(v) Subtitle B of title VII of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
(B) For each of fiscal years 2004 through 
2008, the aggregate amount the local edu-
cational agency is eligible to receive during the 
fiscal year pursuant to all multiyear awards 
made prior to the date of enactment of this Act 
under any program that is repealed by section 
8 and is not listed in subparagraph (A). 
(3) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount allo-
cated to a State to carry out this Act for any fiscal 
year is insufficient to pay the full amounts that all 
local educational agencies in such State are eligible 
to receive under paragraph (2) for such year, the 
State shall ratably reduce such amounts for such 
year. 
(b) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available 
under this section to a local educational agency shall be 
used for the following classroom services and activities: 
(1) Programs for the acquisition and use of in-
structional and educational materials, including li-
brary services and materials (including media mate-
rials), assessments, reference materials, and other 
curricular materials which are tied to high academic 
standards and which will be used to improve student
achievement and which are part of an overall edu-
cation reform program. 
(2) Professional development for instructional 
staff. 
(3) Programs to improve the higher order 
thinking skills of disadvantaged elementary and sec-
ondary school students and to prevent students from 
dropping out of school. 
(4) Efforts to lengthen the school day or the 
school year. 
(5) Programs to combat illiteracy in the student 
population. 
(6) Programs to provide for the educational 
needs of gifted and talented children. 
(7) Promising education reform projects that 
are tied to State student content and performance 
standards. 
(8) Carrying out comprehensive school reform 
programs that are based on reliable research. 
(9) Programs for homeless children and youth. 
(10) Programs that are built upon partnerships 
between local educational agencies and institutions 
of higher education, educational service agencies, li-
braries, businesses, regional educational laboratories, 
or other educational entities, for the purpose of pro-
viding educational services consistent with this sec-
tion. 
(11) The acquisition of books, materials and 
equipment, payment of compensation of instructional 
staff, and instructional activities that are necessary 
for the conduct of programs in magnet schools. 
(12) Programs to promote academic achieve-
ment among women and girls. 
(13) Programs to provide for the educational 
needs of children with limited English proficiency or 
who are American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native 
Hawaiian. 
(14) Activities to provide the academic support, 
enrichment, and motivation to enable all students to 
reach high State standards. 
(15) Efforts to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio. 
(16) Projects and programs which assure the 
participation in mainstream settings in arts and 
education programs of individuals with disabilities. 
(17) Projects and programs to integrate arts 
education into the regular elementary and secondary 
school curriculum. 
(18) Programs designed to educate students 
about the history and principles of the Constitution
of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, 
and to foster civic competence and responsibility. 
(19) Mathematics and science education in-
structional materials. 
(20) Programs designed to improve the quality 
of student writing and learning and the teaching of 
writing as a learning process. 
(21) Technology related to the implementation 
of school-based reform programs, including profes-
sional development to assist teachers and other 
school officials regarding how to effectively use such 
equipment and software. 
(22) Computer software and hardware for in-
structional use. 
(23) Developing, adapting, or expanding exist-
ing and new applications of technology. 
(24) Acquiring connectivity linkages, resources, 
and services, including the acquisition of hardware 
and software, for use by teachers, students, and 
school library media personnel in the classroom or in 
school library media centers, in order to improve 
student learning. 
(25) After-school programs designed to engage 
children in a constructive manner and to promote 
their academic, developmental, and personal growth.
(26) Developing, constructing, acquiring, main-
taining, operating, and obtaining technical assist-
ance in the use of telecommunications audio and vis-
ual facilities and equipment for use in the classroom. 
(27) Developing, acquiring, and obtaining tech-
nical assistance in the use of educational and in-
structional video programming for use in the class-
room. 
(c) PARENT INVOLVEMENT.—Each local educational 
agency receiving assistance under this section shall involve 
parents and members of the public in planning for the use 
of funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 5. PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRI-
VATE SCHOOLS. 
Each local educational agency that receives funds 
under this Act shall provide for the participation of chil-
dren enrolled in private schools, and their teachers or 
other educational personnel, in the activities and services 
assisted under this Act in the same manner as private 
school children, and their teachers or other educational 
personnel, participate in activities and services under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) pursuant to sections 9501, 9502, 
9503, and 9504 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7881, 7882, 7883, 
and 7884).
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801); 
(2) the term ‘‘educational service agency’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801); 
(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education; and 
(4) except as otherwise provided, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the several States of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the United States Virgin Islands. 
SEC. 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of 
the Federal Government to require, direct, or control a 
State, local educational agency, or school’s specific in-
structional content of pupil performance standards and as-
sessments, curriculum, or program of instruction as a con-
dition of eligibility to receive funds under this Act.