivers or modifications of statutory and
regulatory provisions, as the Secretary deems necessary to assist such
individuals: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 413D of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, allocations from such additional amount
shall not be taken into account in determining institutional allocations under
such section in future years: Provided further, That the entire
amount made available under this paragraph is designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and that the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for the entire amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed student loans
authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, $48,000,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, section 121 and
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, and the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961;
$1,466,826,000, of which $12,000,000 for interest subsidies authorized by
section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the funds available for part A, subpart 2
of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be
available to fund awards for academic year 2000-2001, and $10,000,000 to
remain available through September 30, 2001, shall be available to fund awards
for academic year 2001-2002, for fellowships under part A, subpart 1 of title
VII of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1:
Provided further, That section 852(b)(1) of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1998 is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking `14' and
inserting `16';
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking `and' after the semicolon;
(3) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting a
semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
`(G) one member shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate from among members
of the Senate; and
`(H) one member shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Committee
on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives from among
members of the House of Representatives.':
Provided further, That the matter preceding paragraph (1) of
section 853(b) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 is amended by
striking `6 months' and inserting `12 months': Provided further, That
the amounts provided under this heading in division A, section 101(f) of
Public Law 105-277 for the Web-Based Education Commission, authorized by part
J of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, shall remain
available through September 30, 2000: Provided further, That
$3,000,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under
the Higher Education Act of 1965, including such activities needed to comply
with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided
further, That of the funds available for title IV, part A, subpart 8 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 and notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $3,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of South Florida for a
distance learning program, $190,000 shall be awarded to the New York Global
Communication Center in West Islip, New York for a distance learning program,
$1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Alliance for Technology, Learning and
Society (ATLAS) at the University of Colorado for technology-enhanced
learning, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Illinois Community College Board
to develop a systemwide, on-line virtual degree program for the community
college system in Illinois, and $1,250,000 shall be made available to the
University of Idaho Interactive Learning Environments to develop and improve
Internet-based delivery of education programs.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.),
$219,444,000, of which not less than $3,530,000 shall be for a matching
endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law
98-480) and shall remain available until expended.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM
For Federal administrative expenses authorized under section 121 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, $737,000 to carry out activities related to
existing facility loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of
1965.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 344 of title III,
part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not exceed $357,000,000, and
the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of such bonds shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College
and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title III,
part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $207,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational Research,
Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, including part E; the
National Education Statistics Act of 1994, including sections 411 and 412;
section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, and K and section 10102 and section
10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103-227,
$492,679,000: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be available to
demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform, to be
allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this
activity in the statement of managers on the conference report accompanying
Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the conference
report accompanying Public Law 105-277: Provided further, That the
funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall become available on
July 1, 2000, and remain available through September 30, 2001, and in carrying
out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only
approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to meet challenging
State content standards and challenging State student performance standards
based on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on
basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further, That
$10,000,000 of the funds provided for the national education research
institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding subparagrphs (B) and (C) of
section 931(c)(2) of Public Law 103-227: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under section 10601 of title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $1,500,000 shall be used to
conduct a violence prevention demonstration program: Provided
further, That of the funds available for part A of title X of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $10,000,000 shall be awarded
