[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 2719 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2719

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
reauthorize and make improvements to titles I, VII, and X of such Act, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1999

Mr. Hinojosa (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Rodriguez, 
 Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
     Becerra, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. 
  Underwood, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Green of 
Texas, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
Frost, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Sandlin, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ford, 
   Mr. Edwards, Mr. Evans, Mr. Lampson, Ms. Waters, Mr. Udall of New 
Mexico, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Bentsen) 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 titles I, VII, and X of such Act, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Access to 
Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.).
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; references.
Sec. 2. Findings.
      TITLE I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS

Sec. 101. Findings.
  Subtitle A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies

Sec. 102. Declaration of policy and statement of purpose.
Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 104. Reservations for accountability and evaluation.
Sec. 105. State plans.
Sec. 106. Local educational agency plans.
Sec. 107. Eligible school attendance areas.
Sec. 108. Schoolwide programs.
Sec. 109. Targeted assistance schools.
Sec. 110. School choice.
Sec. 111. Assessment and local educational agency and school 
                            improvement.
Sec. 112. State assistance for school support and improvement.
Sec. 113. Parental involvement.
Sec. 114. Parent training and information centers.
Sec. 115. Teacher qualifications and professional development.
Sec. 116. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
Sec. 117. Preschool services and coordination requirements.
Sec. 118. Basic grants to local educational agencies.
Sec. 119. Program indicators.
              Subtitle B--Education of Migratory Children

Sec. 131. Findings.
Sec. 132. Consortium grants.
Sec. 133. Parental involvement.
Sec. 134. Consolidated plan.
Sec. 135. Schoolwide programs.
Sec. 136. Data collection.
Sec. 137. Parent advisory committee.
Sec. 138. Regulations.
Sec. 139. Technical assistance.
                    Subtitle C--Federal Evaluations

Sec. 141. Evaluations.
                     TITLE II--BILINGUAL EDUCATION

Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Policy and purpose.
Sec. 203. Authorization of appropriations for part a.
Sec. 204. Accountability.
Sec. 205. Multilingual education.
Sec. 206. Program development and enhancement grants.
Sec. 207. Comprehensive school grants.
Sec. 208. Systemwide improvement grants.
Sec. 209. Applications for awards under subpart 1.
Sec. 210. Evaluations under subpart 1.
Sec. 211. Research.
Sec. 212. State grant program.
Sec. 213. National clearinghouse on education of children and youth 
                            with limited English proficiency.
Sec. 214. Instructional materials development.
Sec. 215. Purpose of subpart 3.
Sec. 216. Training for all teachers program.
Sec. 217. Bilingual education teachers and personnel grants.
Sec. 218. Bilingual education career ladder program.
Sec. 219. Graduate fellowships in bilingual education program.
Sec. 220. Applications for awards under subpart 3.
Sec. 221. Evaluations under subpart 3.
Sec. 222. Model programs for parent involvement.
Sec. 223. Transition.
Sec. 224. Findings of emergency immigrant education program.
Sec. 225. State administrative costs.
Sec. 226. Definitions.
Sec. 227. Regulations, parental notification, and use of 
                            paraprofessionals.
Sec. 228. Terminology.
Sec. 229. Repeals.
Sec. 230. Redesignations and conforming amendments.
                     TITLE III--HIGH SCHOOL REFORM

Sec. 301. Findings.
Sec. 302. High school reform.
        TITLE IV--DROPOUT PREVENTION AND STATE RESPONSIBILITIES

Sec. 401. Findings.
Sec. 402. Dropout prevention.
Sec. 403. Office of dropout prevention and program completion.
Sec. 404. State responsibilities.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    (a) The Congress finds that--
            (1) every child can learn and achieve to high standards 
        when expectations are high and there are opportunities to learn 
        challenging material;
            (2) every child must realize his or her potential if the 
        United States is to prosper;
            (3) all students are entitled to participate in a broad and 
        challenging curriculum and to have access to resources 
        sufficient to address their education needs;
            (4) the Bureau of the Census estimates that 1 in 5 
        Americans will be of Hispanic descent by the year 2030 and that 
        currently Hispanic Americans are the largest minority group in 
        American schools.
            (5) the future cultural, political, and economic strengths 
        of this country are clearly dependent upon our Nation's ability 
        to harness the talents and skills of this large and growing 
        segment of the American population;
            (6) in 1996, approximately 1 out of every 4 students who 
        lived in a central city and who attended public schools was 
        Hispanic, up from approximately 1 out of every 10 students in 
        1972;
            (7) despite an increase of 218 percent in the Hispanic 
        population over the past 30 years, \3/4\ of Hispanic students 
        attend predominantly minority schools, a 10.5 percent increase 
        from 1968-69;
            (8) in 1997, first and later generation Hispanics were 2 to 
        3 times more likely than their non-Hispanic peers to drop out 
        of high schools;
            (9) great disparities in educational opportunity and 
        achievement between Hispanic Americans and other youth continue 
        to this day as evidenced by the recent National Council of la 
        Raza Report, Latino Education Status and Prospects, which found 
        that Hispanic American students are--
                    (A) more likely to enter school with significant 
                disadvantages, including high poverty rates, low levels 
                of parental education, and for nearly \1/3\ of them, 
                limited English proficiency;
                    (B) less likely to receive early childhood 
                educational development through preschool programs;
                    (C) more likely to be retained in grade;
                    (D) more likely to be placed in general or special 
                education tracks, and less likely to be placed in 
                gifted and talented programs;
                    (E) less likely to complete high school;
                    (F) less likely to pursue postsecondary education, 
                particularly at the baccalaureate level; and
                    (G) less likely to obtain a bachelor degree or an 
                advanced degree; and
            (10) it is in the national interest for the Federal 
        Government to act to eliminate these disparities.-

      TITLE I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS

SEC. 101. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) according to United States Census data, 40 percent of 
        Hispanic American children live in poverty;
            (2) Hispanic American youth face many barriers that put 
        them at risk of not meeting challenging State content and 
        performance standards, including--
                    (A) segregation;
                    (B) attendance at high poverty schools;
                    (C) low expectations;
                    (D) low levels of parental education; and
                    (E) high levels of limited English proficiency;
            (3) in 1994, the Improving America's Schools Act required 
        that programs funded under title I of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 provide services to limited 
        English proficient youth and such programs be held accountable 
        for the academic achievement of such youth;
            (4) according to United States Department of Education 
        data, nearly \1/3\ of students served under title I of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 have limited 
        proficiency with the English language;
            (5) the provisions of the Improving America's Schools Act 
        notwithstanding, States and local education agencies funded 
        under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 have not been held accountable for the academic 
        achievement of limited English proficient students; and
            (6) accountability measures must be enforced if Hispanic 
        and limited English proficient children are to have equal 
        educational opportunities in America's schools.

  Subtitle A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies

SEC. 102. DECLARATION OF POLICY AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--Section 1001(a) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) Statement of Policy.--(1) In 
        general'' and inserting ``(a) Statement of Policy.''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2).
    (b) Recognition of Need.--Section 1001(b) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end 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) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Since 1988'' 
        and inserting ``in Recent Years'';
            (2) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``learned'';
            (3) in paragraph (7), by adding the following sentence at 
        the end: ``Family literacy programs can help parents make this 
        contribution.'';
            (4) in paragraph (8)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking 
                ``Decentralized'' and inserting ``Data-driven''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                ``information,'' before ``resources'';
            (5) by striking 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) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``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 ``schools and'' and 
        inserting ``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;''.

SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1002 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(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 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.
    ``(b) 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 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.
    ``(c) 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 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.''.

SEC. 104. RESERVATIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION.

    Section 1003 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1003. RESERVATIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION.

    ``(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 1603.''.

SEC. 105. STATE PLANS.

