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(2) the required overall increase or decrease in
the number of military dependent students enrolled in
schools of that local educational agency, as provided
in subsection (a), occurred as a result of the reloca-
tion of military personnel due to—
(A) the global rebasing plan of the Depart-
ment of Defense;
(B) the official creation or activation of one
or more new military units;
(C) the realignment of forces as a result of
the base closure process; or
(D) a change in the number of housing
units on a military installation.
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than June 30, 2006, and
June 30 of each of the next two fiscal years, the Secretary
of Defense shall notify each local educational agency that
is eligible for assistance under this section for such fiscal
year of—
(1) the eligibility of the local educational agency
for the assistance; and
(2) the amount of the assistance for which that
local educational agency is eligible, as determined
under subsection (d).
(d) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In making assistance avail-
able to local educational agencies under this section,
the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with
the Secretary of Education, make assistance available
to such local educational agencies for a fiscal year on
a pro rata basis based on the size of the overall in-
crease or decrease in the number of military and De-
partment of Defense civilian dependent students en-
rolled in schools of those local educational agencies for
such fiscal year.
(2) LIMITATION.—No local educational agency
may receive more than $1,000,000 in assistance under
this section for any fiscal year.
(e) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall disburse assistance made available under this
section for a fiscal year not later than 30 days after the
date on which notification to the eligible local educational
agencies is provided pursuant to subsection (c) for that fis-
cal year.
(f) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall
carry out this section in consultation with the Secretary
of Education.
(g) REPORTS.—
(1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than May 1
of each of 2007, 2008, and 2009, the Secretary of De-
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fense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the assistance provided under this
section during the fiscal year preceding the date of
such report.
(2) ELEMENT.—Each report on the assistance
provided during a fiscal year under this section shall
include an assessment and description of the current
compliance of each local educational agency receiving
such assistance with the requirements of the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–110).
(h) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of Defense for fiscal years 2006,
2007, and 2008 for operation and maintenance for Defense-
wide activities, $15,000,000 shall be available for each such
fiscal year only for the purpose of providing assistance to
local educational agencies under this section.
(i) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary of
Defense to provide financial assistance under this section
shall expire on September 30, 2008.
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘base closure process’’ means the
2005 base closure and realignment process authorized
by Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10
U.S.C. 2687 note) or any base closure and realign-