[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 4346 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4346

  To modernize public schools, reduce class sizes, increase access to 
    technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality and 
strengthen accountability for academic results, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To modernize public schools, reduce class sizes, increase access to 
    technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality and 
strengthen accountability for academic results, 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; REFERENCE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and 
Successful Schools 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 title, chapter, part, subpart, section, 
subsection, or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a title, chapter, part, subpart, section, subsection, or other 
provision of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

SEC. 2. STATE MEASURES.

    (a) Basic Program.--Section 1111(b)(8) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) what specific steps the State educational 
                agency will take to assist schools and local 
                educational agencies that receive funds under this part 
                to ensure that all students enrolled in such schools 
                and local educational agencies reach, at a minimum, the 
                proficient level of performance;''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) the actions the State will take to ensure 
                that critical education services and resources are 
                available in local educational agencies that receive 
                funds under this part to the extent that such services 
                are available in local educational agencies that do not 
                receive funds under this part;
                    ``(D) whether services in local educational 
                agencies that receive funds under this part are of 
                comparable quality to the services in local educational 
                agencies that do not receive funds under this part;
                    ``(E) at a minimum--
                            ``(i) the rates at which class sections are 
                        taught by experienced and fully qualified 
                        teachers in local educational agencies 
                        receiving funds under this part, compared to 
                        local educational agencies not receiving funds 
                        under this part;
                            ``(ii) curriculum, in terms of both the 
                        range of courses offered, and the opportunity 
                        to participate in rigorous courses, including 
                        advanced placement (AP) courses in local 
                        educational agencies receiving funds under this 
                        part, compared to local educational agencies 
                        not receiving funds under this part; and
                            ``(iii) the quality and availability of 
                        instructional materials and instructional 
                        resources including technology in local 
                        educational agencies receiving funds under this 
                        part, compared to local educational agencies 
                        not receiving funds under this part; and
                    ``(F) the measures that the State educational 
                agency will use annually to measure and publicly report 
                progress regarding clauses (i) through (iii) of 
                subparagraph (E).''.
    (b) Requirements.--Section 1120A(c)(2) of the Act is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(2) Criteria for meeting comparability requirement.--'';
                    ``(A) Approval.--To meet the requirement of 
                paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall obtain 
                the State educational agency's approval of a 
                comprehensive plan to ensure comparability in the use 
                of State and local funds and educational services among 
                its schools receiving funds under this part and its 
                other schools with respect to:
                            ``(i) the rates at which class sections are 
                        taught by experienced and fully qualified 
                        teachers;
                            ``(ii) curriculum, in terms of both the 
                        range of courses offered, and the opportunity 
                        to participate in rigorous courses including 
                        advanced placement (AP) courses; and
                            ``(iii) the quality and availability of 
                        instructional materials and instructional 
                        resources including technology.''
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--A local educational agency need 
                not include unpredictable changes in student enrollment 
                or personnel assignments that occur after the beginning 
                of a school year in determining comparability of 
                services under this subsection.
                    ``(C) Requirements.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
                (A), a local educational agency may continue to meet 
                the requirement of paragraph (1) by complying with 
                subparagraph (A) as such subparagraph was in effect on 
                the day preceding the date of enactment of the Safe and 
                Successful Schools Act, except that each local 
                educational agency shall be required to comply with 
                subparagraph (A), as amended by such Act not later than 
                July 1, 2002.''; and
    (c) Records.--Section 1120A(b)(3)(B) of the Act is amended by 
striking ``biennially'' and inserting ``annually''.

SEC. 3. READING AND LITERACY.

    Section 2260 of the Act is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 each of the 4 subsequent fiscal 
years to carry out this part''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c).

SEC. 4. TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION.

    Title III of the Act is amended to read as follows:

                 ``TITLE III--TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION

``SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This title may be cited as the `Technology for Education Act'.

``SEC. 3002. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) technology can--
                    ``(A) support education improvement efforts by 
                expanding available resources and reshaping 
                instruction, teaching, and learning environments; and
                    ``(B) when used effectively and aligned with 
                challenging State academic content and performance 
                standards, support teacher capacity to create 
                classrooms where students develop higher-order thinking 
                and information technology skills;
            ``(2) the cost of processing storing, and transmitting 
        information continues to plummet, making new advances in 
        computer and telecommunications technology more available to 
        schools;
            ``(3) by providing students with a rapidly expanding 
        educational resource base, and a unique means of developing 
        content knowledge, improvements in software and other 
        technology applications (such as high-quality video, voice 
        recognition, modeling and simulation, and intelligent tutoring 
        and virtual reality tools), have increased student 
        opportunities for meaningful exploration and discovery;
            ``(4) the Federal Government--
                    ``(A) has played an integral role in expanding and 
                improving access to technology as an important tool for 
                teaching and learning; and
                    ``(B) can continue to serve as a catalyst in 
                bringing effective uses for education technology to the 
                classroom by providing support for--
                            ``(i) access to technology;
                            ``(ii) the development of educational 
                        software and web-based learning resources; and
                            ``(iii) sustained and intensive, high-
                        quality professional development that is 
                        aligned with challenging State academic content 
                        and performance standards;
            ``(5) professional development programs for prospective 
        teachers and current teachers should be refocused to strengthen 
        the ability of such teachers to integrate technology across the 
        curriculum;
            ``(6) policies at the Federal, State, and local levels 
        concerning technology in education must address disparities in 
        the availability of technology to different groups of students, 
        give priority to serving students in greatest need, and 
        recognize that educational telecommunications and technology 
        can address educational equalization concerns and school 
        restructuring needs by providing universal access to high-
        quality teaching and programs, particularly in urban and rural 
        areas;
            ``(7) technology can enhance the ongoing professional 
        development of teachers and administrators by providing 
        constant access to updated research in teaching and learning by 
        means of telecommunications, and, through exposure to 
        technology advancements, keep teachers and administrators 
        excited and knowledgeable about unfolding opportunities for the 
        classroom;
            ``(8) schools need new ways of financing the acquisition, 
        maintenance, and on-going support of educational technology;
            ``(9) technology can provide students, parents, teachers, 
        other education professionals, communities, and industry with 
        increased opportunities for partnerships and with increased 
        access to information, instruction, and educational services in 
        schools and other settings, including homes, libraries, 
        preschool and child-care facilities, adult and family education 
        programs, and postsecondary institutions;
            ``(10) poor children are less likely than their wealthier 
        peers to have access to a computer at home, and to attend a 
        school in which teachers use technology to develop technical 
        and higher-order thinking skills;
            ``(11) Federal support can ease the burden at the State and 
        local levels by enabling the acquisition of advanced technology 
        and initiating the development of teacher training and support 
        as well as new educational products;
            ``(12) public schools have made significant progress toward 
        meeting the goal of connecting every school to the Internet, 
        with the percentage of schools that are connected to the 
        Internet increasing from 35 percent in 1994 to 89 percent in 
        1998 and nearly doubling between 1997 and 1998, but a gap 
        continues to exist between wealthy and poor schools in the 
        extent to which classrooms are connected to the Internet and 
        the manner in which technology is used to support instruction;
            ``(13) the rapidly changing nature of technology, among 
        other factors, requires the Department to maintain a leadership 
        role in developing a national vision and strategies for 
        bringing effective technology applications and practices to all 
        classrooms and all educational programs through such activities 
        as--
                    ``(A) developing and carrying out a strategy for an 
                ongoing evaluation of existing and anticipated future 
                uses of educational technology to better inform the 
                Federal role in supporting the use of educational 
                technology, stimulate reform and innovation in teaching 
                and learning with technology, and further the 
                development of advanced technology;
                    ``(B) evaluating and assessing technology programs;
                    ``(C) disseminating information;
                    ``(D) coordinating with public and private 
                partnerships; and
                    ``(E) convening expert panels to identify effective 
                uses of educational technology;
            ``(14) technology has the potential to assist and support 
        the improvement of teaching and learning in schools and other 
        settings;
            ``(15) because girls of all ethnicities consistently rate 
        themselves significantly lower than boys on computer ability, 
        and are less likely to experiment with technology and enroll in 
        advanced computer science courses, the Federal Government 
        should encourage States, local educational agencies, and 
        teachers to consider the needs of girls and women to obtain 
        technical proficiency and expose girls and women to careers in 
        technology, so that they can compete in an increasingly 
        technological society;
            ``(16) the Federal Government should support efforts to 
        ensure the accessibility of all educational technology, not 
        just assistive technology, to students with disabilities 
        through strategies such as universal design;
            ``(17) although 25 States have some requirement for 
        computer education for teacher licensure, only two States 
        require teacher candidates to show that they can use 
        technology, and only three States require participation in 
        technology training, as a prerequisite for license renewal; and
            ``(18) according to a 1998 National Center for Education 
        Statistics survey, only 20 percent of full-time K-12 teachers 
        feel fully prepared to integrate technology into classroom 
        instruction.

``SEC. 3003. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

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

``SEC. 3004. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title--
            ``(1) the term `adult education' has the same meaning given 
        such term by section 203 of the Adult Education and Family 
        Literacy Act;
            ``(2) the term `all students' means students from a broad 
        range of backgrounds and circumstances, including disadvantaged 
        students, students with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural 
        backgrounds, students with disabilities, students with limited 
        English proficiency, students who have dropped out of school, 
        and academically talented students;
            ``(3) the term `information infrastructure' means a network 
        of communication systems designed to exchange information among 
        all citizens and residents of the United States;
            ``(4) the term `instructional programming' means the full 
        range of audio and video data, text, graphics, or additional 
        state-of-the-art communications, including multimedia based 
        resources distributed through interactive, command and control, 
        or passive methods for the purpose of education and 
        instruction;
            ``(5) the term `interoperable' means the ability to 
        exchange easily data with, and connect to, other hardware and 
        software in order to provide the greatest accessibility for all 
        students and other users;
            ``(6) the term `public telecommunications entity' has the 
        same meaning given to such term by section 397(12) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934;
            ``(7) the term `regional educational laboratory' means a 
        regional educational laboratory supported under section 941(h) 
        of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
        Improvement Act of 1994;
            ``(8) the term `State educational agency' includes the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs for purposes of serving schools funded 
        by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in accordance with this part;
            ``(9) the term `State library administrative agency' has 
        the same meaning given to such term in section 213 of the 
        Library Services and Technology Act; and
            ``(10) the term `technology' means state-of-the-art 
        technology products and services, such as closed circuit 
        television systems, educational television and radio programs 
        and services, cable television, satellite, copper and fiber 
        optic transmission, computer hardware and software, video and 
        audio laser and CD-ROM discs, and video and audio tapes.

``SEC. 3005. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Part A--National Long-Range Technology Plan and Activities.--
There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding 
fiscal years to carry out part A.
    ``(b) Part B--State and Local Program for School Technology 
Resources.--
            (1) Technology Literacy Challenge Fund.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 
        and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four 
        succeeding fiscal years to carry out subpart 1 of part B.
            ``(2) Subpart 2--next generation technology innovation 
        awards.--There are authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
        of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out subpart 2 of 
        part B.
    ``(c) Part C--Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology.--
There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding 
fiscal years to carry out part C.
    ``(d) Part D--Getting Our Girls Ready for the 21st Century act (go-
girl act).--There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 
succeeding fiscal years to carry out part D.
    ``(e) Part E--Library Resources.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and 
each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out part E.
    ``(f) Part F--Special Projects of National Significance.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years 
        to carry out subpart 1 of part F;
            ``(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years 
        to carry out subpart 2 of part F;
            ``(3) $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years 
        to carry out subpart 3 of part F;
            ``(4) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years 
        to carry out subpart 4 of part F; and
            ``(5) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may 
        be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to 
        carry out subpart 5 of part F.

      ``PART A--NATIONAL LONG-RANGE TECHNOLOGY PLAN AND ACTIVITIES

``SEC. 3111. NATIONAL LONG-RANGE TECHNOLOGY PLAN.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall update, not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of the Safe and Successful 
Schools Act, and update subsequently when the Secretary determines 
appropriate, the national long-range plan that supports the overall 
national technology policy and carries out the purposes of this part. 
The Secretary shall disseminate such plan to State educational 
agencies, local educational agencies, the public, and other interested 
parties.
    ``(b) Plan Requirements.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) update the national long-range plan in consultation 
        with other Federal departments or agencies, State and local 
        education practitioners and policymakers, experts in technology 
        and the applications of technology to education, 
        representatives of distance learning consortia, and providers 
        of technology services and products;
            ``(2) transmit such plan to the President and to the 
        appropriate committees of the Congress; and
            ``(3) publish such plan in a form that is readily 
        accessible to the public.
    ``(c) Contents of the Plan.--The national long-range plan shall 
describe the Secretary's activities to promote the purpose of this 
title, including--
            ``(1) how the Secretary will encourage the effective use of 
        technology to provide all students the opportunity to achieve 
        State content standards and State student performance 
        standards, especially through programs administered by the 
        Department;
            ``(2) joint activities in support of the overall national 
        technology policy with other Federal departments or agencies, 
        such as the White House Office of Science and Technology 
        Policy, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National 
        Endowment for the Arts, the National Institute for Literacy, 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 
        Science Foundation, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the 
        Departments of Commerce, Energy, Health and Human Services, and 
        Labor--
                    ``(A) to promote the use of technology in 
                education, training, and lifelong learning, including 
                plans for the educational uses of a national 
                information infrastructure; and
                    ``(B) to ensure that the policies and programs of 
                such departments or agencies facilitate the use of 
                technology for educational purposes, to the extent 
                feasible;
            ``(3) how the Secretary will work with educators, State and 
        local educational agencies, parents, and appropriate 
        representatives of the private sector to facilitate the 
        effective use of technology in education;
            ``(4) how the Secretary will promote--
                    ``(A) higher achievement of all students through 
                the integration of technology into the curriculum;
                    ``(B) increased access to the benefits of 
                technology for teaching and learning for schools with 
                high numbers or percentages of children from low-income 
                families;
                    ``(C) the use of technology to assist in the 
                implementation of State systemic reform strategies;
                    ``(D) the application of technological advances to 
                uses in education;
                    ``(E) increased access to high-quality adult and 
                family education services through the use of technology 
                for instruction and professional development;
                    ``(F) increased opportunities for the professional 
                development of teachers in the use of new technologies; 
                and
                    ``(G) increased parental involvement in schools 
                through the use of technology;
            ``(5) how the Secretary will determine, in consultation 
        with appropriate individuals, organizations, industries, and 
        agencies, the feasibility and desirability of establishing 
        guidelines to facilitate an easy exchange of data and the 
        effective use of technology in education;
            ``(6) how the Secretary will promote the exchange of 
        information among States, local educational agencies, schools, 
        consortia, and other entities concerning the effective use of 
        technology in education;
            ``(7) how the Secretary will utilize the outcomes of the 
        evaluation undertaken pursuant to section 3113 to promote the 
        purpose of this part; and
            ``(8) the Secretary's long-range measurable goals and 
        objectives relating to the purpose of this part.

``SEC. 3112. FEDERAL LEADERSHIP.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--In order to provide Federal leadership 
in promoting the use of technology in education, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the National Science Foundation, the Department of 
Commerce, the White House Office of Science and Technology, and other 
appropriate Federal agencies, may carry out activities designed to 
achieve the purpose of this part directly or by awarding grants or 
contracts competitively and pursuant to a peer review process to, or 
entering into contracts with, State educational agencies, local 
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or other public 
and private nonprofit or for-profit agencies or organizations.
    ``(b) Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide assistance 
        to the States to enable such States to plan effectively for the 
        use of technology in all schools throughout the State.
            ``(2) Other federal agencies.--For the purpose of carrying 
        out coordinated or joint activities consistent with the purpose 
        of this part, the Secretary may accept funds from, and transfer 
        funds to, other Federal agencies.
    ``(c) Uses of Funds.--The Secretary shall use funds made available 
to carry out this section for activities designed to carry out the 
purpose of this part, such as--
            ``(1) providing development grants to technical assistance 
        providers, to enable such providers to improve substantially 
        the services such providers offer to educators on the 
        educational uses of technology, including professional 
        development;
            ``(2) consulting with representatives of industry, 
        elementary and secondary education, higher education, adult and 
        family education, and appropriate experts in technology and 
        educational applications of technology in carrying out 
        activities under this title;
            ``(3) the development of a national repository of 
        information on the effective uses of educational technology, 
        including its use for sustained and intensive, high-quality 
        professional development, and the nationwide dissemination of 
        that information;
            ``(4) research on, and the development of, applications for 
        education of the most advanced and newly emerging technologies 
        and such research shall be coordinated, when appropriate, with 
        the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and other 
        Federal agencies;
            ``(5) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of the 
        educational aspects of high performance computing and 
        communications technologies and of the national information 
        infrastructure, in providing professional development for 
        teachers, school librarians, and other educators; enriching 
        academic curricula for elementary and secondary schools; 
        facilitating communications among schools, local educational 
        agencies, libraries, parents, and local communities and in 
        other such areas as the Secretary deems appropriate;
            ``(6) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of 
        applications of technology and innovative tools in preschool 
        education, elementary and secondary education, vocational and 
        professional training and lifelong learning, and professional 
        development of educational personnel;
            ``(7) the development and evaluation of software and other 
        products, including multimedia television programming, that 
        incorporate advances in technology and help achieve America's 
        Education Goals, State content standards and State student 
        performance standards;
            ``(8) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of 
        model strategies for preparing teachers and other personnel to 
        use technology effectively to improve teaching and learning;
            ``(9) the development of model programs that demonstrate 
        the educational effectiveness of technology in urban and rural 
        areas and economically distressed communities;
            ``(10) research on, and the evaluation of, the 
        effectiveness and benefits of technology in education;
            ``(11) a biennial assessment of, and report to the public 
        regarding, the uses of technology in elementary and secondary 
        education throughout the United States upon which private 
        businesses and Federal, State, tribal, and local governments 
        may rely for decisionmaking about the need for, and provision 
        of, appropriate technologies in schools, and such assessment 
        and report shall use, to the extent possible, existing 
        information and resources;
            ``(12) conferences on, and dissemination of information 
        regarding, the uses of technology in education;
            ``(13) the development of model strategies to promote 
        gender equity concerning access to, and the use of, technology 
        in the classroom;
            ``(14) encouraging collaboration between the Department and 
        other Federal agencies in the development, implementation, 
        evaluation and funding of applications of technology for 
        education, as appropriate;
            ``(15) the development, demonstration, and evaluation of 
        model technology programs designed to improve parental 
        involvement;
            ``(16) other activities the Secretary determines will meet 
        the purpose of this title; and
            ``(17) programs which provide laptop computers to children 
        in grades 3 through 12 in schools in low-income areas that 
        provide ongoing training for teachers, parents, and children in 
        hardware and software use.
    ``(d) Non-Federal Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
        Secretary may require any recipient of a grant or contract 
        under this section to share in the cost of the activities 
        assisted under such grant or contract, and such non-Federal 
        share shall be announced through a notice in the Federal 
        Register and may be in the form of cash or in-kind 
        contributions, fairly valued.
            ``(2) Increase.--The Secretary may increase the non-Federal 
        share that is required of a recipient of a grant or contract 
        under this section after the first year such recipient receives 
        funds under such grant or contract.
            ``(3) Maximum.--The non-Federal share required under this 
        section shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
        activities assisted pursuant to a grant or contract under this 
        section.

``SEC. 3113. NATIONAL EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

            ``(1) In general.--In order to support the use of 
        educational technology, stimulate reform and innovation in 
        teaching and learning with technology, and enhance the 
        development of more advanced and new types and applications of 
        such technology, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) develop, within 12 months of the date of 
                enactment of the Safe and Successful Schools Act, a 
                strategy for an ongoing evaluation of existing and 
                anticipated future uses of educational technology; and
                    ``(B) carry out such an evaluation.
            ``(2) Activities authorized.--From the funds provided under 
        3005(a), the Secretary may--
                    ``(A) conduct long-term controlled studies on the 
                effectiveness of the uses of educational technology;
                    ``(B) convene panels of experts to--
                            ``(i) identify uses of educational 
                        technology that hold the greatest promise for 
                        improving teaching and learning;
                            ``(ii) assist the Secretary with the review 
                        and assessment of the progress and 
                        effectiveness of projects that are funded under 
                        this title; and
                            ``(iii) identify barriers to the commercial 
                        development of effective, high-quality, cost-
                        competitive educational technology and 
                        software;
                    ``(C) conduct evaluations and applied research 
                studies that examine--
                            ``(i) how students learn using educational 
                        technology, whether singularly or in groups, 
                        and across age groups, student populations 
                        (including students with special needs, such as 
                        students with limited English proficiency and 
                        students with disabilities) and settings; and
                            ``(ii) the characteristics of classrooms 
                        and other educational settings that use 
                        educational technology effectively;
                    ``(D) collaborate with other Federal agencies that 
                support research on, and evaluation of, the use of 
                network technology in educational settings; and
                    ``(E) carry out such other activities as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate.

   ``PART B--STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES

``SEC. 3201. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this part to increase the capacity of State 
and local educational agencies to improve student achievement through 
the use and application of technology, particularly that of students in 
high-poverty, low-performing schools, and the ability of teachers to 
integrate technology across the curriculum, by supporting State and 
local efforts that--
            ``(1) make effective use of new technologies and technology 
        applications, networks, and electronic learning resources;
            ``(2) utilize research-based teaching practices that are 
        linked to advanced technologies;
            ``(3) promote sustained and intensive, high-quality 
        professional development that enables teachers to help students 
        achieve to challenging State content standards and assessments 
        in core academic subjects through the integration of 
        educational technology into instruction;
            ``(4) disseminate information to local educational agencies 
        and schools about technology and applications, including 
        software, that are aligned to challenging State content 
        standards in core academic subjects; and
            ``(5) develop standards and performance indicators for 
        students and teachers on the effective use and integration of 
        education technology into the core academic curriculum and 
        methods for measuring program outcomes against indicators.

            ``Subpart 1--Technology Literacy Challenge Fund

``SEC. 3211. ALLOTMENT AND REALLOTMENT.

    ``(a) Allotment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        each State educational agency shall be eligible to receive a 
        grant under this subpart for a fiscal year in an amount which 
        bears the same relationship to the amount made available under 
        section 3005(b)(1) for such year as the amount such State 
        received under part A of title I for such year bears to the 
        amount received for such year under such part by all States.
            ``(2) Minimum.--No State educational agency (including for 
        purposes of this subpart, the Bureau of Indian Affairs) shall 
        be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1) in any 
        fiscal year in an amount which is less than \1/2\ of 1 percent 
        of the amount made available under section 3005(b)(1) for such 
        year, except that this minimum shall apply to the aggregate of 
        grants received under this subpart by the outlying areas for a 
        fiscal year.
    ``(b) Reallotment of Unused Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of any State educational 
        agency's allotment under subsection (a) for any fiscal year 
        which the Secretary determines will not be required for such 
        fiscal year to carry out this subpart shall be available for 
        reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such year 
        as the Secretary may determine, to other State educational 
        agencies in proportion to the original allotments to such State 
        educational agencies under subsection (a) for such year, but 
        with such proportionate amount for any of such other State 
        educational agencies being reduced to the extent such amount 
        exceeds the sum the Secretary estimates such State needs and 
        will be able to use for such year.
            ``(2) Other reallotments.--The total of reductions under 
        paragraph (1) shall be similarly reallotted among the State 
        educational agencies whose proportionate amounts were not so 
        reduced.

``SEC. 3212. GRANT AWARDS.

    ``(a) Grants to States.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts made available under 
        section 3211, the Secretary, through the Office of Educational 
        Technology, shall award grants to State educational agencies 
        having applications approved under section 3213.
            ``(2) Use of grants.--
                    ``(A) Each State educational agency that receives a 
                grant under paragraph (1) shall use--
                            ``(i) not less than 95 percent of the grant 
                        funds to award, on a competitive basis, 
                        subgrants to eligible local applicants, as 
                        defined in section 3216(1), for use in creating 
                        learning environments designed to prepare all 
                        students, including students with disabilities 
                        or limited English proficiency, to achieve to 
                        challenging State academic content and 
                        performance standards through the use of 
                        research-based teaching practices, integration 
                        of technology into the curriculum and advanced 
                        technologies for activities described in 
                        section 3214; and
                            ``(ii) subject to subparagraph (C), the 
                        remainder of the grant funds for administrative 
                        costs and technical assistance, and the 
                        development and updating of the State 
                        technology plan.
                    ``(B) In awarding grants under subparagraph (A)(i), 
                each State educational agency shall--
                            ``(i) ensure that each such grant is of 
                        sufficient duration, and of sufficient size, 
                        scope, and quality, to carry out the purposes 
                        of this part effectively; and
                            ``(ii) shall give priority to an eligible 
                        local applicant that is a partnership that 
                        meets the requirements of section 3216(1)(B).
                    ``(C) From funds described in subparagraph (A)(i), 
                a State educational agency may use not more than 2 
                percent of the grant funds received by that agency 
                under this subpart to provide planning subgrants to 
                eligible local applicants in order to assist them to 
                develop strategic long-term local technology plans that 
                shall be included in the application for a subgrant 
                under section 3215.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--Each State educational agency 
receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) identify the local educational agencies in the State 
        educational agency that--
                    ``(A) have the highest number or percentage of 
                children in poverty; and
                    ``(B) demonstrate to such State educational agency 
                the greatest need for technical assistance in 
                developing the application under section 3215; and
            ``(2) offer technical assistance to such local educational 
        agencies in--
                    ``(A) developing applications under section 3215;
                    ``(B) forming partnerships among the entities 
                described in section 3216(1)(B); and
                    ``(C) meeting the standards and performance 
                indicators as described in section 3213(a)(5).

