To increase funds to the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program and to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the purposes of expanding positive behavioral interventions and supports.

1. Adds SEC. ___. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM AND POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS at the end of title III

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. THURGOOD MARSHALL LEGAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM AND POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS.

   Inserted: (a) Increases.--In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under this Act, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an additional $3,500,000 for subpart 3 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.), and an additional $1,000,000 to the Office of Special Education Programs of the Department of Education for the expansion of positive behavioral interventions and supports.

   Inserted: (b) Offset From Consulting Expenses.--

   Inserted: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each amount provided by this Act for consulting expenses for the Department of Health and Human Services shall be reduced by the pro rata percentage required to reduce the total amount provided by this Act for such expenses by $4,500,000.

   Inserted: (2) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a listing of the amounts by account of the reductions made pursuant to paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (c) Report on Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program.--Not later than September 30, 2006, the Secretary of Education shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on the evaluation data regarding the educational and professional performance of individuals who have participated, during fiscal year 2006 or any preceding year, in the program under subpart 3 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136 et seq.).

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   At the end of title III (before the short title), insert the following:

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