final report detailing the results of the study required 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 202. EFFECTS ON NATIONAL DEFENSE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Commissioner for Education Sta-
tistics, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
conduct a comprehensive study concerning the effects on 
national defense of eliminating disparities in public school 
systems that do not meet the requirements of section 112. 
Such study shall include the following: 
(1) The detriments to national defense resulting 
from the maintenance by States of public school sys-
tems that do not meet the requirements of section 
112, including the effects of education deficits aris-
ing from low-quality schools on— 
(A) knowledge and skills necessary for the 
effective functioning of the Armed Forces; 
(B) the costs to the Armed Forces of 
training; and 
(C) efficiency resulting from the use of so-
phisticated equipment and information tech-
nology. 
(2) The gains to national defense to be expected 
from the elimination of disparities in public school 
systems that do not meet the requirements of section 
112. 
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(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 
for Education Statistics shall submit to the Congress a 
final report detailing the results of the study required 
under subsection (a). 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The terms ‘‘average per-pupil expenditure’’, 
‘‘core academic subjects’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, 
‘‘highly qualified’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘par-
ent’’, ‘‘pupil services’’, ‘‘pupil services personnel’’, 
‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ 
each have the meanings given those terms in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(2) The term ‘‘public school system’’ means a 
State’s system of public elementary and secondary 
education. 
(3) The term ‘‘Federal elementary and sec-
ondary education programs’’ means programs pro-
viding Federal financial assistance for elementary or 
secondary education, other than programs under the 
following provisions of law: 
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(A) The Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
(B) Title III of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6801 
et seq.). 
(C) The Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 
(D) The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ includes the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, and any other territory or possession of 
the United States. 
SEC. 302. NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING. 
The Secretary may make an adverse determination 
under this Act only after notice and opportunity for hear-
ing. 
SEC. 303. RULEMAKING. 
The Secretary may prescribe regulations to carry out 
this Act. 
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SEC. 304. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to require a 
jurisdiction to increase property tax or other tax rates or 
to redistribute revenues from such taxes. 
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