113 S512 IS: To Aid Gifted and High-Ability Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act
U.S. Senate
2013-03-11
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1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the To Aid Gifted and High-Ability
Learners by Empowering the Nation's Teachers Act
or the
TALENT
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. References.
TITLE I—Improving basic program requirements
Sec. 101. State plans.
Sec. 102. Annual State report cards.
Sec. 103. Local educational agency plans.
Sec. 104. National Assessment of title I.
TITLE II—Improving teaching for gifted and talented
students
Sec. 201. State applications.
Sec. 202. Local applications and needs assessments.
Sec. 203. Local use of funds.
Sec. 204. Subgrants to eligible partnerships.
TITLE III—Gifted and talented students in rural
schools
Sec. 301. Small rural school achievement program.
Sec. 302. Rural and low-income school program.
TITLE IV—Supporting essential research on the learning needs of
gifted and talented students
Sec. 401. Supporting essential research on the learning needs
of gifted and talented students.
TITLE V—General provisions
Sec. 501. Definitions.
Sec. 502. Amendments to other
laws.
Sec. 503. Effective
Date.
2.Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)Academically
gifted and talented students make up an estimated 6 to 10 percent of the
prekindergarten through grade 12 student population, totaling between 3,000,000
and 6,000,000 students.
(2)There is a
growing excellence gap at the highest levels of achievement between the
performance of subgroups of students, particularly between the performance of
students who are African-American or Hispanic and the performance of White
students, and between low-income students compared to their more advantaged
peers, on statewide assessments and on the National Assessment of Educational
Progress.
(3)Advanced students
in the United States lag behind the performance of similar students in other
countries, which puts the Nation at a competitive disadvantage.
(4)Gifted and
talented students, and high-ability students who have not been formally
identified for gifted education services, require modifications to the general
education curriculum to fully meet their potential.
(5)Effective
assessment and instruction of gifted and talented students requires educators
to have specialized knowledge and skills.
(6)Ninety percent of
teachers nationwide want more professional development focused on the skills
necessary for teaching advanced students.
(7)Interventions and
strategies that have been demonstrated to be successful with gifted and
talented students can be modified to improve the achievement of all
students.
(8)The availability
of gifted education programs and services to students who require such services
is unequal and often relies solely on local resources and leadership, leaving
many high-ability students from rural areas or who are English language
learners or Hispanic, African-American, or Native American, among others,
without access to appropriate services.
(9)There are an
estimated 360,000 students in the United States who are both gifted and have a
disability. These twice exceptional children present special
challenges because their disability often masks their academic potential or
their academic strengths may mask their disability, resulting in a lack of
services and supports for this student population.
(10)The development
and dissemination of research and national data on gifted and talented students
is necessary to—
(A)guide
evidence-based classroom practices vital to meeting the unique needs of this
population of students; and
(B)contribute to the
decisionmaking of educators, families, and policymakers.
3.Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
<enum>I</enum><header>Improving basic
program requirements</header>
<section id="ID472d08c9d4464ce0bade7056c605b024"><enum>101.</enum><header>State
plans</header>
<subsection id="id927178D20C56425C9D4C2316BE7AB3DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1111(b)(2)(A) (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5EAA0DE264A247A1A9541595C57F778F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1E98E2A04644465780B5231E380EC1E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iii),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE5A1CB403E8248D4ABBCBB86F900CF46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE670347EE8F4F69808EA82F64D37976" style="OLC">
<clause id="id2BBEAA777E264E18BD82BB0D7DE091AB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a recognition program for local
educational agencies in the State that, for each category of students described
in subparagraph (C)(v), significantly increase the proportion of students
scoring at or above the advanced level of achievement on the State academic
assessments under paragraph
(3).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID97608eeda5624699b9c882c2636af33e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
assessments</header><text>Section 1111(b)(3)(C) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(3)(C)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC5206FE2C6F346DDA1B622943EC18831"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (xiv),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id200606AC62304E9EB6F85488DB38886B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (xv),
by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9E2A1463F49B4A529B2C7973519268FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3707873D3B7744CB9B95F8E7839F9E4F" style="OLC">
<clause id="id48B08F84AF884E1395775A992298650E"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>measure
individual academic achievement, including measuring above grade level
achievement.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDdc28a943bb964b86a9b6c1122551abe8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Accountability
system</header><text>Section 1111(b)(8) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(8)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id475EAA58575D462A80B3DAF2163897CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id06659BFE796A49EFBA1A7F0F7CA8622F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3E3F704A87F946B3B10021D9D8F0EC4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F04E28741414F949109E21B466CBBFA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDdd907715fa344535ba0fa7e0e824a2bd"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the specific
steps the State educational agency will take to assist each local educational
agency and school affected by the State plan to provide additional educational
assistance to individual students who—</text>
<clause id="id205FE484D1244850B05BC34475E35C03"><enum>(i)</enum><text>perform at the
advanced level of achievement on the State academic assessments described in
