1.This Act may be cited as the
Quality Education for All
Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Strengthening Head Start and child care
programs
Subtitle A—Increasing access to Head Start
programs
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Strengthening Indian and migrant and seasonal Head
Start programs.
Sec. 103. Expanding Early Head Start programs.
Sec. 104. Participation in Head Start programs.
Subtitle B—Enhancing the school readiness of Head Start
children
Sec. 111. School readiness standards.
Sec. 112. Staff.
Subtitle C—Expanding access to quality, affordable child
care
Sec. 121. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle D—Strengthening the quality of child care
Sec. 131. State plan requirements relating to
training.
Sec. 132. Strengthening the quality of child care.
TITLE II—Providing safe, reliable transportation for rural school
children
Sec. 201. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 202. Definitions.
Sec. 203. Grant program.
Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—Sense of the Senate regarding fully funding the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by 2011
Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. Sense of the Senate regarding authorization of
appropriations.
TITLE IV—Improvement of elementary and secondary
education
Subtitle A—Public school choice, supplemental educational
services, and teacher quality
Sec. 401. Public school choice capacity.
Sec. 402. Supplemental educational services.
Sec. 403. Qualifications for teachers and
paraprofessionals.
Subtitle B—Adequate yearly progress determinations
Sec. 421. Review of adequate yearly progress determinations for
schools for the 2002–2003 school year.
Sec. 422. Review of adequate yearly progress determinations for
local educational agencies for the 2002–2003 school year.
Sec. 423. Definitions.
Subtitle C—Technical assistance
Sec. 451. Technical assistance.
TITLE V—Improving assessment and accountability
Sec. 501. Grants for increasing data capacity for purposes of
assessment and accountability.
Sec. 502. Grants for assessment of children with disabilities
and children who are limited English proficient.
Sec. 503. Reports on student enrollment and graduation
rates.
Sec. 504. Civil rights.
TITLE VI—Sense of the Senate regarding funding for elementary and
secondary education
Sec. 601. Sense of the Senate.
TITLE VII—Providing a roadmap for first generation college for
students
Sec. 701. Expansion of TRIO and GEARUP.
TITLE VIII—College tuition relief for students and their families
through Pell Grants
Sec. 801. Pell Grants tax tables hold harmless.
Sec. 802. Sense of the Senate regarding increasing the maximum
Pell Grant.
Sec. 803. Establishment of a Pell demonstration
program.
TITLE IX—Tuition free college for mathematics, science, and
special education teachers
Sec. 901. Purpose.
Sec. 902. Tuition free college for mathematics, science, and
special education teachers.
Sec. 903. Offset for tuition free college for mathematics,
science, and special education teachers.
TITLE X—Making college affordable for all students
Sec. 1001. Expansion of deduction for higher education
expenses.
Sec. 1002. Credit for interest on higher education
loans.
Sec. 1003. Hope and Lifetime Learning credits to be
refundable.
<enum>I</enum><header>Strengthening
Head Start and child care programs</header>
<subtitle id="id2D5AC2C1F6D648E693AD615080380E24"><enum>A</enum><header>Increasing access
to Head Start programs</header>
<section id="IDbefbe8c91bc44bb0930ed79c4781e0ff"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 639(a) of the Head
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834(a)) is amended by striking <quote>such sums</quote>
and all that follows and inserting the following: <quote>$8,570,000,000 for
fiscal year 2006, $10,445,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $12,384,000,000 for
fiscal year 2008, $14,334,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and $16,332,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDf6258bc5d174402e9899bf6659b8419d"><enum>102.</enum><header>Strengthening
Indian and migrant and seasonal Head Start programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 640(a)(2) of the Head
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3544D13FEF246FEA6885FD0749BC038" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDbb10c9873ea04ab5ba53008c06210a5c" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Indian Head Start programs, services
for children with disabilities, and migrant and seasonal Head Start programs,
except that the Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal year for use by Indian
Head Start and migrant and seasonal Head Start programs (referred to in this
subparagraph as `covered programs'), on a nationwide basis, a sum that is the
total of not less than 4 percent of the amount appropriated under section
639(a) for that fiscal year (for Indian Head Start programs), and not less than
5 percent of that appropriated amount (for migrant and seasonal Head Start
programs), except that—</text>
<clause id="IDae67a4bfb17145ce886950473d495f52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if reserving the specified
percentages for covered programs and would reduce the number of children served
by Head Start programs, relative to the number of children served on the date
of enactment of the Quality Education for All Act, taking into consideration an
appropriate adjustment for inflation, the Secretary shall reserve percentages
that approach, as closely as practicable, the specified percentages and that do
not cause such a reduction; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID922705593b3149e3accbab49e9c6c2d4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notwithstanding any other
provision of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall reserve for each fiscal
year for use by Indian Head Start programs and by migrant and seasonal Head
Start programs, on a nationwide basis, not less than the amount that was
obligated for use by Indian Head Start programs and by migrant and seasonal
Head Start programs, respectively, for the previous fiscal year;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID9084ba6095d548c2955cf4bbec5978aa"><enum>103.</enum><header>Expanding
Early Head Start programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 640(a)(6) of the Head
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(6)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idDBAE494FD35F4C598BA6EEA5FF917C33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>7.5 percent for fiscal year 1999</quote> and all that
follows and inserting <quote>12 percent for fiscal year 2006, 14 percent for
fiscal year 2007, 16 percent for fiscal year 2008, 18 percent for fiscal year
2009, and 20 percent for fiscal year 2010, of the amount appropriated pursuant
to section 639(a).</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe2c6acff914a4a1695488f9b42ede2fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58f85078ea16410d934cef2bc627bad5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID58d4a5f8df7845a9a12a7cde0d12f04d"><enum>104.</enum><header>Participation
in Head Start programs</header>
<subsection id="id4D4FDC2843594C71BC06C67F3EC7696B"><enum></enum><text>Section 645 of
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE8714ADFFB494D4AA528D99F482D464A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)(A), by inserting <quote>130 percent of</quote> after
<quote>below</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53b41e16a29a460980304b177420a89b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id888C7ADD746D4AD7B47D651AFDF0213F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idA574D3EB2D3E45E8A5E57E5EE6B18D1F"><enum>(e)</enum><text>After
demonstrating a need through a community needs assessment, a Head Start agency
may apply to the Secretary to convert part-day sessions, particularly
consecutive part-day sessions, into full-day sessions.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idACB0EE6209FB4A0FBA4441B2B0EB15DF"><enum>B</enum><header>Enhancing the
school readiness of Head Start children</header>
<section id="IDd79519ebd2c843019ab898cd0e8b77f2"><enum>111.</enum><header>School
readiness standards</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 641A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking
<quote>at a minimum</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:
“at a minimum, develop and demonstrate—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A73A1D009294F868F1FC6B001310D83" style="OLC">
<subclause id="ID9566a68d2ae84b39b897d7a2fa818a93" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>language skills, including an expanded
use of vocabulary;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDc909aa6616d542cd8510b1bfbcad5059" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>interest in and appreciation of books,
reading, and writing (either alone or with others), phonological and phonemic
awareness, and varied modes of expression and communication;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID9fff4d31934546f890d7acc63192f7f8" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>premathematics knowledge and skills,
including knowledge and skills relating to aspects of classification,
seriation, numbers, spatial relations, and time;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID16d403c4ce234127a8a580ad56e8cc0e" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>cognitive abilities related to academic
achievement;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2e0ffad6f6d94755a314d169961a622e" indent="up1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>abilities related to social and emotional
development;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDead5f802c940451cb49e8ac9327c9e87" indent="up1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>gross and fine motor skills; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDe16e7506df834832bea9a17ffe392418" indent="up1"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>in the case of children with limited
English proficiency, abilities related to progress toward acquisition of the
English language.</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID1e802714534c43efa79140c439320803"><enum>112.</enum><header>Staff</header>
<subsection id="id4135159C65FC4CDA95EAF929A99E60B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Staff
qualifications and development</header><text>Section 648A of the Head Start Act
(42 U.S.C. 9843a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID82cd2886b24946fea6161ade1c7d4aa9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE5464A2AE1144B969F65F2E52ACDF1B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="id3939973B0A40475CAF5414C48BA1800A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>not later than September
30, 2003</quote> and all that follows through <quote>programs have</quote> and
inserting <quote>not later than the date determined under subparagraph (D) for
a Head Start region, each Head Start agency in the region with a center-based
program shall ensure that all classrooms in the program have at least 1 teacher
who has</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa2da2a3a91db4121b0908c67e67ab5d2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (i), strike <quote>an associate, baccalaureate,</quote> and insert
<quote>a baccalaureate</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDab1abb7d34414cdd9b42cedd43e84e0e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
strike <quote>an associate, baccalaureate,</quote> and insert <quote>a
baccalaureate</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F6127B7D0864590AF7F468A499F42CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07C19A895E394031B79554641AF23437" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDf18cda6e69dd4557899a19953669b539"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Temporary
requirement</header><text>Until the date determined under subparagraph (D) for
a Head Start region, the Secretary shall ensure that at least 50 percent of all
Head Start teachers in the region in center-based programs have—</text>
<clause id="idF498D932CD3541E99CD474AE858D7584"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an associate,
baccalaureate, or advanced degree in early childhood education; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idF88A48999D3949FBBF0CDEF0B86A3ED0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an associate,
baccalaureate, or advanced degree in a field related to early childhood
education, with experience in teaching preschool children.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID700930f6012e434981fb869b83eff7fd"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Requirement for
new head start teachers</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the Quality Education for All Act, the Secretary shall require
that all teachers hired nationwide in center-based programs of Head Start
agencies following the date of the requirement—</text>
<clause id="ID14d94d1014ec4b9f991a27e04cc9cc0f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have an
associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degree in early childhood
education;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7d1b89301cfb46a98185bc59e0f0ebf4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have an
associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degree in a field related to early
childhood education, with experience in teaching preschool children; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID64baf90731424b59a762f578755e27ff"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be enrolled, or
enroll not later than 1 year after the date of hire, in a program of study
leading to an associate degree in early childhood education.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D537B5075D34BDEBC4A8F1A54A4FB50"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Appropriate
date</header><text>The Secretary shall determine an appropriate date for Head
Start agencies in each Head Start region to reach the result described in
subparagraph (A), but in no case shall such a date be later than 8 years after
the date of enactment of Quality Education for All Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa416804fca3f4265bb7d391c9792f329"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Progress</header>
<clause id="idFBC58134D396460E92EF80DF0F0E590B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Secretary shall require Head Start agencies with center-based programs to
demonstrate continuing and consistent progress each year to reach the results
described in subparagraphs (A) and (C).</text>
</clause><clause id="id0496175905FA43A9A93CEF12918976B9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Each
State shall establish a plan for the Head Start agencies with center-based
programs in the State to reach the results described in subparagraphs (A) and
(C).</text>
</clause><clause id="idEC358A82C017459C826FCFB38D261248"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Progress</header><text>Each
Head Start agency shall prepare and submit to the Secretary and the Governor of
the State a report indicating the number and percentage of its teachers in
center-based programs with child development associate credentials or
associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degrees in early childhood education or a
field related to early childhood education. The Secretary shall compile all
such reports and submit a summary of the compiled reports to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id06938466BA894439AB3292EB73F020B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3), by striking <quote>(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)(B)</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID19331605ab3d46c8a960769d0df8c7e6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE03DA217F3F541829159441653DFD284" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID151efe87f5b9456bb23edb3d5b40ed35"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Pre-Literacy
and language training</header><text>To support local efforts to enhance early
language and pre-literacy development of children in Head Start programs, and
to provide the children with high-quality oral language skills and environments
that are rich in literature, in which to acquire early language and
pre-literacy skills, each Head Start agency shall ensure that all of the
agency's Head Start teachers receive ongoing training in language and emergent
literacy. Such training shall also include information regarding appropriate
curricula and assessments to improve instruction and learning. Such training
shall include training in methods to promote phonological and phonemic
awareness and vocabulary development in an age-appropriate and culturally and
linguistically appropriate manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDab2d1649b7bd4ceab27dbd2b815f32ba"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Professional
development plans</header><text>Each Head Start agency and center shall create,
in consultation with employees of the agency or center (including family
service workers), a professional development plan for employees who provide
direct services to children, including a plan for teachers, to meet the
requirements set forth in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID446056bf82c84999ae29b03d6898e9bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Attracting and
retaining high-quality Head Start teachers; Tribal College or University-Head
Start partnership program</header>
<paragraph id="id93F6D23FA8794CDCA2CDF7BB14B62E65"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
Head Start Act is amended by inserting after section 648A (42 U.S.C. 9843a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2AF398C64974BB59230CF4664DCB22D" style="OLC">
<section id="ID59340e8cfbf84fd6946d26f8b7a374a1"><enum>648B.</enum><header>Attracting
and retaining high-quality head start teachers</header>
<subsection id="IDe582155c7de1406a8ba3c0fa17122177"><enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make grants to
eligible Head Start agencies to enable the agencies to reach the results
described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 648A(a)(2). The Secretary
shall make the grants from allotments determined under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcd3afe04ee2c4f77bdb6a8404eb72558"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments</header><text>From
the funds made available under section 639(c) for a fiscal year and not
reserved under subsection (d), the Secretary shall allot to each Head Start
agency an amount that bears the same relationship to such funds as the amount
received by the agency under section 640 for that fiscal year bears to the
amount received by all Head Start agencies under section 640 for that fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID83779cdb3eda4e4988cd6eb7e43156c0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Salary
plan</header><text>A Head Start agency that receives a grant under this section
shall develop and carry out a plan to raise the average salaries of teachers in
the agency's Head Start programs. In developing the plan, the agency shall take
