INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G and 
section 1504 of title I, parts A, C, and D of title II, and 
parts B, C, and D of title V of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965, $807,959,000: Provided, 
That $74,513,000, to become available on July 1, 2004 
and remain available through September 30, 2005, for 
continuing and new grants to demonstrate effective ap-
proaches to comprehensive school reform shall be allocated 
and expended in the same manner as the funds provided 
under the Fund for the Improvement of Education for this 
purpose were allocated and expended in fiscal year 2003: 
Provided further, That up to $1,500,000 of the funds pro-
vided under the Advanced Credentialling program may be 
reserved by the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of the 
program. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out civic and physical education activi-
ties, safe and drug-free schools and communities pro-
grams, and partnerships in character education programs, 
authorized by subpart 3 of part C of title II, part A of 
title IV, and subparts 2, 3, and 10 of part D of title V 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $820,068,000, of which $138,949,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2004 and remain available
through September 30, 2005, and of which $330,000,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2004 and shall re-
main available through September 30, 2005 for the aca-
demic year 2004–2005: Provided, That $468,949,000 
shall be available for subpart 1 of part A of title IV and 
$155,180,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A 
of title IV, of which $4,968,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-
sponse to Violence program to provide education-related 
services to local educational agencies in which the learning 
environment has been disrupted due to a violent or trau-
matic crisis: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available for subpart 3 of part C of title II of the ESEA, 
up to $12,000,000 may be used to carry out section 2345 
of the ESEA and $3,000,000 shall be used by the Center 
for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive pro-
gram to improve public knowledge, understanding, and 
support of the Congress and the State legislatures. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out title III, part A of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $750,000,000, of 
which $626,258,000 shall become available on July 1, 
2004, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2005.
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education 
Act, 
$12,249,790,000, 
of 
which 
$6,890,762,000 shall become available for obligation on 
July 1, 2004, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2005, and of which $5,072,000,000 shall be-
come available on October 1, 2004, and shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2005, for academic year 
2004–2005: Provided, That $11,400,000 shall be for Re-
cording for the Blind and Dyslexic to support the develop-
ment, production, and circulation of recorded educational 
materials: Provided further, That $1,490,000 shall be for 
the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105–78 
under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act to provide informa-
tion on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for 
children with disabilities: Provided further, That the 
amount for section 611(c) of the Act shall be equal to the 
amount available for that section during fiscal year 2003, 
increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 
611(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech-
nology Act of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center 
Act, $2,999,165,000: Provided, That the funds provided
for title I of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (‘‘the 
AT Act’’) shall be allocated notwithstanding section 
105(b)(1) of the AT Act. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $16,500,000. 
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 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $53,867,000, of which 
$367,000 shall be for construction and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207. 
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 (20 U.S.C. 4301 
et seq.), $100,600,000: Provided, That from the total 
amount available, the University may at its discretion use 
funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act, the Adult Education and Family 
Literacy Act, and subpart 4 of part D of title V of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘ESEA’’), $2,094,475,000, of which $1,294,725,000 
shall become available on July 1, 2004 and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2005 and of which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2004 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2005: 
Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Edu-
cation State Grants, $70,000,000 shall be made available 
for integrated English literacy and civics education serv-
ices to immigrants and other limited English proficient 
populations: Provided further, That of the amount re-
served for integrated English literacy and civics education, 
notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to 
States based on a State’s absolute need as determined by 
calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service data for immi-
grants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 
most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that 
experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3
most recent years for which Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service data for immigrants admitted for legal perma-
nent residence are available, except that no State shall be 
allocated an amount less than $60,000: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act, $9,438,000 shall be for 
national leadership activities under section 243 and 
$6,517,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy 
under section 242: Provided further, That $175,000,000 
shall be available to support the activities authorized 
under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the ESEA, of which 
up to 5 percent shall become available October 1, 2003, 
for evaluation, technical assistance, school networking, 
peer review of applications, and program outreach activi-
ties and of which not less than 95 percent shall become 
available on July 1, 2004, and remain available through 
September 30, 2005, for grants to local educational agen-
cies: Provided further, That funds made available to local 
educational agencies under this subpart shall be used only 
for activities related to establishing smaller learning com-
munities in high schools. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, sec-
tion 428K, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended, $14,911,432,000, 
which shall remain available through September 30, 2005. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2004–2005 shall be $4,200. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, section 121 and titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amend-
ed, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1992, title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments 
of 1998, section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
and Technical Education Act, and the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, $1,985,991,000, of 
which $2,000,000 for interest subsidies authorized by sec-
tion 121 of the HEA, shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That $9,935,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2005, shall be available to fund 
fellowships for academic year 2005–2006 under part A, 
subpart 1 of title VII of said Act, under the terms and 
conditions of part A, subpart 1: Provided further, That 
$994,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities 
for programs under the HEA, including such activities 
needed to comply with the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds made available
in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 
102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and 
study in foreign countries by individuals who are partici-
pating in advanced foreign language training and inter-
national studies in areas that are vital to United States 
national security and who plan to apply their language 
skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of gov-
ernment, the professions, or international development: 
Provided further, That up to 1 percent of the funds re-
ferred to in the preceding proviso may be used for pro-
gram evaluation, national outreach, and information dis-
semination activities: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law or any regulation, the 
Secretary of Education shall not require the use of a re-
stricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to 
section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Education Act. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 
121 et seq.), $242,770,000, of which not less than 
$3,600,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur-
suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public 
Law 98–480) and shall remain available until expended.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses authorized 
under section 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$774,000 to carry out activities related to existing facility 
loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of 
1965. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds 
insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 shall not exceed 
$357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall 
not exceed zero. 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $210,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by Public Law 
107–279, $500,599,000: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated, $185,000,000 shall be available for obliga-
tion through September 30, 2005.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$434,494,000, of which $13,644,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for building alterations and re-
lated expenses for the relocation of Department staff to 
Potomac Center Plaza in Washington, D.C. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $91,275,000. 
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, $48,137,000. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to 
funds made available under section 458), to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 
B, C, D and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965, as amended, $120,010,000.
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 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 trans-
portation 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 education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
tering. The prohibition described in this section does not 
include the establishment of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under 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 discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 
which are appropriated for the Department of Education 
in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 
percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2004’’. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Washington and the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Gulfport, to be paid from funds avail-
able in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, 
$65,279,000, of which $1,983,000 shall remain available 
until expended for construction and renovation of the 
physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home—
Washington and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—
Gulfport. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $352,836,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to the Corporation for National and Community 
Service in this Act for activities authorized by section 122 
of part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide 
stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or vol-
unteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the 
national poverty level. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 
1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2006, 
$330,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to 
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall 
be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms 
of entertainment for Government officials or employees: