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IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected 
schools 
authorized 
by 
title 
VIII 
of 
the 
ESEA, 
$1,305,603,000, of which $1,168,233,000 shall be for basic support 
payments under section 8003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments 
for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $17,406,000 
shall be for construction under section 8007(a), $66,813,000 shall 
be for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 
$4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities 
maintenance under section 8008: Provided, That for purposes of 
computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational 
agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2015–2016, children 
enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 
for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to 
the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent 
or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due 
to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active 
duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as 
described in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under 
such section, shall be considered as eligible students under such 
section, provided such students remain in average daily attendance 
at a school in the same local educational agency they attended 
prior to their change in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 
parts A and B of title II, part B of title IV, parts A and B of 
title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of the ESEA; the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational 
Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
$4,433,629,000, of which $2,611,619,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2016, and remain available through September 30, 2017, 
and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2016, and shall remain available through September 30, 2017, 
for academic year 2016–2017: Provided, That funds made available 
to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used for 
construction, renovation, and modernization of any elementary 
school, secondary school, or structure related to an elementary 
school or secondary school, run by the Department of Education 
of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native 
Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA shall be awarded 
on a competitive basis, and also may be used for construction: 
Provided further, That $51,445,000 shall be available to carry out 
section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 
and the Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined 
to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education 
has access to services provided under this section: Provided further, 
That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental 
Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia 
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred 
to in the previous proviso to provide technical assistance in the 
implementation of these grants: Provided further, That up to 4.0 
percent of the funds for subpart 1 of part A of title II of the
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ESEA shall be reserved by the Secretary for competitive awards 
for teacher or principal recruitment and training or professional 
enhancement activities, including for civic education instruction, 
to national not-for-profit organizations, of which up to 8 percent 
may only be used for research, dissemination, evaluation, and tech-
nical assistance for competitive awards carried out under this pro-
viso: Provided further, That $152,717,000 shall be to carry out 
part B of title II of the ESEA: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available by this Act shall be used to allow 21st 
Century Community Learning Centers initiative funding for 
expanded learning time unless these activities provide enrichment 
and engaging academic activities for students at least 300 additional 
program hours before, during, or after the traditional school day 
and supplements but does not supplant school day requirements. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, $143,939,000. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, 
subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, 
and D of title V of the ESEA, and section 14007 of division A 
of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as 
amended, $1,181,226,000: Provided, That up to $120,000,000 shall 
be available through December 31, 2016 for section 14007 of division 
A of Public Law 111–5, and up to 5 percent of such funds may 
be used for technical assistance and the evaluation of activities 
carried out under such section: Provided further, That the education 
facilities clearinghouse established through a competitive process 
in fiscal year 2013 may collect and disseminate information on 
effective educational practices and the latest research on the plan-
ning, design, financing, construction, improvement, operation, and 
maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performance public facilities for 
early learning programs, kindergarten through grade 12, and higher 
education: Provided further, That $230,000,000 of the funds for 
subpart 1 of part D of title V of the ESEA shall be for competitive 
grants to local educational agencies, including charter schools that 
are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) 
a local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least one 
nonprofit organization to develop and implement performance-based 
compensation systems for teachers, principals, and other personnel 
in high-need schools: Provided further, That such performance- 
based compensation systems must consider gains in student aca-
demic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted mul-
tiple times during each school year among other factors and provide 
educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and 
leadership roles: Provided further, That recipients of such grants 
shall demonstrate that such performance-based compensation sys-
tems are developed with the input of teachers and school leaders 
in the schools and local educational agencies to be served by the 
grant: Provided further, That recipients of such grants may use 
such funds to develop or improve systems and tools (which may 
be developed and used for the entire local educational agency or 
only for schools served under the grant) that would enhance the 
quality and success of the compensation system, such as high-
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quality teacher evaluations and tools to measure growth in student 
achievement: Provided further, That applications for such grants 
shall include a plan to sustain financially the activities conducted 
and systems developed under the grant once the grant period has 
expired: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of such funds 
for competitive grants shall be available for technical assistance, 
training, peer review of applications, program outreach, and evalua-
tion activities: Provided further, That $250,000,000 of the funds 
for part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available through 
December 31, 2016 for carrying out, in accordance with the 
applicable requirements of part D of title V of the ESEA, a preschool 
development grants program: Provided further, That the Secretary, 
jointly with the Secretary of HHS, shall make competitive awards 
to States for activities that build the capacity within the State 
to develop, enhance, or expand high-quality preschool programs, 
including comprehensive services and family engagement, for pre-
school-aged children from families at or below 200 percent of the 
Federal poverty line: Provided further, That each State may 
subgrant a portion of such grant funds to local educational agencies 
and other early learning providers (including, but not limited to, 
Head Start programs and licensed child care providers), or consortia 
thereof, for the implementation of high-quality preschool programs 
for children from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal 
poverty line: Provided further, That subgrantees that are local 
educational agencies shall form strong partnerships with early 
learning providers and that subgrantees that are early learning 
providers shall form strong partnerships with local educational 
agencies, in order to carry out the requirements of the subgrant: 
Provided further, That up to 3 percent of such funds for preschool 
development grants shall be available for technical assistance, 
evaluation, and other national activities related to such grants: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of funds available under part 
D of title V of the ESEA shall be for the Full-Service Community 
Schools program: Provided further, That of the funds available 
for part B of title V of the ESEA, the Secretary shall use up 
to $10,000,000 to carry out activities under section 5205(b) and 
shall use not less than $16,000,000 for 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 
shall reserve up to $100,000,000 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 not less than 
$11,000,000 to carry out the activities described in section 5205(a), 
including improving quality and oversight of charter schools and 
providing technical assistance and grants to authorized public char-
tering agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing 
charter schools: Provided further, That funds available for part 
B of title V of the ESEA may be used for grants that support 
preschool education in charter schools: 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 technical assistance 
or establishing a professional development program, which may 
include evaluation, 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
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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 rights and responsibilities of the school and the public char-
tering 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 one of the most important factors when determining to renew 
or revoke a school’s charter. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by part A of title IV 
and subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D of title V of the ESEA, 
$244,815,000: Provided, That $75,000,000 shall be available for 
subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of which up to $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the Project School 
Emergency Response to Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program to pro-
vide education-related services to local educational agencies and 
institutions of higher education in which the learning environment 
has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis: Provided 
further, That $73,254,000 shall be available through December 31, 
2016 for Promise Neighborhoods. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $737,400,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2016, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2017, except that 6.5 percent 
of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2015, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2017, to carry out activities 
under section 3111(c)(1)(C): Provided, That the Secretary 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, $12,976,858,000, of which $3,456,259,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2016, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2017, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2017, for academic year 2016–2017: Provided, 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 2015, 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 2015: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d)