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REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, 
and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,709,853,000, of which 
$3,335,074,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation serv-
ices under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that remain avail-
able subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant 
to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities 
aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities 
as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including 
activities aimed at improving the education and post-school out-
comes of children receiving Supplemental Security Income (‘‘SSI’’) 
and their families that may result in long-term improvement in 
the SSI child recipient’s economic status and self-sufficiency: Pro-
vided further, That States may award subgrants for a portion 
of the funds to other public and private, non-profit entities: Provided 
further, That any funds made available subsequent to reallotment 
for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individ-
uals with disabilities shall remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to support alternative financing programs that provide for 
the purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest 
loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan fund; 
a loan guarantee; or insurance program: Provided further, That 
applicants shall provide an assurance that, and information 
describing the manner in which, the alternative financing program 
will expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided 
further, That State agencies and community-based disability 
organizations that are directed by and operated for individuals 
with disabilities shall be eligible to compete. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, $24,931,000. 
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, $67,016,000: 
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, $120,275,000: 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.
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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 and 
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 
$1,707,686,000, of which $916,686,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2016, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Education State 
Grants, $71,439,000 shall be made available for integrated English 
literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other lim-
ited-English-proficient populations: Provided further, That of the 
amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics edu-
cation, notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLA, 65 percent shall 
be allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as deter-
mined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of 
the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for 
immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most 
recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced 
growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years 
for which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data 
for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are avail-
able, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than 
$60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 
under section 243. 
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, 2016. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2015–2016 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, $1,396,924,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2016. 
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 Carl 
D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, 
$1,924,839,000: 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 Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 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
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countries 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 information dissemination activi-
ties: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of 
the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided further, That up 
to 2.5 percent of the funds made available under this Act for 
part B of title VII of the HEA may be used for technical assistance 
and the evaluation of activities carried out under such section. 
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. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 
HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $19,096,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2016: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$303,593,000: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 
support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges 
and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 
344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $573,935,000, which shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds available 
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, postsecondary, 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 Educational 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,
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and national levels: Provided further, That $137,235,000 shall be 
for carrying out activities authorized by the National Assessment 
of Educational Progress Authorization Act. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $411,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and 
renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $100,000,000. 
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, $57,791,000. 
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 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 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 
includes 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 voluntary 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 Edu-
cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but