[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1960 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1960

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to 
 reauthorize and make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 1999

Mr. Clay (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, 
 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Scott, Ms. Woolsey, 
  Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
 York, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Kind, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Ford, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
Holt, and Mr. Wu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
              the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, to 
 reauthorize and make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the ``Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999''.

                           table of contents

    Sec. 2. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq., hereinafter in this Act referred to as ``the 
ESEA'') is amended--
            (1) in section 1, by amending the heading thereof to read 
        as follows: ``short title''; and
            (2) by inserting immediately after section 1 the following 
        new section:

                          ``table of contents

    ``Sec. 2. The table of contents is as follows:

``Sec. 1. Short title.
``Sec. 2. Table of contents.
``Sec. 3. America's education goals.
     ``TITLE I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS

``Sec. 1001. Declaration of policy and statement of purpose.
``Sec. 1002. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 1003. Reservations for accountability and evaluation.
   ``Part A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies

                ``Subpart 1--Basic Program Requirements

``Sec. 1111. State plans.
``Sec. 1112. Local educational agency plans.
``Sec. 1113. Eligible school attendance areas.
``Sec. 1114. Schoolwide programs.
``Sec. 1115. Targeted assistance schools.
``Sec. 1115A. School choice.
``Sec. 1116. Assessment and local educational agency and school 
                            improvement.
``Sec. 1117. State assistance for school district and school support 
                            and improvement.
``Sec. 1118. Parental involvement.
``Sec. 1119. High-quality instruction.
``Sec. 1120. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
``Sec. 1120A. Fiscal requirements.
``Sec. 1120B. Preschool services; coordination requirements.
                        ``Subpart 2--Allocations

``Sec. 1121. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the 
                            Interior.
``Sec. 1122. Allocations to States.
``Sec. 1124. Basic grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1124A. Concentration grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1125. Targeted assistance grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1125A. Education finance incentive program.
``Sec. 1126. Special allocation procedures.
``Sec. 1127. Carryover and waiver.
             ``Part B--Even Start Family Literacy Programs

``Sec. 1201. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 1202. Program authorized.
``Sec. 1203. State programs.
``Sec. 1204. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 1205. Program elements.
``Sec. 1206. Eligible participants.
``Sec. 1207. Applications.
``Sec. 1208. Award of subgrants.
``Sec. 1209. Evaluation.
``Sec. 1210. Indicators of program quality.
``Sec. 1211. Construction.
               ``Part C--Education of Migratory Children

``Sec. 1301. Program purpose.
``Sec. 1302. Program authorized.
``Sec. 1303. State allocations.
``Sec. 1304. State applications; services.
``Sec. 1305. Secretarial approval; peer review.
``Sec. 1306. Authorized activities.
``Sec. 1307. Bypass.
``Sec. 1308. Coordination of migrant education activities.
``Sec. 1309. Definitions.
    ``Part D--State Agency Programs for Children and Youth Who Are 
                        Neglected or Delinquent

``Sec. 1401. Findings; purpose; program authorized.
``Sec. 1402. Payments for programs under this part.
                   ``Subpart 1--State Agency Programs

``Sec. 1411. Eligibility.
``Sec. 1412. Allocations to States.
``Sec. 1413. State reallocation of funds.
``Sec. 1414. State plan and State agency applications.
``Sec. 1415. Use of funds.
``Sec. 1416. Institution-wide projects.
``Sec. 1417. Three-year programs or projects.
``Sec. 1418. Transition services.
                    ``Subpart 2--General Provisions

``Sec. 1431. Program evaluations.
``Sec. 1432. Definitions.
                 ``Part E--Reading and Literacy Grants

``Sec. 1501. Purposes.
``Sec. 1502. Definitions.
``Sec. 1503. Reading and literacy grants to State educational agencies.
``Sec. 1504. Use of amounts by State educational agencies.
``Sec. 1505. Local reading improvement subgrants.
``Sec. 1506. Tutorial assistance subgrants.
``Sec. 1507. National evaluation.
``Sec. 1508. Information dissemination.
``Sec. 1509. State evaluations; performance reports.
 ``Part F--Federal Evaluations, Demonstrations, and Transition Projects

``Sec. 1601. Evaluations, management information, and other national 
                            activities.
``Sec. 1602. Demonstrations of innovative practices.
                      ``Part G--General Provisions

``Sec. 1701. State administration.
``Sec. 1702. Construction.
              ``TITLE II--HIGH STANDARDS IN THE CLASSROOM

                  ``Part A--Teaching to High Standards

  ``Subpart 1--Findings, Purpose, and Authorization of Appropriations

``Sec. 2111. Findings.
``Sec. 2112. Purpose.
``Sec. 2113. Authorizations of appropriations.
                ``Subpart 2--State amd Local Activities

``Sec. 2121. Allocations to States.
``Sec. 2122. Priority for professional development in mathematics and 
                            science.
``Sec. 2123. State application.
``Sec. 2124. Annual State reports.
``Sec. 2125. Within-State allocations.
``Sec. 2126. State-level activities.
``Sec. 2127. Subgrants to partnerships of institutions of higher 
                            education and local educational agencies.
``Sec. 2128. Competitive local awards.
``Sec. 2129. Local applications.
``Sec. 2130. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 2131. Local accountability.
``Sec. 2132. Local cost-sharing requirement.
``Sec. 2133. Maintenance of effort.
``Sec. 2134. Equipment and textbooks.
``Sec. 2135. Supplement, not supplant.
``Sec. 2136. Program performance indicators.
``Sec. 2137. Definitions.
 ``Subpart 3--National Activities for the Improvement of Teaching and 
                           School Leadership

``Sec. 2141. Program authorized.
``Sec. 2142. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and 
                            Science Education.
          ``Part B--Transition to Teaching: Troops to Teachers

``Sec. 2211. Findings.
``Sec. 2212. Purpose.
``Sec. 2213. Program authorized.
``Sec. 2214. Application.
``Sec. 2215. Uses of funds and period of service.
``Sec. 2216. Equitable distribution.
``Sec. 2217. Definitions.
      ``Part C--Early Childhood Educator Professional Development

``Sec. 2301. Purpose.
``Sec. 2302. Program authorized.
``Sec. 2303. Applications.
``Sec. 2304. Selection of grantees.
``Sec. 2305. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 2306. Accountability.
``Sec. 2307. Cost-sharing.
``Sec. 2308. Definitions.
``Sec. 2309. Federal coordination.
``Sec. 2310. Authorization of appropriations.
                ``Part D--Technical Assistance Programs

``Sec. 2401. Findings.
``Sec. 2402. Purpose.
``Subpart 1--Strengthening the Capacity of State and Local Educational 
     Agencies To Become Effective, Informed Consumers of Technical 
                               Assistance

``Sec. 2411. Purpose.
``Sec. 2412. Allocation of funds.
``Sec. 2413. Formula grants to State educational agencies.
``Sec. 2414. State application.
``Sec. 2415. State uses of funds.
``Sec. 2416. Grants to large local educational agencies.
``Sec. 2417. Local application.
``Sec. 2418. Local uses of funds.
``Sec. 2419. Equitable services for private schools.
``Sec. 2419A. Consumer information.
``Sec. 2419B. Authorization of appropriations.
    ``Subpart 2--Technical Assistance Centers Serving Special Needs

``Sec. 2421. General provisions.
``Sec. 2422. Centers for technical assistance on the needs of special 
                            populations.
``Sec. 2423. Parental information and resource centers.
``Sec. 2424. Eisenhower regional mathematics and science education 
                            consortia.
    ``Subpart 3--Technology-Based Technical Assistance Information 
                             Dissemination

``Sec. 2431. Web-based and other information dissemination.
``Sec. 2432. Authorization of appropriations.
              ``Subpart 4--National Evaluation Activities

``Sec. 2441. National evaluation activities.
                 ``TITLE III--TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION

``Sec. 3001. Short title.
``Sec. 3002. Findings.
``Sec. 3003. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 3004. Supplement, not supplant.
          ``Part A--Federal Leadership and National Activities

``Sec. 3101. National evaluation of education technology.
``Sec. 3102. National long-range technology plan.
``Sec. 3103. Federal leadership.
``Sec. 3104. Authorization of appropriations.
                       ``Part B--Special Projects

       ``Subpart 1--Next-Generation Technology Innovation Awards

``Sec. 3211. Purpose; program authority.
``Sec. 3212. Eligibility.
``Sec. 3213. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 3214. Evaluation.
``Sec. 3215. Authorization of appropriations.
             ``Subpart 2--Ready-to-Learn Digital Television

``Sec. 3221. Ready-to-learn.
``Sec. 3222. Educational programming.
``Sec. 3223. Duties of Secretary.
``Sec. 3224. Applications.
``Sec. 3225. Reports and evaluation.
``Sec. 3226. Administrative costs.
``Sec. 3227. Definition.
``Sec. 3228. Authorization of appropriations.
``Subpart 3--Telecommunications Program for Professional Development in 
                         the Core Content Areas

``Sec. 3231. Purpose; program authority.
``Sec. 3232. Application required.
``Sec. 3233. Authorization of appropriations.
               ``Subpart 4--Community Technology Centers

``Sec. 3241. Purpose; program authority.
``Sec. 3242. Eligibility and application requirements.
``Sec. 3243. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 3244. Authorization of appropriations.
       ``Part C--Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology

``Sec. 3301. Purpose; program authority.
``Sec. 3302. Eligibility.
``Sec. 3303. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 3304. Authorization of appropriations.
 ``Part D--Regional, State, and Local Educational Technology Resources

            ``Subpart 1--Technology Literacy Challenge Fund

``Sec. 3411. Purpose.
``Sec. 3412. Allotment and reallotment.
``Sec. 3413. Technology literacy challenge fund.
``Sec. 3414. State application.
``Sec. 3415. Local uses of funds.
``Sec. 3416. Local applications.
``Sec. 3417. Definitions.
``Sec. 3418. Authorization of appropriations.
        ``Subpart 2--Regional Technology in Education Consortia

``Sec. 3411. Regional technical support and professional development.
``Sec. 3412. Authorization of appropriations.
         ``TITLE IV--SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

``Sec. 4001. Short title.
``Sec. 4002. Findings.
``Sec. 4003. Purpose.
``Sec. 4004. Authorization of appropriations.
    ``Part A--State Grants for Drug and Violence Prevention Programs

``Sec. 4111. Reservations and allotments.
``Sec. 4112. State applications.
``Sec. 4113. State and local educational agency programs.
``Sec. 4114. Local drug and violence prevention programs.
``Sec. 4115. Governor's programs.
``Sec. 4116. Local applications.
``Sec. 4117. National evaluations and data collection.
                      ``Part B--National Programs

``Sec. 4211. National activities.
            ``Part C--School Emergency Response to Violence

``Sec. 4311. Project SERV.
                      ``Part D--Related Provisions

``Sec. 4411. Gun-Free Schools Act.
``Sec. 4412. Local policies.
``Sec. 4413. Materials.
``Sec. 4414. Prohibited use of funds.
``Sec. 4415. Drug-, alcohol-, and tobacco-free schools.
``Sec. 4416. Prohibition of supplanting.
``Sec. 4417. Definitions.
   ``TITLE V--PROMOTING EQUITY, EXCELLENCE, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

                  ``Part A--Magnet Schools Assistance

``Sec. 5101. Findings.
``Sec. 5102. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 5103. Program authorized.
``Sec. 5104. Definition.
``Sec. 5105. Eligibility.
``Sec. 5106. Applications and requirements.
``Sec. 5107. Priority.
``Sec. 5108. Use of funds.
``Sec. 5109. Prohibitions.
``Sec. 5110. Limitations.
``Sec. 5111. Evaluations.
``Sec. 5112. Authorization of appropriations; reservation.
                    ``Part B--Public Charter Schools

``Sec. 5201. Findings and purpose.
``Sec. 5202. Program authorized.
``Sec. 5203. Applications.
``Sec. 5204. Administration.
``Sec. 5205. National activities.
``Sec. 5206. Federal formula allocation during the first year and for 
                            successive enrollment expansions.
``Sec. 5207. Solicitation of input from charter school operators.
``Sec. 5208. Records transfers.
``Sec. 5209. Paperwork reduction.
``Sec. 5210. Definitions.
``Sec. 5211. Authorization of appropriations.
    ``Part C--Options: Opportunities To Improve Our Nation's Schools

``Sec. 5301. Findings; purpose.
``Sec. 5302. Grants.
``Sec. 5303. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 5304. Grant application; priorities.
``Sec. 5305. Authorization of appropriations.
                  ``Part D--Women's Educational Equity

``Sec. 5401. Short title; findings.
``Sec. 5402. Statement of purposes.
``Sec. 5403. Programs authorized.
``Sec. 5404. Applications.
``Sec. 5405. Criteria and priorities.
``Sec. 5406. Administration.
``Sec. 5407. Authorization of appropriations.
                    ``TITLE VI--CLASS-SIZE REDUCTION

``Sec. 6001. Findings.
``Sec. 6002. Purpose.
``Sec. 6003. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 6004. Allocations to States.
``Sec. 6005. Applications.
``Sec. 6006. Within-State allocations.
``Sec. 6007. Local applications.
``Sec. 6008. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 6009. Cost-sharing requirement.
``Sec. 6010. Nonsupplanting.
``Sec. 6011. Annual State reports.
``Sec. 6012. Participation of private school teachers.
``Sec. 6013. Definition.
 ``TITLE VII--BILINGUAL EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND LANGUAGE 
                          ACQUISITION PROGRAMS

                     ``Part A--Bilingual Education

``Sec. 7101. Short title.
``Sec. 7102. Findings, policy, and purpose.
``Sec. 7103. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 7104. Native American and Alaska Native children in School.
   ``Subpart 1--Bilingual Education Capacity and Demonstration Grants

``Sec. 7111. Financial assistance for bilingual education.
``Sec. 7112. Program development and enhancement grants.
``Sec. 7113. Comprehensive school grants.
``Sec. 7114. Systemwide improvement grants.
``Sec. 7115. Applications.
``Sec. 7116. Capacity building.
``Sec. 7117. Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico.
``Sec. 7118. Evaluations.
``Sec. 7119. Construction.
          ``Subpart 2--Research, Evaluation, and Dissemination

``Sec. 7121. Authority.
``Sec. 7122. Research.
``Sec. 7123. Academic excellence awards.
``Sec. 7124. State grant program.
``Sec. 7125. National Clearinghouse on the Education of Children and 
                            Youth with Limited English Proficiency.
``Sec. 7126. Instructional materials development.
                 ``Subpart 3--Professional Development

``Sec. 7131. Purpose.
``Sec. 7132. Training for all teachers program.
``Sec. 7133. Bilingual education teachers and personnel grants.
``Sec. 7134. Bilingual education career ladder program.
``Sec. 7135. Graduate fellowships in bilingual education program.
``Sec. 7136. Application.
``Sec. 7137. Stipends.
``Sec. 7138. Program evaluations.
``Sec. 7139. Use of funds for second language competence.
                        ``Subpart 4--Transition

``Sec. 7141. Transition.
            ``Part B--Emergency Immigrant Education Program

``Sec. 7201. Findings and purpose.
``Sec. 7202. State administrative costs.
``Sec. 7203. Withholding.
``Sec. 7204. State allocations.
``Sec. 7205. State applications.
``Sec. 7206. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 7207. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 7208. Reports.
``Sec. 7209. Authorization of appropriations.
                        ``Part C--Administration

``Sec. 7301. Release time.
``Sec. 7302. Education technology.
``Sec. 7303. Notification.
``Sec. 7304. Continued eligibility.
``Sec. 7305. Coordination and reporting requirements.
``Sec. 7306. Administrative provisions.
                      ``Part D--General Provisions

``Sec. 7401. Definitions; regulations.
``Sec. 7402. Regulations, parental notification, and use of 
                            paraprofessionals.
                        ``TITLE VIII--IMPACT AID

``Sec. 8001. Purpose.
``Sec. 8002. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.
``Sec. 8003. Payments for eligible federally connected children.
``Sec. 8004. Indian community participation.
``Sec. 8005. Application for payments under sections 8002 and 8003.
``Sec. 8007. Construction.
``Sec. 8008. Facilities.
``Sec. 8009. State consideration of payments in providing State aid.
``Sec. 8010. Federal administration.
``Sec. 8011. Administrative hearings and judicial review.
``Sec. 8012. Forgiveness of overpayments.
``Sec. 8013. Definitions.
``Sec. 8014. Authorization of appropriations.
    ``TITLE IX--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

                       ``Part A--Indian Education

``Sec. 9101. Findings.
``Sec. 9102. Purpose.
       ``Subpart 1--Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies

``Sec. 9111. Purpose.
``Sec. 9112. Grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 9113. Amount of grants.
``Sec. 9114. Applications.
``Sec. 9115. Authorized services and activities.
``Sec. 9116. Student eligibility forms.
``Sec. 9117. Payments.
``Sec. 9118. State educational agency review.
   ``Subpart 2--Special Programs and Projects To Improve Educational 
                   Opportunities for Indian Children

``Sec. 9121. Improvement of educational opportunities for Indian 
                            children.
``Sec. 9122. Professional development.
               ``Subpart 3--National Research Activities

``Sec. 9141. National activities.
                  ``Subpart 4--Federal Administration

``Sec. 9151. National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
``Sec. 9152. Peer review.
``Sec. 9153. Preference for Indian applicants.
``Sec. 9154. Minimum grant criteria.
       ``Subpart 5--Definitions; Authorizations of Appropriations

``Sec. 9161. Definitions.
``Sec. 9162. Authorization of appropriations.
                  ``Part B--Native Hawaiian Education

``Sec. 9201. Short title.
``Sec. 9202. Findings.
``Sec. 9203. Purpose.
``Sec. 9204. Program authorized.
``Sec. 9205. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 9206. Definitions.
                   ``Part C--Alaska Native Education

``Sec. 9301. Short title.
``Sec. 9302. Findings.
``Sec. 9303. Purpose.
``Sec. 9304. Program authorized.
``Sec. 9305. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 9306. Definitions.
              ``TITLE X--PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

            ``Part A--Fund for the Improvement of Education

``Sec. 10101. Fund for the improvement of education.
``Sec. 10102. State and local character education program.
``Sec. 10103. Character education research, dissemination, and 
                            evaluation.
                 ``Part B--Gifted and Talented Children

``Sec. 10201. Short title.
``Sec. 10202. Findings and purpose.
``Sec. 10203. Construction.
``Sec. 10204. Authorized programs.
``Sec. 10205. Program priorities.
``Sec. 10206. General provisions.
``Sec. 10207. Authorization of appropriations.
               ``Part C--International Education Program

``Sec. 10301. International education program.
                      ``Part D--Arts in Education

``Sec. 10401. Support for arts education.
            ``Part E--Inexpensive Book Distribution Program

``Sec. 10501. Inexpensive book distribution program for reading 
                            motivation.
                       ``Part F--Civic Education

``Sec. 10601. Instruction on the history and principles of democracy in 
                            the United States.
``Sec. 10602. Authorization of appropriations.
           ``Part G--21st Century Community Learning Centers

``Sec. 10701. Short title.
``Sec. 10702. Findings.
``Sec. 10703. Program authorization.
``Sec. 10704. Application required.
``Sec. 10705. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 10706. Definitions.
``Sec. 10707. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 10708. Continuation awards.
                      ``Part H--High School Reform

``Sec. 10801. Purposes.
``Sec. 10802. Grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 10803. Applications.
``Sec. 10804. Selection of grantees.
``Sec. 10805. Outcomes and components of education reforms.
``Sec. 10806. Private schools.
``Sec. 10807. Additional activities.
``Sec. 10808. Definition.
``Sec. 10809. Authorization of appropriations.
    ``PART I--Elementary School Foreign Language Assistance Program

``Sec. 10901. Findings; purposes.
``Sec. 10902. Elementary school foreign language assistance program.
                   ``Part J--National Writing Project

``Sec. 10951. Findings.
``Sec. 10952. National writing project.
                     ``TITLE XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         ``Part A--Definitions

``Sec. 11101. Definitions.
``Sec. 11102. Applicability of this title.
``Sec. 11103. Applicability to Bureau of Indian Affairs Operated 
                            Schools.
          ``Part B--Improving Education Through Accountability

``Sec. 11201. Short title.
``Sec. 11202. Purpose.
``Sec. 11203. Turning around failing schools.
``Sec. 11204. Student progress and promotion policy.
``Sec. 11205. Ensuring teacher quality.
``Sec. 11206. Sound discipline policy.
``Sec. 11207. Education report cards.
``Sec. 11208. Education accountability plans.
``Sec. 11209. Authority of Secretary to ensure accountability.
``Sec. 11210. Recognition and rewards.
``Sec. 11211. Best practices and models.
``Sec. 11212. Construction.
               ``Part C--America's Education Goals Panel

``Sec. 11301. Purpose.
``Sec. 11302. America's Education Goals Panel.
``Sec. 11303. Duties.
``Sec. 11304. Powers of the Goals Panel.
``Sec. 11305. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 11306. Director and staff; experts and consultants.
``Sec. 11307. Authorization of appropriations.
   ``Part D--Flexibility in the Use of Administrative and Other Funds

``Sec. 11401. Consolidation of State administrative funds for 
                            elementary and secondary education 
                            programs.
``Sec. 11402. Single local educational agency States.
``Sec. 11403. Consolidation of funds for local administration.
``Sec. 11404. Consolidated set-aside for Department of the Interior 
                            funds.
``Sec. 11405. Most effective use of program funds.
 ``Part E--Coordination of Programs; Consolidated State and Local Plans

``Sec. 11501. Purpose.
``Sec. 11502. Optional consolidated State plans.
``Sec. 11503. General applicability of State educational agency 
                            assurances.
``Sec. 11504. Consolidated local plans.
``Sec. 11505. Other general assurances.
``Sec. 11506. Consolidated reporting.
                           ``Part F--Waivers

``Sec. 11601. Waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements.
              ``Part G--Education Flexibility Partnerships

``Sec. 11701. Short title.
``Sec. 11702. Findings.
``Sec. 11703. Definitions.
``Sec. 11704. Education flexibility partnerships.
                      ``Part H--Uniform Provisions

``Sec. 11801. Maintenance of effort.
``Sec. 11802. Prohibition regarding State aid.
``Sec. 11803. Participation by private school children and teachers.
``Sec. 11804. Standards for by-pass.
``Sec. 11805. Complaint process for participation of private school 
                            children.
``Sec. 11806. By-pass determination process.
``Sec. 11807. Prohibition against funds for religious worship or 
                            instruction.
``Sec. 11808. Applicability to home schools.
``Sec. 11809. General provisions regarding nonrecipient nonpublic 
                            schools.
``Sec. 11810. School prayer.
``Sec. 11811. General prohibitions.
``Sec. 11812. Prohibition on Federal mandates, direction, and control.
                     ``Part I--Coordinated Services

``Sec. 11901. Findings and purpose.
``Sec. 11902. Definitions.
``Sec. 11903. Project development and implementation.
``Sec. 11904. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 11905. Continuing authority.
                  ``Part J--Evaluation and Indicators

``Sec. 11911. Evaluations.
``Sec. 11912. Performance measures.
                    ``Part K--Sense of the Congress

``Sec. 11921. Sense of Congress to increase the total share of federal 
                            spending on education.
``Sec. 11922. Sense of Congress; requirement regarding notice.''.

                       america's education goals

    Sec. 3. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
            (1) America's Education Goals (formerly the National 
        Education Goals) are very ambitious, and purposely designed to 
        set high expectations for educational performance at every 
        stage of an individual's life, from the preschool years through 
        adulthood.
            (2) With a focus by policymakers, educators, and the public 
        on the Goals, the Nation will be able to raise its overall 
        level of educational achievement.
            (3) Since the 1990 adoption of the National Education 
        Goals, some progress has been made toward achieving those 
        Goals. Areas in which the Nation has made progress toward these 
        Goals during the last decade include:
                    (A) On Goal #1, that all children will start school 
                ready to learn, there has been an increase in the 
                percentages of--
                            (i) preschool children whose parents read 
                        to them or tell them stories; and
                            (ii) 2-year-old children who have been 
                        fully immunized against preventable childhood 
                        diseases.
                    (B) On Goal #3, that all students demonstrate 
                competency over challenging subject matter, the 
                percentage of fourth, eighth, and twelfth grade 
                students who meet the Goals Panel's performance 
                standard in mathematics has increased.
                    (C) On Goal #5, that United States students become 
                first in the world in mathematics and science 
                achievement, the percentage of all college degrees 
                awarded that are in mathematics and science has 
                increased for all students.
                    (D) On Goal #7, that every school in the United 
                States will be free of drugs, violence, and the 
                unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol, the 
                percentage of students who report that they have been 
                threatened or injured at school has decreased.
            (4) Areas in which the Nation has been unsuccessful in 
        making progress toward these Goals during the last decade 
        include:
                    (A) On Goal #4, that all teachers have access to 
                programs for the continued improvement of their 
                professional skills, the percentage of secondary school 
                teachers who hold a degree in the subject that is their 
                main teaching assignment has decreased.
                    (B) On Goal #6, that every adult will be literate 
                and prepared to compete in the global economy and 
                exercise the rights of citizenship--
                            (i) fewer adults with a high school diploma 
                        or less, and who need additional training, are 
                        participating in adult education than 
                        individuals who have a postsecondary education; 
                        and
                            (ii) the difference between the percentage 
                        of Black high school graduates who complete a 
                        college degree and the percentage of white high 
                        school graduates who complete a college degree 
                        has increased.
                    (C) On Goal #7, that every school in the United 
                States will be free of drugs, violence, and the 
                unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol--
                            (i) the percentage of students reporting 
                        that they have used an illicit drug, or that 
                        someone offered to sell or give them drugs, has 
                        increased;
                            (ii) the percentage of public school 
                        teachers who report that they were threatened 
                        or injured at school has increased; and
                            (iii) a higher percentage of secondary 
                        school teachers report that student disruptions 
                        in their classrooms interfere with their 
                        teaching.
            (5) Because States began the 1990s at various levels of 
        achievement with respect to each of the Goals, the time and 
        effort needed to reach the Goals will vary from State to State 
        and from Goal to Goal.
            (6) Individual States have made significant progress toward 
        the Goals, and some States have made progress in multiple 
        areas. Areas in which States have made progress toward the 
        Goals during the last decade include:
                    (A) With respect to Goal #1, that all children will 
                start school ready to learn--
                            (i) 35 States have reduced the percentage 
                        of infants born with one or more of four health 
                        risks;
                            (ii) 50 States have increased the 
                        percentage of mothers receiving early prenatal 
                        care; and
                            (iii) 47 States have increased the 
                        percentage of children with disabilities 
                        participating in preschool.
                    (B) With respect to Goal #2, that at least 90 
                percent of all students graduate from high school--
                            (i) 10 States have increased the percentage 
                        of young adults who have a high school diploma; 
                        and
                            (ii) 3 States have reduced the percentage 
                        of students in grades 9 through 12 who leave 
                        school without completing a recognized program 
                        of secondary education.
                    (C) With respect to Goal #3, that all students 
                demonstrate competency over subject matter--
                            (i) 27 States have increased the percentage 
                        of 8th-grade students who achieved to at least 
                        the ``proficient'' standard on the 1996 
                        National Assessment of Educational Progress 
                        (NAEP) in mathematics; and
                            (ii) 50 States have increased the 
                        percentage of students that received a score on 
                        an Advanced Placement examination that 
                        permitted the students to earn college credits 
                        in the subject area tested.
                    (D) With respect to Goal #4, that all teachers have 
                access to programs for the continued improvement of 
                their professional skills, 17 States have increased the 
                percentage of public school teachers who received 
                support from a master or mentor teacher during their 
                first year of teaching.
                    (E) With respect to Goal #5, that United States 
                students become first in the world in mathematics and 
                science achievement--
                            (i) 47 States have increased the percentage 
                        of all degrees that were awarded in mathematics 
                        and science;
                            (ii) 33 States have increased the 
                        percentage of all degrees in mathematics and 
                        science that were awarded to minority students; 
                        and
                            (iii) 42 States have increased the 
                        percentage of all degrees in mathematics and 
                        science that were awarded to female students.
                    (F) With respect to Goal #6, that every adult will 
                be literate and prepared to compete in the global 
                economy and exercise the rights of citizenship--
                            (i) 39 States have increased the percentage 
                        of high school graduates who immediately enroll 
                        in an institution of higher education; and
                            (ii) 10 States have increased the 
                        percentage of their citizens who registered to 
                        vote.
                    (G) With respect to Goal #8, that every school will 
                promote partnerships that increase parental 
                involvement, 17 States have increased the influence of 
                parent associations in setting public school policies.
            (7) Areas in which States have been unsuccessful in making 
        progress toward these Goals during the 1990s include:
                    (A) On Goal #1, that all children will start school 
                ready to learn, the percentage of infants born at low 
                birthweight has increased in 32 States.
                    (B) On Goal #2, that at least 90 percent of all 
                students graduate from high school, the high school 
                dropout rate has increased in 10 States.
                    (C) On Goal #6, that every adult will be literate 
                and prepared to compete in the global economy and 
                exercise the rights of citizenship, lower percentages 
                of students are enrolling in college immediately after 
                high school in 11 States.
                    (D) On Goal #7, that every school in the United 
                States will be free of drugs, violence, and the 
                unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol--
                            (i) student use of marijuana has increased 
                        in 16 States;
                            (ii) the percentage of students who report 
                        that drugs are available on school property has 
                        increased in 15 States; and
                            (iii) the percentage of public school 
                        teachers reporting that student disruptions in 
                        class interfere with their teaching has 
                        increased in 37 States.
            (8) The continued pursuit of these Goals is necessary to 
        ensure continued, and more evenly distributed, progress across 
        our Nation.
            (9) Federal programs and policies have contributed to 
        States' ability to offer high-quality education to all students 
        and have helped States to implement reforms intended to raise 
        the achievement level of every child.
            (10) Even though all the Goals have not been reached, nor 
        accomplished to equal degrees, there is a continued need to 
        reaffirm these Goals as a benchmark to which all students can 
        strive and attain.
    (b) America's Education Goals.--The ESEA is further amended by 
inserting immediately after section 2 (as added by section 2 of the 
bill) the following new section:

                      ``america's education goals

    ``Sec. 3. (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to--
            ``(1) set forth a common set of national goals for the 
        education of our Nation's students that the Federal Government 
        and all States and local communities will work to achieve;
            ``(2) identify the Nation's highest education priorities 
        related to preparing students for responsible citizenship, 
        further learning, and the technological, scientific, and 
        economic challenges of the 21st century; and
            ``(3) establish a framework for educational excellence at 
        the national, State, and local levels.
    ``(b) America's Education Goals.--The Congress declares that 
America's Education Goals are the following:
            ``(1) School readiness.--(A) All children in America will 
        start school ready to learn.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) all children will have access to high-
                quality, and developmentally appropriate, preschool 
                programs that help prepare children for school;
                    ``(ii) every parent in the United States will be a 
                child's first teacher, and devote time each day to 
                helping his or her preschool child learn, and parents 
                will have access to the training and support they need; 
                and
                    ``(iii) children will receive the nutrition, 
                physical activity, and health care needed to arrive at 
                school with healthy minds and bodies, and to maintain 
                the mental alertness necessary to be prepared to learn, 
                and the number of low-birthweight babies will be 
                significantly reduced through enhanced prenatal health 
                systems.
            ``(2) School completion.--(A) The high school graduation 
        rate will increase to at least 90 percent.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) the Nation will dramatically reduce its 
                school dropout rate, and 75 percent of the students who 
                do drop out will successfully complete a high school 
                degree or its equivalent; and
                    ``(ii) the gap in high school graduation rates 
                between American students from minority backgrounds and 
                their non-minority counterparts will be eliminated.
            ``(3) Student achievement and citizenship.--(A) All 
        students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated 
        competency over challenging subject matter including English, 
        mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, 
        economics, arts, history, and geography, and every school in 
        America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds 
        well, so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, 
        further learning, and productive employment in our Nation's 
        modern economy.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) the academic performance of all students at 
                the elementary and secondary level will increase 
                significantly in every quartile, and the distribution 
                of minority students in each quartile will more closely 
                reflect the student population as a whole;
                    ``(ii) the percentage of all students who 
                demonstrate the ability to reason, solve problems, 
                apply knowledge, and write and communicate effectively 
                will increase substantially;
                    ``(iii) all students will be involved in activities 
                that promote and demonstrate good citizenship, good 
                health, community service, and personal responsibility;
                    ``(iv) all students will have access to physical 
                education and health education to ensure they are 
                healthy and fit;
                    ``(v) the percentage of all students who are 
                competent in more than one language will substantially 
                increase; and
                    ``(vi) all students will be knowledgeable about the 
                diverse cultural heritage of this Nation and about the 
                world community.
            ``(4) Teacher education and professional development.--(A) 
        The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs for 
        the continued improvement of its professional skills and the 
        opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to 
        instruct and prepare all American students for the next 
        century.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) all teachers will have access to preservice 
                teacher education and continuing professional 
                development activities that will provide such teachers 
                with the knowledge and skills needed to teach to an 
                increasingly diverse student population with a variety 
                of educational, social, and health needs;
                    ``(ii) all teachers will have continuing 
                opportunities to acquire additional knowledge and 
                skills needed to teach challenging subject matter and 
                to use emerging new methods, forms of assessment, and 
                technologies;
                    ``(iii) States and school districts will create 
                integrated strategies to attract, recruit, prepare, 
                retrain, and support the continued professional 
                development of teachers, administrators, and other 
                educators, so that there is a highly talented work 
                force of professional educators to teach challenging 
                subject matter; and
                    ``(iv) partnerships will be established, whenever 
                possible, among local educational agencies, 
                institutions of higher education, parents, and local 
                labor, business, and professional associations to 
                provide and support programs for the professional 
                development of educators.
            ``(5) Mathematics and science.--(A) United States students 
        will be first in the world in mathematics and science 
        achievement.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) mathematics and science education, including 
                the metric system of measurement, will be strengthened 
                throughout the education system, especially in the 
                early grades;
                    ``(ii) the number of teachers with a substantive 
                background in mathematics and science, including the 
                metric system of measurement, will increase; and
                    ``(iii) the number of United States undergraduate 
                and graduate students, especially women and minorities, 
                who complete degrees in mathematics, science, and 
                engineering will increase significantly.
            ``(6) Adult literacy and lifelong learning.--(A) Every 
        adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge 
        and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and 
        exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) every major American business will be 
                involved in strengthening the connection between 
                education and work;
                    ``(ii) all workers will have the opportunity to 
                acquire the knowledge and skills, from basic to highly 
                technical, needed to adapt to emerging new 
                technologies, work methods, and markets through public 
                and private educational, vocational, technical, 
                workplace, or other programs;
                    ``(iii) the number of high-quality programs, 
                including those at libraries, that are designed to 
                serve more effectively the needs of the growing number 
                of part-time and midcareer students will increase 
                substantially;
                    ``(iv) the proportion of qualified students, 
                especially minorities, who enter college, who complete 
                at least two years, and who complete their degree 
                programs will increase substantially;
                    ``(v) the proportion of college graduates who 
                demonstrate an advanced ability to think critically, 
                communicate effectively, and solve problems will 
                increase substantially; and
                    ``(vi) schools, in implementing comprehensive 
                parent involvement programs, will offer more adult 
                literacy, parent training and life-long learning 
                opportunities to improve the ties between home and 
                school, and enhance parents' work and home lives.
            ``(7) Safe, disciplined, and alcohol- and drug-free 
        schools.--(A) Every school in the United States will be free of 
        drugs, violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and 
        alcohol, and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to 
        learning.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) every school will implement a firm and fair 
                policy on use, possession, and distribution of drugs 
                and alcohol;
                    ``(ii) parents, businesses, and governmental and 
                community organizations will work together to ensure 
                the rights of students to study in a safe and secure 
                environment that is free of drugs and crime, and that 
                schools provide a healthy environment and a safe haven 
                for all children;
                    ``(iii) every local educational agency will develop 
                and implement a policy to ensure that all schools are 
                free of violence and the unauthorized presence of 
                weapons;
                    ``(iv) every local educational agency will develop 
                a sequential, comprehensive kindergarten through 
                twelfth grade drug and alcohol prevention education 
                program;
                    ``(v) drug and alcohol curriculum will be taught as 
                an integral part of sequential, comprehensive health 
                education;
                    ``(vi) community-based teams will be organized to 
                provide students and teachers with needed support; and
                    ``(vii) every school will work to eliminate sexual 
                harassment.
            ``(8) Parental participation.--(A) Every school will 
        promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement 
        and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and 
        academic growth of children.
            ``(B) The objectives for this Goal are that--
                    ``(i) every State will develop policies to assist 
                local schools and local educational agencies to 
                establish programs for increasing partnerships that 
                respond to the varying needs of parents and the home, 
                including parents of children who are disadvantaged, 
                limited English proficient, or have disabilities;
                    ``(ii) every school will actively engage parents 
                and families in a partnership that supports the 
                academic work of children at home and shared 
                educational decisionmaking at school; and
                    ``(iii) parents and families will help to ensure 
                that schools are adequately supported and will hold 
                schools and teachers to high standards of 
                accountability.''.

                               transition

    Sec. 4. (a) Actions of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall take 
such steps as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to provide for 
the orderly transition of programs and activities under the ESEA, as 
amended by the Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, 
from programs and activities under the ESEA, as it was in effect the 
date before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Actions of Funding Recipients.--A recipient of funds under the 
ESEA, as it was in effect the date before the date of enactment of this 
Act, may use such funds to carry out necessary and reasonable planning 
and transition activities in order to ensure a smooth implementation of 
programs and activities under the ESEA, as amended by this Act.

                            effective dates

    Sec. 5. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 
2000, except that--
            (1) those amendments that pertain to programs under the 
        ESEA that are conducted by the Secretary on a competitive 
        basis, and the amendments made by title VIII of this Act, shall 
        take effect with respect to appropriations for use under those 
        programs for fiscal year 2001 and subsequent fiscal years; and
            (2) section 4 of this Act shall take effect upon enactment.

      TITLE I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS

             declaration of policy and statement of purpose

    Sec. 101. (a) Statement of Policy.--Section 1001(a) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``(a) Statement of Policy.--(1) In 
        general.'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``(a) Statement of 
        Policy.''; and
            (2) by striking out paragraph (2).
    (b) Recognition of need.--Section 1001(b) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking out ``and'' at the end 
        thereof;
            (2) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking out ``National Education Goal 
                described in section 102(3) of the Goals 2000: Educate 
                America Act'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``of 
                America's Education Goals set out in section 3 of this 
                Act''; and
                    (B) by striking out the period at the end thereof 
                and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``and''; 
                and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (6) to 
        read as follows:
            ``(6) holding local educational agencies and schools 
        accountable for results, including processes for identifying 
        and turning around low-performing schools, provides a focus for 
        educators and promotes better outcomes for students.''.
    (c) What Has Been Learned.--Section 1001(c) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking out ``Since 
        1988'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``In Recent Years'';
            (2) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking out 
        ``learned'';
            (3) in paragraph (7), by adding the following sentence at 
        the end thereof: ``Family literacy programs can help parents 
        make this contribution.'';
            (4) in paragraph (8)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking out 
                ``Decentralized'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Data-
                driven''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                ``information,'' before ``resources'';
            (5) by striking out paragraphs (2), (3), (6), and (10);
            (6) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), 
        (11), and (12) as paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; 
        and
            (7) by inserting new paragraphs (2) through (7) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Schools that enroll high concentrations of children 
        living in poverty face the greatest challenges, but recent 
        research demonstrates that, by implementing effective, 
        research-based educational strategies, they can succeed in 
        educating children to high standards.
            ``(3) New survey data demonstrate that the development and 
        implementation of standards and assessments under this title 
        are driving educational reform in high-poverty schools and 
        local educational agencies, and in elementary and secondary 
        education generally.
            ``(4) Standards-based reform, as encouraged, accelerated, 
        and supported by both the Improving America's Schools Act of 
        1994 and the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, has resulted in 
        overall improved student achievement and indications are that 
        it is helping to close the achievement gap between minority and 
        non-minority students. A recent study of North Carolina and 
        Texas, the States that registered the largest achievement gains 
        on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, found that 
        the most plausible cause for those gains was an aligned system 
        of standards, curriculum, and assessments tied to 
        accountability for improvement by all students.
            ``(5) Other recent research also confirms the validity of 
        amendments to this title made by the Improving America's 
        Schools Act of 1994. For example, the National Research Council 
        (NRC) report, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young 
        Children, stresses the importance of language development and 
        literacy in the preschool years, upgrading the curriculum and 
        instruction provided to all children in a school, intensive 
        professional development to prepare teachers and other 
        instructional staff to teach to high standards, and providing 
        extended learning opportunities outside the regular school day.
            ``(6) The NRC report also recommended the early 
        identification of reading difficulties in children in the first 
        grade, to ensure that interventions can be offered early to 
        those who need them most, through the use of multiple 
        approaches, including developmentally appropriate assessments, 
        the careful observation of children's reading by skilled 
        observers, and the targeting of interventions to groups in 
        schools with large numbers of at-risk children.
            ``(7) The educational progress of children participating in 
        programs under this title depends on their being taught by 
        credentialed and highly qualified staff, particularly in 
        schools with the highest concentrations of poverty, where 
        paraprofessionals, uncertified teachers, and teachers teaching 
        out of field frequently provide instructional services.''.
    (d) Statement of Purpose.--Section 1001(d) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``promoting 
        schoolwide reform and'';
            (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting a comma and ``such as 
        family literacy programs,'' after ``opportunities'';
            (3) in paragraph (9), by striking out ``schools and'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``local educational agencies, 
        schools, and'';
            (4) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively; and
            (5) by inserting after paragraph (1) a new paragraph (2) to 
        read as follows:
            ``(2) promoting comprehensive schoolwide reforms that are 
        based on reliable research and effective practices;''.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 102. Section 1002 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 1002. (a) Local Educational Agency Grants.--For the purpose 
of carrying out part A, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(b) Even Start.--For the purpose of carrying out part B, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(c) Education of Migratory Children.--For the purpose of carrying 
out part C, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal 
years.
    ``(d) State Agency Programs for Children and Youth Who Are 
Neglected or Delinquent.--For the purpose of carrying out part D, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(e) Reading Excellence.--For the purpose of carrying out part E, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years, of 
which the Secretary shall reserve $5 million for each fiscal year to 
carry out section 1508.
    ``(f) Federal Activities.--For the purpose of carrying out section 
1602, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal 
years.''.

             reservations for accountability and evaluation

    Sec. 103. Section 1003 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

            ``reservations for accountability and evaluation

    ``Sec. 1003. (a) State Reservations.--(1) Each State educational 
agency shall reserve 2.5 percent of the amount it receives under part A 
of this title for fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and 3.5 percent of that 
amount for fiscal years 2003 through 2005, to carry out paragraph (2) 
and to carry out its responsibilities under sections 1116 and 1117, 
including its statewide system of technical assistance and support for 
local educational agencies.
    ``(2) Of the amount reserved under paragraph (1) for any fiscal 
year, the State educational agency shall either--
            ``(A) allocate at least 70 percent directly to local 
        educational agencies, by--
                    ``(i) giving first priority to those agencies with 
                schools identified for corrective action under section 
                1116(c)(5), which those agencies shall use effectively 
                to carry out corrective action, as described in that 
                section, in those schools; and
                    ``(ii) giving second priority to those agencies 
                with other schools identified for school improvement 
                under section 1116(c)(1), which those agencies shall 
                use to bring about substantial improvement in the 
                performance of those schools; or
            ``(B) use at least 70 percent to carry out an alternative 
        system of intervention and corrective action approved by the 
        Secretary under section 1111(b)(3)(B)(ii).
    ``(b) National Activities.--From the total amount appropriated for 
any fiscal year to carry out this title, the Secretary may reserve not 
more than 0.30 percent to conduct evaluations and studies, collect 
data, and carry out other activities under section 1601.''.

                          Part A--Basic Grants

                              state plans

    Sec. 111. Section 1111 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting a comma and ``in order to 
                        help all children achieve to high State 
                        standards and to improve teaching and learning 
                        in the State,'' after ``shall''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``the Goals 2000'' and 
                        all that follows through ``section 14306'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``the Individuals 
                        with Disabilities Education Act, the Carl D. 
                        Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act 
                        of 1998, and other Acts, as appropriate''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Consolidated plan.--A State may submit its plan under 
        paragraph (1) as part of a consolidated plan under section 
        11502.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by amending the subsection heading to read as 
                follows: ``Standards, Assessments, and 
                Accountability.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
                        follows:
                    ``(B) The standards required by subparagraph (A) 
                shall be the same standards that the State applies to 
                all schools and children in the State.''; and
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
                        as follows:
                    ``(C) If a State has not adopted State content and 
                student performance standards for all students, the 
                State shall have such standards for elementary and 
                secondary school children served under this part in 
                subjects determined by the State, but including at 
                least mathematics and reading or language arts, which 
                shall include the same knowledge, skills, and levels of 
                performance expected of all children.'';
                    (C) by striking out paragraph (2) and redesignating 
                paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
                    (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
                            (i) by inserting a comma and ``starting no 
                        later than the 2000-2001 school year,'' after 
                        ``that will be used'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (F)--
                                    (I) in clause (ii), by striking out 
                                ``and'' at the end thereof;
                                    (II) in clause (iii), by striking 
                                out ``can do'' and all that follows 
                                through the end thereof and inserting 
                                in lieu thereof ``can do in content 
                                areas;''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end thereof 
                                new clauses (iv) and (v) to read as 
                                follows:
                            ``(iv) the assessment (using tests written 
                        in Spanish) of Spanish-speaking students with 
                        limited English proficiency, if Spanish-
                        language assessments are more likely than 
                        English-language tests to yield accurate and 
                        reliable information on what those students 
                        know and can do in content areas other than 
                        English; and
                            ``(v) notwithstanding clauses (iii) and 
                        (iv), the assessment (using tests written in 
                        English) of reading or language arts of any 
                        student who has attended school in the United 
                        States (not including Puerto Rico) for three or 
                        more consecutive years;'' and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (G)--
                                    (I) by striking out ``have attended 
                                schools in a local educational agency 
                                for a full academic year but''; and
                                    (II) by striking out ``year, 
                                however the'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``year; however, the'';
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) a new 
                paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Accountability.--(A) Each State receiving assistance 
        under this part shall develop and implement (and describe in 
        its State plan) a statewide system for holding local 
        educational agencies and schools accountable for student 
        performance that meets the following criteria:
                    ``(i) It is based on the State content and student 
                performance standards described in paragraph (1) and on 
                the assessments described in paragraph (2), and 
                includes multiple indicators, such as attendance and 
                dropout rates.
                    ``(ii) It includes all students in the grades 
                assessed under paragraph (2), in accordance with that 
                paragraph.
                    ``(iii) It holds local educational agencies and 
                schools accountable for student achievement in at least 
                reading and mathematics.
            ``(B) The accountability system described in subparagraph 
        (A), and described in the State plan, shall also include a 
        procedure for identifying local educational agencies and 
        schools in need of improvement, intervening in those agencies 
        and schools, and (when those interventions are not effective) 
        implementing corrective actions no later than three years after 
        first identifying such an agency or school, that either--
                    ``(i) complies with sections 1116 and 1117 and 
                includes rigorous criteria for identifying those 
                agencies and schools that are based on their failure to 
                make continuous and substantial gains, which the 
                Secretary may define in regulations, in overall student 
                performance and in the performance of the lowest 
                performing students; or
                    ``(ii) includes an alternative procedure for 
                identifying and intervening in those agencies and 
                schools, which gives highest priority to corrective 
                actions in the lowest performing agencies and schools 
                that fail to show gains over an extended period, if the 
                Secretary determines that--
                            ``(I) the alternative procedure is at least 
                        as effective as the procedures described in 
                        clause (i) and in sections 1116 and 1117, and 
                        that the State has shown substantial overall 
                        achievement gains and a reduction in the 
                        achievement gap between high-performing and 
                        low-performing students in the State; or
                            ``(II) the alternative procedure will be at 
                        least as effective as the procedures described 
                        in clause (i) and in sections 1116 and 1117.
            ``(C) Each State plan shall also describe how the State 
        will recognize and reward local educational agencies and 
        schools under this part, including, at a minimum, the 
        designation of Distinguished Schools under section 1116(b).
            ``(D) If a State does not have a statewide system for 
        holding local educational agencies accountable that meets the 
        requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (C), it shall 
        implement a system that meets those requirements for local 
        educational agencies and schools participating under this 
        part.'';
                    (F) in paragraph (4), by striking out ``paragraph 
                (3)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph 
                (2)(C)'';
                    (G) by striking out paragraphs (5) through (7) and 
                inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph (5) to read 
                as follows:
            ``(5) Revisions.--A State may revise its final assessments 
        described in this subsection at any time, but no such revision 
        shall affect the timelines established under this subsection 
        for identifying, assisting, and taking corrective action with 
        respect to, schools and local educational agencies in need of 
        improvement.'';
                    (H) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph 
                (6); and
                    (I) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking out ``sections 
                                1112(c)(1)(D), 1114(b), and 1115(c)'' 
                                and inserting in lieu thereof 
                                ``sections 1114 (b) and (c) and 1115''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by inserting a comma and ``and 
                                in implementing section 1120A(c)'' 
                                before the semicolon at the end 
                                thereof; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
                        ``as'' after ``factors'';
            (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Assurances.--Each State plan shall contain assurances that 
the State educational agency--
            ``(1) has involved the committee of practitioners 
        (established under section 1701(b)) in developing the plan;
            ``(2) will suballocate at least 97 percent of the 
        allocation it receives under this part for any fiscal year to 
        local educational agencies (except as provided by sections 1003 
        and 1701(c)) so that those funds can be used to improve 
        teaching and learning in local schools; and
            ``(3) will work to reduce State fiscal and accounting 
        barriers so that local educational agencies can combine funds 
        under this part with funds from other Federal, State, and local 
        sources to achieve schoolwide reform in schoolwide programs 
        under section 1114.'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking out paragraph (2);
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking out the paragraph 
                        designation ``(1)'' and the paragraph heading 
                        ``In general.''; and
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (F) as paragraphs (1) through (6);
                    (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 
                inserting a comma and ``and who include experts on 
                educational standards, assessments, accountability, and 
                the diverse educational needs of students'' after 
                ``parents''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)(ii), by redesignating clauses (i) 
                through (iii) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
                respectively;
            (5) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C); and
                    (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B) a new 
                subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) be submitted for the first year for which 
                this part is in effect following the enactment of the 
                Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999;''; 
                and
            (6) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    (g) Enforcement.--If the Secretary determines that a State is not 
carrying out the requirements of subsection (b)(3), relating to 
accountability, the Secretary may take any of the actions described in 
section 11209, in addition to any other action authorized by law.''.

                     local educational agency plans

    Sec. 112. Section 1112 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``Goals 
                2000'' and all that follows through ``section 14306'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act, the Carl D. Perkins 
                Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, and 
                other Acts, as appropriate''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``section 
                14306'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                11504'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
                out ``Each'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``In order 
                to help all children achieve to high standards, each'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking out 
                        ``and'' at the end thereof;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding ``and'' 
                        at the end thereof; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end thereof a new 
                        subparagraph (D) to read as follows:
                    ``(D) determine the literacy levels of first 
                graders and their need for interventions, and a 
                description of how it will ensure that any such 
                assessments--
                            ``(i) are developmentally appropriate;
                            ``(ii) use multiple measures to provide 
                        information about the variety of skills that 
                        research has identified as leading to early 
                        reading; and
                            ``(iii) are administered to students in the 
                        language most likely to yield valid results;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting a comma and 
                ``which shall also be a component of its plan for 
                professional development under title II of this Act, if 
                it receives funds under that title'' after ``section 
                1119'';
                    (D) in paragraph (4)(B)--
                            (i) by striking out ``or who were 
                        formerly'' and all that follows through 
                        ``1994'';
                            (ii) by striking out ``and youth at risk of 
                        dropping out''; and
                            (iii) by inserting ``Indian children served 
                        under title IX,'' after ``under part D,'';
                    (E) in paragraph (7), by striking out ``eligible'';
                    (F) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:
            ``(9) where appropriate, a description of how the local 
        educational agency will use funds under this part to support 
        preschool programs in accordance with section 1120B;''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end thereof new paragraphs 
                (10) and (11) to read as follows:
            ``(10) a description of the actions the agency will take to 
        assist its low-performing schools (including schools identified 
        under section 1116 as in need of improvement), if there are any 
        such schools, in making the changes needed to educate all 
        children to the State standards; and
            ``(11) a description of how the agency will promote the use 
        of extended learning time, such as an extended school year, 
        before- and after-school programs, and summer programs.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking out paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking out the paragraph 
                        designation ``(1)'' and the paragraph heading 
                        ``In general.'';
                            (ii) by striking out subparagraphs (D) and 
                        (H);
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (C) and (E) through (G) as paragraphs 
                        (1) through (6), respectively;
                            (iv) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 
                        by striking out ``adequate yearly progress'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``the continuous 
                        and substantial gains called for under section 
                        1111(b)(3)'';
                            (v) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                        clause (iii), by striking out ``and'' at the 
                        end thereof; and
                            (vi) by adding at the end thereof new 
                        paragraphs (7) and (8) to read as follows:
            ``(7) annually assess the English proficiency of all 
        children with limited English proficiency participating in 
        programs under this part, use the results of those assessments 
        to help guide and modify instruction in the content areas, and 
        provide those results to the parents of those children; and
            ``(8) comply with the requirements of section 1119 
        regarding qualifications of teachers and paraprofessionals.'';
            (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Plan Development and Duration.--(1) Each local educational 
agency plan shall be developed in consultation with teachers, 
administrators, and other appropriate school personnel, and with 
parents of children in schools served under this part.
    ``(2) Each such plan shall be submitted for the first year for 
which this part is in effect following enactment of the Educational 
Excellence for All Children Act of 1999 and shall remain in effect for 
the duration of the agency's participation under this part.
    ``(3) Each such local educational agency shall--
            ``(A) periodically review and, as necessary, revise its 
        plan, including revisions that respond to any peer review 
        carried out under this part; and
            ``(B) submit any such revisions to the State educational 
        agency for its approval.''; and
            (5) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency plan shall 
        be filed according to a schedule established by the State 
        educational agency.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting a comma and 
                ``through a peer-review process,'' after 
                ``determines''; and
                    (C) by striking out paragraph (3).

                    eligible school attendance areas

    Sec. 113. Section 1113 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(7), by striking out ``with'' and all 
        that follows through ``if'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``under a desegregation plan ordered by a State or court or 
        approved by the Secretary, or such a plan that the agency 
        continues to implement after it has expired, if'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``and'' at 
                the end thereof;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking out the 
                period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 
                a semicolon and ``and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof a new subparagraph 
                (D) to read as follows:
                    ``(D) designate and serve a school attendance area 
                or school that is not eligible under subsection (a)(2), 
                but that was eligible and that was served in the 
                preceding fiscal year, but only for one additional 
                fiscal year.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end thereof 
                a new subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
                    ``(C) A local educational agency may allocate a 
                greater per-child amount of funds under this part to 
                higher-poverty school attendance areas and schools than 
                it provides to lower-poverty areas and schools.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking out ``where 
                appropriate, eligible''.

                          schoolwide programs

    Sec. 114. (a) Purpose and Eligibility.--Section 1114(a) of the ESEA 
is amended--
            (1) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: 
        ``Purpose and Eligibility.'';
            (2) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as follows:
            ``(1) Purpose.--The purpose of a schoolwide program under 
        this section is to--
                    ``(A) enable a local educational agency to use 
                funds under this part, in combination with other 
                Federal, State, and local funds, to upgrade the entire 
                educational program in a high-poverty school; and
                    ``(B) help ensure that all children in such a 
                school meet challenging State standards for student 
                performance, particularly those children who are most 
                at risk of not meeting those standards.
            ``(2) Eligibility.--A local educational agency may use 
        funds under this part for the purposes described in paragraph 
        (1) for a school that, in the first year of the schoolwide 
        program--
                    ``(A) serves an eligible school attendance area in 
                which at least 50 percent of the children are from low-
                income families; or
                    ``(B) has a student enrollment at least 50 percent 
                of which is comprised of such children.'';
            (3) in paragraph (4)(A)--
                    (A) by striking out ``subsection (b)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``subsections (b) and (c)''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting a comma and ``except as provided 
                in section 613(a)(2)(D) of that Act'' after 
                ``Individuals with Disabilities Education Act''; and
            (4) by striking out paragraph (5).
    (b) Reorganization of Section.--Section 1114 of the ESEA is further 
amended--
            (1) by striking out subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) of subsection (b) as 
        subsection (c).
    (c) Components.--Section 1114(b) of the ESEA, as amended by 
subsection (b)(2), is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Components of a Schoolwide Program.--A schoolwide program 
shall include the following components:
            ``(1) A comprehensive needs assessment of the entire school 
        that is based on--
                    ``(A) information on the performance of all 
                children in the school in relation to the State content 
                standards and the State student performance standards 
                described in section 1111(b)(1); and
                    ``(B) other factors that affect teaching and 
                learning in the school.
            ``(2) A coherent, research-based design to improve teaching 
        and learning throughout the entire school that is based on the 
        data from the needs assessment described in paragraph (1) and 
        includes--
                    ``(A) schoolwide reform strategies that--
                            ``(i) provide opportunities for all 
                        children to meet the State's proficient and 
                        advanced levels of student performance 
                        described in section 1111(b)(1)(D);
                            ``(ii) use effective research-based methods 
                        and instructional strategies that--
                                    ``(I) strengthen the core academic 
                                program in the school;
                                    ``(II) increase the amount and 
                                quality of learning time, such as 
                                providing an extended school year and 
                                before- and after-school and summer 
                                programs and opportunities, and help 
                                provide an enriched and accelerated 
                                curriculum; and
                                    ``(III) include strategies for 
                                meeting the educational needs of 
                                historically underserved populations, 
                                including children with limited English 
                                proficiency;
                            ``(iii)(I) address the needs of all 
                        children in the school, but particularly the 
                        needs of children who are most at risk of not 
                        meeting the State student performance 
                        standards, including the needs of children who 
                        are members of the target population of any 
                        program that is included in the schoolwide 
                        program; and
                            ``(II) address how the school will 
                        determine if those needs have been met; and
                            ``(iv) are integrated with, and are 
                        designed to implement, State and local 
                        improvement plans or policies for comprehensive 
                        standards-based reform;
                    ``(B) instruction by highly qualified professional 
                staff employed in accordance with section 1119;
                    ``(C) in accordance with section 1119, on-going, 
                high-quality professional development for teachers and 
                aides and, where appropriate, pupil services personnel, 
                parents, principals, and other staff to enable all 
                children in the school to meet the State student 
                performance standards;
                    ``(D) strategies to increase parental involvement, 
                such as family literacy services;
                    ``(E) plans for addressing transitions to and from 
                the grade span served by the schoolwide program by, for 
                example--
                            ``(i) assisting preschool children in the 
                        transition from early childhood programs to 
                        kindergarten; and
                            ``(ii) preparing high-school students for 
                        the transition from school to further education 
                        or the workplace; and
                    ``(F) activities to ensure that students who 
                experience difficulty mastering any of the standards 
                required by section 1111(b) during the course of the 
                school year are provided with effective, timely 
                additional assistance, which shall include--
                            ``(i) measures to ensure that students' 
                        difficulties are identified on a timely basis 
                        and to provide sufficient information on which 
                        to base effective assistance;
                            ``(ii) for any student who has not met 
                        those standards, teacher-parent conferences, at 
                        which the teacher and parents shall discuss--
                                    ``(I) what the school will do to 
                                help the student meet those standards;
                                    ``(II) what the parents can do to 
                                help the student improve his or her 
                                performance; and
                                    ``(III) additional assistance that 
                                may be available to the student at the 
                                school or elsewhere in the community; 
                                and
                            ``(iii) specific interventions, such as 
                        providing before- and after-school and summer 
                        programs, and one-on-one tutoring during non-
                        instructional time.
            ``(3) Regular review of the school's progress in 
        implementing its program and in achieving its goals for student 
        achievement.''.
    (d) Schoolwide Plans.--Subsection (c) of section 1114 of the ESEA, 
as redesignated by subsection (b)(2), is amended--
            (1) by striking out subparagraph (B);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (C) as 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
            (3) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by striking out ``date of enactment'' and all 
                that follows through ``section 1117,'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``effective date of the Educational 
                Excellence for All Children Act of 1999), in 
                consultation with the local educational agency,'';
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vii) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (G);
                    (C) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking out ``paragraph (1)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection (b)''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking out ``section 
                1111(b)(3)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                1111(b)(2)'';
            (4) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (v) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E);
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated--
                            (i) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
                        (II) as clauses (i) and (ii);
                            (ii) in clause (i), as so redesignated, by 
                        striking out ``agency'' and all that follows 
                        through ``1117,'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``agency''; and
                            (iii) in clause (ii), as redesignated by 
                        clause (i), by striking out ``the date of 
                        enactment of the Improving America's Schools 
                        Act of 1994'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``the effective date of the Educational 
                        Excellence for All Children Act of 1999''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking out ``other staff'' and 
                all that follows through ``personnel'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``appropriate school staff''; and
            (5) by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (3) to 
        read as follows:
            ``(3) No school shall implement a new or revised plan under 
        this section until the local educational agency subjects it to 
        a peer-review process, which may include reviewers from outside 
        the agency, and approves it.''.

                      targeted assistance schools

    Sec. 115. Section 1115 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                            (i) by striking out ``part'' and inserting 
                        in lieu thereof ``section''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking out 
                        ``public education'' and all that follows 
                        through ``setting'' and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof ``public education''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by amending subparagraph (A)(i) to read 
                        as follows:
                            ``(i) Children with disabilities, migrant 
                        children, and children with limited English 
                        proficiency are eligible for services under 
                        this part on the same basis as other 
                        children.'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or 
                        in pre-school services under this title'' after 
                        ``program'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking out 
                                ``the program'' and all that follows 
                                through ``may be'' and inserting in 
                                lieu thereof ``part D is''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                out ``may be eligible'' and inserting 
                                in lieu thereof ``is eligible''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking out 
                        ``may be eligible'' and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof ``is eligible'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by adding a comma and 
                ``such as research-based approaches for modifying 
                instruction for children with limited English 
                proficiency'' after ``children'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking out 
                ``curriculum, including applied learning'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``curriculum'';
                    (C) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(E) coordinate with and support the regular 
                education program, which may include services to assist 
                preschool children in the transition from early 
                childhood programs to elementary school programs and, 
                for programs serving high schools, preparing students 
                for the transition from school to further education or 
                the workplace;'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ``employed in 
                accordance with section 1119'' after ``staff'';
                    (E) in subparagraph (G), by striking out 
                ``subsection (e)(3) and''; and
                    (F) in subparagraph (H), by striking out 
                ``literary'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``literacy''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking out paragraph (3).

