(B) services for children with disabilities; 
and 
(C) mental-health counseling for children 
displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Rita; 
(6) after-school programs; 
(7) supplemental educational services; and 
(8) early childhood programs. 
(i) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The State educational agen-
cies of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and any other 
eligible entity that receives funds under this section, shall 
take appropriate measures to ensure proper use of, and 
accounting for, all funds they receive under this section. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $1,860,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF EVACU-
ATED STUDENTS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—From funds available to carry out 
this section, the Secretary shall make one-time, emergency 
grants to State educational agencies to reimburse parents 
of students who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina or 
Rita and who are attending any private school in the State 
that is accredited or licensed or otherwise operates in ac-
cordance with State law.
(b) LENGTH OF AWARD.—(1) An emergency grant 
to a State educational agency under this section shall be 
for the period of the 2005–2006 school year. 
(2) A State educational agency shall return to the 
Secretary any funds it receives under this section that it 
does not obligate by the end of the 2005–2006 school year. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—The State educational agency’s 
application for an emergency grant shall include— 
(1) the number of displaced students whose 
parents the State educational agency expects to re-
imburse under this section; and 
(2) a detailed description of the procedures the 
State educational agency plans to use to provide re-
imbursements to the parents of those students and 
to ensure fiscal accountability for any funds it re-
ceives under this section. 
(d) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—(1) The amount of a 
State educational agency’s emergency grant under this 
section shall be— 
(A) the number of displaced students whose 
parents the State educational agency will reimburse, 
as determined by the Secretary; multiplied by 
(B) the amount described in section 1(e)(2)(B). 
(2) If the amount of funds available under this sec-
tion is insufficient to award grants in the amounts deter-
mined under paragraph (1), the amount of each such 
grant shall be ratably reduced. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.—Each State educational agen-
cy receiving an emergency grant under this section— 
(1) shall use the grant funds to provide a reim-
bursement, once per semester (or lesser portion of 
the school year, if the State so decides), directly to 
the parents of displaced students, for the cost of 
those students’ tuition, fees, and transportation ex-
penses, if any, at any private school of their choice 
in the State for that semester (or lesser period); 
(2) shall ensure that parents who receive funds 
under this section use those funds only for the pur-
poses described in paragraph (1); 
(3) may use not more than three percent of the 
amount provided under the grant for the administra-
tive expenses of carrying out this section; and 
(4) may contract with a public or private non-
profit agency or entity to administer and operate the 
program authorized under this section. 
(f) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The maximum reimburse-
ment that a State educational agency may provide to 
parents on behalf of an individual displaced student 
under this section is an amount equal to 90 percent
of the State’s per-pupil expenditure for elementary 
and secondary education, up to $7,500, but shall not 
exceed— 
(A) the cost of tuition and fees (and trans-
portation expenses, if any) at the private school 
at which the student is (or will be) enrolled; 
minus 
(B) any refund received by the parents if 
the student leaves the school. 
(2) REFUND
POLICY.—The State educational 
agency shall provide reimbursements under this sec-
tion only to parents of displaced students enrolled in 
private schools that apply a refund policy to these 
students that is at least as favorable as the refund 
policy they apply to other students. 
(g) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall establish cri-
teria, including family income or assets, or both, to deter-
mine whether, and to what extent, families of displaced 
students are eligible for assistance under this section. 
(h) BY-PASS.—If a State educational agency is un-
able or unwilling to carry out this section, the Secretary 
may make such arrangements as the Secretary finds ap-
propriate to carry out this section on behalf of displaced 
students attending private schools in that State.
(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Section 308 of the 
DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 shall apply to 
this section. 
(j) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 
provided by this section shall terminate on June 30, 2006. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $488,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) As used in this Act, the following terms have the 
following meanings: 
(1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘average 
per-pupil expenditure’’, ‘‘child’’, ‘‘county’’, ‘‘elemen-
tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘other 
staff’’, ‘‘parent’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, 
‘‘State’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the 
meaning given those terms in section 9101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) AFFECTED
AREA.—The term ‘‘affected 
area’’ means a county or parish, in a State, that has 
been designated by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency for disaster assistance for individuals 
and households as a result of Hurricane Katrina or 
Rita.
(3) DISPLACED STUDENT.—Except as provided 
in section 4(e)(2) of this Act, the term ‘‘displaced 
student’’ means a student who was formerly a resi-
dent of an affected area and, as a result of Hurri-
cane Katrina or Rita, has enrolled in a public or pri-
vate elementary or secondary school in a new com-
munity. 
SEC. 5. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) From the funds made available to carry out this 
Act, the Secretary may reserve up to one percent for the 
costs of administering this Act. 
(b) The Secretary shall take such measures as the 
Secretary finds necessary to ensure proper use of, and ac-
counting for, all funds made available under this Act, in-
cluding provisions to ensure sound fiscal management of 
grant funds by grantees. 
SEC. 6. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS. 
Funds under this Act may not be used for— 
(1) school construction (except for minor re-
modeling as otherwise authorized); or 
(2) expenses covered by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency or private insurance. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
Any grantee under this Act shall prepare and submit 
to the Secretary a final report, not later than 90 days after
the termination of the grant period, that describes the ac-
tivities carried out with the grant funds. 
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