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hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $432,631,000, of 
which $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for building alterations and related expenses for the move 
of Department staff to the Mary E. Switzer building in 
Washington, DC: Provided, That the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall assess the impact on education felt by students 
in states with a high proportion of federal land compared 
to students in non-public land states. The study shall con-
sider current student teacher ratios, trends in student teach-
er ratios, the proportion of property tax dedicated to edu-
cation in each State, and the impact of these and other fac-
tors on education in public land states. The Secretary shall 
submit the report not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $93,771,000. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $54,239,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order 
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to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, 
or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall 
be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
of any student to a school other than the school which is 
nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring 
special education, to the school offering such special edu-
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of 
grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition 
described in this section does not include the establishment 
of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appro-
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priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Commit-
tees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate, implement, or enforce any 
revision to the regulations in effect under section 496 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 on June 1, 2007, until legis-
lation specifically requiring such revision is enacted. 
SEC. 306. (a) Notwithstanding section 8013(9)(B) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7713(9)(B)), North Chicago Community Unit 
School District 187, North Shore District 112, and Town-
ship 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 con-
sidered local educational agencies as such term is used in 
and for purposes of title VIII of such Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, feder-
ally connected children (as determined under section 
8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a))) who are in attendance in the 
North Shore District 112, Township High School District 
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113, Glenview Public School District 34, and Glenbrook 
High School District 225 described in subsection (a), shall 
be considered to be in attendance in the North Chicago Com-
munity Unit School District 187 described in subsection (a) 
for purposes of computing the amount that the North Chi-
cago Community Unit School District 187 is eligible to re-
ceive under subsection (b) or (d) of such section 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 sec-
tion; 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. 307. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, $2,000,000 shall be available for the Underground 
Railroad Educational and Cultural Program. Amounts ap-
propriated under title III for administrative expenses shall 
be reduced on a pro rata basis by $2,000,000. 
SEC. 308. No funds appropriated under this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Education to promulgate, imple-
ment, or enforce the evaluation for the Upward Bound Pro-
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gram as announced in the Notice of Final Priority pub-
lished at 71 Fed. Reg. 55447–55450 (Sept. 22, 2006), until 
after the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives have thoroughly ex-
amined such regulation in concert with the reauthorization 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary of Education shall, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2008, submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress and post on the Internet website of the Department 
of Education, a report concerning— 
(1) the total number of Department of Education 
employees, including employees who salaries are paid 
by the Department but are employed by contractors 
or grantees of the Department; 
(2) the total number, and percentage, of such em-
ployees who have previously worked in a classroom as 
a teacher or a teacher’s assistant; 
(3) of the employees who have worked in a class-
room, the average number of years of time spent as 
an instructor; 
(4) the total dollar amount, and overall percent-
age of the Department of Education funding, that is 
expended— 
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