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 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX A 114 STAT. 2763A-39 activities related to existing facility loans entered into under the Higher Education Act of 1965. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965 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 III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $208,000. 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, including sections 411 and 412; section 2102 of title II, parts A, B, K, and L and sections 10102 and 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, $732,721,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $5,000,000 shall be made available for a high school reform program of grants to State educational agencies to improve academic performance and provide technical skills training: Provided further. That of the funds appropriated for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out part L of title X of the Act: Provided further. That of the amount available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $5,000,000 shall be available for grants to State and local educational agencies, in collaboration with other agencies and organizations, for school dropout prevention programs designed to address the needs of populations or communities with the highest dropout rates: Provided further, That of the amount made available for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be made available to enable the Secretary of Education to award grants to develop, implement, and strengthen programs to teach American history (not social studies) as a separate subject within school curricula: Provided further. That $53,000,000 of the amount available for the national education research institutes shall be allocated notwithstanding section 912(m)(l)(B-F) and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 931(c)(2) of Public Law 103- 227 and $20,000,000 of that $53,000,000 shall be made available for the Interagency Education Research Initiative: Provided further. That of the funds appropriated for part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be available to demonstrate effective approaches to comprehensive school reform, to be allocated and expended in accordance with the instructions relating to this activity in the statement of managers on the conference report accompanying Public Law 105-78 and in the statement of the managers on the conference

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