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 106 STAT. 1820 PUBLIC LAW 102-394—OCT. 6, 1992 Desegregation. Desegregation. School prayer. 20 USC 1087dd note. SEC. 303. (a) No part of the funds contained in this title shall be used to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, to take any action to force the busing of students; to require the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force on account of race, creed or color the transfer of students to or from a particular school so desegregated as a condition precedent to obtaining Federal funds otherwise available to any State, school district or school. (b) No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system. SEC. 304. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to cany out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. SEC. 305. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of volimtary prayer and meditation in the public schools. SEC. 306. Funds currently available in Public Law 101-517 for a National Council on Educational Goals, or any similar entity, shall be available, if authorized in law, through fiscal year 1993 for operation of the currently existing National Education Goals Panel: Provided, That the restrictions in Public Law 101-517 concerning its composition, the procedures used in appointment of its members, and the voting procedures it follows in carrying out its functions shall not apply. SEC. 307. ANNUAL LOAN LIMITS. — (a) AMENDMENT.— Section 468 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ''and'* after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ''(5) the changes in section 464(a)(2)(A), (B) and (C) shall not apply to any loan made for the award year beginning July 1, 1992 provided that the loan does not resi:dt in a violation of section 464(a)(2)(A), (B) and (C) as in effect prior to such date of enactment.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted on July 23, 1992. SEC. 308. (a) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU- CATION. — Section 1201(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)(5)) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and ''or

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