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ESEA, the Secretary shall use up to $23,082,000 to carry out 
activities under section 5205(b) and under subpart 2: Provided 
further, That of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of 
title V of the ESEA, and notwithstanding section 5205(a), the 
Secretary may reserve up to $50,000,000 to make multiple awards 
to non-profit charter management organizations and other entities 
that are not for-profit entities for the replication and expansion 
of successful charter school models and shall reserve $10,000,000 
to carry out the activities described in section 5205(a), including 
by providing technical assistance to authorized public chartering 
agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing charter 
schools: Provided further, That the funds referenced in the preceding 
proviso shall not be obligated prior to submission of a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds: Provided 
further, That each application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) 
shall describe a plan to monitor and hold accountable authorized 
public chartering agencies through such activities as providing tech-
nical assistance or establishing a professional development program, 
which may include planning, training and systems development 
for staff of authorized public chartering agencies to improve the 
capacity of such agencies in the State to authorize, monitor, and 
hold accountable charter schools: Provided further, That each 
application submitted pursuant to section 5203(a) shall contain 
assurances that State law, regulations, or other policies require 
that: (1) each authorized charter school in the State operate under 
a legally binding charter or performance contract between itself 
and the school’s authorized public chartering agency that describes 
the obligations and responsibilities of the school and the public 
chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and independent audits 
of the school’s financial statements that are filed with the school’s 
authorized public chartering agency; and demonstrate improved 
student academic achievement; and (2) authorized public chartering 
agencies use increases in student academic achievement for all 
groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of the ESEA 
as the most important factor when determining to renew or revoke 
a school’s charter: Provided further, That from the funds for subpart 
1 of part D of title V of the ESEA, $12,000,000 shall be for competi-
tive awards to local educational agencies located in counties in 
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas that were designated by the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency as counties eligible for 
individual assistance due to damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina, 
Ike, or Gustav: Provided further, That such awards shall be used 
to improve education in areas affected by such hurricanes and 
shall be for such activities as replacing instructional materials 
and equipment; paying teacher incentives; modernizing or ren-
ovating or repairing school buildings; beginning or expanding 
Advanced Placement or other rigorous courses; supporting the 
expansion of charter schools; and supporting after-school or 
extended learning time activities. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of part 
C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3 and 10 of 
part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, $393,053,000: Provided, That $224,053,000 shall be
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available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of which $8,212,000 
shall be used for activities authorized under subpart 3 of part 
D of title V: Provided further, That $134,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out part D of title V: Provided further, That of the funds 
available to carry out subpart 3 of part C of title II, up to 
$13,383,000 may be used to carry out section 2345 and $2,957,000 
shall be used by the Center for Civic Education to implement 
a comprehensive program to improve public knowledge, under-
standing, and support of the Congress and the State legislatures. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $750,000,000, which shall become 
available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall 
be available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C): Provided, That the Secretary of Education shall use 
estimates of the American Community Survey child counts for 
the most recent 3-year period available to calculate allocations 
under such part. 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (‘‘IDEA’’) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment 
Act of 2004, $12,587,035,000, of which $3,726,354,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011, and of which $8,592,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2011, for academic year 2010–2011: Provided, That 
$13,250,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, 
Inc., to support the development, production, and circulation of 
accessible educational materials: Provided further, That $737,000 
shall be for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105– 
78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the IDEA (as in effect prior to 
the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Improvement Act of 2004) to provide information on diagnosis, 
intervention, and teaching strategies for children with disabilities: 
Provided further, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the 
IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 
that activity during fiscal year 2009, increased by the amount 
of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or 
the percent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 
of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity during 
fiscal year 2009: Provided further, That the part B and C funds 
awarded to States under the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 for fiscal year 2009 shall not be considered for the 
purposes of calculating State allocations under sections 611, 619, 
and 643 for fiscal year 2010 and succeeding years: Provided further, 
That funds made available for the Special Olympics Sport and 
Empowerment Act of 2004 may be used to support expenses associ-
ated with the Special Olympics National and World games.
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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, $3,506,861,000: Provided, 
That for purposes of determining whether a State may administer 
the Centers for Independent Living program under section 723 
of the Rehabilitation Act, for fiscal year 2010, the Secretary shall 
exclude American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds 
awarded in fiscal year 2009 from the calculation of Federal funding 
allotted under section 721(c) and (d) of the Rehabilitation Act: 
Provided further, That $5,095,000 shall be used for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation 
Services and Disability Research’’ in the statement of the managers 
on the conference report accompanying this Act. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $24,600,000. 
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, $68,437,000, 
of which $5,400,000 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 of such Act. 
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, $123,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for construc-
tion 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 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the 
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), subpart 4 
of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and title VIII–D of the Higher Education 
Amendments of 1998, $2,016,447,000, of which $4,400,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2009, and remain available through 
September 30, 2011, of which $1,221,047,000 shall become available 
on July 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2011, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on 
October 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2011: Provided, That in allocating AEFLA State grants, the 
Secretary of Education shall first distribute up to $45,907,000 to 
those States and outlying areas that, due to administrative error,
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were underpaid for fiscal years 2003 through 2008 in the amounts 
such States and outlying areas were underpaid: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not reduce the allocations for those years 
to the States and outlying areas that were overpaid through such 
error, or take other corrective action with respect to those overpay-
ments: Provided further, That the additional funds provided to 
States and outlying areas to correct the administrative error shall 
not be considered in determining the ‘‘hold harmless’’ amounts 
under section 211(f) of the AEFLA for fiscal year 2011 or subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That of the amount provided for 
Adult Education State Grants, $75,000,000 shall be made available 
for integrated English literacy and civics education services to 
immigrants and other limited English proficient populations: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount reserved for integrated English 
literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the 
AEFLA, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based on a State’s 
absolute need as determined by calculating each State’s share of 
a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent resi-
dence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to 
States that experienced growth as measured by the average of 
the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal perma-
nent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated 
an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available for AEFLA, $11,346,000 shall be for national leader-
ship activities under section 243: Provided further, That $88,000,000 
shall be available to support the activities authorized under subpart 
4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent 
shall become available on October 1, 2009, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2011, for evaluation, technical assist-
ance, school networks, peer review of applications, and program 
outreach activities, and of which not less than 95 percent shall 
become available on July 1, 2010, and remain available through 
September 30, 2011, for grants to local educational agencies: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available to local educational agen-
cies under this subpart shall be used only for activities related 
to establishing smaller learning communities within large high 
schools or small high schools that provide alternatives for students 
enrolled in large high schools: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Education may use amounts available under this heading for 
the necessary costs of any closeout of the National Institute for 
Literacy. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING DEFERRAL OF FUNDS) 
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, 
$19,296,809,000, which shall remain available through September 
30, 2011. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2010–2011 shall be $4,860. 
Of the funds made available under section 401A(e)(1)(D) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, $561,000,000 shall not be avail-
able until October 1, 2010.