                             school choice

    Sec. 115A. Section 1115A(b)(4) of the ESEA is amended by striking 
out ``section 1111(b)(3)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
1111(b)(2)''.

     assessment and local educational agency and school improvement

    Sec. 116. Subsections (a) through (d) of section 1116 of the ESEA 
are amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Local Review.--Each local educational agency receiving funds 
under this part shall--
            ``(1) use the State assessments and other indicators 
        described in the State plan, as well as any additional measures 
        or indicators described in the local educational agency's plan, 
        to review annually the progress of each school served under 
        this part to determine if it is making continuous and 
        substantial gains as described in section 1111(b)(3) toward 
        enabling its students to meet the State student performance 
        standards described in the State plan; and
            ``(2) provide the results of the local annual review to 
        schools so that they can continually refine the program of 
        instruction to help all children served under this part in 
        those schools meet those standards.
    ``(b) Designation of Distinguished Schools.--Each State educational 
agency shall designate as `Distinguished Schools' those schools served 
under this part that meet criteria established by the State, such as--
            ``(1) making the continuous and substantial gains in 
        student performance described in section 1111(b)(3) for three 
        consecutive years;
            ``(2) having nearly all students meet the State 
        `proficient' or `advanced' levels of student performance; or
            ``(3) achieving, or significantly improving, equity in 
        participation and achievement of students by sex and race.
    ``(c) School Improvement.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Purpose.--In order to improve staff, 
                curriculum, and the services offered to children, so 
                that they can meet challenging State standards, each 
                local educational agency shall identify for school 
                improvement any school served under this part that--
                            ``(i) for two consecutive years, failed to 
                        meet the State's criteria under section 
                        1111(b)(3) either for overall improvement or 
                        for improvement of the lowest performing 
                        students, unless the Secretary has approved an 
                        alternative procedure proposed by the State in 
                        its plan under section 1111(b)(3)(B)(ii); or
                            ``(ii) immediately preceding the effective 
                        date of the amendments to this section made by 
                        the Educational Excellence for All Children Act 
                        of 1999, was in school-improvement status under 
                        this section, as then in effect.
                    ``(B) Transition.--The two-year period described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall include any continuous period of 
                time, immediately preceding the effective date of the 
                amendments made to this section by the Educational 
                Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, during which a 
                school did not make adequate progress as defined in the 
                State's plan under section 1111(b)(2)(B) or (7)(B), as 
                then in effect.
                    ``(C) Targeted assistance schools.--In determining 
                whether a school that is conducting a targeted 
                assistance program under section 1115 should be 
                identified as in need of improvement under this 
                paragraph, a local educational agency may choose to 
                review the progress of only those students in that 
                school who are served under this part.
            ``(2) Opportunity to review and present evidence.--(A) 
        Before identifying a school for school improvement under 
        paragraph (1), the local educational agency shall provide the 
        school with an opportunity to review the school-level data, 
        including assessment data, on which that proposed 
        identification is based.
            ``(B) If the school believes that the proposed 
        identification is in error for statistical or other substantive 
        reasons, it may provide supporting evidence to the local 
        educational agency, which such agency shall consider before 
        making a final determination.
            ``(3) School plan.--(A) Each school identified under 
        paragraph (1) shall, within three months of being so 
        identified, develop or revise a school plan, in consultation 
        with parents, school staff, the local educational agency, and a 
        State school support team or other outside experts, that 
        includes research-based strategies and specific goals and 
        objectives for making continuous and substantial progress and 
        that--
                    ``(i) has the greatest likelihood of improving the 
                performance of participating children in meeting the 
                State's student performance standards;
                    ``(ii) addresses the fundamental teaching and 
                learning needs in that school, and the specific 
                academic problems of low-performing students;
                    ``(iii) identifies and addresses the need to 
                improve the skills of its staff through effective 
                professional development;
                    ``(iv) identifies student performance targets and 
                goals for the next three years; and
                    ``(v) specifies the responsibilities of the local 
                educational agency and the school under the plan.
            ``(B) The local educational agency shall promptly subject 
        the plan to a peer-review process, work with the school to 
        revise the plan as necessary, and approve the plan.
            ``(C) The school shall implement its plan (or revised plan) 
        as soon as it is approved.
            ``(4) Technical assistance.--For each school identified 
        under paragraph (1), the local educational agency shall provide 
        technical or other assistance as the school develops and 
        implements its plan.
            ``(5) Corrective action.--In order to help students served 
        under this part meet challenging State standards, each local 
        educational agency shall implement a system of corrective 
        action in accordance with the following, unless the Secretary 
        has approved an alternative procedure proposed by the State in 
        its plan under section 1111(b)(3)(B)(ii):
                    ``(A) After providing technical assistance under 
                paragraph (4) and taking other remedial measures, the 
                local educational agency--
                            ``(i) may take corrective action at any 
                        time with respect to a school that has been 
                        identified under paragraph (1);
                            ``(ii) shall take corrective action with 
                        respect to any school that still fails to make 
                        continuous and substantial gains, as defined by 
                        the State, immediately after the third year 
                        following its identification under paragraph 
                        (1), except that the local educational agency 
                        may refrain from taking such action for not 
                        more than one additional year if it assesses 
                        the school's performance and determines that--
                                    ``(I) the school is meeting the 
                                targets and goals of the school 
                                improvement plan described in paragraph 
                                (3)(A)(iv), as shown by an improvement 
                                in student achievement through a one-
                                year gain in scores on the State 
                                assessment; and
                                    ``(II) the school will meet the 
                                State's criteria for continuous and 
                                substantial gains within one year; and
                            ``(iii) shall continue to provide technical 
                        assistance while instituting any corrective 
                        action under clause (i) or (ii).
                    ``(B) As used in this paragraph, the term 
                `corrective action' means action, consistent with State 
                and local law, that--
                            ``(i) substantially and directly responds 
                        to the consistent academic failure that caused 
                        that agency to take that action and to any 
                        underlying staffing, curricular, or other 
                        problems in the school; and
                            ``(ii) is designed to substantially 
                        increase the likelihood that students in that 
                        school will meet challenging State standards.
                    ``(C) In any case described in subparagraph 
                (A)(ii), the local educational agency shall take at 
                least one of the following corrective actions:
                            ``(i) Instituting and fully implementing a 
                        new curriculum, including appropriate 
                        professional development for all relevant 
                        staff, that is research-based and offers 
                        substantial promise of improving educational 
                        achievement for low-performing students.
                            ``(ii) Redesigning the school by 
                        reconstituting all or part of the school staff 
                        in a manner consistent with section 1119(a); 
                        restructuring the school, such as by creating 
                        schools within schools or other smaller 
                        learning environments; or re-opening the school 
                        under alternative governance arrangements, such 
                        as a public charter school.
                            ``(iii) Closing the school.
                            ``(iv) In conjunction with any other action 
                        described in clauses (i) through (iii), 
                        allowing students in the school who are served 
                        under this part to choose to attend other 
                        public schools and providing them 
                        transportation (or the costs of transportation) 
                        to those schools.
                    ``(D) The local educational agency shall make 
                public and disseminate any corrective action it takes 
                under this paragraph.
                    ``(E) Opportunity to review and present evidence.--
                (i) Before determining that it will take corrective 
                action with respect to any school under this paragraph, 
                the local educational agency shall provide the school 
                an opportunity to review the school-level data, 
                including assessment data, on which the proposed 
                determination is made.
                    ``(ii) If the school believes that the proposed 
                determination is in error for statistical or other 
                substantive reasons, it may provide supporting evidence 
                to the local educational agency, which shall consider 
                it before making a final determination.
            ``(6) State educational agency responsibilities.--If a 
        State educational agency determines that a local educational 
        agency failed to carry out its responsibilities under 
        paragraphs (4) and (5), it shall take such action as it finds 
        necessary to improve the affected schools and to ensure that 
        the local educational agency carries out those 
        responsibilities.
            ``(7) Special rule.--A local educational agency may remove 
        from school-improvement status under this subsection any school 
        that meets the State's criteria under section 1111(b)(3), 
        including showing substantial gains by the lowest-performing 
        students, for at least two of the three years following its 
        identification under paragraph (1).
    ``(d) State Review and LEA Improvement.--
            ``(1) Purpose.--In order to ensure that children served 
        under this part meet challenging State standards, each State 
        educational agency shall annually review the progress of each 
        participating local educational agency, in accordance with 
        section 1111(b)(3), to determine whether it is meeting the 
        State's criteria for accountability, including showing 
        continuous and substantial gains in the achievement of the 
        lowest-performing students.
            ``(2) Distinguished school districts.--Each State may 
        designate as `Distinguished School Districts' those local 
        educational agencies that, over a three-year period, meet or 
        exceed such criteria as the State may establish for performance 
        and improvement under this part.
            ``(3) Identification.--(A) A State educational agency shall 
        identify for improvement any local educational agency that, for 
        two consecutive years, does not meet the State's criteria for 
        accountability under section 1111(b)(3), including showing 
        continuous and substantial gains in achievement for the lowest-
        performing students, unless the Secretary has approved 
an alternative procedure in the State's plan under section 
1111(b)(3)(B)(ii).
            ``(B)(i) Before identifying a local educational agency for 
        improvement under subparagraph (A), the State educational 
        agency shall provide the local educational agency with an 
        opportunity to review the school-level data, including 
        assessment data, on which that proposed identification is 
        based.
            ``(ii) If the local educational agency believes that such 
        proposed identification is in error due to statistical or other 
        substantive reasons, the local educational agency may provide 
        supporting evidence, which the State educational agency shall 
        consider before making a final determination.
            ``(4) Local educational agency revisions.--(A) Each local 
        educational agency identified under paragraph (3) shall, within 
        three months of being so identified, revise its plan under 
        section 1112, in consultation with schools, parents, and 
        outside educational experts, to--
                    ``(i) address the fundamental teaching and learning 
                needs in the schools of that agency, and the specific 
                academic problems of low-performing students;
                    ``(ii) have the greatest likelihood of improving 
                the performance of participating children in meeting 
                the State's student performance standards; and
                    ``(iii) identify annual student performance targets 
                and goals for the next three years.
            ``(B) Such revision shall include determining why the local 
        educational agency's plan failed to bring about increased 
        achievement.
            ``(C) The local educational agency shall submit its revised 
        plan to the State educational agency for peer review and 
        approval.
            ``(5) State educational agency responsibility.--For each 
        local educational agency identified under paragraph (3), the 
        State educational agency shall provide technical or other 
        assistance, if requested, as authorized under section 1117, to 
        better enable the local educational agency to--
                    ``(A) develop and implement its revised plan; and
                    ``(B) work with schools needing improvement.
            ``(6) Corrective action.--In order to ensure that children 
        served under this part meet challenging State standards, each 
        State educational agency shall implement a system of corrective 
        action in accordance with the following, unless the Secretary 
        has approved an alternative procedure in the State's plan under 
        section 1111(b)(3)(B)(ii):
                    ``(A) After providing technical assistance under 
                paragraph (5) and taking other remedial measures, the 
                State educational agency--
                            ``(i) may take corrective action at any 
                        time with respect to a local educational agency 
                        that has been identified under paragraph (3);
                            ``(ii) shall take such action with respect 
                        to any local educational agency that still 
                        fails to make continuous and substantial gains, 
                        as defined by the State, immediately after the 
                        third year following its identification under 
                        paragraph (3), except that the State 
                        educational agency may refrain from taking such 
                        action for not more than one additional year if 
                        it assesses the local educational agency's 
                        performance and determines that--
                                    ``(I) the local educational agency 
                                is meeting the targets and goals in its 
                                revised plan, as described in paragraph 
                                (4)(A)(iii), as shown by an improvement 
                                in student achievement through a one-
                                year gain in scores on the State 
                                assessment; and
                                    ``(II) the local educational agency 
                                will meet the State's criteria for 
                                continuous and substantial gains within 
                                one year; and
                            ``(iii) shall continue to provide technical 
                        assistance while instituting any corrective 
                        action under clause (i) or (ii).
                    ``(B) As used in this paragraph, the term 
                `corrective action' means action, consistent with State 
                law, that--
                            ``(i) substantially and directly responds 
                        to the persistent academic failure that caused 
                        that agency to take that action and to any 
                        underlying staffing, curricular, or other 
                        problems in the local educational agency; and
                            ``(ii) is designed to substantially 
                        increase the likelihood that students in the 
                        local educational agency's schools will meet 
                        challenging State standards.
                    ``(C) In any case described in subparagraph 
                (A)(ii), the State educational agency shall take at 
                least one of the following corrective actions:
                            ``(i) Withholding of funds.
                            ``(ii) Appointing a receiver or trustee to 
                        administer the affairs of the local educational 
                        agency in place of the superintendent and 
                        school board.
                            ``(iii) Abolishing or restructuring the 
                        local educational agency.
                            ``(iv) In conjunction with any other action 
                        described in this subparagraph, allowing 
                        students in schools served under this part to 
                        choose to attend public schools in other local 
                        educational agencies and providing them 
                        transportation (or the costs of transportation) 
                        to those schools.
                    ``(D) Before implementing any corrective action 
                under subparagraph (A), the State educational agency 
                shall provide due process and a hearing to the affected 
                local educational agency, if State law provides for 
such process and hearing.
                    ``(E) The State educational agency shall make 
                public and disseminate any corrective action it takes 
                under this paragraph.
            ``(7) Special rule.--A State educational agency may remove 
        from improvement status under this subsection any local 
        educational agency that, for at least two of the three years 
        following identification under paragraph (3), makes substantial 
        gains toward meeting the State's standards.''.

          state assistance for school support and improvement

    Sec. 117. Section 1117 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

     ``state assistance for school district and school support and 
                              improvement

    ``Sec. 1117. (a) System for Support.--Each State educational agency 
shall establish a statewide system of intensive and sustained support 
and improvement for local educational agencies and schools receiving 
funds under this part, in order to increase the opportunity for all 
students in those agencies and schools to meet the State's content 
standards and student performance standards.
    ``(b) Priorities.--In carrying out this section, the State 
educational agency shall--
            ``(1) first provide support and assistance to local 
        educational agencies subject to corrective action under section 
        1116 and to help schools, in accordance with section 
        1116(c)(6), for which a local educational agency has failed to 
        carry out its responsibilities under section 1116(c)(4) and 
        (5);
            ``(2) next, provide support and assistance to other local 
        educational agencies identified as in need of improvement under 
        section 1116; and
            ``(3) then provide support and assistance to other local 
        educational agencies and schools participating under this part 
        that need that support and assistance in order to achieve the 
        purpose of this part.
    ``(c) Approaches.--In order to achieve the purpose described in 
subsection (a), each such system shall provide technical assistance and 
support through such approaches as--
            ``(1) school support teams, composed of individuals who are 
        knowledgeable about research and practice on teaching and 
        learning, particularly about strategies for improving 
        educational results for low-achieving students;
            ``(2) the designation and use of `Distinguished Educators', 
        chosen from schools served under this part that have been 
        especially successful in enabling children to meet (or make 
        outstanding progress toward meeting) State standards; and
            ``(3) a peer-review process designed to increase the 
        capacity of local educational agencies and schools to develop 
        high-quality school improvement plans.
    ``(d) Funds.--Each State educational agency--
            ``(1) shall use funds reserved under section 1003(a)(1), 
        but not used under section 1003(a)(2), to carry out this 
        section; and
            ``(2) may use State administrative funds reserved under 
        section 1701(c) for that purpose.''.

                          parental involvement

    Sec. 118. Section 1118 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking out ``(other than 
        funds allocated under section 1002(e))'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``section 
                1114(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                1114(c)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(B)--
                            (i) by striking out ``school performance 
                        profiles required under section 1116(a)(3)'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``the school 
                        report cards required by section 11206''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``section 
                        1111(b)(3)(H)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``section 1111(b)(2)(H)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking out ``section 1114(b)(2)'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                        1114(c)''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``participating 
                        children'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``children attending the school'';
            (3) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``the National Education 
                Goals'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``America's 
                Education Goals''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``section 1111(b)(8)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1111(b)(6)'';
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking out ``the parental 
        involvement requirements of''; and
            (5) by striking out subsection (g).

          teacher qualifications and professional development

    Sec. 119. Section 1119 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
        ``high-quality instruction'';
            (2) by striking out subsections (f), (h), and (i) and 
        redesignating subsections (b) through (e) and subsection (g) as 
        subsections (d) through (h), respectively;
            (3) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose and General Requirements.--In order to enable all 
children to meet challenging State standards, each local educational 
agency receiving assistance under this part shall--
            ``(1) hire qualified instructional staff, consistent with 
        subsections (b) and (c);
            ``(2) provide high-quality professional development that 
        will improve teaching and learning in core content areas, 
        consistent with subsection (d); and
            ``(3) use at least five percent of its allocation under 
        this part for fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and 10 percent of 
        that allocation for subsequent fiscal years, for that 
        professional development, except that if a local educational 
        agency fails to make substantial progress against the 
        indicators for professional development identified by the 
        Secretary under section 2136 or the indicators for teacher 
        quality established by the State under section 11205 or by the 
        Secretary under section 11912, the State educational agency may 
        withhold all or a portion of the funds described in this 
        paragraph and shall use any funds so withheld to provide, or 
        arrange for the provision of, the professional development 
        described in paragraph (2).'';
            (4) by inserting new subsections (b) and (c) to read as 
        follows:
    ``(b) Minimum Qualifications for Teachers.--Each local educational 
agency shall ensure that, by no later than the effective date of the 
amendments to this section made by the Educational Excellence for All 
Children Act of 1999, all new teachers in programs supported with funds 
under this part--
            ``(1) are certified in the field in which they will teach; 
        or
            ``(2) have a bachelors degree and are enrolled in a program 
        through which they will obtain such certification within three 
        years.
    ``(c) Paraprofessionals.--(1) Each local educational agency shall 
ensure that, not later than July 1, 2002, all paraprofessionals working 
in programs supported with funds under this part meet the educational 
requirements of paragraph (2) or (3) and perform only the duties 
described in those paragraphs.
    ``(2) A paraprofessional may perform any of the following duties 
only if he or she has completed at least two years of college and is 
under the direct supervision of a teacher:
            ``(A) One-on-one tutoring for eligible students. Any such 
        tutoring must be at times that are in addition to the time a 
        student would otherwise receive instruction from a teacher.
            ``(B) Assisting with classroom management, such as 
        organizing instructional and other materials.
            ``(C) Providing assistance in a computer laboratory.
    ``(3) A paraprofessional who possesses a secondary school diploma 
or its equivalent, but who has not completed at least two years of 
college, may perform only non-instructional duties, such as improving 
parental involvement, providing support in a library or media center, 
or acting as a translator.
    ``(4) Each local educational agency shall ensure that each 
paraprofessional described in paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) is appropriately trained and possesses the knowledge 
        and skills sufficient to support teachers, parents, or school 
        administrators, as the case may be, in meeting the goals of 
        this part;
            ``(B) participates in professional development and other 
        training opportunities directly relevant to his or her work 
        assignment or to upgrading his or her assignment; and
            ``(C) is supervised by a teacher or other appropriate 
        school staff member.'';
            (5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) Professional development under this section shall 
        include principals, teachers, and other school staff in its 
        design and shall--
                    ``(A) improve the ability of teachers to help all 
                students, including children with disabilities, 
                children with limited English proficiency, and 
                economically disadvantaged children, reach high State 
                content and student performance standards;
                    ``(B) advance teacher understanding of one or more 
                of the core academic subject areas and effective 
                instructional strategies for improving student 
                achievement in those areas;
                    ``(C) be of sufficient duration to have a positive 
                and lasting impact on classroom instruction;
                    ``(D) be an integral part of broader school and 
                district-wide plans for raising student achievement to 
                State standards;
                    ``(E) be based on the best available research on 
                teaching and learning;
                    ``(F) include professional development activities 
                that involve collaborative groups of teachers and 
                administrators from the same school or district and, to 
                the greatest extent possible, include follow-up and 
                school-based support such as coaching or study groups; 
                and
                    ``(G) as a whole, be regularly evaluated for its 
                impact on increased teacher effectiveness and improved 
                student achievement, with the findings of such 
                evaluations used to improve the quality of professional 
                development.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                        follows:
                    ``(A) instruction in the use of data and 
                assessments to inform and instruct classroom 
                practice;'';
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
                        as follows:
                    ``(D) instruction in the use of technology as a 
                tool to improve instruction;''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (H), by striking out 
                        ``Head Start'' and all that follows through 
                        ``personnel'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``Head Start, or family literacy programs such 
                        as Even Start; State-run preschool program 
                        personnel; and child-care providers''; and
            (6) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
        striking out ``this Act'' and all that follows through 
        ``sources'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``this Act and other 
        sources''.

         participation of children enrolled in private schools

    Sec. 120. Section 1120 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``that address 
                their needs, and shall ensure that teachers and 
                families of these students participate, on an equitable 
                basis, in services and activities under sections 1118 
                and 1119'' before the period at the end thereof; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting, before the 
                period at the end thereof, a comma and ``which the 
                local educational agency may determine each year or 
                every two years'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking out 
                        ``assessed; and'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``assessed, and how the results of that 
                        assessment will be used to improve those 
                        services'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking out 
                        ``what is'' and all that follows through the 
                        period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof ``the amounts of funds generated by 
                        low-income private school children in each 
                        participating attendance area for those 
                        services;''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end thereof new 
                        subparagraphs (F) and (G) to read as follows:
                    ``(F) the method or sources of data that are used 
                under subsection (a)(4) to determine the number of 
                children from low-income families in participating 
                school attendance areas who attend private schools; and
                    ``(G) how and when the agency will make decisions 
                about the delivery of services to those children.''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``shall include meetings 
                        of agency and private school officials and'' 
                        after ``consultation''; and
                            (ii) by inserting a comma and ``and shall 
                        continue throughout implementation and 
                        assessment of activities under this section'' 
                        before the period at the end thereof;
            (3) in subsection (d)(2), by striking out ``sections 14505 
        and 14506'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``sections 11805 and 
        11806''; and
            (4) by striking out subsection (e).

                          fiscal requirements

    Sec. 120A. Section 1120A of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``section 14501'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 11801''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by amending the paragraph heading to 
                        read as follows: ``Criteria for meeting 
                        comparability requirement.'';
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
                        as follows:
                    ``(A) To meet the requirement of paragraph (1), a 
                local educational agency shall establish, and obtain 
                the State educational agency's approval of, policies to 
                ensure comparability in the use of State and local 
                funds among its schools participating under this part 
                and its other schools with respect to--
                            ``(i) pupil-teacher ratios and the 
                        qualifications of teachers (by category of 
                        assignment, such as regular education, special 
                        education, and bilingual education) and 
                        professional staff;
                            ``(ii) curriculum, the range of courses 
                        offered, instructional materials, and 
                        instructional resources to ensure that 
                        participating children have the opportunity to 
                        achieve to the highest student performance 
                        levels under the State's challenging content 
                        and student performance standards; and
                            ``(iii) the condition and safety of school 
                        facilities, and their accessibility to 
                        technology.'';
                            (iii) by striking out subparagraph (B) and 
                        redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
                        (B); and
                            (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 
                        as so redesignated, a new subparagraph (C) to 
                        read as follows:
                    ``(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a local 
                educational agency may continue to meet the requirement 
                of paragraph (1) by complying with subparagraph (A) as 
                it was in effect prior to the enactment of the 
                Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, 
                but each local educational agency shall comply with 
                subparagraph (A), as amended by that Act, no later than 
                July 1, 2002.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking out 
                ``biennially'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``annually''.

            preschool services and coordination requirements

    Sec. 120B. Section 1120B of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
        ``preschool services; coordination requirements'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking out ``Head Start Act 
        Amendments of 1994'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Head Start 
        Amendments of 1998''; and
            (3) by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(d) Preschool Services.--(1) A local educational agency may use 
funds received under this part to provide preschool services--
            ``(A) directly to eligible preschool children in all or 
        part of its jurisdiction;
            ``(B) through any school participating in the agency's 
        program under this part; or
            ``(C) through a contract with a local Head Start agency, a 
        partnership operating an Even Start program, a State-funded 
        preschool program, or a comparable public early-childhood 
        development program.
    ``(2) Preschool programs operated with funds provided under this 
part may be operated and funded jointly with Even Start programs under 
part B of this title, Head Start programs, or State-funded preschool 
programs.
    ``(3) All preschool programs funded under this part shall--
            ``(A) focus on the developmental needs of participating 
        children, including their social, cognitive, and language-
        development needs, and use research-based approaches that build 
        on competencies that lead to school success, particularly in 
        language and literacy development and in reading; and
            ``(B) ensure that participating children, at a minimum--
                    ``(i) understand and use language to communicate 
                for various purposes;
                    ``(ii) understand and use increasingly complex and 
                varied vocabulary;
                    ``(iii) develop and demonstrate an appreciation of 
                books;
                    ``(iv) develop phonemic, print, and numeracy 
                awareness; and
                    ``(v) in the case of children with limited English 
                proficiency, progress toward acquisition of the English 
                language.--

                              allocations

    Sec. 120C. (a) Grants for the Outlying Areas and the Secretary of 
the Interior.--Section 1121(b) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``paragraph (3)'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph (2)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``not more than'' 
        after ``shall reserve''.
    (b) Allocations to States.--Section 1122 of the ESEA is amended to 
read as follows:

                        ``allocations to states

    ``Sec. 1122. (a) Amounts for Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, 
and Targeted Grants.--Of the amount appropriated under section 1002(a) 
for any fiscal year that remains after funds are reserved under section 
1003(b), the Secretary shall allocate the greater of the following to 
targeted grants under section 1125:
            ``(1) 20 percent of that remaining amount.
            ``(2) The portion of that remaining amount that exceeds the 
        combined appropriation for fiscal year 1995 for basic grants 
        under section 1124 and for concentration grants under section 
        1124A.
    ``(b) Allocations.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), 
the Secretary shall allocate to each State the sum of the amounts 
determined for the local educational agencies in the State under 
sections 1124, 1124A, and 1125.
    ``(c) Adustments in Case of Insufficient Appropriations.--(1) If 
the sums available for any fiscal year under subsection (a) are 
insufficient to pay the full amounts that all local educational 
agencies in the States are eligible to receive under sections 1124, 
1124A, and 1125, the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allocations to 
those agencies and to the States.
    ``(2) If additional funds become available for making payments 
under those sections, the Secretary shall ratably increase those 
allocations.
    ``(d) Hold-Harmless Amounts.--(1) Notwithstanding subsections (b) 
and (c), the amount made available to each local educational agency 
under each of sections 1124 and 1125 for any fiscal year shall be--
            ``(A) at least 95 percent of its amount for the previous 
        fiscal year if the number of children counted under section 
        1124(c) is at least 30 percent of the total number of children 
        aged 5 through 17 in that agency;
            ``(B) at least 90 percent of its amount for the previous 
        fiscal year if the number of children so counted is at least 15 
        percent, but less than 30 percent, of the total number of 
        children aged 5 through 17 in that agency; and
            ``(C) at least 85 percent of its amount for the previous 
        fiscal year if the number of children so counted is less than 
        15 percent of the total number of children aged 5 through 17 in 
        that agency.
    ``(2) In any fiscal year for which the Secretary makes allocations 
under this part to counties--
            ``(A) the Secretary shall apply the percentages described 
        in paragraph (1) to counties; and
            ``(B) if the allocation to a county is not sufficient to 
        meet the requirement of paragraph (1) for each local 
        educational agency in that county, the State educational agency 
        shall proportionately reallocate funds from all other local 
        educational agencies in the State that would otherwise receive 
        allocations in excess of the amounts determined under that 
        paragraph.
    ``(e) Definition.--For the purpose of this section and sections 
1124, 1124A, and 1125, the term `State' means each of the 50 States, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.''.
    (c) Basic Grants to Local Educational Agencies.--Section 1124 of 
the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) Grants for local educational agencies.--Except as 
        provided in paragraph (4) and in section 1126, the grant that a 
        local educational agency is eligible to receive under this 
        section for a fiscal year is the amount determined by 
        multiplying--
                    ``(A) the number of children counted under 
                subsection (c); and
                    ``(B) 40 percent of the average per-pupil 
                expenditure in the State, except that the amount 
                determined under this subparagraph shall not be less 
                than 32 percent, and not more than 48 percent, of the 
                average per-pupil expenditure in the United States.'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
                    (C) by amending paragraph (2), and inserting after 
                paragraph (2) a new paragraph (3), to read as follows:
            ``(2) Calculation of grants.--
                    ``(A) Allocations to local educational agencies.--
                The Secretary shall calculate grants under this section 
                on the basis of the number of children counted under 
                subsection (c) for local educational agencies, unless 
                the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce determine 
                that some or all of those data are unreliable or that 
                their use would be otherwise inappropriate, in which 
                case--
                            ``(i) the two Secretaries shall publicly 
                        disclose the reasons for their determination in 
                        detail; and
                            ``(ii) paragraph (3) shall apply.
                    ``(B) Allocations to large and small local 
                educational agencies.--(i) For any fiscal year to which 
                this paragraph applies, the Secretary shall calculate 
grants under this section for each local educational agency.
                    ``(ii) The amount of a grant under this section for 
                each large local educational agency shall be the amount 
                determined under clause (i).
                    ``(iii) For small local educational agencies, the 
                State educational agency may either--
                            ``(I) distribute grants under this section 
                        in amounts determined by the Secretary under 
                        clause (i); or
                            ``(II) use an alternative method approved 
                        by the Secretary to distribute the portion of 
                        the State's total grants under this section 
                        that is based on those small agencies.
                    ``(iv) An alternative method under clause (iii)(II) 
                shall be based on population data that the State 
                educational agency determines best reflect the current 
                distribution of children in poor families among the 
                State's small local educational agencies that meet the 
                eligibility criteria of subsection (b).
                    ``(v) If a small local educational agency is 
                dissatisfied with the determination of its grant by the 
                State educational agency under clause (iii)(II), it may 
                appeal that determination to the Secretary, who shall 
                respond within 45 days of receiving it.
                    ``(vi) As used in this subparagraph--
                            ``(I) the term `large local educational 
                        agency' means a local educational agency 
                        serving an area with a total population of 
                        20,000 or more; and
                            ``(II) the term `small local educational 
                        agency' means a local educational agency 
                        serving an area with a total population of less 
                        than 20,000.
            ``(3) Allocations to counties.--(A) For any fiscal year to 
        which this paragraph applies, the Secretary shall calculate 
        grants under this section on the basis of the number of 
        children counted under section 1124(c) for counties, and State 
        educational agencies shall suballocate county amounts to local 
        educational agencies, in accordance with regulations of the 
        Secretary.
            ``(B) In any State in which a large number of local 
        educational agencies overlap county boundaries, or for which 
        the State believes it has data that would better target funds 
        than allocating them by county, the State educational agency 
        may apply to the Secretary for authority to make the 
        allocations under this part for a particular fiscal year 
        directly to local educational agencies without regard to 
        counties.
            ``(C) If the Secretary approves its application under 
        subparagraph (B), the State educational agency shall provide 
        the Secretary an assurance that those allocations will be 
        made--
                    ``(i) using precisely the same factors for 
                determining a grant as are used under this part; or
                    ``(ii) using data that the State educational agency 
                submits to the Secretary for approval that more 
                accurately target poverty.
            ``(D) The State educational agency shall provide the 
        Secretary an assurance that a procedure is (or will be) 
        established through which local educational agencies that are 
        dissatisfied with its determinations under subparagraph (B) may 
        appeal directly to the Secretary for a final determination.''; 
        and
                    (D) by amending paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), to read as follows:
            ``(4) Puerto rico.--The grant that the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico is eligible to receive under this section for a 
        fiscal year is the amount determined for Puerto Rico under 
        paragraph (1), multiplied by the following:
                    ``(A) For fiscal year 2001, 77.6 percent.
                    ``(B) For fiscal year 2002, 83.2 percent.
                    ``(C) For fiscal year 2003, 88.8 percent.
                    ``(D) For fiscal year 2004, 94.4 percent.
                    ``(E) For fiscal years starting with fiscal year 
                2005, 100 percent.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Minimum Number of Children To Qualify.--A local educational 
agency is eligible for a basic grant under this section for any fiscal 
year only if the number of children counted under subsection (c) for 
that agency is both--
            ``(1) 10 or more; and
            ``(2) more than two percent of the total school-age 
        population in the agency's jurisdiction.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' 
                        at the end thereof;
                            (ii) by striking out subparagraph (B) and 
                        redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
                        (B); and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), as so 
                        redesignated, by inserting ``(determined under 
                        paragraph (4) for either the preceding year as 
                        described in that paragraph, or for the second 
                        preceding year, as the Secretary finds 
                        appropriate)'' after ``number of children'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the second sentence, by striking out 
                        ``For fiscal year 1999 and beyond, the'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``The''; and
                            (ii) by striking out the third and fourth 
                        sentences;
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the first sentence--
                                    (I) by striking out ``1997'' and 
                                inserting in lieu thereof ``2001''; and
                                    (II) by striking out ``unreliable'' 
                                and all that follows through Sciences'' 
                                and inserting in lieu thereof 
                                ``unreliable''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        out ``jointly issue a report setting forth 
                        their reasons in detail'' and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof ``publicly disclose their reasons'';
                    (D) by striking out paragraph (4) and redesignating 
                paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), 
                respectively;
                    (E) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by striking out the first sentence;
                            (ii) in the second sentence--
                                    (I) by striking out ``the number of 
                                such children and'';
                                    (II) by striking out ``of such 
                                ages'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                                ``aged 5 through 17''; and
                                    (III) by striking out ``(using'' 
                                and all that follows through 
                                ``October)''; and
                            (iii) by adding the following sentence at 
                        the end thereof: ``For the purpose of this 
                        section, the Secretary shall consider all 
                        children who are in correctional institutions 
                        to be living in institutions for delinquent 
                        children.''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (D), by striking out the final sentence; 
                and
            (4) in subsection (d), by striking out ``subsection (b)(1) 
        or (d) of''.
    (d) Concentration Grants.--Section 1124A of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                        follows:
                    ``(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each 
                local educational agency that is eligible for a grant 
                under section 1124 for any fiscal year is eligible for 
                an additional grant under this section for that fiscal 
                year if the number of children counted under section 
                1124(c) in the agency exceeds either--
                            ``(i) 6,500; or
                            ``(ii) 15 percent of the total number of 
                        children aged 5 through 17 in the agency.''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking out ``such 
                                subsections (b)(1) and (d) of''; and
                                    (II) by striking out ``described in 
                                subparagraph (A)''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Local allocations.--(A) Grant amounts under this 
        section shall be determined in accordance with section 
        1124(a)(2) and (3).
            ``(B) For any fiscal year for which the Secretary allocates 
        funds under this section to counties, a State may reserve not 
        more than two percent of its allocation under this section for 
        any fiscal year to make grants to local educational agencies 
        that meet the criteria of paragraph (1)(A)(i) or (ii) but that 
        are in ineligible counties.''; and
            (2) by deleting subsections (b) and (c) and redesignating 
        subsection (d) as subsection (b).
    (e) Targeted Assistance Grants.--Section 1125 of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking out ``the 
                second sentence of subparagraph 1124(a)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1124(a)(1)(A)''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out 
                ``subparagraph 1124(a)(3)'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``section 1124(a)(4)'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by amending the paragraph 
                heading to read as follows: ``Weights for allocations 
                to counties.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by amending the paragraph heading to 
                        read as follows: ``Weights for allocations to 
                        local educational agencies.''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking out 
                        ``beginning with fiscal year 1999'';
            (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Calculation of Grant Amounts.--Grants under this section 
shall be calculated in accordance with section 1124(a)(2) and (3).''; 
and
            (4) in subsection (e), by striking out ``subsection (b)(1) 
        or (d) of''.
    (f) Education Finance Incentive Program.--Section 1125A of the ESEA 
is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Grants.--From sums appropriated to carry out this section, 
the Secretary is authorized to make grants to States to carry out the 
purposes of this part.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking out ``Funds appropriated pursuant 
                to subsection (e)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``Funds described in subsection (a) for each fiscal 
                year''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``appropriated pursuant to 
                subsection (e) for such fiscal year'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``of those funds''; and
            (3) by striking out subsection (e).
    (g) Special Allocation Procedures.--Section 1126(a)(1) of the ESEA 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or delinquent'' after ``neglected''; and
            (2) by striking out ``subparagraph 1124(c)(1)(C)'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1124(c)(1)(B)''.

                           program indicators

    Sec. 120D. Part A of title I of the ESEA is further amended by 
adding at the end thereof a new subpart 3 to read as follows:

                    ``Subpart 3--Program Indicators

                          ``program indicators

    ``Sec. 1131. Each State receiving assistance under this part shall 
report to the Secretary each year with respect to its progress in 
meeting the following performance indicators for participating schools 
and local educational agencies, and shall use those indicators to 
improve its program performance:
            ``(1) Student performance.--Increasing percentages of 
        students in schools with at least 50 percent poverty will meet 
        proficient and advanced performance levels on State assessments 
        in reading and mathematics.
            ``(2) Student performance.--The average scores representing 
        the performance of the lowest achieving students on State 
        assessments will increase annually in both reading and 
        mathematics.
            ``(3) Accountability.--Increasing percentages of schools 
        identified as in need of improvement under this part will show 
        academic progress after two years.
            ``(4) Qualified teachers.--The percentage of teachers in 
        programs under this part who are certified in the field in 
        which they teach will increase annually.
            ``(5) Aligned curricula and materials.--Increasing 
        percentages of school principals will report that curricula and 
        instructional materials in use in their school are aligned with 
        challenging State content standards.
            ``(6) Extended time.--Increasing percentages of schools 
        will operate before- and after-school, summer, and other 
        programs designed to extend and reinforce student learning.
            ``(7) Parental involvement.--Increasing percentages of 
        parents will report that their schools engage them in 
        supporting their children's learning.''.

                           Part B--Even Start

                          statement of purpose

    Sec. 121. Section 1201 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``high-quality'' after 
        ``existing'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``and'' at the end 
        thereof;
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking out the period and 
        inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (4) to 
        read as follows:
            ``(4) be based on the best available research on language 
        development, reading instruction, and prevention of reading 
        difficulties.''.

                           program authorized

    Sec. 122. Section 1202 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Reservation of Funds.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve 5 percent of the amount appropriated under section 
1002(b) for programs, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
shall establish, that are consistent with the purpose of this part, and 
that support national demonstration and model projects for isolated and 
especially hard-to-reach populations, which shall include projects 
for--
            ``(1) children of migratory workers;
            ``(2) the outlying areas, for which the Secretary shall 
        reserve one-half of one percent of the funds appropriated under 
        section 1002(b);
            ``(3) Indian tribes and tribal organizations; and
            ``(4) such other populations as the Secretary may from time 
        to time determine, such as families that are homeless, that 
        have children with severe disabilities, or that include 
        incarcerated mothers of young children.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Reservation for Federal Activities.--From amounts 
appropriated under section 1002(b) for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
may reserve not more than one percent to provide, directly or through 
grants or contracts with eligible organizations, technical assistance, 
program improvement, and replication activities.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by amending the subsection heading to read 
                ``Reservation for Statewide Family Literacy 
                Initiatives.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``From funds 
                reserved under section 2260(b)(3), the Secretary 
                shall'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``From funds 
                appropriated under section 1002(b) for any fiscal year, 
                the Secretary may'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(C)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        striking out ``Part C of Title II'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``Part E'';
                            (ii) by striking out ``section 2253(d)'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                        1503(d)''; and
                            (iii) by striking out ``section 2253'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1503''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``section 
                2252'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1502'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``that 
                section'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``that part''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking out ``$250,000, or''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``such year, whichever 
                        is greater'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``such year''; and
            (5) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out 
                ``nonprofit''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking out the period at 
                the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a 
                semicolon.

                             state programs

    Sec. 123. Section 1203 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections 
        (b) and (c), respectively;
            (2) by inserting a new subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) State Plan.--
            ``(1) Contents.--Each State that desires to receive a grant 
        under this part shall submit a plan to the Secretary containing 
        such budgetary and other information as the Secretary may 
        require, and which shall--
                    ``(A) include the State's indicators of program 
                quality, developed under section 1210 or, if the State 
                has not completed work on those indicators, describe 
                its progress in developing them;
                    ``(B) describe how the State is using, or will use, 
                those indicators to monitor, evaluate, and improve 
                projects it assists under this part, and to decide 
                whether to continue assisting those projects;
                    ``(C) describe how the State will help each project 
                under this part ensure the full implementation of the 
                program elements described in section 1205, including 
                how it will encourage local projects to use technology, 
                such as distance learning, to improve program access 
                and the intensity of services, especially for isolated 
                populations;
                    ``(D) describe how the State will conduct the 
                competition for subgrants, including the application of 
                the criteria described in section 1208; and
                    ``(E) describe how the State will coordinate 
                resources, especially among State agencies, to improve 
                family literacy services in the State.
            ``(2) Duration.--Each State plan shall--
                    ``(A) be submitted for the first year for which 
                this part is in effect following the enactment of the 
                Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999;
                    ``(B) remain in effect for the duration of the 
                State's participation under this part; and
                    ``(C) be periodically reviewed and revised by the 
                State, as necessary.'';
            (3) in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``section 1202(d)(1)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1202(d)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``subsection 
                (b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection (c)''; 
                and
            (4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (c), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``section 1202(d)(1)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1202(d)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``subsection (a)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection (b)''.

                             uses of funds

    Sec. 124. Section 1204 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``family-centered 
        education programs'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``family 
        literacy services''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``and in section 
        1208(c)(2)'' after ``paragraph (2)''.

                            program elements

    Sec. 125. Section 1205 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                           ``program elements

    ``Sec. 1205. Each program assisted under this part shall--
            ``(1) identify and recruit families most in need of 
        services provided under this part, as indicated by the eligible 
        parent or parents' low income and low level of adult literacy 
        or English language proficiency, and other need-related 
        factors;
            ``(2) screen and prepare parents (including teenage 
        parents) and children to enable them to participate fully in 
        the activities and services provided under this part, including 
        testing, referral to necessary counseling, and other 
        developmental, support, and related services;
            ``(3) be designed to accommodate participating families' 
        work schedules and other responsibilities, including scheduling 
        and locating services to allow joint participation by parents 
        and children, and providing support services necessary for 
        participation in the activities assisted under this part if 
        those services are unavailable from other sources, such as--
                    ``(A) child care for the period that the parents 
                are involved in the programs assisted under this part;
                    ``(B) transportation to enable parents and their 
                children to participate in those programs; and
                    ``(C) career counseling and job-placement services;
            ``(4) provide high-quality, intensive family literacy 
        services (as defined in section 1202(e)(3)), using 
        instructional approaches that the best available research on 
        reading indicates will be most effective in building adult 
        literacy and children's language development and reading 
        ability;
            ``(5) with respect to the qualifications of staff whose 
        salaries are supported with funds under this part, ensure 
        that--
                    ``(A)(i) a majority of instruction is provided by 
                teachers who have obtained at least a bachelor's 
                degree, and who are certified in the field in which 
                they are teaching, or who are enrolled in a program 
                leading to such certification within two years;
                    ``(ii) within four years of the effective date of 
                the amendments to this section made by the Educational 
                Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, all 
                instruction is provided by teachers who have at least a 
                bachelor's degree; and
                    ``(iii) as of that effective date, all new teachers 
                who are hired to provide instruction have at least a 
                bachelor's degree, and are certified in the field in 
                which they are going to teach, or are enrolled in a 
                program leading to such certification within two years;
                    ``(B) not later than July 1, 2002, 
                paraprofessionals who provide instructional support 
                services, such as one-on-one tutoring and follow-up 
                educational activities in home visits and with 
                individuals and small groups, have completed at least 
                two years of college and are under the direct 
                supervision of a teacher described in subparagraph (A); 
                and
                    ``(C) paraprofessionals who provide non-
                instructional services, such as family recruitment, 
                acting as a translator, community-liaison work, and 
                media-center or library support, possess at least a 
                secondary school diploma or its equivalent;
            ``(6) provide special training for staff, including child-
        care staff, to develop the skills, and obtain certification in, 
        instructional areas needed to carry out the purpose of this 
        part;
            ``(7) provide and monitor integrated instructional services 
        to participating parents and children through center-based and 
        home-based programs;
            ``(8) serve those families most in need of the activities 
        and services provided under this part, including individuals 
        with special needs, such as individuals with disabilities, 
        individuals with limited English proficiency, and homeless 
        individuals;
            ``(9) use methods that ensure that participating families 
        successfully complete the program, including--
                    ``(A) operating a year-round program, including 
                continuing to provide some instructional services for 
                participants during the summer months;
                    ``(B) providing developmentally appropriate 
                educational services for at least a three-year age 
                range of children;
                    ``(C) encouraging participating families to 
                regularly attend and remain in the program for a 
                sufficient time to meet their program goals; and
                    ``(D) promoting the continuity of family literacy 
                services across critical points in the lives of 
                children and their parents so that those individuals 
                can retain and improve their educational outcomes;
            ``(10) be coordinated with--
                    ``(A) programs assisted under other parts of this 
                title and this Act;
                    ``(B) any relevant programs under the Adult 
                Education and Family Literacy Act, the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act, and the Workforce 
                Investment Act of 1998; and
                    ``(C) Head Start programs, Child Care Development 
                Block Grant programs, volunteer literacy programs, and 
                other relevant programs; and
            ``(11) provide for an independent evaluation of the 
        program, consistent with section 1207(c)(1)(E), to be used for 
        program improvement.''.

                         eligible participants

    Sec. 126. Section 1206(a)(1)(B) of the ESEA is amended by inserting 
a comma and ``or who are attending secondary school'' after ``this 
part''.

                              applications

    Sec. 127. (a) Plans.--Section 1207(c) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and continuous improvement'' after 
        ``plan of operation'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) a description of the program goals, including 
                outcomes for children and families that are consistent 
                with the program indicators established or adopted by 
                the State under section 1210, and of the strategies the 
                applicant will use to reach those goals;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``each of'' 
                after ``incorporate'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D) by inserting ``and'' at the 
                end thereof; and
                    (D) by striking out subparagraphs (E) and (F) and 
                inserting in lieu thereof the following:
                    ``(E) provisions for rigorous and objective 
                evaluation of progress toward the goals described in 
                subparagraph (A), and the continuing use of evaluation 
                data for program improvement.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``paragraph (1)(A)'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph (1)''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 1207 of the ESEA is further 
amended by striking out subsection (d).

                           award of subgrants

    Sec. 128. (a) Selection Process.--Section 1208(a) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``limited-
                English'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``limited 
                English'';
                    (B) by striking out subparagraph (C);
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) 
                as subparagraphs (C) through (G) respectively;
                    (D) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking out ``Federal'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``non-Federal''; and
                    (E) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking out ``local educational 
                agencies'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``family 
                literacy projects''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``one or more of the 
        following individuals:'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an 
        individual with expertise in family literacy programs, and may 
        include other individuals, such as one or more of the 
        following:''.
    (b) Exemplary Projects.--Section 1208 of the ESEA is amended by 
adding at the end thereof a new subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Exemplary Projects.--(1) Notwithstanding subsection 
(b)(5)(A), each State may use funds under this part in any fiscal year 
to continue providing assistance, for up to two additional years, for 
not more than two projects that have been highly successful in 
achieving the goals described in their plans under section 
1207(c)(1)(A) and that have substantial potential to serve as models 
for other projects throughout the Nation and as mentor sites for other 
family-literacy programs in the State.
    ``(2) The Federal share of any subgrant under paragraph (1) shall 
not exceed 40 percent for the first year and 30 percent for the second 
year.''.

                               evaluation

    Sec. 129. Section 1209 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                              ``evaluation

    ``Sec. 1209. The Secretary shall provide for an independent 
evaluation of programs assisted under this part, to--
            ``(1) determine their performance and effectiveness; and
            ``(2) identify effective programs that can be duplicated 
        and used in providing technical assistance to Federal, State, 
        and local programs.''.

                     indicators of program quality

    Sec. 130. Section 1210 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``Each'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``By September 30, 2000, each''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph (3) to 
        read as follows:
            ``(3) With respect to a program's implementation of high-
        quality, intensive family literacy services, specific levels of 
        intensity of those services and duration of individuals' 
        participation that are necessary to result in the outcomes 
        described under paragraphs (1) and (2), which the State shall 
        periodically review and revise as needed to achieve those 
        outcomes.''.

                        repeal and redesignation

    Sec. 130A. (a) Repeal.--Section 1211 of the ESEA is repealed.
    (b) Redesignation.--Section 1212 of the ESEA is redesignated as 
section 1211.

                Part C--Education of Migratory Children

                           state allocations

    Sec. 131. Section 1303 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) State Allocations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and 
        subsection (b), each State is entitled to receive under this 
        part, for each fiscal year, an amount equal to--
                    ``(A) the sum of--
                            ``(i) the number of identified eligible 
                        migratory children, aged 3 through 21, residing 
                        in the State during the previous year; and
                            ``(ii) the number of identified eligible 
                        migratory children, aged 3 through 21, who 
                        received services under this part in summer or 
                        intersession programs provided by the State; 
                        multiplied by
                    ``(B) 40 percent of the average per-pupil 
                expenditure in the State, but not less than 32 percent 
                or more than 48 percent of the average per-pupil 
                expenditure in the United States.
            ``(2) Minimum and maximum allocations.--No State's 
        allocation under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year shall be 
        more than 120 percent, or less than 80 percent, of its 
        allocation for the previous year, except that no State's 
        allocation shall be less than $200,000.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Allocations to Puerto Rico.--Subject to subsection (a)(2), 
the grant that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is eligible to receive 
under this section for a fiscal year is the amount determined for 
Puerto Rico under subsection (a)(1), multiplied by the following:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2001, 77.6 percent.
            ``(2) For fiscal year 2002, 83.2 percent.
            ``(3) For fiscal year 2003, 88.8 percent.
            ``(4) For fiscal year 2004, 94.4 percent.
            ``(5) For fiscal years starting with fiscal year 2005, 100 
        percent.''; and
            (3) by striking out subsections (d) and (e).

                           state applications

    Sec. 132. Section 1304 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``through'' 
                and all that follows through the end thereof and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``through--
                    ``(A) the full range of services that are available 
                for migratory children from appropriate local, State, 
                and Federal educational programs;
                    ``(B) joint planning among such local, State, and 
                Federal programs, and bilingual education programs 
                under part A of title VII;
                    ``(C) the integration of services available under 
                this part with services provided by those other 
                programs; and
                    ``(D) measurable program goals and outcomes;
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking out ``the 
                requirements of paragraph (1)'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``the numbers and needs of migratory children, 
                the requirements of subsection (d), and the 
                availability of funds from other Federal, State, and 
                local programs'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
                paragraphs (6) and (7); and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) a new 
                paragraph (5) to read as follows:
            ``(5) a description of how the State will encourage the 
        participation of migratory children in State assessments 
        required under section 1111(b)(2);''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking out ``section 
                1306(b)(1)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                1306(a)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``part F'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``part G'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking out ``appropriate''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``carried out, to the 
                        extent feasible,'' and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof ``carried out''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (7), by striking out ``section 
                1303(e)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                1303(a)(1)(A)''.

                         authorized activities

    Sec. 133. Section 1306 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                        ``authorized activities

    ``Sec. 1306. (a) In General.--(1)(A) Each State educational agency, 
through its operating agencies, shall have the flexibility to determine 
the activities to be provided with funds made available under this 
part; except that (B) such funds shall first be used to meet the 
identified needs of migratory children that result from their migratory 
lifestyle, and permit these children to participate effectively in 
school.
    ``(2) Funds provided under this part shall be used to address the 
needs of migratory children that are not addressed by services 
available from other Federal or non-Federal programs, except that 
migratory children who are eligible to receive services under part A of 
this title may receive those services through funds provided under that 
part, or with funds under this part that remain after the agency 
addresses the needs described in paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in this part shall be construed to 
prohibit a local operating agency from serving migratory children 
simultaneously with students with similar educational needs in the same 
educational settings, where appropriate.
    ``(c) Special Rule.--Notwithstanding section 1114, a school that 
receives funds under this part shall continue to address the identified 
needs described in subsection (a)(1).''.

              coordination of migrant education activities

    Sec. 134. Section 1308 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out 
                ``nonprofit''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by striking out ``subpart'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Assistance.--The Secretary shall assist States in developing 
effective methods for the transfer of student records and in 
determining the number of migratory children in each State.'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking out ``$6,000,000'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``$10,000,000''; and
            (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Incentive Grants.--From the amounts made available to carry 
out this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not 
more than $3,000,000 to award grants of not more than $250,000 to State 
educational agencies that propose consortium arrangements with another 
State or other appropriate entity that the Secretary determines, 
pursuant to criteria the Secretary shall establish, would improve the 
delivery of services to migratory children whose education is 
interrupted.''.

                              definitions

    Sec. 135. Section 1309(2) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``parent, spouse, or guardian'' each place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``parent or spouse''.

               Part D--Neglected and Delinquent Children

                              program name

    Sec. 141. The heading of part D of title I of the ESEA is amended 
to read as follows:

    ``Part D--State Agency Programs for Children and Youth Who Are 
                       Neglected or Delinquent''.

                 findings; purpose; program authorized

    Sec. 142. (a) Finding.--Section 1401(a) of the ESEA is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) A large percentage of youth in the juvenile-justice 
        system have poor academic achievement, are a year or more 
        behind grade level, and have dropped out of school.
            ``(2) Many schools and correctional facilities fail to 
        communicate regarding a youth's academic needs, and students 
        often return to their home school ill-prepared to meet current 
        curriculum requirements.
            ``(3) Schools are often reluctant to deal with youth 
        returning from facilities and often receive no funds to deal 
        with the unique educational and other needs of those youth.
            ``(4) There is a need for federal assistance to support 
        State efforts to educate students in State institutions for 
        neglected and delinquent children and youth to challenging 
        academic standards.''.
    (b) Purpose.--Section 1401(b) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``local and''; and
            (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) to provide youth returning from institutions with a 
        support system to ensure their continued education.''.
    (c) Program Authorized.--Section 1401(c) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and local educational agencies''; and
            (2) by striking out ``at risk'' and all that follows 
        through ``graduation''.

                   payments for programs under part d

    Sec. 143. Section 1402 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``(a) Agency Sub- 
        grants.--''; and
            (2) by striking out subsections (b) and (c).

                          allocation of funds

    Sec. 144. Section 1412 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``Each State agency described 
                in section 1411 (other than an agency in the 
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``Except as provided in subsection (b), each 
                State agency described in section 1411''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``in'' before ``an amount equal''; 
                and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Subgrants to State Agencies in Puerto Rico.--The amount of 
the subgrant for which a State agency in the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico is eligible under this part for a fiscal year is the amount 
determined for that agency under subsection (a), multiplied by the 
following:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2001, 77.6 percent.
            ``(2) For fiscal year 2002, 83.2 percent.
            ``(3) For fiscal year 2003, 88.8 percent.
            ``(4) For fiscal year 2004, 94.4 percent.
            ``(5) For fiscal years starting with fiscal year 2005, 100 
        percent.''.

                state plan and state agency applications

    Sec. 145. (a) State Plan.--Section 1414(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``14306'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``11506''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``as such 
                children would have if such children'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof a comma and ``and will be held to the same 
                challenging standards, as they would if they''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking out 
                ``1416'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``1431''.
    (b) State Agency Applications.--Section 1414(c)(6) of the ESEA of 
the ESEA is amended by striking out ``14701'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``1431''.

                              use of funds

    Sec. 146. Section 1415(a)(2)(D) of the ESEA is amended by striking 
out ``14701'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``1431''.

                         local agency programs

    Sec. 147. Part D of title I of the ESEA is further amended by--
            (1) repealing subpart 2; and
            (2) redesignating subpart 3 as subpart 2.

                          program evaluations

    Sec. 148. Section 1431 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking out ``or local educational 
                agency''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``subpart 1 or 2'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``subpart 1'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Evaluation Measures.--In conducting each evaluation under 
subsection (a), a State agency shall use multiple measures of student 
progress that, while consistent with section 1414(a)(2)(B), are 
appropriate for the students and are feasible for the agency to achieve 
(considering such factors as the duration of students' participation in 
the program).''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking out ``and local 
        educational agency''.

                              definitions

    Sec. 149. Section 1432 of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.

  Part E--Federal Evaluations, Demonstrations, and Transition Projects

   evaluations, management information, and other national activities

    Sec. 151. Section 1501 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

  ``evaluations, management information, and other national activities

    ``Sec. 1501. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to 
authorize--
            ``(1) evaluations of the activities assisted under this 
        title to determine their effectiveness, consistent with the 
        Government Performance and Results Act of 1993;
            ``(2) activities undertaken in partnership with the States 
        to develop information needed to inform program management and 
        support continuous improvement at the State, school district, 
        and school levels;
            ``(3) applied research, technical assistance, 
        dissemination, and recognition activities relating to this 
        title; and
            ``(4) obtaining biennial updates of census data used under 
        this title.
    ``(b) National Assessment of Title I.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a national 
        assessment of programs assisted under this title, in 
        coordination with the national longitudinal study of schools 
        under subsection (d), which shall be planned, reviewed, and 
        conducted with an independent panel authorized under section 
        11911.
            ``(2) Scope of assessment.--The national assessment shall 
        examine--
                    ``(A) the implementation and impact of the programs 
                carried out under this title on student academic 
                performance, particularly in schools with high 
                concentrations of children living in poverty;
                    ``(B) the implementation and impact of State 
                standards, assessments, and accountability systems 
                developed under this title on educational programs and 
                instruction at the local level;
                    ``(C) the effect of schoolwide programs under 
                section 1114 and targeted-assistance programs under 
                section 1115 on increasing the number of students who 
                have access to an enriched, challenging curriculum 
                consistent with high standards;
                    ``(D) the implementation and impact of the 
                professional development activities supported under 
                this title on instruction and student performance;
                    ``(E) the extent to which local educational 
                agencies and schools, in carrying out activities under 
                this title, provide parents with meaningful 
                opportunities to participate in the education of their 
                children at home and at school, and the impact of those 
                opportunities;
                    ``(F) the extent to which the resources provided 
                under this title are effectively targeted to schools 
                that need them most;
                    ``(G) the effectiveness of Federal administration, 
                including monitoring and technical assistance, on 
                programs under this title; and
                    ``(H) such other issues as the Secretary may 
                determine.
            ``(3) Sources of information.--The Secretary shall use 
        information from a variety of sources, including the National 
        Assessment of Educational Progress, State evaluations, and 
        available research studies, in carrying out the national 
        assessment.
            ``(4) Interim and final reports.--The Secretary shall 
        submit to the President and the appropriate committees of the 
        Congress an interim report on the national assessment within 
        three years of the enactment of the Educational Excellence for 
        All Children Act of 1999 and a final report within four years 
        of that enactment.
    ``(c) Studies and Data Collection.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to other activities described 
        in this section, the Secretary may, directly or through grants 
        to, and contracts with, appropriate entities--
                    ``(A) conduct studies and evaluations of the need 
                for, and effectiveness of, programs under this title;
                    ``(B) collect data that are needed to comply with 
                the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; and
                    ``(C) provide guidance and technical assistance to 
                State educational agencies and local educational 
                agencies in developing and maintaining management-
                information systems through which they can develop 
                program-performance indicators, collect data to measure 
                performance against those indicators, and use the data 
                to improve services and performance.
            ``(2) Minimum information.--At a minimum, the Secretary 
        shall collect trend information on the effect of programs under 
        this title, which shall complement the data collected and 
        reported under subsections (b) and (d).
    ``(d) National Longitudinal Study of Schools.--(1) The Secretary 
shall carry out an ongoing longitudinal study of schools in order to 
provide the public, the Congress, and educators involved in the program 
carried out under this title--
            ``(A) an accurate description of its short-term and long-
        term effectiveness;
            ``(B) information that can be used to improve its 
        effectiveness in enabling students to meet challenging State 
        student performance standards; and
            ``(C) information on such other topics as the Secretary may 
        find appropriate, such as the program's effectiveness in 
        enabling students to graduate from secondary school and make 
        successful transitions to postsecondary education and work.
    ``(2) The longitudinal study shall--
            ``(A) include a nationally representative sample of schools 
        participating in programs under this title that serve large 
        concentrations of children with limited English proficiency; 
        and
            ``(B) evaluate the extent to which those children are--
                    ``(i) participating in services and school-
                improvement efforts supported by this title; and
                    ``(ii) included and accommodated in State 
                assessments under this title.''.

                 demonstrations of innovative practices

    Sec. 152. Section 1502 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``section 
        1002(g)(2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1002(f)''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking out ``section 
        1002(g)(2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1002(f)''.

                       Part F--General Provisions

                           general provisions

    Sec. 161. Part F of title I of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by striking out sections 1601 and 1602; and
            (2) by redesignating sections 1603 and 1604 as sections 
        1601 and 1602, respectively.