``SEC. 3213. STATE APPLICATION.

    ``(a) To receive funds under this subpart, each State educational 
agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require. As part of its application, a State educational 
agency shall submit a new or updated statewide educational technology 
plan. The plan shall demonstrate how it will be coordinated with and 
support the State plan or policies for comprehensive standards-based 
education reform, and shall describe--
            ``(1) the State educational agency's long-term strategies 
        for financing educational technology in the State, including 
        how the State educational agency will use other sources of 
        Federal and non-Federal funds, including the E-rate, for this 
        purpose;
            ``(2) the State educational agency's criteria for 
        identifying local educational agencies under section 3216(1)(A) 
        and how the State educational agency will report to the public 
        the criteria to be used and the outcome of the competition 
        under section 3212(a)(2)(A)(i);
            ``(3) the State educational agency's specific goals for 
        using advanced technologies to improve student achievement to 
        challenging State academic content and performance standards 
        by--
                    ``(A) using web-based resources and 
                telecommunications networks to provide challenging 
                content and improve classroom instruction;
                    ``(B) using research-based teaching practices and 
                models of effective uses of advanced technology to 
                promote basic skills in core academic areas and higher-
                order thinking skills in all students; and
                    ``(C) promoting sustained and intensive high-
                quality professional development that increases teacher 
                capacity to enable students to learn to challenging 
                State content and performance standards and develop 
                higher-order thinking skills through the integration of 
                technology into instruction;
            ``(4) the strategy of the State educational agency for 
        disseminating information, or arranging for other qualified 
        entities with the appropriate experience to provide technical 
        assistance, regarding software and other technology 
        applications that are aligned to the content standards in core 
        academic subjects of the States;
            ``(5) the State educational agency's performance indicators 
        for each of the strategies and goals described in paragraphs 
        (1) and (3) and included in its plan, baseline performance data 
        for the indicators, a timeline for achieving the goals, and 
        interim measures of success toward achieving the goals;
            ``(6) how the State educational agency will ensure that 
        grants to eligible local applicants are of sufficient size, 
        scope, and quality to meet the purposes of this subpart 
        effectively;
            ``(7) how the State educational agency will provide 
        technical assistance to eligible local applicants, and its 
        capacity for providing such assistance;
            ``(8) how the State educational agency will ensure that 
        educational technology is accessible to, and usable by all 
        students, including students with special needs, such as 
        students who have disabilities or limited English proficiency;
            ``(9) how the State educational agency will ensure the 
        ongoing integration of technology across the curriculum used by 
        its local educational agencies and schools in all such schools 
        in the State by September 30, 2005; and
            ``(10) how the State educational agency will evaluate its 
        activities under the plan as it relates to its specific goals 
        as described in paragraph (3), including its impact on student 
        achievement for all students, and the ability of teachers to 
        integrate technology into the core academic curriculum.
    ``(b) Approval of State Educational Agency Application.--The 
Secretary shall review the application of a State educational agency 
for assistance under this subpart and shall approve the application, 
unless the Secretary makes a determination in writing that such 
application does not meet the specific requirements of this subpart or 
does not show reasonable promise of achieving its goals.

``SEC. 3214. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.

    ``Each eligible local applicant, having an approved application 
under section 3215, shall, consistent with such application, use funds 
made available under section 3212(a)(2)(A)(i) for 1 or more of the 
following activities:
            ``(1)(A) Adapting or expanding existing and new 
        applications of technology to enable teachers to help students 
        to achieve to challenging State academic content and student 
        performance standards through the use of research-based 
        teaching practices and advanced technologies; and
            ``(B) integrating technology across the curriculum.
            ``(2) Providing sustained and intensive, high-quality 
        professional development in the integration of advanced 
        technologies across the curriculum and in using those 
        technologies to create enriching learning environments, 
        including training in the use of technology to access data and 
        resources to develop curricula and instructional materials that 
        are aligned to the challenging State academic content standards 
        in core academic subjects.
            ``(3) Enabling teachers to use the Internet to communicate 
        with other teachers, parents, and students, and retrieve web-
        based learning resources.
            ``(4) Using technology to enable teachers and 
        administrators to collect manage, and analyze data to identify 
        strengths and weaknesses in academic, performance to improve 
        school reform efforts.
            ``(5) Acquiring wireless telecommunications, hand-held 
        devices, modeling or simulation tools, distance learning 
        networks, and other advanced technologies with classroom 
        applications.
            ``(6) Acquiring proven and effective technology-based 
        curricular programs that will help students to achieve to 
        challenging State academic content and student performance 
        standards, including programs that enable family and parental 
        access to advanced telecommunications, and support 
        communications between families, parents and schools.
            ``(7) Acquiring proven and effective curricula that 
        includes integrated technology and are designed to help 
        students achieve to challenging State academic content and 
        student performance standards.
            ``(8) Acquiring wiring and access to advanced 
        telecommunications.
            ``(9) Using web-based learning resources, including those 
        that provide access to challenging courses such as Advanced 
        Placement courses.
            ``(10) Assisting schools to use technology to promote 
        parent and family involvement, and support communications 
        between family and school.
            ``(11) Utilizing technology to develop or expand efforts to 
        connect schools and teachers with parents to promote meaningful 
        parental involvement and foster increased communication about 
        curriculum, assignments, and assessments.
            ``(12) Providing support to help parents understand the 
        technology being applied in their children's education so such 
        parents will be able to reinforce their children's learning.

``SEC. 3215. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``Each eligible local applicant desiring assistance from a State 
educational agency under this subpart shall submit an application, 
consistent with the objectives of the systemic statewide plan, to the 
State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the State educational agency may reasonably 
require. Such application, at a minimum, shall--
            ``(1) include a strategic, long-range (3- to 5-year), plan 
        that includes--
                    ``(A) a description of how the applicant plans to 
                improve the achievement of all students by--
                            ``(i) making effective use of new 
                        technologies, networks, and electronic learning 
                        resources;
                            ``(ii) using research-based teaching 
                        practices and models of effective uses of 
                        advanced technology to promote basic skills in 
                        core academic areas and higher-order thinking 
                        skills;
                            ``(iii) promoting sustained and intensive, 
                        high quality professional development that 
                        increases teacher capacity to enable students 
                        to learn to challenging State content and 
                        performance standards and develop higher-order 
                        thinking skills through the integration of 
                        technology into instruction; and
                            ``(iv) the steps that will be taken to 
                        inform parents of the use of technologies in 
                        their children's education so that parents will 
                        be able to reinforce at home the instruction 
                        their children receive in school;
                    ``(B) an explanation of how the acquired 
                technologies will be integrated into the curriculum to 
                help the local educational agency that is the eligible 
                local applicant under section 3216(1)(A) or is a member 
                of a partnership described in section 3216(1)(B), 
                enhance teaching, training, and student achievement;
                    ``(C) a description of the applicant's goals 
                regarding the use of educational technology that are 
                consistent with the performance indicators of the State 
                described under section 3213(a)(5), as well as the 
                applicant's baseline data, timelines, benchmarks, and 
                indicators of success for meeting those goals;
                    ``(D) a description of how the applicant will 
                ensure sustained and intensive, high-quality 
                professional development for teachers, administrators, 
                and other educational personnel to further the 
                effective use of technology in the classroom and the 
                integration of technology into instructional practices;
                    ``(E) a description of the administrative and 
                technical support that the applicant will provide 
                schools;
                    ``(F) the projected timetable for implementing such 
                plan in schools;
                    ``(G) the projected cost of technologies to be 
                acquired and related expenses needed to implement such 
                plan;
                    ``(H) a description of the applicant's strategy for 
                financing its strategic, long-term local technology 
                plan, including the use of other Federal and non-
                Federal funds, and how the plan will be coordinated 
                with other technology initiatives;
                    ``(I) a description of how the applicant will use 
                advanced technology to promote communication between 
                teachers for activities such as--
                            ``(i) sharing examples of student work;
                            ``(ii) developing instructional strategies 
                        that promote basic skills in core academic 
                        areas and higher-order thinking skills in all 
                        students;
                            ``(iii) developing challenging curricula 
                        aligned with State or local standards; and
                            ``(iv) using data to improve teaching and 
                        learning; and
                    ``(J) a description of how the applicant will use 
                technology to improve the teaching and learning of 
                students with special needs, such as students with 
                disabilities or limited English proficiency;
            ``(2) describe how the eligible local applicant will 
        involve parents, public libraries, business leaders and 
        community leaders in the development of the plan described in 
        paragraph (1);
            ``(3) describe how the acquired instructionally based 
        technologies will help the local educational agency that is the 
        eligible local applicant under section 3216(1)(A), or is a 
        member of a partnership described in section 3216(1)(B) and 
        meets the requirements of section 3216(1)(A)--
                    ``(A) promote equity in education in order to 
                support State content standards and State student 
                performance standards that may be developed; and
                    ``(B) provide access for teachers, parents, and 
                students to the best teaching practices and curriculum 
                resources through technology;
            ``(4) describe a process for the ongoing evaluation of how 
        technologies acquired under this section--
                    ``(A) will be integrated into the school curriculum 
                and instructional practices of teachers of the school; 
                and
                    ``(B) will affect student achievement and progress 
                toward meeting America's Education Goals and any 
                challenging State content standards and State student 
                performance standards that may be developed;
            ``(5) describe how the applicant will use subgrant funds to 
        benefit low-performing schools in integrating technology into 
        the curriculum of such schools;
            ``(6) describe how the applicant will ensure that 
        technology is accessible to, and usable by, all students, 
        particularly students with disabilities or limited English 
        proficiency;
            ``(7) include an assurance that, before any funds received 
        under this subpart are used to acquire wiring or access to 
        advanced telecommunications, the applicant will use all 
        appropriate resources available to it through the E-Rate;
            ``(8) describe how the eligible local applicant will 
        provide for an independent evaluation of the program funded 
        under this subpart and how such evaluation will be used for 
        program improvement; and
            ``(9) if the applicant is a partnership, describe the 
        members of the partnership, their respective roles, and their 
        respective contributions to improving the capacity of the local 
        educational agency.

``SEC. 3216. DEFINITIONS.

    For purpose of this subpart--
            ``(1) the term `eligible local applicant' means
                    ``(A) a local educational agency that, as 
                determined by the State educational agency--
                            ``(i) is among the local educational 
                        agencies in the State with the highest numbers 
                        or percentages of children from households 
                        living in poverty;
                            ``(ii) includes one or more low-performing 
                        schools; and
                            ``(iii) has a substantial need for 
                        assistance in acquiring and using technology; 
                        or
                    ``(B) a partnership that includes at least one 
                local educational agency that meets the requirements of 
                subparagraph (A) and at least one--
                            ``(i) local educational agency that can 
                        demonstrate that teachers in schools served by 
                        that agency are using technology effectively in 
                        their classrooms;
                            ``(ii) institution of higher education in 
                        full compliance with the reporting requirements 
                        of section 207(f) of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965 and that has not been identified by its 
                        State as low performing under section 208 of 
                        such Act;
                            ``(iii) for-profit organization that 
                        develops, designs, manufactures, or produces 
                        technology products or services, or has 
                        substantial expertise in the application of 
                        technology; or
                            ``(iv) public or private non-profit 
                        organization with demonstrated experience in 
                        the application of educational technology; and
            ``(2) the term `low-performing school' means a school 
        identified by the local educational agency for school 
        improvement under section 1116(c) of this Act.

       ``Subpart 2--Next-Generation Technology Innovation Awards

``SEC. 3221. PURPOSE; PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart to--
            ``(1) expand the knowledge base about the use of the next 
        generation of advanced computers and telecommunications in 
        delivering new applications for teaching and learning;
            ``(2) address questions of national significance about the 
        next generation of technology and its use to improve teaching 
        and learning; and
            ``(3) develop, for wide-scale adoption by State educational 
        agencies and local educational agencies, models of innovative 
        and effective applications of technology to teaching and 
        learning, such as high quality video, voice recognition 
        devices, modeling and simulation software (particularly web-
        based software and intelligent tutoring), hand-held devices, 
        and virtual reality and wireless technologies, that are aligned 
        with challenging State academic content and student performance 
        standards.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized, through the 
        Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, 
        or cooperative agreements on a competitive basis to eligible 
        applicants in order to carry out the purpose of this subpart.
            ``(2) Period of award.--The Secretary may award grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements under this subpart for a 
        period of not more than 5 years.

``SEC. 3222. ELIGIBILITY.

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

``SEC. 3223. USES OF FUNDS.

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

``SEC. 3224. EVALUATION.

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

``SEC. 3225. LIMITATION ON COSTS.

    Not more than 5 percent of the funds made available to a recipient 
under this subpart for any fiscal year may be used by such recipient 
for administrative costs or technical assistance.

``SEC. 3226. NON-FEDERAL SHARE.

            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
        Secretary may require any recipient of an award under this 
        subpart to share in the cost of the activities assisted under 
        such awards, which non-Federal share shall be announced through 
        a notice in the Federal Register and may be in the form of cash 
        or in-kind contributions, fairly valued.
            ``(2) Increase.--The Secretary may increase the non-Federal 
        share that is required of a recipient of an award under this 
        section after the first year such recipient receives funds 
        under such award.
            (3) Maximum.--The non-Federal share required under this 
        section shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
        activities assisted pursuant to an award under this subpart.

       ``PART C--PREPARING TOMORROW'S TEACHERS TO USE TECHNOLOGY

``SEC. 3311. PURPOSE; PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this part is to assist consortia of 
public and private entities in carrying out programs that prepare 
prospective teachers to use advanced technology to enable all students 
to achieve to challenging State and local content and student 
performance standards.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized, through the 
        Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, 
        or cooperative agreements on a competitive basis to eligible 
        applicants in order to assist them in developing or redesigning 
        teacher preparation programs to enable prospective teachers to 
        use technology effectively in their classrooms.
            ``(2) Period of award.--The Secretary may award grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements under this part for a 
        period of not more than 5 years.

``SEC. 3312. ELIGIBILITY.

    ``(a) Eligible Applicants.--In order to receive an award under this 
part, an eligible applicant shall be a consortium that includes--
            ``(1) at least one institution of higher education that 
        offers a baccalaureate degree and prepares teachers for their 
        initial entry into teaching, is in full compliance with all of 
        the reporting requirements of section 207(f) of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965, and has not been identified by the State 
        as low performing under section 208 of such Act;
            ``(2) at least one State educational agency or local 
        educational agency with a high number or percentage of children 
        in poverty; and
            ``(3) one or more of the following entities:
                    ``(A) An institution of higher education (other 
                than the institution described in paragraph (1)).
                    ``(B) A school or department of education at an 
                institution of higher education that is in full 
                compliance with all of the reporting requirements of 
                section 207 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and has 
                not been identified by their state as low performing 
                under section 208 of such Act.
                    ``(C) A school or college of arts and sciences at 
                an institution of higher education that is in full 
                compliance with the reporting requirements of section 
                207(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and has not 
                bee identified by its State as low performing under 
                section 208 of such Act.
                    ``(D) A professional association, foundation, 
                museum, library, for-profit business, public or private 
                nonprofit organization, community-based organization, 
                or other entity with the demonstrated capacity to 
                contribute to the technology-related reform of teacher 
                preparation programs.
    ``(b) Application Requirements.--In order to receive an award under 
this part, an eligible applicant shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, and containing such information, as the 
Secretary may require. Such application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the proposed project and how the 
        project shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that individuals participating in the 
                project would be prepared to use technology to enable 
                all students to achieve to challenging State and local 
                content and student performance standards, and 
                integrate such technology into their instructional 
                practices; and
                    ``(B) include the adoption of specific, 
                quantifiable objectives that the program will achieve 
                over the duration of the award;
            ``(2) a demonstration of--
                    ``(A) the commitment, including the financial 
                commitment, of each of the members of the consortium; 
                and
                    ``(B) the active support of the leadership of each 
                member of the consortium for the proposed project;
            ``(3) a description of how each member of the consortium 
        would be included in project activities;
            ``(4) a description of how the proposed project would be 
        continued once the Federal funds awarded under this part end; 
        and
            ``(5) a plan for the evaluation of the program, which shall 
        include annual measurable benchmarks to monitor progress toward 
        specific project objectives, as described in paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(c) Matching Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of any 
        project funded under this part shall not exceed 50 percent. 
        Except as provided in paragraph (2), the non-Federal share of 
        such project may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
        including services.
            ``(2) Acquisition of equipment.--Not more than 10 percent 
        of the funds awarded for a project under this part may be used 
        to acquire equipment, networking capabilities or 
        infrastructure, and the non-Federal share of the cost of any 
        such acquisition shall be in cash.

``SEC. 3313. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Required Uses.--A recipient shall use funds under this part 
for--
            ``(1) creating programs that enable prospective teachers to 
        use advanced technology to prepare all students to achieve to 
        challenging State and local content and student performance 
        standards in the core academic subjects and integrate such 
        technology into their instructional practices; and
            ``(2) evaluating the effectiveness of the project.
    ``(b) Permissible Uses.--A recipient may use funds under this part 
for activities, described in its application, that carry out the 
purpose of this part, such as--
            ``(1) developing and implementing high-quality teacher 
        preparation programs that enable educators to--
                    ``(A) learn the full range of resources that can be 
                accessed through the use of technology;
                    ``(B) integrate a variety of technologies into the 
                classroom in order to expand students' knowledge;
                    ``(C) evaluate educational technologies and their 
                potential for use in instruction; and
                    ``(D) help students develop their own technical 
                skills and digital learning environments;
            ``(2) developing alternative teacher development paths that 
        provide elementary and secondary schools with well-prepared, 
        technology-proficient educators;
            ``(3) developing performance-based standards and aligned 
        assessments to measure the capacity of prospective teachers to 
        use technology effectively in their classrooms;
            ``(4) providing technical assistance to other teacher 
        preparation programs;
            ``(5) developing and disseminating resources and 
        information in order to assist institutions of higher education 
        to prepare teachers to use technology effectively in their 
        classrooms; and
            ``(6) subject to section 3312(c)(2), acquiring equipment, 
        networking capabilities, and infrastructure to carry out the 
        project.

    ``PART D--GETTING OUR GIRLS READY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (GO GIRL)

``SEC. 3411. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Women have historically been underrepresented in 
        mathematics, science, and technology occupations.
            ``(2) Female students take fewer high-level mathematics and 
        science courses in high school than male students.
            ``(3) Female students take far fewer advanced computer 
        classes than male students take and tend to take only basic 
        data entry and word processing classes.
            ``(4) Female students earn fewer baccalaureate, masters, 
        and doctoral degrees in mathematics, science, and technology 
        than male students.
            ``(5) Early career exploration is key to choosing a career.
            ``(6) Teachers' attitudes, methods of teaching, and 
        classroom atmosphere affect female student's interest in 
        nontraditional fields.
            ``(7) Stereotypes about appropriate careers for females, a 
        lack of female role models, and a lack of basic career 
        information significantly deters girls' interest in 
        mathematics, science, and technology careers.
            ``(8) Females consistently rate themselves significantly 
        lower than males in computer ability.
            ``(9) In the coming years, 65 percent of the economy will 
        be based on information-technology.
            ``(10) Limited access is a hurdle faced by females seeking 
        jobs in mathematics, science, and technology.
            ``(11) Common recruitment and hiring practices make 
        extensive use of traditional networks that often overlook 
        females.

``SEC. 3412. PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) In General.--From funds provided under section 3005(4), the 
Secretary is authorized to provide grants to and enter into contracts 
or cooperative agreements with local educational agencies on behalf of 
elementary and secondary schools to encourage the ongoing interest of 
girls in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and to 
prepare girls to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers 
in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology.
    ``(b) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant, enter 
        into a contract, or cooperative agreement under this part, a 
        local educational agency shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--The application referred to in paragraph 
        (1) shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
                    ``(A) A specific program description, including the 
                content of the program and the research and models used 
                to design the program.
                    ``(B) A description of the collaboration between 
                elementary and secondary schools to fulfill goals of 
                the program.
                    ``(C) An explanation regarding the recruitment and 
                selection of participants.
                    ``(D) A description of the instructional and 
                motivational activities planned to be used.
                    ``(E) An evaluation plan.

``SEC. 3413. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Selection.--Local educational agencies shall select 
elementary schools to provide services that--
            ``(1) encourage girls in grades 4 through 8 to enjoy and 
        pursue studies in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology;
            ``(2) acquaint girls in grades 4 through 8 with careers in 
        science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; and
            ``(3) educate the parents of girls in grades 4 through 8 
        about the difficulties faced by girls to maintain an interest 
        and desire to achieve in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology and enlist the help of the parents in overcoming 
        these difficulties.
    ``(b) Services.--Services provided under this section shall include 
one or more of the following:
            ``(1) Tutoring in reading, science, mathematics, 
        engineering, and technology.
            ``(2) Mentoring relationships, both in-person and through 
        the Internet.
            ``(3) Paying the costs of female students and their 
        teachers attending events and academic programs in science, 
        mathematics, engineering, and technology.
            ``(4) Providing after-school activities designed to 
        encourage the interest of girls in grades 4 and higher in 
        science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
            ``(5) Summer programs designed to encourage interest, and 
        develop skills, in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology.
            ``(6) Purchasing software designed for girls, or designed 
        to encourage girls' interest in science, mathematics, 
        engineering, and technology.
            ``(7) Offering field trips to locations that educate and 
        encourage girls' interest in science, mathematics, engineering, 
        and technology.
            ``(8) Offering field trips to locations that acquaint girls 
        with careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology.
            ``(9) Purchasing and disseminating information to parents 
        of girls in grades 4 and higher that will help parents to 
        encourage their daughters' interest in science, mathematics, 
        engineering, and technology.

``SEC. 3414. SECONDARY SCHOOL PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Selection.--Local educational agencies shall select secondary 
schools to provide services that--
            ``(1) encourage girls in grades 9 and higher to major in 
        science, mathematics, engineering, and technology of a 
        institution of higher education;
            ``(2) provide academic advice and assistance in high school 
        course selection;
            ``(3) encourage girls in grades 9 and higher to plan for 
        careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; 
        and
            ``(4) educate the parents of girls in grades 9 and higher 
        about the difficulties faced by girls to maintain an interest 
        in and desire to, achieve in science, mathematics, engineering, 
        and technology, and enlist the help of the parents in 
        overcoming these difficulties.
    ``(b) Services.--Services provided under this section shall include 
one or more of the following:
            ``(1) Tutoring in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology.
            ``(2) Mentoring relationships, both in-person and through 
        the Internet.
            ``(3) Paying the costs of female students and their 
        teachers attending events and academic programs in science, 
        mathematics, engineering, and technology.
            ``(4) Paying up to 50 percent of the cost of an internship 
        in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology for female 
        students.
            ``(5) Providing after-school activities designed to 
        encourage the interest of girls in grades 9 and higher in 
        science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, including 
        the cost of that portion of a staff salary to supervise these 
        activities.
            ``(6) Providing summer programs designed to encourage 
        interest, and develop skills, in science, mathematics, 
        engineering, and technology.
            ``(7) Purchasing software designed for girls, or designed 
        to encourage girls' interest in science, mathematics, 
        engineering, and technology.
            ``(8) Offering field trips to locations that educate and 
        encourage girls' interest in science, mathematics, engineering, 
        and technology.
            ``(9) Offering field trips to locations that acquaint girls 
        with careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology.
            ``(10) Visits to institutions of higher education to 
        acquaint girls with college-level programs in science, 
        mathematics, engineering, or technology, and to meet with 
        educators and female college students who will encourage them 
        to pursue degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
        technology.

                      ``Part E--LIBRARY RESOURCES

``SEC. 3511. PURPOSE.

    ``The purposes of this Part are--
            ``(1) to improve academic achievement of students by 
        providing students with increased access to up-to-date school 
        library materials, a well-equipped, technologically advanced 
        school library media center, and well-trained, professionally 
        certified school library media specialists;
            ``(2) to support the acquisition of up-to-date school 
        library media resources for the use of students, school library 
        media specialists, and teachers in elementary schools and 
        secondary schools;
            ``(3) to provide school library media specialists with the 
        tools and training opportunities necessary for the specialists 
        to facilitate the development and enhancement of the 
        information literacy, information retrieval, and critical 
        thinking skills of students; and
            ``(4)(A) to ensure the effective coordination of resources 
        for library, technology, and professional development 
        activities for elementary schools and secondary schools; and
            ``(B) collaboration between school library media 
        specialists, and elementary school and secondary school 
        teachers and administrators, in developing curriculum-based 
        instructional activities for students.

``SEC. 3512. ALLOTMENTS.

    (a) For each fiscal year from funds provided under section 3005(e) 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) first reserve the lesser of 5 percent or $10,000,000 to 
        carry out subpart 2; and
            (2) allot the remainder to each eligible State educational 
        agency an amount that bears the same relation to the amount 
        appropriated under section 3005(e) and not reserved under 
        paragraph (1) and section 3520 for the fiscal year as the 
        amount the State educational agency received under part A of 
        title I for the preceding fiscal year bears to the amount all 
        State educational agencies received under part A of title I for 
        the preceding fiscal year.

                  ``Subpart 1--Library Media Resources

``SEC. 3513. STATE APPLICATIONS.

