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(1) such school districts have entered into an
agreement for such students to be so considered and
for the equitable apportionment among all such school
districts of any amount received by the North Chicago
Community Unit School District 187 under such sec-
tion; and
(2) any amount apportioned among all such
school districts pursuant to paragraph (1) is used by
such school districts only for the direct provision of
educational services.
SEC. 308. Prior to January 1, 2008, the Secretary of
Education may not terminate any voluntary flexible agree-
ment under section 428A of the Higher Education Act of
1965 that existed on October 1, 2007. With respect to an
entity with which the Secretary of Education had a vol-
untary flexible agreement under section 428A of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 on October 1, 2007 that is not cost
neutral, if the Secretary terminates such agreement on or
after January 1, 2008, the Secretary of Education shall,
not later than March 31, 2008, negotiate to enter, and enter,
into a new voluntary flexible agreement with such entity
so that the agreement is cost neutral, unless such entity does
not want to enter into such agreement.
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 102(a)(4)(A) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, the Secretary of Education
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shall not take into account a bankruptcy petition filed in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern Dis-
trict of New York on February 21, 2001, in determining
whether a nonprofit educational institution that is a sub-
sidiary of an entity that filed such petition meets the defini-
tion of an ‘‘institution of higher education’’ under section
102 of that Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
TITLE IV
RELATED AGENCIES
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished by Public Law 92–28, $4,994,000.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’),
$798,065,000, of which $313,054,000 is to carry out the
1973 Act and $485,011,000 is to carry out the 1990 Act:
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Provided, 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 elec-
tronic management of the grants cycle: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available under this heading
for activities authorized 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 sub-
sections 211(e) and 213(b) of the 1973 Act: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ex-
penses (including travel) attributable to Corporation for
National and Community Service employees: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided under this heading: (1)
not less than $126,121,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be transferred to the National Service Trust for
educational awards authorized under subtitle D of title I
of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That in addition to these
funds, the Corporation may transfer funds from the amount
provided for AmeriCorps grants under the National Service
Trust Program, to the National Service Trust authorized
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, upon determina-
tion that such transfer is necessary to support the activities
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of national service participants and after notice is trans-
mitted to the Congress; (2) not more than $55,000,000 of
funding provided for grants under the National Service
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the
1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or support
any national service program authorized under section
129(d)(2) of such Act; (3) $12,000,000 shall be to provide
assistance to State commissions on national and commu-
nity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and not-
withstanding section 501(a)(4) of the 1990 Act; and (4) not
less than $5,000,000 shall be for the acquisition, renovation,
equipping and startup costs for a campus located in Vinton,
Iowa and a campus in Vicksburg, Mississippi to carry out
subtitle G of title I of the 1990 Act.
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 Domes-
tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment of sal-
aries, 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 recep-
tion and representation expenses, $68,964,000.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$6,900,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national
service education 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.
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 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 Act.
SEC. 403. The Inspector General of the Corporation
for National and Community Service shall conduct random
audits of the grantees that administer activities under the
AmeriCorps programs and shall levy sanctions in accord-
ance with standard Inspector General audit resolution pro-
cedures which include, but are not limited to, debarment
of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with
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substantially the same person or persons in control) that
has been determined to have committed any substantial vio-
lation of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, in-
cluding any grantee that has been determined to have vio-
lated the prohibition of using Federal funds to lobby the
Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General shall obtain
reimbursements in the amount of any misused funds from
any grantee that has been determined to have committed
any substantial violation of the requirements of the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 404. The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service shall make any significant changes to program
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public
notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2008, dur-
ing any grant selection process, an officer or employee of
the Corporation shall not knowingly disclose any covered
grant selection information regarding such selection, di-
rectly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or
employee of the Corporation that is authorized by the Cor-
poration to receive such information.
SEC. 405. Professional Corps programs described in
section 122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 may apply to the Corporation for a waiver
of application of section 140(c)(2).