                       Part G--Reading Excellence

       reading and literacy grants to state educational agencies

    Sec. 171. Section 2253 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a)(2)(A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Number of grants.--After receiving a grant 
                under this subpart, a State educational agency may 
                apply for a subsequent grant, but the period of any 
                subsequent grant may not begin before the end of the 
                period of the prior grant.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by striking out 
                        ``and in such form'' and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof a comma and ``in such form, and 
                        containing such information''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                        ``also'' after ``shall''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by adding at the end 
                thereof a new clause (ix) to read as follows:
                            ``(ix) The process and criteria that the 
                        State educational agency will use to review and 
                        approve applications for local reading 
                        improvement subgrants under section 1505 and 
                        for tutorial assistance subgrants under section 
                        1506, including a peer-review process that 
                        includes individuals described in section 
                        1503(c)(2)(B) and, in the case of tutorial 
                        assistance subgrants under section 1506, 
                        includes experts on tutorial assistance.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(2), by amending subparagraph (C) to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(C) Priority.--(i) The panel shall recommend 
                grant applications from State educational agencies 
                under this section to the Secretary for funding or 
                disapproval.
                    ``(ii) In making its recommendations, the panel 
                shall give priority to applications from State 
                educational agencies in States that have modified or 
                are modifying, or that provide persuasive evidence that 
                not later than 18 months after receiving a grant under 
                this section the State will modify, its requirements 
                for certification of elementary school teachers to 
                require prospective teachers to be effectively trained 
                in methods of reading instruction that reflect 
                scientifically based reading research.
                    ``(iii) Nothing in this part shall be read to 
                establish a national system of teacher 
                certification.''; and
            (4) in subsection (d)(3), by striking out ``the date of the 
        enactment of the Reading Excellence Act'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``October 21, 1998''.

               use of funds by state educational agencies

    Sec. 172. Section 2254 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

             ``use of amounts by state educational agencies

    ``Sec. 2254. A State educational agency that receives a grant under 
section 1503--
            ``(1) may use not more than five percent of the grant funds 
        for the administrative costs of carrying out this part, 
        including the use of not more than two percent of the grant 
        funds to carry out section 1509; and
            ``(2) shall award not more than 15 percent of the grant 
        funds through at least one subgrant under section 1506.''.

                  local reading improvement subgrants

    Sec. 173. (a) In General.--Section 2255(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``serve children in grades one 
                through three and that'' after ``agencies that'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``serving 
                children in grades one through three'' after ``State''; 
                and
                    (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``serving 
                children in grades one through three'' after ``State'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (3) by redesignating the second sentence of paragraph (1) 
        as paragraph (2); and
            (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by inserting the paragraph heading 
                ``Definition.--'' after the paragraph designation 
                ``(2)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``subparagraph (C)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph (1)(C)''.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Section 2255(d) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and 
        redesignating the second sentence of paragraph (1) as paragraph 
        (2);
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``paragraph (3)'';
                    (B) by inserting ``serves children in third grade 
                or below and'' after ``any school that''; and
                    (C) by striking out ``the second sentence of 
                subsection (a)(1)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``subsection (a)(2)''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking out ``Such activities shall'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``Authorized activities.--The activities referred to in 
        paragraph (1)''.

                     tutorial assistance subgrants

    Sec. 174. (a) In General.--Section 2256(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``local educational agencies that 
                serve children in grades one through three and that'' 
                after ``basis to'';
                    (B) by striking out subparagraph (A) and 
                redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively;
                    (C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by 
                striking out ``local educational agencies that'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking out ``local educational 
                        agencies with'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``have''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``that serve children in 
                        grades one through three'' after ``State''; and
                    (E) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking out ``local educational 
                        agencies with'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``have''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``that serve children in 
                        grades one through three'' after ``State'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
            (3) by redesignating the second sentence of paragraph (1) 
        as paragraph (2);
            (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by inserting the paragraph heading 
                ``Definition.--'' after the paragraph designation 
                ``(2)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``subparagraph (D)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph (1)(C)'';
            (5) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), as redesignated 
        by paragraph (2), by striking out ``shall, as a condition'' and 
        all that follows through ``provide'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``shall provide'';
            (6) in the second sentence of paragraph (4), as 
        redesignated by paragraph (2), by striking out ``that (A)'' and 
        all that follows through the end thereof and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``that--
                    ``(A) is described in paragraph (1)(A);
                    ``(B) has the largest, or second largest, number of 
                children who are counted under section 1124(c), in 
                comparison to all other schools in the local 
                educational agency; or
                    ``(C) has the highest, or second highest, school-
                age child-poverty rate (as defined in paragraph (2)), 
                in comparison to all other schools in the local 
                educational agency.''; and
            (7) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking out ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``paragraph (3)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``paragraph (3)'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``paragraph (4)''.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Section 2256(b)(2) of the ESEA is amended by 
inserting ``who are in, or have just completed, a pre-kindergarten 
program, kindergarten, or grades 1, 2, or 3 and'' after ``to 
children''.

                          national evaluation

    Sec. 175. Section 2257 of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``From funds reserved under section 2260(b)(1), the'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``The''.

                       information dissemination

    Sec. 176. Section 2258 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking out ``section 2260(b)(2)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1002(e)''; and
                    (B) by adding the following sentence at the end 
                thereof: ``The Institute may use not more than 5 
                percent of the amount reserved under section 1002(e) 
                for the costs of administering this section.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (c) to 
        read as follows:
    ``(c) Secretary's Authority.--From amounts appropriated for any 
fiscal year under section 1002(e), the Secretary may reserve not more 
than one percent to provide, directly or through grants or contracts, 
technical assistance, program improvement, and replication 
activities.''.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 177. Section 2260 of the ESEA is repealed.

                      transfer and redesignations

    Sec. 178. (a) Redesignation of Title I Parts E and F.--Title I of 
the ESEA is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating parts E and F as parts F and G, 
        respectively;
            (2) by redesignating sections 1601 and 1602, as 
        redesignated by section 161(2) of this Act, as sections 1701 
        and 1702, respectively; and
            (3) by redesignating sections 1501, 1502, and 1503 as 
        sections 1601, 1602, and 1603, respectively.
    (b) Transfer of Reading Excellence Act to Title I.--(1) Part C of 
title II of the ESEA, as amended by this part, is redesignated as, and 
transferred to, part E of title I of the ESEA.
    (2) Sections 2251 through 2259 of the ESEA are redesignated as 
sections 1501 through 1509, respectively.
    (3) Section 1503 of the ESEA, as redesignated by paragraph (2), is 
amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``sections 2254 
        through 2256'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``sections 1504 
        through 1506'';
            (B) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (i) by striking out ``sections 2255 and 2256'' each 
                place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``sections 1505 and 1506''; and
                    (ii) in subparagraph (E)(iii), by striking out 
                ``sections 2255(a)(1) and 2256(a)(1)'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``sections 1505(a)(1) and 1506(a)(1)''; 
                and
            (C) in subsection (d)(1)(D), by striking out ``section 
        2255'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1505''.
    (4) Section 1505 of the ESEA, as redesignated by paragraph (2), is 
amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``section 2253'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1503''; and
            (B) in subsection (e), by striking out ``title I of this 
        Act'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``other parts of this 
        title''.
    (5) Subsection (a) of section 1506 of the ESEA, as redesignated by 
paragraph (2), is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 2253'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1503''; and
            (B) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by section 174(2)--
                    (i) by striking out ``2254(2)'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``section 1504(2)''; and
                    (ii) by striking out ``section 2255'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``section 1505''.
    (6) Section 1507 of the ESEA, as redesignated by paragraph (2), is 
amended by striking out ``section 2253(c)(2)'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``section 1503(c)(2)''.
    (7) Section 1508 of the ESEA, as redesignated by paragraph (2), is 
amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by striking out ``section 2255 or 
        2256'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1505 or 1506''; 
        and
            (B) in subsection (b)(3), by striking out ``section 2253'' 
        each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        1503''.
    (8) Section 1509 of the ESEA, as redesignated by paragraph (2), is 
amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)--
                    (i) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 
                2253'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1503''; 
                and
                    (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``section 
                2257'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1507''; 
                and
            (B) in subsection (b)--
                    (i) by striking out ``section 2253'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``section 1503'';
                    (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 
                2255'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 1505''; 
                and
                    (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``section 
                2253(b)(2)(E)(iv)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``section 1503(b)(2)(E)(iv)''.

               TITLE II--HIGH STANDARDS IN THE CLASSROOM

                    high standards in the classroom

    Sec. 201. Title II of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

              ``TITLE II--HIGH STANDARDS IN THE CLASSROOM

                  ``Part A--Teaching to High Standards

  ``Subpart 1--Findings, Purpose, and Authorization of Appropriations

                               ``findings

    ``Sec. 2111. The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) All students can learn and achieve to high standards.
            ``(2) States that have shown the most recent success in 
        improving student achievement are those that have developed 
        challenging content and student performance standards, aligned 
        curricula and assessments with those standards, prepare 
        educators to teach to those standards, and hold schools 
        accountable for the achievement of all students against those 
        standards.
            ``(3) A crucial component of an effective strategy for 
        achieving high standards is ensuring, through professional 
        development, that all teachers provide their students with 
        challenging learning experiences in the core academic subjects.
            ``(4) Increased teachers' knowledge of academic content and 
        effective teaching skills are associated with increases in 
        student achievement. While other factors also influence 
        learning, teacher quality makes a critical difference in how 
        well students learn, across all categories of students. For 
        example, recent research has found that teachers' expertise has 
        a greater impact on students' achievement in reading than any 
        other in-school factor.
            ``(5) Recent research has found that teachers who 
        participate in sustained curriculum-centered professional 
        development are much more likely to report that their teaching 
        is aligned with high standards than are teachers who have not 
        received such training.
            ``(6) Students who attend schools with large numbers of 
        poor children are less likely to be taught by teachers who have 
        met all State requirements for certification or licensure or 
        who have a solid academic background in the subject matter they 
        are teaching.
            ``(7) Despite the fact that every year the Nation's 
        colleges and universities produce many more teachers than are 
        hired and that over 2 million individuals who possess education 
        degrees are currently engaged in activities other than 
        teaching, many school districts experience difficulty 
        recruiting and hiring enough fully qualified teachers. Among 
        the reasons researchers have found for districts hiring less 
        than fully qualified teachers are--
                    ``(A) cumbersome and poorly coordinated State 
                licensing procedures and local hiring practices;
                    ``(B) bureaucratic personnel practices that result 
                in hiring decisions being delayed until as late as the 
                start of the school year;
                    ``(C) local salaries and working conditions that 
                discourage many individuals from entering teaching and 
                cause experienced teachers to leave the profession;
                    ``(D) the lack of portability of teacher 
                credentials, pensions, and credited years of experience 
                across State and school district lines;
                    ``(E) a lack of support for new teachers, such as 
                high-quality mentoring programs, that can help reduce 
                the attrition rate and the number of new teachers that 
                school districts must hire every year; and
                    ``(F) compensation systems that do not reward 
                teachers for improving their knowledge and skills.
            ``(8) As a result of increasing enrollments, natural 
        teacher turnover, and the retirement of many veteran teachers, 
        the Nation faces the challenge of hiring approximately two 
        million new teachers in the coming decade.
            ``(9) As retirement and other causes of attrition diminish 
        the pool of experienced school administrators, many school 
        districts report a growing shortage of qualified candidates for 
        the job of principal at the elementary, middle, and high school 
        levels.
            ``(10) Programs that facilitate mid-career transitions from 
        other fields can be an effective means of bringing talented 
        individuals into the classroom and addressing teacher 
        shortages.
            ``(11) Programs that recruit, train, and retain highly 
        qualified recent college graduates as teachers in high-poverty 
        local educational agencies can also help to bring talented 
        individuals into the classroom and address teacher shortages.
            ``(12) Research has found that high-quality professional 
        development is--
                    ``(A) linked to high standards: professional 
                development activities should improve the ability of 
                teachers to help all students, including children with 
                disabilities, children with limited English 
proficiency, and economically disadvantaged children, reach high State 
academic standards;
                    ``(B) focused on content: professional development 
                activities should advance teacher understanding of one 
                or more of the core academic subject areas and 
                effective instructional strategies for improving 
                student achievement in those areas;
                    ``(C) collaborative: professional development 
                activities should involve collaborative groups of 
                teachers and administrators from the same school or 
                district;
                    ``(D) sustained: professional development 
                activities should be of sufficient duration to have a 
                positive and lasting impact on classroom instruction 
                and, to the greatest extent possible, should include 
                follow-up and school-based support such as coaching or 
                study groups;
                    ``(E) embedded in a plan: professional development 
                activities should be embedded in school and district-
                wide plans designed to raise student achievement to 
                State academic standards; and
                    ``(F) informed by research: professional 
                development activities should be based on the best 
                available research on teaching and learning.
            ``(13) Programs funded under this part can assist the 
        Nation to achieve America's Education Goals #3, #4, and #5, as 
        set out in section 3 of this Act.

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 2112. The purpose of this part is to support improvement in 
classroom instruction so that all students are prepared to achieve to 
challenging State content and student performance standards in the core 
academic subjects, by providing assistance to State and local 
educational agencies and to institutions of higher education to--
            ``(1) support States and school districts in continuing the 
        task of developing challenging content and student performance 
        standards and aligned assessments, revising curricula and 
        teacher certification requirements, and using challenging 
        content and student performance standards to improve teaching 
        and learning;
            ``(2) ensure that teachers and administrators have access 
        to professional development that is aligned with challenging 
        State content and student performance standards in the core 
        academic subjects;
            ``(3) provide assistance to new teachers during their first 
        three years in the classroom; and
            ``(4) support the development and acquisition of curricular 
        materials and other instructional aids, if they are not 
        normally provided by the local educational agency or the State 
        as part of the regular instructional program, that will advance 
        local standards-based school reform efforts.

                   ``authorizations of appropriations

    ``Sec. 2113. (a) Subpart 2.--For the purpose of carrying out 
subpart 2, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal 
years.
    ``(b) Subpart 3.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 3, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.

                ``Subpart 2--State and Local Activities

                        ``allocations to states

    ``Sec. 2121. (a) Reservation of Funds.--From the amount available 
to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
reserve a total of one percent to provide assistance to--
            ``(1) the outlying areas, which the Secretary shall 
        distribute among them on the basis of their relative need, 
        which they shall use to provide professional development; and
            ``(2) the Secretary of the Interior for professional 
        development activities for teachers, other staff, and 
        administrators in schools operated or funded by the Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs.
    ``(b) State Allocations.--After reserving funds under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall allocate the remaining funds among the States 
as follows:
            ``(1) Fifty percent shall be allocated on the basis of the 
        relative amounts the States received under subpart 2 of part A 
        of title I for the previous fiscal year.
            ``(2) Fifty percent shall be allocated on the basis of the 
        relative populations of individuals aged 5 through 17, as 
        determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
        data that are satisfactory to the Secretary.
    ``(c) Minimum State Allocation.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), 
the Secretary shall allocate to each State no less than one-half of 1 
percent of the total amount available under that subsection.
    ``(d) Definition.--For the purpose of this section, the term 
`State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

   ``priority for professional development in mathematics and science

    ``Sec. 2122. (a) Priority.--(1) In any fiscal year for which the 
appropriation for this subpart is $300 million or less, each State 
educational agency, working jointly with the State agency for higher 
education, shall ensure that all funds received under this subpart are 
used for professional development in mathematics and science that is 
aligned with State content and student performance standards.
    ``(2) In any fiscal year for which the appropriation for this 
subpart is greater than $300 million, the State educational agency and 
the State agency for higher education shall jointly ensure that the 
total amount of funds under this subpart that they use for professional 
development in mathematics and science is at least as much as the 
allocation the State would have received if that appropriation had been 
$300 million.
    ``(b) Interdisciplinary Activities.--A State may apply funds under 
this subpart that it uses for activities that focus on more than one 
core academic subject toward meeting the requirements of subsection (a) 
if those activities include a strong focus on improving instruction in 
mathematics or science.
    ``(c) Additional Funds.--Each State educational agency and State 
agency for higher education shall jointly ensure that any funds in 
excess of the amount required by subsection (a) to be spent on 
professional development in mathematics or science are used to provide 
professional development activities in one or more of the core academic 
subjects.

                          ``state application

    ``Sec. 2123. (a) Applications Required.--(1) Each State desiring to 
receive its allocation under this subpart shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(2) The State educational agency shall develop the State 
application--
            ``(A) in consultation with the State agency for higher 
        education, community-based and other nonprofit organizations of 
        demonstrated effectiveness in professional development, and 
        institutions of higher education; and
            ``(B) with the extensive participation of teachers, teacher 
        educators, school administrators, and content specialists.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each such application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will use all funds received under this subpart, including funds 
        reserved for State-level activities under section 2126, to 
        implement State plans or policies that support comprehensive 
        standards-based education reform through the following 
        strategies:
                    ``(A) Supporting the alignment of curricula, 
                assessments, and professional development with 
                challenging State and local content and student 
                performance standards.
                    ``(B) Providing professional development, aligned 
                with State content and student performance standards in 
                core academic subjects.
                    ``(C) Ensuring that teachers employed by local 
                educational agencies are proficient in content 
                knowledge and teaching skills;
            ``(2) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will coordinate activities funded under this subpart with 
        professional development activities that are supported with 
        funds from other relevant Federal and non-Federal programs;
            ``(3) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will ensure that all recipients of funds under this subpart 
        report on the program performance indicators identified by the 
        Secretary under section 2136;
            ``(4) a list of any additional indicators of program 
        performance, beyond those required under this subpart, on which 
        the State educational agency and State agency for higher 
        education will require recipients to report, and a description 
        of how those State agencies will use the information collected 
        to improve program performance; and
            ``(5) a description of the process the State educational 
        agency will use to make competitive awards to local educational 
        agencies under section 2128, including a description of--
                    ``(A) the State's criteria for classifying local 
                educational agencies as among those having the greatest 
                need for services provided under this subpart and its 
                justification for those criteria;
                    ``(B) the State's strategies for ensuring that 
                local educational agencies that have historically had 
                little success in competing for funds are provided a 
                reasonable opportunity to compete for subgrants;
                    ``(C) the State's criteria for determining the 
                amounts that it will award to recipients and the 
                criteria for providing noncompetitive renewals of 
                subgrants; and
                    ``(D) the technical assistance that the State 
                educational agency will provide, under section 
                2128(e)(2), to local educational agencies that it 
                identifies as having the greatest need for services and 
                that fail to receive an award under this subpart.
    ``(c) Approval.--The Secretary shall, using a peer-review process, 
approve a State application if it meets the requirements of this 
section and holds reasonable promise of achieving the purpose described 
in section 2112.

                         ``annual state reports

    ``Sec. 2124. Each State that receives funds under this subpart 
shall annually report to the Secretary, by such deadline as the 
Secretary may establish, with the first such report due by October 1, 
2001--
            ``(1) on its activities under this subpart;
            ``(2) on the progress of recipients of subgrants under this 
        subpart against such program performance indicators as the 
        Secretary may identify under section 2136 and against any 
        additional indicators included in the State's application; and
            ``(3) such other information as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require.

                       ``within-state allocations

    ``Sec. 2125. (a) State Administration and State-Level Activities.--
(1) Each State educational agency may reserve not more than a total of 
10 percent of the amount it receives under this subpart for any fiscal 
year for--
            ``(A) its costs of administering this subpart;
            ``(B) the State-level activities described in section 2126; 
        and
            ``(C) evaluations of the effectiveness of activities under 
        this part, including effectiveness as measured against such 
        indicators of program performance as the Secretary may identify 
        under section 2136.
    ``(2) A State educational agency may use not more than one third of 
the amount reserved under paragraph (1) for administration of this 
subpart, including any costs of conducting subgrant competitions under 
section 2128.
    ``(b) Reservation for State Agency for Higher Education.--For the 
purpose of carrying out section 2127 for any fiscal year, each State 
educational agency shall make available to the State agency for higher 
education an amount equal to what the State's allocation would be if 
the amount appropriated for this subpart were $60 million.
    ``(c) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--Each State 
educational agency shall use the remaining funds to make subgrants to 
local educational agencies as follows:
            ``(1) Fifty percent shall be allocated to local educational 
        agencies in proportion to the relative numbers of children, 
        aged 5 through 17, from families below the poverty level who 
        reside in the jurisdictions served by those agencies.
            ``(2) Fifty percent shall be used to provide additional 
        funds to local educational agencies on a competitive basis 
        under section 2128.

                        ``state-level activities

    ``Sec. 2126. Each State shall use funds it reserves under section 
2125(a)(1)(B) to carry out activities described in its approved 
application that promote high-quality classroom instruction, such as--
            ``(1) supporting the continued improvement of State content 
        and student performance standards and assessments aligned with 
        those standards;
            ``(2) providing technical assistance and other services to 
        increase the capacity of local educational agencies and schools 
        to develop and implement systemic local improvement plans, 
        implement State and local assessments, and develop curricula 
        consistent with State and local content and performance 
        standards;
            ``(3) supporting the development and improvement of 
        performance-based accountability and incentive systems for 
        schools;
            ``(4) supporting the development and implementation, at the 
        local educational agency and school-building level, of improved 
        systems for recruiting, selecting, hiring, mentoring, 
        supporting, evaluating, and rewarding teachers and principals;
            ``(5) redesigning and strengthening professional licensure 
        systems for educators;
            ``(6) developing and implementing professional development 
        opportunities for teachers, principals, and other educators 
        based on State content and student performance standards;
            ``(7) developing performance-based assessment systems for 
        full teacher licensure;
            ``(8) establishing, expanding, or improving rigorous 
        alternative routes to State certification or licensure;
            ``(9) developing or strengthening assessments to test the 
        content knowledge and teaching skills of new teachers;
            ``(10) creating a statewide network to provide potential 
        teachers with access to information on job openings and 
        required qualifications, and with access to on-line 
        applications;
            ``(11) supporting the work of a broad-based Statewide panel 
        that promotes comprehensive education reform; and
            ``(12) meeting the requirements of part B of title XI of 
        this Act, except for the development of policies on school 
        discipline.

  ``subgrants to partnerships of institutions of higher education and 
                       local educational agencies

    ``Sec. 2127. (a) Administration.--From the funds made available to 
it under section 2125(b) for any fiscal year, the State agency for 
higher education may use not more than three and one-third percent for 
its expenses in administering this subpart, including conducting 
evaluations against such indicators of program performance as the 
Secretary may identify under section 2136.
    ``(b) Subgrants to Partnerships.--(1) The State agency for higher 
education shall use the remainder of those funds, in cooperation with 
the State educational agency, to make subgrants to, or enter into 
contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher 
education or nonprofit organizations of demonstrated effectiveness in 
providing professional development in the core academic subjects.
    ``(2) Each subgrant under this section shall be--
            ``(A) of sufficient size and duration to carry out the 
        purpose of this subpart effectively;
            ``(B) awarded, using a peer-review process, on a 
        competitive basis; and
            ``(C) for a period of three years, which the State agency 
        for higher education shall extend for an additional two years 
        if it determines that substantial progress is being made toward 
        meeting the specific goals set out in the written agreements 
        required by subsection (c) and against such indicators of 
        program performance as the Secretary may identify under section 
        2136.
    ``(3) In making subgrants, the State agency for higher education 
shall give a priority to projects that focus on induction programs for 
new teachers.
    ``(4) In making subgrants, the State agency for higher education 
shall consider--
            ``(A) the need for the proposed professional development 
        activities in the local educational agency or agencies with 
        which the institution or organization has an agreement under 
        subsection (c), as demonstrated by measurable indicators, such 
as those described in section 2128(c) and those identified by the 
Secretary under section 2136;
            ``(B) the quality of the proposed program and its 
        likelihood of success in improving classroom instruction and 
        student academic achievement; and
            ``(C) such other criteria as it finds appropriate.
    ``(c) Local Educational Agencies as Required Partners.--(1) No 
institution of higher education or nonprofit organization may receive a 
subgrant under this section unless it enters into a written agreement 
with at least one local educational agency to provide professional 
development for elementary and secondary school teachers in the schools 
of that agency in the core academic subjects.
    ``(2) Each such agreement shall identify specific goals for how the 
professional development that the subgrantee provides will enhance the 
ability of those teachers to prepare all students to achieve to 
challenging State and local content and student performance standards.
    ``(d) Coordination.--Any professional development activities 
carried out under this section shall be coordinated with activities 
carried out under title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, if the 
local educational agency or institution of higher education is 
participating in programs funded under that title.
    ``(e) Joint Efforts Within Institutions of Higher Education.--Each 
activity assisted under this section shall involve the joint effort of 
the institution of higher education's school or department of education 
and the school or departments in the specific disciplines in which the 
professional development will be provided.
    ``(f) Uses of Funds.--A recipient of funds under this section shall 
use those funds for--
            ``(1) professional development in the core academic 
        subjects, aligned with State or local content standards, for 
        teams of teachers from a school or local educational agency 
        and, where appropriate, administrators and teaching assistants 
        on a career track;
            ``(2) research-based programs to assist new teachers during 
        their first three years in the classroom, which may include--
                    ``(A) mentoring and coaching by trained mentor 
                teachers that lasts at least two years;
                    ``(B) team teaching with experienced teachers;
                    ``(C) time for observation of, and consultation 
                with, experienced teachers;
                    ``(D) assignment of fewer course preparations; and
                    ``(E) provision of additional time for preparation; 
                and
            ``(3) providing technical assistance to school and agency 
        staff for planning, implementing, and evaluating professional 
        development.
    ``(g) Annual Reports.--(1) Beginning with fiscal year 2002, each 
subgrantee under this section shall submit an annual report to the 
State agency for higher education, by a date set by that agency, on its 
progress against such indicators of program performance as the 
Secretary may identify under section 2136.
    ``(2) Each such report shall--
            ``(A) include a copy of each written agreement required by 
        subsection (c); and
            ``(B) describe how the subgrantee and the local educational 
        agency have collaborated to achieve the specific goals set out 
        in the agreement, and the results of that collaboration.
            ``(3) The State agency for higher education shall provide 
        the State educational agency with a copy of each subgrantee's 
        annual report.

                       ``competitive local awards

    ``Sec. 2128. (a) In General.--Each State educational agency shall 
use the funds described in section 2125(c)(2) for competitive grants to 
local educational agencies that are primarily focused on those agencies 
with the greatest need for activities related to the development and 
effective implementation of curricula aligned with State content and 
student performance standards and for professional development 
activities that are aligned with those standards.
    ``(b) Selection Process.--(1) The State educational agency shall 
award subgrants under this section through a peer-review process that 
includes reviewers who are knowledgeable in the academic content areas.
    ``(2) The State educational agency shall--
            ``(A) provide local educational agencies and the general 
        public with a list of the selection criteria that the State 
        educational agency will use in making subgrants; and
            ``(B) at the completion of the awards process, make public 
        a complete list of applicants and of the applicants that 
        received awards.
    ``(c) Demonstration of Need.--The State educational agency shall 
identify the applicants with the greatest need for services based on 
objective data supplied by the applicant, such as--
            ``(1) the number or percentage of children who fail to meet 
        State performance standards on assessments used for part A of 
        title I;
            ``(2) the number or percentage of schools identified for 
        school improvement under section 1116(c);
            ``(3) the number or percentage of teachers employed who 
        have not received full State certification or licensure;
            ``(4) the number or percentage of secondary-school teachers 
        whose primary teaching assignment is in a core academic subject 
        for which the teacher does not have an academic major or minor 
        in the subject area or a related field;
            ``(5) the number or percentage of students living in 
        poverty;
            ``(6) the number or percentage of students who have limited 
        English proficiency; and
            ``(7) the applicant's fiscal capacity to fund programs 
        described in this section without Federal assistance.
    ``(d) Selection of Subgrantees.--The State educational agency shall 
make awards to applicants based on--
            ``(1) the quality of the applicant's proposal and the 
        likelihood of its success in improving classroom instruction 
        and student academic achievement; and
            ``(2) the demonstrated need of the applicant under 
        subsection (c).
    ``(e) Opportunity To Compete.--(1) To ensure that local educational 
agencies that have the greatest need are provided a reasonable 
opportunity to compete for an award, State educational agencies shall 
adopt at least one of, or a strategy similar to at least one of, the 
following strategies:
            ``(A) Holding more than one competition for funds from a 
        fiscal year and, before each subsequent competition, providing 
        technical assistance in developing a high-quality application 
        to districts it identifies as having the greatest need that 
        were unsuccessful in the initial grant competition.
            ``(B) Holding a competition restricted to local educational 
        agencies that it has identified as having the greatest need for 
        services.
            ``(C) Requiring recipients seeking a renewal of their 
        awards to form a partnership with an applicant that failed to 
        receive an award.
            ``(D) Providing a competitive priority to those districts 
        it has identified as having the greatest need for services.
    ``(2) At a minimum, a State educational agency shall, after the 
completion of an award cycle and before the start of the next cycle, 
provide any applicant local educational agency that met its criteria 
for greatest need for services, but that did not receive a subgrant, 
with technical assistance in developing a high-quality application for 
future competitions.
    ``(f) Scope of Projects.--The State educational agency shall 
approve only applications for projects that are of sufficient size, 
scope, and quality to achieve the purpose of this part.
    ``(g) Duration of Subgrants.--Each subgrant under this section 
shall be for a period of three years, which the State educational 
agency shall extend for an additional two years if it determines that 
the local educational agency is making substantial progress toward 
meeting the specific goals in its plan described in section 2129(c)(1) 
and against such indicators of program performance as the Secretary may 
identify under section 2136.

                          ``local applications

    ``Sec. 2129. (a) Application Required.--A local educational agency 
that wishes to receive a subgrant under this subpart shall submit an 
application to the State educational agency containing such information 
as the State educational agency may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Plan.--(1) Each such application shall include a district-
wide plan for raising student achievement against State standards 
through each of the following strategies:
            ``(A) Supporting the alignment of curricula, assessments, 
        and professional development with challenging State and local 
        content standards.
            ``(B) Providing professional development in core academic 
        content areas.
            ``(C) Carrying out activities to assist new teachers during 
        their first three years in the classroom.
            ``(D) Ensuring that teachers employed by the local 
        educational agency are proficient in teaching skills and in the 
        content knowledge needed to effectively teach the content 
        called for by State standards.
    ``(2) Each plan under paragraph (1) shall be data-driven and based 
on results of assessments of student performance that the local 
educational agency is using under title I.
    ``(c) Additional Contents.--Each such application shall also--
            ``(1) identify specific, measurable goals for achieving the 
        purpose described in section 2112 that, at a minimum, reflect 
        the performance indicators identified by the Secretary under 
        section 2136;
            ``(2) describe how the local educational agency will 
        address the needs of high-poverty, low-performing schools 
        within its jurisdiction;
            ``(3) describe how the local educational agency will 
        address the needs of teachers of students with limited English 
        proficiency and other students with special needs;
            ``(4) include an assurance that the local educational 
        agency will collect data that measure progress toward the 
        indicators of program performance identified by the Secretary 
        under section 2136;
            ``(5) describe how the local educational agency will 
        coordinate funds under this subpart with the professional 
        development activities funded through other State and Federal 
        programs;
            ``(6) describe how the local educational agency will use 
        funds described in section 2125(c)(1) to help implement the 
        plan described in subsection (b); and
            ``(7) if applying for a competitive subgrant under section 
        2128, describe how it will use the additional funds under that 
        section to support implementation of that plan.
    ``(d) Approval.--Notwithstanding section 2125(c)(1)--
            ``(1) a State educational agency shall approve a local 
        educational agency's application under this section only if it 
        determines that it holds reasonable promise of achieving the 
        purpose described in section 2112; and
            ``(2) shall continue to provide funds to a local 
        educational agency under section 2125(c)(1) after its third 
        year of participation only if it determines that the local 
        educational agency has made substantial progress toward meeting 
        the specific goals in its plan described in section 2129(c)(1) 
        and against such indicators of program performance as the 
        Secretary may identify under section 2136.
    ``(e) Duration.--(1) An application approved under this section 
shall remain in effect for the duration of a local educational agency's 
participation in the program under this subpart.
    ``(2) A local educational agency shall annually review its plan, 
revise it as necessary, and submit any such revisions to the State 
educational agency for its approval.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 2130. A local educational agency that receives funds under 
this subpart shall use those funds for activities to raise student 
achievement against challenging State standards, in accordance with its 
plan described in section 2129(b), which may include--
            ``(1) professional development in the core academic 
        subjects that provides educators with content and pedagogical 
        skills to prepare all students to achieve to challenging State 
        and local content and student performance standards;
            ``(2) school-based collaborative efforts among teachers to 
        improve instruction in core academic subject areas, including 
        programs that facilitate teacher observation and analyses of 
        fellow teachers' classroom practice to improve instruction;
            ``(3) sustained collaboration that takes place over the 
        course of at least one school year among teachers and outside 
        experts to improve instruction in core academic subject areas;
            ``(4) teacher participation in working groups, task forces, 
        or committees charged with adapting and implementing high 
        standards for all students, including district-wide and school-
        based teams of teachers charged with aligning curricula and 
        lesson plans with State content and student performance 
        standards and assessments;
            ``(5) programs to assist new teachers during their first 
        three years in the classroom, such as--
                    ``(A) mentoring and coaching by trained mentor 
                teachers that lasts for at least two school years;
                    ``(B) team teaching with experienced teachers;
                    ``(C) time for observation of, and consultation 
                with, experienced teachers;
                    ``(D) assignment of fewer course preparations; and
                    ``(E) provision of additional time for course 
                preparation;
            ``(6) programs to implement peer-review processes for 
        teachers and principals;
            ``(7) collaborative professional development experiences 
        for veteran teachers based on the standards in the core 
        academic subjects of the National Board for Professional 
        Teaching Standards;
            ``(8) the participation of teams of teachers in summer 
        institutes and summer immersion activities that are focused on 
        preparing teachers to bring all students to high standards in 
        one or more of the core academic subjects;
            ``(9) the establishment and maintenance of local 
        professional networks that provide a forum for interaction 
        among teachers and that allow for the exchange of information 
        on advances in content and pedagogy;
            ``(10) the development of incentives to encourage teachers 
        employed by the agency, and other qualified individuals, to 
        obtain proficiency in content knowledge in a core academic 
        subject area identified by the agency as having a shortage of 
        qualified teachers;
            ``(11) the development and acquisition of curricular 
        materials and other instructional aids, if they are not 
        normally provided by the local educational agency or the State 
        as part of the regular instructional program, that will advance 
        local reform efforts to raise student achievement against State 
        and local content and student performance standards; and
            ``(12) the development and distribution of school and 
        agency report cards on the status of education and educational 
        progress, as required by section 11206.

                         ``local accountability

    ``Sec. 2131. (a) Annual Reports.--Each local educational agency 
that receives funds under this subpart shall make publicly available 
and submit to the State educational agency every year, beginning in 
fiscal year 2002, a report on its activities under this subpart, in 
such form and containing such information as the State educational 
agency may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--The report shall contain, at a minimum--
            ``(1) information on progress across the local educational 
        agency against such indicators of program performance as the 
        Secretary may identify under section 2136;
            ``(2) information on progress across the local educational 
        agency toward achieving the specific goals described in section 
        2129(c)(1);
            ``(3) data disaggregated by school-poverty level as defined 
        by the Secretary; and
            ``(4) a description of the methodology used to gather the 
        data.

                    ``local cost-sharing requirement

    ``Sec. 2132. (a) Funds Awarded by Formula.--The Federal share of 
activities carried out under this subpart with funds awarded by formula 
under section 2125(c)(1) shall not exceed 67 percent for any fiscal 
year.
    ``(b) Other Funds.--The Federal share of activities carried out 
under this subpart with funds awarded under section 2125(c)(2) shall 
not exceed--
            ``(1) 85 percent during the first year of the subgrant;
            ``(2) 75 percent during the second year;
            ``(3) 65 percent during the third year;
            ``(4) 55 percent during the fourth year; and
            ``(5) 50 percent during the fifth year.
    ``(c) Services to Private School Students and Teachers.--
Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Federal share of the cost 
of providing services to students and teachers in private schools, in 
accordance with section 11803 through 11806, may be up to 100 percent.
    ``(d) Available Resources for Cost-Sharing.--A local educational 
agency may meet its obligations under subsections (a) or (b) through 
one or more of the following:
            ``(1) Cash expenditures from non-Federal sources, including 
        private contributions.
            ``(2) Services provided in kind, fairly evaluated.
            ``(3) Release time for participating teachers.
            ``(4) Funds received under other Federal statutes and 
        programs, if used in a manner consistent with those statutes 
        and programs and for the benefit of students and teachers that 
        would otherwise have been served with those funds.

                        ``maintenance of effort

    ``Sec. 2133. No funds may be provided to a local educational agency 
under this subpart unless the State educational agency is satisfied 
that the local educational agency will spend, from other sources, at 
least as much for professional development activities described in this 
subpart as the average amount it spent from other sources for those 
activities over the previous three years.

                       ``equipment and textbooks

    ``Sec. 2134. A local educational agency may not use subgrant funds 
under this subpart for equipment, computer hardware, textbooks, 
telecommunications fees, or other items, that would otherwise be 
provided by the local educational agency, the State, or a private 
school whose students receive services under this part.

                       ``supplement, not supplant

    ``Sec. 2135. A local educational agency that receives funds under 
this subpart shall use those funds only to supplement the amount of 
funds or resources that would, in the absence of those Federal funds, 
be made available from non-Federal sources for the purposes of the 
program authorized under this subpart, and not to supplant those non-
Federal funds or resources.

                    ``program performance indicators

    ``Sec. 2136. Not later than three months after the effective date 
of the amendments to this title made by the Educational Excellence for 
All Children Act of 1999, the Secretary shall, in collaboration with 
States, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher 
education, identify indicators of program performance under this 
subpart, against which recipients of funds under this subpart shall 
report their progress, in such manner as the Secretary may determine.

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 2137. As used in this subpart, the following terms have the 
following meanings:
            ``(1) Core academic subjects.--The term `core academic 
        subjects' means--
                    ``(A) mathematics;
                    ``(B) science;
                    ``(C) reading (or language arts) and English;
                    ``(D) social studies (history, civics/government, 
                geography, and economics);
                    ``(E) foreign languages; and
                    ``(F) fine arts (music, dance, drama, and the 
                visual arts).
            ``(2) High-poverty local educational agency.--The term 
        `high-poverty local educational agency' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 2217(1).
            ``(3) Low-performing school.--The term `low-performing 
        school' means--
                    ``(A) a school identified by a local educational 
                agency for school improvement under section 1116(c); or
                    ``(B) a school in which the great majority of 
                students fail to meet State student performance 
                standards based on assessments the local educational 
                agency is using under part A of title I.
            ``(4) Professional development.--The term `professional 
        development' means sustained and intensive activities that 
        improve teachers' content knowledge and teaching skills and 
        that--
                    ``(A) enhance the ability of teachers to help all 
                students, including children with disabilities, 
                children with limited English proficiency and 
                economically disadvantaged children, reach high State 
                and local content and student performance standards;
                    ``(B) advance teacher understanding of one or more 
                of the core academic subject areas and effective 
                instructional strategies for improving student 
                achievement in those areas;
                    ``(C) are of sufficient duration to have a positive 
                and lasting impact on classroom instruction;
                    ``(D) are an integral part of broader school and 
                district-wide plans for raising student achievement to 
                State and local standards;
                    ``(E) are based on the best available research on 
                teaching and learning;
                    ``(F) include professional development activities 
                that involve collaborative groups of teachers and 
                administrators from the same school or district and, to 
                the greatest extent possible, include follow-up and 
                school-based support such as coaching or study groups; 
                and
                    ``(G) as a whole, are regularly evaluated for their 
                impact on increased teacher effectiveness and improved 
                student achievement, with the findings of such 
                evaluations used to improve the quality of professional 
                development.

 ``Subpart 3--National Activities for the Improvement of Teaching and 
                           School Leadership

                          ``program authorized

    ``Sec. 2141. (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants to, and to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, 
local educational agencies, educational service agencies, State 
educational agencies, State agencies for higher education, institutions 
of higher education, and other public and private nonprofit agencies, 
organizations, and institutions to carry out subsection (b).
    ``(b) Activities.--The Secretary--
            ``(1) may support activities of national significance that 
        are not supported through other sources and that the Secretary 
        determines will contribute to the improvement of teaching and 
        school leadership in the Nation's schools, such as--
                    ``(A) supporting collaborative efforts by States, 
                or consortia of States, to review and benchmark the 
                quality, rigor and alignment of State standards and 
                assessments;
                    ``(B) supporting the development of models, at the 
                State and local levels, of innovative compensation 
                systems that--
                            ``(i) provide incentives for talented 
                        individuals who have a strong knowledge of 
                        academic content to enter teaching; and
                            ``(ii) reward experienced teachers who 
                        acquire new knowledge and skills that are 
                        needed in the schools and districts in which 
                        they teach; and
                    ``(C) supporting collaborative efforts by States, 
                or consortia of States, to develop performance-based 
                systems for assessing content knowledge and teaching 
                skills prior to full teacher licensure;
            ``(2) may support activities of national significance that 
        the Secretary determines will contribute to the recruitment and 
        retention of highly qualified teachers and principals in high-
        poverty local educational agencies, such as--
                    ``(A) the development and implementation of a 
                national teacher recruitment clearinghouse and job 
                bank, which shall be coordinated and, to the extent 
                feasible, integrated with the America's Job Bank 
                administered by the Secretary of Labor, to--
                            ``(i) disseminate information and resources 
                        nationwide on entering the teaching profession 
                        to persons interested in becoming teachers;
                            ``(ii) serve as a national resource center 
                        for effective practices in teacher recruitment 
                        and retention;
                            ``(iii) link prospective teachers to local 
                        educational agencies and training resources; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) provide information and technical 
                        assistance to prospective teachers about 
                        certification and other State and local 
                        requirements related to teaching;
                    ``(B) the development and implementation, or 
                expansion, of programs that recruit talented 
                individuals to become principals, including such 
                programs that employ alternative routes to State 
                certification, and that prepare both new and 
                experienced principals to serve as instructional 
                leaders, which may include the creation and operation 
                of a national center for the preparation and support of 
                principals as leaders of school reform;
                    ``(C) efforts to increase the portability of 
                teacher pensions and reciprocity of teaching 
                credentials across State lines;
                    ``(D) research, evaluation, and dissemination 
                activities related to effective strategies for 
                increasing the portability of teachers' credited years 
                of experience across State and school district lines; 
                and
                    ``(E) the development and implementation of 
                national or regional programs to--
                            ``(i) recruit highly talented individuals 
                        to become teachers, through alternative 
                        certification routes, in high-poverty local 
                        educational agencies; and
                            ``(ii) help retain those individuals as 
                        classroom teachers in those local educational 
                        agencies for more than three years;
            ``(3) shall carry out a national evaluation of the effect 
        of activities under this part, including changes in 
        instructional practice and objective measures of student 
        achievement;
            ``(4) may support the National Board for Professional 
        Teaching Standards; and
            ``(5) shall support the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse 
        for Mathematics and Science Education under section 2142.

    ``eisenhower national clearinghouse for mathematics and science 
                               education

    ``Sec. 2142. (a) Establishment of Clearinghouse. The Secretary 
shall award a competitive grant or contract to establish the Eisenhower 
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (hereafter 
in this section referred to as `the Clearinghouse').
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--
            (1) Application and award basis.--(A) Each entity desiring 
        to establish and operate the Clearinghouse shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(B) The Secretary shall establish a peer-review process 
        to make recommendations on the recipient of the award for the 
        Clearinghouse.
            ``(C) The Secretary shall make the award for the 
        Clearinghouse on the basis of merit.
            ``(2) Duration.--The Secretary shall award the grant or 
        contract for the Clearinghouse for a period of five years.
            ``(3) Activities.--The award recipient shall use the award 
        funds to--
                    ``(A) maintain a permanent collection of such 
                mathematics and science education instructional 
                materials and programs for elementary and secondary 
                schools as the Secretary finds appropriate, with a 
                priority for such materials and programs that have been 
                identified as promising or exemplary, through a 
                systematic approach such as the use of expert 
panels required under the Educational Research, Development, 
Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994;
                    ``(B) disseminate the materials and programs 
                described in paragraph (1) to the public, State 
                educational agencies, local educational agencies, and 
                schools (particularly high-poverty, low-performing 
                schools), including through the maintenance of an 
                interactive national electronic information management 
                and retrieval system accessible through the Worldwide 
                Web and other advanced communications technologies;
                    ``(C) coordinate with other databases containing 
                mathematics and science curriculum and instructional 
                materials, including Federal, non-Federal, and, where 
                feasible, international databases;
                    ``(D) using not more than ten percent of the amount 
                awarded under this section for any fiscal year, 
                participate in collaborative meetings of 
                representatives of the Clearinghouse and the regional 
                consortia established under section 2424 of this title 
                to--
                            ``(i) discuss issues of common interest and 
                        concern;
                            ``(ii) foster effective collaboration and 
                        cooperation in acquiring and distributing 
                        curriculum materials and programs; and
                            ``(iii) coordinate and enhance computer 
                        network access to the Clearinghouse and the 
                        resources of the regional consortia;
                    ``(E) support the development and dissemination of 
                model professional development materials in mathematics 
                and science education;
                    ``(F) contribute materials or information, as 
                appropriate, to other national repositories or 
                networks; and
                    ``(G) gather qualitative and evaluative data on 
                submissions to the Clearinghouse, and disseminate that 
                data widely, including through the use of electronic 
                dissemination networks.
            ``(4) Submission to clearinghouse.--Each Federal agency or 
        department that develops mathematics or science education 
        instructional materials or programs, including the National 
        Science Foundation and the Department, shall submit copies of 
        that material and those programs to the Clearinghouse.
            ``(5) Steering committee.--The Secretary may appoint a 
        steering committee to recommend policies and activities for the 
        Clearinghouse.
            ``(6) Application of copyright laws.--(A) Nothing in this 
        section shall be construed to allow the use or copying, in any 
        medium, of any material collected by the Clearinghouse that is 
        protected under the copyright laws of the United States unless 
        the permission of the owner of the copyright is obtained.
            ``(B) In carrying out this section, the Clearinghouse shall 
        ensure compliance with title 17 of the United States Code.

          ``Part B--Transition to Teaching; Troops to Teachers

                               ``findings

    ``Sec. 2211. The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) School districts will need to hire more than 2 
        million teachers in the next decade. The need for teachers in 
        the areas of math, science, foreign languages, special 
        education, and bilingual education, and for those able to teach 
        in high-poverty school districts will be particularly high. To 
        meet this need, talented Americans of all ages should be 
        recruited to become successful, qualified teachers.
            ``(2) Nearly 13 percent of teachers of academic subjects 
        have neither an undergraduate major nor minor in their main 
        assignment fields. This problem is more acute in high-poverty 
        schools, where the out-of-field percentage is 22 percent.
            ``(3) The Third International Math and Science Study 
        (TIMSS) ranked U.S. high school seniors last among 16 countries 
        in physics and next to last in math. It is also evident, mainly 
        from the TIMSS data, that based on academic scores, a stronger 
        emphasis needs to be placed on the academic preparation of our 
        children in math and science.
            ``(4) One-fourth of high-poverty schools find it very 
        difficult to fill bilingual teaching positions, and nearly half 
        of public school teachers have students in their classrooms for 
        whom English is a second language.
            ``(5) Many career-changing professionals with strong 
        content-area skills are interested in a teaching career, but 
        need assistance in getting the appropriate pedagogical training 
        and classroom experience.
            ``(6) The Troops to Teachers model has been highly 
        successful in linking high-quality teachers to teach in high-
        poverty school districts.

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 2212. The purpose of this part is to address the need of 
high-poverty school districts for highly qualified teachers in 
particular subject areas, such as mathematics, science, foreign 
languages, bilingual education, and special education needed by those 
school districts, by--
            ``(1) continuing and enhancing the Troops to Teachers model 
        for recruiting and supporting the placement of such teachers; 
        and
            ``(2) recruiting, preparing, placing, and supporting 
        career-changing professionals who have knowledge and experience 
        that will help them become such teachers.

                          ``program authorized

    ``Sec. 2213. (a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary is authorized to use funds appropriated under subsection (c) 
for each fiscal year to award grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements to institutions of higher education and public and private 
nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out programs authorized by 
this part.
    ``(b) Troops to Teachers.--(1) Before making awards under 
subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall first--
            ``(A) consult with the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Secretary of Transportation regarding the appropriate amount of 
        funding needed to continue and enhance the Troops to Teachers 
        program; and
            ``(B) upon agreement, transfer that amount to the 
        Department of Defense to carry out the Troops to Teachers 
        program.
    ``(2) The Secretary may enter into a written agreement with the 
Departments of Defense and Transportation, or take such other steps as 
the Secretary determines are appropriate to ensure effective 
continuation of the Troops to Teachers program.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding 
fiscal years.

                             ``application

    ``Sec. 2214. Each applicant that desires an award under section 
2213(a) shall submit an application to the Secretary containing such 
information as the Secretary may require, including--
            ``(1) a description of the target group of career-changing 
        professionals upon which the applicant will focus in carrying 
        out its program under this part, including a description of the 
        characteristics of that target group that shows how the 
        knowledge and experience of its members are relevant to meeting 
        the purpose of this part;
            ``(2) a description of how the applicant will identify and 
        recruit program participants;
            ``(3) a description of the training that program 
        participants will receive and how that training will relate to 
        their certification as teachers;
            ``(4) a description of how the applicant will ensure that 
        program participants are placed and teach in high-poverty local 
        educational agencies;
            ``(5) a description of the teacher induction services 
        (which may be provided through existing induction programs) the 
        program participants will receive throughout at least their 
        first year of teaching;
            ``(6) a description of how the applicant will collaborate, 
        as needed, with other institutions, agencies, or organizations 
        to recruit, train, place, and support program participants 
        under this part, including evidence of the commitment of those 
        institutions, agencies, or organizations to the applicant's 
        program;
            ``(7) a description of how the applicant will evaluate the 
        progress and effectiveness of its program, including--
                    ``(A) the program's goals and objectives;
                    ``(B) the performance indicators the applicant will 
                use to measure the program's progress; and
                    ``(C) the outcome measures that will be used to 
                determine the program's effectiveness; and
            ``(8) an assurance that the applicant will provide to the 
        Secretary such information as the Secretary determines 
        necessary to determine the overall effectiveness of programs 
        under this part.

                 ``uses of funds and period of service

    ``Sec. 2215. (a) Authorized Activities.--Funds under this part may 
be used for--
            ``(1) recruiting program participants, including informing 
        them of opportunities under the program and putting them in 
        contact with other institutions, agencies, or organizations 
        that would train, place, and support them;
            ``(2) training stipends and other financial incentives for 
        program participants, such as moving expenses, not to exceed 
        $5,000, in the aggregate, per participant;
            ``(3) assisting institutions of higher education or other 
        providers of teacher training to tailor their training to meet 
        the particular needs of professionals who are changing their 
        careers to teaching;
            ``(4) placement activities, including identifying high-
        poverty local educational agencies with needs for the 
        particular skills and characteristics of the newly trained 
        program participants and assisting those participants to obtain 
        employment in those local educational agencies; and
            ``(5) post-placement induction or support activities for 
        program participants.
    ``(b) Period of Service.--A program participant in a program under 
this subpart who completes his or her training shall serve in a high-
poverty local educational agency for at least three years.
    ``(c) Repayment.--The Secretary shall establish such requirements 
as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that program 
participants who receive a training stipend or other financial 
incentive under subsection (a)(2), but fail to complete their service 
obligation under subsection (b), repay all or a portion of such stipend 
or other incentive.

                        ``equitable distribution

    ``Sec. 2216. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall make 
awards under this part that support programs in different geographic 
regions of the Nation.

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 2217. As used in this part--
            ``(1) the term `high-poverty local educational agency' 
        means a local educational agency in which the percentage of 
        children, ages 5 through 17, from families below the poverty 
        level is 20 percent or greater, or the number of such children 
        exceeds 10,000; and
            ``(2) the term `program participants' means career-changing 
        professionals who--
                    ``(A) hold at least a baccalaureate degree;
                    ``(B) demonstrate interest in, and commitment to, 
                becoming a teacher; and
                    ``(C) have knowledge and experience that is 
                relevant to teaching a high-need subject area in a 
                high-poverty local educational agency.

      ``Part C--Early Childhood Educator Professional Development

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 2301. In support of the national effort to attain the first 
of America's Education Goals, as set out in section 2(c)(1) of this 
Act, the purpose of this part is to enhance the school readiness of 
young children, particularly disadvantaged young children, and to 
prevent them from encountering reading difficulties once they enter 
school, by improving the knowledge and skills of early childhood 
educators who work in communities that have high concentrations of 
children living in poverty.

                          ``program authorized

    ``Sec. 2302. (a) Eligible Partnerships.--The Secretary shall carry 
out the purpose of this part through competitive grants to partnerships 
consisting of--
            ``(1) either--
                    ``(A) one or more institutions of higher education 
                that provide professional development for early 
                childhood educators who work with children from low-
                income families in high-need communities; or
                    ``(B) another public or private, nonprofit entity 
                that provides such professional development; and
            ``(2) one or more public agencies (including local 
        educational agencies, State educational agencies, State human 
        services agencies, and State and local agencies administering 
        programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
        of 1990); Head Start agencies; or private, nonprofit 
        organizations.
    ``(b) Priority.--In selecting grantees under this part, the 
Secretary shall give priority to applications from partnerships that 
include one or more local educational agencies that operate early 
childhood education programs for children from low-income families in 
high-need communities.
    ``(c) Duration of Grants.--(1) Each grant under this part shall be 
for up to four years.
    ``(2) No grantee may receive more than one grant under this part.

                             ``applications

    ``Sec. 2303. (a) Applications Required.--Any eligible applicant 
that desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each such application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the high-need community to be served 
        by the project, including such demographic and socioeconomic 
        information as the Secretary may request;
            ``(2) information on the quality of the early childhood 
        educator professional development program currently conducted 
        by the institution of higher education or other provider in the 
        partnership;
            ``(3) the results of the assessment that the entities in 
        the partnership have undertaken to determine the most critical 
        professional development needs of the early childhood educators 
        to be served by the partnership and in the broader community, 
        and a description of how the proposed project will address 
        those needs;
            ``(4) a description of how the proposed project will be 
        carried out, including--
                    ``(A) how individuals will be selected to 
                participate;
                    ``(B) the types of research-based professional 
                development activities that will be carried out;
                    ``(C) how research on effective professional 
                development and on adult learning will be used to 
                design and deliver project activities;
                    ``(D) how the project will coordinate with and 
                build on, and will not supplant or duplicate, early 
                childhood education professional development activities 
                that exist in the community;
                    ``(E) how the project will train early childhood 
                educators to provide services that are based on the 
                best available research on child, language, and 
                literacy development and on early childhood pedagogy; 
                and
                    ``(F) how the program will train early childhood 
                educators to meet the diverse educational needs of 
                children in the community, including children who have 
                limited English proficiency, disabilities, or other 
                special needs;
            ``(5) a description of--
                    ``(A) the specific objectives that the applicant 
                will seek to attain through the project, and how the 
                applicant will measure progress toward attainment of 
                those objectives; and
                    ``(B) how the objectives and the measurement 
                activities align with the performance indicators 
                established by the Secretary under section 2306(a);
                    ``(6) a description of the applicant's plan for 
                institutionalizing the activities carried out under the 
                project, so that they continue once Federal funding 
                ceases;
            ``(7) an assurance that, where applicable, the project will 
        provide appropriate professional development to volunteer 
        staff, as well as to paid staff; and
            ``(8) an assurance that, in developing its application and 
        in carrying out its project, it has consulted with, and will 
        consult with, relevant agencies and organizations described in 
        section 2302(a)(2) that are not members of the partnership.

                        ``selection of grantees

    ``Sec. 2304. (a) Criteria.--The Secretary shall select applicants 
to receive funding on the basis of the community's need for assistance 
and the quality of the applications.
    ``(b) Geographic Distribution.--In selecting grantees, the 
Secretary shall seek to ensure that communities in different regions of 
the Nation, as well as both urban and rural communities, are served.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 2305. (a) In General.--Each recipient of a grant under this 
part shall use the grant funds to carry out activities that will 
improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who are 
working in early childhood programs that are located in high-need 
communities and serve concentrations of children from low-income 
families.
    ``(b) Allowable Activities.--Allowable activities include, but are 
not limited to--
            ``(1) professional development for individuals working as 
        early childhood educators, particularly to familiarize those 
        individuals with recent research on child, language, and 
        literacy development and on early childhood pedagogy;
            ``(2) professional development for early childhood 
        educators in working with parents, based on the best current 
        research on child, language, and literacy development and 
        parent involvement, so that they can prepare their children to 
        succeed in school;
            ``(3) professional development for early childhood 
        educators to work with children who have limited English 
        proficiency, disabilities, and other special needs;
            ``(4) activities that assist and support early childhood 
        educators during their first three years in the field;
            ``(5) development and implementation of early childhood 
        educator professional development programs that make use of 
        distance learning and other technologies; and
            ``(6) data collection, evaluation, and reporting needed to 
        meet the requirements of this part relating to accountability.

                            ``accountability

    ``Sec. 2306. (a) Performance Indicators.--Simultaneously with the 
publication of any application notice for grants under this part, the 
Secretary shall announce performance indicators for this part, which 
shall be designed to measure--
            ``(1) the quality of the professional development provided;
            ``(2) the impact of that professional development on the 
        early childhood education provided by the individuals who are 
        trained; and
            ``(3) such other measures of program impact as the 
        Secretary determines appropriate.
    ``(b) Annual Reports.--(1) Grantees shall report annually to the 
Secretary on their progress against the performance indicators.
    ``(2) The Secretary may terminate a grant at any time if he 
determines that the grantee is not making satisfactory progress against 
those indicators.

                             ``cost-sharing

    ``Sec. 2307. (a) In General.--Each grantee shall provide, from 
other sources, which may include other Federal sources--
            ``(1) at least 50 percent of the total cost of its project 
        for the grant period; and
            ``(2) at least 20 percent of the project cost in each year.
    ``(b) Acceptable Contributions.--A grantee may meet the requirement 
of subsection (a) through cash or in-kind contributions, fairly valued.
    ``(c) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive or modify the requirements 
of subsection (a) in cases of demonstrated financial hardship.

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 2308. As used in this part, the following terms have the 
following meanings:
            ``(1)(A) The term `high-need community' means--
                    ``(i) a municipality, or portion of a municipality, 
                in which at least 50 percent of children are from low-
                income families; or
                    ``(ii) a municipality that is one of the 10 percent 
                of municipalities within its State having the greatest 
                numbers of those children.
            ``(B) In determining which communities are described in 
        subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use such data as he 
        determines are most accurate and appropriate.
            ``(2) The term `low-income family' means a family with an 
        income below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
        Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with 
        section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
        U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved 
        for the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data are 
        available.
            ``(3) The term `early childhood educator' means a person 
        who provides care and education to children at any age from 
        birth through kindergarten.

                         ``federal coordination

    ``Sec. 2309. The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall coordinate activities under this part and other early 
childhood programs administered by the two Secretaries.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 2310. For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.

                ``Part D--Technical Assistance Programs

                               ``findings

    ``Sec. 2401. The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) sustained, high-quality technical assistance that 
        responds to State and local demand, supported by widely 
        disseminated, research-based information on what constitutes 
        high-quality technical assistance and how to identify high-
        quality technical assistance providers, can enhance the 
        opportunity for all children to achieve to challenging State 
        academic content and student performance standards;
            ``(2) an integrated system for acquiring, using, and 
        supplying technical assistance is essential to improving 
        programs and affording all children this opportunity;
            ``(3) States, local educational agencies, tribes, and 
        schools serving students with special needs, such as 
        educationally disadvantaged students and students with limited 
        English proficiency, have clear needs for technical assistance 
        in order to use funds under this Act to provide those students 
        with opportunities to achieve to challenging State academic 
        content standards and student performance standards;
            ``(4) current technical assistance and dissemination 
        efforts are insufficiently responsive to the needs of States, 
        local educational agencies, schools, and tribes for help in 
        identifying their particular needs for technical assistance and 
        developing and implementing their own integrated systems for 
        using the various sources of funding for technical assistance 
        activities under this Act (as well as other Federal, State, and 
        local resources) to improve teaching and learning and to 
        implement more effectively the programs authorized by this Act; 
        and
            ``(5) the Internet and other forms of advanced 
        telecommunications technology are an important means of 
        providing information and assistance in a cost-effective way.

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 2402. The purpose of this part is to create a comprehensive 
and cohesive, national system of technical assistance and dissemination 
that is based on market principles in responding to the demand for, and 
expanding the supply of, high-quality technical assistance. Such a 
system shall support States, local educational agencies, tribes, 
schools, and other recipients of funds under this Act in implementing 
standards-based reform and improving student performance through--
            ``(1) the provision of financial support and impartial, 
        research-based information designed to assist States and high-
need local educational agencies to develop and implement their own 
integrated systems of technical assistance and select high-quality 
technical assistance activities and providers for use in those systems;
            ``(2) the establishment of technical assistance centers in 
        areas that reflect identified national needs in order to ensure 
        the availability of strong technical assistance in those areas;
            ``(3) the integration of all technical assistance and 
        information dissemination activities carried out or supported 
        by the Department of Education in order to ensure comprehensive 
        support for school improvement;
            ``(4) the creation of a technology-based system, for 
        disseminating information about ways to improve educational 
        practices throughout the Nation, that reflects input from 
        students, teachers, administrators, and other individuals who 
        participate in, or may be affected by, the Nation's educational 
        system; and
            ``(5) national evaluations of effective technical 
        assistance.

``Subpart 1--Strengthening the Capacity of State and Local Educational 
     Agencies To Become Effective, Informed Consumers of Technical 
                               Assistance

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 2411. It is the purpose of this subpart to--
            ``(1) provide grants to State and local educational 
        agencies in order to--
                    ``(A) respond to the growing demand for increased 
                local decisionmaking in determining technical 
                assistance needs and appropriate technical assistance 
                services;
                    ``(B) encourage States and local educational 
                agencies to assess their technical assistance needs, 
                and how their various sources of funding for technical 
                assistance under this Act and from other sources can 
                best be coordinated to meet those needs (including 
                their needs to collect and analyze data);
                    ``(C) build the capacity of State and local 
                educational agencies to use technical assistance 
                effectively and thereby improve their ability to 
                provide the opportunity for all children to achieve to 
                challenging State academic content standards and 
                student performance standards; and
                    ``(D) assist State and local educational agencies 
                in acquiring high-quality technical assistance; and
            ``(2) establish an independent source of consumer 
        information regarding the quality of technical assistance 
        activities and providers, in order to assist State and local 
        educational agencies, and other consumers of technical 
        assistance that receive funds under this Act, in selecting 
        technical assistance activities and providers for their use.

                         ``allocation of funds

    ``Sec. 2412. From the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart 
for any fiscal year--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall first allocate one percent of 
        such funds to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Outlying 
        Areas, in accordance with their respective needs for such funds 
        (as determined by the Secretary) to carry out activities that 
        meet the purposes of this subpart; and
            ``(2) from the remainder of such funds, the Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) allocate two-thirds of such remainder to 
                State educational agencies in accordance with the 
                formula described in section 2413; and
                    ``(B) allocate one-third of such remainder to the 
                100 local educational agencies with the largest number 
                of children counted under section 1124(c), in 
                accordance with the formula described in section 2416.

             ``formula grants to state educational agencies

    ``Sec. 2413. (a) Formula.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall allocate the funds under section 2412(2)(A) among the States in 
proportion to the relative amounts each State would have received for 
Basic Grants under subpart 2 of part A of title I of this Act for the 
most recent fiscal year, if the Secretary had disregarded the 
allocations under such subpart to local educational agencies that are 
eligible to receive direct grants under section 2416.
    ``(b) Adjustments to Allocations.--The Secretary shall adjust the 
allocations under subsection (a), as necessary, to ensure that, of the 
total amount allocated to States under subsection (a) and to local 
educational agencies under section 2416, the percentage allocated to a 
State under this section and to localities in the State under section 
2416 is at least the minimum percentage for the State described in 
section 1124(d) for the previous fiscal year.
    ``(c) Reallocations.--If the Secretary determines that any amount 
of any State's allocation under subsection (a) (as adjusted, if 
necessary, under subsection (b)) will not be required for such fiscal 
year for carrying out the activities for which such amount has been 
allocated, the Secretary shall make such amount available for 
reallocation. Any such reallocation among other States shall occur on 
such dates as the Secretary shall establish, and shall be made on the 
basis of criteria established by regulation. Any amount reallocated to 
a State under this subsection for any fiscal year shall remain 
available for obligation during the succeeding fiscal year, and shall 
be deemed to be part of the State's allocation for the year in which 
the amount is obligated.