into consideration the training, level of education, and experience of the
teachers, and the average salaries of prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers
employed by the local educational agency for the school district in which the
Head Start agency is located, with similar training, level of education, and
experience.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id565F3EC1E4934BFD95A99C0152ABD9E5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Salaries in
high-Cost areas</header><text>The Secretary may reserve and use a portion of
the funds available under section 639(c) to assist Head Start agencies located
in high-cost areas to help reduce the discrepancy between such average salaries
of such teachers and such average salaries of such prekindergarten and
kindergarten teachers.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID4D33A1C150F04C1BBF468C5B29F2EBEA">
<enum>648C.</enum>
<header>Tribal College or University-head start partnership
program</header>
<subsection id="ID204ADCD4EB85418EA3E45C1708B4B9D0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Tribal College or University-Head start partnership
program</header>
<paragraph id="IDF9320B83FDB248618400A3182CDD5E97">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Grants</header>
<text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants, of not less than 5
years duration, to Tribal Colleges and Universities to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6E56A600D4964866B38599B1A47BB76B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>implement education programs that include tribal culture and
language and increase the number of associate, baccalaureate, and graduate
degrees in early childhood education and related fields that are earned by
Indian Head Start agency staff members, parents of children served by such an
agency, and members of the tribal community involved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCC848021E25F4875967E2C3C7FFCF6AB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>develop and implement the programs under subparagraph (A) in
technology-mediated formats; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID494437239A7B468A827068CEB1B2CE63">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provide technology literacy programs for Indian Head Start
agency staff members and children and families of children served by such an
agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF541B67F4D474683AEF984E8DC8DEB43">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Staffing</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that the American Indian Programs
Branch of the Head Start Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services
shall have staffing sufficient to administer the programs under this section
and to provide appropriate technical assistance to Tribal Colleges and
Universities receiving grants under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID42778D7E9B1942FD80F2D9DB6BD65EAB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>Each Tribal College or University desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including
a certification that the Tribal College or University has established a
partnership with 1 or more Indian Head Start agencies for the purpose of
conducting the activities described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB73F423B508449519FF5AFB625A400A6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID703D8746EB904ECDBBAA9102B95BEBBC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Institution of higher education</header>
<text>The term <term>institution of higher education</term> has the
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001(a)">20 U.S.C.
1001(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC4BEEA10BF2149288200332BDD5228B0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Tribal College or University</header>
<text>The term <term>Tribal College or University</term> means an
institution—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7BE37CE4556640D9B460ADE412F3485C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>defined by such term in section 316(b) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c(b)">20 U.S.C.
1059c(b)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7761C98EB1A0415BBF4F12446C46C352">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>determined to be accredited or a candidate for accreditation by
a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7DA66A5AF7F842B3B722A79E213DADD9">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD2EFD57C7F16429DAD1CB1568AC92564"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9834) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE58B6B1FA1C949E69F6A9F5642D75CC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by inserting <quote>(other than section 648B)</quote> after <quote>this
subchapter</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEFB61AD6A59D410F893DA0B03A19FE04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D45A7BA000E4B2B85DD6062C6B84DFD" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id745EF058F0004636B7B63796FB8FE276"><enum>(c)</enum><text>There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 648B $387,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006, $496,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, $608,000,000 for fiscal year
2008, $723,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and $841,000,000 for fiscal year
2010.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8B0B2F608DED40C3ACA6B5CFA34CE2FB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Section 640 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1AC8BA1977B74165BCD76FB33D979E42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="id086E0597CAFF4729BF74DD1AAA08FF5A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>section 639</quote> and inserting
<quote>section 639(a)</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id64F2737CF9F942DE8E5008BDA328BA3C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="id6874DD30E02E422FAC2248B8D75A225C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>pursuant to section
639(a)</quote> after <quote>appropriated</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id119C3615F23945BC9E93ECF2924A276E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), in the matter following clause (ii), by inserting <quote>pursuant to
section 639(a)</quote> after <quote>appropriated</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id3FDF0CB2177D43DF92AB6496EF90C6EC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by inserting <quote>pursuant to section 639(a)</quote> after
<quote>appropriated</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id1DABC930ADEC4976B20A8CE956945725"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>pursuant to
section 639(a)</quote> after <quote>appropriated</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8F6E614CB20E41D493399277E93D98D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(1), by inserting <quote>pursuant to section 639(a)</quote> after
<quote>appropriated</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idB6780F4919B844A4B5A7243EC9E8DCC0"><enum>C</enum><header>Expanding access
to quality, affordable child care</header>
<section id="ID9f455a2596c4443b8b9e348e73f4b04e"><enum>121.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 658B
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5405567583C2498395C1D79959C0E304"><enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>is</quote> and inserting <quote>are</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9222A8209B3C4A68B86D6FCC1CDE3C10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subchapter</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>subchapter
$3,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, $4,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2007,
$5,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $6,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and
$7,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id70C55F70839947BB93E30F15A251AD21"><enum>D</enum><header>Strengthening the
quality of child care</header>
<section id="idDC774B0F481F44A489324CCF7D336A29"><enum>131.</enum><header>State plan
requirements relating to training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 658E(c) of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id704DB31A44954A1CBDFB790C376E0435" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id4262F861560345F2B1D61C2295358B57"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Training in
early learning and childhood development</header><text>The State plan shall
describe any training requirements that are in effect within the State that are
designed to enable child care providers to promote the social, emotional,
physical, and cognitive development of children and that are applicable to
child care providers that provide services for which assistance is made
available under this subchapter in the State.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id8D89D1F49F2F435684AEBC795743DF7F"><enum>132.</enum><header>Strengthening
the quality of child care</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 658G of the Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32024283E84E4A038C131C74ADE2E38B" style="OLC">
<section id="id96872732A71F4335AE3C1C54F291365E"><enum>658G.</enum><header>Activities to
improve the quality of child care</header>
<subsection id="IDbb69475fecfc441c9d58ed3aa3a52821"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="IDa2e48e6df7c24e0e936865dc02a9a41e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservation</header><text>Each
State that receives funds appropriated under section 639(a) for a fiscal year
shall reserve and use not less than 6 percent of the funds for activities
provided directly, or through grants or contracts with resource and referral
organizations or other appropriate entities, that are designed to improve the
quality of child care services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID88eddd9b0bfc442f813e0a35109ce74c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The
funds reserved under paragraph (1) may only be used to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3f0b84bee85b4d1ba273078b53c65c4d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and
implement voluntary guidelines on pre-reading and language skills and
activities, for child care programs in the State, that are aligned with State
standards for kindergarten through grade 12 or the State's general goals for
school preparedness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID82df487db85a44768682943173b6c3ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support
activities and provide technical assistance in child care settings to enhance
early learning for young children, to promote literacy, and to foster school
preparedness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDff671364a3404c11a90087bcf8f750e6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>offer training,
professional development, and educational opportunities for child care
providers that relate to the use of developmentally appropriate and
age-appropriate curricula, and early childhood teaching strategies, that are
scientifically based and aligned with the social, emotional, physical, and
cognitive development of children, including—</text>
<clause id="ID40c3960745964332b5d07ec9d3206cc7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developing and
operating distance learning child care training infrastructures;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID227ae3c42e7945cdb78ced28d15a2fae"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>developing model
technology-based training courses;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd6cc55cf2f63443fa0f6a23456fc7d3a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>offering
training for caregivers in informal child care settings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID037ea56ec3ac4a7b90346d8fb6044df6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>offering
training for child care providers who care for infants and toddlers and
children with special needs;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc30ddc452f804db39b929d8f11d43875"><enum>(D)</enum><text>engage in
programs designed to increase the retention and improve the competencies of
child care providers, including wage incentive programs and initiatives that
establish tiered payment rates for providers that meet or exceed child care
services guidelines, as defined by the State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDde3cf52eddfd42eeb045ecf6b0e94c10"><enum>(E)</enum><text>evaluate and
assess the quality and effectiveness of child care programs and services
offered in the State to young children on improving overall school
preparedness; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4d095e724758407db9a9752d309a360e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>carry out other
activities determined by the State to improve the quality of child care
services provided in the State and for which measurement of outcomes relating
to improved child safety, child well-being, or school preparedness is
possible.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID121e12d021264b8eb9d7a4effca60e3e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>For
each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2005, the State shall annually
submit to the Secretary a certification in which the State certifies and
demonstrates that the State was in compliance with subsection (a) during the
preceding fiscal year and describes how the State used funds made available to
carry out this subchapter to comply with subsection (a) during that preceding
fiscal year.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Providing safe,
reliable transportation for rural school children</header>
<section id="idAC06817EDCC84BBD96A098B80B1D4B9F"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings and
purpose</header>
<subsection id="ID7c72174ecb6248cf9efd5f573b18b7b0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5adffe6ec8c542fc8e516b8418256b7e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>school
transportation issues have concerned parents, local educational agencies,
lawmakers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National
Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection Agency for
years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb0dd9e7446847309321baf69ad43474"><enum>(2)</enum><text>millions of
children face potential future health problems because of exposure to noxious
fumes emitted from older school buses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b856d41e91a4dd2a1588abf794d4525"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Environmental
Protection Agency established the Clean School Bus USA program to replace
129,000 of the oldest diesel buses that cannot be retrofitted in an effort to
help children and the environment by improving air quality;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d79a740922041df8e655cb03a24b34e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>unfortunately,
many rural local educational agencies are unable to participate in that program
because of the specialized fuels needed to sustain a clean bus fleet;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID34dae3bfcb094f1d8f16baff582a15be"><enum>(5)</enum><text>many rural local
educational agencies are operating outdated, unsafe school buses that are
failing inspections because of automotive flaws, resulting in the depletion of
the school bus fleets of the local educational agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3a59a1011e6742ed8b06f72d31e24484"><enum>(6)</enum><text>many rural local
educational agencies are unable to afford to buy newer, safer buses.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6ee916796631490db91b027429faeaeb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this title is to establish within the Department of Education a
Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural local educational agencies with
older, unsafe school bus fleets in purchasing newer, safer school buses.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID96a1858cd66e4d33a9b6c3502feb7c8c"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4ec08550bca74219ac33b2f3208817b0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rural local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>rural local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency, as defined in section 9101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with
respect to which—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDeea6d0b34ed24093889c97b4a8024a1e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each county in
which a school served by the local educational agency is located has a total
population density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4eb3eb2c5a94436fb89d03fb7124671f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all schools
served by the local educational agency are designated with a school locale code
of 7 or 8, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID259fb73114504889af0dafb4b639c748"><enum>(C)</enum><text>all schools
served by the local educational agency have been designated, by official action
taken by the legislature of the State in which the local educational agency is
located, as rural schools for purposes relating to the provision of educational
services to students in the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9f8986f1c66e4d1d9c751165e555d271"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85940ec905794cd594531837bbe30ab7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>School
bus</header><text>The term <term>school bus</term> means a vehicle the primary
purpose of which is to transport students to and from school or school
activities.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDfcfc0283ee52402a8409f2852ec30849"><enum>203.</enum><header>Grant
program</header>
<subsection id="ID7db8e8a76c6046feb08df44e7fd03e8b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From amounts appropriated under subsection (e) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive basis, to
rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of
purchasing new school buses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd4860a9d2561486e8d02339d5d131e84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="ID6cad246b2c7b48b8a4bf2d6b6261c333"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each rural local educational agency that seeks to receive
a grant under this title shall submit to the Secretary for approval an
application at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information
(in addition to information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c46a561b8b74b9a9e1e7db9b1f01438"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
application submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc7b07d0d84034b14a9c318d224cd4d98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>documentation
that, of the total number of school buses operated by the rural local
educational agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses are in need of
repair or replacement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0a2e1eecfe6845179b6e21ace504d241"><enum>(B)</enum><text>documentation of