    ``To be eligible to receive an allotment under section 3512(a)(2) 
for a fiscal year, the State educational agency shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require. The application shall 
contain a description of--
            ``(1) how the State educational agency will use the needs 
        assessment described in section 3516(1) and poverty data to 
        allocate funds made available through the allotment to the 
        local educational agencies in the State with the greatest need 
        for school library media improvement;
            ``(2) how the State educational agency will effectively 
        coordinate all Federal and State funds available for library, 
        technology, and professional development activities to assist 
        local educational agencies, elementary schools, and secondary 
        schools in--
                    ``(A) acquiring up-to-date school library media 
                resources in all formats, including books and advanced 
                technology such as Internet connections;
                    ``(B) providing training for school library media 
                specialists; and
                    ``(C) facilitating resource-sharing among schools 
                and school library media centers;
            ``(3) how the State educational agency will develop 
        standards for the incorporation of new technologies into the 
        curricula of elementary schools and secondary schools through 
        school library media programs to develop and enhance the 
        information literacy, information retrieval, and critical 
        thinking skills of students; and
            ``(4) how the State educational agency will evaluate the 
        quality and impact of activities carried out under this subpart 
        by local educational agencies to make determinations regarding 
        the need of the agencies for technical assistance and whether 
        to continue funding the agencies under this subpart.

``SEC. 3514. STATE RESERVATION.

    ``A State educational agency that receives an allotment under 
section 3512(a)(2) may reserve not more than 3 percent of the funds 
made available through the allotment to provide technical assistance, 
disseminate information about effective school library media programs, 
and pay administrative costs relating to this subpart.

``SEC. 3515. LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--A State educational agency that receives an 
allotment under section 3512(a)(2) for a fiscal year shall use the 
funds made available through the allotment and not reserved under 
section 3514 to make allocations to local educational agencies 
described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Agencies.--The State educational agency shall allocate the 
funds to local educational agencies in the State that have--
            ``(1) the greatest need for school library media 
        improvement according to the needs assessment described in 
        section 3516; and
            ``(2) the highest percentages of poverty.

``SEC. 3516. LOCAL APPLICATION.

    ``To be eligible to receive an allocation under section 3515 for a 
fiscal year, a local educational agency shall submit to the State 
educational agency an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the State educational agency shall 
require. The application shall contain--
            ``(1) a needs assessment relating to need for school 
        library media improvement, based on the age and condition of 
        school library media resources (including book collections), 
        access of school library media centers to advanced technology, 
        including Internet connections, and the availability of well-
        trained, professionally certified school library media 
        specialists, in schools served by the local educational agency;
            ``(2) a description of the manner in which the local 
        educational agency will use the needs assessment to assist 
        schools with the greatest need for school library media 
        improvement;
            ``(3) a description of the manner in which the local 
        educational agency will use the funds provided through the 
        allocation to carry out the activities described in section 
        3517;
            ``(4) a description of the manner in which the local 
        educational agency will develop and carry out the activities 
        described in section 3517 with the extensive participation of 
        school library media specialists, elementary school and 
        secondary school teachers and administrators, and parents;
            ``(5) a description of the manner in which the local 
        educational agency will effectively coordinate--
                    ``(A) funds provided under this subpart with other 
                Federal, State, and local funds received by the agency 
                for library, technology, and professional development 
                activities; and
                    ``(B) activities carried out under this subpart 
                with the Federal, State, and local library, technology, 
                and professional development activities carried out by 
                the local educational agency; and
            ``(6) a description of the manner in which the local 
        educational agency will collect and analyze data on the quality 
        and impact of activities carried out under this subpart by 
        schools served by the local educational agency.

``SEC. 3517. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``A local educational agency that receives an allocation under 
section 3515 may use the funds made available through the allocation--
            ``(1) to acquire up-to-date school library media resources, 
        including books, for the use of students, school library media 
        specialists, and teachers in elementary schools and secondary 
        schools;
            ``(2) to acquire and utilize advanced technology, 
        incorporated into the curricula of the schools, to develop and 
        enhance the information literacy, information retrieval, and 
        critical thinking skills of students;
            ``(3) to acquire and utilize advanced technology, including 
        Internet links, to facilitate resource-sharing among schools 
        and school library media centers, and public and academic 
        libraries, where possible;
            ``(4) to provide professional development opportunities for 
        school library media specialists; and
            ``(5) to foster increased collaboration between school 
        library media specialists and elementary school and secondary 
        school teachers and administrators.

``SEC. 3518. ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUATION OF FUNDS.

    ``Each local educational agency that receives funds under this 
subpart for a fiscal year shall be eligible to continue to receive 
funding--
            ``(1) for each of the 2 subsequent fiscal years; and
            ``(2) for each fiscal year after such 2 fiscal years, if 
        the local educational agency demonstrates that the agency has 
        increased--
                    ``(A) the availability of, and the access of 
                students, school library media specialists, and 
                elementary and secondary teachers to, up-to-date school 
                library media resources, including books and advanced 
                technology, in elementary schools and secondary schools 
                served by the local educational agency;
                    ``(B) the number of well-trained, professionally 
                certified school library media specialists in those 
                schools; and
                    ``(C) collaboration between school library media 
                specialists and elementary school and secondary school 
                teachers and administrators for those schools.

``SEC. 3519. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds made available under this subpart shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds 
expended to carry out activities relating to library, technology, or 
professional development activities.

``SEC. 3520. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``The Secretary shall reserve not more than 3 percent of the amount 
appropriated under section 3005(e) for a fiscal year--
            ``(1) for an annual, independent, national evaluation of 
        the activities assisted under this subpart, to be conducted not 
        later than 3 years after the date of the first awards made 
        under this part; and
            ``(2) to broadly disseminate information to help States, 
        local educational agencies, school library media specialists, 
        and elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators 
        learn about effective school library media programs.

               ``Subpart 2--School Library Access Program

``SEC. 3531. PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--From funds reserved under section 3512(a)(1) the 
Secretary may make grants to local educational agencies to provide 
students with access to libraries in elementary schools and secondary 
schools during non-school hours, including the hours before and after 
school, on weekends, and during summer vacation periods.
    ``(b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), a local educational agency shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Priority.--In making grants under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall give priority to local educational agencies that 
demonstrate, in applications submitted under subsection (b), that the 
agencies--
            ``(1) seek to provide activities that will increase reading 
        skills and student achievement;
            ``(2) have effectively coordinated services and funding 
        with entities involved in other Federal, State, and local 
        efforts, to provide programs and activities for students during 
        the non-school hours described in subsection (a); and
            ``(3) have a high level of community support.

          ``PART F--SPECIAL PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

        ``Subpart 1--Regional Technology in Education Consortium

``SEC. 3611. GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a)(1) Authority.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
Educational Technology, shall make grants or enter into contracts or 
cooperative agreements, in accordance with the provisions of this 
subpart, to consortia that meet the requirements of paragraph (2). In 
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the 
extent possible, that each geographic region of the United States shall 
be served by a recipient of an award under this subpart.
    ``(2) Requirements.--Each consortium receiving an award under this 
subpart shall--
            ``(A) be composed of State educational agencies, 
        institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, or a 
        combination thereof;
            ``(B) meet the requirements of this subpart;
            ``(C) in cooperation with State and local educational 
        agencies, develop a regional program that addresses 
        professional development, technical assistance, and information 
        resource dissemination, with special emphasis on meeting the 
        documented needs of educators and learners in the region; and
            ``(D) foster regional cooperation and resource and 
        coursework sharing.
    ``(b) Functions.--
            ``(1) Technical assistance.--Each consortium receiving an 
        award under this subpart shall, to the extent practicable--
                    ``(A) collaborate with State educational agencies 
                and local educational agencies requesting 
                collaboration, particularly in the development of 
                strategies for assisting those schools with the highest 
                numbers or percentages of disadvantaged students with 
                little or no access to technology in the classroom;
                    ``(B) provide information to State educational 
                agencies, local educational agencies, schools and adult 
                education programs, on the types and features of 
                various educational technology equipment and software 
                available, and compile and share information regarding 
                creative and effective applications of technology in 
                the classroom and school library media centers in order 
                to support the purposes of this subpart;
                    ``(C) collaborate with such State educational 
                agencies, local educational agencies, or schools 
                requesting assistance in applying advanced technologies 
                and web-based resources in order to design learning 
                environments for the 21st Century; and
                    ``(D) provide technical assistance to facilitate 
                use of the electronic dissemination networks by State 
                and local educational agencies and schools throughout 
                the region.
            ``(2) Professional development.--Each consortium receiving 
        an award under this subpart shall, to the extent practicable--
                    ``(A) develop and implement, in collaboration with 
                State educational agencies and institutions of higher 
                education, technology-specific, ongoing professional 
                development, such as--
                            ``(i) intensive school year and summer 
                        workshops that use teachers, school librarians, 
                        and school library personnel to train other 
                        teachers, school librarians, and other school 
                        library media personnel; and
                            ``(ii) distance professional development, 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) interactive training tele-
                                courses using researchers, educators, 
                                and telecommunications personnel who 
                                have experience in developing, 
                                implementing, or operating educational 
                                and instructional technology as a 
                                learning tool;
                                    ``(II) on-site courses teaching 
                                teachers to use educational and 
                                instructional technology and develop 
                                their own instructional materials for 
                                effectively incorporating technology 
                                and programming in their own 
                                classrooms;
                                    ``(III) methods for successful 
                                integration of instructional technology 
                                into the curriculum in order to improve 
                                student learning and achievement;
                                    ``(IV) the use of advanced 
                                telecommunications and distance 
                                learning networks to offer professional 
                                development through peer interaction 
                                with experts as well as other teachers 
                                using technologies in their classrooms; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) mobile education technology 
                                and training resources;
                    ``(B) identify and link technical assistance 
                providers to State and local educational agencies, as 
                needed;
                    ``(C) ensure that training, professional 
                development, and technical assistance meet the needs of 
                educators, parents, and students served by the region;
                    ``(D) assist colleges and universities within the 
                region to develop and implement preservice training 
                programs for students enrolled in teacher education 
                programs; and
                    ``(E) assist local educational agencies and schools 
                in working with community members and parents to 
                increase the involvement and support of communities and 
                parents for educational technology programs and 
                projects.
            ``(3) Information and resource dissemination.--Each 
        consortium receiving an award under this subpart shall, to the 
        extent practicable--
                    ``(A) maintain, or contribute to, a nationally 
                accessible repository that contains information about 
                effective uses of educational technology, including for 
                sustained and intensive, high-quality professional 
                development, and disseminate that information 
                nationwide;
                    ``(B) assist State and local educational agencies 
                in the identification and procurement of financial, 
                technological and human resources needed to implement 
                technology plans; and
                    ``(C) provide outreach and, at the request of a 
                State or local educational agency, work with such 
                agency to assist in the development and validation of 
                instructionally based technology education resources.
            ``(4) Collaboration and coordination.--Each consortium 
        receiving an award under this subpart shall--
                    ``(A) collaborate, and coordinate the services that 
                it provides, with appropriate regional and other 
                entities assisted in whole or in part by the 
                Department;
                    ``(B) coordinate activities and establish 
                partnerships with organizations and institutions of 
                higher education that represent the interests of the 
                region regarding the application of technology to 
                teaching, learning, instructional management, 
                dissemination, the collection and distribution of 
                educational statistics, and the transfer of student 
                information; and
                    ``(C) collaborate with the Department and 
                recipients of funding under other technology programs 
                of the Department, particularly the Technology Literacy 
                Challenge Fund under subpart 1 of part B and the Next-
                Generation Technology Innovation Awards program under 
                subpart 2 of part B, to assist the Department and those 
                recipients as requested by the Secretary.

               ``Subpart 2--Community Technology Centers

``SEC. 3621. PURPOSE; PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart to assist 
eligible applicants to--
            ``(1) create or expand community technology centers that 
        will provide disadvantaged residents of economically distressed 
        urban and rural communities with access to information 
        technology and related training; and
            ``(2) provide technical assistance and support to community 
        technology centers.
    ``(b) Program Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized, through the 
        Office of Educational Technology, to award grants, contracts, 
        or cooperative agreements on a competitive basis to eligible 
        applicants in order to assist them in--
                    ``(A) creating or expanding community technology 
                centers; or
                    ``(B) providing technical assistance and support to 
                community technology centers.
            ``(2) Period of award.--The Secretary may award grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements under this subpart for a 
        period of not more than 3 years.

``SEC. 3622. ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

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

``SEC. 3623. USES OF FUNDS.

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

             ``Subpart 3--Ready-To-Learn Digital Television

``SEC. 3631. READY-TO-LEARN.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to 
or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with--
            ``(1) eligible entities described in section 3632(b) to 
        develop, produce, and distribute educational and instructional 
        video programming for preschool and elementary school children 
        and their parents in order to facilitate the achievement of 
        America's Education Goals; and
            ``(2) eligible entities described in section 3633(1) to 
        carry out special projects of national significance program.
    ``(b) Availability.--In making such grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements, the Secretary shall ensure that recipients make 
programming widely available with support materials as appropriate to 
young children, their parents, child care workers, and Head Start 
providers to increase the effective use of such programming.

``SEC. 3632. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

    ``(a) Awards.--From funds appropriated under section 3005(f)(3) for 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements to eligible entities to--
            ``(1) facilitate the development, directly or through 
        contracts with producers of children's and family educational 
        television programming, of educational programming for 
        preschool and elementary school children, and accompanying 
        support materials and services that promote the effective use 
        of such programming; and
            ``(2) enable such entities to contract with entities such 
        as public telecommunications entities, so that programs 
        developed under this section are disseminated and distributed 
        to the widest possible audience appropriate to be served by the 
        programming by the most appropriate distribution technologies.
    ``(b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant, 
contract, or cooperative agreement under subsection (a), an entity 
shall be--
            ``(1) a nonprofit entity (including a public 
        telecommunications entity) able to demonstrate a capacity for 
        the development and distribution of educational and 
        instructional television programming of high quality for 
        preschool and elementary school children; and
            ``(2) able to demonstrate a capacity to contract with the 
        producers of children's television programming for the purpose 
        of developing educational television programming of high 
        quality for preschool and elementary school children.
    ``(c) Cultural Experiences.--Programming developed under this 
section shall reflect the recognition of diverse cultural experiences 
and the needs and experiences of both boys and girls in engaging and 
preparing young children for schooling.

``SEC. 3633. SPECIAL PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

    The Secretary is authorized--
            ``(1) to establish and administer a Special Projects of 
        National Significance program to award grants, contracts, or 
        cooperative agreements to public and nonprofit private 
        entities, or local public television stations or such public 
        television stations that are part of a consortium with one or 
        more State educational agencies, local educational agencies, 
        local schools, institutions of higher education, or community-
        based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, for the 
        purpose of--
                    ``(A) addressing the learning needs of young 
                children in limited English proficient households, and 
                developing appropriate educational and instructional 
                television programming to foster the school readiness 
                of such children;
                    ``(B) developing programming and support materials 
                to increase family literacy skills among parents to 
                assist parents in teaching their children and utilizing 
                educational television programming to promote school 
                readiness; and
                    ``(C) identifying, supporting, and enhancing the 
                effective use and outreach of innovative programs that 
                promote school readiness;
            ``(2) to establish within the Department a clearinghouse to 
        compile and provide information, referrals and model program 
        materials and programming obtained or developed under this 
        subpart to parents, child care providers, and other appropriate 
        individuals or entities to assist such individuals and entities 
        in accessing programs and projects under this subpart;
            ``(3) to develop and disseminate training materials, 
        including--
                    ``(A) interactive programs and programs adaptable 
                to distance learning technologies that are designed to 
                enhance knowledge of childrens social and cognitive 
                skill development and positive adult-child 
                interactions; and
                    ``(B) support materials to promote the effective 
                use of materials developed under paragraph (1) among 
                parents, Head Start providers, in-home and center based 
                day care providers, early childhood development 
                personnel, and elementary school teachers, public 
                libraries, and after school program personnel caring 
                for preschool and elementary school children; and
            ``(4) coordinate activities with the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services in order to--
                    ``(A) maximize the utilization of quality 
                educational programming by preschool and elementary 
                school children, and make such programming widely 
                available to federally funded programs serving such 
                populations; and
                    ``(B) provide information to recipients of funds 
                under Federal programs that have major training 
                components for early childhood development, including 
                Head Start, Even Start, and State training activities 
                funded under the Child Care Development Block Grant Act 
                of 1990, regarding the availability and utilization of 
                materials developed under paragraph (3) to enhance 
                parent and child care provider skills in early 
                childhood development and education.

``SEC. 3634. APPLICATIONS.

    Each eligible entity desiring a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement under section 3632 shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may reasonably require.

``SEC. 3635. REPORTS AND EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Annual Report to Secretary.--An entity receiving funds under 
this subpart shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an annual report 
which contains such information as the Secretary may require. At a 
minimum, the report shall describe the program activities undertaken 
with funds received under this subpart, including--
            ``(1) the programming that has been developed directly or 
        indirectly by the entity, and the target population of the 
        programs developed;
            ``(2) the support materials that have been developed to 
        accompany the programming, and the method by which such 
        materials are distributed to consumers and users of the 
        programming;
            ``(3) the means by which programming developed under this 
        section has been distributed, including the distance learning 
        technologies that have been utilized to make programming 
        available and the geographic distribution achieved through such 
        technologies; and
            ``(4) the initiatives undertaken by the entity to develop 
        public-private partnerships to secure non-Federal support for 
        the development and distribution and broadcast of educational 
        and instructional programming.
    ``(b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit 
to the relevant committees of Congress a biannual report which 
includes--
            ``(1) a summary of the information made available under 
        subsection (a); and
            ``(2) a description of the training materials made 
        available under section 3633(3), the manner in which outreach 
        has been conducted to inform parents and child care providers 
        of the availability of such materials, and the manner in which 
        such materials have been distributed in accordance with such 
        section.

``SEC. 3636. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    With respect to the implementation of section 3632, entities 
receiving a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement from the 
Secretary may use not more than 5 percent of the amounts received under 
such section for the normal and customary expenses of administering the 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.

``SEC. 3637. DEFINITION.

    For the purposes of this subpart, the term distance learning means 
the transmission of educational or instructional programming to 
geographically dispersed individuals and groups via telecommunications.

        ``Subpart 4--Telecommunications Project for Mathematics

``SEC. 3641. PROJECT AUTHORIZED.

    The Secretary is authorized to make grants to a nonprofit 
telecommunications entity, or partnership of such entities, for the 
purpose of carrying out a national telecommunications-based project to 
improve the teaching of mathematics. The project authorized by this 
subpart shall be designed to assist elementary and secondary school 
teachers in preparing all students for achieving State content 
standards.

``SEC. 3642. APPLICATION REQUIRED.

    ``(a) In General.--Each nonprofit telecommunications entity, or 
partnership of such entities, desiring a grant under this subpart shall 
submit an application to the Secretary. Each such application shall--
            ``(1) demonstrate that the applicant will use the existing 
        publicly funded telecommunications infrastructure to deliver 
        video, voice and data in an integrated service and to include 
        digital libraries, school networks, and delivery of web-based 
        resources to train teachers in the use of new standards-based 
        curricula materials and learning technologies;
            ``(2) assure that the project for which assistance is 
        sought will be conducted in cooperation with appropriate State 
        educational agencies, local educational agencies, State or 
        local nonprofit public telecommunications entities, and a 
        national mathematics education professional association that 
        has developed content standards;
            ``(3) assure that a significant portion of the benefits 
        available for elementary and secondary schools from the project 
        for which assistance is sought will be available to schools of 
        local educational agencies which have a high percentage of 
        children counted for the purpose of part A of title I; and
            ``(4) contain such additional assurances and information as 
        the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Approval of Applications; Number of Sites.--In approving 
applications under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the 
project authorized by this subpart is conducted at elementary and 
secondary school sites in at least 15 States.

        ``Subpart 5--Future Math and Science Teacher Recruitment

``SEC. 3651. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) United States high school students rate 16th and 
        19th, respectively, in science and math out of 21 countries.
            ``(2) Of United States high school students who take 
        physical science and math courses, 56 percent and 27 percent, 
        respectively, are taught by teachers who did not prepare in 
        that field.
            ``(3) Teachers' knowledge and skills powerfully influence 
        student learning.
            ``(4) More than 2,000,000 teachers will need to be hired 
        over the next decade.
            ``(5) The ability of the United States to place highly 
        qualified math and science teachers specializing in their field 
        of instruction will depend on proactive policies that increase 
        funding for teacher training, recruitment, and induction.

``SEC. 3652. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this subpart to make grants available, 
through a pilot program, to eligible institutions described in section 
3653, to enable such institutions to provide 500 scholarship awards to 
outstanding students enrolled in an accredited teacher training 
graduate program who are committed to pursuing careers teaching math 
and science at an urban or rural secondary level classroom.

``SEC. 3653. SCHOLARSHIP DESIGNATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) Scholarship Designation.--Funds made available under this 
subpart shall be designated as the `National Math and Science Teacher 
Scholarships'.
    ``(b) Selection Criteria.--(1) The Secretary of Education may award 
funds for National Math and Science Teacher Scholarships on a 
competitive basis to institutions of higher education that meet the 
requirements of paragraph (2) and have graduate programs in teacher 
training. The Secretary may not provide any individual institution of 
higher education more than $100,000 per academic year for the purpose 
of the National Math and Science Teacher Scholarships.
    ``(2) An institution applying for such scholarships may only be 
eligible to receive funds if such institution is in full compliance 
with the reporting requirements of section 207(f) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 and has not been identified as low performing 
under section 208 of such Act.
    ``(c) Priorities.--The Secretary shall give priority to eligible 
institutions that meet 1 or more of the following criteria:
            ``(1) Provide a year long graduate level internship program 
        in a professional development school.
            ``(2) Provide mentoring programs for novice teachers in 
        their first 3 years.
            ``(3) Demonstrate a history of placing graduates in rural 
        and urban schools.
            ``(4) Demonstrate that there is a high retention rate of 
        teachers that the institution places in teaching positions.

``SEC. 3654. INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.

    ``An individual may be eligible for a National Math and Science 
Teacher Scholarship only if such individual--
            ``(1) is a citizen or national of the United States or an 
        alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
        residence;
            ``(2) is majoring in a physical or life science or 
        mathematics graduate teacher training program;
            ``(3) is enrolled in an institution of higher education 
        that--
                    ``(A) is ranked by the Secretary in the top 25 
                percent of schools in the State in which the 
                institution is located with the highest percentage of 
                graduates passing the State teacher qualification 
                assessment for new teachers; or
                    ``(B) if there are fewer than 4 such institutions 
                in a State, is the institution with the highest 
                percentage of such graduates; and
            ``(4) agrees to teach math or science in a rural or urban 
        public secondary school for no less than 3 full academic years.

``SEC. 3655. SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT.

    ``(a) Amount of Award.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of a scholarship awarded by a 
        participating teacher training graduate program under this 
        subpart for any academic year shall be $10,000 per student, 
        except that in no case shall the total amount of the 
        scholarship for any academic year exceed the total cost of 
        attendance as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965.
            ``(2) Insufficient funds.--In any fiscal year in which the 
        amount appropriated to carry out this subpart is insufficient 
        to award 500 scholarships, the Secretary shall reduce the 
        number of awards to eligible institutions.
    ``(b) Relationship to Other Assistance.--A scholarship awarded 
under this subpart shall not be reduced on the basis of the student's 
receipt of other forms of Federal student financial assistance.

``SEC. 3656. AGREEMENT; SCHOLARSHIP REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Agreement.--Each National Math and Science Teachers Scholar 
shall agree to teach mathematics of science in an urban or rural public 
secondary school for no less than 3 full academic years.
    ``(b) Repayment for Failure To Fulfill Agreement.--Any recipient of 
a Scholarship found by the Secretary to be in noncompliance with the 
agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall be 
required to repay a pro rata amount of the scholarship awards received, 
plus interest and, where applicable, reasonable collection fees, on a 
schedule and at a rate of interest prescribed by the Secretary by 
regulations.

``SEC. 3657. EXCEPTIONS TO REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.

    ``An individual recipient of a Scholarship under this subpart shall 
not be considered in violation of the agreement entered into pursuant 
to section 3656 during any period in which the recipient--
            ``(1) is pursuing a full-time course of study in math or 
        science at an accredited institution;
            ``(2) is serving, not in excess of 3 years, as a member of 
        the armed services of the United States;
            ``(3) is temporarily disabled for a period of time not to 
        exceed 3 years as established by sworn affidavit of a qualified 
        physician;
            ``(4) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment 
        for a single period not to exceed 12 months;
            ``(5) is seeking and unable to find full-time employment as 
        a math or science teacher in a public elementary or secondary 
        school or education program for a single period not to exceed 
        27 months;
            ``(6) satisfies the provision of additional repayment 
        exceptions that may be prescribed by the Secretary in 
        regulations issued pursuant to this section; or
            ``(7) is permanently and totally disabled, as established 
        by sworn affidavit of a qualified physician.

``SEC. 3658. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    ``Three years after the date on which funds are first made 
available to carry out this subpart, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to Congress evaluating the success of the National Math and 
Science Teacher Scholarships pilot program in recruiting math and 
science teachers to teach in America's public secondary schools.''.

SEC. 5. SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

    Title IV of the Act is amended to read as follows:

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

``SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.

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

``SEC. 4002. FINDINGS.