                          ``state application

    ``Sec. 2414. (a) Application Requirements.--Each State desiring a 
grant under this subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may require. Each such application shall describe--
            ``(1) the State's need for, and the capacity of the State 
        educational agency to provide, technical assistance in 
        implementing programs under this Act (including assistance on 
        the collection and analysis of data) and in implementing the 
        State plan or policies for comprehensive, standards-based 
        education reform;
            ``(2) how the State will use the funds provided under this 
        subpart to coordinate all its sources of funds for technical 
        assistance, including all sources of such funds under this Act, 
        into an integrated system of providing technical assistance to 
        local educational agencies, and other local recipients of funds 
        under this Act, within the State and implement that system;
            ``(3) the State educational agency's plan for using funds 
        from all sources under this Act to build its capacity, through 
        the acquisition of outside technical assistance and other 
        means, to provide technical assistance to local educational 
        agencies and other recipients within the State;
            ``(4) how, in carrying out technical assistance activities 
        using funds provided from all sources under this Act, the State 
        will--
                    ``(A) assist local educational agencies and schools 
                in providing high-quality education to all children 
                served under this Act to achieve to challenging 
                academic standards;
                    ``(B) give the highest priority to meeting the 
                needs of high-poverty, low-performing local educational 
                agencies (taking into consideration any assistance that 
                such local educational agencies may be receiving under 
                section 2416); and
                    ``(C) give special consideration to local 
                educational agencies and other recipients of funds 
                under this Act serving rural and isolated areas.
    ``(b) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve a State's application 
for funds under this subpart if it meets the requirements of subsection 
(a) and is of sufficient quality to meet the purposes of this subpart. 
In determining whether to approve a State's application, the Secretary 
shall take into consideration the advice of peer reviewers. The 
Secretary shall not disapprove any application under this section 
without giving the State notice and opportunity for a hearing.

                         ``state uses of funds

    ``Sec. 2415. (a) In General.--The State educational agency may use 
funds provided under this subpart to--
            ``(1) build its capacity (and the capacity of other State 
        agencies that implement programs under this Act) to use 
        technical assistance funds provided under this Act effectively 
        through the acquisition of high-quality technical assistance, 
        and the selection of high-quality technical assistance 
        activities and providers, that meet the technical assistance 
        needs identified by the State;
            ``(2) develop, coordinate, and implement an integrated 
        system--
                    ``(A) that provides technical assistance to local 
                educational agencies and other recipients of funds 
                under this Act within the State, directly, through 
                contracts, or through subgrants to local educational 
                agencies, or other recipients of funds under this Act, 
                for activities that meet the purposes of this subpart; 
                and
                    ``(B) that uses all sources of funds provided for 
                technical assistance, including all sources of such 
                funds under this Act; and
            ``(3) acquire the technical assistance it needs to increase 
        opportunities for all children to achieve to challenging State 
        academic content standards and student performance standards 
        and to implement the State's plan or policies for comprehensive 
        standards-based education reform.
    ``(b) Types of Technical Assistance.--A State's integrated system 
of providing technical assistance may include assistance on such 
activities as the following:
            ``(1) Implementing State standards in the classroom, 
        including aligning instruction, curriculum, assessments, and 
        other aspects of school reform with those standards.
            ``(2) Collecting, disaggregating, and using data to analyze 
        and improve the implementation, and increase the impact, of 
        educational programs.
            ``(3) Conducting needs assessments and planning 
        intervention strategies that are aligned with State goals and 
        accountability systems.
            ``(4) Planning and implementing effective, research-based 
        reform strategies, including schoolwide reforms, and strategies 
        for making schools safe, disciplined, and drug-free.
            ``(5) Improving the quality of teaching and the ability of 
        teachers to serve students with special needs (including 
        educationally disadvantaged students and students with limited 
        English proficiency).
            ``(6) Planning and implementing strategies to promote 
        opportunities for all children to achieve to challenging State 
        academic content standards and student performance standards.

              ``grants to large local educational agencies

    ``Sec. 2416. (a) Formula.--The Secretary shall allocate the funds 
under section 2412(2)(B) among the local educational agencies described 
therein in proportion to the relative amounts allocated to each such 
local educational agency for Basic Grants under subpart 2 of part A of 
title I of this Act for the most recent fiscal year.
    ``(b) Reallocations.--If the Secretary determines that any amount 
of any local educational agency's allocation under subsection (a) will 
not be required for such fiscal year for carrying out the activities 
for which such amount has been allocated, the Secretary shall make such 
amount available for reallocation. Any such reallocation among other 
local educational agencies described in section 2412(2)(B) shall occur 
on such dates as the Secretary shall establish, and shall be made on 
the basis of criteria established by regulation. Any amount reallocated 
to a local educational agency under this subsection for any fiscal year 
shall remain available for obligation during the succeeding fiscal 
year, and shall be deemed to be part of the local educational agency's 
allocation for the year in which the amount is obligated.

                          ``local application

    ``Sec. 2417. (a) Application Requirements.--Each local educational 
agency described in section 2412(2)(B) that desires a grant under 
section 2416 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. Each such application shall describe--
            ``(1) the local educational agency's need for technical 
        assistance in implementing programs under this Act (including 
        assistance on the use and analysis of data) and in implementing 
        the State's, or its own, plan or policies for comprehensive 
        standards-based education reform; and
            ``(2) how the local educational agency will use the funds 
        provided under this subpart to coordinate all its various 
        sources of funds for technical assistance, including all 
        sources of such funds under this Act and from other sources, 
        into an integrated system for acquiring and using outside 
        technical assistance and other means of building its own 
        capacity to provide the opportunity for all children to achieve 
        to challenging State academic content standards and student 
        performance standards implementing programs under this Act, and 
        implement that system.
    ``(b) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve a local educational 
agency's application for funds under this subpart if it meets the 
requirements of subsection (a) and is of sufficient quality to meet the 
purposes of this subpart. In determining whether to approve a local 
educational agency's application, the Secretary shall take into 
consideration the advice of peer reviewers. The Secretary shall not 
disapprove any application under this section without giving the local 
educational agency notice and opportunity for a hearing.

                         ``local uses of funds

    ``Sec. 2418. (a) In General.--A local educational agency described 
in section 2412(2)(B) may use funds provided under section 2416 to--
            ``(1) build its capacity to use technical assistance funds 
        provided under this Act effectively through the acquisition of 
        high-quality technical assistance and the selection of high-
        quality technical assistance activities and providers that meet 
        its technical assistance needs;
            ``(2) develop, coordinate, and implement an integrated 
        system of providing technical assistance to its schools using 
        all sources of funds provided for technical assistance, 
        including all sources of such funds under this Act; and
            ``(3) acquire the technical assistance it needs to increase 
        opportunities for all children to achieve to challenging State 
        academic content standards and student performance standards 
        and to implement the State's, or its own, plan or policies for 
        comprehensive standards-based education reform.
    ``(b) Types of Technical Assistance.--A local educational agency 
may use funds provided under this subpart for technical assistance 
activities such as those described in section 2415(b).

                ``equitable services for private schools

    ``Sec. 2419. (a) Information and Training.--If a State or local 
educational agency uses funds under this subpart to--
            ``(1) provide professional development for teachers or 
        school administrators, it shall provide for such professional 
        development for teachers or school administrators in private 
        schools located in the same geographic area on an equitable 
        basis; or
            ``(2) provide information about State educational goals, 
        standards, or assessments, it shall, upon request, provide such 
        information to private schools located in the same geographic 
        area.
    ``(b) Waiver.--If a State or local educational agency is prohibited 
by law from complying with subsection (a)(1), or the Secretary 
determines it has substantially failed or is unwilling to comply with 
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall waive subsection (a)(1) and 
arrange for the provision of such professional development services for 
such teachers or school administrators, consistent with applicable 
State goals and standards and section 11806 of this Act.

                         ``consumer information

    ``Sec. 2419A. (a) The Secretary shall, through one or more 
contracts, establish an independent source of consumer information 
regarding the quality and effectiveness of technical assistance 
activities and providers available to States, local educational 
agencies, and other recipients of funds under this Act, in selecting 
technical assistance activities and providers for their use.
    ``(b) A contract under this section may be awarded for a period of 
up to five years.
    ``(c) The Secretary may reserve, from the funds appropriated to 
carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, such sums as he determines 
necessary to carry out this section.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 2419B. For purposes of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.

    ``Subpart 2--Technical Assistance Centers Serving Special Needs

                          ``general provisions

    ``Sec. 2421. In addition to meeting the requirements of a 
particular section of this subpart, all technical assistance providers 
that receive funds under this subpart, all consortia that receive funds 
under subpart 2 of part B of title III, and the educational 
laboratories, and clearinghouses of the Educational Resources 
Information Center, supported under the Educational Research, 
Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act (notwithstanding any 
other provision of such title or Act), shall--
            ``(1) participate in a technical assistance network with 
        the Department and other federally supported technical 
        assistance providers in order to coordinate services and 
        resources;
            ``(2) ensure that the services they provide--
                    ``(A) are of high quality;
                    ``(B) are cost-effective;
                    ``(C) reflect the best information available from 
                research and practice, including findings and 
                applications such as those made available through the 
                Regional Educational Laboratories, Research and 
                Development Centers, National Clearinghouses, and other 
                federally supported providers of technical assistance; 
                and
                    ``(D) are aligned with State and local education 
                reform efforts;
            ``(3) in collaboration with State educational agencies in 
        the States served, educational service agencies (where 
        appropriate), and representatives of high-poverty, low-
        performing urban and rural local educational agencies in each 
        State served, develop a targeted approach to providing 
        technical assistance that gives priority to providing 
        intensive, ongoing services to high-poverty local educational 
        agencies and schools that are most in need of raising student 
        achievement (such as schools identified as in need of 
        improvement under section 1116(c));
            ``(4) cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out 
        activities (including technical assistance activities 
        authorized by other programs under this Act) such as publicly 
        disseminating materials and information that are produced by 
        the Department and are relevant to the purpose, expertise, and 
        mission of the technical assistance provider; and
            ``(5) use technology, including electronic dissemination 
        networks and Internet-based resources, in innovative ways to 
        provide high-quality technical assistance.

 ``centers for technical assistance on the needs of special populations

    ``Sec. 2422. (a) Program Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
        grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for each fiscal 
        year to public or private nonprofit entities, or consortia of 
        such entities, to provide for the operation of two technical 
        assistance centers to provide training and technical assistance 
        to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, 
        schools, tribes, community-based organizations, and other 
        recipients of funds under this Act concerning--
                    ``(A) how to address the specific linguistic, 
                cultural, or other needs of limited English proficient, 
                migratory, Indian, and Alaska Native students; and
                    ``(B) educational strategies for enabling those 
                students to achieve to challenging State academic 
                content and performance standards.
            ``(2) Special expertise required.--An entity may receive an 
        award under this section only if it demonstrates, to the 
        satisfaction of the Secretary, that it has expertise in the 
        areas described in paragraphs (1) (A) and (B).
    ``(b) Duration of Award.--Grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements under this section shall be awarded for a period of up to 5 
years.
    ``(c) Center Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--In order to assist local educational 
        agencies and schools to provide high-quality education to the 
        students described in subsection (a)(1)(A), so that they can 
        achieve to challenging State academic content and performance 
        standards, each center established under this section shall--
                    ``(A) maintain appropriate staff expertise; and
                    ``(B) provide support, training, and assistance to 
                State educational agencies, tribes, local educational 
                agencies, schools, and other grant recipients under 
                this Act in meeting the needs of the students described 
                in subsection (a)(1)(A), including the coordination of 
                other Federal programs and State and local programs, 
                resources, and reforms.
            ``(2) Priority.--Each center assisted under this section 
        shall give priority to providing services to schools, including 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded schools, that educate the 
        students described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and have the highest 
        percentages or numbers of children in poverty and the lowest 
        student achievement levels.
    ``(d) Accountability.--To ensure the quality and effectiveness of 
the centers supported under this section, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) develop a set of performance indicators that assesses 
        whether the work of the centers assists in improving teaching 
        and learning under this Act for students described in 
        subsection (a)(1)(A);
            ``(2) conduct surveys every two years of entities to be 
        served under this section to determine if such entities are 
        satisfied with the access to, and quality of, such services;
            ``(3) collect, as part of the Department's reviews of 
        programs under this Act, information about the availability and 
        quality of services provided by the centers, and share that 
        information with the centers; and
            ``(4) take whatever steps are reasonable and necessary to 
        ensure that each center performs its responsibilities in a 
        satisfactory manner, which may include--
                    ``(A) termination of an award under this part (if 
                the Secretary concludes that performance has been 
                unsatisfactory) and the selection of a new center; and
                    ``(B) whatever interim arrangements the Secretary 
                determines are necessary to ensure the satisfactory 
                delivery of services under this section.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.

              ``parental information and resource centers

    ``Sec. 2423. (a) Program Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
        grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for each fiscal 
        year to nonprofit organizations that serve parents 
        (particularly those organizations that make substantial efforts 
        to reach low-income, minority, or limited English proficient 
        parents) to establish parental information and resource centers 
        that--
                    ``(A) coordinate the efforts of Federal, State, and 
                local parent education and family involvement 
                initiatives; and
                    ``(B) provide training, information, and support 
                to--
                            ``(i)(I) State educational agencies;
                            ``(II) local educational agencies, 
                        particularly local educational agencies with 
                        high-poverty and low-performing schools; and
                            ``(III) schools, particularly high-poverty 
                        and low-performing schools; and
                            ``(ii) organizations that support family-
                        school partnerships, such as parent teacher 
                        organizations.
            ``(2) Award rule.--In making awards under this section, the 
        Secretary shall, to the greatest extent possible, ensure that 
        each State is served by at least one recipient of such an 
        award.
            ``(b) Applications.--
            (1) In general.--Each nonprofit organization that desires 
        an award under this section shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, and in such manner, as the Secretary 
        shall determine.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall, at a minimum, include--
                    ``(A) a description of the applicant's capacity and 
                expertise to implement a grant under this section;
                    ``(B) a description of how the applicant would use 
                its award to help State and local educational agencies, 
                schools, and non-profit organizations in the State, 
                particularly those making substantial efforts to reach 
                a large number or percentage of low-income, minority, 
                or limited English proficient children--
                            ``(i) identify barriers to parent or family 
                        involvement in schools, and strategies to 
                        overcome those barriers; and
                            ``(ii) implement high-quality parent 
                        education and family involvement programs 
                        that--
                                    ``(I) improve the capacity of 
                                parents to participate more effectively 
                                in the education of their children;
                                    ``(II) support the effective 
                                implementation of research-based 
                                instructional activities that support 
                                parents and families in promoting early 
                                language and literacy development; and
                                    ``(III) support schools in 
                                promoting meaningful parent and family 
                                involvement;
                    ``(C) a description of the applicant's plan to 
                disseminate information on high-quality parent 
                education and family involvement programs to local 
                educational agencies, schools, and non-profit 
                organizations that serve parents in the State;
                    ``(D) a description of how the applicant would 
                coordinate its activities with the activities of other 
                Federal, State, and local parent education and family 
                involvement programs and with national, State, and 
                local organizations that provide parents and families 
                with training, information, and support on how to help 
                their children prepare for success in school and 
                achieve to high academic standards;
                    ``(E) a description of how the applicant would use 
                technology, particularly the Internet, to disseminate 
                information; and
                    ``(F) a description of the applicant's goals for 
                the center, as well as baseline indicators for each of 
                the goals, a timeline for achieving the goals, and 
                interim measures of success toward achieving the goals.
    ``(c) Matching Requirements.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
center funded under this section shall not exceed 75 percent. The non-
Federal share of the cost of a center may be provided in cash or in 
kind, fairly evaluated.
    ``(d) Uses of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Recipients of funds awarded under this 
        section shall use such funds to support State and local 
        educational agencies, schools, and non-profit organizations in 
        implementing programs that provide parents with training, 
        information, and support on how to help their children achieve 
        to high academic standards. Such activities may include:
                    ``(A) Assistance in the implementation of programs 
                that support parents and families in promoting 
early language and literacy development and prepare children to enter 
school ready to succeed in school.
                    ``(B) Assistance in developing networks and other 
                strategies to support the use of research-based, proven 
                models of parent education and family involvement, 
                including the `Parents as Teachers' and `Home 
                Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters' programs, 
                to promote children's development and learning.
                    ``(C) Assistance in preparing parents to 
                communicate more effectively with teachers and other 
                professional educators and support staff, and providing 
                a means for on-going, meaningful communication between 
                parents and schools.
                    ``(D) Assistance in developing and implementing 
                parent education and family involvement programs that 
                increase parental knowledge about standards-based 
                school reform.
                    ``(E) Disseminating information on programs, 
                resources, and services available at the national, 
                State, and local levels that support parent and family 
                involvement in the education of their school-age 
                children.
            ``(2) Targeted activities.--Each recipient of funds under 
        this section shall use at least 75 percent of its award to 
        support activities that serve areas with large numbers or 
        concentrations of low-income families.
    ``(e) National Activities.--For any fiscal year, the Secretary may 
reserve up to 5 percent of funds appropriated to carry out this section 
for that fiscal year to--
            ``(1) provide technical assistance to the centers funded 
        under this section; and
            ``(2) carry out evaluations of the program authorized by 
        this part.
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `parent education' includes parent support 
        activities, the provision of resource materials on child 
        development, parent-child learning activities and child rearing 
        issues, private and group educational guidance, individual and 
        group learning experiences for the parent and child, and other 
        activities that enable the parent to improve learning in the 
        home;
            ``(2) the term `Parents as Teachers program' means a 
        voluntary early childhood parent education program that--
                    ``(A) is designed to provide all parents of 
                children from birth through age 5 with the information 
                and support such parents need to give their child a 
                solid foundation for school success;
                    ``(B) is based on the Missouri Parents as Teachers 
                model, with the philosophy that parents are their 
                child's first and most influential teachers;
                    ``(C) provides--
                            ``(i) regularly scheduled personal visits 
                        with families by certified parent educators;
                            ``(ii) regularly scheduled developmental 
                        screenings; and
                            ``(iii) linkage with other resources within 
                        the community in order to provide services that 
                        parents may want and need, except that such 
                        services are beyond the scope of the Parents as 
                        Teachers program; and
            ``(3) the term `Home Instruction for Preschool Youngsters 
        program' means a voluntary early-learning program for parents 
        with one or more children between the ages of 3 through 5, 
        that--
                    ``(A) provides support, training, and appropriate 
                educational materials necessary for parents to 
                implement a school-readiness, home instruction program 
                for their child; and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) group meetings with other parents 
                        participating in the program;
                            ``(ii) individual and group learning 
                        experiences with the parent and child;
                            ``(iii) provision of resource materials on 
                        child development and parent-child learning 
                        activities; and
                            ``(iv) other activities that enable the 
                        parent to improve learning in the home.
    ``(g) Reports.--Each recipient of funds under this section shall 
annually submit a report to the Secretary, on its activities under this 
section, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require. A report under this subsection shall include, 
at a minimum--
            ``(1) the number and types of activities supported by the 
        recipient with funds received under this section;
            ``(2) activities supported by the recipient that served 
        areas with high numbers or concentrations of low-income 
        families; and
            ``(3) the progress made by the recipient in achieving the 
        goals included in its application.
    ``(h) General Provisions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section--
            ``(1) no person, including a parent who educates a child at 
        home, public school parent, or private school parent, shall be 
        required to participate in any program of parent education or 
developmental screening pursuant to the provisions of this section;
            ``(2) no program assisted under this section shall take any 
        action that infringes in any manner on the right of a parent to 
        direct the education of their children; and
            ``(3) the provisions of section 444(c) of the General 
        Education Provisions Act shall apply to organizations that 
        receive awards under this section.
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.

   ``eisenhower regional mathematics and science education consortia

    ``Sec. 2424. (a) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 
                authorized.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
                Director of the National Science Foundation, is 
                authorized to award grants, contracts, or cooperative 
                agreements to eligible entities to enable such entities 
                to establish and operate regional mathematics and 
                science education consortia for the purpose of--
                            ``(i) disseminating exemplary mathematics 
                        and science education instructional materials; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) providing technical assistance for 
                        the implementation of teaching methods and 
                        assessment tools for use by elementary and 
                        secondary school students, teachers, and 
                        administrators.
                    ``(B) Number of awards.--The Secretary, in 
                accordance with the provisions of this subsection, 
                shall award at least one grant, contract, or 
                cooperative agreement to an eligible entity in each 
                region.
                    ``(C) Special rule.--In any fiscal year, if the 
                amount made available pursuant to subsection (h) is 
                less than $4,500,000, then the Secretary may waive the 
                provisions of subparagraph (B) and award grants, 
                contracts, or cooperative agreements of sufficient 
                size, scope, and quality to carry out this subsection.
                    ``(D) Designation.--Each regional consortium 
                assisted under this subsection shall be known as an 
                `Eisenhower regional consortium'.
            ``(2) Period of award and review.--Grants, contracts, or 
        cooperative agreements under this section shall be awarded for 
        a period of not more than five years and shall be reviewed 
        before the end of the 30-month period beginning on the date the 
        award is made.
            ``(3) Award amount.--In making awards under this section, 
        the Secretary shall ensure that there is a relatively equal 
        distribution of the funds made available among the regions, 
        except that the Secretary may award additional funds to a 
        regional consortium on the basis of population and geographical 
        conditions of the region being served.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds provided under this section may be used 
by a regional consortium, under the direction of a regional board 
established under subsection (d), to--
            ``(1) work cooperatively with the other regional consortia, 
        the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Science and 
        Mathematics Education established under section 2142, and 
        federally funded technical assistance providers, to accomplish 
        more effectively the activities described in this subsection;
            ``(2) assist, train, and provide technical assistance to 
        classroom teachers, administrators, and other educators to 
        identify, implement, assess, or adapt the instructional 
        materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools described in 
        subsection (a)(1)(A);
            ``(3) provide for the training of classroom teachers to 
        enable such teachers to instruct other teachers, 
        administrators, and educators in the classroom use of the 
        instructional materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools 
        described in subsection (a)(1)(A);
            ``(4) implement programs and activities designed to meet 
        the needs of groups that are underrepresented in, and 
        underserved by, mathematics and science education;
            ``(5) collect data on activities assisted under this 
        section in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
        activities of the regional consortia;
            ``(6) identify exemplary teaching practices and materials 
        from within the region and communicate such practices and 
        materials to the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for 
        Mathematics and Science Education;
            ``(7) communicate, on a regular basis, with entities within 
        the region that are delivering services to students and 
        teachers of mathematics and science; and
            ``(8) assist in the development and evaluation of State and 
        regional plans and activities that hold promise of bringing 
        about systemic reform in student performance in mathematics and 
        science.
    ``(c) Application.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant or 
contract under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
additional information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each 
such application shall--
            ``(1) demonstrate that the eligible entity has expertise in 
        the fields of mathematics and science education;
            ``(2) demonstrate that the eligible entity will implement 
        and disseminate mathematics and science education instructional 
        materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools through a 
        consortium of the region's mathematics and science education 
        organizations and agencies;
            ``(3) demonstrate that the eligible entity will carry out 
        the functions of the regional consortium;
            ``(4) demonstrate that emphasis will be given to programs 
        and activities designed to meet the needs of groups that are 
        underrepresented in, and underserved by, mathematics and 
        science education;
            ``(5) demonstrate that the business community in the region 
        served by the regional consortium will play an integral role in 
        designing and supporting the regional consortium's work; and
            ``(6) assure that the eligible entity will conduct its 
        activities and supervise its personnel in a manner that 
        effectively ensures compliance with the copyright laws of the 
        United States under title 17, United States Code.
    ``(d) Regional Boards.--
            (1) In general.--Each eligible entity receiving an award 
        under this section shall establish a regional board to oversee 
        the administration and establishment of program priorities for 
        the regional consortium established by such eligible entity. 
        Such regional board shall be broadly representative of the 
        agencies and organizations participating in the regional 
        consortium.
            ``(2) Prohibition on use of federal funds.--No Federal 
        funds may be used for the establishment or operation of a 
        regional board required by paragraph (1), except that at the 
        discretion of a regional board, Federal funds may be used to 
        provide assistance such as travel and accommodations for board 
        members who could not otherwise afford to participate as 
        members of the board.
    ``(e) Payments; Federal Share; Non-Federal Share.--
            (1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each eligible 
        entity having an application approved under subsection (c) the 
        Federal share of the cost of the activities described in the 
        application.
            ``(2) Federal share.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the 
        Federal share shall be 80 percent.
            ``(3) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost 
        of activities described in the application submitted under 
        subsection (c) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated. At 
        least 10 percent of such non-Federal share shall be from 
        sources other than the Federal Government or State or local 
        government.
    ``(f) Evaluation.--
            (1) Evaluation required.--The Secretary, through the Office 
        of Educational Research and Improvement and in accordance with 
        section 11911, shall collect sufficient data on, and evaluate 
        the effectiveness of, the activities of each regional 
        consortium.
            ``(2) Assessment.--The evaluations described in paragraph 
        (1) shall include an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
        regional consortium in meeting the needs of the schools, 
        teachers, administrators, and students in the region.
            ``(3) Report.--At the end of each award, the Secretary 
        shall submit to the Congress a report on the effectiveness of 
        the programs conducted at each regional consortium.
    ``(g) Definitions.--For purposes of this part:
            ``(1) The term `eligible entity' means an entity that has 
        demonstrated expertise in mathematics and science education and 
        is--
                    ``(A) a private nonprofit organization;
                    ``(B) an institution of higher education;
                    ``(C) an elementary or secondary school;
                    ``(D) a State or local educational agency;
                    ``(E) a regional educational laboratory in 
                consortium with the research and development center 
                established under section 931(c)(1)(B)(i) of the 
                Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
                Improvement Act of 1994; or
                    ``(F) any combination of the entities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E).
            ``(2) The terms `mathematics' and `science' include the 
        technology education associated with mathematics and science, 
        respectively.
            ``(3) The term `region' means a region of the United States 
        served by a regional education laboratory that is supported by 
        the Secretary pursuant to section 405(d)(4)(A)(i) of the 
        General Education Provisions Act (as such section was in 
        existence on the day preceding the date of enactment of the 
        Goals 2000: Educate America Act).
            ``(4) The term `regional consortium' means each regional 
        mathematics and science education consortium established 
        pursuant to subsection (a).
            ``(5) The term `State agency for higher education' means 
        the State board of higher education or other agency or officer 
        primarily responsible for the State supervision of higher 
        education, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an 
        officer or agency designated for the purpose of carrying out 
        this section by the Governor or by State law.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.

    ``Subpart 3--Technology-Based Technical Assistance Information 
                             Dissemination

            ``web-based and other information dissemination

    ``Sec. 2431. (a) In General.--(1)(A) With funds appropriated under 
section 2432 for each fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to carry 
out a national system, through the Worldwide Web and other advanced 
telecommunications technologies, that supports interactive information 
sharing and dissemination about ways to improve educational practices 
throughout the Nation.
    ``(B) In designing and implementing the system under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall create opportunities for the continuing 
input of students, teachers, administrators, and other individuals who 
participate in, or may be affected by, the Nation's educational system.
    ``(C) The Secretary may carry out the program authorized by this 
subsection through the award of grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements on a competitive basis.
    ``(2) The system authorized by this subsection shall include 
information on--
            ``(A) stimulating instructional materials that are aligned 
        with challenging content standards; and
            ``(B) successful and innovative practices in--
                    ``(i) instruction;
                    ``(ii) professional development;
                    ``(iii) challenging academic content and student 
                performance standards;
                    ``(iv) assessments;
                    ``(v) effective school management; and
                    ``(vi) such other areas as the Secretary determines 
                are appropriate.
    ``(3)(A) The Secretary may require the technical assistance 
providers funded under this part, or under subpart 2 of part B of title 
III, or the educational laboratories and clearinghouses of the 
Educational Resources Information Center supported under the 
Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act 
(notwithstanding any other provision of such part, subpart, or Act), 
to--
            ``(i) provide information (including information on 
        practices employed in the regions or States served by the 
        providers) for use in the system authorized by this subsection;
            ``(ii) coordinate their activities in order to ensure a 
        unified system of technical assistance; or
            ``(iii) otherwise participate in the system authorized by 
        this subsection.
    ``(B) The Secretary shall ensure that--
            ``(i) the dissemination activities authorized under this 
        subsection are integrated with, and do not duplicate, the 
        dissemination activities of the Office of Educational Research 
        and Improvement; and
            ``(ii) the public has access, through the system authorized 
        by this subsection, to the latest research, statistics, and 
        other information supported by, or available from, such Office.
    ``(b) Additional Activities.--The Secretary is authorized to carry 
out additional activities, using advanced telecommunications 
technologies where appropriate, to assist local educational agencies, 
State educational agencies, tribes, and other recipients of funds under 
this Act in meeting the requirements of the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993. Such assistance may include information on 
measuring and benchmarking program performance and student outcomes.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 2432. For purposes of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.

              ``Subpart 4--National Evaluation Activities

                    ``national evaluation activities

    ``Sec. 2441. The Secretary shall conduct, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, such activities as the 
Secretary determines necessary to--
            ``(1) determine what constitutes effective technical 
        assistance;
            ``(2) evaluate the effectiveness of the technical 
        assistance and dissemination programs authorized by, or 
        assisted under, this part and the educational laboratories, and 
        clearinghouses of the Educational Resources Information Center, 
        supported under the Educational Research, Development, 
        Dissemination, and Improvement Act (notwithstanding any other 
        provision of such Act); and
            ``(3) increase the effectiveness of such programs.''.

                  TITLE III--TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION

                              short title

    Sec. 301. Section 3101 of the ESEA is amended by striking out ``of 
1994''.

                                findings

    Sec. 302. Section 3111 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) technology can--
                    ``(A) support education improvement efforts by 
                expanding available resources and reshaping 
                instruction, teaching, and learning environments; and
                    ``(B) when used effectively and aligned with 
                challenging State academic content and performance 
                standards, support teacher capacity to create 
                classrooms where students develop higher-order thinking 
                and information technology skills;'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) the Federal Government--
                    ``(A) has played an integral role in expanding and 
                improving access to technology as an important tool for 
                teaching and learning; and
                    ``(B) can continue to serve as a catalyst in 
                bringing effective uses for education technology to the 
                classroom by providing support for--
                            ``(i) access to technology;
                            ``(ii) the development of educational 
                        software and web-based learning resources; and
                            ``(iii) sustained and intensive, high- 
                        quality professional development that is 
                        aligned with challenging State academic content 
                        and performance standards;'';
            (3) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
            ``(5) a 1996 Department of Commerce study found that, by 
        the year 2000, 60 percent of all jobs will require computer-
        related skills, and other studies show that women and some 
        minorities are underrepresented in the information technology 
        workforce;
            (4) by striking out paragraph (7);
            (5) in paragraph (8), by striking out ``acquisition and 
        maintenance'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``acquisition, 
        maintenance, and ongoing support'';
            (6) by striking out paragraphs (9) and (11);
            (7) in paragraph (12), by adding ``and'' at the end 
        thereof;
            (8) by striking out paragraph (13);
            (9) by amending paragraph (14) to read as follows:
            ``(14) the rapidly changing nature of technology, among 
        other factors, requires the Department to maintain a leadership 
        role in developing a national vision and strategies for 
        bringing effective technology applications and practices to all 
        classrooms and all educational programs through such activities 
        as--
                    ``(A) developing and carrying out a strategy for an 
                ongoing evaluation of existing and anticipated future 
                uses of educational technology to better inform the 
                Federal role in supporting the use of educational 
                technology, stimulate reform and innovation in teaching 
                and learning with technology, and further the 
                development of advanced technology;
                    ``(B) evaluating and assessing technology programs;
                    ``(C) disseminating information;
                    ``(D) coordinating with public and private 
                partnerships; and
                    ``(E) convening expert panels to identify effective 
                uses of educational technology;'';
            (10) by striking out paragraph (15);
            (11) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), 
        (8), (10), (12), and (14) as paragraphs (4), (5), (9), (10), 
        (15), (16), (17), (18), and (19), respectively;
            (12) by inserting immediately after paragraph (1) the 
        following new paragraphs:
            ``(2) the cost of processing, storing, and transmitting 
        information continues to plummet, making new advances in 
        computer and telecommunications technology more available to 
        schools;
            ``(3) by providing students with a rapidly expanding 
        educational resource base, and a unique means of developing 
        content knowledge, improvements in software and other 
        technology applications (such as high-quality video, voice 
        recognition, modeling and simulation, and intelligent tutoring 
        and virtual reality tools), have increased student 
        opportunities for meaningful exploration and discovery;'';
            (13) by inserting immediately after paragraph (5) (as 
        redesignated by paragraph (11)) the following new paragraphs:
            ``(6) poor children are less likely than their wealthier 
        peers to have access to a computer at home, and to attend a 
        school in which teachers use technology to develop technical 
        and higher-order thinking skills;
            ``(7) public schools have made significant progress toward 
        meeting the goal of connecting every school to the Internet, 
        with the percentage of schools that are connected to the 
        Internet increasing from 35 percent in 1994 to 89 percent in 
        1998 and nearly doubling between 1997 and 1998, but a gap 
        continues to exist between wealthy and poor schools in the 
        extent to which classrooms are connected to the Internet and 
        the manner in which technology is used to support instruction;
            ``(8) the E-Rate and other Federal education technology 
        initiatives are significantly increasing the number of 
        classrooms connected to the Internet and providing affordable 
        access to advanced telecommunications;''; and
            (14) by inserting immediately after paragraph (10) (as 
        redesignated by paragraph (11)) the following new paragraphs:
            ``(11) because girls of all ethnicities consistently rate 
        themselves significantly lower than boys on computer ability, 
        and are less likely to experiment with technology and enroll in 
        advanced computer science courses, the Federal Government 
        should encourage States, local educational agencies, and 
        teachers to consider the needs of girls and women to obtain 
        technical proficiency, so that they can compete in an 
        increasingly technological society;
            ``(12) the Federal Government should support efforts to 
        ensure the accessibility of all educational technology, not 
        just assistive technology, to students with disabilities 
        through strategies such as universal design;
            ``(13) although 25 States have some requirement for 
        computer education for teacher licensure, only two States 
        require teacher candidates to show that they can use 
        technology, and only three States require participation in 
        technology training, as a prerequisite for license renewal;
            ``(14) according to a 1998 National Center for Education 
        Statistics survey, only 20 percent of full-time K-12 teachers 
        feel fully prepared to integrate technology into classroom 
        instruction;''.

                          statement of purpose

    Sec. 303. Section 3112 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                         ``statement of purpose

    ``Sec. 3112. To help all students to develop technical and higher-
order thinking skills and to achieve to challenging State academic 
content and performance standards, as well as America's Education 
Goals, it is the purpose of this title to--
            ``(1) help provide all classrooms with access to 
        educational technology through support for the acquisition of 
        advanced multimedia computers, Internet connections, and other 
        technologies;
            ``(2) help ensure access to, and effective use of, 
        educational technology in all classrooms through the provision 
        of sustained and intensive, high-quality professional 
        development that improves teachers' capability to integrate 
        educational technology effectively into their classrooms by 
        actively engaging students and teachers in the use of 
        technology;
            ``(3) help improve the capability of teachers to design and 
        construct new learning experiences using technology, and 
        actively engage students in that design and construction;
            ``(4) support efforts by State educational agencies and 
        local educational agencies to create learning environments 
        designed to prepare students to achieve to challenging State 
        academic content and performance standards through the use of 
        research-based teaching practices and advanced technologies;
            ``(5) support technical assistance to State educational 
        agencies, local educational agencies, and communities to help 
        them use technology-based resources and information systems to 
        support school reform and meet the needs of students and 
        teachers;
            ``(6) support the development of applications that make use 
        of such technologies as advanced telecommunications, hand-held 
        devices, web-based learning resources, distance learning 
        networks, and modeling and simulation software;
            ``(7) support Federal partnerships with business and 
        industry to realize more rapidly the potential of digital 
        communications to expand the scope of, and opportunities for, 
        learning;
            ``(8) support evaluation and research on the effective use 
        of technology in preparing all students to achieve to 
        challenging State academic content and performance standards, 
        and the impact of technology on teaching and learning;
            ``(9) provide national leadership to stimulate and 
        coordinate public and private efforts, at the national, State, 
        and local levels, that support the development and integration 
        of advanced technologies and applications to improve school 
        planning and classroom instruction;
            ``(10) support the development, or redesign, of teacher 
        preparation programs to enable prospective teachers to 
        integrate the use of technology in teaching and learning;
            ``(11) increase the capacity of State and local educational 
        agencies to improve student achievement, particularly that of 
        students in high-poverty, low-performing schools;
            ``(12) promote the formation of partnerships and consortia 
        to stimulate the development of, and new uses for, technology 
        in teaching and learning;
            ``(13) support the creation or expansion of community 
        technology centers that will provide disadvantaged residents of 
        economically distressed urban and rural communities with access 
        to information technology and related training; and
            ``(14) help to ensure that technology is accessible to, and 
        usable by, all students, particularly students with 
        disabilities or limited English proficiency.''.

                    prohibition against supplanting

    Sec. 304. (a) Section 3113 of the ESEA is repealed.
    (b) Title III of the ESEA is further amended by inserting 
immediately after section 3112 the following new section:

                       ``supplement, not supplant

    ``Sec. 3113. A recipient of funds awarded under this title shall 
use such funds only to supplement the amount of funds or resources that 
would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from 
non-Federal sources for the purposes of the programs authorized under 
this title, and not to supplant such non-Federal funds or resources.''.

           Part A--Federal Leadership and National Activities

                           structure of part

    Sec. 311. Part A of title III of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by striking out the part heading and designation 
        thereof;
            (2) by striking out the subpart headings and designations 
        for subparts 1, 2, and 3 thereof;
            (3) by repealing subpart 4; and
            (4) by inserting immediately before section 3121 the 
        following new part designation and heading:

        ``Part A--Federal Leadership and National Activities''.

                  national long-range technology plan

    Sec. 312. Section 3121 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of the Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, 
the Secretary shall update the national long-range educational 
technology plan and broadly disseminate the updated plan.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``updated'' immediately before ``national'';
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking out ``section 3123'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 3101''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``and'' at the end 
                        thereof;
                    (C) in paragraph (8), by striking out the period at 
                the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a 
                semicolon and ``and'';
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
                paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;
                    (E) by inserting immediately after paragraph (6) 
                the following new paragraphs:
            ``(7) how the Secretary will promote the full integration 
        of technology into learning, including the creation of new 
        instructional opportunities through access to challenging 
        courses and information that would otherwise not have been 
        available, and independent learning opportunities for students 
        through technology;
            ``(8) how the Secretary will encourage the creation of 
        opportunities for teachers to develop, through the use of 
        technology, their own networks and resources for sustained and 
        intensive, high-quality professional development;''; and
                    (F) by inserting immediately after paragraph (10) 
                (as redesignated by subparagraph (D)) the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(11) how the Secretary will encourage the commercial 
        development of effective, high-quality, cost-competitive 
        educational technology and software.''.

                           federal leadership

    Sec. 313. Section 3122 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``United States 
        National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences,'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``White House Office of Science 
        and Technology Policy,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out ``in accordance 
        with'' through the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a 
        period; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking out paragraph (4) and inserting in 
                lieu thereof the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) the development of a national repository of 
        information on the effective uses of educational technology, 
        including its use for sustained and intensive, high-quality 
        professional development, and the dissemination of that 
        information nationwide;''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking out ``existing 
                technology'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``technology 
                and innovative tools''.

        repeal; redesignations; authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 314. (a) Sections 3114, 3115, and 3123 of the ESEA are 
repealed.
    (b) Title III of the ESEA is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 3101, 3111, 3112, 3113, 3121, 
        and 3122 as sections 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3102, and 3103, 
        respectively; and
            (2) by inserting immediately before section 3102 (as 
        redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following new section:

             ``national evaluation of education technology

    ``Sec. 3101. (a) National Evaluation.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to better inform the Federal 
        role in supporting the use of educational technology, in 
        stimulating reform and innovation in teaching and learning with 
        technology, and in advancing the development of more advanced 
        and new types and applications of such technology, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) develop, within 12 months of the date of 
                enactment of the Educational Excellence for All 
                Children Act of 1999, a strategy for an ongoing 
                evaluation of existing and anticipated future uses of 
                educational technology; and
                    ``(B) carry out such an evaluation.
            ``(2) Activities authorized.--From the funds reserved under 
        subsection (b), the Secretary may--
                    ``(A) conduct long-term controlled studies on the 
                effectiveness of the uses of educational technology;
                    ``(B) convene panels of experts to--
                            ``(i) identify uses of educational 
                        technology that hold the greatest promise for 
                        improving teaching and learning;
                            ``(ii) assist the Secretary with the review 
                        and assessment of the progress and 
                        effectiveness of projects that are funded under 
                        this title; and
                            ``(iii) identify barriers to the commercial 
                        development of effective, high-quality, cost-
                        competitive educational technology and 
                        software;
                    ``(C) conduct evaluations and applied research 
                studies that examine--
                            ``(i) how students learn using educational 
                        technology, whether singly or in groups, and 
                        across age groups, student populations 
                        (including students with special needs, such as 
                        students with limited English proficiency and 
                        students with disabilities) and settings; and
                            ``(ii) the characteristics of classrooms 
                        and other educational settings that use 
                        educational technology effectively;
                    ``(D) collaborate with other Federal agencies that 
                support research on, and evaluation of, the use of 
                network technology in educational settings; and
                    ``(E) carry out such other activities as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate.
    ``(b) Availability of Title III Funds for Evaluation.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary may 
use up to 4 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this title 
for any fiscal year to carry out the activities described in subsection 
(a) for that fiscal year.''; and
            (3) by inserting immediately after section 3103 (as 
        redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following new section:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 3104. For purposes of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

                        Part B--Special Projects

                   repeals; redesignations; new part

    Sec. 321. (a) Parts B and E of title III of the ESEA are repealed.
    (b) Parts C and D of title III of the ESEA are redesignated as 
subparts 2 and 3 of part B of title III of the ESEA, respectively.
    (c) Sections 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3401, 
3402, and 3403 of the ESEA are redesignated as sections 3221, 3222, 
3223, 3224, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3228, 3231, 3232, and 3233, respectively.
    (d) Title III of the ESEA is further amended by inserting 
immediately after section 3104 (as added by section 314(b)(3) of the 
bill) the following new part heading and designation, and the following 
new subpart:

                       ``Part B--Special Projects

       ``Subpart 1--Next-Generation Technology Innovation Awards

                      ``purpose; program authority

    ``Sec. 3211. (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart to--
            ``(1) expand the knowledge base about the use of the next 
        generation of advanced computers and telecommunications in 
        delivering new applications for teaching and learning;
            ``(2) address questions of national significance about the 
        next generation of technology and its use to improve teaching 
        and learning; and
            ``(3) develop, for wide-scale adoption by State educational 
        agencies and local educational agencies, models of innovative 
        and effective applications of technology to teaching and 
        learning, such as high quality video, voice recognition 
        devices, modeling and simulation software (particularly web-
        based software and intelligent tutoring), hand-held devices, 
        and virtual reality and wireless technologies, that are aligned 
        with challenging State academic content and student performance 
        standards.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized, through the 
        Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, 
        or cooperative agreements on a competitive basis to eligible 
        applicants in order to carry out the purposes of this subpart.
            ``(2) Period of award.--The Secretary may award grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements under this subpart for a 
        period of not more than five years.

                             ``eligibility

    ``Sec. 3212. (a) Eligible Applicants.--In order to receive an award 
under this subpart, an applicant shall, subject to subsection (c)(1), 
be a consortium that includes--
            ``(1) at least one State educational agency or local 
        educational agency; and
            ``(2) at least one institution of higher education, for-
        profit business, museum, library, or other public or private 
        entity with a particular expertise that would assist in 
        carrying out the purposes of this subpart.
    ``(b) Application Requirements.--In order to receive an award under 
this subpart, an eligible applicant shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, and containing such information, as the 
Secretary may require. Such application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the proposed project, and how it 
        would carry out the purposes of this subpart; and
            ``(2) a detailed plan for the independent evaluation of the 
        project, which shall include benchmarks to monitor progress 
        toward specific project objectives.
    ``(c) Priorities.--In making awards under this subpart, the 
Secretary may establish one or more priorities consistent with the 
objectives of this subpart, including:
            ``(1) A priority for applicants, the members of which are 
        one or more of the particular types described in subsection 
        (a)(2).
            ``(2) A priority for projects that develop innovative 
        models of effective use of educational technology, including 
        the development of distance learning networks, software 
        (including software deliverable through the Internet), and 
        online-learning resources.
            ``(3) A priority for projects serving more than one State 
        and involving large-scale innovations in the use of technology 
        in education.
            ``(4) A priority for projects that develop innovative 
        models that serve traditionally underserved populations, 
        including low-income students, students with disabilities, and 
        students with limited English proficiency.
            ``(5) A priority for projects in which applicants provide 
        substantial financial and other resources to achieve the goals 
        of the project.
            ``(6) A priority for projects that develop innovative 
        models for using electronic networks to provide challenging 
        courses, such as Advanced Placement courses.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 3213. A recipient shall use funds awarded under this subpart 
to--
            ``(1) develop new applications of educational technologies 
        and telecommunications to support school reform efforts, such 
        as wireless and web-based telecommunications, hand-held 
        devices, web-based learning resources, distributed learning 
        environments (including distance learning networks), and the 
        development of educational software and other applications; and
            ``(2) carry out other activities consistent with the 
        purposes of this subpart, such as--
                    ``(A) developing innovative models for improving 
                teachers' ability to integrate technology effectively 
                into course curriculum, through sustained and 
                intensive, high-quality professional development;
                    ``(B) developing high-quality, standards- based, 
                digital content, including multimedia software, digital 
                video, and web-based resources, such as--
                            ``(i) new technological formats to 
                        facilitate deeper subject matter understanding 
                        in particularly challenging learning 
                        environments in areas such as physics, foreign 
                        language, or Advanced Placement courses;
                            ``(ii) computer modeling, visualization, 
                        and simulation tools;
                            ``(iii) new methods for assessing student 
                        performance;
                            ``(iv) web-based and other distance 
                        learning curricula and related materials, such 
                        as interoperable software components;
                            ``(v) learning-focused digital libraries, 
                        information retrieval systems, and other 
                        designs for supporting broad re-use of learning 
                        content; and
                            ``(vi) software that supports the 
                        development, modification, and maintenance of 
                        educational materials;
                    ``(C) using telecommunications, and other 
                technologies, to make programs accessible to students 
                with special needs (such as low-income students, 
                students with disabilities, students in remote areas, 
                and students with limited English proficiency) through 
                such activities as using technology to support 
                mentoring;
                    ``(D) providing classroom and extracurricular 
                opportunities for female students to explore the 
                different uses of technology;
                    ``(E) promoting school-family partnerships, which 
                may include services for adults and families, 
                particularly parent education programs that provide 
                parents with training, information, and support on how 
                to help their children achieve to high academic 
                standards;
                    ``(F) acquiring connectivity linkages, resources, 
                distance learning networks, and services, including 
                hardware and software, as needed to accomplish the 
                goals of the project; and
                    ``(G) collaborating with other Department of 
                Education and Federal information technology research 
                and development programs.

                              ``evaluation

    ``Sec. 3214. The Secretary is authorized to--
            ``(1) develop tools and provide resources for recipients of 
        funds under this subpart to evaluate their activities;
            ``(2) provide technical assistance to assist recipients of 
        funds under this subpart in evaluating their projects;
            ``(3) conduct independent evaluations of the activities 
        assisted under this subpart; and
            ``(4) disseminate findings and methodologies from 
        evaluations of activities assisted under this subpart, or other 
        information obtained from such projects that would promote the 
        design, replication, or implementation of effective models for 
        evaluating the impact of educational technology on teaching and 
        learning.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 3215. For purposes of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

                   ready-to-learn digital television

    Sec. 322. (a) Subpart 2 of part C of title III of the ESEA (as 
redesignated by section 321(b) of the bill) is further amended, in the 
heading thereof, by inserting ``Digital'' immediately before 
``Television''.
    (b) Section 3221(a) of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) 
of the bill) is amended by striking out ``section 3302(b)'' and ``the 
National Education Goals.'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
3222(b)'' and ``America's Education Goals.'', respectively.
    (c) Section 3222(a)(2) of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 
321(c) of the bill) is amended by striking out ``and those funded under 
the Star Schools Act''.
    (d) Section 3223(2) of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) 
of the bill) is amended by striking out ``part'' each place it appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``subpart'' in each such place.
    (e) Section 3224 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended by striking out ``section 3301 or 3303'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``section 3221 or 3223''.
    (f) Section 3225 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``section 3201'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 3221''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 
                3302(a); and'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                3222(a); and''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``section 
                3303(3),'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                3223(3),''.
    (g) Section 3226 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended by striking out ``section 3302,'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``section 3222,''.
    (h) Section 3228 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``part, $30,000,000 
        for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary'' and 
        ``section 3302.'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subpart, such 
        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and'' and 
        ``section 3222'', respectively; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking out ``section 
        3303(1)(C).'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        3223(1)(C).''.

  telecommunications program for professional development in the core 
                             content areas

    Sec. 323. (a) Subpart 3 of part B of title III of the ESEA (as 
redesignated by section 321(b) of the bill) is further amended by 
amending the subpart heading to read as follows: ``Telecommunications 
Program for Professional Development in the Core Content Areas''.
    (b) Section 3231 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended to read as follows:

                      ``purpose; program authority

    ``Sec. 3231. (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart to 
assist elementary and secondary school teachers in preparing all 
students to achieve to challenging State academic content and 
performance standards through a national telecommunications-based 
program to improve teaching in core content areas.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--From funds appropriated to carry out this 
subpart, the Secretary may make grants to nonprofit telecommunications 
entities, or partnerships of such entities, to carry out the purposes 
of this subpart.''.
    (c) Section 3232 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking out ``part'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``subpart'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``existing 
                publicly funded telecommunications infrastructure to 
                deliver video, voice and data'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``public broadcasting infrastructure, digital 
                libraries, and emerging school networks to deliver 
                video and web-based resources''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``State or 
                local'' through the end thereof and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``national, State, or local nonprofit public 
                communications entities, institutions of higher 
                education, museums, libraries, and national education 
                professional associations that have developed content 
                standards in the core content areas;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the heading thereof, by striking out 
                ``Demonstration'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``Project''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``assure that the demonstration 
                project authorized by this part is'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``ensure that the projects carried out 
                under this subpart are''.
    (d) Section 3233 of the ESEA (as redesignated by section 321(c) of 
the bill) is amended by striking out ``part, $5,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subpart, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 
and''.

                      community technology centers

    Sec. 324. Part B of Title III of the ESEA (as amended by section 
321 of the bill) is further amended by adding immediately at the end 
thereof the following new subpart:

               ``Subpart 4--Community Technology Centers

                      ``purpose; program authority

    ``Sec. 3241. (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart to 
assist eligible applicants to--
            ``(1) create or expand community technology centers that 
        will provide disadvantaged residents of economically distressed 
        urban and rural communities with access to information 
        technology and related training; and
            ``(2) provide technical assistance and support to community 
        technology centers.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized, through the 
        Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, 
        or cooperative agreements on a competitive basis to eligible 
        applicants in order to assist them in--
                    ``(A) creating or expanding community technology 
                centers; or
                    ``(B) providing technical assistance and support to 
                community technology centers.
            ``(2) Period of award.--The Secretary may award grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements under this subpart for a 
        period of not more than three years.

               ``eligibility and application requirements

    ``Sec. 3242. (a) Eligible Applicants.--In order to be eligible to 
receive an award under this subpart, an applicant shall--
            ``(1) have the capacity to expand significantly access to 
        computers and related services for disadvantaged residents of 
        economically distressed urban and rural communities (who would 
        otherwise be denied such access); and
            ``(2) be--
                    ``(A) an entity such as a foundation, museum, 
                library, for-profit business, public or private 
                nonprofit organization, or community-based 
                organization;
                    ``(B) an institution of higher education;
                    ``(C) a State educational agency;
                    ``(D) a local education agency; or
                    ``(E) a consortium of entities described in 
                subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), or (D).
    ``(b) Application Requirements.--In order to receive an award under 
this subpart, an eligible applicant shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, and containing such information, as the 
Secretary may require. Such application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the proposed project, including a 
        description of the magnitude of the need for the services and 
        how the project would expand access to information technology 
        and related services to disadvantaged residents of an 
        economically distressed urban or rural community;
            ``(2) a demonstration of--
                    ``(A) the commitment, including the financial 
                commitment, of entities such as institutions, 
                organizations, business and other groups in the 
                community that will provide support for the creation, 
                expansion, and continuation of the proposed project; 
                and
                    ``(B) the extent to which the proposed project 
                establishes linkages with other appropriate agencies, 
                efforts, and organizations providing services to 
                disadvantaged residents of an economically distressed 
                urban or rural community;
            ``(3) a description of how the proposed project would be 
        sustained once the Federal funds awarded under this subpart 
        end; and
            ``(4) a plan for the evaluation of the program, which shall 
        include benchmarks to monitor progress toward specific project 
        objectives.
    ``(c) Matching Requirements.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
project funded under this subpart shall not exceed 50 percent. The non-
Federal share of such project may be in cash or in kind, fairly 
evaluated, including services.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 3243. (a) Required Uses.--A recipient shall use funds under 
this subpart for--
            ``(1) creating or expanding community technology centers 
        that expand access to information technology and related 
        training for disadvantaged residents of distressed urban or 
        rural communities; and
            ``(2) evaluating the effectiveness of the project.
    ``(b) Permissible Uses.--A recipient may use funds under this 
subpart for activities, described in its application, that carry out 
the purposes of this subpart, such as--
            ``(1) supporting a center coordinator, and staff, to 
        supervise instruction and build community partnerships;
            ``(2) acquiring equipment, networking capabilities, and 
        infrastructure to carry out the project; and
            ``(3) developing and providing services and activities for 
        community residents that provide access to computers, 
        information technology, and the use of such technology in 
        support of pre-school preparation, academic achievement, 
        lifelong learning, and workforce development, such as the 
        following:
                    ``(A) After-school activities in which children and 
                youths use software that provides academic enrichment 
                and assistance with homework, develop their technical 
                skills, explore the Internet, and participate in 
                multimedia activities, including web page design and 
                creation.
                    ``(B) Adult education and family literacy 
                activities through technology and the Internet, 
                including--
                            ``(i) General Education Development, 
                        English as a Second Language, and adult basic 
                        education classes or programs;
                            ``(ii) introduction to computers;
                            ``(iii) intergenerational activities; and
                            ``(iv) lifelong learning opportunities.
                    ``(C) Career development and job preparation 
                activities, such as--
                            ``(i) training in basic and advanced 
                        computer skills;
                            ``(ii) resume writing workshops; and
                            ``(iii) access to databases of employment 
                        opportunities, career information, and other 
                        online materials.
                    ``(D) Small business activities, such as--
                            ``(i) computer-based training for basic 
                        entrepreneurial skills and electronic commerce; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) access to information on business 
                        start-up programs that is available online, or 
                        from other sources.
                    ``(E) Activities that provide home access to 
                computers and technology, such as assistance and 
                services to promote the acquisition, installation, and 
                use of information technology in the home through low-
                cost solutions such as networked computers, web-based 
                television devices, and other technology.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 3244. For purposes of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

        Part C--Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology

                                new part

    Sec. 331. Title III of the ESEA is further amended by adding 
immediately after subpart 4 of part B of such title (as added by 
section 324 of the bill) the following new part:

       ``Part C--Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology

                      ``purpose; program authority

    ``Sec. 3301. (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to assist 
consortia of public and private entities in carrying out programs that 
prepare prospective teachers to use advanced technology to foster 
learning environments conducive to preparing all students to achieve to 
challenging State and local content and student performance standards.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized, through the 
        Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, 
        or cooperative agreements on a competitive basis to eligible 
        applicants in order to assist them in developing or redesigning 
        teacher preparation programs to enable prospective teachers to 
        use technology effectively in their classrooms.
            ``(2) Period of award.--The Secretary may award grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements under this part for a 
        period of not more than five years.

                             ``eligibility

    ``Sec. 3302. (a) Eligible Applicants.--In order to receive an award 
under this part, an applicant shall be a consortium that includes--
            ``(1) at least one institution of higher education that 
        offers a baccalaureate degree and prepares teachers for their 
        initial entry into teaching;
            ``(2) at least one State educational agency or local 
        educational agency; and
            ``(3) one or more of the following entities:
                    ``(A) An institution of higher education (other 
                than the institution described in paragraph (1)).
                    ``(B) A school or department of education at an 
                institution of higher education.
                    ``(C) A school or college of arts and sciences at 
                an institution of higher education.
                    ``(D) A private elementary or secondary school.
                    ``(E) A professional association, foundation, 
                museum, library, for-profit business, public or private 
                nonprofit organization, community-based organization, 
                or other entity with the capacity to contribute to the 
                technology-related reform of teacher preparation 
                programs.
    ``(b) Application Requirements.--In order to receive an award under 
this part, an eligible applicant shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, and containing such information, as the 
Secretary may require. Such application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the proposed project, including how 
        the project would ensure that individuals participating in the 
        project would be prepared to use technology to create learning 
        environments conducive to preparing all students to achieve to 
        challenging State and local content and student performance 
        standards;
            ``(2) a demonstration of--
                    ``(A) the commitment, including the financial 
                commitment, of each of the members of the consortium; 
                and
                    ``(B) the active support of the leadership of each 
                member of the consortium for the proposed project;
            ``(3) a description of how each member of the consortium 
        would be included in project activities;
            ``(4) a description of how the proposed project would be 
        continued once the Federal funds awarded under this part end; 
        and
            ``(5) a plan for the evaluation of the program, which shall 
        include benchmarks to monitor progress toward specific project 
        objectives.
    ``(c) Matching Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
        project funded under this part shall not exceed 50 percent. 
        Except as provided in paragraph (2), the non-Federal share of 
        such project may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
        including services.
            ``(2) Acquisition of equipment.--Not more than 10 percent 
        of the funds awarded for a project under this part may be used 
        to acquire equipment, networking capabilities or 
        infrastructure, and the non-Federal share of the cost of any 
        such acquisition shall be in cash.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 3303. (a) Required Uses.--A recipient shall use funds under 
this part for--
            ``(1) creating programs that enable prospective teachers to 
        use advanced technology to create learning environments 
        conducive to preparing all students to achieve to challenging 
        State and local content and student performance standards; and
            ``(2) evaluating the effectiveness of the project.
    ``(b) Permissible Uses.--A recipient may use funds under this part 
for activities, described in its application, that carry out the 
purposes of this part, such as--
            ``(1) developing and implementing high-quality teacher 
        preparation programs that enable educators to--
                    ``(A) learn the full range of resources that can be 
                accessed through the use of technology;
                    ``(B) integrate a variety of technologies into the 
                classroom in order to expand students' knowledge;
                    ``(C) evaluate educational technologies and their 
                potential for use in instruction; and
                    ``(D) help students develop their own technical 
                skills and digital learning environments;
            ``(2) developing alternative teacher development paths that 
        provide elementary and secondary schools with well-prepared, 
        technology-proficient educators;
            ``(3) developing performance-based standards and aligned 
        assessments to measure the capacity of prospective teachers to 
        use technology effectively in their classrooms;
            ``(4) providing technical assistance to other teacher 
        preparation programs;
            ``(5) developing and disseminating resources and 
        information in order to assist institutions of higher education 
        to prepare teachers to use technology effectively in their 
        classrooms; and
            ``(6) subject to section 3302(c)(2), acquiring equipment, 
        networking capabilities, and infrastructure to carry out the 
        project.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 3304. For purposes of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

  Part D--Regional, State, and Local Educational Technology Resources

                                new part

    Sec. 341. Title III of the ESEA is further amended by inserting at 
the end thereof the following new part heading, subpart heading, and 
section:

 ``Part D--Regional, State, and Local Educational Technology Resources

            ``Subpart 1--Technology Literacy Challenge Fund

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 3411. It is the purpose of this subpart to increase the 
capacity of State and local educational agencies to improve student 
achievement, particularly that of students in high-poverty, low-
performing schools, by supporting State and local efforts that--
            ``(1) make effective use of new technologies and technology 
        applications, networks, and electronic learning resources;
            ``(2) utilize research-based teaching practices that are 
        linked to advanced technologies; and
            ``(3) promote sustained and intensive, high- quality 
        professional development that increases teacher capacity to 
        create improved learning environments through the integration 
        of educational technology into instruction.''.

                       allotment and reallotment

    Sec. 342. Section 3131(a)(2) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(including, for purposes of this 
        subpart, the Bureau of Indian Affairs)'' immediately after 
        ``State educational agency''; and
            (2) by striking out the period at the end thereof and 
        inserting a comma and ``except that such minimum shall apply to 
        the aggregate of grants received under this subpart by the 
        outlying areas for a fiscal year.''.

                   technology literacy challenge fund

    Sec. 343. Section 3132 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading thereof to read as follows:

                ``technology literacy challenge fund'';

            (2) by amending subsection (a)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Use of Grants.--(A) Each State educational agency 
        that receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall use--
                    ``(i) not less than 95 percent of the grant funds 
                received to award, on a competitive basis, subgrants to 
                eligible local applicants, as defined in section 3417, 
                for use in creating new learning environments designed 
                to prepare all students, including students with 
                disabilities or limited English proficiency, to achieve 
                to challenging State academic content and performance 
                standards through the use of research-based teaching 
                practices and advanced technologies; and
                    ``(ii) subject to subparagraph (C), the remainder 
                of the grant funds for administrative costs and 
                technical assistance.
            ``(B) In awarding subgrants under subparagraph (A)(i), a 
        State educational agency shall give priority to an eligible 
        local applicant that is a partnership that meets the 
        requirements of section 3417(1)(B).
            ``(C) From the funds described in subparagraph (A)(i), a 
        State educational agency may use not more than 2 percent of the 
        grant funds received by that agency under this subpart to 
        provide planning subgrants to eligible local applicants in 
        order to assist them to develop strategic long-term local 
        technology plans that shall be included in the application for 
        a subgrant under section 3416(1).''; and
            (3) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) provide eligible local applicants with assistance 
        in--
                    ``(A) developing applications under section 3416;
                    ``(B) forming partnerships among the entities 
                described in section 3417(1)(B); and
                    ``(C) establishing performance indicators and 
                methods for measuring program outcomes against the 
                indicators.''.

