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program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous 
proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementation of 
these grants: Provided further, That $180,840,000 shall be for part 
B of title V: Provided further, That $1,100,000,000 shall be available 
for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $180,239,000, of which 
$67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and 
$6,865,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 
4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 
and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $982,256,000: Provided, 
That $278,515,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B 
of title II and shall be made available without regard to sections 
2201, 2231(b) and 2241: Provided further, That $583,741,000 shall 
be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 
and shall be made available without regard to sections 4311, 
4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for part C 
of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for part 
C of title IV, the Secretary shall use $50,000,000 to carry out 
section 4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out section 4304(k), $120,000,000, to remain available 
through March 31, 2019, to carry out section 4305(b), and not 
more than $14,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 
$120,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2018 for 
subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 
of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $185,754,000: Provided, That 
$90,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of which up to 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
Project School Emergency Response to Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) 
program: Provided further, That $17,500,000 shall be available for 
section 4625: Provided further, That $78,254,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2018, for section 4624: Provided further, 
That section 4623(b) of the ESEA shall apply to funds appropriated 
for Promise Neighborhoods under this heading in prior appropria-
tions acts: Provided further, That, no later than June 1, 2018, 
the Secretary shall award extension grants under such section 
on a competitive basis to implementation grantees that have dem-
onstrated the ability to collect, track, and report longitudinal data 
on performance indicators established by the Department and 
required to be reported on annually as part of the initial 
implementation grant; demonstrated the most positive and prom-
ising results during their initial implementation grant based on
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such indicators, emphasizing getting children ready to learn; dem-
onstrated a commitment to operating in the most underserved 
and under-resourced, including rural, areas; and propose continuing 
to pursue ambitious goals during an extension of that grant. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $737,400,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2019, except that 6.5 percent 
of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2017, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2019, to carry out activities 
under section 3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment 
Act of 2004, $13,366,184,000, of which $3,845,585,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2018, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, for academic year 2018–2019: Provided, That 
the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to 
the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal 
year 2017, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 
section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the 
funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2017: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) 
of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined 
in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by 
which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds appro-
priated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), 
according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of 
the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 
ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under 
this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 
relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in alloca-
tion from funds appropriated under this heading made funds avail-
able for such a distribution: Provided further, That the States 
shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to 
local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Pro-
vided further, That the amount by which a State’s allocation under 
section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) 
and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos 
in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered 
in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 
or for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal 
year in which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), 
the Secretary may apply the reduction specified in section 
612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 
five, until the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That
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the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation 
under section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 
612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the max-
imum amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would 
have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence 
of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall either 
reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 
section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 
of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 
further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 
capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements 
of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other 
services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 
quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the 
State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, sub-
part 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such sub-
part. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $3,587,130,000, of which $3,452,931,000 shall be for grants 
for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilita-
tion Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided 
in this Act that remain available 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 edu-
cation and post-school outcomes 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: Provided further, That States may award sub-
grants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, 
nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any funds made available 
subsequent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at 
improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to promote the Education of the 
Blind of March 3, 1879, $27,431,000. 
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, $73,000,000: 
Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may
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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, $128,000,000: 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. 
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’’), 
$1,830,686,000, of which $1,039,686,000 shall become available on 
July 1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2019, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2018, and shall remain available through September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 
242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part 
C of title IV of the HEA, $24,445,352,000, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2019. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2018–2019 shall be $5,035. 
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, $1,678,943,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2019: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 
eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their performance 
compared to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new 
and existing accounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
no later than September 30, 2017, allow student loan borrowers 
who are consolidating Federal student loans to select from any 
student loan servicer to service their new consolidated student 
loan under the current student loan servicing contracts: Provided 
further, That in order to promote accountability and high-quality 
service to borrowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for 
any contract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing 
environment, including the solicitation for the FSA Next Generation 
Processing and Servicing Environment as amended by the Depart-
ment of Education on February 20, 2018, unless such an environ-
ment provides for the participation of multiple student loan 
servicers that contract directly with the Department of Education 
to manage a unique portfolio of borrower accounts and the full