123STA T . 31 8 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 2 0 0 9FED E RALP A YM E NT T O T H E OFF IC E OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE DI S TRICT OF COL U M B IA Fora F ed era lp a ym e nt tot h e Of f ic eofthe C hief Financial Officer for the D i s trict of Col u m b ia ,$1 , 850 ,000, in the amounts and for the pro j ects specified in the table that appears under the headin g‘ ‘Federal P ayment to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia ’ ’ in the statement of managers to accompany this A ct
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d, T hat each entity that recei v es funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia ( CFO ) , not later than 6 0 days after enactment of this Act, a detailed budget and comprehensive description of the activities to be carried out w ith such funds, and the CFO shall submit a comprehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of the H ouse of R epresenta - tives and the S enate not later than J une 1, 2 010 . FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPRO V EMENT For a Federal payment for a school improvement program in the District of Columbia, $ 7 5, 4 00,000, to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $42,200,000 to improve public school education in the District of Columbia
for the State E ducation Office, $20,000,000 to e x pand q uality public charter schools in the District of Columbia, to remain available until expended; for the Secretary of the Department of Education, $1 3 ,200,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for students in the District of Columbia in accordance with title I II of division C of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public L aw 108 – 1 9 9; 118 Stat. 126), to remain available until expended, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund assessments, and of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin- ister testing of students to determine and compare academic performance of the schools enrolling students participating in the opportunity scholarship program: Provided , That notwithstanding the second proviso under this heading in Public Law 111–8, funds provided herein may only be used to provide opportunity scholar- ships to students who received scholarships in the 2009–2010 school year: Provided fu r th er, That funds available under this heading for opportunity scholarships, including from prior-year appropria- tions Acts, may be made available only for scholarships to students who received scholarships in the 2009–2010 school year: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act for opportunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student to enroll in a participating school under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 unless (1) the participating school has and maintains a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the District of Columbia; (2) the core subject matter teachers of the eligible student hold 4-year bachelor’s degrees; and (3) the participating school is in compliance with the accreditation and other standards prescribed under the District of Columbia compulsory school attend- ance laws that apply to educational institutions not affiliated with the District of Columbia Public Schools: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall submit a report to Congress not later than June 15, 2010 detailing the academic rigor and quality of each participating school and that for the purposes of submitting the report the Secretary shall administer to eligible students partici- pating in the program the same tests of academic performance Reports.D e adlin e. Deadlines. Bu d g et. Reports.