    Section 1111 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 ``the Goals 2000'' and all 
                        that follows through ``section 14306'' and 
                        inserting ``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 
        14302.'';
            (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 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 
                                ``and'' at the end;
                                    (II) by amending clause (iii) to 
                                read as follows--
                            ``(iii) inclusion of limited English 
                        proficient students who shall be assessed, to 
                        the extent practicable, in the language and 
                        form most likely to yield accurate and reliable 
                        information on what students know and can do in 
                        content areas other than English. For the 
                        purposes of this paragraph, tests written in 
                        Spanish shall be deemed to be practicable when 
                        administered to Spanish-speaking students with 
                        limited English proficiency if such tests are 
                        more likely than tests written in English to 
                        yield accurate and reliable information on what 
                        such students know and can do; and''; and
                                    (III) by inserting new clauses (iv) 
                                and (v) to read as follows:
                            ``(iv) notwithstanding clause (iii), the 
                        assessment of reading and language arts of any 
                        student who has been in United States' schools 
                        (not including Puerto Rico) for 5 consecutive 
                        years or more shall use tests written in 
                        English; except that a State or local 
                        educational agency, utilizing the results of an 
                        assessment required in section 1112(c)(7), may 
                        determine that a student is sufficiently 
                        proficient to be tested in reading and language 
                        arts using tests written in English prior to 
                        the completion of 5 years in United States 
                        schools.'';
                            ``(v) no student shall be removed from a 
                        program of bilingual education or English as a 
                        second language based upon his or her 
                        performance on the test administered under 
                        clause (iv).''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (G)--
                                    (I) by striking ``have attended 
                                schools in a local educational agency 
                                for a full academic year but''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``year, however 
                                the'' and inserting ``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 making continuous 
                        and substantial gains, as defined in paragraph 
                        (B), in overall student performance and in the 
                        performance of the lowest performing students 
                        in at least reading and mathematics.
                    ``(B) For the purposes of this part, the term 
                `continuous and substantial gains' shall be defined in 
                each State plan in a manner consistent with regulations 
                that shall be published by the Secretary in the Federal 
                Register not later than 1 year after the date of the 
                enactment of the Access to Excellence in Education for 
                the 21st Century Act. In defining this term, each State 
                shall provide for the improvement by each local 
                educational agency and school that is sufficient to 
                ensure that each local educational agency and school 
                funded under this part shall achieve the following 
                goals--
                            ``(i) each child served under this part 
                        shall demonstrate attainment of basic skills 
                        necessary to meet the State's proficient and 
                        advanced levels of performance, particularly 
                        economically disadvantaged and limited English 
                        proficient children;
                            ``(ii) each subgroup of children listed 
                        under paragraph (2)(I) served under this part 
                        is making progress at a rate that is no less 
                        than that of non-at-risk children; and
                            ``(iii) each child served under this part 
                        shall meet the State's proficient and advanced 
                        levels of performance, particularly 
                        economically disadvantaged and limited English 
                        proficient children;
                    ``(C) 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 3 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 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
                                    (II) 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.
                    ``(D) 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).
                    ``(E) 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 ``paragraph 
                (3)(C)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)(C)'';
                    (G) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and 
                inserting a new paragraph (6) to read as follows:
            ``(6) 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 
                (7); and
                    (I) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``sections 
                                1112(c)(1)(D), 1114(b), and 1115(c)'' 
                                and inserting ``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; 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 1(b) of the Education Flexibility 
        Partnership Act 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 
        of this Act and section 1(c) of the Educations Flexibility 
        Partnership Act) 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 paragraph (2);
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking 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 redesigned, 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 
                Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st Century 
                Act;''; 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 action authorized by law.''.

SEC. 106. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.

    Section 1112 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``Goals 2000'' and all 
        that follows through ``section 14306'' and inserting 
        ``Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Carl D. 
        Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, and 
        other Acts, as appropriate'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
                ``Each'' and inserting ``In order to help all children 
                achieve to high standards, each'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding ``and'' 
                        at the end; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end 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;
                            ``(iii) are administered to students in the 
                        language most likely to yield valid results;
                            ``(iv) are used for purposes for which they 
                        are valid and reliable, and are consistent with 
                        nationally recognized professional and 
                        technical standards for such assessments; and
                            ``(v) are not used for--
                                    ``(I) creating barriers to school 
                                entry,
                                    ``(II) promoting or retaining 
                                students;
                                    ``(III) labeling students;
                                    ``(IV) tracking students, or
                                    ``(V) a measure of continuous and 
                                substantial progress under section 
                                1111(b)(3).''. .
                    (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 ``or who were formerly'' 
                        and all that follows through ``1994'';
                            (ii) by striking ``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 ``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 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 paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking the paragraph designation 
                        ``(1)'' and the paragraph heading ``In 
                        general.--'';
                            (ii) by striking 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 ``adequate yearly progress'' and 
                        inserting ``the continuous and substantial 
                        gains called for under section 1111(b)(3)'';
                            (v) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                        clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
                        and
                            (vi) by adding at the end 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 in order to--
                    ``(A) ensure that children with limited English 
                proficiency are receiving effective English language 
                instruction;
                    ``(B) use the results of those assessments to help 
                guide and modify instruction in the content areas; and
                    ``(C) 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 the enactment of the 
        Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act 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 paragraph (3).

SEC. 107. ELIGIBLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS.

    Section 1113 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(7), by striking ``with'' and all that 
        follows through ``if'' and inserting ``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 ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking the 
                period at the end and inserting a semicolon and 
                ``and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end 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 1 additional fiscal 
                year.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
        ``where appropriate, eligible''.

SEC. 108. SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Purpose and Eligibility.--Section 1114(a) 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 ``subsection (b)'' and inserting 
                ``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 paragraph (5).
    (b) Reorganization of Section.--Section 1114 is further amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) of subsection (b) as 
        subsection (c).
    (c) Components.--Section 1114(b), 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 1-on-1 tutoring during 
                        noninstructional 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, as 
redesignated by subsection (b)(2), is amended--
            (1) by striking 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 ``date of enactment'' and all that 
                follows through ``section 1117,'' and inserting ``the 
                date of the enactment of the Access to Excellence in 
                Education for the 21st Century Act, 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 ``paragraph (1)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (b)''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 1111(b)(3)'' 
                and inserting ``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 ``agency'' and all that follows 
                        through ``1117,'' and inserting ``agency''; and
                            (iii) in clause (ii), as redesignated by 
                        clause (I), by striking ``the date of enactment 
                        of the Improving America's Schools Act of 
                        1994'' and inserting ``the date of the 
                        enactment of the Access to Excellence in 
                        Education for the 21st Century Act''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``other staff'' and all 
                that follows through ``personnel'' and inserting 
                ``appropriate school staff''; and
            (5) by adding at the end 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.''.

SEC. 109. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS.

    Section 1115 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``part'' and inserting 
                        ``section''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``public 
                        education'' and all that follows through 
                        ``setting'' and inserting ``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 preschool services under this title'' after 
                        ``program'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clause (I), by striking 
                                ``the program'' and all that follows 
                                through ``may be'' and inserting ``part 
                                D is''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``may be eligible'' and inserting ``is 
                                eligible''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``may 
                        be eligible'' and inserting ``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 
                ``curriculum, including applied learning'' and 
                inserting ``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 ``subsection 
                (e)(3) and''; and
                    (F) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``literary'' 
                and inserting ``literacy''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (3).

SEC. 110. SCHOOL CHOICE.

    Section 1115A(b)(4) is amended by striking ``section 1111(b)(3)'' 
and inserting ``section 1111(b)(2)''.

SEC. 111. ASSESSMENT AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AND SCHOOL 
              IMPROVEMENT.

    Subsections (a) through (d) of section 1116 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 3 
        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 2 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)(C)(ii); or
                            ``(ii) immediately preceding the enactment 
                        of the Access to Excellence in Education for 
                        the 21st Century Act, was in school-improvement 
                        status under this section, as then in effect.
                    ``(B) Transition.--The 2-year period described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall include any continuous period of 
                time, immediately preceding the enactment of the Access 
                to Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act, 
                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 3 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 gains as defined in section 
        1111(b)(3) 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 3 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)(C)(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 in accordance with section 
                        1111(b)(3), immediately after the 3rd year 
                        following its identification under paragraph 
                        (1), except that the local educational agency 
                        may refrain from taking such action for not 
                        more than 1 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 1-year 
                                gain in scores on the State assessment; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the school will meet the 
                                State's criteria for continuous and 
                                substantial gains within 1 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 1 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)(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 2 of the 3 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 3-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 2 
                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)(C)(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 
        3 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 3 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)(C)(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 in accordance with 
                        section 1111(b)(3), immediately after the 3rd 
                        year following its identification under 
                        paragraph (3), except that the State 
                        educational agency may refrain from taking such 
                        action for not more than 1 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 1-year 
                                gain in scores on the State assessment; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the local educational agency 
                                will meet the State's criteria for 
                                accountability, including continuous 
                                and substantial gains, within 1 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 1 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 2 of the 3 years 
        following identification under paragraph (3), makes substantial 
        gains toward meeting the State's standards.''.

SEC. 112. STATE ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT.

    Section 1117 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1117. STATE ASSISTANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL SUPPORT 
              AND IMPROVEMENT.

    ``(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.''.

SEC. 113. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

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

SEC. 114. PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTERS.

