‘‘(1) evaluate whether State laws, policies, and 
practices described in such application and the plans 
submitted by the State educational agency under 
subsection 722(g) of Part A of this subtitle and Part 
A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 adequately address the problems 
of all homeless children and youths relating to ac-
cess to education and placement; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that the State application ade-
quately meets the requirements of subsection 730(b). 
‘‘SEC. 732. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘The terms ‘enrollment’, ‘homeless children and 
youths’, ‘including’, ‘local educational agency’, ‘Secretary’, 
and ‘unaccompanied youth’ shall have the meanings given 
them in section 725 of Part A of this subtitle. 
‘‘SEC. 733. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $35,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 is amended— 
(1) in section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6311(c))— 
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(A) in subsection (b)(2), by adding after 
subparagraph (K) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(L) ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR
HOMELESS 
CHILDREN
AND
YOUTHS.—The accountability 
provisions under this Act shall ensure that 
homeless children and youths, as defined in sec-
tion 725(3) of subtitle B of title VII of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, are 
included in academic assessment, reporting, and 
accountability systems, consistent with section 
1111(b)(3)(C)(xi) of this Part. Notwithstanding 
the requirements of subsection (i), the State is 
not required to disaggregate the assessment re-
sults of homeless children and youths as a sepa-
rate category under section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of 
this Part.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (13), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (14), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(15) the State educational agency will ensure 
that the requirements of subtitle B of title VII of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) that relate to the State edu-
cational agency are satisfied.’’; 
(2) in section 1112 (20 U.S.C. 6312)— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (N), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (O), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(P) comply with the requirements of sub-
title B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et 
seq.) that relate to the local educational agen-
cy.’’; and 
(B) by amending subsection (b)(1)(O) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(O) a description of the services the local 
educational agency will provide homeless chil-
dren and youths, including services provided 
with funds reserved under section 1113(c)(3), 
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the amount of funds reserved, the needs assess-
ment conducted to determine the amount of 
funds reserved, how the amount of funds re-
served is related to the needs assessment, and 
the collaborative role of the liaison designated 
pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of subtitle 
B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act in determining the amount of 
funds reserved and the services provided;’’. 
(3) by amending section 1113(c)(3) (20 U.S.C. 
6313(c)(3)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) RESERVATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A local educational 
agency shall reserve funds under this part to 
assist homeless children and youths (as defined 
in section 725(3) of subtitle B of title VII of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) 
who are attending schools participating under 
sections 1114 or 1115 or nonparticipating 
schools, in satisfying the State’s academic 
achievement standards. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 1120A, such funds may be used to pro-
vide homeless children and youths with services 
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not ordinarily provided to other students under 
this part, including providing funding for the li-
aison 
designated 
pursuant 
to 
section 
722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of subtitle B of title VII of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, pro-
viding 
transportation 
pursuant 
to 
section 
722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act, providing support 
services to preschool-aged homeless children 
and homeless secondary school students, pro-
viding educationally related support services to 
children and youths in shelters and other loca-
tions where they may live, and removing bar-
riers to homeless children’s and youths’ enroll-
ment, attendance, retention, and success in 
school. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNT RESERVED.—The amount of 
funds reserved shall be based upon an assess-
ment of the educational and related needs of 
homeless children and youths in the local edu-
cational agency and determined collaboratively 
with the liaison designated pursuant to section 
722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of subtitle B of title VII of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
‘‘(D) INTEGRATION.—The services pro-
vided to homeless children and youths shall, to 
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