the number of miles that each school bus operated by the rural local
educational agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb5e9710af5a245349bd102bf7d3d323d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>documentation
that the rural local educational agency is operating with a reduced fleet of
school buses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDad7ce268b28042839924d96779c9cf70"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a certification
from the rural local educational agency that—</text>
<clause id="IDfe0105f0f3964f4188e2386461741e5e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>authorizes the
application of the rural local educational agency for a grant under this title;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDecac82362ca0496aa478216933dcd4d0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describes the
dedication of the rural local educational agency to school bus replacement
programs and school transportation needs (including the number of new school
buses needed by the rural local educational agency); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID58541a26414248aa8a3ef1f78b35f395"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an assurance that
the rural local educational agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost
of the purchase of new school buses under this title from non-Federal
sources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6eaf897edf864f399411c8909c15cf47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header>
<text>In providing grants under this title, the Secretary shall give
priority to rural local educational agencies that, as determined by the
Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3de9de33c8084582bbd2d4361c2ff92b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are transporting
students in a bus manufactured before 1977;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd16590284f6b46018943d652ffe45591"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have a grossly
depleted fleet of school buses; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1e04c3893f54a399370ba4e0890ec57"><enum>(3)</enum><text>serve a school
that is required, under section 1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide transportation to
students to enable the students to transfer to another public school served by
the rural local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD77D3BA471354D9DB1F5C394B0D7ECBB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
Funds</header><text>School buses purchased with grant funds awarded under
subsection (a) shall be in compliance with proposed air quality regulations and
standards of the Environmental Protection Agency for 2006.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id90861FE5147147DBA988DC2F00B71C41"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payments;
Federal share</header>
<paragraph id="ID5f3c253f76304a768e9393ba4973f58f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payments</header><text>The
Secretary shall pay to each rural local educational agency having an
application approved under this section the Federal share described in
paragraph (2) of the cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is
specified in the approved application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfe85dbc1cea6430196e972d67a6fb9dc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of purchasing a new school
bus under this title shall be 75 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd960932107034b9fbcab4e3658f66f86"><enum>204.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $50,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007
through 2010.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate regarding fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
by 2011</header>
<section id="IDc6c3de3e2c114781b34d2f8e7e235502"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header>
<subsection id="ID8e3d69cf322e4265a6b4ad0aeef56ba3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Senate finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="ID9d7b3d57f55244939d2ef813f8f3f106"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Disability is a
natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of
individuals to participate in or contribute to society. Improving educational
results for children with disabilities is an essential element of our national
policy of ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent
living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7485d45f73bb44a482975659b5f7c612"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Before the date
of enactment of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public
Law 94–142), the predecessor to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the educational needs of millions of children with
disabilities were not being fully met because—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID69a2e908954643cdb777c34b9cddb422"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the children did
not receive appropriate educational services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4a38631a7fa74fc5947ec7afc4aaa97b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the children were
excluded entirely from the public school system and from being educated with
their peers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdc0aea860b074f26b270b1229c1cde38"><enum>(C)</enum><text>undiagnosed
disabilities prevented the children from having a successful educational
experience; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID73e608a200024500ac3a0becb18dc789"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a lack of
adequate resources within the public school system forced such families to find
services outside the public school system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID45626b6bbc2a48219bf469ba7977fbff"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act has been successful in ensuring children with
disabilities and the families of such children access to a free appropriate
public education and in improving educational results for children with
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4fb31dc693ee42438b41d1459ab04455"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The
implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has been
impeded by the Federal Government’s failure to honor the commitment it made 30
years ago to provide States with 40 percent of the excess costs of special
education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc88ea28ac87e432a955ee4f6960f88f1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>While States,
local educational agencies, and educational service agencies are primarily
responsible for providing an education for all children with disabilities, it
is in the national interest that the Federal Government have a supporting role
in assisting State and local efforts to educate children with disabilities in
order to improve results for such children and to ensure equal protection of
the law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id832B64FA9D5D4F7CA82B712CF7D591BC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Congress passed
authorizing language to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act and should appropriate such sums as authorized.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID564f16ad1b9e4120babdc54d4760971e"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A more equitable
allocation of resources is essential for the Federal Government to meet its
responsibility to provide an equal educational opportunity for all
individuals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDab133e3d254b40498a965cdbdfeadfb5"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate regarding authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID6797a630795c4f76afc233796b7b9cfb"><enum></enum><text>It is the sense
of the Senate that for the purpose of carrying out the Federal Government's
commitment to children, parents, and the States, there should be authorized to
be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa4cd85bc6c66468497a867e4edc6663b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$14,648,647,143
or the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, whichever is lower, for fiscal
year 2006, and there should be appropriated $4,058,901,319 for fiscal year
2006, which should become available for obligation on July 1, 2006, and should
remain available through September 30, 2007, except that if the maximum amount
available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of such Act is less than
$14,648,647,143, then the amount should be reduced by the difference between
$14,648,647,143 and the maximum amount available for awarding grants under
section 611(a)(2) of such Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb96eb6cff16042ab89835c4c8c5fb791"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$16,938,917,714
or the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, whichever is lower, for fiscal
year 2007, and there should be appropriated $6,349,171,890 for fiscal year
2007, which should become available for obligation on July 1, 2007, and should
remain available through September 30, 2008, except that if the maximum amount
available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of such Act is less than
$16,938,917,714, then the amount should be reduced by the difference between
$16,938,917,714 and the maximum amount available for awarding grants under
section 611(a)(2) of such Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85fd7cf245e94bd6a43d4a00ee8680f9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$19,229,188,286
or the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, whichever is lower, for fiscal
year 2008, and there should be appropriated $8,639,442,462 for fiscal year
2008, which should become available for obligation on July 1, 2008, and should
remain available through September 30, 2009, except that if the maximum amount
available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of such Act is less than
$19,229,188,286, then the amount should be reduced by the difference between
$19,229,188,286 and the maximum amount available for awarding grants under
section 611(a)(2) of such Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b9909b1e22a40dc8dcc453e0b6fd037"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$21,519,458,857
or the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, whichever is lower, for fiscal
year 2009, and there should be appropriated $10,929,713,033 for fiscal year
2009, which should become available for obligation on July 1, 2009, and should
remain available through September 30, 2010, except that if the maximum amount
available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of such Act is less than
$21,519,458,857, then the amount should be reduced by the difference between
$21,519,458,857 and the maximum amount available for awarding grants under
section 611(a)(2) of such Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA24E898F331B4C7D86B2BACAB3EA63B6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$23,809,729,429
or the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, whichever is lower, for fiscal
year 2010, and there should be appropriated $13,219,983,605 for fiscal year
2010, which should become available for obligation on July 1, 2010, and should
remain available through September 30, 2011, except that if the maximum amount
available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of such Act is less than
$23,809,729,429, then the amount should be reduced by the difference between
$23,809,729,429 and the maximum amount available for awarding grants under
section 611(a)(2) of such Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28AE0E083A4349F8A3FF21B841676B51"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$26,100,000,000
or the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, whichever is lower, for fiscal
year 2011, and there should be appropriated $15,510,254,176 for fiscal year
2011, which should become available for obligation on July 1, 2011, and should
remain available through September 30, 2012, except that if the maximum amount
available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of such Act is less than
$26,100,000,000, then the amount should be reduced by the difference between
$26,100,000,000 and the maximum amount available for awarding grants under
section 611(a)(2) of such Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd0031347092a48949b05a00e8be9e5ff"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the maximum
amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act for fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal
year, and there should be appropriated for each such year an amount equal to
the maximum amount available for awarding grants under section 611(a)(2) of
such Act for the fiscal year for which the determination is made minus
$10,589,745,824, which should become available for obligation on July 1 of the
fiscal year for which the determination is made and should remain available
through September 30 of the succeeding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Improvement of
elementary and secondary education</header>
<subtitle id="id411304C13DB44EECAD87F79359864187"><enum>A</enum><header>Public school
choice, supplemental educational services, and teacher quality</header>
<section id="ID7E271C51439B45648C69600E9075BCE0">
<enum>401.</enum>
<header>Public school choice capacity</header>
<subsection id="IDB215AD4A2E3848B4B55F21E7EF3CAF84">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>School capacity</header>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(b)(1)(E)">Section 1116(b)(1)(E)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316(b)">20 U.S.C. 6316(b)</external-xref>(1)(E)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDCDA60CB7E89A432BA5F09BCD4B43B592">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>In the case</quote> and
inserting <quote>Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), in the case</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA7449272055B44D999D325C3ACC2DCEE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID11CE5FD6D2004B2CA8C09CA13FB6A072">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID24C2F2E8503C4A49A4189F41579522AA">
<clause id="IDC7F86C733D4C44739A00D65924775133">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>School capacity</header>
<text>The obligation of a local educational agency to provide the
option to transfer to students under clause (i) is subject to all applicable
State and local health and safety code requirements regarding facility
capacity.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1B4916F6D59444AC9DE3E6FF7E145A28">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by inserting
<quote>and subject to clause (ii),</quote> after <quote>public
school,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8E884DF3634C46F8B2F888A94F84F407">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Grants for school construction and renovation</header>
<paragraph id="id07997DFEFC874F56B1E9E87295F7EFFA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart 1 of part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20
U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965" id="IDC1A3BCDF17AC43FD8B20ED6A9C2B1341">
<section id="IDC03EC1F1325B4BE5B98F3025951FAEBB">
<enum>1120C.</enum>
<header>Grants for school construction and renovation</header>
<subsection id="ID9FD053A8604641A19E25915789976567">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Program authorized</header>
<text>From funds appropriated under subsection (g), the Secretary is
authorized to award grants to local educational agencies experiencing
overcrowding in the schools served by the local educational agencies, for the
construction and renovation of safe, healthy, high-performance school
buildings.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3162016B190C473393B563B519EE4EDB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>Each local educational agency desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such additional information as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID39D08C6A710542F0B6D9B5B089E5BBC3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text>In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give
priority to local educational agencies—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC7298C77F25146DC85BA885D939423CE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>who have documented difficulties in meeting the public school
choice requirements of paragraph (1)(E), (5)(A), (7)(C)(i), or (8)(A)(i) of
section 1116(b), or section 1116(c)(10)(C)(vii); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB63129E3B66E48239888A2BC2E1AC247">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>with the highest number of schools at or above capacity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID25C877412D5F49F18D7950563FF8FDB1">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Award basis</header>
<text>From funds remaining after awarding grants under subsection
(c), the Secretary shall award grants to local educational agencies that are
experiencing overcrowding in the schools served by the local educational
agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID834354449DAC4323A4F871958F0ABB14">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Prevailing wages</header>
<text>Any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or
subcontractor in the performance of work on any construction funded by a grant
awarded under this section will be paid wages at rates not less than those
prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the
Secretary of Labor under subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States
Code (commonly referred to as the <act-name parsable-cite="DBA">Davis-Bacon
Act</act-name>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE20533B130C74ADBBA8298E6722D192A">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID124A25108AF0421BA971375FC2CD504D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>At or above capacity</header>
<text>The term <term>at or above capacity</term>, in reference to a
school, means a school in which 1 additional student would increase the average
class size of the school above the average class size of all schools in the
State in which the school is located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8985885987E24485888CC8CDF16A21D8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Healthy, high-performance school building</header>
<text>The term <term>healthy, high-performance school building</term>
has the meaning given such term in section 5586.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDEB237B2569ED407A9E2FC6AADAB7445A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary
for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id48D1A30F907848AEBDD132409CA79865"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.6301 note) is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 1120B the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8135EC813B614F5589041D80147F8EF9" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1120C. Grants for school construction