    Section 1118(g) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Parent Training and Information Centers.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants to, and 
        enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, 
        community-based organizations or local parent organizations to 
        support parent training, information, and to establish and 
        support centers that will help ensure that parents of students 
        in schools receiving assistance under this title have the 
        training, information, and support they need to enable them to 
        participate effectively in helping their children to meet 
        challenging standards that have been established for all 
        children.
            ``(2) Required activities.--Each parent training, 
        information, and support center that receives assistance under 
        this section shall--
                    ``(A) provide training, information, and support 
                that meets the needs of parents of children in schools 
                proposed to be served by the grant, contract, or 
                cooperative agreement, particularly underserved 
                parents, low-income parents, parents of students with 
                limited English proficiency, and parents of students in 
                schools identified as in need of assistance;
                    ``(B) understand and effectively use the parent 
                involvement provisions under this Act, including parent 
                compacts, parent involvement policies, and joint 
                decision making provisions, and the school level 
                requirements of sections 1114, 1115, and1115A of this 
                Act.
                    ``(C) provide information in a language and form 
                that parents understand, including taking steps to 
                ensure that parents with limited English proficiency 
                are effectively informed and assisted.
                    ``(D) assist parents to:
                            ``(i) understand state content and 
                        performance standards, state and local 
                        assessments, and how schools receiving 
                        assistance under this title are required to 
                        help students meet the state standards;
                            ``(ii) understand the accountability system 
                        in place in the state, and support activities 
                        which are likely to improve student achievement 
                        in schools receiving assistance under this 
                        title;
                            ``(iii) understand and analyze the meaning 
                        of data that schools, districts, and states 
                        must provide under the public reporting 
                        requirements of this and other statutes, 
                        including state reporting requirements;
                            ``(iv) understand what their child's school 
                        is doing to enable students to meet the 
                        standards, including understanding the 
                        curriculum and instructional methods the school 
                        is using to help students meet the standards;
                            ``(v) better understand their child's 
                        educational needs, where they are in comparison 
                        to state standards, and how the school is 
                        addressing the child's educational needs;
                            ``(vi) communicate effectively with 
                        personnel responsible for providing educational 
                        services to their child and for planning and 
                        implementing policies and programs under this 
                        title in the school and the district;
                            ``(vii) participate in decision making 
                        processes at the school and district levels, 
                        and in the development, review, and amendments 
                        of school parent compacts, the school and 
                        district parent involvement policies, and the 
                        school plan, as well as review the needs 
                        assessment of the school;
                            ``(viii) understand the provisions of other 
                        Federal education programs which may provide 
                        resources and opportunities for the school to 
                        improve, or which may provide educational 
                        resources to individual students, including 
                        chapters 1 and 2 of subpart 2 of part A of 
                        title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
                            ``(ix) participate in other school reform 
                        activities; and
                            ``(x) understand public school choice 
                        options available in the local community, 
                        including magnet, charter and alternative 
                        schools;
                    ``(E) be designed to meet the specific needs of 
                families who experience significant isolation from 
                available sources of information and support;
                    ``(F) network with appropriate clearinghouses;
                    ``(G) annually report to the Secretary on--
                            ``(i) the number of parents to whom it 
                        provided information, training, and support in 
                        the most recently concluded fiscal year;
                            ``(ii) the number of parents who 
                        participated in training sessions and the 
                        average number of parents at training sessions;
                            ``(iii) evidence that trainings have been 
                        held at times and places designed to allow the 
                        largest number of parents of students in 
                        schools receiving assistance under this title 
                        to attend;
                            ``(iv) the effectiveness of strategies used 
                        to reach and serve parents, including 
                        underserved parents, low-income parents of 
                        students with limited English proficiency;
                            ``(v) how the parent training and 
                        information center ensured that parents had the 
                        skills necessary to participate in their 
                        children's education, as outlined in 
                        subparagraph (D);
                            ``(vi) what information is provided to 
                        parents by the school district(s) in the area 
                        served by the Center; and
                            ``(vii) other measures, as deemed 
                        appropriate by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Optional activities.--Optional activities may 
        include--
                    ``(A) providing information to teachers and other 
                professionals in schools receiving assistance under 
                this title; and
                    ``(B) providing appropriate information about the 
                research on ways in which high poverty schools have 
                made real progress in getting all students to meet 
                state standards.
            ``(4) Application requirements.--Each application for 
        assistance under this section shall detail the special efforts 
        that the applicant will undertake--
                    ``(A) to ensure that the needs for training and 
                information and support of underserved parents of 
                students in schools receiving assistance under this 
                title, particularly low-income and parents of limited 
                English proficient children, are effectively met; and
                    ``(B) to work with community-based organizations.
            `` (5) Distribution of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make at 
                least 2 awards to community-based organizations or 
                parent organizations in each State, unless the 
                Secretary does not receive at least 2 applications from 
                such organizations in each State of sufficient quality 
                to warrant approval.
                    ``(B) Allocation of funds.--The Secretary shall 
                make grants to organizations that serve parents of 
                students, 50 percent of whom are eligible for free and 
                reduced price lunch, with a particular emphasis on 
                areas with a large concentration of limited English 
                proficient students, or areas with a high dropout rate.
            ``(6) Quarterly review.--
                    ``(A) Requirements.--
                            ``(i) Meetings.--The board of directors or 
                        special governing committee of each 
                        organization that receives an award under this 
                        section shall meet at least once in each 
                        calendar quarter to review the activities for 
                        which the award was made.
                            ``(ii) Continuation award.--When an 
                        organization requests a continuation award 
                        under this section, the board of directors or 
                        special governing committee shall submit to the 
                        Secretary a written review of the parent 
                        training and information program conducted by 
                        the organization during the preceding fiscal 
                        year.
            ``(7) Eligibility requirements.--To be eligible to receive 
        a grant under this subsection an organization shall--
                    ``(A) be a private nonprofit organization (other 
                than an institution of higher education);
                    ``(B) a special governing committee to administer 
                the grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, a 
                majority of the members of which are parents of 
                students in schools receiving assistance under this 
                title, and a memorandum of understanding between the 
                special governing committee and the board of directors 
                of the organization that clearly outlines the decision 
                making responsibilities and authority of the special 
                governing committee; and
                    ``(C) is located in a community that has schools 
                which receive assistance under this title, and is 
                readily accessible to families of students in those 
                schools.
            ``(8) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
        evaluation of each grant, and shall report on the interim 
        findings of such evaluation 3 years after the date of the 
        enactment of the Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st 
        Century Act.''.

SEC. 115. TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 1119 is amended--
            (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
        ``HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION'';
            (2) by striking 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 5 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.'';
            (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 not later than the date of the enactment 
of the Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act, 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 3 
        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 2 years of 
        college and is under the direct supervision of a teacher:
                    ``(A) 1-on-1 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 2 
        years of college, may perform only non-instructional duties, 
        such as improving parental involvement, providing support in a 
        library or media center, or providing non-instructional 
        communication.
            ``(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 1 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 
                        ``Head Start'' and all that follows through 
                        ``personnel'' and inserting ``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 ``this Act'' and all that follows through ``sources'' 
        and inserting ``this Act and other sources''.

SEC. 116. PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

    Section 1120 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; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting, before the 
                period at the end, a comma and ``which the local 
                educational agency may determine each year or every 2 
                years'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``assessed; and'' and inserting ``assessed, and 
                        how the results of that assessment will be used 
                        to improve those services'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
                        ``what is'' and all that follows through the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``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 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; and
            (3) by striking subsection (e).

SEC. 117. PRESCHOOL SERVICES AND COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1120B is amended--
            (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
        ``PRESCHOOL SERVICES; COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``Head Start Act 
        Amendments of 1994'' and inserting ``Head Start Amendments of 
        1998''; and
            (3) by adding the following at the end the following:
    ``(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; and
                            ``(iv) develop phonemic, print, and 
                        numeracy awareness.''.

SEC. 118. BASIC GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    Section 1124 is amended in subsection (a)--
            (1) 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 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 
                that 37 percent, and not more that 48 percent, of the 
                average per-pupil expenditure in the United States.''; 
                and
            (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows--
            ``(3) 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.''.

SEC. 119. PROGRAM INDICATORS.

    Part A of title I is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:

                    ``Subpart 3--Program Indicators

``SEC. 1131. PROGRAM INDICATORS.

    ``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) 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) The average scores representing the performance of 
        the lowest achieving students on State assessments will 
        increase annually in both reading and mathematics.
            ``(3) Increasing percentages of schools identified as in 
        need of improvement under this part will show academic progress 
        after 2 years.
            ``(4) The percentage of teachers in programs under this 
        part who are certified in the field in which they teach will 
        increase annually.
            ``(5) 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) Increasing percentages of schools will operate 
        before- and after-school, summer, and other programs designed 
        to extend and reinforce student learning.
            ``(7) Increasing percentages of parents will report that 
        their schools engage them in supporting their children's 
        learning.''.

              Subtitle B--Education of Migratory Children

SEC. 131. FINDINGS.

    Section 1301 is amended by--
            (1) inserting a new paragraph (2) to read as follows--
            ``(2) ensure that migratory children who move among the 
        States are not penalized in any manner by disparities among the 
        States in curriculum, graduation requirements, and content and 
        performance standards;'';
            (2) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (3) adding at the end new paragraphs (5) and (6) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(5) coordinate programs and services for migratory 
        children who attend school in 2 or more of the States; and
            ``(6) ensure that migratory children receive full and 
        appropriate opportunities to meet the same challenging State 
        content and performance standards that all children are 
        expected to meet.''.

SEC. 132. CONSORTIUM GRANTS.

    (a) Repeal of Grants.--Subsection 1303(d) is repealed.
    (b) Shared Student Incentive Grants.--Section 1308 (a) is amended 
to read as follows--
    ``(a) Shared Student Incentive Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants to or 
        enter into contracts with State educational agencies or 
        consortia of State educational agencies to improve interstate 
        coordination among such agencies' educational programs, 
        including the establishment or improvement of programs for 
        credit accrual and exchange, and the development of reciprocity 
        across States with respect to curriculum, standards, and 
        graduation requirements for migratory children that attend 
        school in more than 1 State.
            ``(2) Duration.--Grants under this subpart may be awarded 
        for not more than 5 years.''.

SEC. 133. PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.

    (a) Parent Involvement.--Paragraph 1304(c)(3) is amended to read as 
follows--
            ``(3) in the planning and operation of programs and 
        projects at both the State and local operating agency level--
                    ``(A) there is appropriate consultation with parent 
                advisory councils for programs of 1 school year in 
                duration;
                    ``(B) all such programs and projects are carried 
                out, to the extent feasible, in a manner consistent 
                with section 1118; and
                    ``(C) migratory parents are provided information, 
                in a form and language understandable to them, about 
                the key elements in the agreement between the State 
                educational agency and the local operating agency.''.
    (b) Outreach Activities.--Section 1304(c)(6) is amended by 
inserting after ``including'' the following--
                    ``(A) providing leadership development and 
                informational activities for migratory parents about 
                the programs funded under this part, and''.