                           state application

    Sec. 344. Section 3133 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                          ``state application

    ``Sec. 3133. To receive funds under this subpart, a State 
educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. As part of its application, a State 
educational agency shall submit a new or updated statewide 
educational technology plan. The plan submitted shall demonstrate how 
it will be coordinated with and support the State plan or policies for 
comprehensive standards-based education reform, and shall describe--
            ``(1) how the State educational agency will meet the 
        national technology goals that--
                    ``(A) all teachers in the Nation will have the 
                training and support they need to help students learn 
                using computers and the information superhighway;
                    ``(B) all teachers and students will have modern 
                multimedia computers in their classrooms;
                    ``(C) every classroom will be connected to the 
                information superhighway; and
                    ``(D) effective software and online learning 
                resources will be an integral part of every school's 
                curriculum;
            ``(2) the State educational agency's long-term strategies 
        for financing educational technology in the State, including 
        how the State educational agency will use other sources of 
        Federal and non-Federal funds, including the E-Rate, for this 
        purpose;
            ``(3) the State educational agency's criteria for 
        identifying, for purposes of section 3317(1)(A), a local 
        educational agency as high-poverty, serving at least one low-
        performing school, and having a substantial need for 
        technology, and how the State educational agency will report to 
        the public the criteria to be used and the outcome of the 
        competition;
            ``(4) the State educational agency's specific goals for 
        using advanced technology to improve student achievement to 
        challenging State academic content and performance standards 
        by--
                    ``(A) using web-based resources and 
                telecommunications networks to provide challenging 
                content and improve classroom instruction;
                    ``(B) using research-based teaching practices and 
                models of effective uses of advanced technology; and
                    ``(C) promoting sustained and intensive, high-
                quality professional development that increases teacher 
                capacity to create improved learning environments 
                through the integration of technology into instruction;
            ``(5) the State educational agency's performance indicators 
        for each of the goals described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) 
        and included in its plan, baseline performance data for the 
        indicators, a timeline for achieving the goals, and interim 
        measures of success toward achieving the goals;
            ``(6) how the State educational agency will ensure that 
        grants to eligible local applicants are of sufficient size, 
        scope, and quality to meet the purposes of this subpart 
        effectively;
            ``(7) how the State educational agency will provide 
        technical assistance to eligible local applicants, and its 
        capacity for providing such assistance;
            ``(8) how the State educational agency will ensure that 
        educational technology is accessible to, and usable by, all 
        students, including students with special needs, such as 
        students who have disabilities or limited English proficiency; 
        and
            ``(9) how the State educational agency will evaluate its 
        activities under the plan.''.

                          local uses of funds

    Sec. 345. Section 3134 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                         ``local uses of funds

    ``Sec. 3134. Each eligible local applicant shall use the funds made 
available under section 3413(a)(2)(i) for one or more of the following 
activities:
            ``(1) Adapting or expanding existing and new applications 
        of technology to enable teachers to create learning 
        environments designed to prepare students to achieve to 
        challenging State academic content and student performance 
        standards through the use of research-based teaching practices 
        and advanced technologies.
            ``(2) Providing sustained and intensive, high-quality 
        professional development in the integration of advanced 
        technologies into curriculum and in using those technologies to 
        create new learning environments, including training in the use 
        of technology to access data and resources to develop curricula 
        and instructional materials.
            ``(3) Enabling teachers to use the Internet to communicate 
        with other teachers and retrieve web-based learning resources.
            ``(4) Using technology to collect, manage, and analyze data 
        to inform school improvement efforts.
            ``(5) Acquiring wireless telecommunications, hand-held 
        devices, modeling or simulation tools, distance learning 
        networks, and other advanced technologies with classroom 
        applications.
            ``(6) Acquiring wiring and access to advanced 
        telecommunications.
            ``(7) Using web-based learning resources, including those 
        that provide access to challenging courses such as Advanced 
        Placement courses.
            ``(8) Assisting schools to use technology to promote parent 
        and family involvement, and support communications between 
        family and school.''.

                           local applications

    Sec. 346. Section 3135 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting the subsection designation and 
                heading ``(a) In General.--'' immediately after the 
                section heading; and
                    (B) by striking out ``local educational agency'' 
                and ``section 3132(a)(2)'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``eligible local applicant'' and ``section 
                3413(a)(2)'', respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) a description of how the applicant plans to 
                improve the achievement of all students by--
                            ``(i) making effective use of new 
                        technologies, networks, and electronic learning 
                        resources;
                            ``(ii) using research-based teaching 
                        practices that are linked to advanced 
                        technologies; and
                            ``(iii) promoting sustained and intensive, 
                        high-quality professional development that 
                        increases the capacity of teachers to create 
                        improved learning environments through the 
                        integration of educational technology into 
                        instruction.'';
                    (B) by striking out subparagraph (B);
                    (C) by amending subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) to 
                read as follows:
                    ``(C) a description of the applicant's goals 
                regarding the use of educational technology to meet the 
                purposes of this subpart, as well as the applicant's 
                baseline data, timelines, benchmarks, and indicators of 
                success for meeting these goals;
                    ``(D) a description of how the applicant will 
                ensure sustained and intensive, high-quality 
                professional development for teachers, administrators, 
                and other educational personnel to further the use of 
                technology in the classroom;
                    ``(E) a description of the administrative and 
                technical support that the applicant will provide 
                schools;'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (G), by striking out ``and'' at 
                the end thereof;
                    (E) by amending subparagraph (H) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(H) a description of the applicant's strategy for 
                financing its strategic, long-term local technology 
                plan, including the use of other Federal and non-
                Federal funds;'--
                    (F) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), 
                (G), and (H) as subparagraphs (E), (F), (G), (H), and 
                (I), respectively;
                    (G) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
                subparagraphs:
                    ``(J) a description of how the applicant will use 
                advanced technology to promote communication between 
                teachers for activities such as--
                            ``(i) sharing examples of student work;
                            ``(ii) developing instructional strategies;
                            ``(iii) developing curricula aligned with 
                        State or local standards;
                            ``(iv) using data to improve teaching and 
                        learning; and
                    ``(K) a description of how the applicant would use 
                technology to improve the teaching and learning of 
                students with special needs, such as students with 
                disabilities or limited English proficiency.''.
            (3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) describe how the applicant included parents, public 
        libraries, business leaders, and community leaders in the 
        development of the strategic long-term local technology plan 
        described in paragraph (1);'';
            (4) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``and'' at the end 
        thereof;
            (5) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking out ``National 
        Education Goals'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``America's 
        Education Goals'';
            (6) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (8);
            (7) by inserting immediately after paragraph (3) the 
        following new paragraphs:
            ``(4) describe how the applicant would use subgrant funds 
        to benefit low-performing schools;
            ``(5) describe how the applicant will ensure that 
        technology is accessible to, and usable by, all students, 
        particularly students with disabilities or limited English 
        proficiency;
            ``(6) include an assurance that, before any funds received 
        under this part are used for acquiring wiring or access to 
        advanced telecommunications, the applicant will use all 
        resources available to it through the E-Rate;
            ``(7) if the applicant is a partnership, describe the 
        members of the partnership, their respective roles, and their 
        respective contributions to improving the capacity of the local 
        educational agency; and'';
            (8) by striking out subsection (d);
            (9) in subsection (e), by striking out ``local educational 
        agency'' and ``under this Act or the Goals 2000: Educate 
        America Act,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``eligible local 
        applicant'' and ``under this Act,'', respectively; and
            (10) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (b).

              repeals; conforming changes; redesignations

    Sec. 347. (a) Sections 3136 and 3137 of the ESEA are repealed.
    (b)(1) Section 3131(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 
        3114(a)(1)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 3418''; 
        and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``section 
        3115(a)(1)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 3418''; 
        and
    (2) Section 3132 of the ESEA is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``section 3131,'' 
        and ``section 3133.'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        3412,'' and ``section 3414.'', respectively; and
            (B) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking out ``section 
        3133;'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 3414;''.
    (c) Sections 3131, 3132, 3133, 3134, and 3135 of the ESEA are 
redesignated as sections 3412, 3413, 3414, 3415, and 3416, 
respectively.

              definitions; authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 348. Title III of the ESEA is further amended by adding 
immediately after section 3416 (as redesignated by section 347(c) of 
the bill) the following new sections:

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 3417. For purposes of this subpart--
            ``(1) `eligible local applicant' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency that, as 
                determined by the State educational agency,--
                            ``(i) is among the local educational 
                        agencies in the State with the highest numbers 
                        or percentages of children from households 
                        living in poverty;
                            ``(ii) includes one or more low-performing 
                        schools; and
                            ``(iii) has a substantial need for 
                        assistance in acquiring and using technology; 
                        or
                    ``(B) a partnership that includes at least one 
                local educational agency that meets the requirements of 
                subparagraph (A) and at least one--
                            ``(i) local educational agency that can 
                        demonstrate that teachers in schools served by 
                        that agency are using technology effectively in 
                        their classrooms;
                            ``(ii) institution of higher education;
                            ``(iii) for-profit organization that 
                        develops, designs, manufactures, or produces 
                        technology products or services, or has 
                        substantial expertise in the application of 
                        technology; or
                            ``(iv) public or private non-profit 
                        organization with demonstrated experience in 
                        the application of educational technology; and
            ``(2) `low-performing school' means a school--
                    ``(A) identified by the local educational agency 
                for school improvement under section 1116(c) of this 
                Act; or
                    ``(B) in which a substantial majority of students 
                fail to meet State performance standards based on State 
                or local assessments that are aligned to the 
                performance standards.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 3418. For purposes of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

               regional technology in education consortia

    Sec. 349. (a) Title III of the ESEA is further amended by inserting 
immediately after section 3418 (as added by section 348 of the bill) 
the following new subpart designation and heading: ``Subpart 2--
Regional Technology in Education Consortia''.
    (b) Section 3141 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by amending the heading thereof to read as 
                follows: ``Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative 
                Agreements Authorized.--'';
                    (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) Authority.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
        Educational Technology, shall make grants, or enter into 
        contracts or cooperative agreements, in accordance with the 
        provisions of this subpart, to consortia that meet the 
        requirements of paragraph (2). In making such awards, the 
        Secretary shall ensure, to the extent possible, that each 
        geographic region of the United States shall be served by a 
        recipient of an award under this subpart.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking out ``a grant under this 
                        section'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an 
                        award under this subpart'';
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
                        (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; 
                        and
                            (iii) by inserting immediately after 
                        subparagraph (A) the following new 
                        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) meet the requirements of section 2421 in 
                addition to meeting the requirements of this 
                subpart;''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking out ``a grant under this 
                        section'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an 
                        award under this subpart'';
                            (ii) in subsection (B)--
                                    (I) by striking out ``information, 
                                in coordination with information 
                                available from the Secretary,'' and 
                                inserting in lieu thereof 
                                ``information''; and
                                    (II) by striking out ``evaluate and 
                                make recommendations on equipment and 
                                software that support the America's 
                                Education Goals and are suited for a 
                                school's particular needs,''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking out 
                        ``to participate'' through the end thereof and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``assistance in 
                        applying advanced technologies and web-based 
                        resources in order to design learning 
                        environments for the 21st Century; and'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking out ``a grant under this 
                        section'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an 
                        award under this subpart'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking out ``technology-
                                specific, ongoing professional 
                                development,'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``sustained and intensive high-
                                quality professional development that 
                                prepares educators to be effective 
                                developers, users, and evaluators of 
                                educational technology,'';
                                    (II) in clause (i), by striking out 
                                ``that use'' through the end thereof 
                                and inserting in lieu thereof ``for 
                                teachers, administrators, school 
                                librarians, and other education 
                                personnel; and''; and
                                    (III) in clause (ii)--
                                            (aa) by striking out 
                                        subclauses (II), and (V);
                                            (bb) in subclause (III), by 
                                        adding ``and'' at the end 
                                        thereof;
                                            (cc) in subclause (IV), by 
                                        striking out ``video 
                                        conferences and seminars 
                                        which'' and inserting in lieu 
                                        thereof ``the use of advanced 
                                        telecommunications and distance 
                                        learning networks to''; and
                                            (dd) by redesignating 
                                        subclauses (III) and (IV) as 
                                        subclauses (II) and (III), 
                                        respectively;
                            (iii) by striking out subparagraphs (B) and 
                        (C);
                            (iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking out 
                        ``for students'' through the end thereof and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof a comma and 
                        ``coordinated with other programs supported 
                        under this title, that incorporate the 
                        effective use of advanced technology into 
                        teacher preparation courses;'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (G)--
                                    (I) by striking out ``develop 
                                support from'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``increase the involvement and 
                                support of''; and
                                    (II) by striking out the period at 
                                the end thereof and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof a semicolon and ``and''; and
                            (vi) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), 
                        (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (B), (C), 
                        (D), and (E), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking out ``a grant under this 
                        section'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an 
                        award under this subpart'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' 
                        at the end thereof;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking out 
                        the semicolon and ``and'' at the end thereof 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof a period;
                            (iv) by striking out subparagraph (C);
                            (v) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
                        (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; 
                        and
                            (vi) by inserting immediately before 
                        subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by clause 
                        (v)) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(A) maintain, or contribute to, a nationally 
                accessible repository that contains information about 
                effective uses of educational technology, including for 
                sustained and intensive, high-quality professional 
                development, and disseminate that information 
                nationwide;''; and
                    (D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Each consortium receiving an award under this subpart 
        shall--
                    ``(A) collaborate, and coordinate the services that 
                it provides, with appropriate regional and other 
                entities assisted in whole or in part by the 
                Department;
                    ``(B) coordinate activities and establish 
                partnerships with organizations and institutions of 
                higher education that represent the interests of the 
                region regarding the application of technology to 
                teaching, learning, instructional management, 
                dissemination, the collection and distribution of 
                educational statistics, and the transfer of student 
                information; and
                    ``(C) collaborate with the Department and 
                recipients of funding under other technology programs 
                of the Department, particularly the Technology Literacy 
                Challenge Fund under subpart 1, and the Next-Generation 
                Technology Innovation Awards program under subpart 1 of 
                part B, to assist the Department and those recipients 
                as requested by the Secretary.''.
    (c) Section 3141 of the ESEA is redesignated as section 3421.
    (d) Title III of the ESEA is further amended by inserting 
immediately after section 3421 (as redesignated by subsection (c)) the 
following new section:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 3422. For purposes of carrying out this subpart, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

        TITLE IV--SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT

               safe and drug-free schools and communities

    Sec. 401. Title IV of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

         ``TITLE IV--SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

                             ``short title

    ``Sec. 4001. This title may be cited as the `Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act'.

                               ``findings

    ``Sec. 4002. The Congress finds that:
            ``(1) Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Programs 
        support achievement of Goal One of the National Drug Control 
        Strategy--to educate and enable America's youth to reject 
        illegal drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco--and Goal Seven 
        of America's Education Goals--that every school in the United 
        States will be free of drugs, violence, and the unauthorized 
        presence of firearms and alcohol.
            ``(2) It is essential for schools to provide a drug-free, 
        safe, and orderly learning environment for all students, if all 
        students are to live healthy lives and achieve to high academic 
standards.
            ``(3) Student drug use and school violence are serious 
        educational and public health concerns.
            ``(4) Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities programs 
        are most likely to be effective when they are based on a 
        thorough assessment of objective data about the drug and 
        violence problems in schools and communities, are designed to 
        meet measurable goals and objectives, are based on sound 
        research or evaluation findings, and are evaluated regularly 
        and held accountable for results.
            ``(5) Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program 
        resources should be targeted at the local level to projects in 
        areas that demonstrate need for the funds, have developed the 
        best strategic plans for using the funds, and are committed to 
        being accountable for results.
            ``(6) Lifelong physical activity contributes to students' 
        well-being and, consistent with the second of America's 
        Education Goals, it is appropriate for the Federal government 
        to help strengthen State and local efforts in this area.

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 4003. Declaration of Purpose.--The purpose of this title is 
to support programs for creating and maintaining drug-free, safe, and 
orderly environments for learning in and around schools, by awarding 
Federal financial assistance to--
            ``(1) State educational agencies for competitive awards to 
        local educational agencies with a demonstrated need for 
        services and the highest quality proposed programming;
            ``(2) Governors for competitive awards to local educational 
        agencies, as well as community-based organizations and other 
        public entities and nonprofit organizations, for programs that 
        complement and support local educational agency programs;
            ``(3) State educational agencies and Governors for 
        capacity-building, and technical assistance and accountability 
        services and activities to improve the effectiveness of, and 
        institutionalize, State and local Safe and Drug-Free Schools 
        and Communities programs; and
            ``(4) Public and private organizations, and individuals, 
        for training programs, demonstrations, evaluations, research 
        projects, direct services, and technical assistance to schools 
        and school systems, developing and disseminating materials and 
        information, drug and violence prevention programs at the 
        postsecondary level, and other activities related to the 
        purposes of this title.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 4004. There are authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 
        and each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out part 
        A;
            ``(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 
        and each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out part 
        B; and
            ``(3) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 
        and each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out part 
        C.

    ``Part A--State Grants for Drug and Violence Prevention Programs

                     ``reservations and allotments

    ``Sec. 4111. (a) Reservations.--(1) From the amount made available 
under section 4004(1) to carry out this part for each fiscal year, the 
Secretary--
            ``(A) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for grants 
        under this part to Guam, America Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be 
        allotted in accordance with the Secretary's determination of 
        their respective needs;
            ``(B) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for the 
        Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs for Indian 
        youth;
            ``(C) shall reserve 0.2 percent of such amount for programs 
        for Native Hawaiians; and
            ``(D) may reserve not more than $2,000,000 for evaluation 
        activities required by section 4117(a).
    ``(2)(A)(i) Funds reserved under paragraph (1)(A) may not be 
consolidated under the provisions of title V of Public Law 95-134.
    ``(ii) The Governor of Guam, America Samoa, the Virgin Islands, or 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands may direct the 
Secretary to consolidate the Governor's share of funds under this part 
with the State educational agency's share and award the consolidated 
amount to the State educational agency for administration in accordance 
with the requirements of this part applicable to State educational 
agencies.
    ``(iii) Funds reserved under paragraph (1)(A) shall be used to 
carry out programs and activities that--
            ``(I) are authorized by this part and are implemented in a 
        manner that is consistent with the program requirements under 
        section 4114; and
            ``(II) are subject to the application requirements under 
        section 4112(a).
    ``(B) Funds reserved under paragraph (1)(B) shall be used to carry 
out programs and activities authorized by this part that meet the needs 
of Native American youth and that are implemented in a manner that is 
consistent with the program requirements under section 4114.
    ``(C)(i) Funds reserved under paragraph (1)(C) shall be used by the 
Secretary to award grants or contracts to organizations primarily 
serving or representing Native Hawaiians to carry out programs and 
activities authorized by this part that meet the needs of Native 
Hawaiian youth and that are implemented in a manner that is consistent 
with the program requirements under section 4114.
    ``(ii) Recipients of funds reserved under paragraph (1)(C) shall 
coordinate their programs and activities with programs and activities 
under this part carried out by the State educational agency of Hawaii.
    ``(iii) For the purposes of this section, the term `Native 
Hawaiian' has the same meaning as the term is provided in section 9212 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
    ``(b) State Allotments.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall, for each fiscal year, allocate among the States--
            ``(A) one-half of the remainder not reserved under 
        subsection (a) according to the ratio between the school-aged 
        population of each State and the school-aged population of all 
        the States; and
            ``(B) one-half of such remainder according to the ratio 
        between the amount each State received under section 1122 of 
        part A of title I of the Act for the preceding year and the sum 
        of such amounts received by all the States.
    ``(2) Minimum.--For any fiscal year, no State shall be allotted 
under this subsection an amount that is less than one-half of one 
percent of the total amount allotted to all the States under this 
subsection.
    ``(3) Reallotment.--The Secretary may reallot any amount of any 
allotment to a State if the Secretary determines that the State will be 
unable to use such amount within two years of such allotment. Such 
reallotments shall be made on the same basis as allotments are made 
under paragraph (1).
    ``(4) Definitions.--For the purposes of this part--
            ``(A) the term `State' means each of the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
            ``(B) the term `local educational agency' includes 
        educational service agencies and consortia of such agencies.

                          ``state applications

    ``Sec. 4112. (a) State Application. In order to receive an 
allotment under section 4111(b) for any fiscal year, a State shall 
submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the 
Secretary may require, a 5-year application that--
            ``(1) is submitted jointly by the Governor and the State 
        educational agency of the State;
            ``(2) contains a description of how funds under this part 
        will be coordinated with other programs under this Act and with 
        other Federal education and drug prevention programs;
            ``(3) contains a comprehensive plan for the use of funds by 
        the State educational agency and the Governor to provide safe, 
        orderly, and drug-free school environments that includes--
                    ``(A) the results of the State's needs assessment 
                for drug and violence-prevention programs, which shall 
                be based on the results of ongoing State evaluation 
                activities and include data on the prevalence of drug 
                use and violence by youth in schools and communities in 
                the State;
                    ``(B) a list of the State's results-based 
                performance measures for drug and violence prevention, 
                which shall--
                            ``(i) be focused on student behavior and 
                        attitudes and derived from the needs 
                        assessment;
                            ``(ii) be selected from a core set 
of indicators that the Secretary shall develop in consultation with 
State and local officials;
                            ``(iii) include targets and due dates for 
                        the attainment of these indicators;
                            ``(iv) include a description of the 
                        procedures the State will use to inform local 
                        educational agencies of the State's results-
                        based performance measures for drug and 
                        violence prevention for assessing and publicly 
                        reporting progress toward meeting these 
                        indicators, or revising them as needed; and
                            ``(v) include a description of how the 
                        procedures described in subparagraph (C) and 
                        subparagraph (D) will support the achievement 
                        of the State's results-based performance 
                        measures;
                    ``(C) a description of the procedures the State 
                educational agency will use for reviewing applications 
                and awarding funds to local educational agencies on a 
                competitive basis under section 4113(c), including--
                            ``(i) the objective criteria the State 
                        educational agency will use for determining 
                        which local educational agencies are eligible 
                        to compete for these funds;
                            ``(ii) the criteria the State educational 
                        agency will use to assess the relative quality 
                        of applications and demonstrated need for 
                        funding by these local educational agencies;
                            ``(iii) the peer review process the State 
                        educational agency will use to review 
                        applications;
                            ``(iv) how the State educational agency 
                        will ensure that the geographical distribution 
                        of awards reflects the diversity of local 
                        educational agencies in the State; and
                            ``(v) how the State educational agency and 
                        the Governor will coordinate these programs;
                    ``(D) a description of the procedures, including 
                objective criteria, the State educational agency will 
                use for reviewing any applications and awarding any 
                funds to local educational agencies on a non-
                competitive basis under section 4113(c)(3);
                    ``(E) a description of the procedures the Governor 
                will use to award funds to eligible applicants on a 
                competitive basis consistent with section 4115(c), 
                including--
                            ``(i) the criteria the Governor will use to 
                        assess the relative quality of applications and 
                        demonstrated need for funding of eligible 
                        applicants;
                            ``(ii) the peer review process the Governor 
                        will use to review applications;
                            ``(iii) how those funds will be used for 
                        community resources and activities that support 
                        local educational agency programs to create 
                        drug-free, safe, and disciplined learning 
                        environments in, and passageways to and from 
                        schools; and
                            ``(iv) how the Governor will ensure that 
                        the geographic distribution of awards reflects 
                        the diversity of local educational agencies in 
                        the State;
                    ``(F) a description of how the State educational 
                agency and Governor will use the funds reserved under 
                sections 4113(b) and 4115(b) for coordinated capacity-
                building and technical assistance and program 
                accountability services and activities at the State and 
                local levels, including how the State educational 
                agency and Governor will coordinate their activities 
                with law enforcement, health, mental health, and 
                education programs and officials at the State and local 
                levels;
                    ``(G) a description of how the State educational 
                agency and the Governor will monitor local programs; 
                and
                    ``(H) a description of how the State educational 
                agency will ensure that local educational agencies not 
                receiving funds under this part will be provided 
                technical assistance to improve their programs;
            ``(4) contains assurances that the application was 
        developed in consultation and coordination with appropriate 
        State officials, including the head of the State alcohol and 
        drug abuse agency, the heads of the State health and mental 
        health agencies, the head of the State criminal justice 
        planning agency, the head of the State child welfare agency, 
        the head of the State board of education, or their designees, 
        and representatives of parents, students, and community-based 
        organizations; and
            ``(5) contains assurance that the State will cooperate 
        with, and assist, the Secretary in conducting the national 
        impact evaluation of programs required by section 4117(a).
    ``(b) Peer Review.--The Secretary shall use a peer review process 
in reviewing State applications under this section.

             ``state and local educational agency programs

    ``Sec. 4113. (a) Allocation of Funds.--In each fiscal year, 80 
percent of the total amount allocated to the State under section 
4111(b) shall be used by the State educational agency and local 
educational agencies in the State to carry out programs and activities 
in accordance with this section that are designed to create and 
maintain drug-free, safe, and orderly environments for learning in and 
around schools in the State.
    ``(b) State Level Activities.--(1) A State educational agency shall 
reserve not more than 20 percent of the amount described in subsection 
(a) for State-level activities described in paragraphs (2) and (4).
    ``(2) A State educational agency may use not more than 5 percent of 
the amount described in subsection (a) for the costs of carrying out 
its administrative responsibilities under this part.
    ``(3) The State educational agency shall reserve the remainder of 
the amount described in paragraph (1) after application of paragraph 
(2), but not less than 10 percent of the amount described in subsection 
(a), for State-level activities described in paragraph (4).
    ``(4)(A) The State educational agency and the Governor shall 
jointly use the amounts reserved under paragraph (3) and section 
4115(b)(3) to plan, develop, and implement capacity building, technical 
assistance, and accountability services that are designed to support 
the effective implementation of local drug and violence prevention 
activities throughout the State and promote program accountability and 
improvement.
    ``(B)(i) The State educational agency and Governor may carry out 
the services and activities described in subparagraph (A) directly, or 
through subgrants or contracts with public and private organizations, 
as well as individuals.
    ``(ii) Except as provided under clause (iii), the State educational 
agency and Governor shall, to the extent practicable, use funds under 
this paragraph to provide capacity building and technical assistance 
and accountability services and activities to all local educational 
agencies in the State, including those that do not receive funds under 
this part.
    ``(iii) The State educational agency and the Governor may use funds 
under this paragraph to provide emergency intervention services to 
schools and communities following a traumatic crisis, such as a 
shooting, major accident, or drug-related incident that has disrupted 
the learning environment.
    ``(C) For the purpose of this paragraph--
            ``(i) `capacity building' means activities to improve the 
        knowledge, skills, and expertise of State and local program 
        staff needed to plan, implement, and improve effective 
        research-based programs; and
            ``(ii) `technical assistance and accountability services' 
        means activities designed to improve State and local programs 
        and activities under this part, including dissemination of 
        information and curricula, program evaluation, demonstration 
        programs, peer review of local educational agency applications, 
        and evaluation assistance, such as collecting, monitoring, and 
        reporting program indicator data.
    ``(c) Local Level Activities.--(1) A State educational agency shall 
use not less than 80 percent of the amount described in subsection (a) 
for local-level activities described in paragraphs (2) and (3).
    ``(2)(A) A State educational agency shall use at least 70 percent 
of the amount described in subsection (a) to make competitive 
subgrants, consistent with subparagraph (C)(i), to local educational 
agencies (or consortia of local educational agencies) that the State 
educational agency determines, based on objective data, need assistance 
under this part.
    ``(B) In determining which local educational agencies (or 
consortia) need assistance under this part, the State educational 
agency may consider such factors as--
            ``(i) high rates of alcohol, tobacco, or drug use among 
        youth;
            ``(ii) high rates of victimization of youth by violence and 
        crime;
            ``(iii) high rates of arrest and adjudication of youth for 
        violent or drug- or alcohol-related delinquency;
            ``(iv) high rates of bullying, hate-related incidents, 
        racial harassment, sexual harassment, or sexual abuse;
            ``(v) high rates of referrals of youths to drug and alcohol 
        abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs;
            ``(vi) high rates of referrals of youths to juvenile court;
            ``(vii) high rates of expulsions and suspensions of 
        students from schools;
            ``(viii) high rates of reported cases of child abuse and 
        domestic violence;
            ``(ix) the extent of illegal gang activity;
            ``(x) local fiscal capacity to fund such programs without 
        Federal assistance;
            ``(xi) the incidence of drug paraphernalia in schools;
            ``(xii) high rates of drug-related emergencies or deaths; 
        and
            ``(xiii) high rates of drug distribution or sales on, or 
        around, school grounds.
    ``(C)(i) The State educational agency shall base the competition it 
conducts under subparagraph (A) on the quality of the applicant's 
proposed program and how closely it is aligned with the principles of 
effectiveness described in clause (ii).
    ``(ii) For the purpose of this subsection, the State educational 
agency shall use the following principles of effectiveness:
            ``(I) The applicant's program is based on a thorough 
        assessment of objective data about the drug and violence 
        problems in the schools and communities to be served.
            ``(II) The applicant has established a set of measurable 
        goals and objectives aimed at ensuring that all schools served 
        by the local educational agency have a drug-free, safe, and 
        orderly learning environment, and has designed its programs to 
        meet those goals and objectives.
            ``(III) The applicant has designed and will implement its 
        programs for youth based on research or evaluation that 
        provides evidence that the program to be used will prevent or 
        reduce drug use, violence, delinquency, or disruptive behavior 
        among youth.
            ``(IV) The applicant will evaluate its program periodically 
        to assess its progress toward achieving its goals and 
        objectives, and will use evaluation results to refine, improve, 
        and strengthen its program, and refine its goals and 
        objectives, as needed.
    ``(D) A State educational agency may make subgrants under this 
paragraph to not more than 50 percent of the local educational agencies 
in the State, unless the State demonstrates in its application under 
section 4112 that the State educational agency can make subgrants to 
more than 50 percent of the local educational agencies in the State and 
still comply with subparagraph (E).
    ``(E) Subgrants under this paragraph shall be of sufficient size to 
support high-quality, effective programs and activities that are 
designed to create safe, disciplined, and drug-free learning 
environments in schools and that are consistent with the needs, goals, 
and objectives identified in the State's plan under section 4112.
    ``(3)(A) A State educational agency may use not more than 10 
percent of the amount described in subsection (a) to make non-
competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (or consortia of 
local educational agencies) with the greatest need for assistance as 
described in paragraph (2)(B) that did not receive a subgrant under 
subparagraph (2)(A). A local educational agency may not receive more 
than one subgrant under this paragraph.
    ``(B) A State educational agency shall not make a subgrant to a 
local educational agency under this paragraph unless it--
            ``(i) assists the local educational agency in meeting the 
        information requirements under section 4116(a) pertaining to 
        local educational agency needs assessment, results-based 
        performance measures, comprehensive safe and drug-free schools 
        plan, evaluation plan, and assurances; and
            ``(ii) provides continuing technical assistance to the 
        local educational agency to build its capacity to develop and 
        implement high-quality, effective programs consistent with the 
        principles of effectiveness in subsection (c)(2)(C)(ii).
    ``(d) Project Periods and Reallocation.--(1)(A) Subgrants under 
subsection (c) shall be for project periods not to exceed three years.
    ``(B) In order to receive funds under this section for the second 
or third year of the project, a local educational agency shall 
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the State educational agency that 
the local educational agency's project is making reasonable progress 
toward its performance measures under section 4116(a)(3)(C).
    ``(2) A State educational agency may require local educational 
agencies to return funds awarded to them under this section that they 
have not expended within one year of the date of the subgrant, and may 
award such recovered funds to other local educational agencies with the 
greatest need for them--
            ``(A) through a new competition;
            ``(B) by funding high-quality applications that were not 
        funded in a previous competition; or
            ``(C) by making supplemental awards to current subgrant 
        recipients.

             ``local drug and violence prevention programs

    ``Sec. 4114. (a) Principles of Effectiveness.--Each local 
educational agency that receives a subgrant under section 4113(c) shall 
use those funds to support research-based, drug- and violence-
prevention services and activities that are consistent with the 
principles of effectiveness described in section 4113(c)(2)(C)(ii).
    ``(b) Other Authorized Activities.--(1) Each local educational 
agency that receives a subgrant under section 4113(c) may also use 
those funds to carry out, in a manner that is consistent with the most 
recent relevant research, other services and activities that are 
consistent with the purposes of this title, such as--
            ``(A) staff training and development;
            ``(B) parental involvement and training;
            ``(C) community involvement activities;
            ``(D) law enforcement and security activities that are 
        related to school safety and drug use;
            ``(E) creating and maintaining safe zones of passage to and 
        from school to prevent violence and drug trafficking;
            ``(F) counseling, mentoring, and referral services, and 
        other student assistance programs;
            ``(G) before- and after-school programs;
            ``(H) alternative education programs for those students who 
        have been expelled from their regular education programs;
            ``(I) programs to assist students to reenter the regular 
        education program upon return from treatment or alternative 
        education settings;
            ``(J) services and activities that reduce the need for 
        suspension and expulsion in maintaining classroom order and 
        school discipline;
            ``(K) services and activities to prevent and reduce 
        truancy;
            ``(L) teaching students about the risks and consequences 
        associated with handling firearms and that enables them to make 
        safe choices and avoid injuries to themselves and others; and
            ``(M) activities designed to prevent hate crimes.
    ``(2) A local educational agency may not use more that 20 percent 
of its subgrant for the acquisition or use of metal detectors and 
security personnel unless it demonstrates in its application under 
section 4116 to the satisfaction of the State educational agency that 
it has a compelling need to do so.

                         ``governor's programs

    ``Sec. 4115. (a) Allocation of Funds.--In each fiscal year, 20 
percent of the total amount allocated to the State under section 
4111(b) shall be used by the Governor to support community efforts that 
directly complement the efforts of local educational agencies to foster 
drug-free, safe, and orderly learning environments in and around 
schools.
    ``(b) State-Level Activities.--(1) A Governor shall reserve not 
more than 20 percent of the amount described in subsection (a) for 
State-level activities described in paragraph (2) and section 
4113(b)(4).
    ``(2) A Governor may use not more than 5 percent of the amount 
described in subsection (a) for costs, direct or indirect, of carrying 
out the Governor's administrative responsibilities under this part.
    ``(3) The Governor shall reserve the remainder of the amount 
described in paragraph (1), after application of paragraph (2), but not 
less than 10 percent of the amount described in subsection (a), for 
State-level activities that are administered jointly with the State 
educational agency, as described in section 4113(b)(4).
    ``(c) Local-Level Activities.--(1)(A) A Governor shall use not less 
than 80 percent of the amount described in subsection (a) to make 
competitive subgrants to, or contracts with, community-based 
organizations, local educational agencies, and other public entities 
and private non-profit organizations, or consortia thereof, to support 
community efforts that directly complement the efforts of local 
educational agencies to foster drug-free, safe, and orderly learning 
environments in and around schools.
    ``(B) To be eligible for a subgrant under this subsection, an 
applicant (other than a local educational agency applying on its own 
behalf) shall include in its application its written agreement with one 
or more local educational agencies, or one or more schools within a 
local educational agency, to provide services and activities in support 
of such local educational agencies or schools, as well as an 
explanation of how those services and activities will complement or 
support the local educational agencies' or schools' efforts to provide 
a drug-free, safe, and orderly school environment.
    ``(C) The Governor shall base the competition conducted under 
subparagraph (A)--
            ``(i) on the quality of the applicant's proposed program 
        and how closely it is aligned with the principles of 
        effectiveness described in section 4113(c)(2)(C)(ii); and
            ``(ii) on the needs of the schools or local educational 
        agencies to be served, based on the objective criteria 
        determined by the Governor.
    ``(D) Subgrants under this subsection may support community efforts 
on a Statewide, regional, or local basis and may support the efforts of 
local educational agencies and schools that do not receive funds under 
this part.
    ``(2)(A) Each recipient of a subgrant under this subsection shall 
use those funds to support research-based services and activities that 
are consistent with the principles of effectiveness described in 
section 4113(c)(2)(C)(ii).
    ``(B) Each recipient of a subgrant under this subsection may also 
use those funds to carry out, in a manner that is consistent with the 
most recent relevant research, other services and activities that are 
consistent with the purposes of this title, such as--
            ``(i) counseling and mentoring services;
            ``(ii) the support of school resource officers, and other 
        partnerships with law enforcement;
            ``(iii) after-school programs;
            ``(iv) activities designed to prevent hate crimes; and
            ``(v) alternative education programs for students removed 
        from their regular educational programs.

                          ``local applications

    ``Sec. 4116. Application Contents.--(a)(1) Applicants for subgrants 
under section 4113(c)(2), section 4113(c)(3), and section 4115(c) shall 
submit an application at such time and including such information as 
the State educational agency or the Governor, as applicable, requires, 
consistent with paragraph (3).
    ``(2)(A) Applications from local educational agencies for subgrants 
under section 4113(c)(2), section 4113(c)(3), and section 4115(c) shall 
be developed in consultation with a local or regional advisory council 
that includes, to the extent possible, representatives of local 
government, business, parents, students, teachers, pupil services 
personnel, mental health service providers, appropriate State agencies, 
private schools, law enforcement, community-based organizations, and 
other groups interested in, and knowledgeable about, drug and violence 
prevention.
    ``(B) Applications from entities other than local educational 
agencies for subgrants under section 4115(c) shall be developed in 
consultation with the schools or local educational agencies to be 
served and, to the extent practicable, with the representatives 
described in subparagraph (A).
    ``(3) Each application for a subgrant described in subsection (a) 
shall contain--
            ``(A) the results of the applicant's needs assessment 
        concerning the creation and maintenance of a drug-free, safe, 
        and orderly school environment and include data on the 
        prevalence of drug use and violence by youth in the schools and 
        communities to be served;
            ``(B) a description of how the applicant will target 
        services and activities on the communities, schools, and 
        students with the greatest need for assistance in creating and 
        maintaining drug-free, safe, and orderly learning environments;
            ``(C) the applicant's results-based performance measures 
        for creating and maintaining a drug-free, safe, and orderly 
        learning environment, which shall be focused on student 
        behavior and attitudes, and include annual targets for each 
        performance measure;
            ``(D) a description of the procedures the applicant will 
        use to assess and publicly report progress toward meeting its 
        performance indicators;
            ``(E) a description of how--
                    ``(i) the applicant will use the funds to be 
                awarded and how the activities it will support with 
                those funds address the needs identified under 
                subparagraph (A) and the performance measures 
                identified in subparagraph (C); and
                    ``(ii) if the applicant is a local educational 
                agency, how those activities are consistent with the 
                Safe and Drug-Free Schools plan under paragraph (4)(F) 
                or another existing school plan related to safe, 
                disciplined, and drug-free environments;
            ``(F) a description of how the applicant will coordinate 
        its activities with local, State, and Federal law enforcement, 
        health, mental health, and education officials;
            ``(G) a description of how the applicant will coordinate 
        its activities under this part with those implemented under the 
        Drug-Free Communities Act, if any;
            ``(H) a description of the applicant's plan for evaluating 
        its project; and
            ``(I) any other information the State educational agency or 
        Governor, as applicable, may require to review applications, 
        and award subgrants, based on the applicant's need for 
        assistance and the quality of the application.
    ``(4) Each applicant for a subgrant under section 4113(c)(2) or 
4113(c)(3) shall also include in its application an assurance that it--
            ``(A) has a policy, consistent with State law and the Gun-
        Free Schools Act, that requires the expulsion of students who 
        possess a firearm at school;
            ``(B) has, or will have, a full- or part-time program 
        coordinator whose primary responsibility is planning, 
        designing, implementing, and evaluating the applicant's 
        programs (unless the applicant demonstrates in its application, 
        to the satisfaction of the State educational agency, that such 
        a program coordinator is not needed);
            ``(C) will evaluate its program every two years to assess 
        its progress toward meeting its goals and objectives, and will 
        use the results of its evaluation to improve its program and 
        refine its goals and objectives, as needed; and
            ``(D) has, or the schools to be served have, a 
        comprehensive Safe and Drug-Free Schools plan that includes--
                    ``(i) appropriate and effective discipline policies 
                that prohibit disorderly conduct, the possession of 
                firearms and other weapons, and the illegal use, 
                possession, distribution, and sale of tobacco, alcohol, 
                and other drugs by students, and that mandate 
                predetermined consequences, sanctions, or interventions 
                for specific offenses;
                    ``(ii) security procedures at school and while 
                students are on the way to and from school, which may 
                include the use of metal detectors and the development 
                and implementation of formal agreements with law 
                enforcement officials;
                    ``(iii) early intervention and prevention 
                activities of demonstrated effectiveness designed to 
                create and maintain safe, disciplined, and drug-free 
                environments;
                    ``(iv) school readiness and family involvement 
                activities;
                    ``(v) improvements to classroom management and 
                school environment, such as efforts to reduce class 
                size or improve classroom discipline;
                    ``(vi) procedures to identify and intervene with 
                troubled students, including establishing linkages 
                with, and referring students to, juvenile justice, 
                community mental health, and other service providers;
                    ``(vii) activities that connect students to 
                responsible adults in the community, including 
                activities such as after-school or mentoring programs; 
                and
                    ``(viii) a crisis management plan for responding to 
                violent or traumatic incidents on school grounds, which 
                provides for addressing the needs of victims, and 
                communicating with parents, the media, law enforcement 
                officials, and mental health service providers.
    ``(5) Each applicant for a subgrant under section 4115(c) shall 
also include in its application--
            ``(A) a description of how the services and activities to 
        be supported will be coordinated with relevant programs under 
        this part that are supported by State educational agencies, 
        including how recipients will share resources, services, and 
        data;
            ``(B) a description of how the applicant will coordinate 
        its activities under this part with those implemented under the 
        Drug-Free Communities Act, if any; and
            ``(C)(i) an assurance that it will evaluate its program 
        every two years to assess its progress toward meeting its goals 
        and objectives, and will use the results of its evaluation to 
        improve its program and refine its goals and objectives as 
        needed, if the applicant is not a local educational agency; or
            ``(ii) the assurances under paragraph (4) if the applicant 
        is a local educational agency.
    ``(b) Review of Application.--To review applications under this 
section--
            ``(1) State educational agencies shall use a peer review 
        process; and
            ``(2) Governors may use a peer review process or other 
        methods that ensure that applications are funded on the basis 
        of need and quality.

              ``national evaluations and data collections

    ``Sec. 4117. (a) National Evaluations.--(1) The Secretary shall 
provide for periodic national evaluations, at least every two years, of 
the quality and impact of programs under this title and other programs 
designed to prevent drugs and violence in schools and submit a report 
of the findings of such evaluations to the President and Congress.
    ``(2)(A) The National Center for Education Statistics shall collect 
data to determine the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of violence 
in elementary and secondary schools in the States. The Secretary shall 
collect the data using, wherever appropriate, data submitted by the 
States pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B).
    ``(B) The Secretary shall report to Congress on the data collected 
under this paragraph, together with such recommendations as the 
Secretary determines appropriate.
    ``(3) The Secretary of Education and the Attorney General shall 
publish annual reports on school safety.
    ``(b) State Reports.--(1) The Governor and State educational agency 
of each State shall annually report to the Secretary, in such form as 
the Secretary may require, on the State's progress toward attaining its 
performance indicators, required under section 4112(a)(1)(c)(ii), for 
achieving drug-free, safe, and orderly learning environments in its 
schools. Annual reports shall--
            ``(A) be based on the State's ongoing evaluation 
        activities;
            ``(B) include data on the prevalence and incidence of drug 
        use and violence by youth in schools and communities;
            ``(C) address the implementation and outcomes of State and 
        local programs under this part, as well as their effectiveness; 
        and
            ``(D) be made readily available to the public.
    ``(2) Each State shall report to the Secretary, in such form as the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, may require, all school-related suicides and homicides within 
the State within 30 days of the incident.
    ``(c) Local Reports.--(1)(A) Each local educational agency that 
receives a subgrant under section 4113(c)(2) or section 4113(c)(3) 
shall report annually to the State educational agency and the public 
on--
            ``(i) the local educational agency's progress toward 
        meeting its results-based performance indicators for its 
        program;
            ``(ii) the results of its on-going evaluation of its 
        program; and
            ``(iii) any problems the local educational agency has 
        encountered in implementing its program that warrant the 
        provision of technical assistance by the State educational 
        agency.
    ``(B) The State educational agency shall review the annual reports 
described under paragraph (1) and shall not provide funding for the 
second or third year of a local educational agency's program unless it 
determines that the local educational agency is making reasonable 
progress toward meeting its objectives.
    ``(2)(A) Each recipient of funds under section 4115(c) shall report 
annually to the Governor and to the public on--
            ``(i) its progress toward meeting its results-based 
        performance measures for its program;
            ``(ii) the results of its on-going evaluation of its 
        program; and
            ``(iii) any problems it encountered in implementing its 
        program that warrant the provision of technical assistance by 
        the Governor.
    ``(B) The Governor shall review the annual reports described under 
subparagraph (A), and shall not provide funding for subsequent years of 
a multi-year program unless the Governor determines that the recipient 
is making reasonable progress toward meeting its objectives.

                      ``Part B--National Programs

                         ``national activities

    ``Sec. 4211. (a) Program Authorized.--From funds appropriated to 
carry out this part for each fiscal year under section 4004(2), the 
Secretary shall carry out--
            ``(1) programs designed to promote drug-free, safe, and 
        orderly learning environments for students at all educational 
        levels, from preschool through the postsecondary level; and
            ``(2) programs for such students that promote lifelong 
        physical activity.
    ``(b) Drug-Free, Safe, and Orderly Learning Environments.--(1) The 
Secretary may carry out the programs described in subsection (a)(1) 
directly, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with 
public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals, or through 
agreements with other Federal agencies, and shall coordinate with other 
Federal agencies, as appropriate.
    ``(2) Programs under this subsection may include, but are not 
limited to--
            ``(A) one or more centers to provide training and technical 
        assistance for teachers, school administrators and staff, and 
        others on the identification and implementation of effective 
        strategies to promote safe, orderly, and drug-free learning 
        environments;
            ``(B) programs to train teachers in innovative techniques 
        and strategies of effective drug and violence prevention;
            ``(C) research and demonstration projects to test 
        innovative approaches to drug and violence prevention;
            ``(D) evaluations of the effectiveness of programs funded 
        under this title, or other programs designed to create safe, 
        disciplined, and drug-free environments;
            ``(E) direct services and technical assistance to schools 
        and school systems, including those afflicted with especially 
        severe drug and violence problems;
            ``(F) developing and disseminating drug and violence 
        prevention materials and information in print, audiovisual, or 
        electronic format, including information about effective 
        research-based programs, policies, practices, strategies, and 
        curriculum and other relevant materials to support drug and 
        violence prevention education;
            ``(G) recruiting, hiring, and training program coordinators 
        to assist school districts in implementing high-quality, 
        effective, research-based drug and violence prevention 
        programs;
            ``(H) the development and provision of education and 
        training programs, curricula, instructional materials, and 
        professional training for preventing and reducing the incidence 
        of crimes or conflicts motivated by bullying, hate, prejudice, 
        intolerance, or sexual harassment and abuse;
            ``(I) programs for youth who are out of the education 
        mainstream, including school dropouts, students who have been 
        suspended or expelled from their regular education program, and 
        runaway or homeless children and youth;
            ``(J) programs implemented in conjunction with other 
        Federal agencies that support local educational agencies and 
        communities in developing and implementing comprehensive 
        programs that create safe, disciplined, and drug-free learning 
        environments and promote healthy childhood development;
            ``(K) services and activities that reduce the need for 
        suspension and expulsion in maintaining classroom order and 
        discipline;
            ``(L) services and activities to prevent and reduce 
        truancy;
            ``(M) programs to provide counseling services to troubled 
        youth, including support for the recruitment and hiring of 
        counselors and the operation of telephone help lines; and
            ``(N) other activities that meet emerging or unmet national 
        needs consistent with the purposes of this title.
    ``(c) Lifelong Physical Activity Programs.--(1) The Secretary may 
carry out the programs described in subsection (a)(2) directly, or 
through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public and 
private agencies, organizations, and individuals, or through agreements 
with other Federal agencies, and shall coordinate with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, the President's Council on Physical 
Fitness, and other Federal agencies, as appropriate.
    ``(2) Programs under this subsection may include, but are not 
limited to--
            ``(A) the conduct of demonstrations of school-based 
        programs that promote lifelong physical activity, with a 
        particular emphasis on physical education programs that are 
        part of coordinated school health programs, that promote 
        healthy, drug-free lifestyles;
            ``(B) training, technical assistance, and other activities 
        to encourage States and local educational agencies to implement 
        sound school-based programs that promote lifelong physical 
        activity and healthy lifestyles; and
            ``(C) activities designed to build State capacity to 
        provide leadership and strengthen schools' capabilities to 
        provide school-based programs that promote lifelong physical 
        activity and healthy lifestyles.
    ``(d) Peer Review.--The Secretary shall use a peer review process 
in reviewing applications for funds under this section.

            ``Part C--School Emergency Response to Violence

                             ``project serv

    ``Sec. 4311. (a) Project SERV.--(1) From funds appropriated to 
carry out this part for each fiscal year under section 4004(3), the 
Secretary is authorized to carry out a program of providing education-
related services to local educational agencies in which the learning 
environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis, 
such as a shooting or major accident. Such program may be referred to 
as `Project SERV.--
    ``(2) The Secretary may carry out Project SERV directly, or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public and private 
organizations, agencies, and individuals, or through agreements with 
other Federal agencies.
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--(1) Project SERV may provide--
            ``(A) assistance to school personnel in assessing a crisis 
        situation, including--
                    ``(i) assessing the resources available to the 
                local educational agency and community to respond to 
                the situation; and
                    ``(ii) developing a response plan to coordinate 
                services provided at the Federal, State, and local 
                level;
            ``(B) mental health crisis counseling to students and their 
        families, teachers, and others in need of such services;
            ``(C) increased school security;
            ``(D) training and technical assistance for State and local 
        educational agencies, State and local mental health agencies, 
        State and local law enforcement agencies, and communities to 
        enhance their capacity to develop and implement crisis 
        intervention plans;
            ``(E) services and activities designed to identify and 
        disseminate the best practices of school- and community-related 
        plans for responding to crises; and
            ``(F) other needed services and activities that are 
        consistent with the purposes of this part.
    ``(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency--
            ``(A) shall establish such criteria and application 
        requirements as may be needed to select which local educational 
        agencies are assisted under this part; and
            ``(B) may establish such reporting requirements as may be 
        needed to collect uniform data and other information from all 
        local educational agencies assisted under this part.
    ``(c) Coordinating Committee.--(1) There shall be established a 
Federal coordinating committee on school crises comprised of the 
Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and such other 
members as the Secretary shall determine. The Secretary shall serve as 
chair of the Committee.
    ``(2) The Committee shall coordinate the Federal responses to 
crises that occur in schools or directly affect the learning 
environment in schools.

                      ``Part D--Related Provisions

                         ``gun-free schools act

    ``Sec. 4411. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
`Gun-Free Schools Act'.
    ``(b) Requirements.--(1) Each State receiving Federal funds under 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall have in effect 
a State law requiring local educational agencies to expel from school, 
for a period of not less than one year, a student who is determined to 
have possessed a firearm at school under the jurisdiction of a local 
educational agency in that State, except that such State law shall 
allow the chief administering officer of that local educational agency 
to modify the expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case 
basis.
    ``(2) For the purpose of this section, the term `firearm' has the 
same meaning given that term in section 921 of title 18, United States 
Code (which includes bombs).
    ``(c) Special Rule.--This section shall be construed in a manner 
consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    ``(d) Report to State.--Each local educational agency requesting 
assistance from the State educational agency under this Act shall 
provide to the State in its application--
            ``(1) an assurance that such local educational agency is in 
        compliance with the State law required by subsection (b);
            ``(2) a description of the circumstances surrounding any 
        expulsions imposed under the State law required by subsection 
        (b), including--
                    ``(A) the name of the school concerned;
                    ``(B) the number of students expelled from such 
                school (disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, and 
                educational level); and
                    ``(C) the type of weapons concerned; and
            ``(3) the number of--
                    ``(A) students referred to the criminal justice or 
                juvenile justice system as required in section 
                4412(a)(1); and
                    ``(B) instances in which the chief administering 
                officer of a local educational agency modified the 
                expulsion requirement described in subsection (b)(1) on 
                a case-by-case basis.
    ``(e) Reporting.--Each State shall report the information described 
in subsection (d) to the Secretary on an annual basis.

                            ``local policies

    ``Sec. 4412. (a) Required Policies.--No funds shall be made 
available under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
any local educational agency unless that agency has a policy ensuring--
            ``(1) that any student who possesses a firearm at school 
        served by such agency is referred to the criminal justice or 
        juvenile justice system;
            ``(2) that a student described in paragraph (1) is referred 
        to a mental health professional for assessment as to whether he 
        or she poses an imminent threat of harm to himself, herself, or 
        others and needs appropriate mental health services before 
        readmission to school; and
            ``(3) that a student under paragraph (1) who has been 
        determined by a mental health professional to pose an imminent 
        threat of harm to himself, herself, or others receive, in 
        addition to appropriate services under section 11206(9) of this 
        Act, appropriate mental health services before being permitted 
        to return to school.
    ``(b) Special Rule.--This section shall be construed in a manner 
consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section, the terms 
`firearm' and `school' have the same meaning given those terms in 
section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.

                              ``materials

    ``Sec. 4413. (a) `Wrong and Harmful Message'.--Drug prevention 
programs supported under this title shall convey a clear and consistent 
message that the illegal use of alcohol and other drugs is wrong and 
harmful.
    ``(b) Curriculum.--The Secretary shall not prescribe the use of 
particular curricula for programs under this title, but may evaluate 
and disseminate information about the effectiveness of such curricula 
and programs.

                       ``prohibited uses of funds

    ``Sec. 4414. No funds under this title may be used for--
            ``(1) construction (except for minor remodeling needed to 
        accomplish the purposes of this part); and
            ``(2) medical services or drug treatment or rehabilitation, 
        except for pupil services or referral to treatment for students 
        who are victims of, or witnesses to, crime or who use alcohol, 
        tobacco, or drugs.''

          ``drug-free, alcohol-free, and tobacco-free schools

    ``Sec. 4415. (a) Required Policy.--Each State educational agency 
and local educational agency that receives funds under this title shall 
have a policy that prohibits the possession or use of tobacco, and the 
illegal possession or use of drugs and alcohol, in any form, at any 
time, and by any person, in school buildings, on school grounds, or at 
any school-sponsored event.
    ``(b) Assurance.--Each local educational agency requesting 
assistance under this title from the State educational agency shall 
include in its application an assurance that it is in compliance with 
the requirements of this section.
    ``(c) State Reporting.--Each State educational agency shall report 
to the Secretary on an annual basis if any local educational agency is 
not in compliance with the requirements of subsection (a).

                      ``prohibition on supplanting

    ``Sec. 4416. Funds under this title shall be used to increase the 
level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would, in the 
absence of funds under this title, be made available for programs and 
activities authorized under this title, and in no case to supplant such 
State, local, and other non-Federal funds.

                         ``definitions of terms

    ``Sec. 4417. As used in this title--
            ``(1) the term `drug and violence prevention' means--
                    ``(A) with respect to drugs, prevention, early 
                intervention, rehabilitation, referral, or education 
                related to the illegal use of alcohol and the use of 
                controlled, illegal, addictive, or harmful substances, 
                including inhalants and anabolic steroids;
                    ``(B) prevention, early intervention, smoking 
                cessation activities, or education related to the use 
                of tobacco by children and youth eligible for services 
                under this title; and
                    ``(C) with respect to violence, the promotion of 
                school safety, such that students and school personnel 
                are free from violent and disruptive acts, including 
                sexual harassment and abuse and victimization 
                associated with prejudice and intolerance, on school 
                premises, going to and from school, and at school-
                sponsored activities, through the creation and 
                maintenance of a school environment that is free of 
                weapons and fosters individual responsibility and 
                respect for the rights of others;
            ``(2) the terms `drug treatment' and `drug rehabilitation' 
        include activities to assist regular users of drugs to become 
        drug-free, but do not include alternative education programs 
        for students expelled from school, student assistance programs, 
        or programs to help students who have been expelled to re-enter 
        and succeed in their regular education program;
            ``(3) the term `hate crime' means a crime described in 
        section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990; and
            ``(4) the term `medical services' includes, but is not 
        limited to, the diagnosis and treatment of disease, illness, or 
        injury, but does not include assessments by mental health 
        professionals to determine whether a student poses an imminent 
        threat of harm to himself or others.''.

    TITLE V--PROMOTING EQUITY, EXCELLENCE, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

                           renaming the title

    Sec. 501. The heading for Title V of the ESEA is amended to read as 
follows: ``TITLE V--PROMOTING EQUITY, EXCELLENCE, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL 
CHOICE''.

          amendments to the magnet schools assistance program

    Sec. 502. (a) Findings.--Section 5101 of the ESEA is amended to 
read as follows:

                               ``findings

    ``Sec. 5101. The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) Magnet schools are a significant part of our Nation's 
        effort to achieve voluntary desegregation in our Nation's 
        schools.
            ``(2) It is in the national interest to desegregate and 
        diversify those schools in our Nation that are racially, 
        economically, linguistically, or ethnically segregated. Such 
        segregation exists between minority and non-minority students 
        as well as among students of different minority groups.
            ``(3) Desegregation can help increase rates of high school 
        graduation and college attendance, and can promote better 
        occupational prospects for students who have attended 
        integrated schools.
            ``(4) Desegregation can provide students with valuable 
        experience that prepares them to function in a diverse society 
        and can help break down longstanding patterns of racial 
        isolation in adult social relationships.
            ``(5) Despite ongoing desegregation efforts in the Nation--
                    ``(A) almost one-third of our elementary and 
                secondary schools continue to be schools with 50 
                percent or more minority students;
                    ``(B) more than two-thirds of minority students 
                attend schools with 50 percent or more minority 
                students, and almost half of minority students attend 
                schools with 75 percent or more minority students;
                    ``(C) almost one-third of non-minority students 
                attend schools with less than 10 percent minority 
                students;
                    ``(D) almost one-quarter of African-American 
                students attend schools with 90 percent or more 
                African-American students; and
                    ``(E) almost one-third of Hispanic students attend 
                schools with 75 percent or more Hispanic students.
            ``(6) Local educational agencies'' use of magnet schools 
        has increased dramatically since the enactment of the Magnet 
        Schools Assistance program, thus increasing public school 
        options for the approximately two million students nationwide 
        now attending such schools, of which more than 65 percent of 
        the students are minority.
            ``(7) Magnet schools offer a wide range of distinctive 
        programs that have served as models for school improvement 
        efforts.
            ``(8) In administering the Magnet Schools Assistance 
        program, the Federal Government has learned that--
                    ``(A) where magnet programs are implemented for 
                only a portion of a school's student body, special 
                efforts must be made to discourage the isolation of--
                            ``(i) magnet school students from other 
                        students in the school; and
                            ``(ii) students by racial characteristics;
                    ``(B) local educational agencies can maximize their 
                effectiveness in achieving the purposes of the Magnet 
                Schools Assistance program if they have more 
                flexibility in the administration of the program in 
                order to serve students attending a school who are not 
                enrolled in the magnet program;
                    ``(C) local educational agencies must be creative 
                in designing magnet schools for students at all 
                academic levels, so that those schools do not serve 
                only the highest-achieving students;
                    ``(D) consistent with desegregation guidelines, 
                local educational agencies must seek to enable 
                participation in magnet school programs by students who 
                reside in the neighborhoods where the programs operate;
                    ``(E) in order to ensure that magnet schools are 
                sustained after Federal funding ends, the Federal 
                Government must assist school districts to improve 
                their capacity to continue operating magnet schools at 
                a high level of performance; and
                    ``(F) magnet schools and interdistrict magnet 
                programs have provided poor and minority students 
                opportunities to succeed academically and continue with 
                college or productive employment.
            ``(9) It is in the best interest of the Federal Government 
        to--
                    ``(A) continue Federal support of school districts 
                implementing court-ordered desegregation plans and 
                school districts seeking to foster meaningful 
                interaction among students of different racial and 
                ethnic backgrounds, beginning at the earliest stage of 
                their education;
                    ``(B) help ensure that all students have equitable 
                access to high-quality education that will prepare them 
                to function well in a culturally diverse, 
                technologically oriented, and highly competitive global 
                community; and
                    ``(C) help maximize the ability of local 
                educational agencies to plan, develop, implement and 
                continue effective and innovative magnet schools that 
                contribute to State and local systemic reform.''.
    (b) Purpose.--Section 5102(3) of the ESEA is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(3) the development and design of innovative educational 
        methods and practices that promote diversity and increase 
        choices in public elementary and secondary schools and 
        educational programs; and''.
    (c) Application Requirements.--Section 5106(b)(1)(D) of the ESEA is 
amended by--
            (1) striking out ``under this Act, the Goals 2000: Educate 
        America Act,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``under this 
        Act,''; and
            (2) striking out ``section 14306'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``section 14307''.
    (d) Priority.--Section 5107 of the ESEA is amended by--
            (1) striking out paragraphs (1) and (5);
            (2) redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and
            (3) adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) propose activities, which may include professional 
        development, that will build local capacity to operate the 
        magnet program once Federal assistance has ended.''.
    (e) Uses of Funds.--Section 5108(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) for the payment, or subsidization of the 
        compensation, of--
                    ``(A) elementary and secondary school teachers who 
                are certified or licensed by the State; and
                    ``(B) instructional staff who have--
                            ``(i) expertise and professional skills 
                        necessary for the conduct of programs in magnet 
                        schools; or
                            ``(ii) demonstrate knowledge, experience, 
                        or skills in the relevant field of expertise, 
                        such as expertise in the performing arts, the 
                        medical sciences, or the field of law;'';
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking out the period and 
        inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``and''; and
            (3) by adding a new paragraph (5) to read as follows:
            ``(5) for activities, which may include professional 
        development, that will build the applicant's capacity to 
        operate the magnet program once Federal assistance has 
        ended.''.
    (f) Repeal.--Section 5111 of the ESEA is repealed.
    (g) Evaluation, Technical Assistance, and Dissemination.--Section 
5112 of the ESEA is--
            (1) redesignated as section 5111; and
            (2) amended, as redesignated by paragraph (1), to read as 
        follows:

         ``evaluation, technical assistance, and dissemination

    ``Sec. 5111. The Secretary may reserve not more than five percent 
of the funds appropriated under section 5112(a) for any fiscal year--
            ``(1) for evaluations of magnet school programs assisted 
        under this part, which, at a minimum, shall address--
                    ``(A) how, and the extent to which, magnet school 
                programs lead to high educational quality and 
                improvement;
                    ``(B) the extent to which magnet school programs 
                enhance student access to high-quality education;
                    ``(C) the extent to which magnet school programs 
                lead to the elimination, reduction, or prevention of 
                minority group isolation in elementary and secondary 
                schools with substantial proportions of minority 
                students;
                    ``(D) the extent to which magnet school programs 
                differ from other school programs in terms of 
                organizational characteristics and resource 
                allocations; and
                    ``(E) the extent to which magnet school programs 
                continue once grant assistance under this part ends;
            ``(2) to provide technical assistance to applicants and 
        grantees; and
            ``(3) to collect and disseminate information on successful 
        magnet school programs.''.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) Section 5113(a) of the 
ESEA is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Authorization.--For the purpose of carrying out this part, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal 
years.''.
    (2) Section 5113 of the ESEA, as amended by paragraph (1), is 
redesignated as section 5112.

   amendments to and redesignation of the women's educational equity 
                                program

    Sec. 503. (a) Amendments to the Women's Educational Equity 
Program.--(1) Section 5201 of the ESEA is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by striking out ``of 1994''; and
            (B) in subsection (b)(3)--
                    (i) in paragraph (B), by striking out ``do not'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``continue not to''; and
                    (ii) by amending paragraph (C) to read as follows:
                    ``(C) girls lose confidence in their mathematics 
                and science ability as they move through adolescence, 
                girls do not take as many upper-level mathematics and 
                science courses as boys, and girls are dramatically 
                underrepresented in higher-level computer science 
                courses;''.
    (2) Section 5204 of the ESEA is amended--
            (A) by striking out ``section 5203(b)(1)'' each place it 
        appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5403(b)(2)(A)'' 
        in each such place;
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``the National 
        Education Goals'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``America's 
        Education Goals'';
            (C) by striking out paragraph (4); and
            (D) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (7) as 
        paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively.
    (3) Section 5205(a)(1) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``section 5203(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5403(b)''.
    (4) Section 5206 of the ESEA is repealed.
    (5) Section 5207 of the ESEA is amended--
            (A) by striking out subsection (a); and
            (B) in subsection (b), by striking out the subsection 
        designation and heading.
    (6) Section 5208 is amended to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 5208. For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.
    (b) Redesignation.--(1) Part B of title V of the ESEA is 
redesignated as part D.
    (2) Sections 5201, 5202, 5203, 5204, 5205, 5207, and 5208 of the 
ESEA are redesignated as sections 5401, 5402, 5403, 5404, 5405, 5406, 
and 5407, respectively.

  repeal of the assistance to address school dropout problems program

    Sec. 504. Part C of title V of the ESEA is repealed.

          redesignation of the public charter schools program

    Sec. 505. (a) Redesignation.--(1) Part C of title X of the ESEA is 
redesignated as part B of title V of the ESEA.
    (2) The heading for Part B of Title V of the ESEA, as redesignated 
by paragraph (1), is amended to read as follows:

                  ``Part B--Public Charter Schools''.