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

``SEC. 4003. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this title is to support programs that prevent 
violence in and around schools and the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, 
and drugs; involve parents; and are coordinated with related Federal, 
State, and community efforts and resources, through the provision of 
Federal assistance to--
            ``(1) States for grants to local educational agencies and 
        educational service agencies and consortia of such agencies to 
        establish, operate, and improve local programs of school drug 
        and violence prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation 
        referral, and education in elementary and secondary schools 
        (including intermediate and junior high schools);
            ``(2) States for grants to, and contracts with, community-
        based organizations and other public and private nonprofit 
        agencies and organizations for programs of drug and violence 
        prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation referral, and 
        education;
            ``(3) States for development, training, technical 
        assistance, and coordination activities;
            ``(4) public and private nonprofit organizations to conduct 
        training, demonstrations, and evaluation, and to provide 
        supplementary services for the prevention of drug use and 
        violence among students and youth; and
            ``(5) institutions of higher education to establish, 
        operate, expand, and improve programs of school drug and 
        violence prevention, education, and rehabilitation referral for 
        students enrolled in colleges and universities.

``SEC. 4004. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated--
            ``(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years, 
        for State grants under subpart 1 of part A;
            ``(2) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years, 
        for national programs under subpart 2 of part A;
            ``(3) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years, 
        to carry out part B related to Comprehensive Prevention 
        Technical Assistance Grants;
            ``(4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years 
        to carry out part C related to Alternative Education;
            ``(5) $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and such sums as 
        may be necessary for the four subsequent fiscal years to carry 
        out part D related to Reserve Staff for Students; and
    ``(6) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out 
part E, related to Project Service.

    ``PART A--STATE GRANTS FOR DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

  ``Subpart 1--State Grants for Drug and Violence Prevention Programs

``SEC. 4111. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOTMENTS.

    ``(a) Reservations.--From the amount made available under section 
4004(1) to carry out this subpart for each fiscal year, the Secretary--
            ``(1) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for grants 
        under this subpart to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, 
        and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be 
        allotted in accordance with the Secretary's determination of 
        their respective needs;
            ``(2) shall reserve 1 percent of such amount for the 
        Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs under this part 
        for Indian youth;
            ``(3) may reserve not more than $2,000,000 for the national 
        evaluation activities required by section 4117(a); and
            ``(4) shall reserve 0.2 percent of such amount for programs 
        for Native Hawaiians under section 4118.
    ``(b) State Allotments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary shall, for each fiscal year, allocate among the 
        States--
                    ``(A) \1/2\ of the remainder not reserved under 
                subsection (a) according to the ratio between the 
                school-aged population of each State and the school-
                aged population of all the States; and
                    ``(B) \1/2\ of such remainder according to the 
                ratio between the amount each State received under part 
                A of title I for the preceding year and the sum of such 
                amounts received by all the States.
            ``(2) Minimum.--For any fiscal year, no State shall be 
        allotted under this subsection an amount that is less than \1/
        2\ of 1 percent of the total amount allotted to all the States 
        under this subsection.
            ``(3) Reallotment.--The Secretary may reallot any amount of 
        any allotment to a State if the Secretary determines that the 
        State will be unable to use such amount within 2 years of such 
        allotment. Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis as 
        allotments are made under paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Definitions.--For the purpose of this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `State' means each of the 50 States, 
                the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
                Puerto Rico; and
                    ``(B) the term `local educational agency' includes 
                educational service agencies and consortia of such 
                agencies.

``SEC. 4112. STATE APPLICATION.

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

``SEC. 4113. STATE AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
        amount equal to 85 percent of the total amount allocated to a 
        State under section 4111(b) for each fiscal year shall be used 
        by the State educational agency and its local educational 
        agencies for drug and violence prevention activities in 
        accordance with this section.
            ``(2) Exception.--
                    ``(A) If a State had, on or before January 1, 1994, 
                established an independent State agency for the purpose 
                of administering all of the funds described in section 
                5121 of this Act (as such section was in effect on the 
                day preceding the date of the enactment of the 
                Improving America's Schools Act of 1994), then--
                            ``(i) an amount equal to 85 percent of the 
                        total amount allocated to such State under 
                        section 4111 for each fiscal year shall be used 
                        by the State educational agency and its local 
                        educational agencies for drug and violence 
                        prevention activities in accordance with this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) an amount equal to 15 percent of 
                        such total amount shall be used by such 
                        independent State agency for drug and violence 
                        prevention activities in accordance with this 
                        section.
                    ``(B) Not more than 5 percent of the amount 
                reserved under subparagraph (A)(ii) may be used for 
                administrative costs of the independent State agency 
                incurred in carrying out the activities described in 
                such subparagraph.
                    ``(C) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 
                independent State agency means an independent agency 
                with a board of directors or a cabinet level agency 
                whose chief executive officer is appointed by the chief 
                executive officer of the State and confirmed with the 
                advice and consent of the Senate of such State.
    ``(b) State Level Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency may use not 
        more than 5 percent of the amount available under subsection 
        (a) for activities such as--
                    ``(A) training and technical assistance concerning 
                drug and violence prevention for local educational 
                agencies and educational service agencies, including 
                teachers, administrators, coaches and athletic 
                directors, other staff, parents, students, community 
                leaders, health service providers, local law 
                enforcement officials, and judicial officials;
                    ``(B) the development, identification, 
                dissemination, and evaluation of the most readily 
                available, accurate, and up-to-date curriculum 
                materials with a solid research base, for consideration 
                by local educational agencies;
                    ``(C) making available to local educational 
                agencies cost effective programs for youth violence and 
                drug abuse prevention;
                    ``(D) demonstration projects in drug and violence 
                prevention;
                    ``(E) training, technical assistance, and 
                demonstration projects to address violence associated 
                with prejudice and intolerance;
                    ``(F) financial assistance to enhance resources 
                available for drug and violence prevention in areas 
                serving large numbers of economically disadvantaged 
                children or sparsely populated areas, or to meet other 
                special needs consistent with the purposes of this 
                title;
                    ``(G) developing and implementing strategies and 
                programs to greatly reduce the incidence of sexual 
                harassment and abuse and to encourage positive and 
                respectful interactions between girls and boys; and
                    ``(H) the evaluation of activities carried out 
                within the State under this part.
            ``(2) Special rule.--A State educational agency may carry 
        out activities under this subsection directly, or through 
        grants or contracts with community based organizations, 
        institutions of higher education and other public and private 
        non-profit entities.
    ``(c) State Administration.--A State educational agency may use not 
more than 4 percent of the amount reserved under subsection (a) for the 
administrative costs of carrying out its responsibilities under this 
part.
    ``(d) Local Educational Agency Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency shall 
        distribute not less than 91 percent of the amount made 
        available under subsection (a) for each fiscal year to local 
        educational agencies in accordance with this subsection.
            ``(2) Distribution.--
                    ``(A) Of the amount distributed under paragraph 
                (1), a State educational agency shall distribute--
                            ``(i) 70 percent of such amount to local 
                        educational agencies, based on the relative 
                        enrollments in public and private nonprofit 
                        elementary and secondary schools within the 
                        boundaries of such agencies; and
                            ``(ii) 30 percent of such amount to local 
                        educational agencies that the State educational 
                        agency determines have the greatest need for 
                        additional funds to carry out drug and violence 
                        prevention programs authorized by this subpart.
                    ``(B) Where appropriate and to the extent 
                consistent with the needs assessment conducted by the 
                State, not less than 25 percent of the amount 
                distributed under subparagraph (A)(ii) for a fiscal 
                year shall be distributed to local educational agencies 
                located in rural and urban areas.
                    ``(C)(i) A State educational agency shall 
                distribute funds under subparagraph (A)(ii) to not more 
                than 10 percent of the local educational agencies in 
                the State, or 5 such agencies, whichever is greater.
                    ``(ii) In determining which local educational 
                agencies have the greatest need for additional funds 
                under subparagraph (A)(ii), the State educational 
                agency shall consider objective data such as--
                            ``(I) high rates of alcohol or drug use 
                        among youth;
                            ``(II) high rates of victimization of youth 
                        by violence and crime;
                            ``(III) high rates of arrests and 
                        convictions of youth for violent or drug- or 
                        alcohol-related crime;
                            ``(IV) the extent of illegal gang activity;
                            ``(V) high incidence of violence associated 
                        with prejudice and intolerance;
                            ``(VI) high rates of referrals of youths to 
                        drug and alcohol abuse treatment and 
                        rehabilitation programs;
                            ``(VII) high rates of referrals of youths 
                        to juvenile court;
                            ``(VIII) high rates of expulsions and 
                        suspensions of students from schools; and
                            ``(IX) high rates of reported cases of 
                        child abuse and domestic violence.
                    ``(D) Special Rule, Minimum Grant Amounts.--
                            ``(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a 
                        local educational agency shall not receive an 
                        allocation under this subsection unless the 
                        amount allocated to such agency under this 
                        subsection is greater than $5,000. A local 
                        educational agency may enter into a consortium 
                        with other local educational agencies for the 
                        purposes of meeting the minimum allocation 
                        requirement of this clause.
                            ``(ii) Waiver.--The State educational 
                        agency shall waive the requirement of clause 
                        (i) in any case in which the local educational 
                        agency demonstrates that it is unable to enter 
                        into a consortium for the purposes of carrying 
                        out activities under this part.
    ``(e) Reallocation of Funds.--If a local educational agency chooses 
not to apply to receive the amount allocated to such agency under 
subsection (d), does not meet the requirements of subsection (d)(2)(D) 
and does not form a consortium, or if such agency's application under 
section 4115 is disapproved by the State educational agency, the State 
educational agency shall reallocate such amount to one or more of the 
local educational agencies determined by the State educational agency 
under subsection (d)(2)(A)(ii) to have the greatest need for additional 
funds.
    ``(f) Return of Funds to State Educational Agency; Reallocation.--
            ``(1) Return.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), upon 
        the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date that 
        a local educational agency or educational service agency under 
        this title receives its allocation under this title--
                    ``(A) such agency shall return to the State 
                educational agency any funds from such allocation that 
                remain unobligated; and
                    ``(B) the State educational agency shall reallocate 
                any such amount to local educational agencies or 
                educational service agencies that have plans for using 
                such amount for programs or activities on a timely 
                basis.
            ``(2) Reallocation.--In any fiscal year, a local 
        educational agency, may retain for obligation in the succeeding 
        fiscal year--
                    ``(A) an amount equal to not more than 25 percent 
                of the allocation it receives under this title for such 
                fiscal year; or
                    ``(B) upon a demonstration of good cause by such 
                agency or consortium, a greater amount approved by the 
                State educational agency.

``SEC. 4114. LOCAL DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Principles of Effectiveness.--Each local educational agency 
that receives a subgrant under section 4113(c) shall use those funds to 
support research-based drug- and violence-prevention services and 
activities that are consistent with the principles of effectiveness 
described in section 4119..
    ``(b) Other Authorized Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency that 
        receives a subgrant under section 4113(d) may also use those 
        funds to carry out, in a manner that is consistent with the 
        most relevant research, other services and activities that are 
        consistent with the purpose of this title, such as--
                    ``(A) staff training and development;
                    ``(B) parental involvement and training;
                    ``(C) community involvement activities;
                    ``(D) law enforcement and security activities that 
                are related to school safety and drug use;
                    ``(E) creating and maintaining safe zones of 
                passage to and from school to prevent violence and drug 
                trafficking;
                    ``(F) counseling, mentoring, and referral services, 
                and other student assistance programs;
                    ``(G) before- and after-school programs;
                    ``(H) alternative education programs for those 
                students who have been expelled from their regular 
                education programs;
                    ``(I) programs to assist students to reenter the 
                regular education program upon return from treatment or 
                alternative education settings;
                    ``(J) services and activities that reduce the need 
                for suspension and expulsion in maintaining classroom 
                order and school discipline;
                    ``(K) services and activities to prevent and reduce 
                truancy;
                    ``(L) teaching students about the risks and 
                consequences associated with handling firearms that 
                enabling them to make safe choices and avoid injury to 
                themselves and others;
                    ``(M) age-appropriate, developmentally based 
                violence prevention and education programs for all 
                students, from the preschool level through grade 12, 
                that address the legal, health, personal, and social 
                consequences of violent and disruptive behavior, 
                including sexual harassment and abuse, and 
                victimization associated with prejudice and 
                intolerance, and that include activities designed to 
                help students develop a sense of individual 
                responsibility and respect for the rights of others, 
                and to resolve conflicts without violence;
                    ``(N) age-appropriate, developmentally-based or 
                community-oriented safety programs for all students, 
                from the preschool level through grade 12, that address 
                prevention and education of child abuse and abduction, 
                including--
                            ``(i) teaching students the skills to 
                        identify, avoid if possible, and cope with 
                        potentially dangerous or threatening situations 
                        that may include abduction, abuse, or neglect; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) providing guidance to students that 
                        encourages students to seek advice for anxiety, 
                        threats of abuse, or actual abuse and to 
                        confide in a trusted adult regarding an 
                        uncomfortable or threatening situation;
                    ``(O) activities designed to prevent hate crimes 
                and strengthen tolerance and understanding;
                    ``(P) activities to greatly reduce the incidence of 
                sexual harassment and abuse;
                    ``(Q) activities to increase the safety of children 
                going to and from school, including those that improve 
                pedestrian and bicyclist safety; and
                    ``(R) other activities that are consistent with the 
                purposes of this title.
            ``(2) Limitation.--A local educational agency may not use 
        more that 20 percent of its subgrant for the acquisition or use 
        of metal detectors and security personnel unless it 
        demonstrates in its application under section 4116 to the 
        satisfaction of the State educational agency that it has a 
        compelling need to do so.
    ``(c) School Protection.--Each local educational agency, or 
consortium of such agencies, that receives a subgrant under section 
4113(c) and has reported expulsions under part F during the past 3 
years shall develop a program with local law enforcement agencies to 
protect students and employees of public schools against gun violence 
that includes promoting the benefits of child safety locks for 
firearms.

``SEC. 4115. GOVERNORS PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--An amount equal to 15 percent of the 
        total amount allocated to a State under section 4111(b) for 
        each fiscal year shall be used by the chief executive officer 
        of such State for drug and violence prevention programs and 
        activities in accordance with this section.
            ``(2) Law enforcement education partnerships.--A chief 
        executive officer shall use not less than 10 percent of the 15 
        percent of the total amount described in paragraph (1) for each 
        fiscal year for law enforcement education partnerships in 
        accordance with subsection (d).
            ``(3) Administrative costs.--A chief executive officer may 
        use not more than 20 percent of the total amount described in 
        paragraph (1) for the administrative costs incurred in carrying 
        out the duties of such officer under this section.
    ``(b) Programs Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--A chief executive officer shall use 
        funds made available under subsection (a) for competitive 
        grants to or contracts with parent groups, community action and 
        job training agencies, community-based organizations, and other 
        public entities and private nonprofit organizations and 
        consortia thereof to support community efforts that directly 
        complement the efforts of local educational agencies to foster 
        drug-free, safe, and orderly learning environments in and 
        around schools. In making such grants and contracts, a chief 
        executive officer shall give priority to programs and 
        activities described in subsection (c) for--
                    ``(A) children and youth who are not normally 
                served by State or local educational agencies; or
                    ``(B) populations that need special services or 
                additional resources (such as preschoolers, youth in 
                juvenile detention facilities, runaway or homeless 
                children and youth, pregnant and parenting teenagers, 
                and school dropouts).
            ``(2) Peer review.--Grants or contracts awarded under this 
        subsection shall be subject to a peer review process.
    ``(c) Authorized Activities.--Grants and contracts under subsection 
(b) shall be used for programs and activities, which are based on most 
relevant research, to the extent available and feasible, such as--
            ``(1) disseminating information about drug and violence 
        prevention;
            ``(2) training parents, law enforcement officials, judicial 
        officials, social service providers, health service providers 
        and community leaders about drug and violence prevention, 
        comprehensive health education, early intervention, pupil 
        services, or rehabilitation referral;
            ``(3) developing and implementing comprehensive, community-
        based drug and violence prevention programs that link community 
        resources with schools and integrate services involving 
        education, vocational and job skills training and placement, 
        law enforcement, health, mental health, community service, 
        mentoring, and other appropriate services;
            ``(4) planning and implementing drug and violence 
        prevention activities that coordinate the efforts of State 
        agencies with efforts of the State educational agency and its 
        local educational agencies;
            ``(5) activities to protect students traveling to and from 
        school, including pedestrian and bicycle safety education;
            ``(6) before-and-after school recreational, instructional, 
        cultural, and artistic programs that encourage drug- and 
        violence-free lifestyles;
            ``(7) activities that promote the awareness of and 
        sensitivity to alternatives to violence through courses of 
        study that include related issues of intolerance and hatred in 
        history;
            ``(8) developing and implementing activities to prevent and 
        reduce violence associated with prejudice and intolerance;
            ``(9) developing and implementing strategies to prevent 
        illegal gang activity;
            ``(10) coordinating and conducting community-wide violence 
        and safety assessments and surveys;
            ``(11) service-learning projects that encourage drug- and 
        violence-free lifestyles; and
            ``(12) evaluating programs and activities assisted under 
        this section.
    ``(d) Law Enforcement Education Partnerships.--A chief executive 
officer shall use funds under subsection (a)(2) to award grants to 
State, county, or local law enforcement agencies (including district 
attorneys) in consortium with local educational agencies or community-
based agencies for the purpose of carrying out drug abuse and violence 
prevention activities, such as--
            ``(1) Project Drug Abuse Resistance Education and other 
        programs which provide classroom instruction by uniformed law 
        enforcement officials that is designed to teach students to 
        recognize and resist pressures to experiment that influence 
        such children to use controlled substances or alcohol;
            ``(2) Project Legal Lives and other programs in which 
        district attorneys provide classroom instruction in the law and 
        legal system which emphasizes interactive learning techniques, 
        such as mock trial competitions;
            ``(3) partnerships between law enforcement and child 
        guidance professionals; and
            ``(4) before- and after-school activities.

``SEC. 4116. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

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

``SEC. 4117. NATIONAL EVALUATIONS AND DATA COLLECTIONS.

    ``(a) National Evaluations.--
            ``(1) The Secretary shall provide for periodic national 
        evaluations, at least every 2 years, of the quality and impact 
        of programs under this title and other programs designed to 
        prevent drugs and violence in schools and submit a report of 
        the findings of such evaluations to the President and Congress.
            ``(2)(A) The National Center for Education Statistics shall 
        collect data for the following purposes:
                    ``(i) To determine the frequency, seriousness, and 
                incidence of drug use by youth in schools and 
                communities in the States using, if appropriate, data 
                submitted by the States pursuant to subsection (b).
                    ``(ii) To determine the frequency, degree of harm, 
                and morbidity of violent incidents, particularly 
                firearm-related injuries and fatalities, by youth in 
                schools and communities in the States, including 
                information with respect to--
                            ``(I) the relationship between victims and 
                        perpetrators;
                            ``(II) demographic characteristics of 
                        victims and perpetrators; and
                            ``(III) type and characteristic of the 
                        firearm used in the shooting.
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall report to Congress on the 
                data collected under this paragraph, together with such 
                recommendations as the Secretary determines 
                appropriate.
            ``(3) The Secretary shall publish annual reports on school 
        safety.
    ``(b) State Reports.--
            ``(1) The Governor and State educational agency of each 
        State shall annually report to the Secretary, in such form as 
        the Secretary may require, on the State's progress toward 
        attaining its performance indicators, required under section 
        4112(a)(1)(B), for achieving drug-free, safe, and orderly 
        learning environments in its schools. Annual reports shall--
                    ``(A) be based on the State's ongoing evaluation 
                activities;
                    ``(B) include data on the prevalence and incidence 
                of drug use and violence by youth in schools and 
                communities;
                    ``(C) address the implementation and outcomes of 
                State and local programs under this part, as well as 
                their effectiveness; and
                    ``(D) be made readily available to the public.
            ``(2) Each State shall report to the Secretary, in such 
        form as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
        Health and Human services, may require, all school-related 
        suicides and homicides within the State within 30 days of the 
        incident.
    ``(c) Local Reports.--
            ``(1)(A) Each local educational agency that receives a 
        subgrant under section 4113(d) shall report annually to the 
        State educational agency and the public on--
                            ``(i) the local educational agency's 
                        progress toward meeting its results-based 
                        performance indicators for its program;
                            ``(ii) the results of its on-going 
                        evaluation of its program; and
                            ``(iii) any problems the local educational 
                        agency has encountered in implementing its 
                        program that warrant the provision of technical 
                        assistance by the State educational agency.
                    ``(B)(i) The State educational agency shall review 
                the annual reports described under paragraph (1) and 
                shall not provide funding for the second or third year 
                of a local educational agency's program unless it 
                determines that the local educational agency is making 
                reasonable progress toward meeting its objectives.
                    ``(ii) Before the denial of funding under clause 
                (i) a local educational agency shall be afforded an 
                opportunity to a hearing.
            ``(2)(A) Each recipient of funds under section 4115 shall 
        report annually to the Governor and to the public on--
                            ``(i) its progress toward meeting its 
                        results-based performance measures for its 
                        program;
                            ``(ii) the results of its on-going 
                        evaluation of its program; and
                            ``(iii) any problems it encountered in 
                        implementing its program that warrant the 
                        provision of technical assistance by the 
                        Governor.
                    ``(B) The Governor shall review the annual reports 
                described under subparagraph (A), and shall not provide 
                funding for subsequent years of a multi-year program 
                unless the Governor determines that the recipient is 
                making reasonable progress toward meeting its 
                objectives.

``SEC. 4118. PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

    ``(a) General Authority.--From the funds made available pursuant to 
section 4111(a)(4) to carry out this section, the Secretary shall make 
grants to or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with 
organizations primarily serving and representing Native Hawaiians, 
which are recognized by the Governor of the State of Hawaii to plan, 
conduct, and administer programs, or portions thereof, which are 
authorized by and consistent with the provisions of this title for the 
benefit of Native Hawaiians.
    ``(b) Definition of Native Hawaiian.--For the purposes of this 
section, the term Native Hawaiian means any individual any of whose 
ancestors were natives, prior to 1778, of the area which now comprises 
the State of Hawaii.

``SEC. 4119. PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVENESS.

    ``The principles of effectiveness referred to under this title are 
as follows:
            ``(1) The applicant's program is based on a thorough 
        assessment of objective data about the drug and violence 
        problems in the schools and communities to be served.
            ``(2) The applicant has established a set of measurable 
        goals and objectives aimed at ensuring that all schools served 
        by the local educational agency have a drug-free, safe, and 
        orderly learning environment, and has designed its programs to 
        meet those goals and objectives.
            ``(3) The applicant has designed and will implement its 
        programs for youth based on research or evaluation that 
        provides evidence that the program to be used will prevent or 
        reduce drug use, violence, delinquency, or disruptive behavior 
        among youth.
            ``(4) The applicant will evaluate its program periodically 
        to assess its progress toward achieving its goals and 
        objectives, and will use evaluation results to refine, improve, 
        and strengthen its program, and refine its goals and 
        objectives, as needed;

                     ``Subpart 2--National Programs

``SEC. 4121. NATIONAL PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--From funds appropriated to carry out 
this part for each fiscal year under section 4004(2), the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) carry out programs--
                    ``(A) designed to promote drug-free, safe, and 
                orderly learning environments for students at all 
                educational levels, from preschool through the 
                postsecondary level;
                    ``(B) for such students that promote lifelong 
                physical activity; and
            ``(2) reserve the lesser of 5 percent or $10,000,000 to 
        carry out section 4122, relating to Hate Crime prevention.
    ``(b) Drug-Free, Safe, and Orderly Learning Environments.--
            ``(1) The Secretary may carry out the programs described in 
        subsection (a)(1)(A) directly, or through grants, contracts, or 
        cooperative agreements with public and private agencies, 
        organizations, and individuals, or through agreements with 
        other Federal agencies, and shall coordinate with other Federal 
        agencies, as appropriate.
            ``(2) Programs under this subsection may include, but are 
        not limited to--
                    ``(A) one or more centers to provide training and 
                technical assistance for teachers, school 
                administrators and staff, and others on the 
                identification and implementation of effective 
                strategies to promote safe, orderly, and drug-free 
                learning environments;
                    ``(B) programs to train teachers in innovative 
                techniques and strategies of effective drug and 
                violence prevention;
                    ``(C) research and demonstration projects to test 
                innovative approaches to drug and violence prevention;
                    ``(D) evaluations of the effectiveness of programs 
                funded under this title, or other programs designed to 
                create safe, disciplined, and drug-free environments;
                    ``(E) direct services and technical assistance to 
                schools and school systems, including those afflicted 
                with especially severe drug and violence problems;
                    ``(F) developing and disseminating drug and 
                violence prevention materials and information in print, 
                audiovisual, or electronic format, including 
                information about effective research-based programs, 
                policies, practices, strategies, and curriculum and 
                other relevant materials to support drug and violence 
                prevention education;
                    ``(G) recruiting, hiring, and training program 
                coordinators to assist local educational agencies in 
                implementing high-quality, effective, research-based 
                drug and violence prevention programs;
                    ``(H) the development and provision of education 
                and training programs, curricula, instructional 
                materials, and professional training for preventing and 
                reducing the incidence of crimes or conflicts motivated 
                by bullying, hate, prejudice, intolerance, or sexual 
                harassment and abuse;
                    ``(I) programs for youth who are out of the 
                education mainstream, including school dropouts, 
                students who have been suspended or expelled from their 
                regular education program, and runaway or homeless 
                children and youth;
                    ``(J) programs implemented in conjunction with 
                other Federal agencies that support local educational 
                agencies and communities in developing and implementing 
                comprehensive programs that create safe, disciplined, 
                and drug-free learning environments and promote healthy 
                childhood development;
                    ``(K) services and activities that reduce the need 
                for suspension and expulsion in maintaining classroom 
                order and discipline;
                    ``(L) services and activities to prevent and reduce 
                truancy;
                    ``(M) services and activities by an organization 
                that uses an effective life management skills 
                curriculum specifically designed to target at-risk and 
                disenfranchised youth who are confronted with multiple 
                challenging problems;
                    ``(N) programs to provide counseling services to 
                troubled youth, including support for the recruitment 
                and hiring of counselors and the operation of telephone 
                help lines; and
                    ``(O) other activities that meet emerging or unmet 
                national needs consistent with the purposes of this 
                title.
    ``(c) Lifelong Physical Activity Programs.--
            ``(1) The Secretary may carry out the programs described in 
        paragraph (2) directly, or through grants, contracts, or 
        cooperative agreements with public and private agencies, 
        organizations, and individuals, or through agreements with 
        other Federal agencies, and shall coordinate with the Centers 
        for Disease Control and Prevention, the Presidents Council on 
        Physical Fitness, and other Federal agencies, as appropriate.
            ``(2) Programs under this subsection may include, but are 
        not limited to--
                    ``(A) the conduct of demonstrations of school-based 
                programs that promote lifelong physical activity, with 
                a particular emphasis on physical education programs 
                that are part of coordinated school health programs, 
                that promote healthy, drug-free lifestyles;
                    ``(B) training, technical assistance, and other 
                activities to encourage States and local educational 
                agencies to implement sound school-based programs that 
                promote lifelong physical activity and healthy 
                lifestyles; and
                    ``(C) activities designed to build State capacity 
                to provide leadership and strengthen schools 
                capabilities to provide school-based programs that 
                promote lifelong physical activity and healthy 
                lifestyles.
    ``(d) Peer Review.--The Secretary shall use a peer review process 
in reviewing applications for funds under this section.