paragraph (3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idDACBF13FFC0E4842AA52894F8D42E340"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are gifted and
talented (including high-ability students who have not been formally identified
for gifted education services);
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDa0ddf88a36c04e26bff23f1b02d22a82"><enum>102.</enum><header>Annual State
report cards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1111(h)(1)(C) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6311">20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idD87825C636C04949A155C6122C5FAEB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (vii), by striking <quote>;
and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0E81AC7829504176A6B1B5B9C86ED72E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (viii) as clause
(ix); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6625E33FF7E84029A8FA6958D6897B7B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (vii) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC4BEFA3C25C460D91B0089988D5C1AC" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID03eeebe4dcfd4c2892ef761e5e8bed15"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a comparison
of the performance of students between different local educational agencies
across the State at each level of achievement described in subsection
(b)(1)(D)(ii), disaggregated by the subgroups described in subsection
(b)(2)(C)(v);
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDd13beabbd3b94548a791e552ca908f6f"><enum>103.</enum><header>Local
educational agency plans</header>
<subsection id="idBA9132CC686E47EAA5C56E6E5135D7F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1112(b)(1)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6312">20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id926F7CDBE53E424E96212645DD85B819"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(P), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2A8BB7AE3BED429780E2448E4BF6B944"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(Q), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6D4C534AC39E439AA9621FFA37E0F774"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ACD1A8AF3F24F16994C0C10401C8FA8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID603f444bfc3c462cb4e690428e5c5241"><enum>(R)</enum><text>a description of
how the local educational agency will identify gifted and talented students,
including high-ability students who have not previously been formally
identified for gifted education services, and implement educational approaches
at the elementary and secondary levels to support the learning needs of gifted
and talented students to ensure that such students make appropriate learning
gains, such as early entrance to kindergarten, enrichment, acceleration,
curriculum compacting, and dual enrollment in secondary school and
postsecondary
education.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0435e9ac10184397bd4b696951e32d74"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Schoolwide
programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1114(b)(1)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6314">20 U.S.C. 6314(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA0C6CA5CE1347B0ACC2690D0D7EB18E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idCEE64667847B4014ABB6B867C1C2AE03"><enum>(K)</enum><text>A description of
how the school will identify gifted and talented students, including
high-ability students who have not previously been formally identified for
gifted education services, and provide services to support the learning needs
of such students to ensure that such students make appropriate learning
gains.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe30ac5c08a40489f92f83792fb5fad70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Targeted
assistance schools</header><text>Section 1115(c)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6315">20 U.S.C. 6315(c)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id49A2B44B0ACA4BE3A54C3D3DD84E048E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id082A97FC894E437CBF1E82E0E4403300"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBCFAF3004F424AE7923B32E45731FD51"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8A5276AD4E24484914292C30B8F1D31" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idD52E47ADBE4B4989B74F5B6C0C83F328"><enum>(I)</enum><text>identify gifted
and talented students, including high-ability students who have not previously
been formally identified for gifted education services, and provide services to
support the learning needs of such students to ensure that gifted and talented
and high-ability students make appropriate learning
gains.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idE52586168CB94A5887EC8C968B871A7A"><enum>104.</enum><header>National
Assessment of title I</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1501(a)(2)(E) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6491">20 U.S.C. 6491(a)(2)(E)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id690AE5B0DF19413D8FB3561C995FD449"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv), by striking
<quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id62CA8B42D668463E87DD54F6D01DE372"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id45E5D9BE6D6A4B93834B6D7F90FFD858"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF658F0BB0DEE4F4EBD3E659A03359430" style="OLC">
<clause id="id572854E77FCA4A8BAFC3F39BEFC7DB75"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">made public an analysis of excellence gaps
and a description of activities to close any such
gaps.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Improving
teaching for gifted and talented students</header>
<section id="ID59d23416201a4a688b2e58772e68e634"><enum>201.</enum><header>State
applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2112(b)(5) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6612">20 U.S.C. 6612(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89AF15952C9D4B0089D34984276C1853" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDafe318b9a48b47489b6298badae17290" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the comprehensive
strategy the State educational agency will use to improve the teaching skills
of teachers, principals, pupil services personnel, and other instructional
leaders in order to enable them to employ strategies that focus on—</text>
<clause id="id51C40AE1C50C49C4998B01DCD71566E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the identification of students'
specific learning needs, particularly students with disabilities, students who
are limited English proficient, students who are gifted and talented, and
students with low literacy levels; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id624F45C5CE76415AA354528B19BE2222"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the tailoring of academic