    (3) Sections 10301 through 10311 of the ESEA are redesignated as 
sections 5201 through 5211 of title V of the ESEA, respectively.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 5202 of the ESEA, as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(3), is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by striking out ``section 10303'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5203'';
            (B) in subsection (b), by--
                    (i) striking out ``section 10303'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``section 5203''; and
                    (ii) striking out ``section 10303(c)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5203(c)'';
            (C) in subsection (c)(2)(C), by striking out ``section 
        10304(f)(6)(B)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        5204(f)(6)(B)''; and
            (D) in subsection (e)(1), by striking out ``section 10311'' 
        each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        5211''.
    (2) Section 5203 of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (a)(3), 
is amended--
            (A) in subsection (b)(3)(L), by striking out ``section 
        10302(c)(2)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        5202(c)(2)(C)'';
            (B) in subsection (c), by striking out ``section 
        10302(e)(1) or 10302(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``section 5202(b)''; and
            (C) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking out ``section 
        10304(e)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5204(e)''.
    (3) Section 5204 of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (a)(3), 
is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)--
                    (i) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
                out ``section 10303(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``section 5203(b)''; and
                    (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking out ``section 
                10302(c)(2)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``section 5202(c)(2)(C)'';
            (B) in subsection (b)(7), by striking out ``section 
        10302(c)(2)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        5202(c)(2)(C)''; and
            (C) in subsection (e), by striking out ``section 10310(1)'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5210(1)''.

         options: opportunities to improve our nation's schools

    Sec. 506. Title V of the ESEA is further amended by adding a new 
part C to read as follows:

    ``Part C--Options: Opportunities To Improve Our Nation's Schools

                          ``findings; purpose

    ``Sec. 5301. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) a wide variety of educational opportunities and 
        options in the public school system is needed to help all 
        children achieve to high standards;
            ``(2) high-quality public school choice programs that are 
        genuinely open and accessible to all students (including poor, 
        minority, limited English proficient, and disabled students) 
        broaden educational opportunities and promote excellence in 
        education;
            ``(3) current research shows that--
                    ``(A) students learn in different ways, benefiting 
                from different teaching methods and instructional 
                settings; and
                    ``(B) family involvement in a child's education 
                (such as helping choose what courses to take) is a key 
                factor supporting student achievement;
            ``(4) public school systems have begun to develop a variety 
        of innovative programs that offer expanded choices to parents 
        and students; and
            ``(5) the Federal Government should support and expand 
        efforts to give students and parents the high-quality public 
        school choices they seek, to help eliminate barriers to 
        effective public school choice, and to disseminate the lessons 
        learned from high-quality choice programs so that all public 
        schools can benefit from these efforts.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to identify and 
support innovative approaches to high-quality public school choice by 
providing financial assistance for the demonstration, development, 
implementation, and evaluation of, and dissemination of information 
about, public school choice projects that stimulate educational 
innovation for all public schools and contribute to standards-based 
school reform efforts.

                                ``grants

    ``Sec. 5302. (a) In General.--From funds appropriated under section 
5305(a) and not reserved under section 5305(b), the Secretary is 
authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies to 
support programs that promote innovative approaches to high-quality 
public school choice.
    ``(b) Duration.--Grants under this part shall not exceed three 
years.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 5303. (a) Uses of Funds.--(1) Funds under this part may be 
used to demonstrate, develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate 
information on innovative approaches to broaden public school choice, 
including the design and development of new public school choice 
options, the development of new strategies for overcoming barriers to 
effective public school choice, and the design and development of 
public school choice systems that promote high standards for all 
students and the continuous improvement of all public schools.
    ``(2) Examples of such approaches at the school, district, and 
State levels are--
            ``(A) inter-district approaches to public school choice, 
        including approaches that increase equal access to high-quality 
        educational programs and diversity in schools;
            ``(B) public elementary and secondary programs that involve 
        partnerships with institutions of higher education and that are 
        located on the campuses of those institutions;
            ``(C) programs that allow students in public secondary 
        schools to enroll in postsecondary courses and to receive both 
        secondary and postsecondary academic credit;
            ``(D) worksite satellite schools, in which State or local 
        educational agencies form partnerships with public or private 
        employers, to create public schools at parents' places of 
        employment; and
            ``(E) approaches to school desegregation that provide 
        students and parents choice through strategies other than 
        magnet schools.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Funds under this part shall--
            ``(1) supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds 
        expended for existing programs;
            ``(2) not be used for transportation; and
            ``(3) not be used to fund projects that are specifically 
        authorized under part A or B of this title.

                    ``grant application; priorities

    ``Sec. 5304. (a) Application Required.--A State or local 
educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this part shall 
submit an application to the Secretary, in such form and containing 
such information, as the Secretary may require.
    ``(b) Application Contents.--Each application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the program for which funds are 
        sought and the goals for such program;
            ``(2) a description of how the program funded under this 
        part will be coordinated with, and will complement and enhance, 
        programs under other related Federal and non-federal projects;
            ``(3) if the program includes partners, the name of each 
        partner and a description of its responsibilities;
            ``(4) a description of the policies and procedures the 
        applicant will use to ensure--
                    ``(A) its accountability for results, including its 
                goals and performance indicators; and
                    ``(B) that the program is open and accessible to, 
                and will promote high academic standards for, all 
                students.
    ``(c) Priorities.--(1) The Secretary shall give a priority to 
applications for projects that would serve high-poverty local 
educational agencies.
    ``(2) The Secretary is authorized to give a priority to 
applications demonstrating that the applicant will carry out its 
project in partnership with one or more public and private agencies, 
organizations, and institutions, including institutions of higher 
education and public and private employers.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 5305. (a) Authorization of Appropriation.--For the purpose 
of carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(b) Reservation for Evaluation, Technical Assistance, and 
Dissemination.--From the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for 
any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve not more than five percent 
to carry out evaluations under subsection (c), to provide technical 
assistance, and to disseminate information.
    ``(c) Evaluations.--The Secretary may use funds reserved under 
subsection (b) to carry out one or more evaluations of programs 
assisted under this part, which shall, at a minimum, address--
            ``(1) how, and the extent to which, the programs supported 
        with funds under this part promote educational equity and 
        excellence; and
            ``(2) the extent to which public schools of choice 
        supported with funds under this part are--
                    ``(A) held accountable to the public;
                    ``(B) effective in improving public education; and
                    ``(C) open and accessible to all students.''.

                     TITLE VI--CLASS-SIZE REDUCTION

                          class-size reduction

    Sec. 601. Title VI of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                               ``findings

    ``Sec. 6001. The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) Rigorous research has shown that students attending 
        small classes than students in larger classes, and that these 
        achievement gains persist through at least the 8th grade.
            ``(2) The benefits of smaller classes are greatest for 
        lower-achieving, minority, poor, and inner-city children. One 
        study found that urban fourth-graders in smaller-than-average 
        classes were three-quarters of a school year ahead of their 
        counterparts in larger-than-average classes.
            ``(3) Teachers in small classes can provide students with 
        more individualized attention, spend more time on instruction 
        and less on other tasks, and cover more material effectively, 
        and are better able to work with parents to further their 
        children's education.
            ``(4) Smaller classes allow teachers to identify and work 
        sooner with students who have learning disabilities, thereby 
        potentially reducing those students' need for special education 
        services in the later grades.
            ``(5) The National Research Council report, `Preventing 
        Reading Difficulties in Young Children', recommends reducing 
        class sizes, accompanied by high-quality professional 
        development for teachers, as a strategy for improving student 
        achievement in reading.
            ``(6) Efforts to improve educational outcomes by reducing 
        class sizes in the early grades are likely to be successful 
        only if well-qualified teachers are hired to fill additional 
        classroom positions and if teachers receive intensive, on-going 
        professional development.
            ``(7) Several States and school districts have begun a 
        serious effort to reduce class sizes in the early elementary 
        grades, but these actions may be impeded by financial 
        limitations or difficulties in hiring highly qualified 
        teachers.
            ``(8) The Federal Government can assist in this effort by 
        providing funding for class-size reductions in grades one 
        through three, and by helping to ensure that both new and 
        current teachers who are moving into smaller classrooms are 
        well prepared.

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 6002. The purpose of this title is to help States and local 
educational agencies recruit, train, and hire 100,000 additional 
teachers in order to--
    ``(1) reduce class sizes nationally, in grades 1 through 3, to an 
average of 18 students per regular classroom; and
            ``(2) improve teaching in the early grades so that all 
        students can learn to read independently and well by the end of 
        the third grade.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 6003. For the purpose of carrying out this title, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

                        ``allocations to states

    ``Sec. 6004. (a) Reservation for the Outlying Areas and the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs.--Of the amount appropriated under section 6003 for 
any fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve a total of not more than 1 
percent to make payments, on the basis of their respective needs, to--
            ``(1) American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for activities, 
        approved by the Secretary, consistent with this Act; and
            ``(2) the Secretary of the Interior for activities approved 
        by the Secretary, consistent with this Act, in schools operated 
        or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    ``(b) Allocations to States.--(1) After reserving funds under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall allocate to each State the 
percentage of the remaining amount that is the greater of the 
percentage it received for the preceding fiscal year of the total 
amount allocated to the States under section 1122 of this Act or 
section 2202(b) of this Act, as it was in effect before enactment of 
the Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, or under 
section 2121 of this Act, as the case may be.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall ratably reduce the allocations determined 
under paragraph (1) as necessary.
    ``(3) If any State chooses not to participate in the program under 
this Act, or fails to submit an approvable application, the Secretary 
shall reallocate its allocation to the remaining States, in accordance 
with paragraph (1).

                             ``applications

    ``Sec. 6005. (a) Application Required.--The State educational 
agency of each State desiring to receive a grant under this title shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each application shall include--
            ``(1) the State's goals for using funds under this title to 
        reduce average class sizes in regular classrooms in grades 1 
        through 3, including a description of current class sizes in 
        those grades in the local educational agencies of the State;
            ``(2) a description of the State educational agency's plan 
        for allocating program funds within the State;
            ``(3) a description of how the State will use other funds, 
        including other Federal funds, to reduce class sizes and 
        improve teacher quality and reading achievement within the 
        State; and
            ``(4) an assurance that the State educational agency will 
        submit such reports and information as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require.
    ``(c) Approval of Applications.--The Secretary shall approve a 
State's application if it meets the requirements of this section and 
holds reasonable promise of achieving the purposes of this Act.

                       ``within-state allocations

    ``Sec. 6006. (a) Allocations to Local Educational Agencies.--Each 
State that receives funds under this title for any fiscal year may 
reserve not more than 1 percent of those funds for the cost of 
administering this title, and shall distribute all remaining funds to 
local educational agencies, of which--
            ``(1)(A) 80 percent shall be allocated to local educational 
        agencies in proportion to the relative numbers of children, 
        aged 5 through 17, who reside in the school districts served by 
        those agencies and who are from families with incomes below the 
        poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget 
        and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the 
        Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902)) applicable 
        to a family of the size involved for the most recent fiscal 
        year for which satisfactory data are available; except that
            ``(B) a State may adjust the data described in subparagraph 
        (A), or use alternative child-poverty data, if it demonstrates 
        to the Secretary's satisfaction that such adjusted or 
        alternative data more accurately reflect the incidence of 
        children living in poverty in local educational agencies in the 
        State; and
            ``(2) 20 percent shall be allocated in accordance with the 
        relative enrollments of children, aged 5 through 17, in public 
        and private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools within 
        the boundaries of those agencies.
    ``(b) Reallocation.--If any local educational agency chooses not to 
participate in the program under this title, or fails to submit an 
approvable application, the State educational agency shall reallocate 
its allocation to the remaining local educational agencies, in 
accordance with subsection (a).

                          ``local applications

    ``Sec. 6007. Each local educational agency that wishes to receive a 
subgrant under section 6006 shall submit an application to the State 
educational agency that contains a description of its program to reduce 
class size by hiring additional highly qualified teachers.

                            ``uses of funds

    ``Sec. 6008. (a) Administrative Expenses.--Each local educational 
agency receiving a subgrant under section 6006 may use not more than 3 
percent of the subgrant funds for any fiscal year for the costs of 
administering this title.
    ``(b) Teacher Testing and Professional Development.--Each local 
educational agency may use not more than a total of 15 percent of the 
funds it receives under this title for any fiscal year to--
            ``(1) assess new teachers for their competency in content 
        knowledge and teaching skills;
            ``(2) assist new teachers to take any tests required to 
        meet State certification requirements; and
            ``(3) provide professional development to teachers 
        (including teachers of children with disabilities and teachers 
        of children with limited English proficiency), which it shall 
        coordinate with activities carried out under titles II and VII 
        of this Act, title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and 
        the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, if it is 
        participating in programs funded under those statutes.
    ``(c) Recruiting, Hiring, and Training Teachers.--Each local 
educational agency shall use any funds not expended under subsection 
(a) or (b) to recruit, hire, and train certified teachers (which may 
include teachers certified through State and local alternative routes), 
for the purpose of reducing class size to 18, which may include hiring 
special education teachers to team-teach with regular classroom 
teachers.
    ``(d) Limitation.--No local educational agency may use funds made 
available under this title to increase the salary of, or to provide 
benefits (other than participation in professional development and 
enrichment programs) to, any teacher who is, or has been, employed by 
the agency.
    ``(e) Additional Uses.--A local educational agency that has already 
reduced class size in grades 1 through 3 to 18 or fewer children may 
use funds received under this title to--
            ``(1) make further class-size reductions in grades 1 
        through 3;
            ``(2) reduce class size in kindergarten or other grades; or
            ``(3) carry out activities to improve teacher quality, 
        including professional development.
    ``(f) Small LEAS.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section (except for subsection (d)), a local educational agency that 
receives a subgrant under this section in an amount less than the 
starting salary for a new teacher in that agency may use the subgrant 
funds--
            ``(1) to form a consortium with one or more other local 
        educational agencies for the purpose of reducing class size;
            ``(2) to help pay the salary of a full or part-time teacher 
        hired to reduce class size; or
            ``(3) for professional development related to teaching in 
        smaller classes, if the amount of the subgrant is less than 
        $10,000.

                       ``cost-sharing requirement

    ``Sec. 6009. (a) Federal Share.--(1) The Federal share of the cost 
of activities carried out under this title may be up to 100 percent in 
local educational agencies with child-poverty levels greater than 50 
percent, but shall be no more than 65 percent in local educational 
agencies with child-poverty rates of less than 50 percent.
    ``(2) In determining the child-poverty rates and Federal share of 
individual local educational agencies under paragraph (1), each State 
shall use the most recent census data that the Secretary finds 
satisfactory.
    ``(b) Local Share.--A local educational agency shall provide the 
non-Federal share of a project under this Act through cash expenditures 
from non-Federal sources, except that if an agency has allocated funds 
under section 1113(c) of this Act to one or more schoolwide programs 
under section 1114, it may use those funds for the non-Federal share of 
activities under this program that benefit those schoolwide programs, 
to the extent consistent with section 1120A(c) and notwithstanding 
section 1114(a)(3)(B).

                            ``nonsupplanting

    ``Sec. 6010. A local educational agency shall use funds it receives 
under this title to supplement the level of funds that, in the absence 
of funds under this title, would be spent for the combination of--
            ``(1) teachers in regular classrooms in schools receiving 
        assistance under this title;
            ``(2) assessing new teachers in their competency in content 
        knowledge and teaching skills, and to assist new teachers to 
        take any tests required to meet State certification standards; 
        and
            ``(3) professional development for teachers.

                         ``annual state reports

    ``Sec. 6011. Each State receiving funds under this title shall 
submit to the Secretary an annual report on its activities under this 
title, in such form and containing such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require.

               ``participation of private school teachers

    ``Sec. 6012. (a) In General.--Each local educational agency 
receiving funds under this title shall, in accordance with sections 
11803 through 11806, provide for the equitable participation of private 
school teachers in the professional development activities the agency 
and its schools carry out with those funds.
    ``(b) Limitation.--Sections 11803 through 11806 do not apply to 
other activities under this title.

                              ``definition

    ``Sec. 6013. As used in this title, the term `State' means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.''.

                   TITLE VII--BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT

                     findings, policy, and purpose

    Sec. 701. Section 7102 of the Act is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) as the Nations of the world become increasingly 
        interdependent and as international communication becomes a 
        daily occurrence in government, business, commerce, and family 
        life, multilingual skills constitute an important national 
        resource that deserves protection and development;
            ``(2) the presence of language-minority Americans is 
        related to Federal immigration policies;
            ``(3) language-minority Americans speak virtually all 
        languages, including many that are indigenous to the United 
        States;
            ``(4) many language-minority Americans are limited in their 
        English proficiency, and many have limited education and 
        income;
            ``(5) there are large, and growing, numbers of children and 
        youth of limited English proficiency, many of whom have a 
        cultural heritage that differs from that of their English 
        proficient peers;
            ``(6) limited English proficient students and their 
        families are increasingly moving into school districts that do 
        not have appropriate services in place to serve them;
            ``(7) limited English proficient students arrive at their 
        schools at various age levels and often with little or no prior 
        formal schooling;
            ``(8) limited English proficient children and youth face a 
        number of challenges in receiving an education that will enable 
        them to participate fully in American society, including--
                    ``(A) segregated education programs;
                    ``(B) disproportionate and improper placement in 
                special education and other special programs, due to 
                the use of inappropriate evaluation procedures;
                    ``(C) disproportionate attendance in high-poverty 
                schools, as demonstrated by the fact that, in 1994, 75 
                percent of limited English proficient students attended 
                schools in which at least half of all students were 
                eligible for free or reduced-price meals;
                    ``(D) the limited English proficiency of their 
                parents, which hinders parents' ability to participate 
                fully in the education of their children; and
                    ``(E) a shortage of teachers and other staff who 
                are professionally trained and qualified to serve such 
                children and youth;
            ``(9) school districts and schools find it challenging to 
        include limited English proficient students in their reform 
        efforts;
            ``(10) a 1999 National Center for Education Statistics 
        survey found that teachers are less likely to participate in 
        professional development designed to address the needs of 
        limited English proficient students than to take part in any 
        other kind of professional development activity;
            ``(11) institutions of higher education can assist in 
        preparing teachers, administrators, and other school personnel 
        to understand and build upon the educational strengths and 
        needs of language-minority and culturally diverse student 
        enrollments;
            ``(12) high-quality bilingual education programs enable 
        children and youth to learn English and meet high academic 
        standards;
            ``(13) a 1998 National Research Council report, Preventing 
        Reading Difficulties in Young Children, found that limited 
        English proficient students should be taught to read first in 
        their native language and that, if such an approach is not 
        possible due to lack of materials and resources, limited 
        English proficient students should attain some fluency in oral 
        English before they receive formal reading instruction in 
        English;
            ``(14) the use of a child's or youth's native language and 
        culture in classroom instruction can--
                    ``(A) promote self-esteem and contribute to 
                academic achievement and learning English by limited 
                English proficient children and youth;
                    ``(B) benefit children and youth who are proficient 
                in English and also participate in such programs; and
                    ``(C) develop our Nation's national language 
                resources, thus promoting our Nation's competitiveness 
                in the global economy;
            ``(15) research, evaluation, and data collection 
        capabilities in the field of bilingual education need to be 
        strengthened so that educators and other staff can better 
        identify and promote programs, program implementation 
        strategies, and instructional practices that result in 
        effective education of limited English proficient children;
            ``(16) parent and community participation in bilingual 
        education programs contributes to program effectiveness;
            ``(17) educational technology has the potential for 
        improving the education of language-minority and limited 
        English proficient students and their families, and the Federal 
        Government should foster development of that technology;
            ``(18) the Federal Government, as reflected in title VI of 
        the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and section 204(f) of the Equal 
        Education Opportunities Act of 1974, has a special and 
        continuing obligation to ensure that States and local school 
        districts take appropriate action to provide equal educational 
        opportunities to children and youth of limited English 
        proficiency;
            ``(19) the Federal Government also, as exemplified by 
        programs authorized under this title, has a special and 
        continuing obligation to assist States and local school 
        districts to develop the capacity to provide programs of 
        instruction that offer limited English proficient children and 
        youth an equal educational opportunity; and
            ``(20) Native Americans and Native American languages (as 
        such terms are defined in section 103 of the Native American 
        Languages Act), including native residents of the outlying 
        areas, have a unique status under Federal law that requires 
        special policies within the broad purposes of this Act.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Policy.--The Congress declares it to be the policy of the 
United States--
            ``(1) in order to ensure equal educational opportunity for 
        all children and youth and to promote educational excellence, 
        that the Federal Government should assist State and local 
        educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and 
        community-based organizations to build their capacity to 
        establish, implement, and sustain programs of instruction for 
        children and youth of limited English proficiency; and
            ``(2) in order to ensure that school districts are 
        providing effective instruction to limited English proficient 
        students that enable students to achieve to challenging State 
        standards and are providing programs under subtitle 1 of part A 
        of this title that are consistent with the requirements under 
        section 1111(b)(2)(F)(v) of title I of this Act, that--
                    ``(A) those students should be included in State 
                assessments of academic performance;
                    ``(B) those students should be assessed, to the 
                extent practicable, in the language and form most 
                likely to yield accurate and reliable information on 
                what those students know, and can do, in subjects other 
                than English, including using tests written in Spanish 
                for Spanish-speaking students with limited English 
                proficiency, if those tests are more likely than tests 
                written in English to yield accurate and reliable 
                information on what those students know, and can do, in 
                subjects other than English; and
                    ``(C) those students who have been in United States 
                schools (not including Puerto Rico) for three 
                consecutive years or more should be tested in reading 
                and language arts using tests written in English.''; 
                and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
                out ``to educate limited English proficient children 
                and youth to'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``to help 
                ensure that limited English proficient students master 
                English and''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) promoting systemic improvement and reform of, and 
        developing accountability systems for, educational programs 
        serving students with limited English proficiency.''.

               authorization of appropriations for part a

    Sec. 702. Section 7103(a) of the ESEA is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(a) In General.--For the purpose of carrying out this part, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''.

               program development and enhancement grants

    Sec. 703. Section 7113 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
        ``program development and enhancement grants'';
            (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide grants to 
eligible entities to carry out innovative instructional programs for 
limited English proficient students.'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking out ``two'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``three''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Authorized activities.--(A) Grants under this section 
        shall be used for--
                    ``(i) developing and implementing comprehensive, 
                preschool, elementary, or secondary education programs 
                for children and youth with limited English 
                proficiency, that are aligned with standards-based 
                State and local school reform efforts and coordinated 
                with other relevant programs and services to meet the 
                full range of educational needs of such children and 
                youth;
                    ``(ii) providing high-quality professional 
                development to classroom teachers, administrators, and 
                other school or community-based organization personnel 
                to improve the instruction and assessment of limited 
                English proficient students; and
                    ``(iii) annually assessing the English proficiency 
                of all limited English proficient students served by 
                the program.
            ``(B) Grants under this section may be used for--
                    ``(i) implementing programs to upgrade the reading 
                and other academic skills of limited English proficient 
                students;
                    ``(ii) developing accountability systems to track 
                the academic progress of limited English proficient and 
                formerly limited English proficient students;
                    ``(iii) implementing family education programs and 
                parent outreach and training activities designed to 
                assist parents to become active participants in the 
                education of their children;
                    ``(iv) improving the instructional program for 
                limited English proficient students by identifying, 
                acquiring, and applying effective curriculum, 
                instructional materials, assessments, and educational 
                technology aligned with State and local standards;
                    ``(v) providing tutorials and academic or career 
                counseling for children and youth who are limited 
                English proficient; and
                    ``(vi) such other activities, consistent with the 
                purposes of this part, as the Secretary may approve.''; 
                and
            (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Priority.--The Secretary is authorized to give priority to 
applicants that have a total district enrollment that is less than 
10,000 students and have limited or no experience in serving limited 
English proficient students.''.

                      comprehensive school grants

    Sec. 704. Section 7114 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to implement school-
wide education programs, in coordination with title I, for children and 
youth with limited English proficiency--
            ``(1) to assist such children and youth to learn English 
        and achieve to challenging State content and performance 
        standards; and
            ``(2) to improve, reform, and upgrade relevant programs and 
        operations, in schools with significant concentrations of such 
        students or that serve significant numbers of such students.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Program Improvement Plan.--(A) The Secretary, before 
        making a continuation award for the fourth year of a program 
        under this section, shall determine if the program is making 
        continuous and substantial progress in assisting children and 
        youth with limited English proficiency to learn English and 
        achieve to challenging State content and performance standards. 
        The Secretary shall base the determination on--
                    ``(i) the indicators established under section 
                7118(d) and the data and information collected under 
                section 7118; and
                    ``(ii) such other data and information as the 
                Secretary may require.
            ``(B)(i) If the Secretary determines that a recipient 
        requesting a fourth-year continuation award under this section 
        is not making continuous and substantial progress under 
        subparagraph (A), the recipient shall promptly develop and 
        submit to the Secretary a program improvement plan for its 
        program.
            ``(ii) The Secretary shall approve a program improvement 
        plan under clause (i) only if he or she determines that it 
        holds reasonable promise of enabling students with limited 
        English proficiency participating in the program to learn 
        English and achieve to challenging State content and 
        performance standards.
            ``(iii) If the Secretary determines that the recipient is 
        not making substantial progress in implementing the program 
        improvement plan under clause (i), the Secretary shall deny a 
        continuation award.'';
            (3) by amending paragraphs (3) and (4) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Authorized activities.--(A) Grants under this section 
        shall be used to improve the education of limited English 
        proficient students and their families by--
                    ``(i) coordinating the program with district 
                policies and practices, as well as other relevant 
                programs and services, and aligning the program with 
                school reform efforts to meet the full range of 
                educational needs of limited English proficient 
                students;
                    ``(ii) providing training to all, or virtually all, 
                school personnel and participating community-based 
                organization personnel to improve the instruction and 
                assessment of limited English proficient students;
                    ``(iii) developing or improving accountability 
                systems to track the academic progress of limited 
                English proficient and formerly limited English 
                proficient students; and
                    ``(iv) annually assessing the English proficiency 
                of all limited English proficient students served by 
                the program.
            ``(B) Grants under this section may also be used for--
                    ``(i) implementing programs to upgrade the reading 
                and other academic skills of limited English proficient 
                students;
                    ``(ii) developing and using educational technology, 
                including interactive technology, to improve learning, 
                assessments, and accountability;
                    ``(iii) implementing and adapting research-based 
                models for meeting the needs of limited English 
                proficient students;
                    ``(iv) developing and implementing programs to meet 
                the needs of limited English proficient students with 
                disabilities;
                    ``(v) implementing family education programs and 
                parent outreach and training activities designed to 
                assist parents to become active participants in the 
                education of their children;
                    ``(vi) improving the instructional program for 
                limited English proficient students by identifying, 
                acquiring, and upgrading curriculum, instructional 
                materials, educational software and assessment 
                procedures;
                    ``(vii) providing tutorials and academic or career 
                counseling for children and youth of limited English 
                proficiency;
                    ``(viii) developing and implementing programs to 
                help all students become proficient in more than one 
                language; and
                    ``(ix) carrying out such other activities, 
                consistent with the purposes of this part, as the 
                Secretary may approve.
            ``(4) Special rules.--A grant recipient--
                    ``(A) before carrying out a program assisted under 
                this section, shall plan, train personnel, develop 
                curriculum, and acquire or develop materials, but shall 
                not use funds under this section for planning purposes 
                for more than 90 days; and
                    ``(B) shall not carry out a program under this 
                section in more than two schools for each grant it 
                receives under this section.''.

                     systemwide improvement grants

    Sec. 705. Section 7115 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``bilingual 
        education programs or special alternative instruction programs 
        to'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``instructional programs for 
        children and youth with limited English proficiency'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Program improvement plan.--(A) The Secretary, before 
        making a continuation award for the fourth year of a program 
        under this section, shall determine if the program is making 
        continuous and substantial progress in assisting children and 
        youth with limited English proficiency to learn English and 
        achieve to challenging State content and performance standards. 
        The Secretary shall base the determination on--
                    ``(i) the indicators established under section 
                7118(d) and the data and information collected under 
                section 7118; and
                    ``(ii) such other data and information as the 
                Secretary may require.
            ``(B)(i) If the Secretary determines that a recipient 
        requesting a fourth-year continuation award under this section 
        is not making continuous and substantial progress under 
        subparagraph (A), the recipient shall promptly develop and 
        submit to the Secretary a program improvement plan for its 
        program.
            ``(ii) The Secretary shall approve a program improvement 
        plan under clause (i) only if he or she determines that it 
        holds reasonable promise of enabling students with limited 
        English proficiency participating in the program to learn 
        English and achieve to challenging State content and 
        performance standards.
            ``(iii) If the Secretary determines that the recipient is 
        not making substantial progress in implementing the program 
        improvement plan under clause (i), the Secretary shall deny a 
        continuation award.'';
            (3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) Authorized activities.--(A) Grants under this section 
        shall be used for--
                    ``(i) aligning programs for limited English 
                proficient students in the district with school, 
                district, and State reform efforts and coordinating the 
                program with other relevant programs, such as title I, 
                and services to meet the full range of educational 
                needs of limited English proficient students throughout 
                the district;
                    ``(ii) providing high-quality professional 
                development that is aligned with high standards to 
                classroom teachers, administrators, and other school or 
                community-based organization personnel to improve the 
                instruction and assessment of limited English 
                proficient students;
                    ``(iii) developing and implementing a plan, 
                coordinated with programs under title II of Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 where applicable, to recruit 
                teachers trained to serve limited English proficient 
                students;
                    ``(iv) annually assessing the English proficiency 
                of all limited English proficient students served by 
                the program; and
                    ``(v) developing or improving accountability 
                systems that are consistent with the State's 
                accountability system to measure limited English 
                proficient students' academic progress in a valid and 
                reliable manner.
            ``(B) Grants under this section may also be used for--
                    ``(i) developing and implementing programs to help 
                all students become proficient in more than one 
                language;
                    ``(ii) developing content and performance standards 
                for learning English as a second language, as well as 
                for learning other languages;
                    ``(iii) developing assessments tied to State 
                performance standards;
                    ``(iv) developing performance standards for 
                students with limited English proficiency that are 
                aligned with challenging State content standards;
                    ``(v) redesigning programs for limited English 
                proficient students to meet the needs of changing 
                population of such students;
                    ``(vi) coordinating assessments with State 
                accountability systems;
                    ``(vii) implementing policies and procedures to 
                ensure that limited English proficient students have 
                access to all district programs, such as gifted and 
                talented, vocational education, and special education 
                programs; and
                    ``(viii) integrating technology into all aspects of 
                educating limited English proficient students, 
                including data management systems and the delivery of 
                instructional services to limited English proficient 
                students.''.

                applications for awards under subpart 1

    Sec. 706. Section 7116 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``such 
                application'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``its 
                written comments on the application''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2)(B) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(B) For purposes of this subpart, such comments 
                shall address--
                            ``(i) how the grant activities will further 
                        the academic achievement and English 
                        proficiency of limited English proficient 
                        students served under a grant received under 
                        this subpart; and
                            ``(ii) how the grant application is 
                        consistent with the State plan, especially with 
                        regard to State assessments, required under 
                        section 1111.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Required Documentation.--Such application shall include 
documentation that--
            ``(1) the applicant has the qualified personnel required to 
        develop, administer, and implement the proposed program; and
            ``(2) the leadership of each participating school has been 
        involved in the development and planning of the program in the 
        school.'';
            (3) in subsection (g)(1)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(A) A description of the need for the proposed 
                program, including data on the number of children and 
                youth of limited English proficiency in the schools or 
                school districts to be served and the characteristics 
                of such children and youth, including--
                            ``(i) the native languages of the students 
                        to be served;
                            ``(ii) student proficiency in English and 
                        the native language;
                            ``(iii) current achievement data of the 
                        limited English proficient students to be 
                        served by the program (and in comparison to 
                        their English proficient peers) in--
                                    ``(I) reading or language arts (in 
                                English and in the native language, if 
                                applicable); and
                                    ``(II) mathematics;
                            ``(iv) reclassification rates for limited 
                        English proficient students in the district;
                            ``(v) the previous schooling experiences of 
                        participating students;
                            ``(vi) the professional development needs 
                        of the instructional personnel who will provide 
                        services for limited English proficient 
                        students, including the need for certified 
                        teachers; and
                            ``(vii) how the grant would supplement the 
                        basic services provided to limited English 
                        proficient students.'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(ii) is coordinated with other programs 
                        under this Act, and other Acts as appropriate, 
                        such as the Individuals with Disabilities 
                        Education Act and the Carl D. Perkins 
                        Vocational and Technical Education Act, in 
                        accordance with section 11505;'';
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) through 
                        (v) as clauses (iii) through (vi), 
                        respectively; and
                            (iii) by inserting a new clause (ii) to 
                        read as follows:
                            ``(ii) will supplement the basic services 
                        the applicant provides to limited English 
                        proficient students;''; and
                    (C) by amending subparagraph (E) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(E) An assurance that the applicant will employ 
                teachers in the proposed program who individually, or 
                in combination, are proficient in--
                            ``(i) English, including written, as well 
                        as oral, communication skills; and
                            ``(ii) the native language of the majority 
                        of students they teach, if instruction in the 
                        program is also in the native language.''; and
            (4) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(1) Priority.--The Secretary is authorized to give 
        priority to applicants that--
                    ``(A) experience a dramatic increase in the number 
                of limited English proficient students enrolled;
                    ``(B) demonstrate that they have a proven record of 
                success in helping children and youth with limited 
                English proficiency learn English and achieve to high 
                academic standards; or
                    ``(C) propose programs that provide for the 
                development of bilingual proficiency both in English 
                and another language for all participating students.
            ``(2) Limitation.--Grants for programs under this subpart 
        that do not use the students' native language shall not exceed 
        25 percent of the funds provided for any type of grant under 
        that section, or of the total funds provided under this 
        subpart, for any fiscal year.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``special 
                alternative instructional programs'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``programs that do not use the students' 
                native language''.

                      evaluations under subpart 1

    Sec. 707. Section 7123 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking out ``every two years'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``every year'';
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Evaluation Components.--(1) In preparing evaluation reports, 
the recipient shall--
            ``(A) use the data provided in the application as baseline 
        data against which to report academic achievement and gains in 
        English proficiency for students in the program;
            ``(B) report on the validity and reliability of all 
        instruments used to measure student progress; and
            ``(C) enable results to be disaggregated by relevant 
        factors, such as a student's grade, gender, and language group, 
        and whether the student has a disability.
    ``(2) Evaluations shall include--
            ``(A) data on the project's progress in achieving its 
        objectives;
            ``(B) data showing the extent to which all students served 
        by the program are achieving to the State's student performance 
        standards, including--
                    ``(i) data comparing limited English proficient 
                children and youth with English proficient students 
                with regard to grade retention and academic achievement 
                in reading and language arts, in English and in the 
                native language if the project develops native language 
                proficiency, and in math;
                    ``(ii) gains in English proficiency, including 
                speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing, as 
                developmentally appropriate, and such gains in native 
                language proficiency if the project develops native 
                language proficiency; and
                    ``(iii) reclassification rates (including average 
                duration in a program) for limited English proficient 
                students by grade, and data on the academic achievement 
                of redesignated students for two years after 
                redesignation;
            ``(C) program implementation indicators that address each 
        of the program's objectives and components, including the 
        extent to which professional development activities have 
        resulted in improved classroom practices and improved student 
        achievement;
            ``(D) a description of how the activities funded under the 
        grant are coordinated and integrated with the overall school 
        program and other Federal, State, or local programs serving 
        limited English proficient children and youth; and
            ``(E) such other information as the Secretary may 
        require.''; and
            (3) by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Performance Measures.--The Secretary shall establish 
performance indicators to determine if programs under sections 7113 and 
7114 are making continuous and substantial progress, and may establish 
performance indicators to determine if programs under section 7112 are 
making continuous and substantial progress, toward assisting children 
and youth with limited English proficiency to learn English and achieve 
to challenging State content and performance standards.''.

                                research

    Sec. 708. Section 7132 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by--
                    (A) inserting the paragraph designation ``(1)'' 
                before ``The Secretary shall'';
                    (B) striking out ``through the Office of 
                Educational Research and Improvement in coordination 
                and collaboration with the Office of Bilingual 
                Education and Minority Language Affairs''; and
                    (C) adding a paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Such research may include--
                    ``(A) collecting data needed for compliance with 
                the Government Performance and Results Act;
                    ``(B) improving data collection procedures and the 
                infrastructure for data collection on limited English 
                proficient students, for purposes of improving 
                instruction and accountability;
                    ``(C) developing research-based models for serving 
                limited English proficient students of diverse language 
                backgrounds and in diverse educational settings;
                    ``(D) identifying technology-based approaches that 
                show effectiveness in helping limited English 
                proficient students reach challenging State standards; 
                and
                    ``(E) other research, demonstration, and data 
                collection activities consistent with the purpose of 
                this title.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and `` at the 
                end thereof;
                    (B) by striking out paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (2);
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by--
                            (i) striking out ``(1) IN GENERAL.''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``under subpart 1 or 
                        2'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``under 
                        subpart 1, section 7124, or subpart 3''; and
                    (B) striking out paragraph (2); and
            (4) by striking out subsection (e).

                       academic excellence awards

    Sec. 709. Section 7133 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                      ``academic excellence awards

    ``Sec. 7133. (a) Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants to State educational agencies to assist them in recognizing 
local educational agencies and other public and non-profit entities 
whose programs have--
            ``(1) demonstrated significant progress in assisting 
        limited English proficient students to learn English within 
        three years; and
            ``(2) demonstrated significant progress in assisting 
        limited English proficient students to meet, within three 
        years, the same challenging State content standards expected of 
        all children and youth.
    ``(b) Applications.--A State educational agency desiring a grant 
under this section shall include an application for such grant in its 
application required under section 7124(e).''.

                          state grant program

    Sec. 710. Section 7134(c) of the ESEA is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(c) Uses of Funds.--A State educational agency shall use funds 
awarded under this section to--
            ``(1) assist local educational agencies in the State with 
        program design, capacity building, assessment of student 
        performance, program evaluation, and development of data 
        collection and accountability systems for limited English 
        proficient students that are aligned with State reform efforts; 
        and
            ``(2) collect data on limited English proficient 
        populations in the State and the educational programs and 
        services available to such populations.''.

  national clearinghouse on the education of children and youth with 
                      limited english proficiency

    Sec. 711. Section 7135 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

 ``national clearinghouse on the education of children and youth with 
                      limited english proficiency

    ``Sec. 7135. The Secretary shall establish and support the 
operation of a National Clearinghouse on the Education of Children and 
Youth with Limited English Proficiency, which shall collect, analyze, 
synthesize, and disseminate information about programs related to the 
education of children and youth with limited English proficiency and 
coordinate its activities with Federal data and information 
clearinghouses and dissemination networks and systems.''.

                  instructional materials development

    Sec. 712. Section 7136 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                 ``instructional materials development

    ``Sec. 7136. (a) Authority.--The Secretary may award grants for the 
development, publication, and dissemination of high-quality 
instructional materials--
            ``(1) in Native American and Native Hawaiian languages;
            ``(2) in the language of Native Pacific Islanders and other 
        natives of the outlying areas for whom instructional materials 
        are not readily available;
            ``(3) in other low-incidence languages in the United States 
        and for which instructional materials are not readily 
        available; and
            ``(4) on standards and assessments, and instructional 
        programs related to the education of children and youth with 
        limited English proficiency, for dissemination to parents of 
        such children and youth.
    ``(b) Priorities.--The Secretary shall give priority to 
applications that provide for--
            ``(1) developing instructional materials in languages 
        indigenous to the United States or the outlying areas; and
            ``(2) developing and evaluating instructional materials, 
        including technology-based application, that reflect 
        challenging State and local content standards, in collaboration 
        with activities assisted under subpart 1 and section 7124.''.

                          purpose of subpart 3

    Sec. 713. Section 7141 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 7141. The purpose of this subpart is to assist in preparing 
educators to improve educational services for children and youth with 
limited English proficiency by supporting professional development 
programs for such educators.''.

                   training for all teachers program

    Sec. 714. Section 7142 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to assist eligible 
applicants under subsection (b)(1) to develop and provide ongoing 
professional development to teachers and other educational personnel 
with a baccalaureate degree to improve their provision of services to 
limited English proficient students or to become certified as a 
bilingual or English as a second language teacher.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
        grants under this section to local educational agencies or to 
        one or more local educational agencies in consortium with one 
        or more State educational agencies, institutions of higher 
        education, or nonprofit organizations.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``five'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``three''; and
            (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Activities.--(1) Funds under this section shall be used to 
conduct high-quality, long-term professional development activities.
            ``(2) Funds under this section may be used to--
            ``(A) design and implement induction programs for new 
        teachers, including mentoring and coaching by trained teachers, 
        team teaching with experienced teachers, time for observation 
        of, and consultation with, experienced teachers, and additional 
        time for course preparation;
            ``(B) implement school-based collaborative efforts among 
        teachers to improve instruction in reading and other core 
        academic areas for students with limited English proficiency, 
        including programs that facilitate teacher observation and 
        analyses of fellow teachers' classroom practice;
            ``(C) support long-term collaboration among teachers and 
        outside experts to improve instruction of limited English 
        proficient students;
            ``(D) coordinate project activities with other programs 
        such as those under the Head Start Act and titles I and II of 
        the Act;
            ``(E) implement programs that support effective teacher use 
        of education technologies to improve instruction and 
        assessment;
            ``(F) establish and maintain local professional networks;
            ``(G) develop curricular materials and assessments for 
        teachers that are aligned with State and local standards and 
        the needs of the limited English proficient students to be 
        served;
            ``(H) develop education technology to enhance professional 
        development; and
            ``(I) such other activities as are consistent with the 
        purpose of this section.''.

           bilingual education teachers and personnel grants

    Sec. 715. Section 7143 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to support 
preservice professional development to improve the preparation of 
prospective teachers who are preparing to teach children and youth of 
limited English proficiency.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Authority.--(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to 
institutions of higher education for preservice professional 
development in order to improve preparation for prospective teachers 
who are preparing to teach children and youth of limited English 
proficiency.
    ``(2) Each grant under this section shall be awarded for a period 
of not more than five years.
    ``(3) A recipient of a grant under this section shall coordinate 
its grant program activities with other programs under this Act and 
other Acts as appropriate.''; and
            (3) by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follow:
    ``(d) Activities.--(1) Funds under this section shall be used to--
            ``(A) put in place a course of study that prepares teachers 
        to serve limited English proficient students;
            ``(B) integrate course content relating to meeting the 
        needs of limited English proficient students into all programs 
        for prospective teachers;
            ``(C) assign tenured faculty to train teachers to serve 
        limited English proficient students;
            ``(D) incorporate State content and performance standards 
        into the institution's coursework; and
            ``(E) expand clinical experiences for participants.
    ``(2) Funds under this section may be used to--
            ``(A) support partnerships with local educational agencies 
        that include placing participants in intensive internships in 
        local educational agencies that serve large numbers of limited 
        English proficient students;
            ``(B) restructure higher education course content, 
        including improving coursework and clinical experiences for all 
        prospective teachers regarding the needs of limited English 
        proficient students and preparation for teacher certification 
        tests;
            ``(C) assist other institutions of higher education to 
        improve the quality of professional development programs for 
        limited English proficient students;
            ``(D) expand recruitment of students who will be trained to 
        serve limited English proficient students;
            ``(E) improve the skills and knowledge of faculty related 
        to the needs of limited English proficient students;
            ``(F) coordinate project activities with activities under 
        title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and
            ``(G) use technology to enhance professional 
        development.''.

               bilingual education career ladder program

    Sec. 716. Section 7144 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to assist eligible 
consortia to develop and implement high-quality bilingual education 
career ladder programs.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b)(1) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--(1)(A) The Secretary is authorized to award 
grants to consortia of one or more institutions of higher education and 
one or more State educational agencies or local educational agencies to 
develop and implement bilingual education career ladder programs.
    ``(B) For purposes of this section, a ``bilingual education career 
ladder program'' means a program that--
            ``(i) is designed to provide high-quality, pre-
        baccalaureate coursework and teacher training to educational 
        personnel who do not have a baccalaureate degree; and
            ``(ii) leads to timely receipt of a baccalaureate degree 
        and certification or licensure of program participants as 
        bilingual education teachers or other educational personnel who 
        serve limited English proficient students.
    ``(C) Recipients of grants under this section shall--
            ``(i) coordinate with programs under title II of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965, and other relevant programs, for the 
        recruitment and retention of bilingual students in 
        postsecondary programs to train them to become bilingual 
        educators; and
            ``(ii) make use of all existing sources of student 
        financial aid before using grant funds to pay tuition and 
        stipends for participating students.'';
                    (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking out ``consortium''; and
                            (ii) at the end thereof, by inserting 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``teachers; 
                and'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``teachers.''; and
                    (C) by striking out paragraph (3); and
            (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as 
        follows:
    ``(d) Special Consideration.--The Secretary shall give special 
consideration to applications under this section that provide training 
in English as a second language, including developing proficiency in 
the instructional use of English and, as appropriate, a second language 
in classroom contexts.''.

          graduate fellowships in bilingual education program

    Sec. 717. Section 7145(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``masters, doctoral, 
        and post-doctoral'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``masters and 
        doctoral'';
            (2) by striking out paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).

                applications for awards under subpart 3

    Sec. 718. Section 7146 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting ``and applicants for 
        grants under section 7145'' after ``Bureau of Indian Affairs''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking out ``of such application 
                        copy'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``an 
                        application under sections 7132, 7133, or 
                        7134''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``the written review of'' 
                        after ``and transmit''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``this 
                subpart'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``sections 
                7132, 7133, and 7134''.

                      evaluations under subpart 3

    Sec. 719. Section 7149 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                         ``program evaluations

    ``Sec. 7149. Each recipient of funds under this subpart shall 
provide the Secretary with an evaluation of its program every year. 
Such evaluations shall include--
            ``(1) the number of participants served, the number of 
        participants who have completed program requirements, and the 
        number of participants who have taken positions in an 
        instructional setting with limited English proficient students;
            ``(2) the effectiveness of the program in imparting the 
        professional skills necessary for participants to achieve the 
        objectives of the program; and
            ``(3) the teaching effectiveness of graduates or other 
        persons who have completed the training program.''.

                               transition

    Sec. 720. Subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the ESEA is amended 
to read as follows:

                        ``Subpart 4--Transition

                              ``transition

    ``Sec. 7161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
recipient of a grant under subpart 1 of part A of this title that is in 
its third or fourth year of that grant on the day preceding the date of 
enactment of Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999 shall 
be eligible to receive continuation funding under the terms and 
conditions of the original grant.''.

         findings of the emergency immigrant education program

    Sec. 721. Section 7301(a) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``and'' at the end 
        thereof;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) an increasing number of immigrant children are 
        entering United States' schools with interrupted or little 
        previous schooling; and''.

                       state administrative costs

    Sec. 722. Section 7302 of the ESEA is amended by inserting a comma 
and ``or 2 percent if the State educational agency distributes funds 
received under this part to local educational agencies on a competitive 
basis,'' after ``1.5 percent of the amount''.

         competitive state grants to local educational agencies

    Sec. 723. Section 7304(e)(1) of the ESEA is amended, in the matter 
before subparagraph (A), by striking out ``if the amount appropriated 
to carry out this part exceeds $50,000,000 for a fiscal year, a State 
educational agency may reserve not more than 20 percent'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``a State educational agency may reserve any portion''.

               authorization of appropriations for part c

    Sec. 724. Section 7309 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 7309. For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''

                              definitions

    Sec. 725. Section 7501 of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
paragraph (15) and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph to read as 
follows:
            ``(15) Reclassification rate.--The term reclassification 
        rate means the annual percentage of limited English proficient 
        students who have met the State criteria for no longer being 
        considered limited English proficient.''.

    regulations, parental notification, and use of paraprofessionals

    Sec. 726. Section 7502 of the ESEA is amended by--
            (1) amending the section heading to read as follows:

 ``regulations, parental notification, and use of paraprofessionals'';

            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 
                        by striking out ``youth participating in'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``youth who will 
                        participate in''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in the matter before clause 
                                (i), by striking out ``goals of the 
                                bilingual education or special 
                                alternative instructional program'' and 
                                inserting in lieu thereof ``goals of 
                                the program related to the education of 
                                children and youth with limited English 
                                proficiency''; and
                                    (II) in clause (i), by striking out 
                                ``results of the bilingual educational 
                                program and of the instructional 
                                alternatives'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``results of the instructional 
                                programs related to the education of 
                                children and youth with limited English 
                                proficiency''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by amending the paragraph heading to 
                        read ``Option to withdraw.''; and
                            (ii) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
                        as follows:
                    ``(A) A recipient of funds under subpart 1 of part 
                A shall also provide a written notice to parents of 
                children who will participate in the programs under 
                that subpart, in a form and language understandable to 
                the parents, that informs them that they may withdraw 
                their child from the program at any time.''; and
            (3) adding a new subsection (c) to read as 
        follows:
    ``(c) Use of Paraprofessionals.--The provisions of section 1119(c) 
of this Act shall apply to all new staff hired to provide academic 
instruction in programs supported under subpart 1 of part A of this 
title on or after the date of enactment of the Educational Excellence 
for All Children Act of 1999.''.

                              terminology

    Sec. 727. (a) Part A.--Subparts 1 and 2 of part A of title VII of 
the ESEA are amended by striking out ``bilingual education or special 
alternative instruction programs'' and ``bilingual education or special 
alternative instructional programs'' each place they appear and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``instructional programs''.
    (b) Part E.--Section 7501(6) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``a bilingual education and special alternative instructional program'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``an instructional program''.

                                repeals

    Sec. 728. (a) Repeals in Part A.--Sections 7112, 7117, 7119, 7120, 
7121, and 7147 of the ESEA are repealed.
    (b) Repeal of Part B.--Part B of title VII of the ESEA is repealed.

                redesignations and conforming amendments

    Sec. 729. (a) Part Redesignations.--Parts C, D, and E of title VII 
of the ESEA are redesignated as parts B, C, and D, respectively.
    (b) Section Redesignations.--Sections 7113, 7114, 7115, 7116, 7118, 
7122, 7123, 7124, 7131, 7132, 7133, 7134, 7135, 7136, 7141, 7142, 7143, 
7144, 7145, 7146, 7148, 7149, 7150, 7161, 7301, 7302, 7303, 7304, 7305, 
7306, 7307, 7308, 7309, 7401, 7402, 7403, 7404, 7405, 7501, and 7502 of 
the ESEA are redesignated as sections 7112, 7113, 7114, 7115, 7116, 
7117, 7118, 7119, 7121, 7122, 7123, 7124, 7125, 7126, 7131, 7132, 7133, 
7134, 7135, 7136, 7137, 7138, 7139, 7141, 7201, 7202, 7203, 7204, 7205, 
7206, 7207, 7208, 7209, 7301, 7302, 7303, 7304, 7305, 7401, and 7402 of 
the ESEA, respectively.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 7111 of the ESEA is amended 
by striking out ``7114, and 7115'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``and 
7114''.
    (2) Section 7112(b)(1)(A) of the ESEA, as redesignated by 
subsection (b), is amended by striking out ``section 7116'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7115''.
    (3) Section 7113(b)(1)(A) of the ESEA, as redesignated by 
subsection (b), is amended by striking out ``section 7116'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7115''.
    (4) Section 7114(b)(1)(A) of the ESEA, as redesignated by 
subsection (b), is amended by striking out ``section 7116'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7115''.
    (5) Section 7115(g) of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b), 
is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking out ``section 
        14306'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 11505''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``section 7114 or 
        7115'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7113 or 7114''.
    (6) Section 7135(a)(3) of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection 
(b), is amended by striking out ``section 7149'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``section 7138''.
    (7) Section 7202 of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
amended by striking out ``section 7304'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``section 7204''.
    (8) Section 7204 of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
amended--
            (A) in subsection (a), by striking out ``section 7301(b)'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7201(b)''; and
            (B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking out ``section 7307'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7207''.
    (9) Section 7205(a) of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b), 
is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``sections 7301 and 
        7307'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``sections 7201 and 
        7207'';
            (B) in paragraph (4), by--
                    (i) striking out ``section 7304(e)'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``sections 7204(e)''; and
                    (ii) striking out ``section 7304(b)(1)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7204(b)(1)''; and
            (C) in paragraph (8), by striking out ``section 7304'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 7204''.
    (10) Section 7206 of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b), 
is amended--
            (A) in subsection (a)--
                    (i) by striking out ``section 7305'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``section 7205''; and
                    (ii) by striking out ``section 7305'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``section 7205''; and
            (B) in subsection (b), by striking out ``section 
        7305(a)(7)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        7205(a)(7)''.
    (11) Section 7208 of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b), 
is amended by striking out ``section 14701'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``section 11911''.
    (12) Section 7305(d)(2) of the ESEA, as redesignated by subsection 
(b), is amended by striking out ``section 7134'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``section 7124''.

                        TITLE VIII B IMPACT AID

                                purpose

    Sec. 801. Section 8001 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 8001. The purpose of this title is to provide assistance to 
certain local educational agencies that are financially burdened as a 
result of activities of the Federal Government carried out in their 
jurisdictions, in order to help those agencies provide educational 
services to their children, including federally connected children, so 
that they can meet challenging State standards.''.

       payments relating to federal acquisition of real property

    Sec. 802. (a) Eligibility.--Section 8002(a) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking out 
        ``for a fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1999'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``for any fiscal year''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``and'' at 
                the end thereof;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking out ``value 
                of'' and all that follows through the end thereof and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``value of all real property 
                in the local educational agency (similarly determined 
                as of the time or times when the Federal property was 
                so acquired); and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof a new subparagraph 
                (D) to read as follows:
                    ``(D) has a current aggregate assessed value, 
                determined under subsection (b)(3), that is at least 10 
                percent of the total current assessed value of all real 
                property in the local educational agency; and''.
    (b) Repeal of Special-Interest Provisions.--Section 8002 of the 
ESEA is further amended by--
            (1) striking out subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), (j), 
        and (k); and
            (2) redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (d).
    (c) Hold-Harmless Amounts.--Subsection (d) of section 8002 of the 
ESEA, as redesignated by subsection (b)(2), is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(d) Hold-Harmless Amounts.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this section, the Secretary shall make the following minimum 
payments for the following fiscal years under this section to each 
local educational agency that was eligible for, and received, a payment 
under this section for fiscal year 1999 but that, as a result of 
subsection (a)(1)(D), is no longer eligible for a payment under this 
section:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2001, 75 percent of the amount it 
        received for fiscal year 1999.
            ``(2) For fiscal year 2002, 50 percent of the amount it 
        received for fiscal year 1999.
            ``(3) For fiscal year 2003, 25 percent of the amount it 
        received for fiscal year 1999.''.
    (d) Technical Amendments.--Section 8002(b)(1) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking out ``section 
        8014(a)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 8014(a)(1)''; 
        and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking out ``section 
        8003(b)(1)(C)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
        8003(b)(1)(B)''.

           payments for eligible federally connected children

    Sec. 803. (a) Computation of Payments.--Section 8003(a) of the ESEA 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or'' after 
                the semicolon at the end thereof;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking out the 
                semicolon at the end thereof and inserting in lieu 
                thereof a period; and
                    (C) by striking out subparagraphs (D) through (G);
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out subparagraphs (C) 
        through (E); and
            (3) by striking out paragraphs (3) and (4).
    (b) Basic Support Payments.--Section 8003(b) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking out ``section 8014(b)'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                        8014(a)(2)''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``eligible'';
                    (B) by striking out subparagraph (B);
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                subparagraph (B);
                    (D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated--
                            (i) by striking out ``greater'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``greatest'';
                            (ii) by striking out clauses (i) and (ii);
                            (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
                        (iv) as clauses (i) and (ii);
                            (iv) in clause (i), as so redesignated, by 
                        striking out ``or'' at the end thereof;
                            (v) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by 
                        striking out the period at the end thereof and 
                        inserting a semicolon and ``or''; and
                            (vi) by adding a new clause (iii) to read 
                        as follows:
                            ``(iii) the average per-pupil expenditure 
                        of all of the States, multiplied by the local 
                        contribution percentage for the State.''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end thereof a new subparagraph 
                (C) to read as follows:
                    ``(C)(i) In determining the items described in 
                clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall use data for the third year preceding 
                the fiscal year for which the calculation of maximum 
                payment amounts under that subparagraph is being made, 
                except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this 
                subparagraph.
                    ``(ii) If the State does not provide all necessary 
                data for the item described in clause (i) of 
                subparagraph (B) by September 30 of the fiscal year 
                preceding the year for which the payments are made, the 
                Secretary shall use the greater of the items described 
                in clauses (ii) and (iii) of that subparagraph.
                    ``(iii) If satisfactory data from the third 
                preceding fiscal year are not available for any of the 
                items described in clauses (i) through (iii) of 
                subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall use data from the 
                most recent fiscal year for which data that are 
                satisfactory to the Secretary are available.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ``section 
                8014(b) and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                8014(a)(2)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking out clauses (ii) and (iii);
                            (ii) in clause (i)--
                                    (I) by striking out the clause 
                                designation ``(i)''; and
                                    (II) by redesignating subclauses 
                                (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), 
                                respectively;
                            (iii) by striking out ``paragraph (1)(C)'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph 
                        (1)(B)'';
                            (iv) in clause (i), as redesignated by 
                        clause (ii)(II), by inserting ``one-half of'' 
                        before ``the percentage''; and
                            (v) by amending clause (ii), as 
                        redesignated by clause (ii)(II), to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(ii) 50 percent.''; and
                    (C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(C) Ratable Distributions.--For each fiscal year 
                described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) make payments as a ratable 
                        distribution based on the computation made 
                        under subparagraph (B); and
                            ``(ii) ratably increase those payments when 
                        the amount available exceeds the total of the 
                        amounts determined under subparagraph (B), 
                        except that no local educational agency shall 
                        receive a payment under this paragraph that 
                        exceeds the maximum payment for which it is 
                        eligible under paragraph (1)(B).''; and
            (3) by striking out paragraph (3).
    (c) Technical Amendment.--Section 8003(c)(1) of the ESEA is amended 
by striking out ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``subsection (b)(1)(C), paragraph (2) of this subsection, and''.
    (d) Children With Disabilities.--Section 8003(d) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``section 8014(c)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 8014(a)(3)'';
                    (B) by striking out ``determined'' and all that 
                follows through the subparagraph designation ``(A)'' 
                and inserting in lieu thereof ``determined by''; and
                    (C) by striking out ``factor of 1.0'' and all that 
                follows through the period at the end thereof and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``factor of 1.0.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``a free appropriate 
        public education'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``services''.
    (e) Hold-Harmless Amounts.--Section 8003 of the ESEA is further 
amended by striking out subsection (e).
    (f) Heavily Impacted Leas.--Section 8003(f) of the ESEA is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 8014(b)'' 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 8014(a)(2)''; and
            (2) by amending paragraphs (2) through (4) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Eligibility.--A local educational agency is eligible 
        to receive additional assistance under this subsection only if 
        the Secretary determines that--
                    ``(A)(i)(I) federally connected children described 
                in subsection (a)(1) constitute at least 40 percent of 
                the agency's average daily attendance; and
                    ``(II) it has a tax rate for general-fund purposes 
                that is at least 100 percent of the average tax rate 
                for those purposes of comparable local educational 
                agencies in the State; or
                    ``(ii) its boundaries are the same as those of a 
                military installation;
                    ``(B) it is exercising due diligence to obtain 
                State and other financial assistance; and
                    ``(C) the agency's eligibility under State law for 
                State aid with respect to the free public education of 
                children described in subsection (a)(1), and the amount 
                of that aid, are determined on a basis no less 
                favorable to it than the basis used in determining the 
                eligibility of local educational agencies for State 
                aid, and the amount of that aid, with respect to the 
                free public education of other children in the State.
            ``(3) Maximum payments.--The Secretary shall determine the 
        maximum amount that a local educational agency may receive 
        under this subsection as follows:
                    ``(A) Per-pupil cost factor.--The local educational 
                agency shall choose either--
                            ``(i) the average per-pupil expenditure of 
                        the State in which the agency is located; or
                            ``(ii) the average per-pupil expenditure of 
                        at least 10 generally comparable local 
                        educational agencies in the State.
                    ``(B) Total cost factor.--The Secretary shall 
                multiply the amount chosen by the agency under 
                subparagraph (A) by the average daily attendance in the 
                agency's schools of children described in subsection 
                (a)(1).
                    ``(C) Unmet need.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) multiply--
                                    ``(I) the amount of funds available 
                                to the agency for current expenditures 
                                (determined in accordance with 
                                subparagraph (D)); by
                                    ``(II) the percentage of the 
                                agency's average daily attendance 
                                comprised of children described in 
                                subsection (a)(1);
                            ``(ii) subtract the amount determined under 
                        clause (i) from the amount determined under 
                        subparagraph (B); and
                            ``(iii) subtract the amount of any payments 
                        to the agency for that fiscal year under 
                        subsections (b) and (d) of this section.
                    ``(D) Amount available for current expenditures.--
                In determining the amount of funds available in any 
                fiscal year to a local educational agency for current 
                expenditures (as defined in section 8013(4)) under 
                subparagraph (C)(i)(I), the Secretary shall also 
                include, with respect to the local educational agency's 
                opening cash balance for that fiscal year, the portion 
                of that balance that is the greater of--
                            ``(i) the amount that exceeds the maximum 
                        amount of funds for current expenditures that 
                        the agency was allowed by State law to carry 
                        over from the prior fiscal year, if State 
                        restrictions on those amounts were applied 
                        uniformly to all local educational agencies in 
                        the State; or
                            ``(ii) the amount that exceeds 30 percent 
                        of the agency's operating costs for the prior 
                        fiscal year.
            ``(4) Data.--In determining a local educational agency's 
        eligibility for, and the amount of, any payment under this 
        subsection for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall use--
                    ``(A) student, revenue, expenditure, tax, and other 
                necessary data from the second preceding fiscal year, 
                if the agency (or the State educational agency) 
                provides the Secretary those data within 60 days of 
                being requested in writing to do so; and
                    ``(B) if any of those data are not provided by that 
                deadline, such data from the most recent preceding 
                fiscal year for which data that are satisfactory to the 
                Secretary are available.''.
    (g) Children With Severe Disabilities.--Section 8003 of the ESEA is 
further amended by striking out subsection (g).
    (h) Other Federal Funds.--Section 8003(h) of the ESEA is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(h) Other Federal Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a local educational agency may not receive a payment under this 
section for children claimed in its application if Federal funds (other 
than funds under this title) provide a substantial portion of the 
educational program for those children.''.
    (i) Maintenance of Effort.--Section 8003 of the ESEA is further 
amended by striking out subsection (i).

 policies and procedures relating to children residing on indian lands

    Sec. 804. Section 8004 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading to read ``indian community 
        participation.'';
            (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--(1) Any local educational agency that claims 
children residing on Indian lands for the purpose of receiving funds 
under section 8003 shall ensure that those children participate in 
programs and activities supported by those funds on an equal basis with 
all other children.
    ``(2)(A) Any local educational agency described in paragraph (1) 
shall ensure that the parents of Indian children and Indian tribes are 
afforded an opportunity to present their views and make recommendations 
on the unique educational needs of those children and how those 
children may realize the benefits of the educational programs and 
activities of the local educational agency, including the benefits of 
programs and activities assisted under this Act.
    ``(B)(i) A local educational agency that receives a grant under 
subpart 1 of part A of title IX of this Act shall comply with 
subparagraph (A) through activities planned and carried out by the 
parent committee established under that subpart.
    ``(ii) A local educational agency that does not receive such a 
grant may form an Indian parent committee to implement subparagraph 
(A).
    ``(iii) Subject to clause (i), a local educational agency may meet 
the requirements of subparagraph (A) by carrying out the parental-
involvement requirements of section 1118 of this Act for all children 
it claims who reside on Indian lands.
    ``(C) A local educational agency that provides services under part 
A of title I of this Act for any children residing on Indian lands that 
it claims for the purpose of receiving funds under section 8003 shall 
ensure that it complies with section 1118 with respect to those 
children and their parents.
    ``(3) A local educational agency may use funds provided under 
section 8003 (other than under section 8003(d)), for activities 
designed to increase tribal and parental involvement in the education 
of Indian children, including, but not limited to, parent education, 
professional development related to the unique educational needs of 
Indian children, and implementing model educational programs that are 
proven to be effective for Indian children.'';
            (3) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Records.--Each local educational agency described in 
subsection (a) shall maintain records demonstrating its compliance with 
that subsection.'';
            (4) by striking out subsection (c);
            (5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as 
        subsections (c) through (e), respectively; and
            (6) by amending subsection (c), as so redesignated, to read 
        as follows:
    ``(c) Technical Assistance and Enforcement.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) provide technical assistance, as the Secretary finds 
        necessary, to local educational agencies, parents, and Indian 
        tribes to enable them to carry out this section;
            ``(2) recommend activities for local educational agencies 
        to carry out using funds provided under section 8003 to 
        increase tribal and parental involvement; and
            ``(3) enforce this section through such action (which may 
        include the withholding of funds) as the Secretary finds 
        appropriate, after affording the agency, parents, and affected 
        Indian tribes an opportunity to present their views.''.

         applications for payments under sections 8002 and 8003

    Sec. 805. Section 8005 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out ``children 
        residing on Indian lands'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``Indian community participation''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``except 
                that, notwithstanding section 8003(e),'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``except that''; and
                    (B) by striking out paragraph (4).

payments for sudden and substantial increases in attendance of military 
                               dependents

    Sec. 806. Section 8006 of the ESEA is repealed.