``SEC. 4122. HATE CRIME PREVENTION.

    ``(a) Grant Authorization.--From funds reserved to carry out this 
section under section 4121(a)(2) the Secretary may make grants, on a 
competitive basis, to local educational agencies or local educational 
agencies in conjunction with community-based organizations for the 
purpose of providing assistance to localities most directly affected by 
hate crimes.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Program development.--Grants under this section may 
        be used to improve elementary and secondary educational 
        efforts, including--
                    ``(A) development of education and training 
                programs designed to prevent and to reduce the 
                incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated by hate;
                    ``(B) development of curricula for the purpose of 
                improving conflict or dispute resolution skills of 
                students, teachers, and administrators;
                    ``(C) development and acquisition of equipment and 
                instructional materials to meet the needs of, or 
                otherwise be part of, hate crime or conflict programs; 
                and
                    ``(D) professional training and development for 
                teachers and administrators on the causes, effects, and 
                resolutions of hate crimes or hate-based conflicts.
            ``(2) In general.--In order to be eligible to receive a 
        grant under this section for any fiscal year, a local 
        educational agency, or a local educational agency in 
        conjunction with a community-based organization, shall submit 
        an application to the Secretary in such form, at such time, and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
        require.
            ``(3) Requirements.--Each application under paragraph (2) 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) a request for funds to be used consistent 
                with the purposes described in this section;
                    ``(B) a description of the schools and communities 
                to be served by the grants; and
                    ``(C) or assurance that Federal funds received 
                under this section shall be used to supplement, not 
                supplant, non-Federal funds.
            ``(4) Comprehensive plan.--Each application shall also 
        include a comprehensive plan that contains--
                    ``(A) a description of the hate crime or conflict 
                problems within the schools or the community described 
                in paragraph (3)(B);
                    ``(B) a description of the program to be developed 
                or augmented by such Federal and non-Federal matching 
                funds (which may be provided in cash, or in-kind);
                    ``(C) an assurance that such program or activity 
                shall be administered by or under the supervision of 
                the applicant;
                    ``(D) procedures for proper and efficient 
                administration of such program; and
                    ``(E) procedures for fiscal control and fund 
                accounting as may be necessary to ensure prudent use, 
                proper disbursement, and accurate accounting of funds 
                received under this section.
    ``(c) Award of Grants.--
            ``(1) Selection of recipients.--The Secretary shall 
        consider the incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated by 
        bias in the schools and communities described in subsection 
        (b)(3)(B) in awarding grants under this section.
            ``(2) Geographic distribution.--The Secretary shall 
        attempt, to the extent practicable, to achieve an equitable 
        geographic distribution of grant awards.
            ``(3) Dissemination of information.--The Secretary shall 
        make available information regarding successful research based 
        hate crime prevention programs, including programs established 
        or expanded with grants under this section to grantees under 
        this section.
    ``(d) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce in the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Senate a 
report every 2 years which shall contain a detailed statement regarding 
grants and awards, activities of grant recipients, and an evaluation of 
programs established under this section.

                    ``Subpart 3--General Provisions

``SEC. 4131. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For the purposes of this part:
            ``(1) Drug and violence prevention.--The term drug and 
        violence prevention means--
                    ``(A) with respect to drugs, prevention, early 
                intervention, rehabilitation, referral, or education 
                related to the illegal use of alcohol and the use of 
                controlled, illegal, addictive, or harmful substances, 
                including inhalants and anabolic steroids;
                    ``(B) prevention, early intervention, smoking 
                cessation activities, or education, related to the use 
                of tobacco by children and youth eligible for services 
                under this title; and
                    ``(C) with respect to violence, the promotion of 
                school safety, such that students and school personnel 
                are free from violent and disruptive acts, including 
                sexual harassment and abuse, and victimization 
                associated with prejudice and intolerance, on school 
                premises, going to and from school, and at school-
                sponsored activities, through the creation and 
                maintenance of a school environment that is free of 
                weapons and fosters individual responsibility and 
                respect for the rights of others.
            ``(2) Hate crime.--The term `hate crime' means a crime as 
        described in section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 
        1990.
            ``(3) Nonprofit.--The term `nonprofit', as applied to a 
        school, agency, organization, or institution means a school, 
        agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by one 
        or more nonprofit corporations or associations, no part of the 
        net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the 
        benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
            ``(4) School-aged population.--The term `school-aged 
        population' means the population aged 5 through 17, as 
        determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
        satisfactory data available from the Department of Commerce.
            ``(5) School personnel.--The term `school personnel' 
        includes teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, social 
        workers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, and other support 
        staff who are employed by a school or who perform services for 
        the school on a contractual basis.

``SEC. 4132. MATERIALS.

    ``(a) Wrong and Harmful Message.--Drug prevention programs 
supported under this part shall convey a clear and consistent message 
that the illegal use of alcohol and other drugs is wrong and harmful.
    ``(b) Curriculum.--The Secretary shall not prescribe the use of 
specific curricula for programs supported under this part, but may 
evaluate the effectiveness of such curricula and other strategies in 
drug and violence prevention.

``SEC. 4133. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.

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

                     ``PART B--TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

``SEC. 4211. COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to provide 
grants to State educational agencies that meet the requirements of this 
part to implement prevention programs that meet a high scientific 
standard of program effectiveness.
    ``(b) Contents of State Plan.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this part, a State educational agency shall submit an 
application, to the Secretary at such time and including such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including a State 
plan that describes--
            ``(1) the process and selection criteria by which the State 
        educational agency will make competitive grants to eligible 
        local educational agencies;
            ``(2) how the State educational agency will ensure that 
        only high quality, well-defined, and well-documented 
        comprehensive prevention programs are funded;
            ``(3) how the State educational agency will disseminate 
        materials developed or collected by the Secretary about 
        research-based comprehensive prevention models that are proven 
        to be effective and will provide technical assistance to assist 
        local educational agencies in evaluating, selecting, 
        developing, and implementing comprehensive prevention programs;
            ``(4) how the State educational agency will evaluate the 
        implementation of comprehensive prevention programs and measure 
        the results achieved in preventing violence, criminal and 
        delinquent behavior, substance abuse, and other problem 
        behaviors and improving student academic performance;
            ``(5) how the State educational agency will ensure that 
        local programs meet the requirements of section 4214(c); and
            ``(6) provide an assurance that funds provided under this 
        part shall supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, 
        and local funds that would otherwise be available for the 
        purposes described under this part.

``SEC. 4212. RESERVATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS.

    ``(a) Reservations.--From the funds made available under section 
4004(3) to carry out this part for each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) reserve funds in accordance with paragraphs (1), (2), 
        and (4) of section 4111(a); and
            ``(2) except as provided in subsection (b), allocate the 
        remainder of funds among the States in accordance with section 
        4111(b)(1).
    ``(b) Reallocation of Funds to States.--If a State educational 
agency does not develop a plan that meets the requirements of section 
4211(b), the Secretary shall not make an allocation to the State under 
subsection (a)(2) and shall allocate such funds in accordance with 
section 4111(b)(1) to other States that have developed such plans. 
Funds allocated to a State under this subsection may be used only to 
implement programs under this subpart.

``SEC. 4213. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Funds to Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State educational agency that 
        receives an allocation under this part shall use such funds to 
        make competitive grants to local educational agencies.
            ``(2) Awards.--In awarding competitive grants under this 
        part, a State educational agency shall--
                    ``(A) give the highest priority to local 
                educational agencies with demonstrated need in 
                accordance with the criteria described in section 
                4113(d)(2)(C)(ii);
                    ``(B) make grant awards that are of sufficient size 
                and scope to support the initial startup costs for a 
                comprehensive prevention plan that meets the 
                requirements of this part; and
                    ``(C) take into account the equitable distribution 
                of awards to different geographic regions within the 
                State, including urban and rural areas, and to schools 
                serving elementary and secondary students.
    ``(b) Reservation.--A State educational agency may use not more 
than 5 percent of the funds made available to it under this section for 
administrative, evaluation, and technical assistance expenses, 
including expenses necessary to inform local educational agencies about 
research-based comprehensive prevention approaches that have proven to 
be effective.

``SEC. 4214. LOCAL AWARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--To be eligible to receive a subgrant under this 
subpart for any fiscal year, a local educational agency shall submit, 
at such time and including such information, as the State educational 
agency requires, an application to the State educational agency for 
approval.
    ``(b) Plan.--Each local educational agency shall submit a plan to 
the State educational agency demonstrating how it will meet the 
requirements of subsection (c).
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--A grant awarded to a local educational agency 
under this part shall be used only for the purpose of identifying and 
implementing comprehensive prevention programs that--
            ``(1) employ strategies or approaches that are based on 
        reliable research and that show effectiveness in preventing 
        violence, criminal and delinquent behavior, substance abuse, 
        and other problem behaviors and improving student academic 
        performance;
            ``(2) comprehensively address the mental, emotional, 
        social, and physical health of children and adolescents;
            ``(3) employ developmentally appropriate activities and 
        interventions;
            ``(4) assist children and adolescents in improving 
        cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills;
            ``(5) use methods that ensure the active engagement of the 
        children and adolescents who participate and that facilitate 
        better communication between children and adults about problem 
        situations;
            ``(6) provide for the meaningful involvement of parents, 
        educators, health and mental health professionals, and the 
        local community in planning and implementation;
            ``(7) provide high-quality and continuous staff 
        professional development and training;
            ``(8) have measurable outcome goals and a clear evaluation 
        plan, including annual reports to the State and the Secretary;
            ``(9) use high-quality external technical support and 
        assistance from individuals or entities with experience and 
        expertise in developing, implementing, and evaluating 
        comprehensive prevention approaches; and
            ``(10) identify how other resources (Federal, State, local, 
        and private) available to the State will be used to coordinate 
        services to support and sustain the comprehensive prevention 
        effort.

                    ``PART C--ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

``SEC. 4311. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to assist local educational agencies 
to implement, establish, develop, or improve--
            ``(1) sound and equitable policies that ensure a safe, 
        orderly, and drug-free learning environment for all children, 
        while reducing the need to suspend or expel students and the 
        number of such suspensions and expulsions; and
            ``(2) educational supports, services, and programs, using 
        trained and qualified staff, for children aged 5 through 21 who 
        have been suspended or expelled so such children make 
        continuing progress toward meeting the State's challenging 
        academic standards.

``SEC. 4312. RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENTS.

    ``(a) Reservation.--From the amount made available under section 
4004(4) to carry out this part for each fiscal year, the Secretary--
            ``(1) shall reserve 0.5 percent for grants to Guam, 
        American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and until October 
        1, 2001, the Republic of Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the 
        Federated States of Micronesia;
            ``(2) shall reserve 1 percent for the Secretary of Interior 
        to carry out programs under this part for Indian children; and
            ``(3) may reserve not more than the lesser of 5 percent or 
        $5,000,000 for evaluation and national activities under section 
        4322.
    ``(b) State Educational Agency Allotments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), and 
        after making the reservations in subsection (a), the Secretary 
        shall, for each fiscal year, allocate among the States the 
        remainder according to the ratio between the amount each State 
        received under part A of title I for the preceding year and the 
        sum of such amounts received by all the States.
            ``(2) Minimum.--For any fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        not allot to a State an amount under this subsection that is 
        less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the total amount allotted 
        to all the States under this subsection.
            ``(3) Reallotment.--The Secretary may reallot any amount of 
        any allotment to a State if the Secretary determines that the 
        State will be unable to use such amount within two years of 
        such allotment. Such reallotments shall be made on the same 
        basis as allotments are made under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Within-State Distribution of Funds.--Each State educational 
agency having an approved application pursuant to section 4313 and 
receiving an allocation under subsection (b), shall--
            ``(1) allocate not less than 95 percent of such allocation 
        to local educational agencies pursuant to section 4317(a) or 
        4317(b); and
            ``(2) reserve not more than 5 percent for State level 
        activities and evaluation, of which not more than 40 percent 
        may be used for administration.
    ``(d) Special Rule.--For the purposes of subsection (b) the term 
`State' means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

``SEC. 4313. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.

    ``Each State educational agency seeking a grant under this part 
shall submit an application in such form, and containing such 
information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. At a minimum, the 
application shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the competitive process the State 
        educational agency will use to award subgrants to local 
        educational agencies if the total amount appropriated to carry 
        out this part is less than $350,000,000 in any given fiscal 
        year;
            ``(2) a description of the performance indicators the State 
        educational agency will establish, consistent with section 
        4316, that will be used to evaluate local educational agency 
        programs funded under this part;
            ``(3) a description of the research-base of programs funded 
        under this part;
            ``(4) a description of the professional development 
        necessary for teachers, other educators, and pupil services 
        personnel to implement alternative education supports, 
        services, and programs based on scientifically based research;
            ``(5) a description of how the State will ensure a 
        reduction in the number of suspensions and expulsions, 
        including reductions among groups of minority, low-income, and 
        disabled children;
            ``(6) a description of the programs and activities the 
        State will carry out under section 4315;
            ``(7) an assurance that the State educational agency will 
        make awards to local educational agencies under section 4317(a) 
        based on the quality of their programs and their need for 
        assistance under this part;
            ``(8) a description of how the State will ensure the 
        implementation of disciplinary policies that are fair and 
        equitable;
            ``(9) a description of how the State will ensure that 
        supports, services, and programs funded under this part will 
        enable children to meet challenging State academic standards;
            ``(10) a description of how the State will ensure that 
        programs funded under this part include adequate support 
        services for students and their families, including counseling, 
        and how the State will coordinate with and use services 
        available through juvenile justice, mental health, and social 
        services agencies;
            ``(11) an assurance that the State and local educational 
        agencies which receive funds under this part will use such 
        funds to provide educational services to children who have been 
        suspended or expelled from school; and
            ``(12) a description of how the State will ensure the 
        programs funded under this part provide adequate support for 
        students to return to a regular education setting, if 
        appropriate.

``SEC. 4314. STATE APPLICATION APPROVAL.

    ``The Secretary shall review the application of a State educational 
agency for assistance under this part and shall approve the 
application, unless the Secretary makes a determination in writing that 
such application does not meet the specific requirements of this part 
or is of insufficient quality to meet the goals and purposes of this 
part.

``SEC. 4315. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Required Uses of Funds.--A State educational agency shall use 
funds reserved under section 4312(c)(2) for the following activities:
            ``(1) Identification.--Identification and dissemination of 
        effective supports, services, and programs that are consistent 
        with the purpose of this part, based on scientifically based 
        research, to local educational agencies within the State.
            ``(2) Assistance.--Technical assistance designed to improve 
        the performance of supports, services, and programs funded 
        under this part.
            ``(3) Evaluation.--Evaluation of programs funded under this 
        part, and dissemination of the findings of the evaluations.
    ``(b) Permissive Uses of Funds.--A State educational agency may use 
funds reserved under section 4312(c)(2) for the following activities:
            ``(1) Development.--Development of effective supports, 
        services, and programs consistent with the purpose of this 
        part.
            ``(2) Professional development.--Professional development 
        designed to provide teachers, pupil services personnel, and 
        other related instructional personnel with skills necessary to 
        integrate behavior intervention techniques and methodology into 
        the academic curriculum used by the State and local educational 
        agencies to maintain effective discipline and an environment 
        conducive to learning that reduces the need to suspend or expel 
        students.
            ``(3) Other activities.--Any other activities consistent 
        with the purpose of this part.

``SEC. 4316. STATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

    ``Each State educational agency shall establish performance 
indicators and acceptable goals of progress to evaluate the 
effectiveness of programs funded under this part. Such performance 
indicators shall include, at a minimum:
            ``(1) reduction in the number of incidents of disruptive 
        and violent behavior;
            ``(2) reduction in the number of suspensions and 
        expulsions;
            ``(3) reduction in the total amount of time students are 
        out of school as a result of being suspended or expelled;
            ``(4) attainment of challenging State academic standards by 
        students in programs funded under this part;
            ``(5) reduction in dropout rate; and
            ``(6) an increase in the number of students returning 
        successfully to a regular education program, as appropriate.

``SEC. 4317. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Competitive Grants.--In any fiscal year in which the total 
amount provided under section 4004(4) is less than $350,000,000, the 
State educational agency shall distribute funds under section 
4312(c)(1) on a competitive basis to local educational agencies that 
have an approved application under section 4318 and can demonstrate a 
significant number of incidents of children aged 5 through 21 who have 
been suspended or expelled from public school. Such competitive grant 
process shall--
            ``(1) give priority to local educational agencies in which 
        more than 30 percent of the children are from low-income 
        families as determined under part A of title I;
            ``(2) ensure that each grant is sufficient size and scope 
        so as to be effective;
            ``(3) ensure, to the extent practicable, the distribution 
        of grants on an equitable geographic basis, including selecting 
        agencies that serve urban, suburban, and rural populations; and
            ``(4) utilize a peer review process to approve 
        applications.
    ``(b) Formula Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--In any fiscal year for which the total 
        amount provided under section 4004(4) is more than, or equal to 
        $350,000,000, the State educational agency shall distribute 
        funds under section 4312(c)(1) on the following basis:
                    ``(A) 80 percent of such amount shall be allocated 
                to such local educational agencies in proportion to the 
                number of children, aged 5 through 17, who reside in 
                the school district served by the local educational 
                agency from families with incomes below the poverty 
                line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget 
                and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) 
                of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
                9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved 
                for the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory 
                data are available, compared to the number of such 
                individuals who reside in the school districts served 
                by all the local educational agencies in the State for 
                that fiscal year.
                    ``(B) 20 percent of such amount shall be allocated 
                to local educational agencies, based on the relative 
                enrollments in public and private nonprofit elementary 
                and secondary schools within the boundaries of such 
                agencies.
            ``(2) Reallocation.--If a local educational agency chooses 
        not to apply to receive the amount allocated to it under 
        paragraph (1), or if such agency's application is disapproved 
        by the State educational agency pursuant to section 4319, the 
        State educational agency shall reallocate such amount to other 
        local educational agencies on the same basis as allocations are 
        made under paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of programs funded under 
this part shall be 65 percent for local educational agencies with 
poverty levels of 30 percent and above, and 35 percent for local 
educational agencies with poverty levels below 30 percent. Local 
educational agencies may satisfy the non-Federal share funding 
requirements of this section with in-kind contributions and may use 
Federal funds, other than those provided under this part, that may be 
used to carry out the purpose of this part.

``SEC. 4318. LOCAL APPLICATION.

    ``In order to be eligible to receive a grant under section 4317, 
for any fiscal year, a local educational agency shall submit an 
application to the State educational agency, at such time, and 
containing such information as the State educational agency shall 
require. Such application shall, at a minimum, include--
            ``(1) an assurance that programs shall serve children aged 
        5 through 21 who have been suspended or expelled from another 
        public school within the local educational agency;
            ``(2) a description of how the local educational agency 
        will provide, in a safe, orderly, and drug-free learning 
        environment with trained and qualified staff, educational 
        supports, services, and programs for students who have been 
        suspended or expelled so such students are able to meet the 
        State's challenging academic standards;
            ``(3) a description of the plan of the local educational 
        agency for reducing the number of suspensions and expulsions 
        and reducing the total amount of time students are out of a 
        regular education setting as a result of being suspended or 
        expelled;
            ``(4) a plan for training teachers, pupil services 
        personnel, and other appropriate school staff on effective 
        strategies for dealing with disruptive students;
            ``(5) a description of how the local educational agency 
        will involve parents in the education of children who have been 
        suspended or expelled, to the extent possible;
            ``(6) an assurance that local educational agencies will 
        develop annually increasing program performance goals, 
        consistent with the State's performance indicators under 
        section 4316;
            ``(7) information demonstrating how the applicant will 
        continue the programs and activities developed under this part 
        after completion of the grant;
            ``(8) an assurance that the program will provide sufficient 
        support services for children and their families, including 
        counseling, and will coordinate with and utilize services 
        provided through juvenile justice, social service, and mental 
        health agencies;
            ``(9) an assurance that the program will assist 
        participating students in making the transition back to a 
        regular education setting, as appropriate; and
            ``(10) provide an assurance that such program will place an 
        emphasis on personal, academic, social, and workplace skills 
        and behavior modification, as appropriate.

``SEC. 4319. LOCAL APPLICATION APPROVAL.

    ``The State educational agency shall review the application of a 
local educational agency for assistance under this part. For the 
purposes of grants awarded under section 4317(b), such application 
shall be deemed approved unless the State makes a determination in 
writing that such application does not meet the specific requirements 
of this part or is of insufficient quality to meet the goals and 
purposes of this part.

``SEC. 4320. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY USES OF FUNDS.

    ``Each local educational agency, with an approved application under 
section 4319, shall use funds provided under section 4317 for one or 
more of the following activities, which shall be based on the most 
relevant research:
            ``(1) The development, establishment, or improvement of 
        alternative schools, either established within a school or 
        separate and apart from an existing school, that are designed--
                    ``(A) to reduce disruptive behavior;
                    ``(B) to reduce the need for repeat suspensions and 
                expulsions; and
                    ``(C) to enable students to meet challenging State 
                academic standards.
            ``(2) The development, establishment, or improvement of 
        alternative supports, services, programs, and strategies for 
        students served by programs funded under this part.
            ``(3) Professional development for teachers, 
        administrators, pupil services personnel, and other school 
        staff on the most effective ways of preventing students from 
        disrupting class, and for dealing with those students who 
        disrupt class.
            ``(4) Mentoring, tutoring, and other services for students.
            ``(5) Counseling and mental health services, such as mental 
        health assessment and counseling, counseling on transitioning 
        to work or other educational options, and family counseling.
            ``(6) Programs in such areas as conflict resolution, peer 
        mediation, character education, social skills building, 
        alcohol, drug, and violence prevention, and behavior 
        interventions.
            ``(7) Programs providing sufficient support services for 
        children and their families, including counseling, and 
        coordination with and utilization of services provided through 
        juvenile justice, social service, and mental health agencies.
            ``(8) Activities to assist students in making the 
        transition back to regular school programs, as appropriate.
            ``(9) Programs to assist students to meet challenging 
        academic standards.
            ``(10) Other programs and activities consistent with the 
        purpose of this part.

``SEC. 4321. PROGRAM EVALUATION.

    ``(a) In General.--(1) Each State educational agency receiving 
funds under this part shall evaluate the effectiveness of programs and 
activities carried out under this part in reducing the need to suspend 
or expel students and in helping students who have been suspended or 
expelled to meet the State's challenging academic standards.
    ``(2) In evaluating local programs, the State educational agency 
shall, as appropriate, review performance data based on the attainment 
of the goals established by local educational agencies under section 
4318(6), disaggregated, as appropriate, on the basis of gender, race, 
ethnicity, migrant status, limited English proficiency status, 
disability, primary versus secondary education, and economic status.
    ``(b) Evaluation Results, Corrective Action, and Termination of 
Funds.--
            ``(1) Results.--Each State shall submit the results of its 
        evaluation to the Secretary in an annual report. The Secretary 
        shall submit a summary of the annual reports to both the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
        Committee of the Senate.
            ``(2) Distribution.--The State shall distribute the results 
        of the evaluation of individual programs to each evaluated 
        program.
            ``(3) Insufficient progress.--If the State educational 
        agency determines that a local educational agency's program 
        under this part did not make sufficient progress toward the 
        performance indicators established by the State educational 
        agency based on the goals described in section 4318(6), the 
        State educational agency shall provide technical assistance to 
        such program. After two consecutive years of failure by a 
        program to make sufficient progress toward the levels of 
        performance established by the State educational agency, the 
        State educational agency shall take such action as may be 
        necessary, including the withdrawal of funds, in whole or in 
        part, from such program.