and
renovation.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDA069A39E3F7846C5B2BD39BD38E46102">
<enum>402.</enum>
<header>Supplemental educational services</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116(e) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316(e)">20 U.S.C. 6316(e)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0FA3F181AE10439CBE9791BCE5438532">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6B2D6B49535D4E87960B8E94875CF6DB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon and
inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID61BA4C2DEDB54378BE959E9B10F03DE1">
<text>, including criteria
that—</text><clause id="ID4E5764C069A441429A793A7A251C4844">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>ensure that personnel delivering supplemental educational
services to students have adequate qualifications; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5F5005C95EB64FE9AA24CC29A19FF822">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>may, at the State’s discretion, ensure that personnel
delivering supplemental educational services to students are teachers that are
highly qualified, as such term is defined in section 9101;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBF1A6136608143CF87FEA851B8087784">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID96371FEF9D584B438B68FA178EE70FB1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and inserting
<quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFF3AF2D2C0274D9E85BD2498EE49CAAF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID7CC74D249C1E470398B43710317259F7">
<subparagraph id="IDE1E7B0172D95429394EF7F16C73DAC7A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>ensure that the list of approved providers of supplemental
educational services described in subparagraph (C) includes a choice of
providers that have sufficient capacity to provide effective services for
children who are limited English proficient and children with
disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDFBA0CABDE1314745BB905F77EC4D3E2F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)(C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID01271E241EB342E4984FEA25A6CF0C05">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>applicable</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAB254404508B484EB208B9D957C7C11F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting before the period <quote>, and acknowledge in
writing that, as an approved provider in the relevant State educational agency
program of providing supplemental educational services, the provider is deemed
to be a recipient of Federal financial assistance</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5628A97E22B4408FA86099A8DEB3A94C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), and
(12) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01D4BD93CA144789B9B40A80347BA42B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDEAD5EB2FA9824218952C520971A614C4">
<paragraph id="ID21FF9B18E9B44809B5B4A3BCE3639BAF">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a local
educational agency from being considered by a State educational agency as a
potential provider of supplemental educational services under this subsection,
if such local educational agency meets the criteria adopted by the State
educational agency in accordance with paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID699E0560617546418BAA28A739AE1325">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (13) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID537FD81E3EEA4226988B881DBF1BE891">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="ID241F4517FDEE4CF6B000A9794386581F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDBBCBCD992F3E4F01BCF5A119CB948694">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5CFCCF1FADA24C828FD9DA6A37E5AC2B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID265562B86958437C8C5D5AF18D84221A">
<clause id="IDD63788D9C72C4245B5E10E20BF25A90B">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>may employ teachers who are highly qualified, as such term is
defined in section 9101; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID712C7CCB6BFC40C5852CDBCF7BD9B1EC">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>pursuant to its inclusion on the relevant State educational
agency’s list described in paragraph (4)(C), is deemed to be a recipient of
Federal financial assistance; and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3FE090437BBB4031BAC30C420F643242">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="ID6B5A834F980A4989B562A8DA01400508">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
<quote>are</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID91B2B9DBD2A94F5F91679575C66C2B7A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="ID3F7C4F7C5830493389EDD9E3A2A1AA8F">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>are</quote> before <quote>in
addition</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID63564AF54E1642ECAA66FF048BA7603D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDD7F77AB377D84B22A111E31DEA042907">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting <quote>;
and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0FBDFD14597D4953BCC4D14BA41587B8">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID56537BFF3D0F45618CCC355EECF7A3FE">
<clause id="ID0BAADFB8C53942A49ADB74021BAB0D6B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>if provided by providers that are included on the relevant
State educational agency’s list described in paragraph (4)(C), shall be deemed
to be programs or activities of the relevant State educational agency.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB822D7D48B7743B88EC648DD0F31B535">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID155A664CD06A419889DD1841C066B56B">
<paragraph id="IDE8048772F582400E96BF0EBD8F84A7C2">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<header>Civil rights</header>
<text>In providing supplemental educational services under this
subsection, no State educational agency or local educational agency may,
directly or through contractual, licensing, or other arrangements with a
provider of supplemental educational services, engage in any form of
discrimination prohibited by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID168D25E3D35E4AAEADACC225A5E9CDED">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>title VI of the <act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights
Act of 1964</act-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA85262C3ADAB4211B7358F9A270B6F88">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9F3D9C032ED84EB58DE8AF9B833B30BA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>section 504 of the <act-name parsable-cite="REH">Rehabilitation
Act of 1973</act-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1474824271964F4A86A7EBAC97A21FCD">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities
Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID68A5DF60E2264E01AA2644DAFE2B531A">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the <act-name parsable-cite="ADA75">Age Discrimination Act of
1975</act-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1747EBCCB5834A2188080A44B41B16FB">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>regulations promulgated under the authority of the laws listed
in subparagraphs (A) through (E); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCF714A9B6AD84D58A50BB008EF74E7C4">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>other Federal civil rights laws.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID6CD327E3409C4A04816F27BC69F7D06B">
<enum>403.</enum>
<header>Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals</header>
<subsection id="ID6925AD2CD56D4D7BADEB576E7B1C5A72">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>High objective uniform State standard of evaluation</header>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1119">Section
1119</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6319">20 U.S.C. 6319</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID31CF23E950CF46A09AB8FFB3D575BB34">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDD37BBE5F82A418B9789DAABB573D8E4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i)
through (iii), respectively, and indenting as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID521940392964418E9E2A05AA89D9F325">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(2) <header-in-text>State
plan</header-in-text>.—As part</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID16FA5639A0984F6AB42F5272F6490D8F">
<paragraph id="IDDDACC7473C6C40A58870C93E95FF870D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>State plan</header>
<subparagraph id="ID41B3819012754D8DB0BA5DBEEFA5E413">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>As part</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID04523AA70DB443CAA653A62D3F22189E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID2691BA6899AE40828E4CD9E5A8D294C3">
<subparagraph id="ID7CACC0267F444767BED72D15F623286D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Availability of State standards</header>
<text>Each State educational agency shall make available to teachers
in the State the high objective uniform State standard of evaluation, as
described in section 9101(23)(C)(ii), for the purpose of meeting the teacher
qualification requirements established under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF0F267BFE1014B73A763FCD5ACC8D725">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k),
and (l) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5893AB75A54E47C4A707E458C5CBA6F5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDFF6C46D84E5947CCA6DDFBD7F2529CC6">
<subsection id="ID001465B2E2EA4185A4265BBCD84C0FB7">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>State responsibilities</header>
<text>Each State educational agency shall ensure that local
educational agencies in the State make available all options described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (c)(1) to each new or existing
paraprofessional for the purpose of demonstrating the qualifications of the
paraprofessional, consistent with the requirements of this section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB04B49FBF02342629EC4DC942DBF3836">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking
<quote>subsection (l)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(m)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFF32842A91684092B88F62AB3CD8778D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition of highly qualified teachers</header>
<text>Section 9101(23)(B)(ii) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEA82D314D5E74158ABED032E1991DD9C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>or</quote> after the
semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID11A8783AA7124848BD4DF08F24ED13C4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAD8855FE4DBD44178081E6004835C437">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="IDEE642C8FB6B14452A75C8A0D481EFA5B">
<subclause id="IDDD3229C5ECCF477BADBE5C3FEAB85EF4">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>in the case of a middle school teacher, passing a
State-approved middle school generalist exam when the teacher receives a
license to teach middle school in the State;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID2555482C938744269569DF65ED135C57">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>obtaining a State middle school or secondary school social
studies certificate that qualifies the teacher to teach history, geography,
economics, civics, and government in middle schools or in secondary schools,
respectively, in the State; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID776182A9611B419B85073DA3BCC6294E">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>obtaining a State middle school or secondary school science
certificate that qualifies the teacher to teach earth science, biology,
chemistry, and physics in middle schools or secondary schools, respectively, in
the State; and</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7FF68F1C918D4C02B1DDB0753D291C72"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Ensuring highly
qualified teachers</header>
<paragraph id="idC5B564ADA1914DE19ABFD15F3174C9B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Secretary of Education shall improve coordination among the teacher quality
programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et
seq.), and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998
(20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), to provide a unified effort in strengthening the
American teaching workforce and ensuring highly qualified teachers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3C283520C467442A8A225A9BACDDDFA5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Education shall submit a report to the relevant committees of Congress, that
shall be made available on the website of the Department of Education, on
efforts to coordinate programs pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id04A1083BC51946E6B95156EB09E2CD8D"><enum>B</enum><header>Adequate yearly
progress determinations</header>
<section id="ID2A72319012F244C0B655256707A61F5E">
<enum>421.</enum>
<header>Review of adequate yearly progress determinations for schools
for the 2002–2003 school year</header>
<subsection id="IDEC89FEF3B7C7439F9A99765ED5391B83">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall require each local educational agency to
provide each school served by the agency with an opportunity to request a
review of a determination by the agency that the school did not make adequate
yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7ABC56C588244D9599ECD576B3C4EA6C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Final determination</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after receipt of a request by a school for
a review under this section, a local educational agency shall issue and make
publicly available a final determination on whether the school made adequate
yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDBD0630291F11401FB1BDDF97878E081B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Evidence</header>
<text>In conducting a review under this section, a local educational
agency shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID890AA710A3B2430FBB81AC38E2077CA0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>allow the principal of the school involved to submit evidence on
whether the school made adequate yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA3D3ED51C3BA4F0FA18F443269CAC4A5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>consider that evidence before making a final determination under
subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7B1E289CBF4742E1A37382447742DE29">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Standard of review</header>
<text>In conducting a review under this section, a local educational
agency shall revise, consistent with the applicable State plan under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111">section
1111</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref>), the local
educational agency’s original determination that a school did not make adequate
yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year if the agency finds that the
school made such progress, taking into consideration—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0556F66E3EA64FFFAD0B04F8E6A19C10">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the amendments made to part 200 of title 34, Code of Federal
Regulations (68 Fed. Reg. 68698) (relating to accountability for the academic
achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities);
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD588CA42112470FB2963CCF7C4DB9C4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any regulation or guidance that, subsequent to the date of such
original determination, was issued by the Secretary relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8172EFB872A642839DE48C90695DF1B4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the assessment of limited English proficient children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE3F30F72D9274004953CCE6F8195AEB2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the inclusion of limited English proficient children as part of
the subgroup described in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd)">section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd)">20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(dd)</external-xref>) after such children have obtained
English proficiency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9A990A85E93545FE92E0DEF3FD0A20F0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>any requirement under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(I)(ii)">section
1111(b)(2)(I)(ii)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311(b)(2)(I)(ii)">20
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(I)(ii)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB868F9862D744F21B2CA6A2E5E483B3E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effect of revised determination</header>
<paragraph id="IDD480F96E692F4F96A6BCF62B50D6C6FE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If pursuant to a review under this section a local educational
agency determines that a school made adequate yearly progress for the 2002–2003
school year, upon such determination—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCC95D99FF56649D18E523B65FE24A9FD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any action by the Secretary, the State educational agency, or the
local educational agency that was taken because of a prior determination that
the school did not make such progress shall be terminated; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDABF016B1C51847BB997C5828B71B605D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any obligations or actions required of the local educational
agency or the school because of the prior determination shall cease to be
required.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF814CAE00E3A430CBFBC37851188EFF7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a determination under this section
shall not affect any obligation or action required of a local educational
agency or school under the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB78C431018D84489881EFE4CC14BABB9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(b)(13)">Section 1116(b)(13)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316(b)(13)">20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(13)</external-xref>)
(requiring a local educational agency to continue to permit a child who
transferred to another school under such section to remain in that school until
completion of the highest grade in the school).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1F007CE0FBFF49928C3B4189B519D071">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(e)(9)">Section 1116(e)(9)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (as redesignated by section 402(3)) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6316(e)(9)">20 U.S.C.
