Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Part 3.djvu/134

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115 STAT. 2208 PUBLIC LAW 107-116-^AN. 10, 2002 School prayer. Notification. Reports. Applicability. 20 USC 1070 note. student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 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. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the DepEutment of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. SEC. 305. (a) Section 1543(a) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 1070 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: "(2) AWARD DETERMINATION.— The amount of the financial assistance provided to an athlete described in paragraph (1) shall be determined in accordance with criteria, and in amounts, specified in the application of the center under subsection (c). Such assistance shall not exceed the athlete's cost of attendance as determined under section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 108711). " (3) INFORMATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE.—Each center providing such assistance shall annually report to the Secretary such information as the Secretary may reasonably require on the distribution of such assistance among athletes and institutions of higher education. The Secretary sheill compile such reports and submit them to the Committees on Education and the Workforce and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Appropriations of the Senate.", (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any funds appropriated pursuant to section 1543(d) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, including funds appropriated pursuant to that section in fiscal years 2000 and 2001, that are available for financial assistance under section 1543 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 306. (a) Notwithstanding sections 413D, 442, and 488 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Secretary of Education may reallocate, from funds made available under the heading "Student Financial Assistance" to carry out part C of title IV of that Act, excess allocations for fiscal year 2002 in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate to institutions of higher education described in subsection (b) for the purposes described in subsection (c). The reallocation to each such institution shall be made in accordance with subsection (d). Such excess allocations shall remain available for obligation until March 31, 2004.