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 123STA T . 32 70PUBLIC LA W 111 – 117 —DE C.1 6, 200 9As s i s tance Act m a yb e u se dforS tate data coordinators and for a w ards to p ub l ic or pri v ate or g ani z ations or agencies to improve data coordination ,q uality, and use .DEPARTM E N TA LM ANA G EMENT PR O GRAM A D M I NI S TRATION F or carrying out, to t h ee x tent not otherwise provided, the Department of E ducation O rganization Act, including rental of con - ference rooms in the District of C olumbia and hire of three pas- senger motor vehicles, $456, 20 0,000, of which $ 8 ,200,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff. O F FI C EFORCI V IL RIG H TS For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil R ights, as author- ized by section 20 3 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $ 1 03,024,000. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL For expenses necessary for the Office of the I nspector G eneral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $60,053,000. GENERAL P ROVISIONS SEC. 301. N o 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 V I of the Civil Rights Act of 1 9 64. 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. T he prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. ( TRANSFER OF F U NDS ) SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the B alanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Edu- cation in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but Voluntaryp ray e r .M e di tation. R a c ial de s e g regation.