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the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 
ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education 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 Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in alloca-
tion 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 second proviso to 
local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Pro-
vided 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, notwith-
standing 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 consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 
5, until the entire 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 max-
imum amount described in that paragraph 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 either 
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, sub-
part 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such sub-
part: Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for 
other State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non- 
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by those sec-
tions: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) 
of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to 
section 643(e) of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant 
to each State in an amount equal to the maximum amount described 
in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if more 
than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the 
IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to those States on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of infants and toddlers
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except that no such State shall receive a grant in excess of the 
amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 643(c) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non- 
profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by section 
638 of IDEA: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 
of the IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 
633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention services 
to a child who previously received services under part C of the 
IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of the school year following 
the child’s third birthday with parental consent and without regard 
to the procedures in section 635(c) of the IDEA. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $3,862,645,000, of which $3,719,121,000 shall be for grants 
for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilita-
tion Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided 
in this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallotment 
of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 
Act for innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive 
integrated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act for 
youth and other individuals with disabilities: Provided further, That 
up to 15 percent of the amounts available for innovative activities 
described in the preceding proviso from funds provided under this 
paragraph in this Act and title III of the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division H of Public Law 116–260), may 
be used for evaluation and technical assistance related to such 
activities: 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 provided in this Act and made 
available subsequent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed 
at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,325,000 
shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in 
the table titled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available for projects described in the preceding proviso 
shall be subject to section 302 of this Act. 
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, $40,431,000. 
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, $88,500,000:
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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, $146,361,000: 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 (‘‘Per-
kins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), $2,091,436,000, of which $1,300,436,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2022, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2023, and of which $791,000,000 shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2022, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2023: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
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, $24,580,352,000 which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2023. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2022–2023 shall be $5,835. 
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, $2,033,943,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2023: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their past performance 
compared to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new 
and existing accounts: Provided further, That for student loan con-
tracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall allow 
student loan borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans 
to select from any student loan servicer to service their new consoli-
dated student loan: Provided further, That in order to promote 
accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary 
shall not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 
Federal student loan servicing environment, including the solicita-
tion for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing 
and Servicing Environment, unless such an environment provides 
for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that contract 
directly with the Department of Education to manage a unique 
portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from
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disbursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and allo-
cates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers based on performance: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for recurring non- 
compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and 
applicable laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform borrowers 
of available repayment options: Provided further, That such 
servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability to meet contract 
requirements (including an understanding of Federal and State 
law), future performance on the contracts, and history of compliance 
with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided further, That 
to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing subcontracting, 
FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the 
requirements of the contract, and the performance and expectations 
of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime contract and 
in the overall performance of the prime contractor: Provided further, 
That FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing and 
Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan servicing environ-
ment, incentivize more support to borrowers at risk of delinquency 
or default: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that in such 
environment contractors have the capacity to meet and are held 
accountable for performance on service levels; are held accountable 
for and have a history of compliance with applicable consumer 
protection laws; and have relevant experience and demonstrated 
effectiveness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations and Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate on general progress related to solicitations for Federal 
student loan servicing contracts: Provided further, That FSA shall 
strengthen transparency through expanded publication of aggregate 
data on student loan and servicer performance: Provided further, 
That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, FSA 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan of antici-
pated uses of funds made available in this account for fiscal year 
2022 and provide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts 
awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganization costs, 
and any other activity carried out using amounts provided under 
this heading for fiscal year 2022): Provided further, That the FSA 
Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, or any 
new Federal student loan servicing environment, shall include 
accountability measures that account for the performance of the 
portfolio and contractor compliance with FSA guidelines. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 
II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins 
Act, $2,994,111,000, of which $76,000,000 shall remain available 
through December 31, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry 
out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support 
visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici-
pating in advanced foreign language training and international