``SEC. 4322. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Evaluation by the Secretary.--The Secretary shall evaluate a 
representative sample of the programs funded under this part, and shall 
report the findings of the evaluation to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate not later than 3 
years after the first grants are made under this part.
    ``(b) Research.--The Secretary shall conduct research to develop 
and identify proven alternative education practices. The Secretary 
shall disseminate such alternative education practices to State 
educational agencies and local educational agencies receiving funds 
under this title.
    ``(c) Other National Activities.--The Secretary may directly, or 
through grants or contracts, carry out programs and activities 
consistent with the purpose of this part, such as collection of data, 
dissemination of information, and development of model programs and 
activities.

``SEC. 4323. SPECIAL RULE.

    ``(a) Construction.--Nothing in this part shall be construed to 
affect the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act or the Gun-Free Schools Act.
    ``(b) Supplement.--Funds made available under this part shall be 
used to supplement, and shall not supplant, non-Federal funds available 
to carry out programs and activities authorized by this part.

                 ``PART D--RESOURCE STAFF FOR STUDENTS

``SEC. 4411. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Although 7,500,000 children under the age of 18 
        require mental health services, fewer than 1 in 5 of these 
        children receive the services.
            ``(2) Across the United States, counseling professionals 
        have an extremely busy caseload and often students do no get 
        the help they need. The current national average ratio of 
        students to counselors in elementary and secondary schools is 
        513:1.
            ``(3) Schools in the United States need more mental health 
        professionals, and the funds needed to hire staff to 
        specifically serve students.
            ``(4) The maximum recommended ratio of students-to-
        counselors is 250:1.
            ``(5) Existing counselors are severely taxed to perform 
        duties that are largely administrative in nature, such as 
        scheduling. They are burdened with many demands regarding 
        placement in colleges, testing, career guidance, and the like.
            ``(6) Student populations are expected to grow 
        significantly over the next few years. School-based services 
        for students will be in great demand. With expected large scale 
        retirements, more than 100,000 new dedicated resource staff for 
        students will be needed to increase student-to-staff service 
        availability.
            ``(7) The Federal support for reducing the student-to-staff 
        ratio would pay for itself, through reduced violence and 
        substance abuse, and through improvements in students' academic 
        achievement.

``SEC. 4412. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to assist States and local 
educational agencies to recruit, train, and hire 100,000 school-based 
resource staff to specifically work with students--
            ``(1) to reduce the student-to-counseling ratios 
        nationally, in grades 6-12, to an average of 1 such staff for 
        every 250 students as recommended in a report by the Institute 
        of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences relating to 
        schools and health, issued in 1997;
            ``(2) to help address the mental, emotional, and 
        developmental needs of public school students; and
            ``(3) to support other school staff and teachers in 
        reaching students early before problems arise, conducting 
        behavioral interventions to improve school discipline, and 
        developing the awareness and skills to identify early warning 
        signs of violence and the need for mental health services.

``SEC. 4413. STUDENT RESOURCE STAFF PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--From funds provided under section 4004(s), the 
Secretary shall award grants under this part to establish or expand the 
number of resource staff available for students' needs.
            ``(1) Distribution.--In awarding grants under this part, 
        the Secretary shall allocate funds proportionately based on the 
        population that is less than 18 years of age in each local 
        educational agency.
            ``(2) Duration.--A grant under this section shall be 
        awarded for a period not to exceed 3 years.
    ``(b) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency desiring a 
        grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
        Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application for a grant under this 
        section shall--
                    ``(A) describe the secondary public school 
                population to be targeted by the program, the 
                particular personal, social, emotional, education, and 
                career development needs of such population, and the 
                current school counseling resources available for 
                meeting such needs;
                    ``(B) describe the activities, services, and 
                training to be provided by the program and the specific 
                approaches to be used to meet the needs described in 
                subparagraph (A);
                    ``(C) describe the methods to be used to evaluate 
                the outcomes and effectiveness of the program; and
                    ``(D) document that the applicant has the personnel 
                qualified to develop, implement, and administer the 
                program.
    ``(c) Use of funds.--Funds under this section shall be used to 
initiate or expand student resource staff programs that carry out the 
purpose under section.``(d) Definitions.--For the purpose of this part 
the term `resource staff' means an individual who has documented 
competence and training in mental health to be able to provide services 
to children and adolescents in a school setting and who--
            ``(1) possesses State licensure or certification in mental 
        health granted by an independent professional regulatory 
        authority;
            ``(2) in the absence of such State licensure or 
        certification, possesses national certification in mental 
        health or in a related specialty granted by an independent 
        professional organization;
            ``(3) holds at least a master's degree in school counseling 
        from a program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of 
        Counseling and Related Educational Programs or an equivalent 
        degree;
            ``(4) possesses a minimum of 60 graduate semester hours in 
        school psychology from an institution of higher education and 
        has completed 1,200 clock hours in a supervised school 
        psychology internship, of which 600 hours shall be in the 
        school setting, and possesses State licensure or certification 
        in school psychology in the State in which the individual 
        works; or
            ``(5) holds a master's degree in social work and is 
        licensed or certified by the State in which services are to be 
        provided or holds a school social work specialist credential.

                         ``PART E--PROJECT SERV

``SEC. 4510. PROJECT SERV.

    ``(a) Project Serv.--(1) From funds appropriated to carry out this 
part for each fiscal year under section 4004(6), the Secretary is 
authorized to carry out a program of providing education-related 
services to local educational agencies in which the learning 
environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis, 
such as a shooting or major accident. Such program may be referred to 
as `Project SERV'.
    ``(2) The Secretary may carry out Project SERV directly, or through 
grants, contacts, or cooperative agreements with public and private 
organizations, agencies, and individuals, or through agreements with 
other Federal agencies.
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--(1) Project SERV may provide--
            ``(A) assistance to school personnel in assessing a crisis 
        situation, including--
                    ``(i) assessing the resources available to the 
                local educational agency and community to respond to 
                the situation; and
                    ``(ii) developing a response plan to coordinate 
                services provided at the Federal, State, and local 
                level;
            ``(B) mental health crisis counseling to students and their 
        families, teachers, and others in need of such services;
            ``(C) increased school security;
            ``(D) training and technical assistance for State and local 
        educational agencies, State and local mental health agencies, 
        State and local law enforcement agencies, and communities to 
        enhance their capacity to develop and implement crisis 
        intervention plans;
            ``(E) services and activities designed to identify and 
        disseminate the best practices of school and community-related 
        plans for responding to crises; and
            ``(F) other needed services and activities that are 
        consistent with the purposes of this part.
    ``(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency--
            ``(A) shall establish such criteria and application 
        requirements as may be needed to select which local educational 
        agencies are assisted under this part; and
            ``(B) may establish such reporting requirements as may be 
        needed to collect uniform data and other information from all 
        local educational agencies assisted under this part.
    ``(c) Coordinating Committee.--(1) There shall be established a 
Federal coordinating committee on school crises comprised of the 
Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and such other 
members as the Secretary shall determine. The Secretary shall serve as 
chair of the committee.
    ``(2) The committee shall coordinate the Federal responses to 
crises that occur in schools or directly affect the learning 
environment in schools.

           ``PART F--RELATED PROVISIONS, GUN-FREE SCHOOLS ACT

``SEC. 4511. GUN-FREE SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) Short Title.--This part may be cited as the `Gun-Free Schools 
Act'.
    ``(b) Requirements.--
            ``(1) Each State receiving Federal funds under the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall have in 
        effect a State law requiring local educational agencies to 
        expel from school, for a period of not less than one year, a 
        student who is determined to have possessed a firearm at school 
        under the jurisdiction of a local educational agency in that 
        State, except that such State law shall allow the chief 
        administering officer of that local educational agency to 
        modify the expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-
        case basis.
            ``(2) For the purpose of this section, the term `firearm' 
        has the same meaning given that term in section 921 of title 
        18, United States Code (which includes bombs).
    ``(c) Special Rule.--This section shall be construed in a manner 
consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    ``(d) Report to State.--Each local educational agency requesting 
assistance from the State educational agency under this Act shall 
provide to the State in its application--
            ``(1) an assurance that such local educational agency is in 
        compliance with the State law required by subsection (b);
            ``(2) a description of the circumstances surrounding any 
        expulsions imposed under the State law required by subsection 
        (b), including--
                    ``(A) the name of the school concerned;
                    ``(B) the number of students expelled from such 
                school (disaggregated by gender, race, ethnicity, and 
                educational level); and
                    ``(C) the type of weapons concerned; and
            ``(3) the number of--
                    ``(A) students referred to the criminal justice or 
                juvenile justice system as required by section 
                4512(a)(1); and
                    ``(B) instances in which the chief administering 
                officer of a local educational agency modified the 
                expulsion requirement described in subsection (b)(1) on 
                a case-by-case basis.
    ``(e) Reporting.--Each State shall report the information described 
in subsection (d) to the Secretary on an annual basis.

``SEC. 4512. REQUIREMENTS.

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

``SEC. 4513. POLICIES.

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

``SEC. 4514. SUPPLANTING PROHIBITED.

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

SEC. 6. INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES.

    (a) Allotment.--Section 6101(a) of the Act is amended as follows:
    ``(a) Reservations and Allotments.--
            ``(1) Payments to outlying areas.--From the sums 
        appropriated to carry out this title for any fiscal year 
        (excluding sums appropriated under section 6405(b)), the 
        Secretary shall reserve not to exceed 1 percent for payments to 
        outlying areas to be allotted in accordance with their 
        respective needs.
            ``(2) Allotments to states for local educational agencies 
        demonstrating adequate yearly progress.--From the sums 
        appropriated to under section 6405(b) for any fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall reserve 100 percent. The Secretary shall allot 
        to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to the 
        reserved amount as the school-age population of the State bears 
        to the school-age population of all States, except that no 
        State shall receive less than an amount equal to \1/2\ of 1 
        percent of such reserved amount.''.
    (b) Allocation to Local Educational Agencies.--
            (1) Section 6102(a) is amended by redesignating subsections 
        (a), (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) as subsections (a)(1), 
        (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), and (a)(1)(C), respectively.
            (2) Section 6102(a)(1), as redesignated, is amended by 
        striking ``From'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (2), 
        from''.
            (3) Section 6102(a) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(2) Distributions to local educational agencies 
        demonstrating adequate yearly progress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Distribution rule.--From the sums 
                        made available to a State for a fiscal year 
                        under section 6101(a)(2), the State shall 
                        distribute, in accordance with paragraph (1), 
                        not less than 96 percent to local educational 
                        agencies within such State that have 
                        demonstrated adequate yearly progress with 
                        respect to the previous fiscal year. Such sums 
                        shall be used locally for innovative assistance 
                        described in section 6301(b).
                            ``(ii) Definition.--For purposes of this 
                        subparagraph, adequate yearly progress for a 
                        local educational agency shall be defined in a 
                        manner that--
                                    ``(I) applies the same high 
                                standards of academic performance to 
                                all;
                                    ``(II) takes into account the 
                                progress of all students served under 
                                section 1114 or 1115;
                                    ``(III) compares separately, the 
                                performance and progress of students by 
                                gender, each major ethnic and racial 
                                group, by English proficiency status, 
                                by migrant status, by students with 
                                disabilities as compared to nondisabled 
                                students, and by economically 
                                disadvantaged students as compared to 
                                students who are not economically 
                                disadvantaged (except that such 
                                disaggregation shall not be required in 
                                a case in which the number of students 
                                in a category is insufficient to yield 
                                statistically reliable information or 
                                the results would reveal individually 
                                identifiable information about an 
                                individual student);
                                    ``(IV) compares the proportions of 
                                students at the `basic', `proficient', 
                                and `advanced' levels of performance 
                                with the proportions of students at 
                                each of the 3 levels in the same grade 
                                in the previous school year;
                                    ``(V) at the State's discretion, 
                                may also include other academic 
                                measures such as promotion, completion 
                                of college preparatory courses, and 
                                high school completion, except that 
                                inclusion of such other measures may 
                                not change which schools would 
                                otherwise be subject to improvement or 
                                corrective action under section 1116 if 
                                the discretionary indicators were not 
                                included;
                                    ``(VI) means not less than 90 
                                percent of the schools within its 
                                jurisdiction meet the State's criteria 
                                for adequate yearly progress;
                                    ``(VII) includes annual numerical 
                                goals for improving the performance of 
                                all groups specified in subclause (III) 
                                and narrowing gaps in performance 
                                between these groups; and
                                    ``(VIII) includes a timeline for 
                                ensuring that each group of students 
                                described in subclause (III) meets or 
                                exceeds the State's proficient level of 
                                performance on each State assessment 
                                used for the purposes of section 1111 
                                and section 1116 within 10 years from 
                                the date of the enactment of the Safe 
                                and Successful Schools Act.
                    ``(B) Limitation on administrative costs.--Not more 
                than 4 percent of the sums made available to a State 
                for a fiscal year under section 6101(a)(2) may be used 
                by the State for administration and supervision of 
                programs assisted under this title.''.
    (c) Strategies.--Part A of title VI of the Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

``SEC. 6103. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING.

    ``(a) A local education agency that receive funds under this title 
shall report annually to the State Education Agency on--
            ``(1) the specific purposes for which the funds were used;
            ``(2) the measurable impact such funds had on student 
        achievement and enabling children to achieve challenging State 
        academic standards; and
            ``(3) the extent to which the local education agency met 
        the goals established by the State Education Agency for annual 
        progress on improving student academic achievement and student 
        performance.
    ``(b) A local education agency receiving funds under this Title 
shall annually report to the public information on the agency's annual 
progress in meeting the goals established by the State, and the 
specific purposes for which funds under this Title were used.
    ``(c) A local education agency shall not receive funds under this 
title unless in complies with the requirements of this section.''.
    (d) State Applications.--Paragraph (2) of section 6202(a) of this 
Act is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2)(A) annually provides the submission of data on the 
        use of funds, the types of services furnished, and the extent 
        that special populations and economically disadvantaged 
        students were served relative to the overall student population 
        for each local education agency.
            ``(B) provides, beginning in 2002, for a rigorous, 
        independent evaluation of this title's effectiveness in each 
        local education agency in the state in improving student 
        academic achievement and student performance, consistent with 
        the goals specified in paragraph (8).''.
    (e) Goals.--Section 6202(a) of the Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(8) provides an assurance that the State educational 
        agency will establish specific measurable goals for the annual 
        progress of local education agencies and schools within the 
        State with respect to improving student academic achievement 
        and student performance.''.
    (f) Local Activity.--Section 6301(b) is amended
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs 
        (9) and (10); and
            (2) after paragraph (7), by inserting the following:
            ``(8) programs to encourage academic rigor in scientific 
        education in elementary schools through the environmental 
        sciences, including the use of hands-on recycling;''.
    (g) Definitions and Data Elements.--Part D of title VI of the Act 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 6404. DEFINITIONS AND DATA ELEMENTS.

    ``The Secretary shall establish, in consultation with the States, 
common definitions and data elements to ensure that data required to be 
provided under this title are comparable across States and the data can 
be used by the Department for compliance with the Government 
Performance and Results Act.''.
    (h) Authorization.--Section 6002 of the Act is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 6002. AUTHORIZATION.

    ``(a) In General.--To carry out the purposes of this title, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and 
such sums as may be necessary for the 4 succeeding fiscal years.''.
    ``(b) Funds for Local Educational Agencies Demonstrating Adequate 
Yearly Progress.--For purposes of making allotments to States under 
section 6101(a)(2), there are authorized to be appropriated, in 
addition to any amounts appropriated under subsection (a), $200,000,000 
for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
    (i) Class Size Reduction.--At the end of title VI of the Act, 
insert the following:

                     ``PART E--CLASS SIZE REDUCTION

``SEC. 6511. GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purposes of this section are--
            ``(1) to reduce class size through the use of fully 
        qualified teachers;
            ``(2) to assist States and local educational agencies in 
        recruiting, hiring, and training 100,000 teachers in order to 
        reduce class sizes nationally, in grades 1 through 3, to an 
        average of 18 students per regular classroom; and
            ``(3) to improve teaching in those grades so that all 
        students can learn to read independently and well by the end of 
        the 3rd grade.
    ``(b) Allotment to States.--
            ``(1) Reservation.--From the amount made available to carry 
        out this subpart for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 
        not more than 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior (on 
        behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs) and the outlying areas 
        for activities carried out in accordance with this section.
            ``(2) State allotments.--
                    ``(A) Hold harmless.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph 
                        (B) and clause (ii), from the amount made 
                        available to carry out this subpart for a 
                        fiscal year and not reserved under paragraph 
                        (1), the Secretary shall allot to each State an 
                        amount equal to the amount that such State 
                        received for the preceding fiscal year under 
                        this section or section 310 of the Department 
                        of Education Appropriations Act, 2000, as the 
                        case may be.
                            ``(ii) Ratable reduction.--If the amount 
                        made available to carry out this subpart for a 
                        fiscal year and not reserved under paragraph 
                        (1) is insufficient to pay the full amounts 
                        that all States are eligible to receive under 
                        clause (i) for such fiscal year, the Secretary 
                        shall ratably reduce such amounts for such 
                        fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Allotment of additional funds.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        for any fiscal year for which the amount made 
                        available to carry out this part and not 
                        reserved under paragraph (1) exceeds the amount 
                        made available to the States for the preceding 
                        year under the authorities described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(i), the Secretary shall allot 
                        to each of those States the percentage of the 
                        excess amount that is the greater of--
                                    ``(I) the percentage the State 
                                received for the preceding fiscal year 
                                of the total amount made available to 
                                the States under section 1122; or
                                    ``(II) the percentage so received 
                                of the total amount made available to 
                                the States under section 6511(b), as in 
                                effect on the day before the date of 
                                enactment of the Safe and Successful 
                                Schools Act, or the corresponding 
                                provision of this title, as the case 
                                may be.
                            ``(ii) Ratable reductions.--If the excess 
                        amount for a fiscal year is insufficient to pay 
                        the full amounts that all States are eligible 
                        to receive under clause (i) for such fiscal 
                        year, the Secretary shall ratably reduce such 
                        amounts for such fiscal year.
    ``(c) Allocation to Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) Allocation.--Each State that receives funds under 
        this section shall allocate 100 percent of those funds to local 
        educational agencies, of which--
                    ``(A) 80 percent shall be allocated to those local 
                educational agencies in proportion to the number of 
                children, age 5 through 17, from families with incomes 
                below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
                Management and Budget and revised annually in 
                accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
                Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) 
                applicable to a family of the size involved, who reside 
                in the school district served by that local educational 
                agency for the most recent fiscal year for which 
                satisfactory data are available, compared to the number 
                of those children who reside in the school districts 
                served by all the local educational agencies in the 
                State for that fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) 20 percent shall be allocated to those local 
                educational agencies in accordance with the relative 
                enrollments of children, age 5 through 17, in public 
                and private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary 
                schools within the areas served by those agencies.
            ``(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and 
        subsection (d)(2)(B), if the award to a local educational 
        agency under this section is less than the starting salary for 
        a new fully qualified teacher for a school served by that 
        agency, that agency may use funds made available under this 
        section to--
                    ``(A) help pay the salary of a full- or part-time 
                fully qualified teacher hired to reduce class size, 
                which may be done in combination with the expenditure 
                of other Federal, State, or local funds; or
                    ``(B) pay for activities described in subsection 
                (d)(2)(A)(iii) that may be related to teaching in 
                smaller classes.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Mandatory uses.--Each local educational agency that 
        receives funds under this section shall use those funds to 
        carry out effective approaches to reducing class size through 
        use of fully qualified teachers to improve educational 
        achievement for both regular and special needs children, with 
        particular consideration given to reducing class size in the 
        early elementary grades for which some research has shown class 
        size reduction is most effective.
            ``(2) Permissible uses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each such local educational 
                agency may use funds made available under this section 
                for--
                            ``(i) recruiting (including through the use 
                        of signing bonuses, and other financial 
                        incentives), hiring, and training fully 
                        qualified regular and special education 
                        teachers (which may include hiring special 
                        education teachers to team-teach with regular 
                        teachers in classrooms that contain both 
                        children with disabilities and non-disabled 
                        children) and teachers of special needs 
                        children;
                            ``(ii) testing new teachers for academic 
                        content knowledge, and to meet State 
                        certification or licensing requirements that 
                        are consistent with title II of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965; and
                            ``(iii) providing professional development 
                        (which may include such activities as promoting 
                        retention and mentoring) for teachers, 
                        including special education teachers and 
                        teachers of special needs children, in order to 
                        meet the goal of ensuring that all teachers 
                        have the general knowledge, teaching skills, 
                        and subject matter knowledge necessary to teach 
                        effectively in the content areas in which the 
                        teachers teach, consistent with title II of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965.
                    ``(B) Limitation on testing and professional 
                development.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), a local educational agency may use 
                        not more than a total of 25 percent of the 
                        funds received by the agency under this section 
                        for activities described in clauses (ii) and 
                        (iii) of subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) Waivers.--A local educational agency 
                        may apply to the State educational agency for a 
                        waiver that would permit the agency to use more 
                        than 25 percent of the funds the agency 
                        receives under this section for activities 
                        described in subparagraph (A)(iii) for the 
                        purpose of helping teachers who are not yet 
                        fully qualified in attaining full qualification 
                        if--
                                    ``(I) the agency is in an Ed-Flex 
                                Partnership State under the Education 
                                Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) 10 percent or more of the 
                                elementary school classes are taught by 
                                individuals who are not fully qualified 
                                teachers or the State educational 
                                agency has waived State certification 
                                or licensing requirements for 10 
                                percent or more of such teachers.
                            ``(iii) Use of funds under waiver.--If the 
                        State educational agency approves the local 
                        educational agency's application for a waiver 
                        under clause (ii), the local educational agency 
                        may use the funds subject to the conditions of 
                        the waiver for activities described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(iii) that are needed to ensure 
                        that all elementary school classes in such 
                        local educational agency are taught by fully 
                        qualified teachers by not later than December 
                        31, 2003.
                    ``(C) Use of funds by agencies that have reduced 
                class size.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), a local 
                educational agency that has already reduced class size 
                in the early elementary grades to 18 or fewer children 
                (or has already reduced class size to a State or local 
                class size reduction goal that was in effect on 
                November 28, 1999 if that goal is 20 or fewer children) 
                may use funds received under this section--
                            ``(i) to make further class size reductions 
                        in kindergarten through third grade;
                            ``(ii) to reduce class size in other 
                        grades; or
                            ``(iii) to carry out activities to improve 
                        teacher quality, including professional 
                        development.
            ``(3) Supplement, not supplant.--Each such agency shall use 
        funds made available under this section only to supplement, and 
        not to supplant, State and local funds that, in the absence of 
        funds made available under this section, would otherwise be 
        expended for activities described in this section.
            ``(4) Limitation on use for salaries and benefits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), no funds made available under this 
                section may be used to increase the salaries of, or 
                provide benefits (other than participation in 
                professional development and enrichment programs) to, 
                teachers who are not hired under this section.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Funds made available under this 
                section may be used to pay the salaries of teachers 
                hired under section 310 of the Department of Education 
                Appropriations Act, 2000.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) State activities.--Each State receiving funds under 
        this section shall prepare and submit to the Secretary a 
        biennial report on activities carried out in the State under 
        this section that provides the information described in section 
        6122(a)(2) with respect to the activities.
            ``(2) Progress concerning class size and qualified 
        teachers.--Each State and local educational agency receiving 
        funds under this section shall annually report to parents and 
        the public, in numeric form as compared to the previous year, 
        on--
                    ``(A) the agency's progress in reducing class size, 
                and increasing the percentage of classes in core 
                academic areas taught by fully qualified teachers ; and
                    ``(B) the impact that hiring additional fully 
                qualified teachers and reducing class size, has had, if 
                any, on increasing student academic achievement.
            ``(3) Professional qualifications.--Each local educational 
        agency that receives funds under this section shall provide, 
        upon request, to any parent of a student attending any school 
        in a local educational agency receiving funds under this 
        section, in an understandable and uniform format, information 
        regarding the professional qualifications of the student's 
        teacher, including--
                    ``(A) whether the teacher has met State 
                qualification and licensing criteria for the grade 
                levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides 
                instruction;
                    ``(B) whether the teacher is teaching under 
                emergency or other provisional status through which the 
                State qualifications or licensing criteria have been 
                waived;
                    ``(C) the college major of the teacher and any 
                other graduate certification or degree held by the 
                teacher, and the field or discipline of the certificate 
                or degree; and
                    ``(D) the school or local educational agency's 
                hiring policy.
            ``(4) Notice.--Each local educational agency that receives 
        funds under this section shall provide to each individual 
        parent of a child who attends a school in such local 
        educational agency timely, written notice if the child has been 
        assigned or has been taught for two or more consecutive weeks 
        by a substitute teacher, as defined by such local educational 
        agency, or a teacher who is not fully qualified.
    ``(f) Private Schools.--If a local educational agency uses funds 
made available under this section for professional development 
activities, the agency shall ensure the equitable participation of 
private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools in such 
activities in accordance with section 6402. Section 6402 shall not 
apply to other activities carried out under this section.
    ``(g) Administrative Expenses.--A local educational agency that 
receives funds under this section may use not more than 3 percent of 
such funds for local administrative costs.
    ``(h) Request for Funds.--Each local educational agency that 
desires to receive funds under this section shall include in the 
application required under section 6303 a description of the agency's 
program to reduce class size by hiring additional fully qualified 
teachers.
    ``(i) Certification, Licensing, and Competency.--No funds made 
available under this section may be used to pay the salary of any 
teacher hired with funds made available under section 310 of the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2000, unless, by the start 
of the 2000-2001 school year, the teacher is fully qualified.
    ``(j) Definition.--In this section:
            ``(1) Certified.--The term `certified' includes 
        certification through State or local alternative routes.
            ``(2) Professional development.--The term `professional 
        development' means sustained and intensive activities that 
        improve teachers' content knowledge and teaching skills and 
        that--
                    ``(A) are part of a comprehensive plan to ensure 
                that, by December 21, 2003, all classes in local 
                educational agencies served under this part are taught 
                by fully qualified teachers;
                    ``(B) enhance the ability of teachers to help all 
                students, including females, minorities, children with 
                disabilities, children with limited English proficiency 
                and economically disadvantaged children, reach high 
                State and local content and student performance 
                standards;
                    ``(C) advance teacher understanding of one or more 
                of the core academic subject areas and effective 
                instructional strategies for improving student 
                achievement in those areas, including technology;
                    ``(D) are directly related to the subject area in 
                which the teacher provides instruction;
                    ``(E) are of sufficient duration to have a positive 
                and lasting impact on classroom instruction;
                    ``(F) are an integral part of broader school and 
                district-wide plans for raising student achievement to 
                State and local standards;
                    ``(G) are aligned with State content and student 
                performance standards;
                    ``(H) are based on the best available research on 
                teaching and learning;
                    ``(I) 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
                    ``(J) as a whole, are regularly evaluated for their 
                impact on increased teacher effectiveness and improved 
                student achievement, with the findings of such 
                evaluations used to improve the quality of professional 
                development.
            ``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

``SEC. 6512. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal years 2002 through 2005.