6316(e)(9)</external-xref>) (requiring a local educational agency to continue
to provide supplemental educational services under such section until the end
of the school year).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2E0DDD17A38147BCA7C4821D577945C4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Subsequent determinations</header>
<text>In determining whether a school is subject to school improvement,
corrective action, or restructuring as a result of not making adequate yearly
progress, the Secretary, a State educational agency, or a local educational
agency may not take into account a determination that the school did not make
adequate yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year if such determination
was revised under this section and the school received a final determination of
having made adequate yearly progress for the 2002–2003 school year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0DCB81C041F749F488F698A704664D19">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>The Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="IDA43B3721501B4D3B9614F51F88CC3DC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall require each State educational agency to notify each school
served by the agency of the school’s ability to request a review under this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID54C4EAEF09B94258A85B1E3A5D81E218">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this
section, shall notify the public by means of the Department of Education’s
website of the review process established under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID94C62557A55E4F75A0DE250E28D06F79">
<enum>422.</enum>
<header>Review of adequate yearly progress determinations for local
educational agencies for the 2002–2003 school year</header>
<subsection id="ID8B40B220A8D241FEBFB533B9430CD125">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall require each State educational agency to
provide each local educational agency in the State with an opportunity to
request a review of a determination by the State educational agency that the
local educational agency did not make adequate yearly progress for the
2002–2003 school year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFA7DF32EC2C24843A859763F2DCA38CF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application of certain provisions</header>
<text>Except as inconsistent with, or inapplicable to, this section,
the provisions of section 421 shall apply to review by a State educational
agency of a determination described in subsection (a) in the same manner and to
the same extent as such provisions apply to review by a local educational
agency of a determination described in section 421(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDC1146969EF224E8997C78FE2597CF430">
<enum>423.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="ID62BEA0EB0F684D8CBE9443E492EDFA43">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The term <term>adequate yearly progress</term> has the meaning
given to that term in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(C)">section
1111(b)(2)(C)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311(b)(2)(C)">20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID00E29B064903408DBA520D63E28E2C65">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The term <term>local educational agency</term> means a local
educational agency (as that term is defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9101">section
9101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) receiving funds
under part A of title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE934AB936F6E4CC99C3273881F2B695A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID61261F14932D4BF4AF02FADBC03E591F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The term <term>school</term> means an elementary school or a
secondary school (as those terms are defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9101">section
9101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) served under part
A of title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID755DF25036214491A60605C23ACDE9CB">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>The term <term>State educational agency</term> means a State
educational agency (as that term is defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9101">section
9101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>)) receiving funds
under part A of title I of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idFF737FF4EFF24F4F9ABB7D3A1634738A"><enum>C</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header>
<section id="ID22D0F41DAE704F5FA1BE4626809A72B0">
<enum>451.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="id1125469DA9594C2AAFD4A2399EAB5977"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part F of title IX of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7941">20 U.S.C.
7941</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDBABD8E30893A497ABE8B740FBE8AACCE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the part heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="part">AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE</header-in-text></quote> after
<quote><header-in-text level="part">EVALUATIONS</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFBDDEFF7DC064F2396282ABC0467A527">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF37C4E0EAE504BD9909321312433961A" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB7082C24A88E4805A4C7639A50E95E01" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9602.</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall
ensure that the technical assistance provided by, and the research developed
and disseminated through, the Institute of Education Sciences and other offices
or agencies of the Department provide educators and parents with the needed
information and support for identifying and using educational strategies,
programs, and practices, including strategies, programs, and practices
available through the clearinghouses supported under the Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9501">20 U.S.C. 9501</external-xref> et seq.) and other
federally supported clearinghouses, that have been successful in improving
educational opportunities and achievement for all students.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E93CCBD87D342E1A1A8EEEB32D0B659"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 9601 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A082DE5E9EE4EAB88FAA192AE210A6D" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 9602. Technical
assistance.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Improving
assessment and accountability</header>
<section id="ID1378087427884d5da616e8b250bddb38"><enum>501.</enum><header>Grants for
increasing data capacity for purposes of assessment and accountability</header>
<subsection id="ID641ef114610949179364efa40c0bedf6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>From funds appropriated for a fiscal year, the
Secretary may award grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational
agencies—</text>
<paragraph id="IDccb172134b10495291209a61f73bd283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enable the
State educational agencies to develop or increase the capacity of data systems
for assessment and accountability purposes, including the collection of
graduation rates; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb551cdd61ec84db286b60807a5399117"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to award
subgrants to increase the capacity of local educational agencies to upgrade,
create, or manage longitudinal data systems for the purpose of measuring
student academic progress and achievement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID22b0e19f3c4c443185e74322633729e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
application</header><text>Each State educational agency desiring a grant under
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID19e0293bc30143fb969d629a71f4e497"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State use of
funds</header><text>Each State educational agency that receives a grant under
this section shall use—</text>
<paragraph id="ID835bebf1e7c045faa92daec82272cae7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than 20
percent of the grant funds for the purpose of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID19510ae9d9644590a2cf1e1be1014b15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing the
capacity of, or creating, State databases to collect, disaggregate, and report
information related to student achievement, enrollment, and graduation rates
for assessment and accountability purposes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID425820171a7547159d02cc3a431d0102"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reporting, on an
annual basis, for the elementary schools and secondary schools within the
State, on—</text>
<clause id="IDcac13859d0d64c6e8d762ea04e76e3be"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
enrollment data from the beginning of the academic year;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6cb7a8207e764ee28898c6f30d9d5e6d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the enrollment
data from the end of the academic year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe12e88ac79ec44f3b3b6003b04f5e6b5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the twelfth
grade graduation rates; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID66cd1e57dd334553a2781b814083e74e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not less than 80
percent of the grant funds to award subgrants to local educational agencies
within the State to enable the local educational agencies to carry out the
authorized activities described in subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1e2b58b045ec4e08996df04cb6c0f7bd"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Local
application</header><text>Each local educational agency desiring a subgrant
under this section shall submit an application to the State educational agency
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State
educational agency may require. Each such application shall include, at a
minimum, a demonstration of the local educational agency's ability to put a
longitudinal data system in place.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8d41e02582944990884b1d4fe65f58f8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Local
authorized activities</header><text>Each local educational agency that receives
a subgrant under this section shall use the subgrant funds to increase the
capacity of the local educational agency to upgrade or manage longitudinal data
systems consistent with the uses in subsection (c)(1), by—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc0ab17b234c447128d071637fc3cfdc5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchasing
database software or hardware;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID04a7b732cf70489bad28735aa831676e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hiring additional
staff for the purpose of managing such data;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID587d97b059f14d7c928e1dcab881dcb4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing
professional development or additional training for such staff; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc8e420827438466597da27b8d33e461d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing
professional development or training for principals and teachers on how to
effectively use such data to implement instructional strategies to improve
student achievement and graduation rates.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID07a760f271294ba4848704a36ccddb40"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID4655d7a13a174450ad4ffb9361ac59a1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Graduation
rate</header><text>The term <term>graduation rate</term> means the percentage
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDea7dae19959e4f13a5c9cc06eff51d95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total number
of students who—</text>
<clause id="ID0bf5d1b9739a4797ac2628ca7aae56d8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>graduate from a
secondary school with a regular diploma (which shall not include the recognized
equivalent of a secondary school diploma or an alternative degree) in an
academic year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3a21d1a8712447368f543c9d8cea4ded"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>graduated on
time by progressing 1 grade per academic year; represents of</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3cde23065129401c9de94f3e6438be38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total number
of students who entered the secondary school in the entry level academic year
applicable to the graduating students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c1c43e2b08a497aae3dcedbd1292347"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2732a720480b4b4491526179bdc3a26a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State
educational agency and local educational agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>State educational
agency</term> and <term>local educational agency</term> have the meanings given
such terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID12be43ca376748d7a62504aae77618e4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8585aa8c651740b1a11e51370869ac21"><enum>502.</enum><header>Grants for
assessment of children with disabilities and children who are limited English
proficient</header>
<subsection id="ID54619ddd470b44d0b6d2b71d8bdc7144"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants for
assessment of children with disabilities and children who are limited English
proficient</header><text>Part E of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id641CD9E73B18461893EC32A685A060B0" style="OLC">
<section id="ID20a28a201a814de483738f560e17053b"><enum>1505.</enum><header>Grants for
assessment of children with disabilities and children who are limited English
proficient</header>
<subsection id="ID721893844eb94179ad6a058ec9619fee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>From amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (e) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants, on a
competitive basis, to State educational agencies, or to consortia of State
educational agencies, to enable the State educational agencies or consortia to
collaborate with institutions of higher education, research institutions, or
other organizations—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfdaa6a1507a54aadbfd61408231e9fba"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to design and
improve State academic assessments for students who are limited English
proficient and students with disabilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb169ef3ea91a4732bc667f05c1f169f3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure the
most accurate, valid, and reliable means to assess academic content standards
and student academic achievement standards for students who are limited English
proficient and students with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd7b2f52b9f4345c3a87a4d1338528f37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>A State educational agency or consortium that receives
a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to carry out 1 or more of
the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID1dacea785f054f61a08052945d630683"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Developing
alternate assessments for students with disabilities, consistent with section
1111 and the amendments made on December 9, 2003, to part 200 of title 34, Code
of Federal Regulations (68 Fed. Reg. 68698) (relating to accountability for the
academic achievement of students with the most significant cognitive
disabilities), including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7901ac4887b94c95b20382b50b886db4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alignment of
such assessments, as appropriate and consistent with such amendments,
with—</text>
<clause id="IDca435f8c8b5147d191af221bf0fcf4ed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State student
academic achievement standards and State academic content standards for all
students; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa7c629c35f3a49eabafa45cd16997ed3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>alternate State
student academic achievement standards that reflect the intended instructional
construct for students with disabilities;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID667d22bde3724684bd345a6ad7a76135"><enum>(B)</enum><text>activities to
ensure that such assessments do not reflect the disabilities, or associated
characteristics, of the students that are extraneous to the intent of the
measurement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1f633313b7e14b1480955db0697a6abb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the development
of an implementation plan for pilot tests for such assessments, in order to
determine the level of appropriateness and feasibility of full-scale
administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4ee6022ba2bb4eb692de60e6fb49354d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>activities that
provide for the retention of all feasible standardized features in the
alternate assessments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID538e0ec14ec84e0dbe2510b633b36cfb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Developing
alternate assessments that meet the requirements of section 1111 for students
who are limited English proficient, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2e95573fcdd14a73b7f650fbee77fc1c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the alignment of
such assessments with State student academic achievement standards and State
academic content standards for all students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdcfb966e9b8d4951bf3567da5a06a3b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the development
of parallel native language assessments or linguistically modified assessments
for limited English proficient students that meet the requirements of section
1111(b)(3)(C)(ix)(III);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7cc687a99e384a408187d1a476c29ea0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the development
of an implementation plan for pilot tests for such assessments, in order to
determine the level of appropriateness and feasibility of full-scale
administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID982b6473e3b440a5aefd42cef87228e4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>activities that
provide for the retention of all feasible standardized features in the
alternate assessments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa37c41e5f7b84f53a12c29eafad97783"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing,
