Sec. 601. Education and Head Start funding
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The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to address Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely for assisting in meeting the educational needs of individuals affected by a covered disaster in calendar year 2017: $3,157,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2018, of which— $930,000,000 shall be available to State educational agencies until expended to carry out section 612; $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 616; and $1,100,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 617. $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available for the Project SERV program under section 4631(a)(1)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7281(a)(1)(A) ) to provide education-related services, which may include student counseling, to eligible entities in which the learning environment has been disrupted by a traumatic crisis due to the needs of students who have been affected by a covered disaster, including eligible entities serving significant numbers of students who have been displaced from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. $310,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2018, shall be available— to provide assistance under the programs authorized by subparts 3 and 4 of part A and part C of title IV, and part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, for students attending institutions of higher education (as defined in section 102 of that Act) that are located in a covered disaster area and who qualify for assistance under subparts 3 and 4 of part A and part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, of which— funds shall be made available to provide assistance under such title IV programs notwithstanding any requirements relating to matching, Federal share, reservation of funds, or maintenance of effort that would otherwise be applicable to that assistance; and funds shall be made available to provide emergency assistance based on demonstrated need under part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which may be used for student financial assistance, faculty and staff salaries, equipment and instruments, or any purpose authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to institutions of higher education that are located in an area affected by Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria in calendar year 2017; to provide emergency assistance based on demonstrated need to institutions of higher education that are located in an area affected by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria in calendar year 2017 and were forced to close, relocate or significantly curtail their activities as a result of damage directly sustained by such hurricanes; and to provide payments to institutions of higher education to help defray the unexpected expenses associated with enrolling displaced students from institutions of higher education directly affected or at which operations have been disrupted due to Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria in calendar year 2017, in accordance with criteria as are established by the Secretary and made publicly available without regard to section 437 of the General Education Provisions Act or section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $810,000,000, for an additional amount for the appropriations account appropriated under the heading , for Head Start to serve children displaced by Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria in calendar year 2017, notwithstanding subsections (a)(1) and (g)(1) of section 640 of the Head Start Act ( Children and Families Services Programs 42 U.S.C. 9835 ), and to cover the costs of renovating those Head Start facilities which were affected by these hurricanes, to the extent reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and insurance companies do not fully cover such costs:
Provided , That of the amount provided under this heading, $800,000,000 shall be available for Head Start programs in Puerto Rico and $10,000,000 shall be available for Head Start programs in the Virgin Islands.
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