3.0.0 696 2023-01-11T13:27:53Z 2023-01-11T13:27:53Z Senate S 2015-03-10 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-10T19:04:04Z Next Generation High Schools Act 114 4020 HR 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2015-03-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2015-03-10 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-04-23 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2015-07-07 False Education Academic performance and assessments Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Higher education Indian social and development programs Minority education School administration Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2015-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-22T16:14:39Z Next Generation High Schools Act

Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or charter schools that partner with at least one institution of higher education, at least one community-based partner, and a qualified intermediary to provide high school students with challenging, engaging, and relevant academic and career-related learning opportunities that are aligned with rigorous, challenging academic content that prepares them to transition to postsecondary education and careers.

Sets the grant term at five years, with up to three one-year renewals that are conditioned on the grantee making satisfactory progress toward performance indicators and targets.

Requires grant applicants to make make specified equity assurances, including that their LEAs will allocate school improvement funds to eligible high schools in amounts that are proportionate to those schools' share of low-income students.

Defines "eligible high schools" as those that: (1) serve students at least 65% of whom are from low-income families; (2) have a graduation rate at or below 67%, excepting new high schools; (3) do not receive school improvement funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (4) are identified by their state as low-performing.

Requires the grants to be used to:

  • develop and implement partnerships to help schools prepare students to apply academic concepts to real world challenges;
  • implement an early warning indicator system in eligible high schools and, where applicable, feeder middle schools to identify struggling students;
  • provide support and credit recovery opportunities for struggling students at the grantee's secondary schools or in other appropriate settings;
  • provide high schools with dropout recovery or reentry programs that enable returning dropouts to graduate college and career ready;
  • provide evidence-based middle school to high school transition programs and supports; and
  • provide high school leaders, staff, students, and families with high-quality, easily accessible, and timely information concerning graduation requirements, postsecondary admission requirements, the availability of financial assistance, labor markets, and other programs and services to improve the prospects of traditionally underserved students.

Lists, separately, the required grant activities in eligible high schools and their feeder middle schools.

Requires each grantee, immediately after receiving its grant, to contract with an outside evaluator to evaluate the effects of such grant.

]]> Next Generation High Schools Act Display Title Next Generation High Schools Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the number and percentage of students who graduate from high school college and career ready with the ability to use knowledge to solve complex problems, think critically, communicate effectively, collaborate with others, and develop academic mindsets, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Next Generation High Schools Act Introduced in Senate 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s696is/xml/BILLS-114s696is.xml 2015-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.