modifying, or revising State policies and criteria for appropriate
accommodations to ensure the full participation of students who are limited
English proficient and students with disabilities in State academic
assessments, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa3616de543034714afb578ea792df809"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing a plan
to ensure that assessments provided with accommodations are fully included and
integrated into the accountability system, for the purpose of making the
determinations of adequate yearly progress required under section 1116;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6fc6181340844fcabfd02316f1e41fa0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring the
validity, reliability, and appropriateness of such accommodations, such
as—</text>
<clause id="IDf1c43603488e476db09164fb5db9ad03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
modification to the presentation or format of the assessment;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID412a725e16dc47b4b308602d9d779d8d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the use of
assistive devices;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfdac7fec288e4b6988cffe689d1b9b62"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an extension of
the time allowed for testing;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4f57ad64fc8e4854b920bd92544ac67f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an alteration of
the test setting or procedures;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf8cc1343f5164c39a3b2f9cda1ea0704"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the
administration of portions of the test in a method appropriate for the level of
language proficiency of the test taker;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8f3a13ebc7e94c82b7cfe435f3b99a26"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the use of a
glossary or dictionary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc719ad1cf77a4f46a32639f6717829d7"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the use of a
linguistically modified assessment;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30f7558286ee4b4ab49cfb01143dbb77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring that
State policies and criteria for appropriate accommodations take into account
the form or program of instruction provided to students, including the level of
difficulty, reliability, cultural difference, and content equivalence of such
form or program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdfafa949118f4c728d310599779296a7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that
such policies are consistent with the standards prepared by the Joint Committee
on Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing of the American
Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and
the National Council on Measurement in Education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID55de807c110945a385374c57eef50b32"><enum>(E)</enum><text>developing a plan
for providing training on the use of accommodations to school instructional
staff, families, students, and other appropriate parties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDade5bc46b2dd487abb8d93ba229e82fd"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Developing
universally designed assessments that can be accessible to all students,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID867dc6a17d664ef2a2f459e1da310ed6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>examining test
item or test performance for students with disabilities and students who are
limited English proficient, to determine the extent to which the test item or
test is universally designed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1b02adb4c35c49508c72c5677e57dbaa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>using think aloud
and cognitive laboratory procedures, as well as item statistics, to identify
test items that may pose particular problems for students with disabilities or
students who are limited English proficient;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7095031a3d214f6e989599907d103df8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developing and
implementing a plan to ensure that developers and reviewers of test items are
trained in the principles of universal design; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID70a29a9692034994b18328bfd332e91a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>developing
computer-based applications of universal design principles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc285083fd56443ecb32d61acc715e882"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
State educational agency, or consortium of State educational agencies, desiring
to apply for a grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the
Secretary may require, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5dd1b8e5d6c746f682286150045fa96d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>information
regarding the institutions of higher education, research institutions, or other
organizations that are collaborating with the State educational agency or
consortium, in accordance with subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcb1c849f664d439f881cb8598fb8e1ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a
consortium of State educational agencies, the designation of 1 State
educational agency as the fiscal agent for the receipt of grant funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDad874847c2ca41ffb349d8a9ac4601c9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of
the process and criteria by which the State educational agency will identify
students that are unable to participate in general State content assessments
and are eligible to take alternate assessments, consistent with the amendments
made to part 200 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (68 Fed. Reg.
68698);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd81794f126b44221b66a96db858e43c4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of a
State educational agency or consortium carrying out the activity described in
subsection (b)(1)(A), a description of how the State educational agency plans
to fulfill the requirement of subsection (b)(1)(A);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID43cddf2ff9c345be925c644c125312d0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the case of a
State educational agency or consortium carrying out the activities described in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (b), information regarding the
proposed techniques for the development of alternate assessments, including a
description of the technical adequacy of, technical aspects of, and scoring for
such assessments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc16c7a6fdaa1486d919379979569510d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a plan for
providing training for school instructional staff, families, students, and
other appropriate parties on the use of alternate assessments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID83be9ee36f614e619b5b30faacc057ce"><enum>(7)</enum><text>information on
how the scores of students participating in alternate assessments will be
reported to the public and to parents.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID792a3e8fcf3a45c283fd549b2ec490c0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation and
reporting requirements</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a
grant under this section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary
describing the activities carried out under the grant and the result of such
activities, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8b86fdea846d42d498ab6111c364f7d9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>details on the
effectiveness of the activities supported under this section in helping
students with disabilities, or students who are limited English proficient,
better participate in State assessment programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc229ee0e8d2549e3b94aa83f5dc2de0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information on
the change in achievement, if any, of students with disabilities and students
who are limited English proficient, as a result of a more accurate assessment
of such students.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4108b6f0b161488989c7a36323fb2800"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idF7802844BE1B4BFFA94AA2B74F500DBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 1504 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id7eea2dbd-3136-455b-8e43-7306d44dedee">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="ID20a28a201a814de483738f560e17053b" level="section">Sec. 1505. Grants for assessment of children with disabilities
and children who are limited English
proficient.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="ID2a501f8e192a469ea70afdf29944e2ac"><enum>503.</enum><header>Reports on
student enrollment and graduation rates</header>
<subsection id="ID521cf1370ab24088bf52cf5b954e4c0d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Student
enrollment and graduation rates</header><text>Part E of title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as amended by section 502) (20
U.S.C. 6491 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id953B2C7294634401933DF66374FADC16" style="OLC">
<section id="ID0136c3dc21354d928c4f5066553974cc"><enum>1506.</enum><header>Reports on
student enrollment and graduation rates</header>
<subsection id="IDc26e215f0cb04b97a983580c0b7dc308"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall collect from each State educational
agency, local educational agency, and school, on an annual basis, the following
data:</text>
<paragraph id="ID62e0f8d73e574703bf5c89e735203d86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of
students enrolled in each of grades 7 through 12 at the beginning of the most
recent school year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0e649e156ec64d7abbd34d70ca449e66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of
students enrolled in each of grades 7 through 12 at the end of the most recent
school year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8b3f0bfdc74f4d58801970fb11d5b70d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The graduation
rate for the most recent school year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbbf8e41adeb044f1b9c246d81c51503c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The data
described in paragraphs (1) through (3), disaggregated by the groups of
students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf097e5fe835b4b239880c6bf7a7248a7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>The Secretary shall report the information collected under
subsection (a) on an annual basis.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id81C945E72DD04F99AD80BE96B09431D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text>The table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (as amended by section 502(b)) (20 U.S.C. 6301 note) is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1505 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="id2b8f8614-2672-4ea4-8ea6-7f57add43919">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="ID0136c3dc21354d928c4f5066553974cc" level="section">Sec. 1506. Reports on student enrollment and graduation
rates.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="IDdd03274783a640d0802e94dbd427544e"><enum>504.</enum><header>Civil
rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9534 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7914) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe5af3e568c09479e8a9c097bcdc69f2a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID506a721fef1542b9b6a56e82d6775d25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before subsection (b) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15BC899A97DB43399096BBBF4B6EE832" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID51cb1f6cfe044dc683779aedbc5e7ff4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition of
discrimination</header><text>Discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex (except as otherwise permitted under title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972), national origin, or disability in any program funded under
this Act is prohibited.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate regarding funding for elementary and secondary education</header>
<section id="id31428BFBCDE6482587DDF7EC6336676F"><enum>601.</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header>
<subsection id="ID8f94b98d0c53474e882760e2589befb5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Senate finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="IDf6d514aac00047eca2af9a521c2df07f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Congress enacted,
with bipartisan support, and the President signed into law the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–210; 115 Stat. 1425), that reauthorized the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). The
new law required States to set high standards for learning and required schools
to implement reforms to help improve student achievement. In return, Congress
and the President pledged to make sure schools would have resources to carry
out the reforms as called for in the new law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4855c95148cf408fbf58d4f431a74c45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$22,750,000,000
is needed to fund part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) in fiscal year 2006, as promised pursuant
to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–210; 115 Stat.
1425).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf66498aae6c04f4ebb55016f156e8959"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$25,000,000,000
is needed to fund part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) in fiscal year 2007, as promised pursuant
to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–210; 115 Stat.
1425).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd28e612702a848ab9beb4e1d069e02d2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc297100c997448d695dc0ff9da488801"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it is in the best
interest of the Nation that all students have access to a high-quality
elementary and secondary education; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7e6ceb5179124420a6e7623070bdd35c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>part A of title I
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.)
should be funded as promised pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(Public Law 107–210; 115 Stat. 1425).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Providing a
roadmap for first generation college for students</header>
<section id="ID5ceb6b8c991848b2a92f2cb6cc46d526"><enum>701.</enum><header>Expansion of
TRIO and GEARUP</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idDF60305690E3493C9138CCDE2B5B94E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
402A(f), by striking <quote>$700,000,000 for fiscal year 1999</quote> and
inserting <quote>$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe39f5ef88ec940fa92b9375a9cd80a5f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
section 404H and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id291858D2DFB2486FA34E7F0CC37F0D0D" style="OLC">
<section id="id21EC3667A725472E970C4449140A823B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404H.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter $400,000,000 for fiscal
year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>College
tuition relief for students and their families through Pell Grants</header>
<section id="id703B998ED9234ECF96A3DA8BB130DBFD"><enum>801.</enum><header>Pell Grants
tax tables hold harmless</header>
<subsection id="ID663090ea90424b4e8e82d4b239c39860"><enum></enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the annual updates to the allowance for State and
other taxes in the tables used in the Federal Need Analysis Methodology to
determine a student's expected family contribution for the award year 2005–2006
under part F of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk
et seq.), published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 23, 2004 (69
Fed. Reg. 76926), shall not apply to a student to the extent the updates will
reduce the amount of Federal student assistance for which the student is
eligible.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0994b88ad11e45759563f7b3a9ecbc17"><enum>802.</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate regarding increasing the maximum Pell Grant</header>
<subsection id="ID408ac6aec63f41808496bb47b7e7cee9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Senate makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0d0acbdf3e7947458cbf368d072c1be6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Increasing the
percentage of individuals who obtain a postsecondary education has become
increasingly important, not just to the individual beneficiary, but to the
Nation as a whole. The growth and continued expansion of the Nation's economy
is heavily dependent on an educated and highly skilled workforce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3720b9a8649f499a9469bdd22aa1652b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The opportunity
to gain a postsecondary education also is important to the Nation as a means to
help advance the American ideals of progress and equality.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID71d2aad457c94373a6228659b6c3da47"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Federal
Government plays an invaluable role in making student financial aid available
to ensure that qualified students are able to attend college, regardless of
their financial means. Since the inception of the Pell Grant program in 1973,
nearly 80,000,000 grants have helped low- and middle-income students go to
college, enrich their lives, and become productive members of society.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID08a75896239145e688f89d437180be3a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Nationwide,
almost 63 percent of secondary school graduates continue on to higher education
immediately after completing secondary school. This degree of college
participation would not exist without the Federal investment in student aid,
especially the Pell Grant program. More than 4,000,000 low- and middle-income
students receive Pell Grants; 95 percent of whom have a family income of not
more than $40,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce164188b75c4ea6a680a536fdb2ae13"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In the next 10
years, the number of undergraduate students enrolled in the Nation's colleges
and universities will increase by 15 percent to more than 15,000,000 students.