                              construction

    Sec. 807. Section 8007 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                             ``construction

    ``Sec. 8007. (a) Payments Authorized.--From the amount appropriated 
for each fiscal year under section 8014(a)(4), the Secretary shall make 
a payment, to assist in the construction of school facilities, to each 
local educational agency--
            ``(1) that receives a basic payment under section 8003(b);
            ``(2) in which the number of children described in section 
        8003(a)(1)(C) is at least 50 percent of the number of children 
        who were in average daily attendance in the agency's schools; 
        and
            ``(3) that meets the requirements of this section.
    ``(b) Application.--Each local educational agency that wishes to 
receive a payment under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require, including--
            ``(1) a description of the agency's assessment of its 
        school-construction needs and the results of that assessment; 
        and
            ``(2) the agency's plan for the use of the funds for which 
        it is applying.
    ``(c) Amount of Payments.--The amount of a local educational 
agency's payment under this section shall bear the same ratio to the 
amount available for all such payments as the number of children 
described in section 8003(a)(1)(C) for that agency bears to the total 
number of those children for all agencies eligible for such a payment.
    ``(d) Federal Share.--(1) The Federal share of a project under this 
section may not exceed 50 percent.
            ``(2) The Secretary shall not obligate funds under this 
        section with respect to an eligible local educational agency 
        until the Secretary is satisfied that the agency will provide 
        the non-Federal share of the cost of the project.
            ``(3) Any funds that are not obligated with respect to a 
        local educational agency within three years of the approval of 
        its application under this section shall be reallocated to 
        other eligible agencies.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--A local educational agency shall use funds 
received under this section only for--
            ``(1) construction, as defined in section 8013(3); and
            ``(2) minimum initial equipment necessary for the operation 
        of a new or renovated school facility.''.

                               facilities

    Sec. 808. Section 8008(a) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``section 8014(f)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
8014(a)(5)''.

         state consideration of payments in providing state aid

    Sec. 809. Section 8009 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ``or under'' and 
        all that follows through ``of 1994)'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b)(1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--A State may reduce State aid to a local 
        educational agency that receives a payment under section 8002 
        or section 8003(b) (except the amount calculated in excess of 
        1.0 under section 8003(a)(2)(B)) for any fiscal year only if 
        the Secretary determines, and certifies under subsection 
        (c)(3)(A), that--
                    ``(A) the State has in effect a program of State 
                aid that equalizes expenditures for free public 
                education among local educational agencies in the 
                State; and
                    ``(B) the average per-pupil expenditure in the 
                State is at least 80 percent of the average such 
                expenditure in the 50 States and the District of 
                Columbia.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking out ``or under'' and all 
                        that follows through ``of 1994)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking out 
                        ``or under'' and all that follows through ``of 
                        1994)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``or under'' 
                and all that follows through ``of 1994)''.

                         federal administration

    Sec. 810. Section 8010 of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
subsection (c).

              administrative hearings and judicial review

    Sec. 811. Section 8011(a) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``or under'' and all that follows through ``of 1994)'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``or under its predecessor authorities''.

                      forgiveness of overpayments

    Sec. 812. Section 8012 of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``under the'' and all that follows through ``of 1994)'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``under its predecessor authorities''.

                              definitions

    Sec. 813. Section 8013 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking out ``and title VI'';
            (2) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking out ``subparagraphs (B) 
                        through (F)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``subparagraphs (B) through (D)'';
                            (ii) in clause (ii)(V), by striking out 
                        ``as described in paragraph (10)'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``as described in 
                        clause (iii)''; and
                            (iii) by amending clause (iii) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(iii)(I) part of a low-income housing 
                        project assisted under the United States 
                        Housing Act of 1937; or
                            ``(II) affordable housing assisted under 
                        the Native American Housing Assistance and 
                        Self-Determination Act of 1996; or''; and
                    (B) by striking out subparagraphs (B) and (F) and 
                redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (E) as 
                subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively;
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking out ``or (5)(F)'';
            (4) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking out ``all States'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``the 50 States and the District of 
        Columbia'';
            (5) in paragraph (9)(B)(i), by striking out ``or the Act'' 
        and all that follows through ``of 1994)'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``(or under its predecessor authority)'';
            (6) by striking out paragraphs (10) and (11); and
            (7) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (10).

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 814. Section 8014 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 8014. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years to carry out each of the following provisions 
of this title:
            ``(1) Section 8002, payments for Federal acquisition of 
        real property.
            ``(2) Section 8003(b), basic payments; and section 8003(f), 
        payments for heavily impacted local educational agencies.
            ``(3) Section 8003(d), payments for children with 
        disabilities.
            ``(4) Section 8007, construction.
            ``(5) Section 8008, facilities maintenance.
    ``(b) Funds appropriated to carry out sections 8007 and 8008 shall 
be available to the Secretary until expended.''.

     TITLE IX--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

                        Part A--Indian Education

                          findings and purpose

    Sec. 901. Sections 9101(1)(C), 9102(a), and 9102(b)(1) of the ESEA 
are each amended by striking out ``special'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``unique''.

                  grants to local educational agencies

    Sec. 902. Section 9112(b)(2) of the ESEA is amended by inserting a 
comma and ``except that any such tribe is not subject to section 
9114(c)(4) (parent committee), section 9117(c) (maintenance of effort), 
or section 9118 (State review of applications)'' before the period at 
the end thereof.

                            amount of grants

    Sec. 903. Section 9113 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out ``Act'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``subpart''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Schools Operated or Supported by the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs.--(1) In addition to the grants awarded under subsection (a), 
and subject to subsection (e), the Secretary shall allocate to the 
Secretary of the Interior an amount equal to the product of--
            ``(A) the total number of Indian children enrolled in 
        schools that are operated by--
                    ``(i) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
                    ``(ii) an Indian tribe, or an organization 
                controlled or sanctioned by an Indian tribal 
                government, for the children of that tribe under a 
                contract with, or grant from, the Department of the 
                Interior under the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 
                Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988; and
            ``(B) the greater of--
                    ``(i) the average per-pupil expenditure of the 
                State in which the school is located; or
                    ``(ii) 80 percent of the average per-pupil 
                expenditure in the United States.
    ``(2) Any school described in paragraph (1) that wishes to receive 
an allocation under this subpart shall submit an application in 
accordance with section 9114, and shall otherwise be treated as a local 
educational agency for the purpose of this subpart, except that it 
shall not be subject to section 9114(c)(4) (parent committee), section 
9117(c) (maintenance of effort), or section 9118 (State review of 
applications).''.

                              applications

    Sec. 904. Section 9114 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), by amending subparagraph (A) to 
        read as follows:
                    ``(A) is consistent with State and local plans 
                under other provisions of this Act; and'';
            (2) by amending subsection (c)(3)(A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) is based on a comprehensive local assessment 
                and prioritization of the unique educational and 
                culturally related academic needs of the American 
                Indian and Alaska Native students to whom the local 
                educational agency is providing an education;'' and
            (3) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(B) a majority of whose members are parents of 
                Indian children;'' and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking out ``will 
                not diminish'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``will 
                enhance''.

                   authorized services and activities

    Sec. 905. Section 9115(b) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking out ``Applied Technology 
        Education Act'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Technical 
        Education Act of 1998'';
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking out ``and'' at the end 
        thereof;
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking out the period at the end 
        thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and ``and''; 
        and
            (4) by adding at the end thereof paragraphs (8) through 
        (11) to read as follows:
            ``(8) activities that promote the incorporation of 
        culturally responsive teaching and learning strategies into the 
        educational program of the local educational agency;
            ``(9) activities that incorporate American Indian- and 
        Alaska Native-specific curriculum content, consistent with 
        State standards, into the curriculum used by the local 
        educational agency;
            ``(10) activities to promote coordination and collaboration 
        between tribal, Federal, and State public schools in areas that 
        will improve American Indian and Alaska Native student 
        achievement; and
            ``(11) activities that addresses the special needs of 
        American Indian and Alaska Native students who are gifted and 
        talented.''.

                       student eligibility forms

    Sec. 906. Section 9116 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the second sentence of paragraph (1)(A), by 
                inserting ``the'' before ``size''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``subsection 
                (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsection (a)'';
            (2) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Tribal Grant and Contract Schools.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Secretary, in awarding funds under this 
subpart to a tribal school that receives a grant or contract from the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall use only one of the following, as 
selected by the school:
            ``(1) A count of the number of students in those schools 
        certified by the Bureau.
            ``(2) A count of the number of students for whom the school 
        has eligibility forms that comply with this section.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (h) to 
        read as follows:
    ``(h) Timing of Child Counts.--For purposes of determining the 
number of children to be counted in calculating the amount of a local 
educational agency's grant under this subpart (other than in the case 
described in subsection (g)(1)), the local educational agency shall--
            ``(1) establish a date on, or a period not longer than 31 
        consecutive days during which, the agency counts those 
        children, so long as that date or period occurs before the 
        deadline established by the Secretary for submitting an 
        application under section 9114; and
            ``(2) determine that each such child was enrolled, and 
        receiving a free public education, in a school of the agency on 
        that date or during that period, as the case may be.''.

                                payments

    Sec. 907. Section 9117(b) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``(or under subpart 1 of the Indian Education Act of 1988)''.

                    state educational agency review

    Sec. 908. Section 9118 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                   ``state educational agency review

    ``Sec. 9118. Before submitting an application to the Secretary 
under section 9114, a local educational agency shall submit it to the 
State educational agency, which may comment on it. If the State 
educational agency comments on the application, it shall comment on all 
applications submitted by local educational agencies in the State and 
shall provide those comments to the respective local educational 
agencies, with an opportunity to respond.''.

      improvement of educational opportunities for indian children

    Sec. 909. Section 9121(d)(2) of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ``subsection'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``section''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by inserting a comma and ``other than an 
                application for a dissemination grant under paragraph 
                (1)(D),'' after ``subparagraph (A)'';
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking out ``and'' at the 
                end thereof;
                    (C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (v); 
                and
                    (D) by inserting new clauses (iii) and (iv) to read 
                as follows:
                            ``(iii) information demonstrating that the 
                        proposed program is either a research-based 
                        program or such a program that has been 
                        modified to be culturally appropriate for the 
                        students who will be served;
                            ``(iv) a description of how the applicant 
                        will incorporate the proposed services into the 
                        ongoing school program once the grant period is 
                        over; and''.

                        professional development

    Sec. 910. Section 9122 of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking out paragraph (2); and
                    (B) by striking out the subsection designation 
                ``(e)'' and all that follows through ``Each'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``(e) Application.--Each'';
            (2) in subsection (h)(1), by inserting ``preservice'' after 
        ``receives''; and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (i) to 
        read as follows:
    ``(i) In-Service Training for Teachers of Indian Children.--
            ``(1) Grants authorized.--In addition to the grants 
        authorized by subsection (c), the Secretary may make grants to 
        either of the following, in order to provide high-quality in-
        service training to teachers in local educational agencies with 
        substantial numbers of Indian children enrolled in their 
        schools:
                    ``(A) A consortium of a tribal college and an 
                institution of higher education that awards a degree in 
                education.
                    ``(B) A consortium of a tribal college or an 
                institution of higher education that awards a degree in 
                education, or both, and one or more elementary or 
                secondary schools operated by an Indian tribe or funded 
                by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, local educational 
                agencies serving Indian children, or tribal educational 
                agencies.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--(A) A consortium that receives a grant 
        under paragraph (1) shall use the grant funds only to provide 
        high-quality in-service training to teachers, including 
        teachers who are not Indian, in local educational agencies with 
        substantial numbers of Indian children enrolled in their 
        schools, in order to better meet the unique educational needs 
        of those children.
            ``(B) The training described in subparagraph (A) shall 
        include such activities as preparing teachers to use the best 
        available research-based practices and learning strategies, and 
        to make the most effective use of curriculum and materials, 
        that respond to the unique needs of Indian children in their 
        classrooms.
            ``(3) Special rule.--Subsection (d) of this section shall 
        not apply to grants made under this subsection.
            ``(4) Preference for indian applicants.--In applying 
        section 9153 to this subsection, the Secretary shall give a 
        preference to any consortium that includes one or more of the 
        entities described in that section.''.

                         repeal of authorities

    Sec. 911. Part A of title IX of the ESEA is further amended--
            (1) by striking out sections 9123, 9124, and 9125;
            (2) by striking out subpart 3; and
            (3) by redesignating subparts 4, 5, and 6 as subparts 3, 4, 
        and 5, respectively.

                         federal administration

    Sec. 912. (a) Peer Review.--Section 9152 of the ESEA is amended by 
striking out ``subpart 2, 3, or 4'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``subpart 2 or 3''.
    (b) Preference for Indian Applicants.--Section 9153 of the ESEA is 
amended by striking out ``subpart 2, 3, or 4'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subpart 2 or 3''.
    (c) Minimum Grant Criteria.--Section 9154 of the ESEA is amended by 
striking out ``subpart 2 or 3'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subpart 
2''.

                    authorization of appropriations

    Sec. 913. Section 9162 of the ESEA is amended to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 9162. (a) Subpart 1.--For the purpose of carrying out 
subpart 1 of this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 
2005.
    ``(b) Subparts 2 and 3.--For the purpose of carrying out subparts 2 
and 3 of this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''.

                   Part B--Native Hawaiian Education

                       native hawaiian education

    Sec. 921. Part B of title IX of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading thereof to read as follows: 
        ``Part B--Native Hawaiian Education'';
            (2) in section 9202(17), by inserting after the first 
        sentence the following: ``Subsequent reports by the Kamahameha 
        School Bishop Estate and other organizations have generally 
        confirmed those findings.'';
            (3) in section 9203(2), by striking out ``on Native 
        Hawaiian education,'' and everything that follows through the 
        end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ``on Native Hawaiian 
        education;'';
            (4) by repealing sections 9204 through 9210 and inserting 
        in lieu thereof a new section 9204 to read as follows:

                          ``program authorized

    ``Sec. 9204. (a) General Authority.--
            ``(1) Program authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to 
        make grants to, or enter into contracts with, Native Hawaiian 
        educational organizations; Native Hawaiian community-based 
        organizations; public and private nonprofit organizations, 
        agencies, or institutions with experience in developing or 
        operating Native Hawaiian programs or programs of instruction 
        in the Native Hawaiian language; and consortia of such 
        organizations, agencies, or institutions to carry out programs 
        that meet the purposes of this part.
            ``(2) Permissible activities.--Programs under this part may 
        include--
                    ``(A) the operation of one or more councils to 
                coordinate the provision of educational and related 
                services and programs available to Native Hawaiians;
                    ``(B) the operation of family-based education 
                centers that provide such services as--
                            ``(i) programs for parents and their 
                        infants from prenatal through age three;
                            ``(ii) preschool programs; and
                            ``(iii) research on, development of, and 
                        assessment of family-based, early childhood, 
                        and preschool programs for Native Hawaiians;
                    ``(C) activities to enable Native Hawaiians to 
                enter and complete programs of postsecondary education, 
                including--
                            ``(i) full or partial scholarships for 
                        undergraduate or graduate study that are 
                        awarded to students based on their academic 
                        promise and financial need, with a priority, at 
                        the graduate level, given to professions in 
                        which Native Hawaiians are underrepresented;
                            ``(ii) counseling and support services for 
                        students receiving scholarship assistance;
                            ``(iii) counseling and guidance for Native 
                        Hawaiian secondary students who have the 
                        potential to receive scholarships; and
                            ``(iv) faculty development activities 
                        designed to promote the matriculation of Native 
                        Hawaiian students;
                    ``(D) activities that address the special needs of 
                Native Hawaiian students who are gifted and talented, 
                including--
                            ``(i) educational, psychological, and 
                        developmental activities designed to assist in 
                        the educational progress of those students; and
                            ``(ii) activities that involve the parents 
                        of those students in a manner designed to 
                        assist in the students' educational progress;
                    ``(E) activities to meet the special needs of 
                Native Hawaiian students with disabilities, including--
                            ``(i) the identification of such students, 
                        and of their needs;
                            ``(ii) the provision of support services to 
                        the families of those students; and
                            ``(iii) other activities consistent with 
                        the requirements of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act.
                    ``(F) the development of academic and vocational 
                curricula to address the needs of Native Hawaiian 
                children and adults, including curriculum materials in 
                the Hawaiian language and mathematics and science 
                curricula that incorporate Native Hawaiian tradition 
                and culture;
                    ``(G) professional development activities for 
                educators, including--
                            ``(i) the development of programs to 
                        prepare prospective teachers to address the 
                        unique needs of Native Hawaiian students within 
                        the context of Native Hawaiian culture, 
                        language, and traditions;
                            ``(ii) in-service programs to improve the 
                        ability of teachers who teach in schools with 
                        concentrations of Native Hawaiian students to 
                        meet those students' unique needs; and
                            ``(iii) recruiting and preparing Native 
                        Hawaiians, and other individuals who live in 
                        communities with a high concentration of Native 
                        Hawaiians, to become teachers;
                    ``(H) the operation of community-based learning 
                centers that address the needs of native Hawaiian 
                families and communities through the coordination of 
                public and private programs and services, including--
                            ``(i) preschool programs;
                            ``(ii) after-school programs; and
                            ``(iii) vocational and adult education 
                        programs;
                    ``(I) research and data-collection activities to 
                determine the educational status and needs of Native 
                Hawaiian children and adults;
                    ``(J) other research and evaluation activities 
                related to programs under this part; and
                    ``(K) other activities, consistent with the 
                purposes of this part, to meet the educational needs of 
                Native Hawaiian children and adults.
            ``(3) Priorities.--In awarding grants or contracts to carry 
        out activities described in paragraphs (2)(F) and (2)(G), the 
        Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
                    ``(A) focus on the needs of at-risk youth; and
                    ``(B) use the Hawaiian language in instruction.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2001 through 2005 to carry out this part.'';
            (5) in section 9211, by amending subsection (b) to read as 
        follows:
    ``(b) Special Rule.--Each applicant for a grant or contract under 
this part shall submit its application for comment to each local 
educational agency serving students who will participate in the project 
and include those comments, if any, with its application to the 
Secretary.'';
            (6) in section 9212, by--
                    (A) striking out paragraphs (3) and (5); and
                    (B) redesignating paragraphs (4) and (6) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
            (7) by redesignating section 9211 and section 9212 as 
        section 9205 and section 9206, respectively.

                    Part C--Alaska Native Education

                        alaska native education

    Sec. 931. Part C of title IX of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by repealing sections 9304 through 9306 and inserting 
        in lieu thereof a new section 9304 to read as follows:

                          ``program authorized

    ``Sec. 9304. (a) General Authority.--
            ``(1) Program authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to 
        make grants to, or enter into contracts with, Alaska Native 
        organizations, educational entities with experience in 
        developing or operating Alaska Native programs or programs of 
        instruction conducted in Alaska Native languages, and consortia 
        of such organizations and entities to carry out programs that 
        meet the purpose of this part.
            ``(2) Permissible activities.--Programs under this part may 
        include--
                    ``(A) the development and implementation of plans, 
                methods, and strategies to improve the education of 
                Alaska Natives;
                    ``(B) the development of curricula and educational 
                programs that address the educational needs of Alaska 
                Native students, including--
                            ``(i) curriculum materials that reflect the 
                        cultural diversity or the contributions of 
                        Alaska Natives;
                            ``(ii) instructional programs that make use 
                        of Native Alaskan languages; and
                            ``(iii) networks that introduce successful 
                        programs, materials, and techniques to urban 
                        and rural schools;
                    ``(C) professional development activities for 
                educators, including--
                            ``(i) programs to prepare teachers to 
                        address the cultural diversity and unique needs 
                        of Alaska Native students;
                            ``(ii) in-service programs to improve the 
                        ability of teachers to meet the unique needs of 
                        Alaska Native students; and
                            ``(iii) recruiting and preparing teachers 
                        who are Alaska Natives, reside in communities 
                        with high concentrations of Alaska Native 
                        students, or are likely to succeed as teachers 
                        in isolated, rural communities and engage in 
                        cross-cultural instruction;
                    ``(D) the development and operation of home 
                instruction programs for Alaska Native preschool 
                children, the purpose of which is to ensure the active 
                involvement of parents in their children's education 
                from the earliest ages;
                    ``(E) the development and operation of student 
                enrichment programs in science and mathematics that--
                            ``(i) are designed to prepare Alaska Native 
                        students from rural areas, who are preparing to 
                        enter high school, to excel in science and 
                        math; and
                            ``(ii) provide appropriate support services 
                        to the families of such students that are 
                        needed to enable such students to benefit from 
                        the program;
                    ``(F) research and data-collection activities to 
                determine the educational status and needs of Alaska 
                Native children and adults;
                    ``(G) other research and evaluation activities 
                related to programs under this part; and
                    ``(H) other activities, consistent with the 
                purposes of this part, to meet the educational needs of 
                Alaska Native children and adults.
            ``(3) Home instruction programs.--Home instruction programs 
        for Alaska Native preschool children under paragraph (2)(D) may 
        include--
                    ``(A) programs for parents and their infants, from 
                prenatal through age three;
                    ``(B) preschool programs; and
                    ``(C) training, education, and support for parents 
                in such areas as reading readiness, observation, 
                storytelling, and critical thinking.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2001 through 2005 to carry out this part.'';
            (2) in section 9307--
                    (A) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Applications.--State and local educational agencies may apply 
for an award under this part only as part of a consortium involving an 
Alaska Native organization. This consortium may include other eligible 
applicants.'';
                    (B) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Local Educational Agency Coordination.--Each applicant for an 
award under this part shall inform each local educational agency 
serving students who would participate in the project about its 
application.'';
                and
                    (C) by striking out subsection (e); and
            (3) by redesignating section 9307 and section 9308 as 
        section 9305 and section 9306, respectively.

               TITLE X--PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

                 fund for the improvement of education

    Sec. 1001. Part A of title X of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in section 10101--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking out ``National Education 
                        Goals'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``America's Education Goals''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``elementary and 
                        secondary'' immediately after ``improve the 
                        quality of'';
            (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds under this section may be used for--
            ``(1) development, evaluation, and other activities that 
        are designed to--
                    ``(A) improve the quality of elementary and 
                secondary education;
                    ``(B) assist all students to meet challenging State 
                standards; and
                    ``(C) contribute to the achievement of America's 
                Education goals;
            ``(2) the development, implementation, and evaluation of 
        programs that are designed to foster student community service, 
        encourage responsible citizenship and improve academic 
        learning, and give students the opportunity to apply what they 
        learn in the classroom to meet actual community needs;
            ``(3) the identification and recognition of exemplary 
        schools and programs, such as Blue Ribbon Schools;
            ``(4) activities to study and implement strategies for 
        creating smaller learning communities;
            ``(5) programs under section 10102 and section 10103;
            ``(6) activities to promote family involvement in 
        education; and
            ``(7) other programs and projects that meet the purposes of 
        this section.'';
                    (C) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Awards.--(1) The Secretary may--
            ``(A) make awards under this section on the basis of 
        competitions announced by the Secretary; and
            ``(B) support meritorious unsolicited proposals.
    ``(2) An applicant for an award under this section, shall--
            ``(A) establish clear goals and objectives for its project 
        under this part; and
            ``(B) describe the activities it will carry out in order to 
        meet the goals and objectives of its project.
    ``(3) A recipient of an award under this section shall evaluate the 
effectiveness of its project's activities in achieving the goals and 
objectives stated in its application.
    ``(4) A recipient of an award under this section shall report to 
the Secretary such information as may be required, including evidence 
of its progress towards meeting the goals and objectives of its 
project, in order to determine the effectiveness of its project under 
this section.
    ``(5) The Secretary may--
            ``(A) require recipients of awards under this section to 
        provide matching funds from non-Federal sources; and
            ``(B) limit competitions to particular types of entities, 
        such as State or local educational agencies.
    ``(6) The Secretary shall use a peer review process in reviewing 
applications for assistance under this section and may use funds 
appropriated under subsection (d) for the cost of such peer review.''; 
and
                    (D) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of 
carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.'';
                    (E) by redesignating subsection (d), as amended by 
                subparagraph D, as subsection (e) and inserting a new 
                subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Evaluation and Program Development.--(1) Each recipient of a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary a comprehensive 
evaluation of the effects of its program assisted under this part, 
including its impact on students, teachers, administrators, parents and 
others--
            ``(A) at the mid-point of the program; and
            ``(B) not later than one year after completion of the 
        program.
    ``(2) Evaluations under this subsection shall focus on the 
effectiveness of the program in achieving its goals and objectives.'';
            (2) by repealing section 10102;
            (3) by amending section 10103 to read as follows:

             ``state and local character education program

    ``Sec. 10103. (a) Program Authorized.--(1) The Secretary may make 
grants to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, or 
consortia of such educational agencies for the design and 
implementation of character education programs.
    ``(2) Each grant under this section shall be awarded for a period 
not to exceed five years, of which the recipient shall use not more 
than one year for planning and program design.
    ``(b) Applications.--(1) Each applicant desiring a grant under this 
section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and 
in such manner as the Secretary may require.
    ``(2) Each application under this section shall include--
            ``(A) a description of any partnerships and other 
        collaborative efforts between the applicant and other 
        educational agencies;
            ``(B) a description of the program's goals and objectives;
            ``(C) a description of the activities the applicant will 
        carry out, and how these activities are designed to meet the 
        program's goals and objectives under subparagraph (B), 
        including--
                    ``(i) how parents, students, and other members of 
                the community, including members of private and 
                nonprofit organizations, will be involved in the design 
                and implementation of the program;
                    ``(ii) the curriculum and instructional practices 
                that will be used or developed; and
                    ``(iii) the methods of teacher training and parent 
                education that will be used or developed;
            ``(D) a description of how the program will be linked to 
        other efforts to improve educational outcomes, including--
                    ``(i) broader educational reforms that are being 
                instituted by the applicant or its partners; and
                    ``(ii) applicable State and local standards for 
                student performance;
            ``(E) a description of how the applicant will evaluate the 
        progress of its program in meeting the goals and objectives 
        under subparagraph (B), including the performance indicators 
        that will be used to measure progress; and
            ``(F) such other information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Diversity of Projects.--The Secretary shall make awards under 
this section that, to the extent practicable, support programs that 
serve different geographic areas of the Nation, including urban, 
suburban, and rural areas.'';
            (4) by redesignating section 10103, as amended by paragraph 
        (3), as section 10102 and adding a new section 10103 to read as 
        follows:

     ``character education research, dissemination, and evaluation

    ``Sec. 10103. (a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized 
to make grants, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of 
higher education, tribal organizations, and other public or private 
agencies or organizations to carry out research, development, 
dissemination, technical assistance, and evaluation activities that 
support or inform character education programs under section 10102.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Consistent with subsection (a), funds under 
this section may be used--
            ``(1) to conduct research and development activities that 
        focus on such matters as--
                    ``(A) the effectiveness of instructional models;
                    ``(B) materials and curricula that can be used by 
                programs in character education;
                    ``(C) models of professional development in 
                character education; and
                    ``(D) the development of outcome measures for 
                character education programs;
            ``(2) to provide technical assistance to the agencies 
        receiving awards under section 10102, particularly on matters 
        of program evaluation;
            ``(3) to conduct a national evaluation of programs under 
        section 10102; and
            ``(4) to compile and disseminate, through various 
        approaches, such as a national clearinghouse--
                    ``(A) information on model character education 
                programs;
                    ``(B) character education materials and curricula;
                    ``(C) research findings in the area of character 
                education and character development; and
                    ``(D) any other information that will be useful to 
                character education program participants and other 
                educators and administrators, nationwide.''; and
            (5) by repealing section 10104, section 10105, section 
        10106, and section 10107.

                      gifted and talented children

    Sec. 1002. Part B of title X of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in section 10201, by striking out ``of 1994'';
            (2) in section 10204(c), by adding at the end thereof a new 
        paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Dissemination.--The National Center shall focus the 
        dissemination of the results of its activities under subsection 
        (b)(7) to schools with high percentages of economically 
        disadvantaged students.'';
            (3) by amending section 10206(b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Review and Dissemination.--The Secretary--
            ``(1) shall use a peer review process in reviewing 
        applications under this part;
            ``(2) shall ensure that the information on the activities 
        and results of programs and projects funded under this part is 
        disseminated to appropriate State and local agencies and other 
        appropriate organizations, including private nonprofit 
        organizations; and
            ``(3) may evaluate the effectiveness of programs under this 
        part in accordance with section 11801 of this Act.''; and
            (4) by amending section 10207 to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 10207.--For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

                    international education program

    Sec. 1003. Title VI of Goals 2000: Educate America Act (P.L. 103-
227) is amended--
            (1) in section 601(c)(6) to read as follows:
            ``(6) Definitions.--For the purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligible country' means a Central European country, 
        an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, 
        Georgia, the Republic of Ireland, the province of Northern 
        Ireland in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the 
        Commonwealth of Independent States, any country that formerly 
        was a republic of the Soviet Union whose political independence 
        is recognized by the United States, and any other emerging 
        democracy in a developing country. For the purpose of this 
        definition, the term `developing country' shall have the same 
        meaning given it in the Education of the Deaf Act.'';
            (2) by amending section 601(d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of 
carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.''; and
            (3) by redesignating such title and section as part C of 
        title X of the ESEA and section 10301, respectively.

                           arts in education

    Sec. 1004. Part D of title X of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) by striking out the heading and designation of subpart 
        1;
            (2) in section 10401--
                    (A) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and 
                        (10) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting immediately after 
                        paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) supporting model arts and cultural programs for at-
        risk children and youth, particularly programs that use arts 
        and culture to promote students' academic progress;''; and
                    (B) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding 
fiscal years.''; and
            (3) by repealing subpart 2.

                 inexpensive book distribution program

    Sec. 1005. Section 10501(e) of the ESEA is amended by striking out 
``$10,300,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2001 and''.

                            civic education

    Sec. 1006. Part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by repealing section 10602;
            (2) by amending section 10603 to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 10603. For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''; and
            (3) by redesignating section 10603, as amended by paragraph 
        (2), as section 10602.

                  allen j. ellender fellowship program

    Sec. 1007. Part G of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is repealed.

                21st century community learning centers

    Sec. 1008. Part I of title X of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in section 10902(2), by striking out ``should 
        collaborate'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``must 
        collaborate'';
            (2) in section 10903--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Grants by the Secretary.--(1) The Secretary is authorized, in 
accordance with paragraph (2), to award grants to community-based 
organizations and local educational agencies, on behalf of public 
elementary or secondary schools in inner-cities, small cities, and 
rural areas, that serve communities with a substantial need for 
expanded learning opportunities because--
            ``(A) they have a high proportion of low-achieving 
        students;
            ``(B) they lack resources to establish or expand after-
        school centers that benefit the educational, health, social 
        service, cultural, and recreational needs of the community; or
            ``(C) they have other needs consistent with the purposes of 
        this part.
    ``(2) The Secretary may reserve up to 10 percent of the funds 
appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal year to make grants 
to community-based organizations to carry out projects, consistent with 
the purposes of this part and with subsection (c).'';
            (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Equitable Distribution.--In awarding grants under this part, 
the Secretary shall ensure an equitable distribution of assistance 
among the States and among urban and rural areas of the United 
States.''; and
            (C) in subsection (c), by striking out ``3 years'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``5 years'';
            (3) in section 10904--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking out ``an elementary or secondary 
                        school or consortium'' and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof ``a local educational agency, on behalf 
                        of one or more elementary or secondary schools, 
                        or a community-based organization'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking out 
                        ``the school or consortium'' and inserting in 
                        lieu thereof ``the applicant'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking out 
                        ``and'' at the end thereof;
                            (iv) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (C),
                                            (aa) by inserting 
                                        ``schools,'' immediately after 
                                        ``undertaken by''; and
                                            (bb) by inserting a comma 
                                        and ``in order to promote 
                                        community involvement in the 
                                        planning and implementation of 
                                        services provided under this 
                                        part'' immediately after 
                                        ``appropriate organizations'';
                                    (II) in subparagraph (D), by 
                                striking out ``the school or 
                                consortium'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``the applicant''; and
                                    (III) in subparagraph (E), by--
                                            (aa) striking out ``the 
                                        school or consortium'' and 
                                        inserting in lieu thereof ``the 
                                        applicant''; and
                                            (bb) striking out the 
                                        period at the end thereof and 
                                        inserting in lieu thereof a 
                                        semi-colon; and
                            (v) by adding, at the end thereof, the 
                        following new paragraphs (4), (5), and (6):
            ``(4) information demonstrating that the applicant will 
        provide at least 50 percent of the cost of the project from 
        other sources, which may include other Federal funds and may be 
        provided in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated;
            ``(5) an assurance that the applicant will, in each year of 
        the project, expend, from non-Federal sources, at least as much 
        for the services under this part as it expended for the 
        preceding year; and
            ``(6) information demonstrating how the applicant will 
        continue the project after completion of the grant.'';
                    (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority to applications 
that describe projects that--
            ``(1) offer a broad selection of services that address the 
        needs of the community; and
            ``(2) offer significant, expanded learning opportunities 
        for children and youth in the community.''; and
                    (C) by further amending section 10904 by adding at 
                the end thereof a new subsection (c), to read as 
                follows:
    ``(c) Special Rule.--An application submitted by a community-based 
organization shall contain evidence that affected local educational 
agencies concur with the proposed project.'';
            (4) in section 10905, by striking out ``may be used to 
        plan, implement, or expand community learning centers which 
        include not less than four'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``shall be used to establish or expand community learning 
        centers that provide activities that offer significant expanded 
        learning opportunities, such as before and after school, for 
        children and youth in the community, and that may also include 
        any'';
            (5) by amending section 10906 to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 10906. (a) Community Learning Center.--For the purpose of 
this part, the term `community learning center' means an entity that--
            ``(1) provides expanded learning opportunities, and may 
        also provide services that address health, social service, 
        cultural, and recreational needs of the community; and
            ``(2) is operated in conjunction with local governmental 
        agencies, businesses, vocational education programs, 
        institutions of higher education, community colleges, and 
        cultural, recreational, and other community and human service 
        entities.
    ``(b) Special Rule.--In the case of a community learning center 
operated by a local educational agency, the center shall be located 
within a public elementary or secondary school building.'';
            (6) by amending section 10907 to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 10907. For the purposes of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.'';
            (7) by adding at the end thereof the following new section 
        10908:

                         ``continuation awards

    ``Sec. 10908. The Secretary may use funds under this part to make 
continuation awards for projects that were funded with fiscal year 1999 
and 2000 funds, under the terms and conditions that applied to the 
original awards for those projects.''; and
            (8) by redesignating--
                    (A) part I as part G; and
                    (B) sections 10901 through 10908, as amended by 
                this section, as sections 10701 through 10708, 
                respectively.

                  urban and rural education assistance

    Sec. 1009. Part J of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is repealed.

                           high school reform

    Sec. 1010. Title X of the ESEA is further amended by inserting 
after part G, as redesignated by section 1008(8)(A), a new part H to 
read as follows:

                      ``Part H--High School Reform

                        ``findings and purposes

    ``Sec. 10801. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) All high school students must obtain the academic 
        foundations needed for further education and training, and to 
        succeed in an economy that is increasingly characterized by 
        global competition, evolving technologies, and high demands for 
        a skilled, literate, and adaptable workforce.
            ``(2) To be effective, high schools must not only prepare 
        students academically, they must also ensure that students are 
        connecting with adults and are receiving the necessary supports 
        to continue their personal and interpersonal growth during this 
        critical transition stage.
            ``(3) Effective high schools are places where students feel 
        safe, the school is free of drugs, and the classrooms are 
        disciplined environments where all students can learn. High 
        schools are increasingly larger places where students feel 
        increasingly disconnected from adults and often from their 
        peers, particularly in urban and suburban areas. Research shows 
        that when students feel connected to school and to their 
        parents, they are less likely than other adolescents to suffer 
        from emotional distress, have suicidal thoughts and behaviors, 
        use violence, and smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or smoke 
        marijuana.
            ``(4) Research and national data collections indicate that 
        many high schools do not succeed in meeting both the academic 
        and developmental needs of students. For example--
                    ``(A) more than 20 percent of Americans, ages 25 
                through 29, do not have a regular high school diploma;
                    ``(B) on the most recent international assessment 
                of mathematics and science knowledge, the Third 
                International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 
                American 12th-graders outperformed students from only 
                two of the 21 other participating Nations. A comparison 
                of these assessment results with 4th-grade and 8th-
                grade TIMSS scores indicates that American students 
                lose ground during the high school years;
                    ``(C) recent results from National Assessment of 
                Educational Progress reading assessments for 12th-
                graders indicate improvement in the performance of 
                higher-achieving students, but no improvement in the 
                scores for the lowest-achieving students;
                    ``(D) the problems facing high schools are 
                particularly prevalent in schools that enroll 
                concentrations of minority students and students from 
                low-income families; and
                    ``(E) relatively few high schools are undertaking 
                serious, standards-based educational reforms. For 
                instance, most of the initiatives carried out through 
                the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstrations program 
                have been at the elementary level.
            ``(5) Because of changes made by the Improving America's 
        Schools Act of 1994, high schools now receive significantly 
        more title I funding than was the case before, and the number 
        of high schools operating title I schoolwide programs has 
        increased. However, evaluations indicate that title I, by 
        itself, has not yet resulted in significant reforms in high 
        schools. High schools now have the opportunity to use title I 
        funds to leverage Federal, State, and local funds to implement 
        education reforms.
            ``(6) High school reforms can be effective. For example, 
        schools participating in the Southern Regional Education Board 
        `High Schools that Work' program, a whole-school, research-
        based reform initiative, have shown significant improvement in 
        reading and mathematics scores. The Johns Hopkins University 
        Talent Development model has demonstrated promising results at 
        its initial implementation site. The schools implementing 
        locally based reforms and participating in the Department of 
        Education's `New American High Schools' initiative have 
        generally achieved improved outcomes in graduation, attendance, 
        and achievement.
            ``(7) A variety of approaches to high school reform, geared 
        to local conditions and needs, can be effective. These 
        approaches include `schools within schools' and other 
        innovations that create smaller learning environments and 
        involve adults more fully in the lives of students, `career 
        academies' and other approaches that structure learning around 
        careers, partnerships that pair schools with businesses or 
        institutions of higher education, and reforms that reorganize 
        the school day. In addition, most successful reforms include a 
        strong focus on the professional development of participating 
        educators and provision of in-depth academic, career, and 
        college counseling.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this part are to--
            ``(1) support the planning and implementation of 
        educational reforms in high schools, particularly in urban and 
        rural high schools that educate concentrations of students from 
        low-income families, in order to--
                    ``(A) meet the needs of students at risk of failing 
                to achieve to challenging standards, by strengthening 
                curriculum and instruction, offering extended learning 
                opportunities, and providing professional development 
                opportunities to school staff; and
                    ``(B) improve title I schoolwide programs in high 
                schools;
            ``(2) support the further development of educational 
        reforms, designed specifically for high schools, that--
                    ``(A) help students meet challenging State 
                standards; and
                    ``(B) increase connections between students and 
                adults and provide safe learning environments;
            ``(3) create positive incentives for serious change in high 
        schools, by offering rewards to participating schools that 
        achieve significant improvements in student achievement;
            ``(4) increase the national knowledge base on effective 
        high school reforms by identifying the most effective 
        approaches and disseminating information on those approaches so 
        that they can be adopted nationally; and
            ``(5) support the implementation of reforms in at least 
        5,000 American high schools by the year 2007.

                 ``grants to local educational agencies

    ``Sec. 10802. (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary may make grants 
to local educational agencies, on a competitive basis, for activities, 
consistent with this part, carried out in their high schools.
    ``(b) Duration.--Each grant under this section shall be for a 
period of up to three years.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide assistance under 
this part to any high school under more than one grant.

                             ``applications

    ``Sec. 10803. (a) Applications Required.--A local educational 
agency that desires to receive a grant under this part shall submit an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may determine.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each such application shall, for each high school 
for which assistance is sought--
            ``(1) identify the school and describe its need for 
        assistance under this part;
            ``(2) include--
                    ``(A) a preliminary plan for grades above 8th grade 
                in the school that describes the educational reforms 
                that will take place, as well as the specific 
                activities to be carried out with grant funds; and
                    ``(B) an assurance that the local educational 
                agency will have a final plan for those reforms and 
                activities within six months of receiving a grant under 
                this part; and
            ``(3) demonstrate that a substantial percentage of 
        administrators, teachers, and students at the school, as well 
        as parents of students and other members of the community, were 
        (and will be) involved in developing and carrying out that 
        plan.

                        ``selection of grantees

    ``Sec. 10804. (a) In General.--The Secretary shall select grantees, 
using a peer-review process, on the basis of--
            ``(1) the relative need of each high school for which 
        assistance is sought, considering such factors as the 
        percentage of students who are from low-income families, 
        student achievement data, dropout rates, and attendance rates; 
        and
            ``(2) the quality of applications, including the likelihood 
        that the proposed reforms will succeed.
    ``(b) Applications for More Than One High School.--In case of a 
meritorious application that requests assistance for more than one high 
school, the Secretary may approve the application for any number of 
those schools.
    ``(c) Special Rules.--In approving applications under this section, 
the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) to the extent possible, award a majority of grants 
        under this part to assist high schools that participate in 
        programs under part A of title I of this Act or serve high-
        poverty school attendance areas; and
            ``(2) equitably distribute grants among the geographic 
        regions of the Nation and among urban and rural local 
        educational agencies.

           ``principles and components of educational reforms

    ``Sec. 10805. (a) Principles.--Each grantee under this part shall 
ensure that the reforms it carries out under this part are designed so 
that that each assisted high school--
            ``(1) is a place where students receive individual 
        attention and support, through such strategies as creating 
        smaller learning environments, such as `schools within schools' 
        and career academies and providing students with counselors and 
        mentors;
            ``(2) provides all students in the school with challenging 
        coursework, aligned with State content and performance 
        standards, through such strategies as the use of technology to 
        enhance academic instruction and the establishment or expansion 
        of international baccalaureate programs or advanced placement 
        programs;
            ``(3) is a place where students are motivated to learn, 
        through such strategies as applied learning and linking the 
        arts, music, and cultural opportunities with the school, both 
        during and after the normal school day;
            ``(4) enables students to receive an education that is 
        continuous and integrated, through such strategies as 
        partnerships with middle schools and institutions of higher 
        education;
            ``(5) helps students achieve their educational and career 
        goals, through such strategies as integrated academic and 
        vocational instruction that connects students with career 
        opportunities; and
            ``(6) functions as a center for the community, through such 
        strategies as increasing the involvement of parents, employers, 
        and others in the community.
    ``(b) Required Components.--In order to institutionalize the 
principles described in subsection (a), each grantee under this part 
shall use funds that are provided on behalf of a high school to 
implement (and, if necessary, to use not more than six months to 
complete the planning and development of) research-based educational 
reform strategies throughout the entire school that--
            ``(1) in the case of a school with a schoolwide program 
        under part A of title I, build on and improve the schoolwide 
        reform program;
            ``(2) address the needs of students who are at risk of 
        failing to be promoted to the next grade or to graduate, 
        including--
                    ``(A) covering material that students need to 
                master in order to pass State-mandated exit exams; and
                    ``(B) strengthening curriculum, instruction, and 
                assessments and by offering extended learning 
                opportunities such as after-school, weekend, and summer 
                programs;
            ``(3) are implemented at the school level, but include 
        strong support and assistance from the local educational 
        agency, as documented in its application;
            ``(4) make full and effective use of the resources that the 
        school receives under other Federal programs;
            ``(5) make use of outside experts in high-school reform, 
        unless the local educational agency demonstrates in its 
        application, to the Secretary's satisfaction, that the school's 
        reform strategy can be implemented effectively without outside 
        assistance;
            ``(6) include professional development of school staff, 
        including development of the skills needed to use student 
        achievement and other outcome data to refine and improve the 
        educational reform strategy; and
            ``(7) provide for collecting data on, and evaluating, the 
        reforms and for reporting to the Secretary on the results of 
        those evaluations.

                           ``private schools

    ``Sec. 10806. (a) Professional Development.--Each grantee under 
section 10804 shall, in accordance with sections 11803 through 11806, 
provide for the equitable participation of private school personnel in 
the professional development activities it carries out with grant 
funds.
    ``(b) Information.--If a grantee uses grant funds to develop 
curricular materials, it shall make information about those materials 
available to private schools at their request.

                        ``additional activities

    ``Sec. 10807. From the amount available to carry out this part for 
any fiscal year under section 10809, the Secretary shall reserve the 
amount he finds appropriate to carry out one or more of the following:
            ``(1) Incentive awards.--(A)(i) The Secretary shall select 
        a random sample of schools from each of the first two years' 
        cohorts of grantees, along with a similarly selected control 
        group of comparable schools, to participate in an incentive-
        based experiment, under which the Secretary makes incentive 
        payments to teachers and administrators in the grantee schools 
        if, after three years of program participation, their students 
        demonstrate significant gains in student educational outcomes 
        compared to the gains made in the schools in the control group.
            ``(ii) If those significant gains continue, the Secretary 
        may make further incentive payments to those teachers and 
        administrators for up to two additional years.
            ``(B) The Secretary shall base determinations of student 
        educational outcomes on multiple measures, including scores on 
        State assessments.
            ``(C) The maximum amount of an incentive award under this 
        paragraph is $3,000 per teacher and administrator per year, 
        which may be used by those individuals for any purpose.
            ``(2) Recognition, dissemination, networks, and peer 
        review.--The Secretary may--
                    ``(A) recognize high schools and high school 
                reforms that show outstanding results;
                    ``(B) disseminate information on those schools and 
                reforms;
                    ``(C) carry out other activities to encourage the 
                spread and adoption of successful high school reform 
                strategies;
                    ``(D) facilitate the creation of networks among 
                participating schools and local educational agencies, 
                which may include schools and local educational 
                agencies interested in meeting the purpose of this 
                part; and
                    ``(E) pay the costs of the peer review of 
                applications under this part.
            ``(3) Evaluation.--The Secretary may reserve funds, 
        consistent with section 11911, to evaluate activities carried 
        out under this part.

                              ``definition

    ``Sec. 10808. For the purpose of this part, the term `high school' 
means any school that serves students in 12th grade.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 10809. For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

                  foreign language assistance program

    Sec. 1011. Title X of the ESEA is further amended by inserting 
after part H, as added by section 1010, a new part I to read as 
follows:

             ``Part I--Foreign Language Assistance Program

                          ``findings; purpose

    ``Sec. 10901. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that:
            ``(1) Increased fluency in languages other than English is 
        necessary if the United States is to compete effectively in a 
        global economy.
            ``(2) Four out of five new jobs in the United States are 
        created from foreign trade.
            ``(3) The optimum time to begin learning a second language 
        is in elementary school, when children have the greatest 
        ability to learn and excel in foreign languages.
            ``(4) Foreign language study can increase children's 
        capacity for critical and creative thinking, and children who 
        study a second language show greater cognitive development in 
        such areas as mental flexibility, creativity, tolerance, and 
        higher-order thinking skills.
            ``(5) Children who have studied a foreign language in 
        elementary school score higher on standardized tests of 
        reading, language arts, and mathematics than children who have 
        not studied a foreign language.
            ``(6) The United States lags behind other developed 
        countries in offering foreign language study to elementary and 
        secondary school students.
            ``(7) While research suggests that students more easily 
        acquire foreign languages when instruction begins in the early 
        grades, fewer than one-third of elementary schools in the 
        United States offer foreign language instruction.
            ``(8) Of those elementary schools that do offer foreign 
        language instruction, most offer only an introductory exposure 
        to the foreign language.
            ``(9) Few elementary school foreign language programs are 
        coordinated with secondary school foreign language programs to 
promote transitions that build on student knowledge of the foreign 
language.
            ``(10) Foreign language teachers have a continuing need for 
        professional development that provides opportunities to improve 
        their language competence and their teaching skills in the 
        language they teach. This need is particularly important for 
        elementary school teachers, most of whom have no specialized 
        training or certification to teach languages at that level.
            ``(11) The next generation of advanced computers and 
        telecommunications technology has a tremendous potential for 
        improving access to foreign language instruction and the 
        quality of that instruction at the elementary level.
            ``(12) It is a national goal that 25 percent of all public 
        elementary schools offer high-quality, comprehensive foreign 
        language programs by 2005, and that 50 percent offer such 
        programs by 2010. Such programs should be designed to achieve 
        language proficiency, aligned with State foreign language 
        standards, and available to all students (including students 
        with limited English proficiency and students with 
        disabilities), and should ensure effective coordination between 
        elementary and secondary school foreign language instruction.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to expand, improve 
the quality of, and enhance foreign language programs at the elementary 
school level, including programs that recruit and train qualified 
elementary school foreign language teachers, by supporting--
            ``(1) State efforts to encourage and support such programs;
            ``(2) local implementation of innovative programs that meet 
        local needs; and
            ``(3) the identification and dissemination of information 
        on best practices in elementary school foreign language 
        education.

        ``elementary school foreign language assistance program

    ``Sec. 10902. (a) Authority.--(1) From funds appropriated under 
subsection (g) for any fiscal year, the Secretary is authorized to make 
grants to State educational agencies and to local educational agencies 
for the Federal share of the cost of the activities set forth in 
subsection (b).
    ``(2) Each grant under paragraph (1) shall be awarded for a period 
of three years.
    ``(3) A State educational agency may receive a grant under 
paragraph (1) if it--
            ``(A) has established, or is establishing, State standards 
        for foreign language instruction; or
            ``(B) requires the public elementary schools of the State 
        to provide foreign language instruction.
    ``(4) A local educational agency may receive a grant under 
paragraph (1) if the program proposed in its application under 
subsection (c)--
            ``(A) shows promise of being continued beyond the grant 
        period;
            ``(B) would demonstrate approaches that can be disseminated 
        to, and duplicated by, other local educational agencies;
            ``(C) would include performance measurements and assessment 
        systems that measure students' proficiency in a foreign 
        language; and
            ``(D) would use a curriculum that is aligned with State 
        standards, if the State has such standards.
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--(1) Grants to State educational 
agencies under this section shall be used to support programs that 
promote the implementation of high-quality foreign language programs in 
the elementary schools of the State, which may include--
            ``(A) developing foreign language standards and assessments 
        that are aligned with those standards;
            ``(B) supporting the efforts of institutions of higher 
        education within the State to develop programs to prepare the 
        elementary school foreign language teachers needed in schools 
        within the State and to recruit candidates to prepare for, and 
        assume, such teaching positions;
            ``(C) developing new certification requirements for 
        elementary school foreign language teachers, including 
        requirements that allow for alternative routes to 
        certification;
            ``(D) providing technical assistance to local educational 
        agencies in the State in developing, implementing, or improving 
        elementary school foreign language programs, including 
        assistance to ensure effective coordination with, and 
        transition of students among, elementary, middle, and secondary 
        schools;
            ``(E) disseminating information on promising or effective 
        practices in elementary school foreign language instruction and 
        supporting educator networks that help improve that 
        instruction;
            ``(F) stimulating the development and dissemination of 
        information on instructional programs that use educational 
        technologies and technology applications (including such 
        technologies and applications as multimedia software, web-based 
        resources, digital television, and virtual reality and wireless 
        technologies) to deliver instruction or professional 
        development, or to assess students' foreign language 
        proficiency; and
            ``(G) collecting data on and evaluating the elementary 
        school foreign language programs in the State and activities 
        carried out with the grant.
    ``(2) Grants to local educational agencies under this section shall 
be used for activities to develop and implement high-quality, 
standards-based elementary school foreign language programs, which may 
include--
            ``(A) curriculum development and implementation;
            ``(B) professional development for teachers and other 
        staff;
            ``(C) partnerships with institutions of higher education to 
        provide for the preparation of the teachers needed to implement 
        programs under this section;
            ``(D) efforts to coordinate elementary school foreign 
        language instruction with secondary-level foreign language 
        instruction, and to provide students with a smooth transition 
        from elementary to secondary programs;
            ``(E) implementation of instructional approaches that make 
        use of advanced educational technologies; and
            ``(F) collection of data on, and evaluation of, the 
        activities carried out under the grant, including assessment, 
        at regular intervals, of participating students' proficiency in 
        the foreign language studied.
    ``(3) Special Rule.--Efforts under paragraph (2)(D) may include 
support for the expansion of secondary school instruction, so long as 
that instruction is part of an articulated elementary-through-secondary 
school foreign language program that is designed to result in student 
fluency in a foreign language.
    ``(c) Applications.--(1) Any State educational agency or local 
educational agency desiring to receive a grant under this section shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information and assurances, as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(2) Each application shall include descriptions of--
            ``(A) the goals that the applicant intends to accomplish 
        through the project, including--
                    ``(i) for applications submitted by State 
                educational agencies, the goal of ensuring the 
                availability of qualified elementary school foreign 
                language teachers throughout the State; and
                    ``(ii) for applications submitted by local 
                educational agencies, the goal of enabling all 
                participating students to become proficient in a 
                foreign language;
            ``(B) the activities to be carried out through the project; 
        and
            ``(C) how the applicant will determine the extent to which 
        its project meets its goals.
    ``(d) Priorities.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary may establish one or more priorities consistent with the 
purpose of this part, including priorities for projects carried out by 
local educational agencies that--
            ``(1) provide immersion programs in which instruction is in 
        the foreign language for a major portion of the day; or
            ``(2) promote the sequential study of a foreign language 
        for students, beginning in elementary schools.
    ``(e) Reports.--(1) A State educational agency or local educational 
agency that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary an annual report that provides information on the project's 
progress in reaching its goals.
    ``(2) A local educational agency that receives a grant under this 
section shall include in its report under paragraph (1), information on 
students' gains in comprehending, speaking, reading, and writing a 
foreign language, and shall compare such educational outcomes to the 
State's foreign language standards, if such State standards exist.
    ``(f) Federal Share.--(1) The Federal share for each fiscal year of 
a program under this section shall be not more than 50 percent.
    ``(2) The Secretary may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) for 
any local educational agency that the Secretary determines does not 
have adequate resources to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of the 
activities assisted under this section.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) For the purpose of 
carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(2) For any fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve up to five 
percent of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) to--
            ``(A) conduct independent evaluations of the activities 
        assisted under this section;
            ``(B) provide technical assistance to recipients of awards 
        under this section; and
            ``(C) disseminate findings and methodologies from 
        evaluations required by, or funded under, this section and 
        other information obtained from such programs.''.

                        national writing project

    Sec. 1012. Part K of title X of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in section 10991--
                    (A) in paragraph (15)--
                            (i) by striking ``154 regional sites'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``157 regional 
                        sites''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``45 States'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``46 States'';
                    (B) in paragraph (17) by adding ``and'' at the end 
                thereof;
                    (C) in paragraph (18) by striking out at the end 
                thereof the semicolon and ``and'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof a period; and
                    (D) by striking out paragraph (19);
            (2) in section 10992--
                    (A) by striking out subsection (e);
                    (B) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
    ``(g) Evaluation.--The Secretary may conduct an independent 
evaluation, by grant or contract, of the program administered pursuant 
to this part.''; and
                    (C) by amending subsection (i) to read as follows:
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purposes of 
carrying out this part, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.''; and
            (3) by redesignating--
                    (A) part K, as amended by this section, as part J; 
                and
                    (B) section 10991 and section 10992 as section 
                10951 and section 10952, respectively.

      TITLE XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY

                              definitions

    Sec. 1101. Part A of title XIV of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in section 14101--
                    (A) in paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), by 
                striking out ``section 14302'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``section 11502'';
                    (B) by amending paragraph (10) to read as follows:
            ``(10) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means 
        each of the programs authorized by--
                    ``(A) part A of title I,
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) part A of title II;
                    ``(D) subpart 1 of part D of title III;
                    ``(E) part A of title IV (other than section 4115);
                    ``(F) the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration 
                Program; and
                    ``(G) title VI.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking out ``and 
                title VI'';
                    (D) in paragraph (24), by striking out ``section 
                602(a)(17)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                602(22)'';
                    (E) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (29) 
                as paragraphs (16) through (30), respectively; and
                    (F) by inserting after paragraph (14) a new 
                paragraph (15) to read as follows:
            ``(15) Family literary services.--The term `family literacy 
        services' means services provided to eligible participants on a 
        voluntary basis that are of sufficient intensity, both in hours 
        and duration, to make sustainable changes in a family, and that 
        integrate all of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Interactive literacy activities between 
                parents and their children.
                    ``(B) Training for parents on how to be the primary 
                teachers for their children and full partners in the 
                education of their children.
                    ``(C) Parent literacy training that leads to 
                economic self-sufficiency.
                    ``(D) An age-appropriate education to prepare 
                children for success in school and life experiences.''; 
                and
            (2) in section 14102, by striking out ``Parts B, C, D, E, 
        and F'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Parts D, E, F, and G''.

                          administrative funds

    Sec. 1102. Part B of title XIV of the ESEA is amended--
            (1) in section 14201--
                    (A) by amending subsection (a)(2) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(2) Applicability.--This section applies to--
                    ``(A) programs under title I and those programs 
                described in subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of section 
                11101(10);
                    ``(B) the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration 
                Program;
                    ``(C) title VI;
                    ``(D) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
                Education Act of 1998; and
                    ``(E) such other programs as the Secretary may 
                designate.'';
                    (B) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(2) Additional uses.--A State educational agency may also 
        use the funds available under this section for administrative 
        activities designed to enhance the effective and coordinated 
        use of funds under the programs included in the consolidation 
        under subsection (a), such as--
                    ``(A) State-level activities designed to carry out 
                this title, including part B;
                    ``(B) the coordination of those programs with other 
                Federal and non-Federal programs;
                    ``(C) the establishment and operation of peer-
                review mechanisms under this Act;
                    ``(D) collaborative activities with other State 
                educational agencies to improve administration under 
                this Act;
                    ``(E) the dissemination of information regarding 
                model programs and practices;
                    ``(F) technical assistance under the programs 
                specified in subsection (a)(2);
                    ``(G) training personnel engaged in audit and other 
                monitoring activities; and
                    ``(H) implementation of the Cooperative Audit 
                Resolution and Oversight Initiative.''; and
                    (C) by striking out subsection (f);
            (2) in section 14203--
                    (A) in subsection (b), by striking out ``Improving 
                America's Schools Act of 1994'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``Educational Excellence for All Children Act 
                of 1999''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking out ``the uses 
                described in section 14201(b)(2)'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``for uses, at the school district and 
                school levels, comparable to those described in section 
                11401(b)(2)'';
            (3) by repealing section 14204;
            (4) in section 14205(a)(2)(B)(i), by striking out 
        ``National Education Goals'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``America's Education Goals''; and
            (5) in section 14206--
                    (A) by amending the section heading to read: ``most 
                effective use of program funds.'';
                    (B) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Most Effective Use.--With the approval of its State 
educational agency, a local educational agency that determines for any 
fiscal year that funds under a covered program (other than part A of 
title I) would be more effective in helping all its students achieve 
the State's challenging standards if used under another covered 
program, may use those funds, not to exceed five percent of the local 
educational agency's total allotment for that fiscal year, to carry out 
programs and activities under that other covered program.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b), by striking out ``title XI 
                of this Act'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``part I of 
                this title''.

