Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities american printing house for the blind For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $8,186,000.111 STAT. 1501 national technical institute for the deaf For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $44,141,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207. gallaudet university For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $81,000,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207. vocational and adult education For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, the Adult Education Act, and the National Literacy Act of 1991, $1,507,698,000, of which $1,504,598,000 shall become available on July 1, 1998 and shall remain available through September 30, 1999; and of which $5,491,000 from amounts available under the Adult Education Act shall be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 384(c): Provided, That, of the amounts made available for title II of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, $13,497,000 shall be used by the Secretary for national programs under title IV, without regard to section 451: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to $4,998,000 under section 313(d) of the Adult Education Act for activities carried out under section 383 of that Act: Provided further, That no funds shall be awarded to a State Council under section 112(f) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, and no State shall be required to operate such a Council. student financial assistance For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act or 1965, as amended, $8,978,934,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 1999. The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 1998–1999 shall be $3,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act, if the Secretary determines, prior to publication of the payment schedule for such award year, that the amount included within this appropriation for Pell Grant awards in such award year, and any funds available from the fiscal year 1997 appropriation for Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to satisfy fully all such awards for which students are eligible, as calculated under section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid for each such award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable percentage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accordance with a schedule of reductions established by the Secretary for this purpose: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that the funds available to fund Pell Grants for award year 1998–1999 exceed the amount needed to fund Pell Grants at a maximum 111 STAT. 1502award of $3,000 for that award year, the Secretary may increase the income protection allowances in sections 475(g)(2)(D), and 476(b)(1)(A)(iv)(I), (II), and (III) up to the amounts at which Pell Grant awards calculated using the increased income protection allowances equal the funds available to make Pell Grants in award year 1998–1999 with a $3,000 maximum award, except that the income protection allowance in section 475(g)(2)(D) may not exceed $2,200, the income protection allowance in sections 476(b)(1(A)(iv)(I) and (II) may not exceed $4,250, and the income protection allowance in section 476(b)(1)(A)(iv)(III) may not exceed $7,250. federal family education loan program account For Federal administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $46,482,000. higher education For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, parts A and B of title III, without regard to section 360(a)(1)(B)(ii), titles IV, V, VI, VII, and IX, and part A, subpart 1 of part B, and part E of title X and title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, part G of title XV of Public Law 102–325, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and Public Law 102–423; $946,738,000, of which $13,700,000 for interest subsidies under title VII of the Higher Education Act shall remain available until expended: Provided, That funds available for part D of title IX of the Higher Education Act shall be available to fund new and noncompeting continuation awards for academic year 1998–1999 for fellowships awarded under part C of title IX of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part C: Provided further, That from the funds made available under Part A of title X of the Higher Education Act, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the Advanced Technical Center at Mexico, Missouri for the delivery of technical education in cooperation with community colleges and State technical schools and $3,000,000 shall be for the delivery of technical education and distance learning at Empire State College in New York. howard university For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $210,000,000: Provided, That from the amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under the Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480). college housing and academic facilities loans program For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to facility loans entered into under title VII, part C and section 702 of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $698,000.111 STAT. 1503 historically black college and university capital financing, program account The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall not exceed zero. For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act, as amended, $104,000. education research, statistics, and improvement For carrying out activities authorized by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994, including part E; the National Education Statistics Act of 1994; section 2102 of title II, and parts A, B, I, and K and section 10601 of title X, and part C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of Public Law 103–227, $431,438,000: Provided, That of the amount provided for section 10101 of part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the National Museum of Women in the Arts; $500,000 shall be for enhanced teacher training in reading in the District of Columbia; $5,000,000 shall be for innovative learning opportunities for at-risk children at children’s museums in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and museums in Chicago; $8,000,000 shall be for a demonstration of public school facilities repair and construction to the Iowa Department of Education; $350,000 shall be awarded to the White Plains City School District to expand an after school program; $100,000 shall be for the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania library network; $55,000 shall be awarded to the St. Stephen Life Center in Louisville, Kentucky; and $25,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this proviso in the statement of managers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the funds made available for comprehensive school reform shall become available on July 1, 1998, and remain available through September 30, 1999, and in carrying out this initiative, the Secretary and the States shall support only approaches that show the most promise of enabling children to meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards based on reliable research and effective practices, and include an emphasis on basic academics and parental involvement: Provided further, That (1) of the amount appropriated under this heading and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education may award $1,000,000 to a State educational agency (as defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) to pay for appraisals, resource studies, and other expenses associated with the exchange of State school trust lands within the boundaries of a national monument for Federal lands outside the boundaries of the monument; and (2) the State educational agency is eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1) only if the agency serves a State that—111 STAT. 1504 (A) has a national monument declared within the State under the authority of the Act entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities”, approved June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) (commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906) that incorporates more than 100,000 acres of State school trust lands within the boundaries of the national monument; and (B) ranks in the lowest 25 percent of all States when comparing the average per pupil expenditure (as defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) in the State to the average per pupil expenditure for each State in the United States. institute of museum and library services For carrying out subtitle B of the Museum and Library Services Act, $146,340,000.