Many of these students will be the first in their families to attend college.
The continued investment in the Pell Grant program is essential if college is
to remain an achievable part of the American dream.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8fe1f2ad38f0460592d26803b00238db"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Increasing the
maximum Pell Grant to $5,100 would allow more than 430,000 additional students
to benefit from the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c340421d7e042a0b2de05ed4ae3d4b5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Increasing the
maximum Pell Grant to $5,100 would result in 200,000 new Pell Grant
recipients.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID85ea5ce1e70d491a9d42cbaa2382ccd6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Pell Grant
recipients are more likely to graduate with student loan debt and to amass more
debt than other student borrowers. Increasing the maximum Pell Grant to $5,100
will help remedy this disparity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id44590E5C67474A219E78A5815AE3A55A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the
Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID365ba8a74e314ad381d6c69a8703695e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the maximum Pell
Grant should be increased to $5,100 during award year 2006–2007; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8811090f704945d1b7d587828a2ea513"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the maximum Pell
Grant amount set by Congress should be the amount eligible students
receive.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID9882d283e190418082583376bf2c0094"><enum>803.</enum><header>Establishment
of a Pell demonstration program</header>
<subsection id="ID1a51cc9aa65e4d94a26b5517949d141d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that:</text>
<paragraph id="ID7713bef6eb1c4c5b81915bd0e528d046"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A student remains
eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant as long as the student is
income-eligible and has not received a bachelor's degree.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4955207fba8f43c9a2846cc46cc52ae6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>By encouraging
persistence and degree acquisition in a timely manner, the Federal Government,
in effect, saves money—</text>
<subparagraph id="id22949ED8E24940258AEDBDC7D624A0A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by reducing the
courses that do not lead to a degree; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A7EF35C99DA4FB58C2D0C45D2E8D026"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by helping
students get the financial benefits of a college degree as soon as
possible.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID04b1ee96952648119e5eb2efef50112f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pell
demonstration program</header>
<paragraph id="idBDFA4B378B3C450EA0B48D59488B3DB3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
Secretary of Education shall establish a demonstration program to facilitate
the ability of low-income students to complete the students' degree within 150
percent of the time expected to complete such degree.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id50FEB93AA584428CB4422024ABD690C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Secretary of Education shall award competitive grants to institutions of higher
education to enable students who are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants
under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1070a et seq.) to enroll in courses in the summer at such institutions
to expedite the students' graduation from the institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35459B4D24EC4C2B91C03867B4E6F700"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this subsection $500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2008.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Tuition free
college for mathematics, science, and special education teachers</header>
<section id="IDC5A9F9F6F1814237BC2FC749095DF590" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>901.</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this
title to make public college tuition free for future mathematics, science, and
special education teachers and to provide additional assistance to students
eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant under subpart 1 of part A of title IV
of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C.
1070a</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</section><section id="ID05CD650CF03446C09EBDF9B5CCEAA18D">
<enum>902.</enum>
<header>Tuition free college for mathematics, science, and special
education teachers</header>
<subsection id="IDCD94BAEFBDC541A296A27848AC303AA8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Additional amounts for teachers in mathematics, science, and
special education</header>
<paragraph id="ID0367715A21294599A013ABB246332206">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>FFEL loans</header>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/428J(c)(3)">Section 428J(c)(3)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-10(c)(3)">20 U.S.C.
1078–10(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$17,500</quote>
and inserting <quote>$23,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFB72ABC57C6D437481349B069E60942D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Direct loans</header>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/460(c)(3)">Section 460(c)(3)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087j(c)(3)">20 U.S.C.
1087j(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$17,500</quote> and
inserting <quote>$23,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID12BD1956569B42BBB9CBAB12980FE4A1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall apply only with respect
to eligible individuals who are new borrowers on or after October 1,
1998.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDF0F08784F80D48BFA989A3D56F917084">
<enum>903.</enum>
<header>Offset for tuition free college for mathematics, science, and
special education teachers</header>
<subsection id="ID7A638C747A0A4C4E8E80869771E200BA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Special allowances</header>
<paragraph id="ID94A3EB64058148DAB61A337E46778E78">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text><external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438(b)(2)(B)">Section 438(b)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1(b)(2)(B)">20
U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF26110CBE60A4639BD1BD1231EB6C28D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>or refunded after September
30, 2004, and before January 1, 2006,</quote> and inserting <quote>or refunded
on or after the date of enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of
2004,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1BD3ACC2627C4C75821F21C65445CC75">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (v) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID410352B639A7484BAB15E2E402115B85">
<clause id="ID4521BFC8A97E4C289D9281443BD2163D">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii), the quarterly rate of the
special allowance shall be the rate determined under subparagraph (A), (E),
(F), (G), (H), or (I) of this paragraph, or paragraph (4), as the case may be,
for loans—</text>
<subclause id="ID50451FD4B1A54D94A403172C875F2BAB">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>originated, transferred, or purchased on or after the date of
enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID8865ECBA83614E64AF0A8FDF7F6992CD">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>financed by an obligation that has matured, been retired, or
defeased on or after the date of enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection
Act of 2004;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID356CECA273B9405EBC16AFFF4A475C55">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>which the special allowance was determined under such
subparagraphs or paragraph, as the case may be, on or after the date of
enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID62A03412C7BA4150ABECAC688B93ECD6">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>for which the maturity date of the obligation from which funds
were obtained for such loans was extended on or after the date of enactment of
the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID0181151D4F7F435A8DEA5B8C11FDCEF8">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>sold or transferred to any other holder on or after the date of
enactment of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDF4365E9E39B54EACB739E59EAC689E18">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be construed
to abrogate a contractual agreement between the Federal Government and a
student loan provider.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6FEB5AD468B744F4A8A4FD4F554BF8A9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Available funds from reduced expenditures</header>
<paragraph id="ID35D96ED40E114FA9A8EE617EFE15E34F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any funds available to the Secretary of Education as a result of
reduced expenditures under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438">section
438</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1">20 U.S.C. 1087–1</external-xref>) secured by the
enactment of subsection (a) shall first be used by the Secretary for loan
cancellation and loan forgiveness for teachers under sections 428J and 460 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1078-10">20 U.S.C.
1078–10</external-xref>, 1087j), as amended by section 902 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA9A24595EB43428F981BD1F96A85700B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Remaining funds</header>
<subparagraph id="ID85C54967C02341F8A55F0615872E3B7F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Any such funds remaining after carrying out paragraph (1) shall
be used by the Secretary of Education to make payments to each nonprofit lender
in an amount that bears the same relation to the remaining funds as the amount
the nonprofit lender receives for fiscal year 2005 under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/438(b)(2)(B)">section
438(b)(2)(B)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1087-1(b)(2)(B)">20 U.S.C.
1087–1(b)(2)(B)</external-xref>) bears to the total amount received by
nonprofit lenders for fiscal year 2005 under such section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID89510C47BC3C4E9BA933905A631771E6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Definition of nonprofit lender</header>
<text>In this paragraph the term <term>nonprofit lender</term> means an
eligible lender (as defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="HEA65/435(d)">section
435(d)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education
Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C.1085(d)) that—</text>
<clause id="IDA0F3D85B382E4D119E8EF8CC6AB2475B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3091C04F5EB344EC994DA0448861B8F3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is a nonprofit entity as defined by applicable State law;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID106AAA385F9B4354A9AD8B6E5729B2B0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>meets the following requirements:</text>
<subclause id="IDE4C94220D8E149DCBF5555C8E3E6711A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender does not confer a salary or benefits to any
employee of the nonprofit lender in an amount that is in excess of the salary
and benefits provided to the Secretary of Education by the Department of
Education.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDDAB472639AEB416FAA740D9A0715A90A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender does not maintain an ongoing relationship
whereby the nonprofit lender passes on revenue directly or indirectly through
lease, securitization, resale, or any other financial instrument to a
for-profit entity or to shareholders.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDA771533940184848B569665E385E0BBE">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender does not offer benefits to a borrower in a
manner directly or indirectly predicated on such borrower’s
participation—</text>
<item id="ID77E3AD798D3140A4A5EE939AD66E0090">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>in a program under part B or D of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1071">20 U.S.C.
