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of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students 
includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving 
the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing 
of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade 
restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in 
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 
and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu-
cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 
by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs 
and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 
Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. The signature pages submitted by Heart Butte School 
District in Pondera County, Montana, as part of its application 
for Impact Aid under title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, shall be considered to have been timely 
and complete for purposes of receiving funding under such program 
for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 306. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds received 
under this Act as well as any remaining funds received under 
the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2008, pursuant 
to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part A of title V of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2009’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public 
Law 92–28, $5,094,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service
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Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $680,564,000, of which $309,835,000 shall 
be to carry out the 1973 Act and $370,729,000 shall be to carry 
out the 1990 Act: Provided, That $27,500,000 of the amount pro-
vided under this heading shall be available to carry out subtitle 
E of the 1990 Act at five campuses throughout the United States: 
Provided further, That up to 1 percent of program grant funds 
may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grants cycle: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading for activities author-
ized by section 122 and part E of title II of the 1973 Act shall 
be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives to program 
participants or volunteer leaders whose incomes exceed the income 
guidelines in subsections 211(e) and 213(b) of the 1973 Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding subtitle H of title I of the 1990 
Act, none of the funds provided for quality and innovation activities 
shall be used to support salaries and related expenses (including 
travel) attributable to Corporation for National and Community 
Service employees: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading: (1) not more than $55,000,000 of grants made 
under subtitle C of the 1990 Act may be used to administer, 
reimburse, or support any national service program authorized 
under section 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act; and (2) $11,790,000 shall 
be to provide assistance to State commissions on national and 
community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and not-
withstanding section 501(a)(4) of the 1990 Act. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $131,075,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Corporation for National and 
Community Service may transfer additional funds from the amount 
provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ for grants made under sub-
title C of the 1990 Act to this appropriation upon determination 
that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 
145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to appor-
tion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $71,715,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $6,512,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service edu-
cation awards shall mean any loan determined by an institution 
of higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s cost of 
attendance at such institution and made, insured, or guaranteed 
directly to a student by a State agency, in addition to other 
meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990. 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) to assist entities in 
placing applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 
provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 121 
of the 1990 Act. 
SEC. 403. The Corporation for National and Community Service 
(‘‘the Corporation’’) shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2009, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall 
not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information 
regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other 
than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 
by the Corporation to receive such information. 
SEC. 404. Professional Corps programs described in section 
122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 may 
apply to the Corporation for National and Community Service for 
a waiver of application of section 140(c)(2). 
SEC. 405. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1342, the Corporation 
for National and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) may solicit 
and accept the services of organizations and individuals (other 
than participants) to assist the Corporation in carrying out the 
duties of the Corporation under the national service laws: Provided, 
That an individual who provides services under this section shall 
be subject to the same protections and limitations as volunteers 
under section 196(a) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990. 
SEC. 
406. 
Organizations 
operating 
projects 
under 
the 
AmeriCorps Education Awards Program shall do so without regard 
to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), 131(e), 132, and 
140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990. 
SEC. 407. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first three years that 
they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the 
overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the 
operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member 
support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial waiver