SEC. 134. CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

    Section 1306 is amended by, in subparagraph (a)(1)(B), inserting 
after ``section 14302'' the following: ``provided that--
                            ``(i) the special needs of migratory 
                        children are specifically addressed in such 
                        plan;
                            ``(ii) the consolidated plan is developed 
                        in collaboration with migrant parent advisory 
                        councils and appropriate migrant program 
                        personnel; and
                            ``(iii) consolidated planning shall not be 
                        used to supplant State effort or administrative 
                        funding for this part.''.

SEC. 135. SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.

    Section 1306 is amended by--
            (1) amending subsection (b)(3) to read as follows:
            ``(3)(A) Use of funds in schoolwide programs.--
                    ``(i) Notwithstanding section 1114, a school that 
                receives funds under this part shall continue to 
                address the needs described in paragraph (1)(A) before 
                funds under this part may be expended in school-wide 
                programs;
                    ``(ii) the State educational agency must provide 
                prior approval to schools to use funds under this part 
                for schoolwide programs;
                    ``(iii) the needs of preschool and out-of-school 
                migratory children, including students who have never 
                attended school and those who have dropped out, must be 
                addressed before funds under this part may be expended 
                in schoolwide programs; and
                    ``(iv) the State educational agency shall monitor 
                schoolwide programs receiving funds under this part and 
                shall take corrective action when the special needs of 
                migratory children are not being addressed in such 
                programs.
            ``(B) Flexibility.--States requesting waivers of statutory 
        or regulatory requirements under this part consistent with 
        section 14401 shall provide information and seek public 
        comments from the migrant community.'' and
            (2) in section 14302(b)(1), strike ``representatives of.''

SEC. 136. DATA COLLECTION.

    Section 1308(d) is amended to read as follows--
    ``(d) Data Collection.--The Secretary shall direct the National 
Center for Education Statistics to collect data on migratory children, 
including preschool children, children who have never attended school, 
and children who have dropped out of school, and their families, as 
part of the core data elements.''.

SEC. 137. PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Part C is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1310. NATIONAL PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    ``(a) In General.--A National Parent Advisory Council (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Advisory Council'') shall be 
established to advise the Secretary on the implementation of programs 
under this part and coordination with other programs serving migratory 
children and families.
    ``(b) Membership.--The Advisory Council shall include a minimum of 
10 geographically representative parent members and 5 others members 
appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with State education 
agencies, State and local parent advisory councils, local operating 
agencies, the National Association for Migrant Education, the National 
Association for State Directors of Migrant Education, and other 
interested parties.
    ``(c) Compensation and Expenses.--
            ``(1) Members of the Advisory Council who are officers or 
        full time employees of the United States shall serve without 
        compensation in addition to that received for their services as 
        officers or employees of the United States; but they may be 
        allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
        subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United 
        States Code, for persons in the Government service employed 
        intermittently.
            ``(2) Members of the Advisory Council who are not officers 
        or full-time employees of the United States may each receive 
        reimbursement for travel expenses incident to attending 
        Advisory Council meetings, including per diem in lieu of 
        subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United 
        States Code, for persons in the Government service employed 
        intermittently.''.

SEC. 138. REGULATIONS.

    Part C is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1311. REGULATIONS AND NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.

    ``(a) Publication of Regulations.--The Secretary shall, within 1 
year of the enactment of the Access to Excellence in Education for the 
21st Century Act, publish in the Federal Register final regulations to 
implement the provisions of this part.
    ``(b) Negotiated Rulemaking.--
            ``(1) Meetings.--In order to carry out his responsibility 
        under subsection (a) the Secretary shall convene meetings to 
        obtain public involvement in the development of proposed 
        regulations for this part. Such meetings shall include 
        individuals and representatives of the groups involved in 
        migrant education
            ``(2) Issues.--During such meetings, the Secretary shall 
        provide for a comprehensive discussion and exchange of 
        information concerning the implementation of this part. The 
        Secretary shall take into account the information received at 
        such meetings in the development of proposed regulations and 
        shall publish a summary of such information in the Federal 
        Register together with such proposed regulations.
    ``(c) Draft Regulations.--After holding meetings and before 
publishing proposed regulations in the Federal Register, the Secretary 
shall prepare draft regulations implementing this part and shall submit 
such regulations to a negotiated rulemaking process. The Secretary 
shall follow the guidance provided in sections 305.82-4 and 305.85-5 of 
chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations, and any successor 
recommendation, regulation, or law. Participants in the negotiations 
process shall be chosen by the Secretary from individuals nominated by 
groups participating in the meetings described in subsection (b)(1) of 
this section, and shall include representatives of such groups from 
Washington, D.C., providers in the program, and parents of migrant 
children. The negotiation process shall be conducted in a timely manner 
in order that the final regulations may be issued by the Secretary 
within the 1-year period described in subsection (a).
    ``(d) Future Negotiated Rulemaking.--All regulations pertaining to 
this part that are promulgated after the date of the enactment of this 
part shall be subject to a negotiated rulemaking (including the 
selection of the issues to be negotiated), unless the Secretary 
determines that applying such a requirement with respect to given 
regulations is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public 
interest (within the meaning of section 553(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United 
States Code), and publishes the basis for such determination in the 
Federal Register at the same time as the proposed regulations in 
question are first published. All published proposed regulations shall 
conform to agreements resulting from such negotiated rulemaking unless 
the Secretary reopens the negotiated rulemaking process or provides a 
written explanation to the participants in that process why the 
Secretary has decided to depart from such agreements. Such negotiated 
rulemaking shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this 
section, and the Secretary shall ensure that a clear and reliable 
record of agreements reached during the negotiations process is 
maintained.
    ``(e) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to activities carried out under 
this section.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated in any fiscal year or made available from funds 
appropriated to carry out this part in any fiscal year such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, except that 
if no funds are appropriated pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary 
shall make funds available to carry out this section from amounts 
appropriated for the operations and expenses of the Department of 
Education.''.

SEC. 139. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    Part C is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1312. EVALUATIONS.

    ``The Secretary shall from funds appropriated for this title spend 
not less than $1,000,000 annually to establish and maintain a technical 
assistance center to provide assistance to programs under this part and 
under section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965.''.

                    Subtitle C--Federal Evaluations

SEC. 141. EVALUATIONS.

    Section 1501 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1501. EVALUATIONS.

    ``(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.--
            ``(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 
        14701.
            ``(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 3 
        years of the date of the enactment of the Access to Excellence 
        in Education for the 21st Century Act and a final report within 
        4 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.''.

                     TITLE II--BILINGUAL EDUCATION

SEC. 201. FINDINGS.

    (a) The Congress finds that--
            (1) since 1979, the number of limited English proficient 
        children in America's schools has doubled and demographic 
        trends indicate the population of limited English proficient 
        children will continue to increase;
            (2) language minority Americans speak virtually all world 
        languages plus many that are indigenous to the United States, 
        although Spanish is the native language for 3 out of 4 language 
        minority Americans;
            (3) multilingualism, or the ability to speak languages in 
        addition to English, is a tremendous resource to the United 
        States because such ability enhances American competitiveness 
        in global markets by permitting improved communication and 
        cross-cultural understanding between producers and suppliers, 
        vendors and clients, and retailers and consumers;
            (4) language minority students bring a rich linguistic 
        diversity to America's classrooms which enhances the learning 
        environment for all students--their contribution should be 
        valued for the significant and positive impact it has on the 
        entire school environment;
            (5) for many limited English proficient students, fluency 
        in a language other than English has been treated as a deficit 
        rather than as a societal benefit in our Nation's schools;
            (6) 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;
            (7) the Federal Government also, as exemplified by programs 
        authorized under title VII of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965, 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;
            (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;
                    (E) a shortage of teachers and other staff who are 
                professionally trained and qualified to serve such 
                children and youth; and
                    (F) lack of appropriate performance and assessment 
                standards that distinguish between language and 
                academic achievement so that there is equal 
                accountability on the part of states and local 
                education agencies for the achievement of limited 
                English proficient students in academic content while 
                acquiring English;
            (9) research has delineated the most effective 
        methodologies for teaching a second language, which should be 
        adopted, including--
                    (A) that the most effective environment for second 
                language teaching and learning are those that promote 
                limited English proficient students' native language 
                and literacy development as a foundation for English 
                language and academic development; and
                    (B) that parent and community participation in 
                bilingual education programs contributes to program 
                effectiveness.

SEC. 202. POLICY AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Policy.--Section 7102(b) is amended 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 and 
        language development for children and youth of limited English 
        proficiency;
            ``(2) ensuring limited English proficient children also 
        meet challenging State standards in the core content areas, 
        including the ability to understand, speak, read and write 
        English at the same level as native English speakers;
            ``(3) developing fully bilingual/biliterate skills; and
            ``(4) developing the English language skills of such 
        children and youth and the native language skills of such 
        children and youth.''.
    (b) Purposes.--Section 7102(c) is amended by inserting in the 
matter before paragraph (1) the following: ``promoting systemic 
improvement and reform of, and developing accountability systems for, 
educational programs serving students with limited English 
proficiency.''.

SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR      PART A.

    Section 7103(a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--For the purpose of carrying out this part, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $700,000,00 for fiscal year 2001 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
2005.''.

SEC. 204. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    Subpart 1 of title VII is amended by--
            (1) inserting a new section 7112 to read as follows:

``SEC. 7112. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``(a) In order to ensure that limited English proficient students 
are receiving effective English language instruction and effective 
instruction that enables such students to achieve to challenging State 
standards--
            ``(1) all programs funded under this subpart shall annually 
        assess the English proficiency of all limited English 
        proficient students served by the program;
            ``(2) such students shall be included in the State 
        assessments of academic performance, as provided for under 
        section 1111(b)(2); and
            ``(3) such students shall 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 content areas other than English.
For the purposes of this subsection, tests written in Spanish shall be 
deemed practicable when administered to Spanish-speaking students with 
limited English proficiency if such tests are more likely than tests 
written in English to yield accurate and reliable information on what 
those students know and can do in content areas other than English.
    ``(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), such students who have been in 
United States' schools (not including Puerto Rico) for 5 consecutive 
years or more shall be tested in reading and language arts using tests 
written in English, except that a State or school district, based upon 
the scores of a student on the tests required in paragraph (1), may 
determine that a student is sufficiently proficient to be tested in 
reading and language arts using tests written English, prior to the 
completion of 5 years in United States schools.;
    ``(c) No student shall be removed from a program of bilingual 
education or English as a second language based upon his or her 
performance on the test administered under clause (2).''; and
            (2) renumbering subsequent sections appropriately.

SEC. 205. MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION.

    (a) Financial Assistance for Bilingual Education.--Section 
7111(2)(A) is amended by striking 
``, and to the extent possible,'' and inserting ``and''.
    (b) Program Development and Implementation Grants.--Section 
7112(b)(2)(i) is amended by striking ``; and'' and inserting ``and will 
promote proficiency in English and in such students' native language; 
and''.
    (c) Applications.--Subparagraph 7116(b)(2)(B) is amended by--
            (1) striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i);
            (2) inserting a new clause (ii) to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) will further both English language 
                        proficiency and native language proficiency in 
                        limited English proficient students served 
                        pursuant to a grant received under this 
                        subpart; and''; and
            (3) by redesignating clause (ii) as (iii).
    (d) Funding Priority.--Section 7120 is amended by--
            (1) striking the ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
            (2) striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``; and
            (3) adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows--
            ``(4) establishes programs for dual language proficiency in 
        English and students' native languages.''.
    (e) Evaluation.--Section 7123(c)(1) is amended by striking ``(and, 
where applicable, native language)'' and inserting ``and native 
language''.

SEC. 206. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT GRANTS.

    Section 7113 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 effective and innovative instructional 
programs for limited English proficient students.'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``two'' and 
                inserting ``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 and to promote 
                        proficiency in English and in the students' 
                        native language;
                            ``(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.''.

SEC. 207. COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL GRANTS.

    Section 7114 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)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting at the end a 
                new sentence to read as follows: ``Any entity not 
                receiving a satisfactory evaluation of a grant received 
                under this section shall be ineligible to apply for 
                another grant under this section for at least 3 
                years.''; and
                    (B) amending paragraph (3) 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 1 language; and
                            ``(ix) carrying out such other activities, 
                        consistent with the purposes of this part, as 
                        the Secretary may approve.'';
            (3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
            ``(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 2 schools for each grant it 
                receives under this section.''.

SEC. 208. SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.

    Section 7115 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``bilingual education 
        programs or special alternative instruction programs to'' and 
        inserting ``instructional programs for children and youth with 
        limited English proficiency'';
            (2) by amending subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B) inserting at the end a new 
                sentence to read as follows: ``Any entity not receiving 
                a satisfactory evaluation of a grant received under 
                this section shall be ineligible to apply for another 
                grant under this section for at least 3 years.''; and
                    (B) 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;
                            ``(vi) reviewing student grade promotion 
                        policies and graduation requirements to provide 
                        the required additional education services for 
                        limited English proficient students; and
                            ``(vii) developing and improving family 
                        education programs and parent outreach and 
                        training activities designed to assist parents 
                        to become informed and active decision makers 
                        regarding the education of their children.
                    ``(B) Grants under this section may also be used 
                for--
                            ``(i) developing and implementing programs 
                        to help all students become proficient in more 
                        than 1 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 populations 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.''.

SEC. 209. APPLICATIONS FOR AWARDS UNDER SUBPART 1.

    (a) Applications.--Section 7116 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``such 
                application'' and inserting ``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;
                            ``(ii) how the grant activities will 
                        further both English language proficiency and 
                        native language proficiency, if applicable, in 
                        limited English proficient students served 
                        pursuant to a grant received under this 
                        subpart; and
                            ``(iii) 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) information related to 
                        reclassification including applicants that--
                                    ``(I) 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
                                    ``(II) propose programs that 
                                provide for the development of 
                                bilingual proficiency both in English 
                                and their native language for all 
                                participating students;
                            ``(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 14306;'';
                            (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.''
                            ``(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.''; and
            (4) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(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 ``special 
                alternative instructional programs'' and inserting 
                ``programs that do not use the students' native 
                language''.
    (b) Expanding Education Services.--Section 7116 is amended--
            (1) by inserting (1) in the matter before ``Each 
        recipient''; and
            (2) by inserting a new paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) In order to increase its capacity to provide 
        educational services to limited English proficient students, 
        each grant recipient may intensify instruction for limited 
        English proficient students by--
                    ``(A) expanding the educational calendar of the 
                school in which such student is enrolled to include 
                programs before and after school and during the summer 
                months; and
                    ``(B) providing intensified instruction through 
                supplementary instructional activities, including 
                educationally enriching extracurricular activities, 
                during times when school is not routinely in 
                session.''.

SEC. 210. EVALUATIONS UNDER SUBPART 1.

    Section 7123 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``every 2 years'' and 
        inserting ``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 2 years after redesignation;
                    ``(C) program implementation indicators that 
                provide information related to program management and 
                effectiveness, including--
                            ``(i) data on appropriateness of curriculum 
                        in relationship to course requirements;
                            ``(ii) appropriateness of program 
                        management;
                            ``(iii) appropriateness of staff 
                        professional development;
                            ``(iv) appropriateness of the language of 
                        instruction; and
                            ``(v) appropriateness of the assessment and 
                        accountability system;
                    ``(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 shall 
                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 gains, as defined in section 
1111(b)(3), 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.''.

SEC. 211. RESEARCH.

    Section 7132 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by--
                    (A) inserting the paragraph designation ``(1)'' 
                before ``The Secretary shall''; and
                    (B) inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(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;
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (2);
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by--
                            (i) striking ``(1) In general.--''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``under subpart 1 or 2'' 
                        and inserting ``under subpart 1, section 7124, 
                        or subpart 3''; and
                    (B) striking paragraph (2); and
            (4) by inserting a new subsection (e) as follows:
    ``(e) Data Collection.--The Secretary shall provide for the 
continuation of data collection on limited English proficient students 
as part of the data systems operated by the Department and shall 
publish on an annual basis a list of grantees under this title for 
public dissemination.''.

SEC. 212. STATE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 7134(c) 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.''.

SEC. 213. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH 
              WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.

    Section 7135 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7135. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH 
              WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.

    ``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.''.

SEC. 214. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 7136 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7136. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT.

    ``(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.''.

SEC. 215. PURPOSE OF SUBPART 3.

    Section 7141 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7141. PURPOSE.

    ``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.''.

SEC. 216. TRAINING FOR ALL TEACHERS PROGRAM.

    Section 7142 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 1 
        or more local educational agencies in consortium with 1 or more 
        State educational agencies, institutions of higher education, 
        or nonprofit organizations.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``five'' and 
                inserting ``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 this 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) implement professional development focused on 
                the appropriate use of multiple assessments, the 
                appropriate use of assessment results and how to 
                communicate such results to parents;
                    ``(I) develop education technology to enhance 
                professional development; and
                    ``(J) such other activities as are consistent with 
                the purpose of this section.''.

SEC. 217. BILINGUAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND PERSONNEL GRANTS.

    Section 7143 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 5 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 follows:
    ``(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.''.

SEC. 218. BILINGUAL EDUCATION CAREER LADDER PROGRAM.

    Section 7144 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:
    ``(b) In General.--
            ``(1)(A) The Secretary is authorized to award grants to 
        consortia of 1 or more institutions of higher education and 1 
        or more State educational agencies or local educational 
        agencies or community-based organizations 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, 
                prebaccalaureate 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 ``consortium''; and
                            (ii) at the end by inserting ``and'' after 
                        the semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``teachers; and'' 
                and inserting ``teachers.''; and
                    (C) by striking 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.''.

SEC. 219. GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    Section 7145(a) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``masters, doctoral, and 
        post-doctoral'' and inserting ``masters and doctoral'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).

SEC. 220. APPLICATIONS FOR AWARDS UNDER SUBPART 3.

