S.Amdt. 3332

SA 3332. Mr. DASCHLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following:

SECTION 1. IMPACT AID.

Section 8003(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(I) Average daily attendance determination.--

“(i) In general.--For the purpose of determining the eligibility for and amount of a basic support payment made under this paragraph for a heavily impacted local educational agency described in clause (ii), the Secretary shall calculate the number of children who were in average daily attendance in the schools of such agency for a fiscal year by multiplying--

“(I) the negotiated ratio described in clause (ii)(II); by

“(II) the number of such children for the preceding fiscal year.

“(ii) Eligible heavily impacted local educational agencies.--A heavily impacted local educational agency referred to in clause (i) is a heavily impacted local educational agency--

“(I) that does not collect average daily attendance data for purposes of distributing State education assistance; and

“(II) for which the Secretary has approved a negotiated ratio for purposes of calculating a basic support payment under paragraph (1).”.