instruction to such
needs.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID6035cba821cc41d8bf357344b921e43d"><enum>202.</enum><header>Local
applications and needs assessments</header>
<subsection id="id78FA362983D249229AA95B96366C7DA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Local
applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2122(b)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6622">20 U.S.C. 6622(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E011BA36E664029BC9B2D03F18AC13A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id72bf354a42fc48b3b798549194830d50"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A description of
how the activities will have a substantial, measurable, and positive impact on
student academic achievement and how the activities will be used as part of a
broader strategy to eliminate the achievement gap and the excellence
gap.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id7F6C0A64DF544A99A3679F5B5F783AEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Needs
assessment</header><text>Section 2122(c)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6622">20 U.S.C. 6622(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended
by inserting <quote>shall be based on an analysis of the achievement and
learning needs of students at each level of achievement described in section
1111(b)(1)(D)(ii) on the State academic assessments, disaggregated by each
subgroup described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II), and</quote> before
<quote>shall be conducted</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idA8967D73BFFF4F88843C8E611782D99D"><enum>203.</enum><header>Local use of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2123(a) (20
U.S.C. 6623(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idD339AE6784114226BD9E27EB4348CE17"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>to carry out</quote> and inserting <quote>to increase student
achievement for all students, including limited English proficient students,
students with disabilities, and gifted and talented students, by carrying
out</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2EA5A3D6B09E4ED6B04A55311D761D9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id646D8BA90E4E45B09E7E2C46C6AE57FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv), by striking
<quote>and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8EB289986BC04FA2926B430326B7AAC4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (v), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idBCDE12D01BE642F2A97B75D22C5A96CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C0BD282585343D88B6BF43B0CA3CF31" style="OLC">
<clause id="idb1a0be1b99324656b217d93482b5c70b"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>provide training
to support the identification of students who are gifted and talented, and to
implement instructional practices that support the education of such students,
such as early entrance to kindergarten, enrichment, acceleration, curriculum
compacting and dual enrollment in secondary school and postsecondary
education.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id3B276124106B4CE9971949CA7E2D8D83"><enum>204.</enum><header>Subgrants to
eligible partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2134(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/6634">20 U.S.C. 6634(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idEB3A403A57204A46989CD05D49F9F6D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id812277E1DAA44AB985CF4BB3506CF33F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id888096C7C78546B2B140ED54488084C0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id075d449e5eb54862899be06a22f6dd30"><enum>(C)</enum><text>teachers,
principals, and pupil service personnel have the training to support the
identification of students who are gifted and talented, including high-ability
students who have not been formally identified for gifted education services,
and implementation of instructional practices that support the education of
such students, such as early entrance to kindergarten, enrichment,
acceleration, curriculum compacting and dual enrollment in secondary school and
postsecondary education;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Gifted and
talented students in rural schools</header>
<section id="ID561eb9e707504ff0b894020dfe04335d"><enum>301.</enum><header>Small rural
school achievement program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6211(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7345">20 U.S.C. 7345(a)</external-xref>) is
amended by inserting <quote>, including supporting gifted and talented students
(including high-ability students who have not been formally identified for
gifted education services),</quote> after <quote>local
activities</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID8833f68768fc452c82957c64c867222e"><enum>302.</enum><header>Rural and
low-income school program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6222(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7351a">20 U.S.C. 7351a(a)(2)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>and to train</quote> and inserting <quote>, train
teachers to meet the unique learning needs of gifted and talented students,
including high-ability students who have not been formally identified for
gifted education services, and train</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Supporting
essential research on the learning needs of gifted and talented
students</header>
<section id="id2D1AB0A418AD4530B347593F72433C8C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Supporting
essential research on the learning needs of gifted and talented
students</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, acting
through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id45449ec89fb841f7b09966e03e6b4dd1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>continue research
and development activities related to the education of gifted and talented
students, particularly research and development activities related to such
students who reside in rural communities or have been underrepresented as
gifted and talented, including students who are low-income, limited English
proficient, students with disabilities, and students from minority
backgrounds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ide39147752e9043f68e771782c35a2cd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support a
National Research and Dissemination Center on the Gifted and Talented that
conducts research and serves as a national clearinghouse for evidence-based
best practices to improve the identification and instruction of gifted and
talented students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idd474f928219d4559b6738824a8f2f610"><enum>(3)</enum><text>administer
