(i) NATIONAL
EVALUATION.—From the amount 
made available for any fiscal year under section 6, the Sec-
retary shall reserve such sums as may be necessary to con-
duct an independent evaluation, by grant or by contract, 
of the program carried out under this Act, which shall in-
clude an assessment of the impact of the program on stu-
dent achievement. The Secretary shall report the results 
of the evaluation to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 5. NONDISCRIMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity or a school par-
ticipating in a project under this Act shall not discriminate 
against an individual participant in, or an individual appli-
cant to participate in, the project on the basis of race, 
color, religion, sex, or national origin. 
(b) APPLICABILITY
AND
SINGLE-SEX
SCHOOLS, 
CLASSES, OR ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the prohibition of sex discrimina-
tion described in subsection (a) shall not apply to a 
school described in subsection (a) that is operated 
by, supervised by, controlled by, or connected to, a 
religious organization, to the extent that the applica-
tion of subsection (a) is inconsistent with the reli-
gious tenets or beliefs of the organization. 
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(2) PARENTAL CHOICE.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (a) or any other provision of law, a parent 
may choose to enroll a child in, and a school may 
offer, a single-sex school, class, or activity under a 
project funded under this Act. 
(3) NEUTRALITY.—Section 909 of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1688) shall 
apply to this Act. 
(c) CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—Nothing in this 
Act may be construed to alter or modify the requirements 
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
(d) RELIGIOUSLY AFFILIATED SCHOOLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a school described in subsection (a) 
that is operated by, supervised by, controlled by, or 
connected to, a religious organization may exercise, 
in matters of employment, the school’s rights con-
sistent with title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), including the exemptions 
in that title. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, if a school described in subsection 
(a) receives funds made available under this Act for 
an eligible student as a result of a choice made by 
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the student’s parent, the receipt of the funds shall 
not, consistent with the first amendment of the Con-
stitution— 
(A) necessitate any change in the school’s 
teaching mission; 
(B) require the school to remove any reli-
gious art, icon, scripture, or other symbol; or 
(C) preclude the school from retaining a 
religious term in its name, selecting its board 
members on a religious basis, or including a re-
ligious reference in its mission statement or an-
other chartering or governing document. 
(e) RULES
OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of 
Federal law, a scholarship provided under this Act to a 
student shall be considered to be assistance to the parent 
of the student and shall not be considered to be assistance 
to the school that enrolls the student. The amount of any 
scholarship (or other form of support for the provision of 
supplemental educational services) provided to a parent of 
an eligible student under this Act shall not be treated as 
income of a parent of the eligible student for purposes of 
Federal tax laws or for purposes of determining eligibility 
for any other Federal program, other than the program 
carried out under this Act. 
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SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years. 
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