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through September 30, 2019, to carry out activities under 
section 3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) $13,251,691,000, of which 
$1,864,818,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2019, 
and of which $11,164,824,000 shall become available on 
October 1, 2018, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, for academic year 2018–2019: Provided, 
That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall 
be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that ac-
tivity during fiscal year 2016, 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 2016: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 
611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that 
term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third 
proviso, any amount by which a State’s allocation under 
section 611, from funds appropriated under this heading, 
is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), according to the 
following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ relative 
populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the 
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same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 
ensures the availability of a free appropriate public edu-
cation under this part, and 15 percent to States on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of those children 
who are living in poverty: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may not distribute any funds under the previous 
proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from 
funds appropriated under this heading made funds avail-
able for such a distribution: Provided further, That the 
States shall allocate such funds distributed under the sec-
ond proviso to local educational agencies in accordance 
with section 611(f): Provided further, That the amount by 
which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) of the 
IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and the 
amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos 
in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be 
considered in calculating the awards under section 611(d) 
for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal years: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provision in 
section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in which 
a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced for 
failure to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction 
specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of con-
secutive fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire 
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reduction is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 
section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 
612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve 
under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same 
relation to the maximum amount described in that para-
graph as the reduction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears 
to the total allocation the State would have received in 
that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence of the 
reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall ei-
ther reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for 
any fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the State 
fails to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B), or 
seek to recover funds under section 452 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 
further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the 
IDEA may be used to provide technical assistance to 
States to improve the capacity of the States to meet the 
data collection requirements of sections 616 and 618 and 
to administer and carry out other services and activities 
to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use 
under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds made available for the State 
Personnel Development Grants program under part D, 
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subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance 
under such subpart. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 
National 
Center 
Act, 
$3,562,582,000, 
of 
which 
$3,452,931,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili-
tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided in 
this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallot-
ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the 
Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at im-
proving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities as de-
fined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, includ-
ing activities aimed at improving the education and post- 
school outcomes of children receiving Supplemental Secu-
rity Income (‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result 
in long-term improvement in the SSI child recipient’s eco-
nomic status and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That 
States may award subgrants for a portion of the funds 
to other public and private, nonprofit entities: Provided 
further, That any funds made available subsequent to real-
lotment for innovative activities aimed at improving the 
outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
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SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to promote the Education 
of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $26,431,000. 
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, $70,016,000: 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, $128,000,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni-
versity 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 pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,720,686,000, of which 
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$929,686,000 shall become available on July 1, 2018, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019, and 
of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2019: Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership ac-
tivities under section 242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 
and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, 
which shall remain available through September 30, 2019. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2018–2019 shall be $4,860. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,697,711,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2019. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, and sec-
tion 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006, $2,038,126,000: Provided, That 
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notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA may 
be used to support visits and study in foreign countries 
by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign 
language training and international studies in areas that 
are vital to United States national security and who plan 
to apply their language skills and knowledge of these coun-
tries in the fields of government, the professions, or inter-
national development: Provided further, That of the funds 
referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may 
be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and in-
formation dissemination activities: Provided further, That 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chap-
ter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may 
be used for evaluation. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$221,821,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
University Endowment Act and shall remain available 
until expended. 
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COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $434,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,112,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$313,513,000: Provided further, That these funds may be 
used to support loans to public and private Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-
tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $333,000. 
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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $605,267,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019: Provided, That funds avail-
able to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary 
and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$431,000,000. 
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $108,500,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $59,256,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 
school or school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school 
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 
requiring special education, to the school offering such 
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
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cludes 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 vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
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1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘2018’’ for ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 306. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-
solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 
the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2018, through 
September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 307. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-
propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 
2018 may use the income from that fund to award schol-
arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 
such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 
be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-
come, subject to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 
and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 308. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 309. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking 
‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances available from 
Public Law 114–113 under the heading ‘‘Student Finan-
cial Assistance’’ for carrying out subpart 1 of part A of 
title IV of the HEA, $3,270,844,000 are hereby rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
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 Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established under section 8502 of title 41, United States 
Code, $8,000,000: Provided, That in order to authorize 
any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to sec-
tion 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform 
contract requirements of the Committee as prescribed 
under section 51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, the Committee shall enter into a written agreement 
with any such central nonprofit agency: Provided further, 
That such agreement shall contain such auditing, over-
sight, and reporting provisions as necessary to implement 
chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code: Provided fur-
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ther, That such agreement shall include the elements listed 
under this heading in the explanatory statement accom-
panying Public Law 114–113: Provided further, That any 
such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 
section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 
unless such fee is under the terms of the written agree-
ment between the Committee and any such central non-
profit agency: Provided further, That no less than 
$1,250,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector 
General to remain available through September 30, 2019. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $736,029,000, notwith-
standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading: (1) 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; (2) $16,538,000 shall be available to pro-
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vide assistance to State commissions on national and com-
munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 
notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 
$30,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 
the 1990 Act; and (4) $3,800,000 shall be available for 
expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 
1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 
the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 
122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 
local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 
$206,842,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 
amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 
to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-
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propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 
may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 
without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 
under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-
ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $81,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$5,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2018, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
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or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-
ceive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment 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 sup-
port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 
Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 
196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-
grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 
Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-
grams and operations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
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