    Section 7146 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 ``of such application 
                        copy'' and inserting ``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 ``this subpart'' 
                and inserting ``sections 7132, 7133, and 7134''.

SEC. 221. EVALUATIONS UNDER SUBPART 3.

    Section 7149 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7149. PROGRAM EVALUATIONS.

    ``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.''.

SEC. 222. MODEL PROGRAMS FOR PARENT INVOLVEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Part A of title VII is amended by inserting after 
subpart 3 the following:

           ``Subpart 4--Model Programs for Parent Involvement

``SEC. 7161. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to local educational agencies to develop and 
        implement model programs to--
                    ``(A) assist parents of limited English proficient 
                students in making informed educational decisions for 
                their children; and
                    ``(B) assist such parents in meeting their own 
                educational needs.
            ``(2) Eligible entities.--Entities eligible to apply for 
        grants under this subpart include consortia of--
                    ``(A) at least 1 community-based organization;
                    ``(B) at least 1 local educational agency; and
                    ``(C) other consortia members such as, but not 
                limited to, institutions of higher education, local or 
                state government entities, or other entities with 
                expertise in working with limited English proficient 
                adults.
            ``(3) Duration.--Each grant under paragraph (1) shall be 
        awarded for a period of 3 years.
    ``(b) Requirements.--
            ``(1) Grants for model programs to provide information to 
        parents.--In awarding grants under subparagraph (a)(1)(A), the 
        Secretary shall support programs that--
                    ``(A) provide parents with necessary information 
                that is easily understandable in the language of the 
                parent;
                    ``(B) provide necessary parent training to assist 
                parents in understanding the choices they have for 
                their children's education; and
                    ``(C) at a minimum, provide parents with the 
                following information--
                            ``(i) curriculum and any options available 
                        to their children regarding their program of 
                        study;
                            ``(ii) full disclosure of the purpose of 
                        assessments, their results, and the appropriate 
                        uses of assessment scores, as described by the 
                        publishers of the test; and
                            ``(iii) complete information about school 
                        policies and disciplinary procedures.
            ``(2) Grants to assist parents of limited english 
        proficient students with their educational needs.--In awarding 
        grants under subparagraph (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall 
        support programs that--
                    ``(A) provide parents of limited English proficient 
                students educational services, such as English as a 
                second language classes, literacy programs, 
                introduction to the education system, and civics 
                education; and
                    ``(B) provide information on their children's 
                educational programs and their rights to participate in 
                educational decisions involving their children.

``SEC. 7162. APPLICATIONS.

    ``Any consortia wishing to apply for a grant under this subpart 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
form, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary 
may require.

``SEC. 7163. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 
succeeding fiscal years to carry out this subpart, of which 50 percent 
shall be used for grants under section 7161(a)(1)(A), and 50 percent 
shall be available for grants under section 7161(a)(1)(B).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subpart 4 of title XII is redesignated 
as subpart 5.

SEC. 223. TRANSITION.

    Subpart 5 of part A of title VII (as redesignated by section 
222(b)) is amended to read as follows:

                        ``Subpart 5--Transition

``SEC. 7171. TRANSITION.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient of a 
grant under subpart 1 of part A of this title that is in its 3rd or 4th 
year of that grant on the day preceding the date of the enactment of 
the Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act shall be 
eligible to receive continuation funding under the terms and conditions 
of the original grant.''.

SEC. 224. FINDINGS OF EMERGENCY IMMIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM.

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

SEC. 225. STATE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    Section 7302 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''.

SEC. 226. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 7501 is amended by striking paragraph (15) and inserting 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.''.

SEC. 227. REGULATIONS, PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, AND USE OF 
              PARAPROFESSIONALS.

    Section 7502 is amended--
            (1) by 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 ``youth participating in'' and 
                        inserting ``youth who will participate in''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in the matter before clause 
                                (i), by striking ``goals of the 
                                bilingual education or special 
                                alternative instructional program'' and 
                                inserting ``goals of the program 
                                related to the education of children 
                                and youth with limited English 
                                proficiency''; and
                                    (II) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``results of the bilingual educational 
                                program and of the instructional 
                                alternatives'' and inserting ``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) by 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 the enactment of the Access to Excellence 
in Education for the 21st Century Act, except that paraprofessionals 
possessing a high school diploma may be used for the purposes of non-
instructional communication, if there are no other qualified personnel, 
as described in section 1119(c), who are able to provide such 
communication.''.

SEC. 228. TERMINOLOGY.

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

SEC. 229. REPEALS.

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

SEC. 230. REDESIGNATIONS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Part Redesignations.--Parts C, D, and E of title VII 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 
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, respectively.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 7111 is amended by striking ``7114, and 7115'' 
        and inserting ``and 7114''.
            (2) Section 7112(b)(1)(A), as redesignated by subsection 
        (b), is amended by striking ``section 7116'' and inserting 
        ``section 7115''.
            (3) Section 7113(b)(1)(A), as redesignated by subsection 
        (b), is amended by striking ``section 7116'' and inserting 
        ``section 7115''.
            (4) Section 7114(b)(1)(A), as redesignated by subsection 
        (b), is amended by striking ``section 7116'' and inserting 
        ``section 7115''.
            (5) Section 7115(g)(2), as redesignated by subsection (b), 
        is amended by striking ``section 7114 or 7115'' and inserting 
        ``section 7113 or 7114''.
            (6) Section 7135(a)(3), as redesignated by subsection (b), 
        is amended by striking ``section 7149'' and inserting ``section 
        7138''.
            (7) Section 7202 as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
        amended by striking ``section 7304'' and inserting ``section 
        7204''.
            (8) Section 7204, as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``section 
                7301(b)'' and inserting ``section 7201(b)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ``section 
                7307'' and inserting ``section 7207''.
            (9) Section 7205(a), as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``sections 7301 
                and 7307'' and inserting ``sections 7201 and 7207'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by--
                            (i) striking ``section 7304(e)'' and 
                        inserting ``sections 7204(e)''; and
                            (ii) striking ``section 7304(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``section 7204(b)(1)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (8), by striking ``section 7304'' 
                and inserting ``section 7204''.
            (10) Section 7206, as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 7305'' and 
                        inserting ``section 7205''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``section 7305'' and 
                        inserting ``section 7205''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``section 
                7305(a)(7)'' and inserting ``section 7205(a)(7)''.
            (11) Section 7305(d)(2), as redesignated by subsection (b), 
        is amended by striking ``section 7134'' and inserting ``section 
        7124''.

                     TITLE III--HIGH SCHOOL REFORM

SEC. 301. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) recent studies have shown that the quality and rigor of 
        the secondary school program of study is the most effective 
        predictor of success in postsecondary education;
            (2) Hispanic Americans students are more likely to be 
        enrolled in general programs in secondary schools and less 
        likely to be enrolled in academic or college preparatory 
        programs;
            (3) according to the Hispanic Dropout Project effective 
        schools--
                    (A) have high academic and behavioral standards for 
                their students;
                    (B) clearly communicate standards and provide 
                students with the necessary support and opportunities 
                to meet those standards;
                    (C) connect students to adults in meaningful ways;
                    (D) connect students to possible futures in college 
                and the workforce; and
                    (E) provide families with useful information about 
                how their children are doing and about their futures; 
                and
            (4) secondary schools should structure reforms to reflect 
        the characteristics of effective schools.

SEC. 302. HIGH SCHOOL REFORM.

    Title X is amended by inserting after part G the following:

                      ``PART H--HIGH SCHOOL REFORM

``SEC. 10801. PURPOSES.

    ``(a) 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.

``SEC. 10802. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    ``(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 3 years.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide assistance under 
this part to any high school under more than 1 grant.

``SEC. 10803. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(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 6 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.

``SEC. 10804. SELECTION OF GRANTEES.

    ``(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 1 High School.--In the case of a 
meritorious application that requests assistance for more than 1 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.

``SEC. 10805. PRINCIPLES AND COMPONENTS OF EDUCATIONAL REFORMS.

    ``(a) Principles.--Each grantee under this part shall ensure that 
the reforms it carries out under this part are designed so 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 6 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.

``SEC. 10806. PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

    ``(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.

``SEC. 10807. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``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 1 or more of the following:
            ``(1) Incentive awards.--
                    ``(A)(i) The Secretary shall select a random sample 
                of schools from each of the first 2 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 3 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 2 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 14701, to evaluate activities carried 
        out under this part.

``SEC. 10808. DEFINITION.

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

``SEC. 10809. 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 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.

        TITLE IV--DROPOUT PREVENTION AND STATE RESPONSIBILITIES

SEC. 401. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) Hispanic American students drop out of school at 3.5 
        times the rate of their white counterparts;
            (2) there are severe adverse personal and economic 
        consequences for youth that do not complete secondary school 
        including high unemployment rates and low wages; and
            (3) dropout prevention should be a national priority.

SEC. 402. DROPOUT PREVENTION.

    Part C of title V is amended to read as follows:

        ``PART C--ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL DROPOUT PROBLEMS

               ``Subpart 1--Coordinated National Strategy

``SEC. 5301. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) National Priority.--It shall be a national priority, for the 
5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Access to 
Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act, to lower the school 
dropout rate, and increase school completion, for middle school and 
secondary school students in accordance with Federal law. As part of 
this priority, all Federal agencies that carry out activities that 
serve students at risk of dropping out of school or that are intended 
to help address the school dropout problem shall make school dropout 
prevention a top priority in the agencies' funding priorities during 
the 5-year period.
    ``(b) Enhanced Data Collection.--The Secretary shall collect 
systematic data on the participation of different racial and ethnic 
groups (including migrant and limited English proficient students) in 
all Federal programs.

