To amend the assistance to local educational agencies with significant enrollment changes in military dependent students due to force structure changes, troop relocations, creation of new units, and realignment under BRAC.

1. 1

   Change 1: Inserts “or decrease” after “overall increase”

   InsertsSection 582(a)

   In S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (a) Availability of Assistance.--To assist communities in making adjustments resulting from the creation of new units and other large- scale relocations of members of the Armed Forces between military installations, the Secretary of Defense may make payments to local educational agencies described in subsection (b) that, during the period between the end of the school year preceding the fiscal year for which the payments are authorized and the beginning of the school year immediately preceding that school year, had an overall increase [inserted: or decrease ]in the number of military dependent students enrolled in schools of such local educational agencies equal to or greater than 250 military dependent students.

   Original wording

   In section 582(a), insert “or decrease” after “overall increase”.

2. 2

   Change 2: Replaces “; or” at the section 582(b)(2)(B) with new text

   Replaces

   In S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (B) the official creation or activation of one or more new military units[struck: ; or]

   Original wording

   In section 582(b)(2)(B), strike “; or” and insert a semicolon.

3. 3

   Change 3: Replaces the period at the end at the section 582(b)(2)(C) with “; or”

   Replaces

   In S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (C) the realignment of forces as a result of the base closure process[struck: .][inserted: ; or]

   Original wording

   In section 582(b)(2)(C), strike the period at the end and insert “; or”.

4. 4

   Change 4: Inserts new text at the end of section 528(b)(2)

   Inserts

   Inserted: (D) a change in the number of housing units on a military installation,

   Original wording

   In section 528(b)(2), add at the end the following:

5. 5

   Change 5: Inserts “or decrease” after “overall increase”

   InsertsSection 582(d)(1)

   In S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (1) In general.--In making assistance available to local educational agencies under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, make assistance available to such local educational agencies for a fiscal year on a pro rata basis based on the size of the overall increase [inserted: or decrease ]in the number of military and Department of Defense civilian dependent students enrolled in schools of those local educational agencies for such fiscal year.

   Original wording

   In section 582(d)(1), insert “or decrease” after “overall increase”.

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