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 110 STAT. 1321-235 PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles, $327,319,000. Schools. Busing. Desegregation. School prayer. OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $55,451,000. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $28,654,000. HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION For necessary expenses for the renovation of the Department of Education headquarters building, $7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998. GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system. SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. SEC. 304. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be made available for opportunity to learn standards or strategies. SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available under section 458 of the Higher Education Act shall not exceed $436,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. The Department of Education shall pay administrative cost allowances owed to guaranty agencies for fiscal year 1995 estimated to be $95,000,000 and administrative cost allowances owed to guaranty agencies for fiscal year 1996 estimated to be $81,000,000. The Department of Education shall pay administrative cost allowances to guaranty agencies, to be paid quarterly, calculated on the basis of 0.85 percent of the total principal amount of loans upon which insurance was issued on or after October 1, 1995 by such guaranty agencies.

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