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projects and in the amounts specified in the statement of
the managers on the conference report accompanying this
Act.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University,
$237,392,000, of which not less than $3,526,000 shall be for
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480) and shall re-
main available until expended.
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 Higher Education Act of 1965, $481,000.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, $188,000.
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,
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and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $561,315,000, of which $293,155,000 shall be
available until September 30, 2009.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the Department of Education Organization Act, including
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $420,698,000, of
which $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be for building alterations and related expenses for the move
of Department staff to the Mary E. Switzer building in
Washington, DC.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $93,771,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $53,239,000.
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,
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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 transportation
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 edu-
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization 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 discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred
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between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section
shall be available only to meet emergency needs and 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 Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to promulgate, implement, or enforce any
revision to the regulations in effect under section 496 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 on June 1, 2007, until legis-
lation specifically requiring such revision is enacted.
SEC. 306. (a) MAINTENANCE OF INTEGRITY AND ETH-
ICAL VALUES WITHIN DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION.—
Within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education shall implement procedures—
(1) to assess whether a covered individual or en-
tity has a potential financial interest in, or bias to-
wards, a product or service purchased with, or guar-
anteed or insured by, funds administered by the De-
partment of Education or a contracted entity of the
Department; and
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(2) to disclose the existence of any such potential
financial interest or bias.
(b) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
(1) Within 30 days after the implementation of
the procedures described in subsection (a), the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Education shall re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate on the ade-
quacy of such procedures.
(2) Within 1 year, the Inspector General shall
conduct at least 1 audit to ensure that such proce-
dures are properly implemented and are adequate to
uncover and disclose the existence of potential finan-
cial interests or bias described in subsection (a).
(3) The Inspector General shall report to such
Committees any recommendations for modifications
to such procedures that the Inspector General deter-
mines are necessary to uncover and disclose the exist-
ence of such potential financial interests or bias.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘covered individual or entity’’ means—
(1) an officer or professional employee of the De-
partment of Education;
(2) a contractor or subcontractor of the Depart-
ment, or an individual hired by the contracted entity;
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(3) a member of a peer review panel of the De-
partment; or
(4) a consultant or advisor to the Department.
SEC. 307. (a) Notwithstanding section 8013(9)(B) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, North
Shore District 112, and Township High School District 113
in Lake County, Illinois, and Glenview Public School Dis-
trict 34 and Glenbrook High School District 225 in Cook
County, Illinois, shall be considered local educational agen-
cies as such term is used in and for purposes of title VIII
of such Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, feder-
ally connected children (as determined under section
8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965) who are in attendance in the North Shore District
112, Township High School District 113, Glenview Public
School District 34, and Glenbrook High School District 225
described in subsection (a), shall be considered to be in at-
tendance in the North Chicago Community Unit School
District 187 described in subsection (a) for purposes of com-
puting the amount that the North Chicago Community
Unit School District 187 is eligible to receive under sub-
section (b) or (d) of such section if—