``SEC. 5302. NATIONAL SCHOOL DROPOUT PREVENTION STRATEGY.

    ``(a) Plan.--The Director shall develop, implement, and monitor an 
interagency plan (in this section referred to as the `plan') to assess 
the coordination, use of resources, and availability of funding under 
Federal law that can be used to address school dropout prevention, or 
middle school or secondary school reentry. The plan shall be completed 
and transmitted to the Secretary and Congress not later than 180 days 
after the first Director is appointed.
    ``(b) Coordination.--The plan shall address inter- and intra-agency 
program coordination issues at the Federal level with respect to school 
dropout prevention and middle school and secondary school reentry, 
assess the targeting of existing Federal services to students who are 
most at risk of dropping out of school, and the cost effectiveness of 
various programs and approaches used to address school dropout 
prevention.
    ``(c) Available Resources.--The plan shall also describe the ways 
in which State and local agencies can implement effective school 
dropout prevention programs using funds from a variety of Federal 
programs, including the programs under title I and the School-to-Work 
Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).
    ``(d) Scope.--The plan will address all Federal programs with 
school dropout prevention or school reentry elements or objectives, 
programs under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 et seq.), title I of 
this Act, the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 
et seq.), part B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 
U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C 2881 et seq.), and other programs.

``SEC. 5303. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.

    ``Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the 
Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st Century Act, the 
Director shall establish a national clearinghouse on effective school 
dropout prevention, intervention and reentry programs. The 
clearinghouse shall be established through a competitive grant or 
contract awarded to an organization with a demonstrated capacity to 
provide technical assistance and disseminate information in the area of 
school dropout prevention, intervention, and reentry programs. The 
clearinghouse shall--
            ``(1) collect and disseminate to educators, parents, and 
        policymakers information on research, effective programs, best 
        practices, and available Federal resources with respect to 
        school dropout prevention, intervention, and reentry programs, 
        including dissemination by an electronically accessible 
        database, a Worldwide Web site, and a national journal; and
            ``(2) provide technical assistance regarding securing 
        resources with respect to, and designing and implementing, 
        effective and comprehensive school dropout prevention, 
        intervention, and reentry programs.

``SEC. 5304. NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall carry out a national 
recognition program that recognizes schools that have made 
extraordinary progress in lowering school dropout rates under which a 
public middle school or secondary school from each State will be 
recognized. The Director shall use uniform national guidelines that are 
developed by the Director for the recognition program and shall 
recognize schools from nominations submitted by State educational 
agencies.
    ``(b) Eligible Schools.--The Director may recognize any public 
middle school or secondary school (including a charter school) that has 
implemented comprehensive reforms regarding the lowering of school 
dropout rates for all students at that school.
    ``(c) Support.--The Director may make monetary awards to schools 
recognized under this section, in amounts determined by the Director. 
Amounts received under this section shall be used for dissemination 
activities within the school district or nationally.

       ``Subpart 2--National School Dropout Prevention Initiative

``SEC. 5311. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress finds that, in order to lower dropout rates and raise 
academic achievement levels, improved and redesigned schools must--
            ``(1) challenge all children to attain their highest 
        academic potential; and
            ``(2) ensure that all students have substantial and ongoing 
        opportunities to--
                    ``(A) achieve high levels of academic and technical 
                skills;
                    ``(B) prepare for college and careers;
                    ``(C) learn by doing;
                    ``(D) work with teachers in small schools within 
                schools;
                    ``(E) receive ongoing support from adult mentors;
                    ``(F) access a wide variety of information about 
                careers and postsecondary education and training;
                    ``(G) use technology to enhance and motivate 
                learning; and
                    ``(H) benefit from strong links among middle 
                schools, secondary schools, and postsecondary 
                institutions.

``SEC. 5312. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Allotments to States.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the sum made available under 
        section 5332(b) for a fiscal year the Secretary shall make an 
        allotment to each State in an amount that bears the same 
        relation to the sum as the amount the State received under 
        title I for the preceding fiscal year bears to the amount 
        received by all States under such title for the preceding 
        fiscal year.
            ``(2) Definition of state.--In this subpart, the term 
        `State'' means each of the several States of the United States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and 
        the Republic of Palau.
    ``(b) Grants.--From amounts made available to a State under 
subsection (a), the State educational agency may award grants to public 
middle schools or secondary schools, that have school dropout rates 
which are in the highest 1/3 of all school dropout rates in the State, 
to enable the schools to pay only the startup and implementation costs 
of effective, sustainable, coordinated, and whole school dropout 
prevention programs that involve activities such as--
            ``(1) professional development;
            ``(2) obtaining curricular materials;
            ``(3) release time for professional staff;
            ``(4) planning and research;
            ``(5) remedial education;
            ``(6) reduction in pupil-to-teacher ratios;
            ``(7) efforts to meet State student achievement standards; 
        and
            ``(8) counseling for at-risk students.
    ``(c) Intent of Congress.--It is the intent of Congress that the 
activities started or implemented under subsection (a) shall be 
continued with funding provided under part A of title I.
    ``(d) Amount.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (d) and except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), a grant under this subpart shall be 
        awarded--
                    ``(A) in the first year that a school receives a 
                grant payment under this subpart, in an amount that is 
                not less than $50,000 and not more than $100,000, based 
                on factors such as--
                            ``(i) school size;
                            ``(ii) costs of the model being 
                        implemented; and
                            ``(iii) local cost factors such as poverty 
                        rates;
                    ``(B) in the second such year, in an amount that is 
                not less than 75 percent of the amount the school 
                received under this subpart in the first such year;
                    ``(C) in the 3d year, in an amount that is not less 
                than 50 percent of the amount the school received under 
                this subpart in the first such year; and
                    ``(D) in each succeeding year in an amount that is 
                not less than 30 percent of the amount the school 
                received under this subpart in the first such year.
            ``(2) Increases.--The Director shall increase the amount 
        awarded to a school under this subpart by 10 percent if the 
        school creates smaller learning communities within the school 
        and the creation is certified by the State educational agency.
    ``(e) Duration.--A grant under this subpart shall be awarded for a 
period of 3 years, and may be continued for a period of 2 additional 
years if the State educational agency determines, based on the annual 
reports described in section 5328(a), that significant progress has 
been made in lowering the school dropout rate for students 
participating in the program assisted under this subpart compared to 
students at similar schools who are not participating in the program.

``SEC. 5313. STRATEGIES AND ALLOWABLE MODELS.

    ``(a) Strategies.--Each school receiving a grant under this subpart 
shall implement research based, sustainable, and widely replicated, 
strategies for school dropout prevention and reentry that address the 
needs of an entire school population rather than a subset of students. 
The strategies may include--
            ``(1) specific strategies for targeted purposes; and
            ``(2) approaches such as breaking larger schools down into 
        smaller learning communities and other comprehensive reform 
        approaches, developing clear linkages to career skills and 
        employment, and addressing specific gatekeeper hurdles that 
        often limit student retention and academic success.
    ``(b) Allowable Models.--The Director shall annually establish and 
publish in the Federal Register the principles, criteria, models, and 
other parameters regarding the types of effective, proven program 
models that are allowed to be used under this subpart, based on 
existing research.
    ``(c) Capacity Building.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director, through a contract with a 
        non-Federal entity, shall conduct a capacity building and 
        design initiative in order to increase the types of proven 
        strategies for dropout prevention on a schoolwide level.
            ``(2) Number and duration.--
                    ``(A) Number.--The Director shall award not more 
                than 5 contracts under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Duration.--The Director shall award a 
                contract under this section for a period of not more 
                than 5 years.
    ``(d) Support for Existing Reform Networks.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director shall provide appropriate 
        support to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to 
        provide training, materials, development, and staff assistance 
        to schools assisted under this subpart.
            ``(2) Definition of eligible entity.--The term `eligible 
        entity' means an entity that, prior to the date of the 
        enactment of the Access to Excellence in Education for the 21st 
        Century Act--
                    ``(A) provided training, technical assistance, and 
                materials to 100 or more elementary schools or 
                secondary schools; and
                    ``(B) developed and published a specific 
                educational program or design for use by the schools.

