(4) in paragraph (13), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘who did not meet or exceed the proficient level 
of academic achievement in the yearly student 
academic assessments required under section 
1111 for the child’s grade level to meet the 
State’s student academic achievement stand-
ards’’ before the semicolon; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iv) 
provides 
supplemental 
edu-
cational services by individuals who are 
highly qualified to the same extent and in 
the same manner as a teacher under sec-
tion 9101(23) with respect to the student 
receiving such services; and’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect and apply beginning with 
the first academic year that begins after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 7. HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF DEADLINE TO SATISFY RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 1119 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘not later than 
4 years after the date of enactment’’ and inserting 
‘‘not later than the end of the 2006–2007 school 
year,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) DEADLINES FOR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFES-
SIONALS TO BE THE SAME.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary extends a 
deadline specified in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall also extend all other deadlines specified in 
paragraph (2) to the same extent. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINES COVERED.—The deadlines re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
‘‘(A) The deadlines for teachers to be high-
ly qualified, as required by subsections (a)(2), 
(a)(2)(A), and (a)(3). 
‘‘(B) The deadline for paraprofessionals to 
be highly qualified, as required by subsection 
(d).’’. 
(b) HIGH OBJECTIVE UNIFORM STATE STANDARD 
OF EVALUATION.—Section 9101(23)(C)(ii)(III) of such 
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Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(23)(C)(ii)(III)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘including a streamlined process under which 
teachers of multiple subjects may demonstrate competency 
in each individual subject’’ before the semicolon. 
(c) GRANTS FOR PARAPROFESSIONAL TRAINING.—In 
addition to funds that are already available for this pur-
pose, the Secretary of Education shall allocate Federal 
funds to pay for paraprofessional training under sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 1119 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6319). 
SEC. 8. PERFORMANCE BONUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
make grants, in amounts determined appropriate by the 
Secretary, to eligible States to be used for non-administra-
tive functions by schools that have closed achievement 
gaps by not less than ten percent between subgroups de-
scribed in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)), as demonstrated to the satisfaction 
of the Secretary. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$50,000,000 to carry out this section. 
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SEC. 9. CONDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1116 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) 
CONDITIONAL
IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, a State edu-
cational agency, local educational agency, or school, as ap-
plicable, may defer the requirements of subsections (b)(7) 
and (b)(8) and subsection (c)(7) and (c)(10) in any fiscal 
year in which the amount appropriated under section 
1002(a) of this Act and section 611(i) of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (42 U.S.C. 1411(i)) does 
not equal or exceed the amount authorized under such sec-
tion for such fiscal year. For purposes of determining the 
amounts referred to in the preceding sentence for fiscal 
year 2008 and subsequent fiscal years, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated under section 1002(a) of this 
Act in each such fiscal year shall be $2,500,000,000 more 
than the amount for the preceding fiscal year. Such deter-
mination shall only apply for the purposes of this sub-
section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect beginning with the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 10. STUDY BY GAO. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to— 
(1) determine whether increases in Federal ele-
mentary and secondary education funding since the 
date of the enactment of the No Child Left Behind 
Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–110; 115 Stat. 1425) 
are sufficient to cover the costs of Federal require-
ments mandated by that Act; 
(2) identify the costliest provisions of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 
(3) identify cuts to programs and activities 
made by schools in order to implement requirements 
mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; 
(4) determine— 
(A) the amount of Federal funds provided 
to implement the requirements of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
disaggregated by the percentages of such funds 
used to implement each such requirement; and 
(B) the percentage of State costs to imple-
ment such requirements in each such area; 
(5) determine the cost of aligning elementary 
and secondary curricula to comply with the require-
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