to the National Constitution Center, established by Public Law 100-433, for
exhibition design, program planning and operation of the center, $10,000,000
shall be provided to continue a demonstration of public school facilities to
the Iowa Department of Education, $1,000,000 shall be made available to the
New Mexico Department of Education for school performance improvement and
drop-out prevention, $300,000 shall be made available to Semos Unlimited,
Inc., in New Mexico to support bilingual education and literacy programs,
$700,000 shall be awarded to Loyola University Chicago for recruitment and
preparation of new teacher candidates for employment in rural and inner-city
schools, $500,000 shall be awarded to Shedd Aquarium/Brookfield Zoo for
science education/exposure programs for local elementary school students,
$3,000,000 shall be awarded to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to expand
school-based mentoring, $2,500,000 shall be awarded to the Chicago Public
School System to support a substance abuse pilot program in conjunction with
Elgin and East Aurora School Systems, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the
University of Virginia Center for Governmental Studies for the Youth
Leadership Initiative, $800,000 shall be awarded to the Institute for Student
Achievement at Holmes Middle School and Annandale High School in Virginia for
academic enrichment programs, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Mountain Arts
Center for educational programming, $1,500,000 shall be awarded to the
University of Louisville for research in the area of academic readiness,
$500,000 shall be awarded to the West Ed Regional Educational Laboratory for
the 24 Challenge and Jumping Levels Math Demonstration Project, $1,000,000
shall be awarded to Central Michigan University for a charter schools
development and performance institute, $950,000 shall be awarded to the Living
Science Interactive Learning Model partnership in Indian River, Florida for a
science education program, $825,000 shall be awarded to the North Babylon
Community Youth Services for an educational program, $1,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Los Angeles County Office of Education/Educational
Telecommunications and Technology for a pilot program for teachers, $650,000
shall be awarded to the University of Northern Iowa for an institute of
technology for inclusive education, $500,000 shall be awarded to Youth Crime
Watch of America to expand a program to prevent crime, drugs and violence in
schools, $892,000 shall be awarded to Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania for
an environmental science program, $560,000 shall be awarded to the Western
Suffolk St. Johns-LaSalle Academy Science and Technology Mentoring Program,
$4,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Teaching Academy of Chicago for a
model teacher recruitment, preparation and professional development program,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded to the University of West Florida for a teacher
enhancement program, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to Delta State University in
Mississippi for innovative teacher training, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to
the Alaska Humanities Forum, Inc., in Anchorage, Alaska, $250,000 shall be
awarded to An Achievable Dream in Newport News, Virginia to improve academic
performance of at-risk youths, $250,000 shall be awarded to the Rock School of
Ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to expand its community-outreach
programs for inner-city children and underprivileged youth in Camden, New
Jersey and southern New Jersey, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the University
of Maryland Center for Quality and Productivity to provide a link for the Blue
Ribbon Schools, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Continuing Education Center
and Teachers' Institute in South Boston, Virginia to promote participation
among youth in the United States democratic process, $1,000,000 shall be for
the National Museum of Women in the Arts to expand its `Discovering Art'
program to elementary and secondary schools and other educational
organizations, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Alaska Department of
Education's summer reading program, $400,000 shall be awarded to the Partners
in Education, Inc., to foster successful business-school partnerships,
$250,000 shall be for the Kodiak Island Borough School District for
development of an environmental education program, $2,000,000 shall be for the
Reach Out and Read Program to expand literacy and health awareness for at-risk
families, $1,000,000 shall be for the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News,
Virginia for an educational program, $450,000 shall be for the Challenger
Learning Center in Hardin County, Kentucky for technology assistance and
teacher training, $250,000 shall be for the Crawford County School System in
Georgia for technology and curriculum support, $500,000 shall be for the
Berrien County School System in Georgia for technology development, $35,000
shall be for the Louisville Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club Diversion
Enhancement Program, $100,000 shall be awarded to the Philadelphia Orchestra's
Philly Pops to operate the Jazz in the Schools program in the Philadelphia
school district, $500,000 for the Mississippi Delta Education for a teacher
incentive program initiative, $500,000 shall be for enhanced teacher training
in reading in the District of Columbia, and $100,000 shall be awarded to the
Project 2000 D.C. mentoring project: Provided further, That of the
funds available for section 10601 of title X of such Act, $2,000,000 shall be
awarded to the Center for Educational Technologies for production and
distribution of an effective CD-ROM product that would complement the `We the
People: The Citizen and the Constitution' curriculum: Provided
further, That, in addition to the funds for title VI of Public Law
103-227 and notwithstanding the provisions of section 601(c)(1)(C) of that
Act, $1,000,000 shall be available to the Center for Civic Education to
conduct a civic education program with Northern Ireland and the Republic of
Ireland and, consistent with the civics and Government activities authorized
in section 601(c)(3) of Public Law 103-227, to provide civic education
assistance to democracies in developing countries. The term `developing
countries' shall have the same meaning as the term `developing country' in the
Education for the Deaf Act.
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