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 118 STAT. 1331 PUBLIC LAW 108–335—OCT. 18, 2004 or secondary school during fiscal year 2005 unless the non resident pays tuition to the District of Columbia at a rate that covers 100 percent of the costs incurred by the District of Columbia that are attributable to the education of the non resident (as established by the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools): Provided further, That notwith standing the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any other provision of law, there shall be appropriated to the District of Columbia Public Schools on July 1, 2005, an amount equal to 10 percent of the total amount of the local funds appropriations request provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools in the proposed budget of the Dis trict of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 (as submitted to Congress), and the amount of such payment shall be chargeable against the final amount provided for the District of Columbia Public Schools under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006: Provided further, That not to exceed $9,300 for the Super intendent of Schools shall be available from this appropriation for official reception and representation expenses. (2) TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT FUND.—$9,200,000 from local funds shall be available for the Teacher’s Retirement Fund. (3) STATE EDUCATION OFFICE.—$43,104,000 (including $10,015,000 from local funds, $32,913,000 from Federal grant funds, and $176,000 from other funds), in addition, $25,600,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support’’ shall be available for the State Education Office and $13,000,000 from funds previously appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement in the Dis trict of Columbia’’ shall be available for the State Education Office: Provided, That of the amounts provided to the State Education Office, $500,000 from local funds shall remain avail able until June 30, 2006 for an audit of the student enrollment of each District of Columbia Public School and of each District of Columbia public charter school. (4) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.— $196,802,000 from local funds shall be available for District of Columbia public charter schools: Provided, That there shall be quarterly disbursement of funds to the District of Columbia public charter schools, with the first payment to occur within 15 days of the beginning of the fiscal year: Provided further, That if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as payments to any public charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil funding formula, the funds shall remain available for public education in accordance with section 2403(b)(2) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(2)): Provided fur ther, That of the amounts made available to District of Columbia public charter schools, $100,000 shall be made avail able to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer as authorized by section 2403(b)(5) of the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 38–1804.03(b)(5)): Provided further, That $750,000 of this amount shall be available to the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board for administrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding the amounts otherwise provided under this heading or any

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