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of 1998, $1,976,166,000, of which $4,077,000 shall become available 
on October 1, 2007 and remain available until September 30, 2009, 
of which $1,181,089,000 shall become available on July 1, 2008, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2009, and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2008, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2009: Provided, 
That of the amount provided for Adult Education State Grants, 
$67,896,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy 
and civics education services to immigrants and other limited 
English proficient populations: Provided further, That of the amount 
reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, not-
withstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and Family Lit-
eracy 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 United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent resi-
dence 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 United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services 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 Education and Family Literacy Act, 
$7,000,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 
243 and $6,583,000 shall be for the National Institute for Literacy 
under section 242: Provided further, That $81,532,000 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, 2007, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2009, for evaluation, technical assistance, 
school networks, peer review of applications, and program outreach 
activities, and of which not less than 95 percent shall become 
available on July 1, 2008, and remain available through September 
30, 2009, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided further, 
That funds made available to local educational agencies under 
this subpart shall be used only for activities related to establishing 
smaller learning communities within large high schools or small 
high schools that provide alternatives for students enrolled in large 
high schools. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and 
part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$16,114,317,000, which shall remain available through September 
30, 2009. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 
during award year 2008–2009 shall be $4,241. 
Of the unobligated funds available under section 401A(e)(1)(C) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $525,000,000 are rescinded. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 
title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D,
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and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $708,216,000, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 
II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(‘‘HEA’’), section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 
1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 
title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, part I 
of subtitle A of title VI of the America COMPETES Act, and 
section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006, $2,057,801,000: Provided, That $9,699,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2009, shall be available to fund 
fellowships for academic year 2009–2010 under subpart 1 of part 
A of title VII of the HEA, under the terms and conditions of 
such subpart 1: Provided further, That $620,000 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 notwithstanding 
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 Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to 
support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who 
are participating 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 government, the professions, 
or international development: Provided further, That of the funds 
referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemi-
nation activities: Provided further, That the funds provided for 
title II of the HEA shall be allocated notwithstanding section 210 
of such Act: Provided further, That $100,668,000 of the funds for 
part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall 
be available for the projects and in the amounts specified in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For partial support of Howard University, $237,392,000, of 
which not less than $3,526,000 shall be for a matching endowment 
grant pursuant 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 to carry out activities 
related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, $481,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black 
College and University Capital Financing Program entered into
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pursuant to part D of title III of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, $188,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, $555,815,000, of which $293,155,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of 
the amount available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 
Technical Assistance Act, up to $5,000,000 may be used for State 
data coordinators and for awards to entities, including entities 
other than States, to improve data coordination. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three pas-
senger motor vehicles, $418,587,000, of which $2,100,000, 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. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as author-
ized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $91,205,000. 
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, $51,753,000. 
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 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 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 
includes 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
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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 voluntary 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) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu-
cation 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 transfer authority granted 
by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs 
and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 
Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate 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 legislation specifically requiring 
such revision is enacted. 
SEC. 306. (a) MAINTENANCE OF INTEGRITY AND ETHICAL VALUES 
WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—Within 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall implement 
procedures— 
(1) to assess whether a covered individual or entity has 
a potential financial interest in, or impaired objectivity towards, 
a product or service purchased with, or guaranteed or insured 
by, funds administered by the Department of Education or 
a contracted entity of the Department; and 
(2) to disclose the existence of any such potential financial 
interest or impaired objectivity. 
(b) REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) Within 60 days after the implementation of the proce-
dures described in subsection (a), the Inspector General of 
the Department of Education shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the adequacy of such procedures. 
(2) Within 1 year, the Inspector General shall conduct 
at least 1 review to ensure that such procedures are properly 
implemented and are effective to uncover and disclose the exist-
ence of potential financial interests or impaired objectivity 
described in subsection (a). 
(3) The Inspector General shall report to such Committees 
any recommendations for modifications to such procedures that 
the Inspector General determines are necessary to uncover 
and disclose the existence of such potential financial interests 
or impaired objectivity. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘covered 
individual or entity’’ means— 
(1) an officer or professional employee of the Department 
of Education; 
(2) a contractor or subcontractor of the Department, or 
an individual hired by the contracted entity;