                 ``PART F--HIGHER STANDARDS, HIGHER PAY

``SEC. 6611. AUTHORIZATION

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
competitive grants to high-poverty local educational agencies to assist 
them in attracting and retaining fully qualified teachers and high-
quality principals through better pay and benefits.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--In order to be eligible to receive a grant 
under this part an eligible applicant shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, and containing such information, as the 
Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Eligible Entity.--For the purposes of this part, an eligible 
entity shall be a partnership consisting of--
            ``(1) a local educational agency; and
            ``(2) local for-profit businesses; and
            ``(3) local teacher unions.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriation.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and 
each of the 4 subsequent fiscal years to carry out this part.''.

SEC. 7. FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION.

    Part A of title X of the Act is amended to read as follows:

            ``PART A--FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION

``SEC. 10101. FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION.

    ``(a) Fund Authorized.--From funds appropriated under subsection 
(e), the Secretary is authorized to support nationally significant 
programs and projects to improve the quality of elementary and 
secondary education, assist all students to meet challenging State 
content standards and challenging State student performance standards, 
and contribute to achievement of America's Education Goals. The 
Secretary is authorized to carry out such programs and projects 
directly or through grants to, or contracts with, State and local 
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other 
public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions.
    ``(b) Uses of Funds.--Funds under this section may be used for--
            ``(1) activities that will promote systemic education 
        reform at the State and local levels, such as--
                    ``(A) research and development related to 
                challenging State content and challenging State student 
                performance standards;
                    ``(B) the development and evaluation of model 
                strategies for--
                            ``(i) assessment of student learning;
                            ``(ii) professional development for 
                        teachers and administrators;
                            ``(iii) parent and community involvement; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) other aspects of systemic reform;
                    ``(C) developing and evaluating strategies for 
                eliminating ability-grouping practices, and developing 
                policies and programs that place all students on a 
                college-preparatory path of study, particularly in 
                academic fields such as mathematics, science, English, 
                and social studies, including comprehensive inservice 
                programs for teachers and pupil services personnel and 
                academic enrichment programs that supplement regular 
                courses for students;
                    ``(D) developing and evaluating programs that 
                directly involve parents and family members in the 
                academic progress of their children;
                    ``(E) developing and evaluating strategies for 
                integrating instruction and assessment such that 
                teachers and administrators can focus on what students 
                should know and be able to do at particular grade 
                levels, which instruction shall promote the synthesis 
                of knowledge, encouraging the development of problem-
                solving skills drawing on a vast range of disciplines, 
                and promoting the development of higher order thinking 
                by all students; and
                    ``(F) developing and evaluating strategies for 
                supporting professional development for teachers across 
                all disciplines that is consistent with the 
                requirements of Title II and for pupil services 
                personnel, guidance counselors, and administrators, 
                including inservice training that improves the skills 
                of pupil services personnel, counselors and 
                administrators for working with students from diverse 
                populations;
            ``(2) demonstrations at the State and local levels that are 
        designed to yield nationally significant results, including 
        approaches to public school choice and school-based 
        decisionmaking;
            ``(3) joint activities with other agencies to assist the 
        effort to achieve America's Education Goals, including 
        activities related to improving the transition from preschool 
        to school and from school to work, as well as activities 
        related to the integration of education and health and social 
        services;
            ``(4) activities to promote and evaluate counseling and 
        mentoring for students, including intergenerational mentoring;
            ``(5) activities to promote and evaluate coordinated pupil 
        services programs;
            ``(6) activities to promote comprehensive health education;
            ``(7) activities to promote environmental education;
            ``(8) activities to promote consumer, economic, and 
        personal finance education, such as saving, investing, and 
        entrepreneurial education;
            ``(9) activities to promote programs to assist students to 
        demonstrate competence in foreign languages;
            ``(10) studies and evaluation of various education reform 
        strategies and innovations being pursued by the Federal 
        Government, States, and local educational agencies;
            ``(11) senior mentoring of at-risk children;
            ``(12) the identification and recognition of exemplary 
        schools and programs, such as Blue Ribbon Schools;
            ``(13) programs designed to promote gender equity in 
        education by evaluating and eliminating gender bias in 
        instruction and educational materials, identifying, and 
        analyzing gender inequities in educational practices, and 
        implementing and evaluating educational policies and practices 
        designed to achieve gender equity;
            ``(14) programs designed to reduce excessive student 
        mobility, retain students who move within a school district at 
        the same school, educate parents about the effect of mobility 
        on a child's education and encourage parents to participate in 
        school activities;
            ``(15) experiential-based learning, such as service-
        learning;
            ``(16) the development and expansion of public-private 
        partnership programs which extend the learning experience, via 
        computers, beyond the classroom environment into student homes 
        through such programs as the Buddy System Computer Project;
            ``(17) activities that are designed to contribute towards 
        the achievement of America's Education goals;
            ``(18) activities to promote child abuse education and 
        prevention programs;
            ``(19) activities to raise standards and expectations for 
        academic achievement among all students, especially 
        disadvantaged students traditionally underserved in schools;
            ``(20) activities to provide the academic support, 
        enrichment and motivation to enable all students to reach such 
        standards;
            ``(21) demonstrations relating to the planning and 
        evaluations of the effectiveness of projects under which local 
        educational agencies or schools contract with private 
        management organizations to reform a school or schools;
            ``(22) demonstration programs providing prenatal and 
        counseling to pregnant students with such education and 
        counseling emphasizing the importance of prenatal care, the 
        value of sound diet and nutrition habits, and the harmful 
        effects of smoking, alcohol, and substance abuse on fetal 
        development;
            ``(23) the development, implementation, and evaluation of 
        programs that are designed to foster student community service, 
        encourage responsible citizenship and improve academic 
        learning, and give students the opportunity to apply what they 
        learn in the classroom to meet actual community needs;
            ``(24) activities to assist all students to meet 
        challenging State standards;
            ``(25) grants to establish cultural education centers;
            ``(26) grants to museums to operate Indian education 
        programs in public schools;
            ``(27) programs or activities designed to improve academic 
        achievement through innovative partnerships between local 
        educational agencies and teachers unions;
            ``(28) programs to hire and support school nurses;
            ``(29) programs under sections 10102, 10103, and 10104; and
            ``(30) other programs and projects that meet the purposes 
        of this section;
    ``(c) Awards.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may--
                    ``(A) make awards under this section on the basis 
                of competitions announced by the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) support meritorious unsolicited proposals.
            ``(2) Goals.--An applicant for an award under this section, 
        shall--
                    ``(A) establish clear goals and objectives for its 
                project under this part; and
                    ``(B) describe the activities it will carry out in 
                order to meet the goals and objectives of its project.
            ``(3) Secretarial discretion.--The Secretary may--
                    ``(A) require recipients of awards under this 
                section to provide matching funds from non-Federal 
                sources; and
                    ``(B) limit competitions to particular types of 
                entities, such as State or local educational agencies.
            ``(4) Peer review.--The Secretary shall use a peer review 
        process in reviewing applications for assistance under this 
        section and may use funds appropriated under subsection (e) for 
        the cost of such peer review.
    ``(d) Evaluation and Program Development.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each recipient of a grant under this 
        section shall submit to the Secretary a comprehensive 
        evaluation of the effects of its program assisted under this 
        part, including its impact on students, teachers, 
        administrators, parents and others--
                    ``(A) at the mid-point of the program; and
                    ``(B) not later than one year after the completion 
                of the program.
            ``(2) Effectiveness.--Evaluations under this subsection 
        shall focus on the effectiveness of the program in achieving 
        its goals and objectives.
    ``(e) Authorization.--For the purpose of carrying out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding 
fiscal years.

``SEC. 10102. STATE AND LOCAL CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) The Secretary may make grants to State educational 
        agencies, local educational agencies, or consortia of such 
        agencies for the design and implementation of character 
        education programs.
            ``(2) Each grant under this section shall be awarded for a 
        period not to exceed 5 years, of which the recipient shall use 
        not more than one year for planning and program design.
    ``(b) Applications.--
            ``(1) Each applicant desiring a grant under this section 
        shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and 
        in such manner as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Each application under this section shall include--
                    ``(A) a description of any partnerships and other 
                collaborative efforts between the applicant and other 
                educational agencies;
                    ``(B) a description of the programs goals and 
                objectives;
                    ``(C) a description of the activities the applicant 
                will carry out, and how these activities are designed 
                to meet the programs goals and objectives under 
                subparagraph (B), including--
                            ``(i) how parents, students, and other 
                        members of the community, including members of 
                        private and nonprofit organizations, will be 
                        involved in the design and implementation of 
                        the program;
                            ``(ii) the curriculum and instructional 
                        practices that will be used or developed; and
                            ``(iii) the methods of teacher training and 
                        parent education that will be used or 
                        developed;
                    ``(D) a description of how the program will be 
                linked to other efforts to improve educational 
                outcomes, including--
                            ``(i) broader educational reforms that are 
                        being instituted by the applicant or its 
                        partners; and
                            ``(ii) applicable State and local standards 
                        for student performance;
                            ``(E) a description of how the applicant 
                        will evaluate the progress of its program in 
                        meeting the goals and objectives under 
                        subparagraph (B), including the performance 
                        indicators that will be used to measure 
                        progress; and
                    ``(F) such other information as the Secretary may 
                require.
    ``(c) Diversity of Projects.--The Secretary shall make awards under 
this section that, to the extent practicable, support programs that 
serve different geographic areas of the Nation, including urban, 
suburban, and rural areas.;

``SEC. 10103. CHARACTER EDUCATION RESEARCH, DISSEMINATION, AND 
              EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of 
higher education, tribal organizations, and other public or private 
agencies or organizations to carry out research, development, 
dissemination, technical assistance, and evaluation activities that 
support or inform character education programs under section 10102.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Consistent with subsection (a), funds under 
this section may be used--
            ``(1) to conduct research and development activities that 
        focus on such matters as--
                    ``(A) the effectiveness of instructional models;
                    ``(B) materials and curricula that can be used by 
                programs in character education;
                    ``(C) models of professional development in 
                character education; and
                    ``(D) the development of outcome measures for 
                character education programs;
            ``(2) to provide technical assistance to the agencies 
        receiving awards under section 10102, particularly on matters 
        of program evaluation;
            ``(3) to conduct a national evaluation of programs under 
        section 10102; and
            ``(4) to compile and disseminate, through various 
        approaches, such as a national clearinghouse--
                    ``(A) information on model character education 
                programs;
                    ``(B) character education materials and curricula;
                    ``(C) research findings in the area of character 
                education and character development; and
                    ``(D) any other information that will be useful to 
                character education program participants and other 
                educators and administrators, nationwide.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be 
necessary for the 4 subsequent fiscal years to carry out sections 10102 
and 10103.

``SEC. 10104. SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--Each local educational agency desiring a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
Secretary may require. Each such application shall describe--
            ``(1) strategies and methods the applicant will use to 
        create the smaller learning community or communities;
            ``(2) curriculum and instructional practices, including any 
        particular themes or emphases, to be used in the learning 
        environment;
            ``(3) the extent of involvement of teachers and other 
        school personnel in investigating, designing, implementing and 
        sustaining the smaller learning community or communities;
            ``(4) the process to be used for involving students, 
        parents and other stakeholders in the development and 
        implementation of the smaller learning community or 
        communities;
            ``(5) any cooperation or collaboration among community 
        agencies, organizations, businesses, and others to develop or 
        implement a plan to create the smaller learning community or 
        communities;
            ``(6) the training and professional development activities 
        that will be offered to teachers and others involved in the 
        activities assisted under this part;
            ``(7) the goals and objectives of the activities assisted 
        under this part, including a description of how such activities 
        will better enable all students to reach challenging State 
        content standards and State student performance standards;
            ``(8) the methods by which the applicant will assess 
        progress in meeting such goals and objectives;
            ``(9) if the smaller learning community or communities 
        exist as a school-within-a-school, the relationship, including 
        governance and administration, of the smaller learning 
        community to the rest of the school;
            ``(10) a description of the administrative and managerial 
        relationship between the local educational agency and the 
        smaller learning community or communities, including how such 
        agency will demonstrate a commitment to the continuity of the 
        smaller learning community or communities, including the 
        continuity of student and teacher assignment to a particular 
        learning community;
            ``(11) how the applicant will coordinate or use funds 
        provided under this part with other funds provided under this 
        Act or other Federal laws;
            ``(12) grade levels or ages of students who will 
        participate in the smaller learning community or communities; 
        and
            ``(13) the method of placing students in the smaller 
        learning community or communities, such that students are not 
        placed according to ability, performance or any other measure, 
        so that students are placed at random or by their own choice, 
        not pursuant to testing or other judgments.
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--Funds under this section may be 
used--
            ``(1) to study the feasibility of creating the smaller 
        learning community or communities as well as effective and 
        innovative organizational and instructional strategies that 
        will be used in the smaller learning community or communities;
            ``(2) to research, develop and implement strategies for 
        creating the smaller learning community or communities, as well 
        as effective and innovative changes in curriculum and 
        instruction, geared to high State content standards and State 
        student performance standards;
            ``(3) to design and construct improvements which improve 
        the learning environment, including appropriate use of 
        daylighting, advanced energy conservation technologies, and 
        renewable energy;
            ``(4) to provide professional development for school staff 
        in innovative teaching methods that challenge and engage 
        students to be used in the smaller learning community or 
        communities; and
            ``(5) to develop and implement strategies to include 
        parents, business representatives, local institutions of higher 
        education, community-based organizations, and other community 
        members in the smaller learning communities, as facilitators of 
        activities that enable teachers to participate in professional 
        development activities, as well as to provide links between 
        students and their community.
    ``(c) Secretary's Activities.--The Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the funding provided under subsection (d) for evaluation, 
technical assistance, and school networking.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be 
necessary for the 4 succeeding fiscal years to carry out this section.

SEC. 8. CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Section 10311 of the Act is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10311. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''

SEC. 9. ARTS IN EDUCATION

    Part D of title X of the Act is amended to read as follows:

                      ``PART D--ARTS IN EDUCATION

                      ``Subpart 1--Arts Education

``SEC. 10401. SUPPORT FOR ARTS EDUCATION.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) the arts are forms of understanding and ways of 
        knowing that are fundamentally important to education;
            ``(2) the arts are important to excellent education and to 
        effective school reform;
            ``(3) the most significant contribution of the arts to 
        education reform is the transformation of teaching and 
        learning;
            ``(4) such transformation is best realized in the context 
        of comprehensive, systemic education reform;
            ``(5) demonstrated competency in the arts for American 
        students is among America's Education Goals;
            ``(6) participation in performing arts activities has 
        proven to be an effective strategy for promoting the inclusion 
        of persons with disabilities in mainstream settings;
            ``(7) opportunities in the arts have enabled persons of all 
        ages with disabilities to participate more fully in school and 
        community activities;
            ``(8) the arts can motivate at-risk students to stay in 
        school and become active participants in the educational 
        process; and
            ``(9) arts education should be an integral part of the 
        elementary and secondary school curriculum.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this subpart are to--
            ``(1) support systemic education reform by strengthening 
        arts education as an integral part of the elementary and 
        secondary school curriculum;
            ``(2) help ensure that all students have the opportunity to 
        learn to challenging State content standards and challenging 
        State student performance standards in the arts; and
            ``(3) support the national effort to enable all students to 
        demonstrate competence in the arts in accordance with America's 
        Education Goals.
    ``(c) Eligible Recipients.--In order to carry out the purposes of 
this subpart, the Secretary is authorized to award grants to, or enter 
into contracts or cooperative agreements with--
            ``(1) State educational agencies;
            ``(2) local educational agencies;
            ``(3) institutions of higher education;
            ``(4) museums and other cultural institutions; and
            ``(5) other public and private agencies, institutions, and 
        organizations.
    ``(d) Authorized Activities.--Funds under this subpart may be used 
for--
            ``(1) research on arts education;
            ``(2) the development of, and dissemination of information 
        about, model arts education programs;
            ``(3) the development of model arts education assessments 
        based on high standards;
            ``(4) the development and implementation of curriculum 
        frameworks for arts education;
            ``(5) the development of model preservice and inservice 
        professional development programs for arts educators and other 
        instructional staff;
            ``(6) supporting collaborative activities with other 
        Federal agencies or institutions involved in arts education, 
        such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of 
        Museum and Library Services, the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
        Performing Arts, Very Special Arts, and the National Gallery of 
        Art;
            ``(7) supporting model projects and programs in the 
        performing arts for children and youth through arrangements 
        made with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts;
            ``(8) supporting model projects and programs by Very 
        Special Arts which assure the participation in mainstream 
        settings in arts and education programs of individuals with 
        disabilities;
            ``(9) supporting model projects and programs in the 
        performing arts for children and youth through arrangements 
        made with the Division of Cultural History of the Smithsonian 
        Institution's National Museum of American History;
            ``(10) supporting model projects and programs to integrate 
        arts education into the regular elementary and secondary school 
        curriculum; and
            ``(11) other activities that further the purposes of this 
        subpart.
    ``(e) Coordination.--
            ``(1) In general.--A recipient of funds under this subpart 
        shall, to the extent possible, coordinate projects assisted 
        under this subpart with appropriate activities of public and 
        private cultural agencies, institutions, and organizations, 
        including museums, arts education associations, libraries, and 
        theaters.
            ``(2) Special rule.--In carrying out this subpart, the 
        Secretary shall coordinate with the National Endowment for the 
        Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the John F. 
        Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Very Special Arts, and 
        the National Gallery of Art.
    ``(f) Authorization.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out this 
        subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 
        for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
        of the four succeeding fiscal years.

   ``Subpart 2--Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk Children and Youth

``SEC. 10411. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds:
            ``(1) With local school budget cuts there are inadequate 
        arts and cultural programs available for children and youth in 
        schools, especially at the elementary school level.
            ``(2) The arts promote progress in academic subjects as 
        shown by research conducted by the National Endowment for the 
        Arts.
            ``(3) Children and youth who receive instruction in the 
        arts and humanities, or who are involved in cultural 
        activities, remain in school longer and are more successful 
        than children who do not receive such instruction.
            ``(4) Learning in the arts and humanities promotes progress 
        in other academic subjects, and generates positive self-esteem 
        and a greater sense of accomplishment in young people.
            ``(5) School-university and school-cultural institution 
        partnerships that upgrade teacher training in the arts and 
        humanities have significantly contributed to improved 
        instruction and achievement levels of school-aged children.
            ``(6) Museum outreach, cultural activities and informal 
        education for at-risk children and youth have contributed 
        significantly to the educational achievement and enhanced 
        interest in learning of at-risk children and youth.
            ``(7) While all children benefit from instruction in the 
        arts and the humanities, at-risk children and youth have a 
        special, additional need for arts and cultural programs both in 
        school and after school.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this subpart is to make 
demonstration grants to eligible entities to improve the educational 
performance and future potential of at-risk children and youth by 
providing comprehensive and coordinated educational and cultural 
services.

``SEC. 10412. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to award grants to 
eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the costs of the 
activities described in section 10413.
    ``(b) Special Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants under 
        this subpart only to programs designed to--
                    ``(A) promote and enhance educational and cultural 
                activities;
                    ``(B) provide multi-year services to at-risk 
                children and youth and to integrate community cultural 
                resources into in-school and after-school educational 
                programs;
                    ``(C) provide integration of community cultural 
                resources into the regular curriculum and school day;
                    ``(D) focus school and cultural resources in the 
                community on coordinated cultural services to address 
                the needs of at-risk children and youth;
                    ``(E) provide effective cultural programs to 
                facilitate the transition from preschool programs to 
                elementary school programs, including programs under 
                the Head Start Act and part C of the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act;
                    ``(F) facilitate school-to-work transition from 
                secondary schools and alternative schools to job 
                training, higher education and employment through 
                educational programs and activities that utilize school 
                resources;
                    ``(G) increase parental and community involvement 
                in the educational, social, and cultural development of 
                at-risk children and youth; or
                    ``(H)(i) develop programs and strategies that 
                provide high-quality coordinated educational and 
                cultural services; and
                    ``(ii) provide a model to replicate such services 
                in other schools and communities.
            ``(2) Partnership.--An interagency partnership comprised of 
        the Secretary of Education, the Chairman of the National 
        Endowment for the Humanities, the Chairman of the National 
        Endowment for the Arts, and the Director of the Institute of 
        Museum and Library Services, or their designees, shall 
        establish criteria and procedures for awarding grants, 
        including the establishment of panels to review the 
        applications, and shall administer the grants program 
        authorized by this section. The Secretary shall publish such 
        criteria and procedures in the Federal Register.
            ``(3) Coordination.--Grants may only be awarded under this 
        subpart to eligible entities that agree to coordinate 
        activities carried out under other Federal, State, and local 
        grants, received by the members of the partnership for purposes 
        and target populations described in this subpart, into an 
        integrated service delivery system located at a school, 
        cultural, or other community-based site accessible to and 
        utilized by at-risk youth.
            ``(4) Eligible entities.--For purposes of this subpart, the 
        term eligible entity means a partnership between--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency or an individual 
                school that is eligible to participate in a school-wide 
                program under section 1114; and
                    ``(B) at least one institution of higher education, 
                museum, local arts agency, or cultural entity that is 
                accessible to individuals within the school district of 
                such local educational agency or school, and that has a 
                history of providing quality services to the community, 
                which may include--
                            ``(i) nonprofit institutions of higher 
                        education, museums, libraries, performing, 
                        presenting and exhibiting arts organizations, 
                        literary arts organizations, State and local 
                        arts organizations, cultural institutions, and 
                        zoological and botanical organizations; or
                            ``(ii) private for-profit entities with a 
                        history of training children and youth in the 
                        arts.
            ``(5) Geographic distribution.--In awarding grants under 
        this subpart the Secretary, to the extent feasible, shall 
        ensure an equitable geographic distribution of such grants.
            ``(6) Duration.--Grants made under this subpart may be 
        renewable for a maximum of 5 years if the Secretary determines 
        that the eligible recipient has made satisfactory progress 
        toward the achievement of the program objectives described in 
        the application.
    ``(c) Target Population.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
subpart, an eligible entity shall serve--
            ``(1) students enrolled in schools participating in a 
        school-wide program under section 1114 and the families of such 
        students to the extent practicable;
            ``(2) out-of-school children and youth at risk of 
        disadvantages resulting from teenage parenting, substance 
        abuse, recent migration, disability, limited-English 
        proficiency, illiteracy, being the child of a teenage parent, 
        living in a single parent household, or dropping out of school; 
        or
            ``(3) any combination of in-school and out-of-school at-
        risk children and youth.