                        coordination of programs

    Sec. 1103. Part C of title XIV of the Act is amended--
            (1) in the heading thereof, by striking out ``and 
        applications'';
            (2) by amending section 14302 to read as follows:

                  ``optional consolidated state plans

    ``Sec. 14302. (a) General.--
            (1) Purpose and authority.--In order to promote continuing, 
        standards-based education reform, encourage the integration and 
        coordination of resources, and simplify application 
        requirements and reduce burden for State educational agencies 
        under this Act, the Secretary, in accordance with subsection 
        (b), shall establish procedures and criteria under which a 
        State educational agency may submit a consolidated State plan 
meeting the requirements of this section for any or all of--
                    ``(A) the covered programs in which the State 
                participates; and
                    ``(B) the additional programs described in 
                paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Additional programs.--A State educational agency may 
        also include in its consolidated State plan--
                    ``(A) the Even Start program under part B of title 
                I;
                    ``(B) the State Agency Programs for Children and 
                Youth Who Are Neglected or Delinquent under part D of 
                title I;
                    ``(C) programs under part A of title II of the Carl 
                D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 
                1998; and
                    ``(D) such other programs as the Secretary may 
                designate.
            ``(3) State development and submission.--(A) A State 
        educational agency desiring to receive a grant under two or 
        more of the programs to which this section applies may submit a 
        consolidated State plan for those programs that satisfies the 
        procedures and criteria established under this section.
            ``(B) A State educational agency that submits a 
        consolidated State plan shall not be required to submit 
        separate State plans or applications for the programs included 
        in the consolidated State plan.
            ``(C) A State educational agency that submits a 
        consolidated State plan shall comply with all the requirements 
        applicable to the programs in the consolidated State plan as if 
        it had submitted separate State plans.
            ``(4) Consolidated state plans.--A State educational agency 
        that desires to receive funds under a program to which this 
        section applies for the fiscal year 2001 and the succeeding 
        four fiscal years shall submit to the Secretary a new 
        consolidated plan that meets the requirements of this section 
        within the time specified by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Plan Contents.--
            ``(1) Collaborative process.--(A) In establishing criteria 
        and procedures under this section, the Secretary shall 
        collaborate with State educational agencies and, as 
        appropriate, with other State agencies, local educational 
        agencies, public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, 
        and institutions, private schools, and representatives of 
        parents, students, and teachers.
            ``(B)(i) Through the collaborative process described in 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish, for each program 
        under the Act to which this section applies, the descriptions 
        and information that must be included in a consolidated State 
        plan.
            ``(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary shall 
        ensure that a consolidated State plan contains, for each 
        program included in the plan, the descriptions and information 
        needed to ensure proper and effective administration of that 
        program in accordance with its purposes.
            ``(2) Integration and coordination of resources.--In its 
        consolidated plan under this section, a State educational 
        agency shall describe how--
                    ``(A) funds under the programs included in the plan 
                will be integrated to best serve the students and 
                teachers intended to benefit from those programs; and
                    ``(B) those programs will be coordinated at the 
                State, school district, and school levels with--
                            ``(i) other covered programs not included 
                        in the plan; and
                            ``(ii) related programs, such as programs 
                        under the Reading Excellence Act under part E 
                        of title I, the 21st Century Community Learning 
                        Centers program and the High School Reform 
                        program under parts G and H of title X, 
                        respectively, and the Teacher Quality 
                        Enhancement Programs, and the Gaining Early 
                        Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
                        Programs under title II and chapter 2 of 
                        subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965, respectively.
    ``(c) Indicators.--In order to evaluate its performance under its 
consolidated State plan, a State educational agency shall include in 
its plan--
            ``(1) any information required by the Secretary under 
        section 11912 regarding performance indicators, benchmarks, and 
        targets; and
            ``(2) any other indicators or measures the State determines 
        are appropriate for evaluating its performance under its 
        consolidated State plan.
    ``(d) Monitoring and Data Integrity.--A State educational agency 
shall include in its consolidated State plan a description of the 
strategies it will use to meet the requirements of section 11503(a)(4) 
and (5).
    ``(e) Peer Review and Secretarial Approval.--(1) The Secretary 
shall--
            ``(A) establish a peer-review process to assist in the 
        review, and provide recommendations for the revision, of 
        consolidated State plans under this section; and
            ``(B) to the extent practicable, appoint individuals to the 
        peer-review process who--
                    ``(i) are knowledgeable about the programs, and the 
                populations they serve, included in the plans;
                    ``(ii) are representative of State educational 
                agencies, local educational agencies, teachers, and 
                parents of students served under those programs; and
                    ``(iii) have expertise on educational standards, 
                assessments, and accountability.
    ``(2)(A) Following such peer review, the Secretary shall approve a 
consolidated State plan if the Secretary determines that the plan meets 
the requirements of this section.
    ``(B) The Secretary may accompany such approval with one or more 
conditions that the State educational agency shall meet.
    ``(3) If the Secretary determines that the plan does not meet the 
requirements of this section, the Secretary shall notify the State of 
that determination and the reasons for it.
    ``(4) The Secretary shall not finally disapprove a consolidated 
State plan before--
            ``(A) offering the State an opportunity to revise its plan;
            ``(B) providing technical assistance to assist the State to 
        meet the requirements; and
            ``(C) providing a hearing.
    ``(f) Revision and Amendment.--A State educational agency shall 
periodically review its consolidated State plan to ensure that it 
accurately reflects its strategies and activities under the programs 
covered by the plan. If the State educational agency makes significant 
changes to its strategies and activities, it shall submit an amendment 
to its plan to the Secretary for approval in accordance with this 
section.'';
            (3) in section 14303(a)--
                    (A) in the matter before paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking out ``or consolidated State 
                        application''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``section 14302'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 11502'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and 
                (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; 
                and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following 
                new paragraphs:
            ``(4) the State will monitor performance by local 
        educational agencies to ensure compliance with the requirements 
        of this Act and--
                    ``(A) maintain proper documentation of monitoring 
                activities;
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance when appropriate 
                and undertake enforcement activities when needed; and
                    ``(C) systematically analyze the results of audits 
                and other monitoring activities to identify trends in 
                funding and to develop strategies to correct problems;
            ``(5) the data used by the State to measure its performance 
        (and that of its local educational agencies) under this Act are 
        complete, reliable, and accurate, or, if not, that the State 
        will take such steps as are necessary to make those data 
        complete, reliable, and accurate.'';
            (4) by repealing section 14304;
            (5) by amending section 14305 to read as follows:

                       ``consolidated local plans

    ``Sec. 14305. (a) General Authority.--A local educational agency 
receiving funds under more than one covered program may submit plans to 
the State educational agency under such programs on a consolidated 
basis.
    ``(b) Consolidated Plans.--A State educational agency that has an 
approved consolidated State plan under section 11502 may require local 
educational agencies that receive funds under more than one program 
included in the consolidated State plan to submit consolidated local 
plans for such programs.
    ``(c) Collaboration.--A State educational agency shall collaborate 
with local educational agencies in the State in establishing criteria 
and procedures for the submission of the consolidated local plans under 
this section.
    ``(d) Contents.--For each program under this Act that may be 
included in a plan under this section, the Secretary may designate the 
descriptions and information that must be included in a local 
consolidated plan, to ensure that each such program is administered in 
a proper and effective manner in accordance with its purposes.'';
            (6) in section 14306, by striking out ``section 14304'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 11504'';
            (7) by repealing section 14307; and
            (8) by adding at the end thereof a new section to read as 
        follows:

                        ``consolidated reporting

    ``Sec. 14307. In order to encourage integration and coordination of 
resources, simplify reporting requirements, and reduce reporting 
burden, the Secretary shall establish procedures and criteria under 
which a State educational agency must submit a consolidated State 
annual performance report. Such a report shall contain information 
about the programs included in the report, including the State's 
performance under those programs, and other matters, as the Secretary 
determines, such as information regarding monitoring activities under 
part I and section 11503(a)(4). Such a report shall take the place of 
individual annual performance reports for the programs subject to 
it.''.

                                waivers

    Sec. 1104. Part D of title XIV of the Act is amended--
            (1) in section 14401(a), by inserting a comma and ``the 
        Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, 
        or subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
        Assistance Act'' immediately after ``requirement of this Act'';
            (2) in section 14401(b), by amending paragraph (1) to read 
        as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency, local 
        educational agency, or Indian tribe that desires a waiver shall 
        submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require. Each such application shall--
                    ``(A) identify each Federal program affected and 
                the statutory or regulatory requirement requested to be 
                waived;
                    ``(B) describe the purpose and expected results of 
                waiving each such requirement;
                    ``(C) describe for each school year specific, 
                measurable, educational goals for the State educational 
                agency and for each local educational agency, Indian 
                tribe, or school that would be affected by the waiver; 
                and
                    ``(D) explain why the waiver would assist the State 
                educational agency and each affected local educational 
                agency, Indian tribe, or school in reaching those 
                goals.'';
            (3) in section 14401(c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (8) by--
                            (i) striking out ``part C of title X'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``part B of title 
                        V''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``or'' at the end 
                        thereof;
                    (B) in paragraph (9)--
                            (i) by striking out ``section 14502'' and 
                        ``section 14507'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                        ``section 11702'' and ``section 11707'', 
                        respectively; and
                            (ii) at the end thereof, by striking out 
                        the period and inserting in lieu thereof a 
                        semi-colon and ``and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to 
                read as follows:
            ``(10) health and safety.''; and
            (4) in section 14401(e)(4), by--
                    (A) striking out ``fiscal year 1997'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``fiscal year 2001''; and
                    (B) striking out ``the Committee on Education and 
                Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
                on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``the Committee on Education 
                and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and 
                the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 
                of the Senate''.

                           uniform provisions

    Sec. 1105. Part E of title XIV of the Act is amended--
            (1) in section 14501(a), by inserting ``(except part C of 
        title I)'' immediately after ``covered program'';
            (2) in section 14503--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``that 
                address their needs'' immediately before the period;
                    (B) by amending subsection (b)(1) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(1) In general.--This section applies to programs under--
                    ``(A) part C of title I;
                    ``(B) part E of title I;
                    ``(C) subpart 2 of part A of title II;
                    ``(D) title III;
                    ``(E) part A of title IV, other than section 4115; 
                and
                    ``(F) part A of title VII.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (C), by 
                                striking out ``and'' at the end 
                                thereof;
                                    (II) in subparagraph (D), by 
                                striking out the period and inserting a 
                                semi-colon; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end thereof 
                                the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(E) to the extent applicable, the amount of funds 
                received by such agency that are attributable to 
                private school children; and
                    ``(F) how and when such agency will make decisions 
                about the delivery of services to these children.''; 
                and
                            (ii) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
                        follows:
            ``(2) Timing.--Such consultation shall include meetings of 
        agency and private school officials, shall occur before the 
        local educational agency makes any decision that affects the 
        opportunities of eligible private school children, teachers, or 
        other educational personnel to participate in programs under 
        this Act, and shall continue throughout the implementation and 
        assessment of activities under this section.'';
            (3) in section 14504, by striking out ``section 14503'' and 
        ``sections 14503, 14505, and 14506'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``section 11703'' and ``sections 11703, 11705, and 
        11706'', respectively;
            (4) in section 14506--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking out 
                ``section 14504'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``section 11704'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking out ``section 
                14503'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                11703''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d), by striking out ``Improving 
                America's Schools Act of 1994'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``Educational Excellence for All Children Act 
                of 1999''; and
            (5) by repealing section 14513 and section 14514.

                                 repeal

    Sec. 1106. Part F of title XIV of the Act is repealed.

                       evaluation and indicators

    Sec. 1107. Part G of title XIV of the Act is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading thereof to read as follows:

                     ``Evaluation and Indicators'';

            (2) in section 14701--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by redesignating subparagraphs 
                                (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and 
                                (D), respectively;
                                    (II) by inserting the following new 
                                subparagraph (B):
                    ``(B) conduct evaluations that carry out the 
                purposes of the Government Performance and Results Act 
                of 1993 with respect to programs under this Act;'';
                                    (III) in subparagraph (C), as 
                                redesignated by clause (i), by striking 
                                out ``and'' at the end thereof;
                                    (IV) in subparagraph (D), as 
                                redesignated by clause (i), by striking 
                                out the period and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof a semi-colon and ``and''; and
                                    (V) by adding at the end thereof 
                                the following new subparagraph (E):
                    ``(E) to work in partnership with the States to 
                develop information relating to program performance 
                that can be used to help achieve continuous program 
                improvement at the State, school district, and school 
                levels.'';
                    (B) by striking out subsections (b) and (c); and
                    (C) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
                new subsections:
    ``(b) National Evaluation.--The Secretary shall use funds reserved 
under subsection (a) to conduct independent studies of programs under 
this Act and the effectiveness of those programs in achieving their 
purposes, to determine whether those programs (or the administration of 
those programs) are--
            ``(1) contributing to improved student academic 
        performance;
            ``(2) supporting the development of challenging standards 
        and aligned assessments that guide other elements of school 
        reform, including teacher certification, curriculum frameworks, 
        instruction, and professional development;
            ``(3) assisting efforts in schools and classrooms to 
        improve teaching and the climate for learning, particularly in 
        high-poverty schools, including efforts related to technology, 
        professional development, school violence and drug prevention, 
        and public school choice;
            ``(4) promoting flexibility with accountability;
            ``(5) supporting efforts to strengthen family and community 
        involvement in education;
            ``(6) targeting their resources effectively;
            ``(7) contributing to reform efforts and continuous 
        improvement; and
            ``(8) achieving other goals consistent with the purposes of 
        this Act.
    ``(c) Independent Panel.--The Secretary shall establish an 
independent panel to review studies under subsection (b) to advise the 
Secretary on their progress, and to comment, if the panel chooses, on 
the final report described in subsection (d).
    ``(d) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit an interim report on the 
evaluation described in subsection (b) within three years of enactment 
of the Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999 and a final 
report within four years of its enactment to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate.
    ``(e) Partnerships To Strengthen Performance Information for 
Improvement.--The Secretary may provide technical assistance to 
recipients of assistance under this Act in order to strengthen the 
collection and assessment of information relating to program 
performance and quality assurance at the State and local levels. Such 
technical assistance shall be designed to promote the development, 
measurement, use, and reporting of data on valid, reliable, timely, and 
consistent performance indicators, within and across programs, and may 
include one-time grants, from funds reserved under subsection (a), to 
recipients to develop their data systems with the goal of helping 
recipients make continuous program improvement.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

                         ``performance measures

    ``Sec. 14702. (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to 
establish performance indicators, benchmarks, and targets for each 
program under this Act and subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, to assist in measuring program 
performance. Indicators, benchmarks, and targets under this section 
shall be consistent with the Government Performance and Results Act of 
1993 (and strategic plans adopted by the Secretary under that Act) and 
section 11501.
    ``(b) Collaboration.--The Secretary shall collaborate with State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and other recipients 
under this Act in establishing performance indicators, benchmarks, and 
targets under this section.
    ``(c) Plans and Applications.--The Secretary may require any 
applicant for funds under this Act or subtitle B of title VII of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to--
            ``(1) include in its plan or application information 
        relating to how it will use performance indicators, benchmarks, 
        and targets under this section to improve its program 
        performance; and
            ``(2) report data relating to such performance indicators, 
        benchmarks, and targets to the Secretary.''.

                          coordinated services

    Sec. 1108. (a) Repeals and Redesignations.--The ESEA is further 
amended by--
            (1) repealing sections 11003 and 11007; and
            (2) redesignating--
                    (A) title XI of the ESEA as part I of title XI of 
                the ESEA; and
                    (B) sections 11001, 11002, 11004, 11005, and 11006 
                as sections 11901, 11902, 11903, 11904, and 11905, 
                respectively.
    (b) Miscellaneous.--Part I of title XI of the ESEA, as redesignated 
by subsection (a)(2), is amended--
            (1) by amending section 11903, as redesignated by 
        subsection (a)(2)(B), to read as follows:

                ``project development and implementation

    ``Sec. 11903. (a) Applications.--Each eligible entity desiring to 
use funds made available under section 11405(b) shall submit an 
application to the appropriate State educational agency at such time, 
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as that agency may 
reasonably require.
    ``(b) Project Activities.--An eligible entity that wishes to 
conduct a coordinated services project shall--
            ``(1) maintain on file--
                    ``(i) the results of its assessment of the 
                economic, social, and health barriers to educational 
                achievement experienced by children and families, 
                including foster children and their foster families, in 
                the community, and of the local, State, Federal, and 
                privately funded services available to meet those 
                needs;
                    ``(ii) a description of the entities operating the 
                coordinated services project;
                    ``(iii) a description of its coordinated services 
                project, the objectives of that project, where the 
                project will be located, the community-wide partnership 
                that will link public and private agencies providing 
                services to children and their families, the staff 
that will be used to carry out the project, and how the project will 
meet the requirements in this part; and
                    ``(iv) an annual budget that indicates the sources 
                and amounts of funds under this Act that will be used 
                for the project, consistent with section 11405(b), and 
                the purposes, by budget category, for which those funds 
                will be used;
            ``(2) evaluate annually the success of the coordinated 
        services project under this section in meeting its goals and 
        objectives;
            ``(3) train teachers and appropriate personnel on the 
        purposes, activities, and services of the coordinated services 
        project, and how children and families may obtain those 
        activities and services; and
            ``(4) ensure that the coordinated services project 
        addresses the health and welfare needs of migratory families.
    ``(c) Special Rule.--A State educational agency need not require 
eligible entities to submit an application under subsection (a) in 
order to permit them to carry out coordinated services projects under 
this section.'';
            (2) in section 11904(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``section 
                14206(b)'' and ``section 11004(b)(1)'' and inserting in 
                lieu thereof ``section 11405(b) for a coordinated 
                services project'' and ``section 11903(b)(1)(i)'', 
                respectively; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ``section 
                14206(b)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                11405(b)''; and
            (3) in section 11905--
                    (A) by striking out ``Secretary'' each place it 
                appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``State 
                educational agency''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``section 14206(b)'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 11405(b)''.

                             redesignations

    Sec. 1109. Title XIV of the ESEA is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating such title as title XI;
            (2) by redesignating sections 14101, 14102, and 14103 as 
        sections 11101, 11102, and 11103, respectively;
            (3) by redesignating--
                    (A) part B as part D; and
                    (B) sections 14201, 14202, 14203, 14205, and 14206 
                as sections 11401, 11402, 11403, 11404, and 11405, 
                respectively;
            (4) by redesignating--
                    (A) part C as part E; and
                    (B) sections 14301, 14302, 14303, 14305, 14306, and 
                14307 as sections 11501, 11502, 11503, 11504, 11505, 
                and 11506, respectively;
            (5) by redesignating--
                    (A) part D as part F; and
                    (B) section 14401 as section 11601;
            (6) by redesignating--
                    (A) part E as part H; and
                    (B) sections 14501, 14502, 14503, 14504, 14505, 
                14506, 14507, 14508, 14509, 14510, 14511, and 14512 as 
                sections 11801, 11802, 11803, 11804, 11805, 11806, 
                11807, 11808, 11809, 11810, 11811, and 11812, 
                respectively;
            (7) by redesignating--
                    (A) part G as part J; and
                    (B) sections 14701 and 14702 as sections 11911 and 
                11912, respectively; and
            (8) by redesignating--
                    (A) part H as part K and
                    (B) sections 14801 and 14802 as sections 11921 and 
                11922, respectively.

                          ed-flex partnerships

    Sec. 1110. (a) In General.--The Education Flexibility Partnership 
Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-25) is amended--
            (1) by striking out everything before section 1;
            (2) in section 1, by--
                    (A) striking out ``Act'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``part''; and
                    (B) striking out ``of 1999'';
            (3) in section (2), by--
                    (A) striking out paragraph (5);
                    (B) redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as 
                paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by--
                            (i) striking out ``Expansion of waiver 
                        authority will allow for the waiver of'' and 
                        inserting ``States should be allowed to 
                        waive''; and
                            (ii) striking out the comma after 
                        ``affected programs'' and everything that 
                        follows through ``and maintaining'' and 
                        inserting ``and maintaining'';
            (4) by amending section 3 to read as follows:

                              ``definitions

    ``Sec. 3. As used in this part, the terms `eligible school 
attendance area' and `school attendance area' have the meanings given 
those terms in section 1113(a)(2) of this Act.'';
            (5) in section 4--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in the matter before 
                                subparagraph (A), by inserting a comma 
                                after ``section'';
                                    (II) by amending subparagraph (A) 
                                to read as follows:
                    ``(A) has an approved educational accountability 
                plan under section 11208 of this Act and is making 
                satisfactory progress, as determined by the Secretary, 
                in implementing its policies under sections 11204 and 
                11205 of this Act;''; and
                                    (III) by amending subparagraph (B) 
                                to read as follows:
                    ``(B) has developed and implemented challenging 
                State content standards, challenging State student 
                performance standards, and aligned assessments 
                described in section 1111(b) of this Act; and'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                                    (I) in the matter before clause 
                                (i), by striking out ``such 
                                application'' and inserting ``it''; and
                                    (II) in clause (iv)(I), by striking 
                                out ``have the ability to'' and 
                                inserting ``can'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (4)(A)--
                                    (I) in the matter before clause 
                                (i), by inserting a comma immediately 
                                after ``paragraph (1)(A)'' and 
                                immediately after ``regulatory 
                                requirement'', the second time that 
                                phrase appears, respectively; and
                                    (II) in clause (iv), by striking 
                                out ``why'' and inserting ``how'';
                            (iv) in paragraph (5)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by 
                                striking out ``each such State'' and 
                                inserting in lieu thereof ``it''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (C), by 
                                striking out ``2 years after the date 
                                of the enactment of this Act'' and 
                                inserting ``May 1, 2001'';
                            (v) in paragraph (6), by amending 
                        subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall not approve 
                the application of a State educational agency under 
                paragraph (3) for a period exceeding 5 years, except 
                that the Secretary may, in accordance with subparagraph 
                (C), extend that period if the Secretary determines 
                that--
                            ``(i) the State educational agency's 
                        authority to grant waivers has been effective 
                        in enabling that State or affected local 
                        educational agencies or schools to carry out 
                        their State or local reform plans and to 
                        continue to meet the accountability requirement 
                        described in paragraph (2)(B); and
                            ``(ii) the State has made significant 
                        statewide gains in student achievement and in 
                        closing the achievement gap between low- and 
                        high-performing students.''; and
                            (vi) in paragraph (7), by striking out 
                        ``1999'' and inserting ``2000'';
                    (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Included Programs.--The statutory and regulatory requirements 
referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) are any requirements for programs 
carried out under the following provisions:
            ``(1) Title I of this Act (other than subsection (a) and 
        (c) of section 1116).
            ``(2) Part A of title II of this Act.
            ``(3) Subpart 1 of part D of title III of this Act.
            ``(4) Part A of title IV of this Act.
            ``(5) Title VI of this Act.
            ``(6) Part B of title VII of this Act.
            ``(7) The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
        Education Act of 1998.
            ``(8) Subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney 
        Homeless Assistance Act.'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (G), by striking out 
                        ``such Act'' and inserting ``this Act'';
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) and 
                        (I) as subparagraphs (I) and (J), respectively; 
                        and
                            (iii) by inserting a new subparagraph (H) 
                        to read as follows:
                    ``(H) the eligibility of a school for a schoolwide 
                program under section 1114 of this Act, except that a 
                State educational agency may grant a waiver to allow a 
                local educational agency to conduct a schoolwide 
                program in a school that serves an attendance area in 
                which not less than 40 percent of the children are from 
                low-income families or in which not less than 40 
                percent of the children enrolled are from such 
                families;'';
                    (D) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking out ``the 
                        waiver authority'' and inserting ``that waiver 
                        authority''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (4), by--
                                    (I) striking out ``date of the 
                                enactment of this Act'' and inserting 
                                ``effective date of this part''; and
                                    (II) striking out ``subpart 2 of 
                                part A of title III of the Elementary 
                                and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
                                (other than section 3136 of such Act)'' 
                                and inserting ``subpart 1 of part D of 
                                title III of this Act''; and
                    (E) at the end thereof, by adding a new subsection 
                (f) to read as follows:
    ``(f) Transition.--Waivers granted under applicable ED-Flex 
authority prior to the effective date of this part shall remain in 
effect in accordance with the terms and conditions that applied to 
those waivers when they were granted. Waivers granted on or after the 
effective date of this part shall be subject to the provisions of this 
part.'';
            (6) by striking out ``the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``this Act''; and
            (7) by repealing sections 5 and 6.
    (b) Redesignations.--Title XI of the ESEA is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating the Education Flexibility Partnership 
        Act, as amended by subsection (a), as part G of title XI; and
            (2) by redesignating sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 as sections 
        11701, 11702, 11703, and 11704, respectively.

                             accountability

    Sec. 1111. Title XI of the ESEA, as redesignated by section 1109, 
is further amended by inserting a new part B to read as follows:

          ``Part B--Improving Education Through Accountability

                             ``short title

    ``Sec. 11201. This part may be cited as the ``Education 
Accountability Act of 1999''.

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 11202. It is the purpose of this part to improve academic 
achievement for all children, assist in meeting America's Education 
Goals under section 3 of this Act, promote the incorporation of 
challenging State academic content and student performance standards 
into classroom practice, enhance the accountability of State and local 
officials for student progress, and improve the effectiveness of 
programs under this Act and the educational opportunities of the 
students that they serve.

                    ``turning around failing schools

    ``Sec. 11203. Consistent with section 1111(b)(3)(B) of this Act, a 
State that receives assistance under this Act shall develop and 
implement a statewide system for holding its local educational agencies 
and schools accountable for student performance that includes--
            ``(1) a procedure for identifying local educational 
        agencies and schools in need of improvement;
            ``(2) intervening in those agencies and schools to improve 
        teaching and learning; and
            ``(3) implementing corrective actions, if those 
        interventions are not effective.

                ``student progress and promotion policy

    ``Sec. 11204. (a) In General.--(1) A State that receives assistance 
under this Act shall, at the time it submits its accountability plan 
under section 11208, have in effect a State policy that is designed 
to--
            ``(A) ensure that students progress through school on a 
        timely basis, having mastered the challenging material needed 
        for them to reach high standards of performance; and
            ``(B) end the practices of social promotion and retention.
    ``(2) As used in this part, the term--
            ``(A) `social promotion' means the unsound educational 
        practice of promoting students who have not demonstrated 
        mastery of challenging State academic standards without 
        affording those students continuing intensive and comprehensive 
        interventions by educational authorities to enable them to 
        master such standards; and
            ``(B) `retention' means the unsound educational practice of 
        requiring students who have not demonstrated mastery of 
        challenging academic standards to repeat a grade or part of a 
        grade rather than placing such students in age-appropriate 
        settings and affording them continuing intensive and 
        comprehensive interventions by educational authorities to 
        enable them to master such standards.
    ``(b) Policy.--In order to ensure that students will progress 
through school and graduate having mastered the challenging material 
needed for them to meet high standards of performance, a State policy 
under subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) require--
                    ``(A) its local educational agencies to implement 
                continuing, intensive and comprehensive educational 
                interventions as may be necessary to ensure that all 
                students can meet the challenging academic performance 
                standards required under section 1111(b)(1)(A) of this 
                Act; and
                    ``(B) whatever steps are necessary by States, local 
                educational agencies, parents and students to ensure 
                that all students will meet the challenging academic 
                performance standards required under section 
                1111(b)(1)(A) at three key transition points as 
                determined by the state, consistent with section 
                1111(b)(2)(D) so that students will progress through 
                school and graduate having mastered the challenging 
                material needed for them to meet high standards of 
                performance.
            ``(2) require the State educational agency to determine, 
        through the collection of appropriate data, whether local 
        educational agencies and schools are ending the practices of 
        social promotion and retention;
            ``(3) require its local educational agencies to provide to 
        all students educational opportunities in classrooms with 
        qualified teachers who use proven instructional practices that 
        are aligned with the State's challenging standards and who are 
        supported by high-quality professional development;
            ``(4) require its local educational agencies to use 
        effective, research-based prevention and early intervention 
        strategies to identify and support students who need additional 
        help to meet those promotion standards;
            ``(5) provide, with respect to students who have not 
        demonstrated mastery of challenging State academic standards on 
        a timely basis--
                    ``(A) for continuing, intensive, and age-
                appropriate interventions, including extended 
                instruction and learning time, such as after-school and 
                summer programs that are designed to help students 
                master such material;
                    ``(B) for other specific interventions, with 
                appropriate instructional strategies, to enable 
                students with limited English proficiency and students 
                with disabilities to master such material;
                    ``(C) for the identification of the knowledge and 
                skills in particular subject areas that students have 
                not mastered, in order to facilitate remediation in 
                those areas;
                    ``(D) for the development, by schools, of plans to 
                provide individualized attention to students who have 
                not mastered such material;
                    ``(E) for full communication between the school and 
                parents, including a description and analysis of the 
                students' performance, how it will be improved, and how 
                parents will be involved in the process; and
                    ``(F) in cases in which significant numbers of 
                students have failed to master such material, for a 
                State review of whether corrective action under section 
                1116 of this Act with respect to the school or local 
                educational agency is needed;
            ``(6) require its local educational agencies to disseminate 
        widely their policies under this subsection in language and in 
        a format that is concise and that parents can understand; and
            ``(7) ensure that any assessments used by a State, local 
        educational agency, or school for the purpose of implementing a 
        policy under this subsection--
                    ``(A) are aligned with the State's challenging 
                content and performance standards and provide coherent 
                information about student progress towards attainment 
                of those standards;
                    ``(B) include multiple measures, including teacher 
                evaluations, no one of which may be assigned 
                determinative weight in making adverse decisions about 
                individual students;
                    ``(C) offer multiple opportunities for students to 
                demonstrate that they meet the standards;
                    ``(D) are valid and reliable for the purposes for 
                which they are used and must fairly and accurately 
                measure what students have been taught;
                    ``(E) provide reasonable adaptations and 
                accommodations for students with disabilities and 
                students with limited English proficiency;
                    ``(F) provide that students with limited English 
                proficiency are assessed, to the greatest extent 
                practicable, in the language and form most likely to 
                yield accurate and reliable information about what 
                those students know and can do; and
                    ``(G) provide that Spanish-speaking students with 
                limited English proficiency are assessed using tests 
                written in Spanish, if Spanish-language assessments are 
                more likely than English-language tests to yield 
                accurate and reliable information on what those 
                students know and can do.
    ``(c) Plan Content.--A State shall include in its accountability 
plan under section 11208 a detailed description of--
            ``(1) its policy under subsection (b), in accordance with 
        paragraph (2);
            ``(2) the strategies and steps (including timelines and 
performance indicators) that the State will take to ensure that its 
policy is fully implemented no later than four years from the date of 
the approval of its accountability plan; and
            ``(3) the steps that the State will take to ensure that the 
        policy is disseminated to all local educational agencies and 
        schools in the State and to the general public.

                       ``ensuring teacher quality

    ``Sec. 11205. (a) In General.--A State that receives assistance 
under this Act shall, at the time it submits its accountability plan 
under section 11208, have in effect a policy that--
            ``(1) is designed to ensure that there are qualified 
        teachers in every classroom in the State; and
            ``(2) meets the requirements of this section.
    ``(b) Policy.--A policy to ensure teacher quality under this 
section shall include the strategies that the State will carry out to 
ensure that, within four years from the date of the approval of its 
accountability plan--
            ``(1) not less than 95 percent of the teachers in public 
        schools in the State are certified or--
                    ``(A) have a baccalaureate degree and are enrolled 
                in a program, such as an alternative certification 
                program, leading to full certification in their field 
                within three years; or
                    ``(B) have full certification in another State and 
                are establishing certification where they are teaching;
            ``(2) not less than 95 percent of the teachers in public 
        secondary schools in the State have academic training or 
        demonstrated competence in the subject area in which they 
        teach;
            ``(3) there is no disproportionate concentration in 
        particular school districts of teachers who are not described 
        in paragraphs (1) or (2); and
            ``(4) its certification process for new teachers includes 
        an assessment of content knowledge and teaching skills that is 
        aligned with State standards.
    ``(c) Plan Content.--(1) A State shall include in its 
accountability plan under section 11208 the performance indicators by 
which it will annually measure its progress in--
            ``(A) decreasing the percentage of teachers in the State 
        teaching without full licenses or credentials; and
            ``(B) increasing the percentage of secondary school classes 
        in core academic subject areas taught by teachers who--
                    ``(i) have a postsecondary-level academic major or 
                minor in the subject area they teach or a related 
                field; or
                    ``(ii) otherwise demonstrate a high level of 
                competence through rigorous tests in their academic 
                subject.
    ``(2) In its accountability plan under section 11208, a State shall 
assure that, in carrying out this policy, it will not decrease the 
rigor or quality of its teacher certification standards.

                       ``sound discipline policy

    ``Sec. 11206. (a) In General.--A State that receives assistance 
under this Act shall, at the time it submits its accountability plan 
under section 11208, have in effect a policy that requires its local 
educational agencies and schools to have in place and implement sound 
and equitable discipline policies, in order to ensure a safe, orderly, 
and drug-free learning environment in every school.
    ``(b) Policy.--A State discipline policy under this section shall 
require local educational agencies and schools to have in place and 
implement disciplinary policies that--
            ``(1) focus on prevention and are coordinated with 
        prevention strategies and programs under title IV of this Act;
            ``(2) apply to all students and are enforced consistently 
        and equitably;
            ``(3) are clear and understandable;
            ``(4) are developed with the participation of school staff, 
        students, and parents;
            ``(5) are broadly disseminated;
            ``(6) ensure that due process is provided;
            ``(7) are consistent with applicable Federal, State and 
        local laws, including the Individuals With Disabilities 
        Education Act;
            ``(8) ensure that teachers are adequately trained to manage 
        their classrooms effectively; and
            ``(9) in case of students who are suspended or expelled 
        from school, provide for appropriate supervision, counseling, 
        and educational services that will help those students continue 
        to meet the State's challenging standards.
    ``(c) Plan Content.--A State shall include in its accountability 
plan under section 11208 an assurance that it has in effect a policy 
that meets the requirements of this section.

                        ``education report cards

    ``Sec. 11207. (a) In General.--(1) A State that receives assistance 
under this Act shall, at the time it submits its accountability plan 
under section 11208, have in effect a policy that requires the 
development and dissemination of annual report cards, regarding the 
status of education and educational progress in the State and in its 
local educational agencies and schools, that meet the requirements of 
this section.
    ``(2) Report cards under this section shall--
            ``(A) be concise;
            ``(B) be disseminated in a format and manner that parents 
        can understand; and
            ``(C) focus on educational results.
    ``(b) Content of State-Level Report Card.--(1) The State shall, at 
a minimum, include in the annual State-level report card information 
regarding--
            ``(A) student performance on statewide assessments, set 
        forth on an aggregated basis, in both reading (or language 
        arts) and mathematics, as well as any other subject area for 
        which the State requires assessments;
            ``(B) attendance and graduation rates in the public schools 
        of the State;
            ``(C) average class size in each of the school districts in 
        the State;
            ``(D) school safety, including the incidence of school 
        violence and drug and alcohol abuse and the number of instances 
        in which a student has possessed a firearm at school, subject 
        to the Gun-Free Schools Act; and
            ``(E) the professional qualifications of teachers in the 
        State, including the number of teachers teaching with emergency 
        credentials and the number of teachers teaching out of their 
        field of expertise.
    ``(2) Student achievement data in the report card shall contain 
statistically sound, disaggregated results for the following 
categories:
            ``(A) Gender.
            ``(B) Racial and ethnic group.
            ``(C) Migrant status.
            ``(D) Students with disabilities, as compared to students 
        who are not disabled.
            ``(E) Economically disadvantaged students, as compared to 
        students who are not economically disadvantaged.
            ``(F) Students with limited English proficiency, as 
        compared to students who are proficient in English.
    ``(3) A State may include in such report cards any other 
information it determines appropriate to reflect school quality and 
student achievement, such as information on--
            ``(A) longitudinal achievement scores from the National 
        Assessment of Educational Progress or State assessments;
            ``(B) parent involvement, as determined by such measures as 
        the extent of parental participation in school parental 
        involvement activities;
            ``(C) participation in extended learning time programs, 
        such as after-school and summer programs; and
            ``(D) the performance of students in meeting physical 
        education goals.
    ``(c) Content of Local Educational Agency and School Report 
Cards.--(1) The State shall ensure that each local educational agency 
and each school in the State includes in its annual report card, at a 
minimum--
            ``(A) the information described in subsections (b)(1) and 
        (b)(2); and
            ``(B)(i) in the case of a local educational agency--
                    ``(I) the number of schools identified as low-
                performing schools, such as schools identified as in 
                need of improvement under section 1116(c)(1) of this 
                Act; and
                    ``(II) information that shows how students in its 
                schools performed on statewide assessments compared to 
                students in the rest of the State (including such 
                comparisons over time, if the information is 
                available); or
            ``(ii) in the case of a school--
                    ``(I) whether it has been identified as a low-
                performing school; and
                    ``(II) information that shows how its students 
                performed on statewide assessments compared to students 
                in the rest of the local educational agency and the 
                State (including such comparisons over time, if the 
                information is available).
    ``(2) Local educational agencies and schools may include in their 
annual report cards the information described in subsection (b)(3) and 
any other appropriate information.
    ``(d) Dissemination and Accessibility of Report Cards.--(1) State-
level report cards under subsection (b) shall be posted on the 
Internet, disseminated to all schools and local educational agencies in 
the State, and made broadly available to the public.
    ``(2) Local educational agency report cards under subsection (c) 
shall be disseminated to all schools in the school district and to all 
parents of students attending these schools, and made broadly available 
to the public, through such means as posting on the Internet.
    ``(3) School report cards under subsection (c) shall be 
disseminated to all parents of students attending that school and be 
made broadly available to the public, through such means as posting on 
the Internet.
    ``(e) Plan Content.--A State shall include in its accountability 
plan under section 11208 an assurance that it has in effect a policy 
that meets the requirements of this section.

                    ``education accountability plans

    ``Sec. 11208. (a) In General.--Each State that receives assistance 
under this Act on or after July 1, 2000, shall have on file with the 
Secretary an approved accountability plan that meets the requirements 
of this section.
    ``(b) Content.--An accountability plan under subsection (a) shall 
include--
            ``(1) a description of the State's system under section 
        11203;
            ``(2) a description of the steps the State will take to 
        ensure that all local educational agencies have the capacity 
        needed to ensure compliance with this part;
            ``(3) the information or assurances called for by sections 
        11204(c), 11205(c), 11206(c), and 11207(e);
            ``(4) information indicating that the Governor and the 
        State educational agency concur with the plan; and
            ``(5) any other information that the Secretary may 
        reasonably require to ensure the proper and effective 
        administration of this part.
    ``(c) Reports.--(1) A State shall report annually to the Secretary, 
in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, on its progress in carrying out the requirements of this part, 
and shall include such report in its consolidated State performance 
report under section 11506.
    ``(2) In reporting on its progress in implementing its student 
progress and social promotion policy under section 11204, a State shall 
assess the effect of its policy, and its implementation, in improving 
academic achievement for all children and otherwise carrying out the 
purpose specified in section 11202.
    ``(d) Relationship to Consolidated Plan.--(1) If a State submits a 
consolidated State plan under section 11502, it shall include in that 
plan its accountability plan under this section.
    ``(2) If a State does not submit a consolidated State plan, it 
shall submit a separate accountability plan under this section to 
receive assistance under this Act.
    ``(e) Approval.--(1)(A) The Secretary shall approve an 
accountability plan under this section if the Secretary determines that 
it complies substantially with the requirements of this part.
    ``(B) The Secretary may accompany the approval of a plan with 
conditions that are consistent with the purpose of this part.
    ``(2) In reviewing accountability plans under this part, the 
Secretary shall employ the peer-review procedures under section 
11502(e).
    ``(3) If a State does not submit a consolidated State plan under 
section 11502, the Secretary shall, in considering that State's 
separate accountability plan under this section, employ such 
procedures, comparable to those set forth in section 11502(e), as the 
Secretary may determine.

           ``authority of secretary to ensure accountability

    ``Sec. 11209. (a) Remedies for Substantial Failure.--If the 
Secretary determines that a State has failed substantially to carry out 
a requirement of this part or a provision in its approved 
accountability plan under section 11208, or that its performance has 
failed substantially to meet a performance indicator in such plan, the 
Secretary shall take, consistent with applicable due process 
procedures, one or more of the following steps to ensure that the 
purpose of this part is carried out promptly:
            ``(1) Providing, or arranging for the provision of, 
        technical assistance to the State educational agency in 
        question.
            ``(2) Requiring a plan for corrective action.
            ``(3) Suspending or terminating authority to grant waivers 
        under applicable ED-Flex authority.
            ``(4) Suspending or terminating eligibility to participate 
        in competitive programs under this Act.
            ``(5) Withholding, in whole or in part, State 
        administrative funds available under this Act.
            ``(6) Withholding, in whole or in part, program funds 
        available to such State under the Act.
            ``(7) Imposing one or more conditions upon the Secretary's 
        approval of a State plan or application under this Act.
            ``(8) Taking other action authorized under part D of the 
        General Education Provisions Act, such as a cease-and-desist 
        order or compliance agreement.
            ``(9) Taking any other appropriate accountability step that 
        is consistent with this Act, including referral to the 
        Department of Justice for enforcement.
    ``(b) Effective Enforcement.--If remedial steps taken by the 
Secretary under subsection (a) fail to correct the State's non-
compliance, the Secretary shall take one or more additional steps under 
subsection (a) to bring the State into compliance.

                        ``recognition and rewards

    ``Sec. 11210. (a) In General.--If the Secretary determines that a 
State has demonstrated significant, statewide achievement gains in core 
subjects, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress for three consecutive years, is closing the achievement gap 
between low- and high-performing students, and has in place strategies 
for continuous improvement, including improvement in reducing the 
practices of social promotion and retention, the Secretary shall, in 
light of all the circumstances, including the size of those gains, 
recognize and reward the State, as described under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Rewards.--The Secretary shall establish, through regulation, 
a system for recognizing and rewarding States described under 
subsection (a). Such rewards may include--
            ``(1) conferring priority in competitive programs under 
        this Act;
            ``(2) increased flexibility in administering programs under 
        this Act, consistent with maintaining accountability; and
            ``(3) supplementary grants or administrative funds to carry 
        out the purposes of this Act.
    ``(c) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2001 and each of the four succeeding fiscal years, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (b)(3).

                      ``best practices and models

    ``Sec. 11211. In implementing this part, the Secretary shall, after 
consulting with State and local educational agencies and other 
agencies, institutions, and organizations with experience or 
information relevant to the purpose of this part, disseminate 
information about best practices, models, and other forms of technical 
assistance.

                             ``construction

    ``Sec. 11212. Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting 
home schooling or the application of the civil rights laws or the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.''.

                    america's education goals panel

    Sec. 1112. Title XI of the ESEA, as redesignated by section 1109, 
is further amended by adding a new part C to read as follows:

               ``Part C--America's Education Goals Panel

                               ``purpose

    ``Sec. 11301. It is the purpose of this part to establish a 
bipartisan mechanism for--
            ``(1) building a national consensus for education 
        improvement; and
            ``(2) reporting on progress toward achieving America's 
        Education Goals.

                   ``america's education goals panel

    ``Sec. 11302. (a) Establishment.--There is established an America's 
Education Goals Panel (hereinafter in this part referred to as the 
`Goals Panel') to advise the President, the Secretary, and the 
Congress.
    ``(b) Composition.--The Goals Panel shall be composed of 18 members 
(hereinafter in this part referred to as `members'), including--
            ``(1) 2 members appointed by the President;
            ``(2) 8 members who are Governors, 3 of whom shall be from 
        the same political party as the President and 5 of whom shall 
        not be from the same political party as the President, 
        appointed by the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the 
        National Governors' Association, with the Chairperson and Vice 
Chairperson each appointing representatives of such Chairperson's or 
Vice Chairperson's respective political party, in consultation with 
each other;
            ``(3) 4 Members of the Congress, of whom--
                    ``(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Majority 
                Leader of the Senate from among the Members of the 
                Senate;
                    ``(B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Minority 
                Leader of the Senate from among the Members of the 
                Senate;
                    ``(C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Majority 
                Leader of the House of Representatives from among the 
                Members of the House of Representatives; and
                    ``(D) 1 member shall be appointed by the Minority 
                Leader of the House of Representatives from among the 
                Members of the House of Representatives; and
            ``(4) 4 members of State legislatures appointed by the 
        President of the National Conference of State Legislatures, of 
        whom 2 shall be of the same political party as the President of 
        the United States.
    ``(c) Special Appointment Rules.--
            (1) In general.--The members appointed pursuant to 
        subsection (b)(2) shall be appointed as follows:
                    ``(A) If the Chairperson of the National 
                Governors'' Association is from the same political 
                party as the President, the Chairperson shall appoint 3 
                individuals and the Vice Chairperson of such 
                association shall appoint 5 individuals.
                    ``(B) If the Chairperson of the National 
                Governors'' Association is not from the same political 
                party as the President, the Chairperson shall appoint 5 
                individuals and the Vice Chairperson of such 
                association shall appoint 3 individuals.
            ``(3) Representation.--To the extent feasible, the 
        membership of the Goals Panel shall be geographically 
        representative and reflect the racial, ethnic, and gender 
        diversity of the United States.
    ``(d) Terms. The terms of service of members shall be as follows:
            ``(1) Presidential appointees.--Members appointed under 
        subsection (b)(1) of this section shall serve at the pleasure 
        of the President.
            ``(2) Governors.--Members appointed under paragraph (2) of 
        subsection (b) of this section shall serve for 2-year terms, 
        except that the initial appointments under such paragraph shall 
        be made to ensure staggered terms with one-half of such 
        members' terms concluding every 2 years.
            ``(3) Congressional appointees and state legislators.--
        Members appointed under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 
        (b) shall serve for 2-year terms.
    ``(e) Vacancies.--A vacancy on the Goals Panel shall not affect its 
powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment.
    ``(f) Travel.--Each member may be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 
5703 of title 5 of the United States Code for each day the member is 
engaged in the performance of duties for the Goals Panel away from the 
home or regular place of business of the member.
    ``(g) Chairperson.--
            (1) In general. Subject to paragraph (3), the members shall 
        select a Chairperson from among themselves.
            ``(2) Term.--The Chairperson of the Goals Panel shall serve 
        a 1-year term.
            ``(3) Political affiliation. The duties of the Chairperson 
        shall alternate between political parties.
    ``(h) Conflict of Interest. A member of the Goals Panel who is an 
elected official of a State that has developed content or student 
performance standards may not participate in Goals Panel consideration 
of that State's standards.
    ``(i) Ex Officio Member.--If the President has not appointed the 
Secretary as 1 of the 2 members the President appoints pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1), then the Secretary shall serve as a nonvoting ex 
officio member of the Goals Panel.

                                ``duties

    ``Sec. 11303. (a) In General.--The Goals Panel shall--``(1) report 
to the President, the Secretary, and the Congress regarding the 
progress the Nation and the States are making toward achieving 
America's Education Goals established under section 2 of this Act, 
including issuing an annual report;
    ``(2) report on promising or effective actions being taken at the 
national, State, and local levels, and in the public and private 
sectors, to achieve America's Education Goals; and
    ``(3) help build a nationwide, bipartisan consensus for the reforms 
necessary to achieve America's Education Goals.
    ``(b) Report.--
            (1) In general. The Goals Panel shall annually prepare and 
        submit to the President, the Secretary, the appropriate 
committees of Congress, and the Governor of each State a report that 
shall--
                    ``(A) report on the progress of the United States 
                toward achieving America's Education Goals; and
                    ``(B) identify actions that should be taken by 
                Federal, State, and local governments to enhance 
                progress toward achieving America's Education Goals and 
                to provide all students with a fair opportunity to 
                learn.
            ``(2) Form; data.--Reports under this subsection shall be 
        presented in a form, and include data, that is understandable 
        to parents and the general public.

                      ``powers of the goals panel

    ``Sec. 11304. (a) Hearings.--
            ``(1) In General.--The Goals Panel shall, for the purpose 
        of carrying out this part, conduct such hearings, sit and act 
        at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such 
        evidence, as the Goals Panel considers appropriate.
            ``(2) Representation.--In carrying out this part, the Goals 
        Panel shall conduct hearings to receive reports, views, and 
        analyses of a broad spectrum of experts and the public on the 
        establishment of voluntary national content standards, 
        voluntary national student performance standards, and State 
        assessments.
    ``(b) Information.--The Goals Panel may secure directly from any 
department or agency of the United States information necessary to 
enable the Goals Panel to carry out this part. Upon request of the 
Chairperson of the Goals Panel, the head of a department or agency 
shall furnish such information to the Goals Panel to the extent 
permitted by law.
    ``(c) Postal Services.--The Goals Panel may use the United States 
mail in the same manner, and under the same conditions, as other 
departments and agencies of the United States.
    ``(d) Use of Facilities.--The Goals Panel may, with or without 
reimbursement, and with the consent of any agency or instrumentality of 
the United States, or of any State or political subdivision thereof, 
use the research, equipment, services, and facilities of such agency, 
instrumentality, State, or political subdivision, as the case may be.
    ``(e) Administrative Arrangements and Support.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide to the Goals 
        Panel, on a reimbursable basis, such administrative support 
        services as the Goals Panel may request.
            ``(2) Contracts and other arrangements.--The Secretary, to 
        the extent appropriate, and on a reimbursable basis, shall make 
        contracts and other arrangements that are requested by the 
        Goals Panel to help it compile and analyze data or carry out 
        other functions necessary to the performance of its 
        responsibilities.
    ``(f) Gifts.--The Goals Panel may accept, administer, and utilize 
gifts or donations of services, money, or property, whether real or 
personal, tangible or intangible.

                      ``administrative provisions

    ``Sec. 11305. (a) Meetings.--The Goals Panel shall meet on a 
regular basis, as necessary, at the call of the Chairperson of the 
Goals Panel or a majority of its members.
    ``(b) Quorum.--A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business.
    ``(c) Voting and Final Decisions.--
            ``(1) Voting.--No individual may vote, or exercise any of 
        the powers of a member, by proxy.
            ``(2) Final decisions.--(A) In making final decisions of 
        the Goals Panel with respect to the exercise of its duties and 
        powers, the Goals Panel shall operate on the principle of 
        consensus among the members of the Goals Panel.
            ``(B) Except as otherwise provided in this part, if a vote 
        of the membership of the Goals Panel is required to reach a 
        final decision with respect to the exercise of its duties and 
        powers, then such final decision shall be made by a three-
        fourths vote of the members of the Goals Panel who are present 
        and voting.
    ``(d) Public Access.--The Goals Panel shall ensure public access to 
its proceedings (other than proceedings, or portions of proceedings, 
relating to internal personnel and management matters) and make 
available to the public, at reasonable cost, transcripts of such 
proceedings.

             ``director and staff; experts and consultants

    ``Sec. 11306. (a) Director.--The Chairperson of the Goals Panel, 
without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code 
relating to the appointment and compensation of officers or employees 
of the United States, shall appoint a Director to be paid at a rate not 
to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive 
Schedule.
    ``(b) Appointment and Pay of Employees.--
            ``(1) In general.--(A) The Director may appoint not more 
        than 4 additional employees to serve as staff to the Goals 
        Panel without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the 
United States Code governing appointments in the competitive service.
            ``(B) The employees appointed under subparagraph (A) may be 
        paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 
        classification and General Schedule pay rates, but shall not be 
        paid a rate that exceeds the maximum rate of basic pay payable 
        for GS-15 of the General Schedule.
            ``(2) Additional employees.--The Director may appoint 
        additional employees to serve as staff to the Goals Panel in 
        accordance with title 5 of the United States Code.
    ``(c) Federal Employees.--Any individual appointed to serve as the 
Director of, or as staff to, the Goals Panel on or after March 31, 
1994, is an `employee' within the definition of section 2105 of title 
5, United States Code.
    ``(d) Experts and Consultants.--The Goals Panel may procure 
temporary and intermittent services of experts and consultants under 
section 3109(b) of title 5 of the United States Code.
    ``(e) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon the request of the Goals 
Panel, the head of any department or agency of the United States may 
detail any of the personnel of such agency to the Goals Panel to assist 
the Goals Panel in its duties under this part.

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 11307. For purposes of carrying out this part, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2001 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''.

                                 repeal

    Sec. 1113. Title XII of the ESEA is repealed.

              TITLE XII--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS; REPEALS

                    Part A--Amendments to Other Laws

      amendments to the stewart b. mckinneyhomeless assistance act

    Sec. 1201. (a) Policy.--Section 721(3) of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et seq.; hereinafter referred 
to in this section as ``the Act'') is amended by striking out ``should 
not be'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``is not''.
    (b) Grants to States for State and Local Activities.--Section 722 
of the Act is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and'' before ``the 
                        Commonwealth of''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``and Palau (until the 
                        effective date of the Compact of Free 
                        Association with the Government of Palau),''; 
                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and'' before ``the 
                        Commonwealth of''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``, or Palau'';
            (2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end thereof the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Prohibition on segregating homeless students.--In 
        providing a free, appropriate public education to a homeless 
        child or youth, no State receiving funds under this subtitle 
        shall segregate such child or youth, either in a separate 
        school, or in a separate program within a school, based on such 
        child or youth's status as homeless, except in accordance with 
        section 723(a)(2)(B)(ii).'';
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking out paragraph (1);
                    (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(4) collect and transmit to the Secretary, at such time 
        and in such manner as the Secretary may require, such 
        information as the Secretary deems necessary to assess the 
        educational needs of homeless children and youth within the 
        State;'';
                    (C) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
            ``(6) in order to improve the provision of comprehensive 
        education and related services to homeless children and youth 
        and their families, coordinate and collaborate with--
                    ``(A) educators, including child development and 
                preschool program personnel;
                    ``(B) providers of services to homeless and runaway 
                children and youth and homeless families (including 
                domestic violence agencies, shelter operators, 
                transitional housing facilities, runaway and homeless 
                youth centers, and transitional living programs for 
                homeless youth);
                    ``(C) local educational agency liaisons for 
                homeless children and youth; and
                    ``(D) community organizations and groups 
                representing homeless children and youth and their 
                families.''; and
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively; and
            (4) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1)(H) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(H) contain assurances that--
                            ``(i) State and local educational agencies 
                        will adopt policies and practices to ensure 
                        that homeless children and youth are not 
                        segregated on the basis of their status as 
                        homeless or stigmatized; and
                            ``(ii) local educational agencies in which 
                        homeless children and youth reside or attend 
                        school will--
                                    ``(I) post public notice of the 
                                educational rights of such children and 
                                youth where such children and youth 
                                receive services under this Act (such 
                                as family shelters, and soup kitchens); 
                                and
                                    ``(II) designate an appropriate 
                                staff person, who may also be a 
                                coordinator for other Federal programs, 
                                as a liaison for homeless children and 
                                youth.'';
                    (B) by amending paragraph (3)(B) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(B) In determining the best interest of the child 
                or youth under subparagraph (A), the local educational 
                agency shall--
                            ``(i) to the extent feasible, keep a 
                        homeless child or youth in his or her school of 
                        origin, except when doing so is contrary to the 
                        wishes of his or her parent or guardian; and
                            ``(ii) provide a written explanation to the 
                        homeless child or youth's parent or guardian 
                        when the local educational agency sends such 
                        child or youth to a school other than the 
                        school of origin or a school requested by the 
                        parent or guardian.'';
                    (C) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
            ``(6) Coordination.--(A) Each local educational agency 
        serving homeless children and youth that receives assistance 
        under this subtitle shall coordinate the provision of services 
        under this part with local services agencies and other agencies 
        or programs providing services to homeless children and youth 
        and their families, including services and programs funded 
        under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
            ``(B) Where applicable, each State and local educational 
        agency that receives assistance under this subtitle shall 
        coordinate with State and local housing agencies responsible 
        for developing the comprehensive housing affordability strategy 
        described in section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
        Affordable Housing Act to minimize educational disruption for 
        children and youth who become homeless.
            ``(C) The coordination required in subparagraphs (A) and 
        (B) shall be designed to--
                    ``(i) ensure that homeless children and youth have 
                access to available education and related support 
                services; and
                    ``(ii) raise the awareness of school personnel and 
                service providers of the effects of short-term stays in 
                a shelter and other challenges associated with homeless 
                children and youth.'';
                    (D) in paragraph (7)(A)--
                            (i) in the matter before clause (i), by 
                        striking out ``local educational agency that 
                        receives assistance under this subtitle shall 
                        designate a homelessness liaison to ensure 
                        that'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``local 
                        liaison for homeless children and youth, 
                        designated pursuant to subsection 
                        (g)(1)(H)(ii)(II), shall ensure that'';
                            (ii) by amending clause (i) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(i) homeless children and youth enroll 
                        in, and have a full and equal opportunity to 
                        succeed in, schools of that agency;'';
                            (iii) in clause (ii), by striking out the 
                        period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu 
                        thereof a semicolon and ``and'';
                            (iv) by adding a new clause (iii) to read 
                        as follows:
                            ``(iii) the parents or guardians of 
                        homeless children and youth are informed of the 
                        education and related opportunities available 
                        to their children and are provided with 
                        meaningful opportunities to participate in the 
                        education of their children.''; and
                            (v) by adding a new subparagraph (C) to 
                        read as follows:
                    ``(C) Local educational agency liaisons for 
                homeless children and youth shall, as a part of their 
                duties, coordinate and collaborate with State 
                coordinators and community and school personnel 
                responsible for the provision of education and related 
                services to homeless children and youth.''; and
                    (E) by striking out paragraph (9).
    (c) Local Educational Agency Grants.--Section 723 of the Act is 
amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a)(2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Services.--(A) Services under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(i) may be provided through programs on school 
                grounds or at other facilities;
                    ``(ii) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be 
                provided through existing programs and mechanisms that 
                integrate homeless individuals with non-homeless 
                individuals; and
                    ``(iii) shall be designed to expand or improve 
                services provided as part of a school's regular 
                academic program, but not replace that program.
            ``(B) Where services under paragraph (1) are provided on 
        school grounds, schools--
                    ``(i) may use funds under this Act to provide the 
                same services to other children and youth who are 
                determined by the local educational agency to be at 
                risk of failing in, or dropping out of, schools, 
                subject to the requirements of clause (ii) as applied 
                to such other children and youth; and
                    ``(ii) shall not provide services in settings 
                within a school that segregate homeless children and 
                youths from other children and youths, except as is 
                necessary for short periods of time--
                            ``(I) because of health and safety 
                        emergencies; or
                            ``(II) to provide temporary, special, 
                        supplementary services to meet the unique needs 
                        of homeless children and youth.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and
                    (B) by adding a new paragraph (1) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(1) an assessment of the educational and related needs of 
        homeless children and youth in their district (which may be 
        undertaken as a part of needs assessments for other 
        disadvantaged groups);''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The State educational agency shall, in 
        accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and from 
        amounts made available to it under section 726, make 
        competitive subgrants to local educational agencies that submit 
        applications under subsection (b). Such subgrants shall be 
        awarded on the basis of the need of such agencies for 
        assistance under this subtitle and the quality of the 
        applications submitted.'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (C) by inserting immediately after paragraph (2) 
                the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Quality.--In determining the quality of applications 
        under paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall 
        consider--
                    ``(A) the applicant's needs assessment under 
                subsection (b)(1) and the likelihood that the program 
                presented in the application will meet those needs;
                    ``(B) the types, intensity, and coordination of the 
                services to be provided under the program;
                    ``(C) the involvement of parents or guardians;
                    ``(D) the extent to which homeless children and 
                youth will be integrated within the regular education 
                program;
                    ``(E) the quality of the applicant's evaluation 
                plan for the program;
                    ``(F) the extent to which services provided under 
                this subtitle will be coordinated with other available 
                services; and
                    ``(G) such other measures as the State educational 
                agency deems indicative of a high-quality program.''.
    (d) Collection and Dissemination of Information; Report.--Section 
724 of the Act is amended--
            (1) by striking out subsection (f); and
            (2) adding at the end thereof the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(f) Information.--(1) From funds appropriated under section 726, 
the Secretary shall, either directly or through grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements, periodically collect and disseminate data and 
information on:
            ``(A) the number and location of homeless children and 
        youth;
            ``(B) the education and related services such children and 
        youth receive;
            ``(C) the extent to which such needs are being met; and
            ``(D) such other data and information as the Secretary 
        deems necessary and relevant to carry out this subtitle.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall coordinate such collection and 
dissemination with the other agencies and entities that receive 
assistance and administer programs under this subtitle.
    ``(g) Report.--Not later than four years after the date of the 
enactment of the Educational Excellence for All Children Act of 1999, 
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and appropriate 
committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on 
the status of education of homeless youth and children, which may 
include information on--
            ``(1) the education of homeless children and youth; and
            ``(2) the actions of the Department and the effectiveness 
        of the programs supported under this subtitle.''.
    (e) Section 726 of the Act is amended to read:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``Sec. 726. For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.''.

                        amendments to other laws

    Sec. 1202. (a) Perkins Act.--Section 116(a) of the Carl D. Perkins 
Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)) is 
amended by striking out paragraph (5).
    (b) Higher Education Act of 1965.--Section 317(b)(1) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)(10)) is amended by striking 
out ``9308'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``9306''.
    (c) Pro-Children Act of 1994.--The Pro-Children Act of 1994 (20 
U.S.C. 6081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1042(2)--
                    (A) by striking out ``education''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking out ``or 
                the Secretary of Education''; and
            (2) in section 1043--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking out 
                ``kindergarten, elementary, or secondary education 
                or''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in the heading thereof, by 
                                striking out ``Kindergarten, 
                                Elementary, or Secondary Education 
                                or''; and
                                    (II) by striking out kindergarten, 
                                elementary, or secondary education 
                                or''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking out 
                        ``kindergarten, elementary, or secondary 
                        education or''.

                            Part B--Repeals

                                repeals

    Sec. 1211. (a) Title XIII of the ESEA is repealed.
    (b) The Goals 2000: Educate America Act (Public Law 103-227) is 
amended--
            (1) by repealing titles I, II, III, IV, VII, and VIII; and
            (2) in title X, by repealing part B.
    (b) The Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
Improvement Act of 1994 (title IX of Public Law 103-227) is amended by 
repealing parts F, G, and H.
    (c) Title III of the Education for Economic Security Act (20 U.S.C 
3901 et seq.) is repealed.
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