``SEC. 5314. SELECTION OF SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) School Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each school desiring a grant under this 
        subpart shall submit an application to the State educational 
        agency at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the State educational agency may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall--
                    ``(A) contain a certification from the local 
                educational agency serving the school that--
                            ``(i) the school has the highest number or 
                        rates of school dropouts in the age group 
                        served by the local educational agency;
                            ``(ii) the local educational agency is 
                        committed to providing ongoing operational 
                        support, for the school's comprehensive reform 
                        plan to address the problem of school dropouts, 
                        for a period of 5 years; and
                            ``(iii) the local educational agency will 
                        support the plan, including--
                                    ``(I) release time for teacher 
                                training;
                                    ``(II) efforts to coordinate 
                                activities for feeder schools; and
                                    ``(III) encouraging other schools 
                                served by the local educational agency 
                                to participate in the plan;
                    ``(B) demonstrate that the faculty and 
                administration of the school have agreed to apply for 
                assistance under this subpart, and provide evidence of 
                the school's willingness and ability to use the funds 
                under this subpart, including providing an assurance of 
                the support of 80 percent or more of the professional 
                staff at the school;
                    ``(C) describe the instructional strategies to be 
                implemented, how the strategies will serve all 
                students, and the effectiveness of the strategies;
                    ``(D) describe a budget and timeline for 
                implementing the strategies;
                    ``(E) contain evidence of interaction with an 
                eligible entity described in section 5323(d)(2);
                    ``(F) contain evidence of coordination with 
                existing resources;
                    ``(G) provide an assurance that funds provided 
                under this subpart will supplement and not supplant 
                other Federal, State, and local funds;
                    ``(H) describe how the activities to be assisted 
                conform with an allowable model described in section 
                5323(b); and
                    ``(I) demonstrate that the school and local 
                educational agency have agreed to conduct a schoolwide 
                program under 1114.
    ``(b) State Agency Review and Award.--The State educational agency 
shall review applications and award grants to schools under subsection 
(a) according to a review by a panel of experts on school dropout 
prevention.
    ``(c) Criteria.--The Director shall establish clear and specific 
selection criteria for awarding grants to schools under this subpart. 
Such criteria shall be based on school dropout rates and other relevant 
factors for State educational agencies to use in determining the number 
of grants to award and the type of schools to be awarded grants.
    ``(d) Eligibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--A school is eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subpart if the school is--
                    ``(A) a public school--
                            ``(i) that is eligible to receive 
                        assistance under part A of title I, including a 
                        comprehensive secondary school, a vocational or 
                        technical secondary school, and a charter 
                        school; and
                            ``(ii)(I) that serves students 50 percent 
                        or more of whom are low-income individuals; or
                            ``(II) with respect to which the feeder 
                        schools that provide the majority of the 
                        incoming students to the school serve students 
                        50 percent or more of whom are low-income 
                        individuals; or
                    ``(B) is participating in a schoolwide program 
                under section 1114 during the grant period.
            ``(2) Other schools.--A private or parochial school, an 
        alternative school, or a school within a school, is not 
        eligible to receive a grant under this subpart, but an 
        alternative school or school within a school may be served 
        under this subpart as part of a whole school reform effort 
        within an entire school building.
    ``(e) Community-Based Organizations.--A school that receives a 
grant under this subpart may use the grant funds to secure necessary 
services from a community-based organization, including private sector 
entities, if--
            ``(1) the school approves the use;
            ``(2) the funds are used to provide school dropout 
        prevention and reentry activities related to schoolwide 
        efforts; and
            ``(3) the community-based organization has demonstrated the 
        organization's ability to provide effective services as 
        described in section 107(a) of the Job Training Partnership Act 
        (29 U.S.C. 1517(a)), or section 122 of the Workforce Investment 
        Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2842).
    ``(f) Coordination.--Each school that receives a grant under this 
subpart shall coordinate the activities assisted under this subpart 
with other Federal programs, such as programs assisted under chapter 1 
of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 et seq.) and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act 
of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).

``SEC. 5315. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES.

    ``Each school that receives a grant under this subpart shall 
provide information and technical assistance to other schools within 
the school district, including presentations, document sharing, and 
joint staff development.

``SEC. 5316. PROGRESS INCENTIVES.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each local 
educational agency that receives funds under title I shall use such 
funding to provide assistance to schools served by the agency that have 
not made progress toward lowering school dropout rates after receiving 
assistance under this subpart for 2 fiscal years.

``SEC. 5317. SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE CALCULATION.

    ``For purposes of calculating a school dropout rate under this 
subpart, a school shall use--
            ``(1) the annual event school dropout rate for students 
        leaving a school in a single year determined in accordance with 
        the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of 
        Data, if available; or
            ``(2) in other cases, a standard method for calculating the 
        school dropout rate as determined by the State educational 
        agency.

``SEC. 5318. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``(a) Reporting.--In order to receive funding under this subpart 
for a fiscal year after the first fiscal year a school receives funding 
under this subpart, the school shall provide, on an annual basis, to 
the Director a report regarding the status of the implementation of 
activities funded under this subpart, the disaggregated outcome data 
for students at schools assisted under this subpart such as dropout 
rates, and certification of progress from the eligible entity whose 
strategies the school is implementing.
    ``(b) Accountability.--On the basis of the reports submitted under 
subsection (a), the Director shall evaluate the effect of the 
activities assisted under this subpart on school dropout prevention 
compared to a control group.

``SEC. 5319. PROHIBITION ON TRACKING.

    ``(a) In General.--A school shall be ineligible to receive funding 
under this subpart for a fiscal year, if the school--
            ``(1) has in place a general education track;
            ``(2) provides courses with significantly different 
        material and requirements to students at the same grade level; 
        or
            ``(3) fails to encourage all students to take a core 
        curriculum of courses.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate regulations 
implementing subsection (a).

       ``Subpart 3--Definitions; Authorization of Appropriations

``SEC. 5321. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this Act:
            ``(1) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of 
        the Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion 
        established under section 220 of the General Education 
        Provisions Act.
            ``(2) Low-income.--The term `low-income', used with respect 
        to an individual, means an individual determined to be low-
        income in accordance with measures described in section 
        1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)).
            ``(3) School dropout.--The term `school dropout' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4(17) of the School-to-Work 
        Opportunities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 6103(17)).

``SEC. 5322. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Subpart 1.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out subpart 1, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(b) Subpart 2.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out subpart 2, $145,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, of which--
            ``(1) $125,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
        5312; and
            ``(2) $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
        5313.''.

SEC. 403. OFFICE OF DROPOUT PREVENTION AND PROGRAM COMPLETION.

    Title II of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 
3411) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 216 (as added by Public Law 
        103-227) as section 218; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 220. OFFICE OF DROPOUT PREVENTION AND PROGRAM COMPLETION.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There shall be in the Department of Education 
an Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the `Office'), to be administered by the 
Director of the Office of Dropout Prevention and Program Completion. 
The Director of the Office shall report directly to the Secretary and 
shall perform such additional functions as the Secretary may prescribe.
    ``(b) Duties.--The Director of the Office of Dropout Prevention and 
Program Completion (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
`Director'), through the Office, shall--
            ``(1) help coordinate Federal, State, and local efforts to 
        lower school dropout rates and increase program completion by 
        middle school, secondary school, and college students;
            ``(2) recommend Federal policies, objectives, and 
        priorities to lower school dropout rates and increase program 
        completion;
            ``(3) oversee the implementation of subpart 2 of part C of 
        title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965;
            ``(4) develop and implement the National School Dropout 
        Prevention Strategy under section 5302 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965;
            ``(5) annually prepare and submit to Congress and the 
        Secretary a national report describing efforts and recommended 
        actions regarding school dropout prevention and program 
        completion;
            ``(6) recommend action to the Secretary and the President, 
        as appropriate, regarding school dropout prevention and program 
        completion; and
            ``(7) consult with and assist State and local governments 
        regarding school dropout prevention and program completion.
    ``(c) Scope of Duties.--The scope of the Director's duties under 
subsection (b) shall include examination of all Federal and non-Federal 
efforts related to--
            ``(1) promoting program completion for children attending 
        middle school or secondary school;
            ``(2) programs to obtain a secondary school diploma or its 
        recognized equivalent (including general equivalency diploma 
        (GED) programs), or college degree programs; and
            ``(3) reentry programs for individuals aged 12 to 24 who 
        are out of school.
    ``(d) Detailing.--In carrying out the Director's duties under this 
section, the Director may request the head of any Federal department or 
agency to detail personnel who are engaged in school dropout prevention 
activities to another Federal department or agency in order to 
implement the National School Dropout Prevention Strategy.''.

SEC. 404. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

    Title XIV is amended by adding at the end the following:

                      ``PART I--DROPOUT PREVENTION

``SEC. 14851. DROPOUT PREVENTION.

    ``In order to receive any assistance under this Act, a State 
educational agency shall comply with the following provisions regarding 
school dropouts:
            ``(1) Uniform data collection.--Within 1 year after the 
        date of the enactment of the Access to Excellence in Education 
        for the 21st Century Act, a State educational agency shall 
        report to the Secretary and statewide, all school district and 
        school data regarding school dropout rates in the State, and 
        demographic breakdowns, according to procedures that conform 
        with the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core 
        of Data.
            ``(2) Attendance neutral funding policies.--Within 2 years 
        after the date of the enactment of the Access to Excellence in 
        Education for the 21st Century Act, a State educational agency 
        shall develop and implement education funding formula policies 
        for public schools that provide appropriate incentives to 
        retain students in school throughout the school year, such as--
                    ``(A) a student count methodology that does not 
                determine annual budgets based on attendance on a 
                single day early in the academic year; and
                    ``(B) specific incentives for retaining enrolled 
                students throughout each year.
            ``(3) Suspension and expulsion policies.--Within 2 years 
        after the date of the enactment of the Access to Excellence in 
        Education for the 21st Century Act, a State educational agency 
        shall develop uniform, long-term suspension and expulsion 
        policies for serious infractions resulting in more than 10 days 
        of exclusion from school per academic year so that similar 
        violations result in similar penalties.''.
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