PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 110 STAT. 1321-230 is authorized to grant up to six additional State education agencies authority to waive Federal statutory or regulatory requirements for fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal years: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher Education Act, $7,228,116,000, of which $5,913,391,000 shall become available on July 1, 1996 and shall remain available through September 30, 1997 and of which $1,298,386,000 shall become available on October 1, 1996 and shall remain available through September 30, 1997 for academic year 1996-1997: Provided, That $5,985,839,000 shall be available for basic grants under section 1124: Provided further. That up to $3,500,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary on October 1, 1995, to obtain updated local-educational-agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That $677,241,000 shall be available for concentration grants under section 1124(A) and $3,370,000 shall be available for evaluations under section 1501. IMPACT AID For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $693,000,000, of which $581,707,000 shall be for basic support pa5anents under section 8003(b), $40,000,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for payments under section 8003(f), $5,000,000 shall be for construction under section 8007, and $16,293,000 shall be for Federal property pa3nnents under section 8002. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by titles II, IV-A-1 and 2, V-A, VI, section 7203, and titles IX, X and XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964; $1,223,708,000 of which $1,015,481,000 shall become available on July 1, 1996, and remain available through September 30, 1997: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, $275,000,000 shall be for Eisenhower professional development State grants under title II-B and $275,000,000 shall be for innovative education program strategies State grants under title VI- A: Provided further. That not less than $3,000,000 shall be for innovative programs under section 5111. BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, bilingual and immigrant education activities authorized by title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, without regard to section 7103(b), $178,000,000 of which $50,000,000 shall be for immigrant education programs authorized by part C: Provided, That State
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