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(3) a member of a peer review panel of the Department; 
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 District 34 and Glenbrook High School 
District 225 in Cook County, Illinois, shall be considered local 
educational agencies as such term is used in and for purposes 
of title VIII of such Act for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, federally con-
nected 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 consid-
ered to be in attendance 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 subsection (b) or (d) of 
such section for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 if— 
(1) such school districts have entered into an agreement 
for such students to be so considered and for the equitable 
apportionment among all such school districts of any amount 
received by the North Chicago Community Unit School District 
187 under such section; and 
(2) any amount apportioned among all such school districts 
pursuant to paragraph (1) is used by such school districts 
only for the direct provision of educational services. 
SEC. 308. Prior to January 1, 2008, the Secretary of Education 
may not terminate any voluntary flexible agreement under section 
428A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that existed on October 
1, 2007. With respect to an entity with which the Secretary of 
Education had a voluntary flexible agreement under section 428A 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on October 1, 2007 that 
is not cost neutral, if the Secretary terminates such agreement 
on or after January 1, 2008, the Secretary of Education shall, 
not later than March 31, 2008, negotiate to enter, and enter, into 
a new voluntary flexible agreement with such entity so that the 
agreement is cost neutral, unless such entity does not want to 
enter into such agreement. 
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 102(a)(4)(A) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, the Secretary of Education shall not take 
into account a bankruptcy petition filed in the United States Bank-
ruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York on February 
21, 2001, in determining whether a nonprofit educational institution 
that is a subsidiary of an entity that filed such petition meets 
the definition of an ‘‘institution of higher education’’ under section 
102 of that Act. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 310. Of the unobligated balances available under the 
Federal Direct Student Loan Program Administration authorized 
by section 458 of the Higher Education Act and the Higher Edu-
cation Reconciliation Act of 2005, $25,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 311. The Secretary of Education shall—
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(1) deem each local educational agency that received a 
fiscal year 2007 basic support payment for heavily impacted 
local educational agencies under section 8003(b)(2) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7703(b)(2)) as eligible to receive a fiscal year 2008 basic support 
payment for heavily impacted local educational agencies under 
such section; and 
(2) make a payment to such local educational agency under 
such section for fiscal year 2008. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appro-
priations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 
SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public 
Law 92–28, $4,994,000. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $796,662,000, of which $313,054,000 is 
to carry out the 1973 Act and $483,608,000 is to carry out the 
1990 Act: Provided, That $24,205,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2009 to 
carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act: Provided further, That up 
to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray the 
costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 
of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the grants 
cycle: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading for activities authorized by section 122 and 
part E of title II of the 1973 Act shall be used to provide stipends 
or other monetary incentives to program participants or volunteer 
leaders whose incomes exceed the income guidelines in subsections 
211(e) and 213(b) of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing subtitle H of title I of the 1990 Act, none of the funds 
provided for quality and innovation activities shall be used to sup-
port salaries and related expenses (including travel) attributable 
to Corporation for National and Community Service employees: 
Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust 
under this heading, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal 
year after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available, unobligated balances of appropriations 
available for grants under the National Service Trust Program
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under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act during such fiscal 
year may be transferred to the National Service Trust after notice 
is transmitted to Congress, if such funds are initially obligated 
before the expiration of their period of availability as provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading: (1) not less than $124,718,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be transferred to the National Service Trust 
for educational awards authorized under subtitle D of title I of 
the 1990 Act: Provided further, That in addition to these funds, 
the Corporation may transfer funds from the amount provided 
for AmeriCorps grants under the National Service Trust Program, 
to the National Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of title 
I of the 1990 Act, upon determination that such transfer is nec-
essary to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Congress; (2) not more than 
$55,000,000 of funding provided for grants under the National 
Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 
the 1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or support 
any national service program authorized under section 129(d)(2) 
of such Act; (3) $12,000,000 shall be to provide assistance to State 
commissions on national and community service, under section 
126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of 
the 1990 Act; and (4) not less than $5,000,000 shall be for the 
acquisition, renovation, equipping and startup costs for a campus 
located in Vinton, Iowa and a campus in Vicksburg, Mississippi 
to carry out subtitle E of title I of the 1990 Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $68,964,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,932,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service edu-
cation awards shall mean any loan determined by an institution 
of higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s cost of 
attendance at such institution and made, insured, or guaranteed 
directly to a student by a State agency, in addition to other 
meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community 
Service Act. 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 to assist entities in placing 
applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be provided 
to any entity that receives a grant under section 121 of the Act.
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SEC. 403. The Corporation for National and Community Service 
shall make any significant changes to program requirements, 
service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment 
rulemaking. For fiscal year 2008, during any grant selection process, 
an officer or employee of the Corporation shall not knowingly dis-
close any covered grant selection information regarding such selec-
tion, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of the Corporation that is authorized by the Corporation 
to receive such information. 
SEC. 404. Professional Corps programs described in section 
122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 may 
apply to the Corporation for a waiver of application of section 
140(c)(2). 
SEC. 405. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, the Corporation may solicit and accept the services 
of organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist 
the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under 
the national service laws: Provided, That an individual who provides 
services under this section shall be subject to the same protections 
and limitations as volunteers under section 196(a) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990. 
SEC. 
406. 
Organizations 
operating 
projects 
under 
the 
AmeriCorps Education Awards Program shall do so without regard 
to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), 131(e), 132, and 
140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990. 
SEC. 407. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 
National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 
share requirement of 24 percent for the first three years that 
they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the 
overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 
of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the 
operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member 
support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial waiver 
consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, formula- 
based grants to States and territories under section 129(a)(1)– 
(2) of the 1990 Act to operate AmeriCorps programs may be made 
if the application describes proposed positions into which partici-
pants will be placed, the proposed minimum qualifications of such 
participants, and an assurance that the State will select national 
service programs for subgrants on a competitive basis, and an 
assurance that the aforementioned information will be provided 
for each subgrant awarded prior to the execution of such subgrants. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as 
authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which 
shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the 
fiscal year 2010, $420,000,000: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall 
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertain-
ment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available