1071</external-xref> et seq., 1087a et seq.); or</text>
</item><item id="ID5CA7DB90925A48BF999ADF2BC885EC2D">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>with any particular lender.</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID3DDA1669B6DB4ACBB8BE60BA9A8C50E6">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender certifies that the nonprofit lender uses the
payment received pursuant to subparagraph (A) to confer grant or scholarship
benefits to students who are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants under
subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher
Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1070a">20 U.S.C. 1070a</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDD08795B1991D49E39D3FA0A273FF3AFB">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>The nonprofit lender is subject to public oversight through
either a State charter, or through not less than 50 percent of the nonprofit
lender’s board of directors consisting of State appointed
representatives.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1ED5630F4EEB4254BE9A3E6F4C166D4B"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>The nonprofit
lender does not engage in the marketing of the relative value of programs under
part B of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act
of 1965</act-name> as compared to programs under part D of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name>, nor
does the nonprofit lender engage in the marketing of loans or programs offered
by for-profit lenders. This subclause shall not be construed to prohibit the
nonprofit lender from conferring basic information on lenders under part B of
title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of
1965</act-name> and the related benefits offered by such nonprofit
lenders.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>X</enum><header>Making college
affordable for all students</header>
<section id="IDaef18f99974e443b848aa6c57eb563f2"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Expansion of
deduction for higher education expenses</header>
<subsection id="IDfab6e0dda7b540d2bbd7271f116b9508"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount of
deduction</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 222 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA385683E31384E89BB7B6193D51E5773" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDd70b8e44d5a64fe6bc021d0baa5d0c23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="ID2b44cd5985434facb18812a788a85caf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dollar
limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID0f3954db6b7c4fb48fee03056b8f7213"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount allowed
as a deduction under subsection (a) with respect to the taxpayer for any
taxable year shall not exceed the applicable dollar limit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4a9594f1353a4f2e8242a58667f9d27d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicable
dollar limit</header><text>The applicable dollar limit for any taxable year
shall be determined as follows:</text>
<table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" frame="none" line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.4.0.0" subformat="S6211" table-type="subformat-2-Flush-Right">
<tgroup cols="2"><colspec coldef="txt" colname="col1" colsep="0" colwidth="275" min-data-value="0"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt" colname="col2" colsep="0" colwidth="80" min-data-value="0"></colspec>
<thead>
<row><entry align="left" colname="I49" rowsep="0"><bold><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="I50" rowsep="0"><bold>Applicable</bold></entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="I49" rowsep="0"><bold>Taxable
year:</bold></entry><entry align="right" colname="I50" rowsep="0"><bold>dollar
amount:</bold></entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry align="left" colname="I15" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2005 and 2006</entry><entry align="right" colname="I07" rowsep="0">$6,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="I15" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2007 and 2008</entry><entry align="right" colname="I07" rowsep="0">$8,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="I15" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2009 and 2010</entry><entry align="right" colname="I07" rowsep="0">$10,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry align="left" colname="I15" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2011 and thereafter</entry><entry align="right" colname="I07" rowsep="0">$12,000.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0c4512eaeca64b2b8362d2426eabb33d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation
based on modified adjusted gross income</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3ea440f4a3f54b73bc7213c1d4453ed6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount which would (but for this paragraph) be taken
into account under subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the
amount determined under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc95ac5e05ff1441fa0e2968bc52ad7ab"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount of
reduction</header><text>The amount determined under this subparagraph equals
the amount which bears the same ratio to the amount which would be so taken
into account as—</text>
<clause id="ID7f350694fb424333997b79938bd3f481"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the excess
of—</text>
<subclause id="IDe8ea2f1fdff64e369dd4ef4355e80e36"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the taxpayer's
modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID457e7ad3a7cc430d9aca8e25b704527d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$65,000
($130,000 in the case of a joint return), bears to</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID5f36ec4c8c23472698d55a6b93180e77"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$15,000 ($30,000
in the case of a joint return).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDeb1ec12b02354da1851695df90b6f25b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Modified
adjusted gross income</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<term>modified adjusted gross income</term> means the adjusted gross income of
the taxpayer for the taxable year determined—</text>
<clause id="ID4654f43850614b21afd0f80da53a1a81"><enum>(i)</enum><text>without regard to
this section and sections 199, 911, 931, and 933, and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDe6e44edf6639459cae560d48dd705d45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>after the
application of sections 86, 135, 137, 219, 221, and 469.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">For
purposes of the sections referred to in clause (ii), adjusted gross income
shall be determined without regard to the deduction allowed under this
section.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb7660a851e8944fabe526848e6f92ae9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustments</header>
<clause id="ID05d2fa610d864cfb99ee2a7ec6c414cb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar
year after 2005, both of the dollar amounts in subparagraph (B)(i)(II) shall be
increased by an amount equal to—</text>
<subclause id="ID771e91a56a2443da8e8b068ccdab6e91"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such dollar
amount, multiplied by</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID54f0b9087575417a8fbd15cc5b287b70"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the
cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar
year in which the taxable year begins, by substituting <quote>calendar year
2004</quote> for <quote>calendar year 1992</quote> in subparagraph (B)
thereof.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID1b54678182b74ec3af1d7acdc1dc362f"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If
any amount as adjusted under clause (i) is not a multiple of $50, such amount
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $50.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDab3b4ad0dc1946048acc6931bf44b733"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
tuition and related expenses of eligible students</header>
<paragraph id="ID2702aa6c75d34b01ac57fb0f664288fd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 222(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to allowance of deduction) is amended by inserting <quote>of eligible
students</quote> after <quote>expenses</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID03f2b82c0acc4f4ba35cd619627841f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible student</header><text>Section 222(d) of such Code (relating to
definitions and special rules) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (2)
through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively, and by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CC72EBE7EB94817943051594D57EFA1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1cf72748c9ef4090a58fa0c2fbef783e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
student</header><text>The term <term>eligible student</term> has the meaning
given such term by section 36(b)(3).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf1c20fd5bfea435281d9e4dbc1d9ec21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deduction made
permanent</header><text>Title IX of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001 (relating to sunset of provisions of such Act) shall
not apply to the amendments made by section 431 of such Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID720fc35ce7f94aea956357828dab9797"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to payments
made in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7085719c56004e969d3742430b1b7127"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Credit for
interest on higher education loans</header>
<subsection id="IDf0d0425aecd241d08c4ebe06ae1749f7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
amended by inserting after section 25B the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09E578CF27EB4B7599B724614DCFCBE1" style="OLC">
<section id="IDdc20378e05994a969b7c9837ca01e449"><enum>25C.<?LEXA-Enum 25C.?></enum><header>Interest on higher education loans</header>
<subsection id="ID0ef962694a3f4b0c89b9a377ee8048d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of
credit</header><text>In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a
credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount
equal to the interest paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year on any
qualified education loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID3094bf375104488e8f27b862afd38e40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum
credit</header>
<paragraph id="ID4e4fb1e4dffd4ffd8e72359f231ebba5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the credit allowed
by subsection (a) for the taxable year shall not exceed $1,500.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID52bc9fa1ee214ac697be364b00a402a9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation
based on modified adjusted gross income</header>
<subparagraph id="ID9db6c1a2e19746469edbc27815ffd3ce"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for
the taxable year exceeds $50,000 ($100,000 in the case of a joint return), the
amount which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable as a credit under this
section shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount which bears the
same ratio to the amount which would be so allowable as such excess bears to
$20,000 ($40,000 in the case of a joint return).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4150dd2392614bffb0b63faded7fe644"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Modified
adjusted gross income</header><text>The term <term>modified adjusted gross
income</term> means adjusted gross income determined without regard to sections
199, 222, 911, 931, and 933.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4811b8f4eee24e3ba14332095ae6e894"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inflation
adjustment</header><text>In the case of any taxable year beginning after 2005,
the $50,000 and $100,000 amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be
increased by an amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="IDd048c4f11e3443e1adf28e6f4cdd7fbd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar
amount, multiplied by</text>
</clause><clause id="ID522fe52f8bc949c19e6c7d9756768df9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar
year in which the taxable year begins, by substituting <quote>2004</quote> for
<quote>1992</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1b82a5f9ba5c4bcc9be26668ac699a8d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If
any amount as adjusted under subparagraph (C) is not a multiple of $50, such
amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $50.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa08caa0f956a469cb51127d222a5a75f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dependents not
eligible for credit</header><text>No credit shall be allowed by this section to
an individual for the taxable year if a deduction under section 151 with
respect to such individual is allowed to another taxpayer for the taxable year
beginning in the calendar year in which such individual's taxable year
begins.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6329b7021d5f46c2a47b13711fa966e6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limit on period
credit allowed</header><text>A credit shall be allowed under this section only
with respect to interest paid on any qualified education loan during the first
60 months (whether or not consecutive) in which interest payments are required.
For purposes of this paragraph, any loan and all refinancings of such loan
shall be treated as 1 loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb7115dc2f4f64b8bbb9fe573a32245a7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section—</text>
<paragraph id="ID18334b2fa5b34502aff5b3900a42fb4c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified
education loan</header><text>The term <term>qualified education loan</term> has
the meaning given such term by section 221(d)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4574a62b805e4bd493a106b4982d52e5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dependent</header><text>The
term <term>dependent</term> has the meaning given such term by section
152.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDec3dec3eb0ae4b8ea2092c6e9c76561e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="ID944245bd89034beb8f3b44fa50c25106"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Denial of
double benefit</header><text>No credit shall be allowed under this section for
any amount taken into account for any deduction under any other provision of
this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDad2bedd8ebc74fa0abde2fa9872e1fa5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Married couples
must file joint return</header><text>If the taxpayer is married at the close of
the taxable year, the credit shall be allowed under subsection (a) only if the
taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse file a joint return for the taxable
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID82cd11dc1d28417b87b7e4ace924ea2b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Marital
status</header><text>Marital status shall be determined in accordance with
section 7703.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID478119757761417cb7ddd908d1639fe5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 25B the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DA4297F68E54F77A7FC37B2B4ADD3F9" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 25C. Interest on higher education
loans.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6f9ba0b0ac734050808ce476fc31564a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to any
qualified education loan (as defined in section 25C(e)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section) incurred on, before, or after
the date of the enactment of this Act, but only with respect to any loan
interest payment due after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID227F1C74B8BD4DBCB0FDFD198BEDFC65">
<enum>1003.</enum>
<header>Hope and Lifetime Learning credits to be refundable</header>
<subsection id="IDF6643DF80CFC47F083440328715D3E6F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Credit To be refundable</header>
<text>Section 25A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
Hope and Lifetime Learning credits) is hereby moved to subpart C of part IV of
subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code (relating to refundable credits) and
inserted after section 35.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID144959085B9E4FB18F581C6093F8BE69">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="ID374F519207D7453CA04E62D02B8101F1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 36 of such Code is redesignated as section 37.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAD88144105544716AD4600C84DAEC5A2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 25A of such Code (as moved by subsection (a)) is
redesignated as section 36.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID61209A0D93864C02B779E95F2E3C7F11">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (1) of section 36(a) of such Code (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)) is amended by striking <quote>this chapter</quote> and inserting
<quote>this subtitle</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAD43A09C4AD54966B076D79E1B4100CD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Subparagraph (B) of section 72(t)(7) of such Code is amended by
striking <quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
36(g)(2)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID87FE714F0CA6429CBB8015A7A8A0D02C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Subparagraph (A) of section 135(d)(2) of such Code is amended by
striking <quote>section 25A</quote> and inserting <quote>section
36</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5DDDA56BC98F42970053669EA39F8BE2">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Section 221(d) of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF5541F9A0180470BBC9F14F8CA8D489B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in paragraph (2)(B)
and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID191584BFE50341F6918C00D78F42C8B8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(f)(2)</quote> in the matter
following paragraph (2)(B) and inserting <quote>section 36(f)(2)</quote>,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID25964EA8CDF64295B0AD357900892664">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(b)(3)</quote> in paragraph (3) and
inserting <quote>section 36(b)(3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID67EC01F23F3840FF9FBB0731D9D192F1">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Section 222 of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC0E9CE9DE5B14791855882CC351219D5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A</quote> in subparagraph (A) of
subsection (c)(2) and inserting <quote>section 36</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID76B9E2A2BA1A44C09EA2457ECB568F54">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(f)</quote> in subsection (d)(1)
and inserting <quote>section 36(f)</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8364D99AAA3947578335AA6217316F00">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in subsection (d)(1)
and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID18D24AFBD87945669659E75D9063AE91">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Section 529 of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0F066E3D433C4C30B305B854DF2C37A0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in subclause (I) of
subsection (c)(3)(B)(v) and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9EFAB6B25E4343CF9B8812A06E18F202">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A</quote> in subclause (II) of
subsection (c)(3)(B)(v) and inserting <quote>section 36</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC4E97D478FF849CFA223D3D093B352B0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(b)(3)</quote> in clause (i) of
subsection (e)(3)(B) and inserting <quote>section 36(b)(3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB8C656882E1E44108494C5237F586560">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Section 530 of such Code is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8D27EE1C46D14762814170533774C378">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in subclause (I) of
subsection (d)(2)(C)(i) and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7CCB9B21099B4420AD3F24B4A160D330">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A</quote> in subclause (II) of
subsection (d)(2)(C)(i) and inserting <quote>section 36</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4FE2C4351275445AAAFC57C5EBCDE943">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section 25A(g)(2)</quote> in clause (iii) of
subsection (d)(4)(B) and inserting <quote>section 36(g)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE406B585CA3949498723BEA97429B7CD">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>Subsection (e) of section 6050S of such Code is amended by
striking <quote>section 25A</quote> and inserting <quote>section
36</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5742F1EE3C724AC69D6CA9736E2282C9">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Subparagraph (J) of section 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended by
striking <quote>section 25A(g)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>section
36(g)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5611CEE40AC043B800EE3E4C01AB616F">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by inserting before the period <quote>or from section 36 of such
Code</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8423E5176A814371A42C0040A7AC34CF">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>The table of sections for subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 36 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID32398BB6B3C648D88D845F7CF7A964A4" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 36. Hope and Lifetime Learning
credits.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 37. Overpayments of
tax.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAA44B1698944447BB6A59F7727D8BCBE">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text>The table of sections for subpart A of such part IV is amended by
striking the item relating to section 25A.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID019F76AB8151458885B0F45398D392B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2004.</text>
</subsection></section>