demonstration grants that build and enhance the ability of elementary school
and secondary school personnel to support gifted and talented students;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7A24810893FB432C967E0C7B5970A83C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that
statistical data related to the education of gifted and talented children in
kindergarten through grade 12 in the United States and in other nations is
collected, reported, analyzed, and disseminated.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>General
provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="id3661FDBE520146629D2AAE6A9ED9BF26"><enum>501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idD29C3ABA13C34363892FD5DABBC7E165"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (19) through
(42) and paragraph (43) as paragraphs (20) through (43) and paragraph (45),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC6917DAB82744B95A23F87B8C80DCD1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (18) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92EAB0E303DE4B4DB565B545CCD98392" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id0B489B958DD348FDB65EA28BFFBC6620"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Excellence
gap</header><text>The term <term>excellence gap</term> means differences in the
percentage of students performing at the highest level of achievement described
in section 1111(b)(1)(D)(ii) between different subgroups described in section
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id22EE5CBC550D47179A340E08C4CD0A1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (43), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D7BBF3068E4460F80096F03C7AEB33B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id125c38b17dde46a4b899b9caec76b4ac"><enum>(44)</enum><header>Teaching
skills</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>teaching skills</term> has the meaning given the term in section 200 of
the Higher Education Act of
1965.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ida093e24b84e344c99406efdb1af2649a"><enum>502.</enum><header>Amendments to
other laws</header>
<subsection id="idafceae47b287470bb03a28a1c91bb070"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordination of
Federal STEM education</header><text>Section 101(b) of the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6621">42 U.S.C. 6621(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idDD341271A565465890B02FDC53000BAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD8CADDDFC3874F54B2D5386E7E0BA645"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB28188B85B9E4AA9B10494DF142C634F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A02B40AAB724839B0914AEA5E6F79D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (6), the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70E2CD7DD2654F47986D0B074FF9BB45" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ide561e0fef87c40eba256592ccee8cc70"><enum>(7)</enum><text>encourage
participating agencies to develop and implement activities and programs that
support advanced students in kindergarten through grade 12, including advanced
students who are from low-income families and advanced students from other
groups that are underrepresented in the STEM fields, in order to promote
advanced students' pursuit of careers in STEM
fields.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E3CCCEC82504E68882F88248A7E1E83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second subsection (b) and subsection (c) as subsection (c) and subsection
(d), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida31e86994b364a7696df14a721bffd42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Laboratory
cooperative science centers & other authorized education
activities</header><text>Section 3164 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7381b">42 U.S.C. 7381b(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id45CB030787944DA5953F329789DC99B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
by inserting <quote>The Secretary shall determine which students are eligible
to participate in such mathematics and science education programs based on the
academic achievement of such students.</quote> after <quote>development
facilities.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA8111FC032D0420A8ECFCC8F9065590F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13)
by inserting <quote>The Secretary shall determine which middle-school students
are eligible to participate in such prefreshman enrichment program based on the
academic achievement of such students.</quote> after <quote>by universities on
their campuses.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0625a6558e234ce8b1366429d1fe1023"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advanced
Placement and International Baccalaureate programs</header><text>Section 6123
of the America COMPETES Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9833">20 U.S.C. 9833</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2FFAB4CB0CEA4605904829BC90B9C8A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id94AE18035407436792CB51687340C3E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6D4CF1C5B00A49ABB9AC795322BBA730"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA0FC298998104A2F83CB86112E2A9FCE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB9EA852553048FCA4E9A64F84A2C8DC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id5a9df93e12d3444db195d69583c137b7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the availability
of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate mathematics, science, and
critical foreign language courses earlier than is typical to students who are
prepared for such work.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idCA904E0C626044C1BFF6D158BD97407B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id986B926ECCC54448B7EF8EDAE509D56B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E) by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD528945FDBE44D3CB73A4F084A7F5CD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9CB78A62F21A4F44BA84E27D018DD3DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2888AE1EFD3E4568B15F972C336B8A7D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id6396a525191141e6a6828fa272ef3ef3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>how the eligible
entity will make Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate mathematics,
science, and critical foreign language courses available earlier than is
typical to students who are prepared for such
work.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0A14099D856F406C9E6F04CC8F003E24"><enum>503.</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act, and the
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>