``SEC. 10413. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--Grants awarded under this subpart may be used--
            ``(1) to plan, develop, acquire, expand, and improve 
        school-based or community-based coordinated educational and 
        cultural programs to strengthen the educational performance and 
        future potential of in-school or out-of-school at-risk children 
        and youth through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts for 
        services, or administrative coordination;
            ``(2) to provide at-risk students with integrated cultural 
        activities designed to develop a love of learning that fosters 
        the smooth transition of preschool children to elementary 
        school;
            ``(3) to design collaborative cultural activities for 
        students in secondary or alternative schools that ensure the 
        smooth transition to job training, higher education, or full 
        employment;
            ``(4) to provide child care for children of at-risk 
        students who would not otherwise be able to participate in the 
        program;
            ``(5) to provide transportation necessary for participation 
        in the program;
            ``(6) to work with existing school personnel to develop 
        curriculum materials and programs in the arts;
            ``(7) to work with existing school personnel on staff 
        development activities that encourage the integration of the 
        arts into the curriculum;
            ``(8) for stipends that allow local artists to work with 
        at-risk children and youth in schools;
            ``(9) for training individuals who are not trained to work 
        with children and youth;
            ``(10) for cultural programs that encourage the active 
        participation of parents in the education of their children;
            ``(11) for programs that use the arts and culture to reform 
        current school practices, including lengthening the school day 
        or academic year;
            ``(12) for equipment or supplies that the Secretary 
        determines appropriate; and
            ``(13) for evaluation, administration, and supervision.
    ``(b) Planning Grants.--
            ``(1) Application.--An eligible entity may submit an 
        application to the Secretary for a planning grant for an amount 
        not to exceed $50,000. Such grants shall be for periods of not 
        more than one year.
            ``(2) Limit on planning grants.--Not more than 10 percent 
        of the amounts appropriated in each fiscal year under this 
        subpart shall be used for grants under this subsection, and an 
        eligible entity may receive not more than one such planning 
        grant.
    ``(c) General Provisions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
        under this subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary 
        at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) describe the cultural entity or entities that 
                will participate in the partnership;
                    ``(B) describe the target population to be served;
                    ``(C) describe the services to be provided;
                    ``(D) describe a plan for evaluating the success of 
                the program;
                    ``(E) in the case of each local educational agency 
                or school participating in the eligible recipient 
                partnership, describe how the activities assisted under 
                this subpart will be perpetuated beyond the duration of 
                the grant;
                    ``(F) describe the manner in which the eligible 
                entity will improve the educational achievement or 
                future potential of at-risk youth through more 
                effective coordination of cultural services in the 
                community;
                    ``(G) describe the overall and operational goals of 
                the program;
                    ``(H) describe the nature and location of all 
                planned sites where services will be delivered and a 
                description of services which will be provided at each 
                site; and
                    ``(I) describe training that will be provided to 
                individuals who are not trained to work with children 
                and youth, and how teachers will be involved.

``SEC. 10414. PAYMENTS; AMOUNTS OF AWARD; COST SHARE; LIMITATIONS.

    ``(a) Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to each eligible 
        recipient having an application approved under section 10413(c) 
        the Federal share of the cost of the activities described in 
        the application.
            ``(2) Special rule.--
                    ``(A) Grants awarded under this subpart shall be of 
                sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective.
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall award grants under this 
                subpart so as to ensure nonduplication of services 
                provided by grant recipients and services provided by--
                            ``(i) the National Endowment for the 
                        Humanities;
                            ``(ii) the National Endowment for the Arts; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) the Institute of Museum and Library 
                        Services.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of a grant under 
        this subpart shall be 80 percent of the cost of carrying out 
        the activities described in the application.
            ``(2) Non-Federal share.--The non-Federal share of a grant 
        under this subpart shall be 20 percent of the cost of carrying 
        out the activities described in the application and may be in 
        cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including the provision of 
        equipment, services, or facilities.
    ``(c) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Noninstructional services.--Not more than 25 percent 
        of the grant funds provided in any fiscal year under this 
        subpart may be used for noninstructional activities such as the 
        activities described in paragraphs (4), (5), and (12) of 
        section 10413(a).
            ``(2) Supplement and not supplant.--Grant funds awarded 
        under this part shall be used to supplement not supplant the 
        amount of funds made available from non-Federal sources, for 
        the activities assisted under this subpart, in amounts that 
        exceed the amounts expended for such activities in the year 
        preceding the year for which the grant is awarded.
            ``(3) Administrative costs.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary may reserve not more than 5 
                percent of the grant funds received under this subpart 
                in each fiscal year for the costs of administration.
                    ``(B) Each eligible recipient may reserve not more 
                than 5 percent of any grant funds received under this 
                subpart in each fiscal year for the costs of 
                administration.

``SEC. 10415. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart, 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the four succeeding fiscal years.''

SEC. 9. CIVIC EDUCATION.

    Part F of title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8141 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

                       ``PART F--CIVIC EDUCATION

``SEC. 10601. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Education for Democracy Act'.

``SEC. 10602. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) college freshmen surveyed in 1997 by the Higher 
        Education Research Institute at the University of California at 
        Los Angeles demonstrated higher levels of disengagement, both 
        academically and politically, than any previous entering class 
        of students;
            ``(2) college freshmen in 1997 demonstrated the lowest 
        levels of political interest in the 20-year history of surveys 
        conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the 
        University of California at Los Angeles;
            ``(3) United States secondary school students expressed 
        relatively low levels of interest in politics and economics in 
        a 1999 Harris survey;
            ``(4) the 28th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll in 1996 
        indicated that American citizens believe that the Nation's 
        schools, apart from providing a basic education, had a very 
        important role to play in preparing students to be responsible 
        citizens;
            ``(5) Americans surveyed by the Organization of Economic 
        Cooperation and Development indicated that only 59 percent had 
        confidence that schools have a major effect on the development 
        of good citizenship;
            ``(6) teachers too often do not have sufficient expertise 
        in the subjects that they teach, and half of all secondary 
        school history students in America are being taught by teachers 
        with neither a major nor a minor in history;
            ``(7) secondary school students correctly answered less 
        than half of the questions on a national test of economic 
        knowledge in a 1999 Harris survey;
            ``(8) the most recent National Assessment of Educational 
        Progress indicated that students have only superficial 
        knowledge of, and lacked a depth of understanding regarding, 
        civics;
            ``(9) civic and economic education are important in 
        developing citizenship competencies in the United States;
            ``(10) more than three quarters of Americans surveyed by 
        the National Constitution Center in 1997 admitted that they 
        knew only some or very little about the Constitution of the 
        United States; and
            ``(11) the Constitution of the United States is too often 
        viewed within the context of history and not as a living 
        document that shapes current events.

``SEC. 10603. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this part--
            ``(1) to improve the quality of civics and government 
        education, and to enhance the attainment of the third and sixth 
        America's Education Goals, by educating students about the 
        history and principles of the Constitution of the United 
        States, including the Bill of Rights;
            ``(2) to foster civic competence and responsibility; and
            ``(3) to improve the quality of civic education and 
        economic education.

``SEC. 10604. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to award grants to or enter into 
contracts with the Center for Civic Education to carry out civic 
education activities under sections 10605.

``SEC. 10605. WE THE PEOPLE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) The Citizen and the Constitution.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Center for Civic Education shall use 
        funds awarded under section 10604(a)(1)(A) to carry out The 
        Citizen and the Constitution program in accordance with this 
        subsection.
            ``(2) Educational activities.--The Citizen and the 
        Constitution program--
                    ``(A) shall continue and expand the educational 
                activities of the `We the People . . . The Citizen and 
                the Constitution' program administered by the Center 
                for Civic Education;
                    ``(B) shall enhance student attainment of 
                challenging content standards in civics and government; 
                and
                    ``(C) shall provide--
                            ``(i) a course of instruction on the basic 
                        principles of our Nation's constitutional 
                        democracy and the history of the Constitution 
                        of the United States and the Bill of Rights;
                            ``(ii) at the request of a participating 
                        school, school and community simulated 
                        congressional hearings following the course of 
                        study;
                            ``(iii) an annual national competition of 
                        simulated congressional hearings for secondary 
                        school students who wish to participate in such 
                        a program;
                            ``(iv) advanced training of teachers about 
                        the Constitution of the United States and the 
                        political system the United States created;
                            ``(v) materials and methods of instruction, 
                        including teacher training, that utilize the 
                        latest advancements in educational technology; 
                        and
                            ``(vi) civic education materials and 
                        services to address specific problems such as 
                        the prevention of school violence and the abuse 
                        of drugs and alcohol.
            ``(3) Availability of program.--The education program 
        authorized under this subsection shall be made available to 
        public and private elementary schools and secondary schools, 
        including Bureau funded schools, in the 435 congressional 
        districts, and in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
        Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    ``(b) Project Citizen.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Center for Civic Education shall use 
        funds awarded under section 10604(a)(1)(A) to carry out The 
        Project Citizen program in accordance with this subsection.
            ``(2) Educational activities.--The Project Citizen 
        program--
                    ``(A) shall continue and expand the educational 
                activities of the `We the People . . . Project Citizen' 
                program administered by the Center for Civic Education;
                    ``(B) shall enhance student attainment of 
                challenging content standards in civics and government; 
                and
                    ``(C) shall provide--
                            ``(i) a course of instruction at the middle 
                        school level on the roles of State and local 
                        governments in the Federal system established 
                        by the Constitution of the United States;
                            ``(ii) optional school and community 
                        simulated State legislative hearings;
                            ``(iii) an annual national showcase or 
                        competition;
                            ``(iv) advanced training of teachers on the 
                        roles of State and local governments in the 
                        Federal system established by the Constitution 
                        of the United States;
                            ``(v) materials and methods of instruction, 
                        including teacher training, that utilize the 
                        latest advancements in educational technology; 
                        and
                            ``(vi) civic education materials and 
                        services to address specific problems such as 
                        the prevention of school violence and the abuse 
                        of drugs and alcohol.
            ``(3) Availability of program.--The education program 
        authorized under this subsection shall be made available to 
        public and private middle schools, including Bureau funded 
        schools, in the 50 States of the United States, the District of 
        Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands.
    ``(c) Definition of Bureau Funded School.--In this section the term 
`Bureau funded school' has the meaning given the term in section 1146 
of the Education Amendments of 1978.

``SEC. 10606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 
10605, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2005.''.

SEC. 10. ALLEN J. ELLENDER FELLOWSHIPS.

    Part G of title X of the Act is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10701. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) It is a worthwhile goal to ensure that all students 
        in America are prepared for responsible citizenship and that 
        all students should have the opportunity to be involved in 
        activities that promote and demonstrate good citizenship.
            ``(2) It is a worthwhile goal to ensure that America's 
        educators have access to programs for the continued improvement 
        of their professional skills.
            ``(3) Allen J. Ellender, a Senator from Louisiana and 
        President pro tempore of the United States Senate, had a 
        distinguished career in public service characterized by 
        extraordinary energy and real concern for young people. Senator 
        Ellender provided valuable support and encouragement to the 
        Close Up Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation 
        promoting knowledge and understanding of the Federal Government 
        among young people and educators. Therefore, it is a fitting 
        and appropriate tribute to Senator Ellender to provide 
        fellowships in his name to students of limited economic means, 
        the teachers who work with such students, and older Americans, 
        so that such students, teachers, and older Americans may 
        participate in the programs supported by the Close Up 
        Foundation.

     ``Subpart 1--Program for Middle and Secondary School Students

``SEC. 10711. ESTABLISHMENT.

    ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants in accordance with the provisions of this subpart to the Close 
Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, 
nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up 
Foundation in carrying out its programs of increasing understanding of 
the Federal Government among middle and secondary school students.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants under this subpart shall be used only 
to provide financial assistance to economically disadvantaged students 
who participate in the program described in subsection (a). Financial 
assistance received pursuant to this subpart by such students shall be 
known as Allen J. Ellender fellowships.

``SEC. 10712. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application Required.--No grant under this subpart may be 
made except upon an application at such time, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--Each such application shall contain 
provisions to assure--
            ``(1) that fellowship grants are made to economically 
        disadvantaged middle and secondary school students;
            ``(2) that every effort will be made to ensure the 
        participation of students from rural and small town areas, as 
        well as from urban areas, and that in awarding fellowships to 
        economically disadvantaged students, special consideration will 
        be given to the participation of students with special 
        educational needs, including student with disabilities, ethnic 
        minority students, and gifted and talented students; and
            ``(3) the proper disbursement of the funds received under 
        this subpart.

     ``Subpart 2--Program for Middle and Secondary School Teachers

``SEC. 10721. ESTABLISHMENT.

    ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants in accordance with the provisions of this subpart to the Close 
Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a nonpartisan, 
nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting the Close Up 
Foundation in carrying out its programs of teaching skills enhancement 
for middle and secondary school teachers.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants under this subpart shall be used only 
for financial assistance to teachers who participate in the program 
described in subsection (a). Financial assistance received pursuant to 
this subpart by such individuals shall be known as Allen J. Ellender 
fellowships.

``SEC. 10722. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application Required.--No grant under this subpart may be 
made except upon an application at such time, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--Each such application shall contain 
provisions to assure--
            ``(1) that fellowship grants are made only to teachers who 
        have worked with at least one student from such teachers school 
        who participates in the programs described in section 10711(a);
            ``(2) that not more than one teacher in each school 
        participating in the programs provided for in section 10711(a) 
        may receive a fellowship in any fiscal year; and
            ``(3) the proper disbursement of the funds received under 
        this subpart.

Subpart 3--Programs for Recent Immigrants, Students of Migrant Parents 
                          and Older Americans

``SEC. 10731. ESTABLISHMENT.

    ``(a) General Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
        grants in accordance with the provisions of this subpart to the 
        Close Up Foundation of Washington, District of Columbia, a 
        nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation, for the purpose of assisting 
        the Close Up Foundation in carrying out its programs of 
        increasing understanding of the Federal Government among 
        economically disadvantaged older Americans, recent immigrants 
        and students of migrant parents.
            ``(2) Definition.--For the purpose of this subpart, the 
        term older American means an individual who has attained 55 
        years of age.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants under this subpart shall be used for 
financial assistance to economically disadvantaged older Americans, 
recent immigrants and students of migrant parents who participate in 
the program described in subsection (a). Financial assistance received 
pursuant to this subpart by such individuals shall be known as Allen J. 
Ellender fellowships.

``SEC. 10732. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application Required.--No grant under this subpart may be 
made except upon application at such time, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--Except such application shall 
contain provisions to assure--
            ``(1) that fellowship grants are made to economically 
        disadvantaged older Americans, recent immigrants and students 
        of migrant parents;
            ``(2) that every effort will be made to ensure the 
        participation of older Americans, recent immigrants and 
        students of migrant parents from rural and small town areas, as 
        well as from urban areas, and that in awarding fellowships, 
        special consideration will be given to the participation of 
        older Americans, recent immigrants and students of migrant 
        parents with special needs, including individuals with 
        disabilities, ethnic minorities, and gifted and talented 
        students;
            ``(3) that activities permitted by subsection (a) are fully 
        described; and
            ``(4) the proper disbursement of the funds received under 
        this subpart.

                    ``Subpart 4--General Provisions

``SEC. 10741. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) General Rule.--Payments under this part may be made in 
installments, in advance, or by way of reimbursement, with necessary 
adjustments on account of underpayment or overpayment.
    ``(b) Audit Rule.--The Comptroller General of the United States or 
any of the Comptroller Generals duly authorized representatives shall 
have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, 
documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to any grant under 
this part.

``SEC. 10742. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the provisions of subparts 1, 2, and 3 of this part $4,400,000 for 
fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary of each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(b) Special Rule.--Of the funds appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (a), not more than 30 percent may be used for teachers 
associated with students participating in the programs described in 
section 10711(a).

SEC. 11. EARLY LEARNING FUND

    Part H of title X of the Act is amended to read as follows:

                    ``PART H--EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM

``SEC. 10801. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to provide grants to States to 
establish an Early Learning Program for the purposes of improving the 
educational opportunity of young children (ages birth through age 5).

``SEC. 10802. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``To carry out the purposes of this part, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may 
be necessary for the subsequent 4 fiscal years.

``SEC. 10803. ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``Amounts appropriated under section 10802 shall be allocated as 
follows:
            ``(1) Amount for indian tribes.--2 percent shall be 
        reserved for allocations to Indian tribes based on their 
        respective needs.
            ``(2) Amounts for outlying areas.--.5 percent shall be 
        allocated to the outlying areas based on their relative need.
            ``(3) National activities.--The Secretary may reserve the 
        lesser of 1 percent or $6,000,000 to conduct a national 
        evaluation of the effect of State, local, and tribal early 
        learning programs carried out under this part on early 
        childhood development and school readiness, including child 
        development and educational outcome measures specified in 
        section 546(b)(2)(E), $2,000,000 of which may be used for costs 
        of providing technical assistance to State, local, and tribal 
        early learning programs under such section 10804.
            ``(4)(A) Amounts for states.--From the amounts appropriated 
        under section 10802 remaining after application of paragraphs 
        (1), (2), and (3), the Secretary shall allot to each State an 
        amount equal to the sum of--
                    ``(i) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 
                percent of such remainder as the product of the young 
                child factor of the State and the allotment percentage 
                of the State bears to the sum of the corresponding 
                products for all States; and
                    ``(ii) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 
                percent of such remainder as the product of the low-
                income young child factor of the State and the 
                allotment percentage of the State bears to the sum or 
                the corresponding products for all States.
            ``(B) Young child factor.--The term ``young child factor'' 
        means the ratio of the number of children in the State under 5 
        years of age to the number of such children in all States as 
        provided by the most recent annual estimates of population in 
        the States by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
            ``(C) Low-income young child factor.--The term ``low-income 
        young child factor'' means the ratio of the number of children, 
        from families below the poverty line, as defined by the Office 
        of Management and Budget, in the State under 5 years of age to 
        the number of such children in all States as provided by the 
        most recent annual estimates of population in the States by the 
        Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
            ``(5) Redistribution.--The Secretary shall, to the extent 
        necessary, determine the need for redistribution of, and 
        redistribute, amounts allotted under this subsection to States, 
        in accordance with the procedures and formula set forth in 
        subsection (a)(2)(D).

``SEC. 10804. EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program Purpose.--The purpose of the program under this 
section is to enable States, through grants to communities, to support 
activities that--
            ``(1) promote children's cognitive, social, behavioral and 
        physical development during the earliest years of life;
            ``(2) improve early childhood education and development for 
        children aged five and under, including those with disabilities 
        and those with limited English proficiency; and
            ``(3) encourage and facilitate emerging literacy, language 
        development, numeracy, and school readiness.
    ``(b) Requirements for State Participation.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to be eligible for funds under 
        this part, the State shall have in effect an early learning 
        program plan meeting the requirements specified in paragraph 
        (2).
            ``(2) Early learning program plan requirements.--The early 
        learning program plan shall meet the following requirements:
                    ``(A) Lead agency.--The lead agency for the 
                administration of this part shall be the State 
                educational agency.
                    ``(B) Community grant procedures.--The plan shall 
                describe the standards and procedures to be applied in 
                the review and approval of applications, and in setting 
                amounts, competitive process, terms, and conditions of 
                grants, including the methods to be used to ensure that 
                no less than 70 percent of grant funds are awarded to 
                low-income communities, funded programs are designed to 
                promote the child development and educational outcomes 
                specified in subsection (b)(2)(E)(i), and funded 
                programs reflect scientifically based research findings 
                on emerging literacy, language development, numeracy, 
                and school readiness of children birth to 5 years of 
                age.
                    ``(C) Community participation in planning and 
                monitoring.--The plan shall describe the methods to be 
                used to ensure participation, in planning and 
                monitoring activities under the application, of 
                representatives of concerned elements of the community, 
                including parents of young children, child care 
                providers, child development and mental health 
                professionals, early intervention specialists, health 
                care providers, public school representatives, local 
                interagency coordinating councils for children with 
                disabilities, local government, and business leaders.
                    ``(D) Program activities.--The plan shall specify 
                which of the allowable activities enumerated in 
                subsection (c) may be carried out under grants under 
                the plan.
                    ``(E) Performance goals and measures.--States 
                participating in early learning programs funded under 
                this part will be held accountable for increasing the 
                availability of high quality early learning programs 
                that provide an environment that supports the young 
                child's emerging communication, literacy, and numeracy 
                skills and social, emotional, and physical development 
                through activities and materials appropriate to the 
                ages and developmental levels of the infants, toddlers, 
                or preschool children enrolled.
                    ``(F) Goal of accountability.--(i) The goal of the 
                program accountability standards is to ensure that 
                children participating in early learning programs 
                funded under this part shall progress in ways 
                appropriate to their age and development, enabling them 
                to be successful in language, reading, and math when 
                they enter school.
                    ``(ii) Infants and toddlers participating in 
                programs funded under this part will be expected to 
                progress toward using verbal and nonverbal means of 
                communication; developing fine and gross motor skills; 
                and developing self confidence and autonomy.
                    ``(iii) Older preschoolers participating in 
                programs funded under this part will be expected to 
                progress toward, at a minimum, understanding and using 
                language to communicate for various purposes; 
                understanding and using increasingly complex and varied 
                vocabulary; developing and demonstrating an 
                appreciation of books; developing phonemic, print, and 
                numeracy awareness; and in the case of children with 
                limited English proficiency, acquiring the English 
                language.
                    ``(iv) The Secretary, in consultation with the 
                States, shall develop performance goals and indicators 
                for quality factors associated with improved 
                developmental outcomes for young children, including 
                parent education, enhanced child care provider training 
                (particularly in language and literacy development as 
                described in the previous paragraph), increased ratios 
                of child care staff to children, retention of child 
                care providers, support for family child care 
                providers, licensing and accreditation of child care 
                providers and programs, and strengthened standards 
                enforcement.
                    ``(v) The Secretary shall provide guidance to the 
                States regarding the specific performance goals and 
                indicators, and acceptable methodologies for assessing 
                the progress of States in meeting such goals and 
                indicators.
                    ``(vi) States will be held accountable for progress 
                toward performance goals and indicators and shall 
                develop a plan to meet such goals and indicators. The 
                plan shall specify--
                            ``(I) how the State will make progress 
                        toward the performance goals and indicators 
                        provided in guidance by the Secretary;
                            ``(II) the methodology the State will use 
                        to assess progress toward the performance goals 
                        and indicators provided in guidance by the 
                        Secretary; and
                            ``(III) the steps to be taken by the State 
                        or grantees in accordance with guidance 
                        provided by the Secretary if the specified 
                        performance indicators are not achieved.

                    ``(G) Coordination.--The State plan shall specify 
                the methods to be used to enhance coordination of 
                planning and of performance goals and coordination with 
                local educational agencies to ensure a smooth 
                transition from child care programs receiving funds 
                under this part to kindergarten and early elementary 
                education. Funds provided under this part shall be used 
                to supplement rather than supplant existing programs.
    ``(c) Local Application.--Local educational agencies who desire a 
grant under this part shall submit an application, in such form, and 
containing such information as the State may reasonably require.
    ``(d) Allowable Activities.--An early learning program under a 
State plan under this section may provide for any or all of the 
following activities to promote cognitive, social, emotional, and 
physical development in order to enhance emerging literacy and language 
development, and school readiness:
            ``(1) Parenting education to promote learning at home.--
                    ``(A) Parenting education.--Provision of parenting 
                education, including use of or collaboration with Even 
                Start or similar programs, for parents of young 
                children by means including use of community-based 
                resource centers, family literacy programs with 
                parenting education components, collaboration with 
                early intervention and preschool providers of services 
                for children, public elementary schools, centers that 
                serve children with special health care needs or 
                disabilities and their families, and home visiting 
                programs.
            ``(2) Activities to promote quality teaching in child care 
        settings.--
                    ``(A) Provider training.--Training of child care 
                personnel, which may include training in early 
                childhood development, early literacy, best practices 
                for serving children with disabilities and those with 
                limited English proficiency, health and safety, and 
                other appropriate matters.
                    ``(B) Improved staffing ratios.--Initiatives to 
                increase ratios of staff to children in care and to 
                reduce group sizes.
                    ``(C) Salary and benefit enhancement.--Assistance 
                to child care programs to increase the quality and 
                continuity of care by attracting or retaining highly 
                qualified child care staff working directly with 
                children through enhanced compensation.
                    ``(D) Family child care networks.--Development of 
                support networks, information and referral services, 
                and other supportive services addressing needs of 
                family child care providers for access to such 
                resources as education, training, and community support 
                services.
            ``(3) Activities to promote quality child care.--
                    ``(A) Licensing and accreditation assistance.--
                Assistance to entities and individuals in meeting 
                applicable child care accreditation and licensing 
                requirements and in obtaining licensing or 
                accreditation.
                    ``(B) Standards enforcement.--Initiatives to 
                increase the numbers of qualified child care licensing 
                and standards enforcement staff and activities to 
                increase monitoring and enforcement of State and local 
                health and safety standards.
                    ``(C) Information and referral.--Initiatives to 
                develop or increase the availability of consumer 
                education information and referral services and other 
                resources to assist parents to locate and assess the 
                quality of available child care services.
                    ``(D) Health services.--Improving coordination of 
                child care with appropriate health services including 
                health and mental health consultations, hearing and 
                vision testing, and immunizations, by methods such as 
                colocation of health and child care services, referrals 
                of children in child care to health care providers or 
                screening services, and transfer of child health 
                records to public school at school entry. Services 
                under this subparagraph shall not include direct 
                provision of or payment for health care services.
                    ``(E) Care for children with special needs.--
                Increasing the availability and quality of child care 
                for young children with special health care needs, 
                developmental delays, and disabilities and those with 
                limited English proficiency; and coordinating with 
                early intervention and preschool special education 
                services.
                    ``(F) Monitoring and technical assistance.--
                Technical assistance to grantees, and monitoring of 
                programs, assisted under this section. State 
                expenditures under this subparagraph shall not exceed a 
                percentage of total State expenditures for the program 
                under this section equal to 10 percent for each of 
                fiscal years 2001 through 2003, and 5 percent for 
                fiscal year 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year.

``SEC. 10805. ANNUAL REPORT.

    ``(a) Report.--States receiving funds under this part shall report 
annually on the following:
            ``(1) the number and average dollar amount of grants 
        awarded;
            ``(2) the number, average dollar amount, and percentage of 
        the total State award of such grants made to low-income 
        communities;
            ``(3) the number of early learning programs;
            ``(4) the number of children served with special health 
        care needs, disabilities or developmental delays, and those 
        with limited English proficiency;
            ``(5) the number of early learning programs that assist 
        children with special needs;
            ``(6) progress toward the educational outcomes and quality 
        enhancements specified in section 10804(b)(2)(F), including 
        specific and quantifiable measures of achievement of progress 
        toward each performance goal and indicator provided in guidance 
        by the Secretary;
            ``(7) expenditures for each allowable activity listed in 
        section 10804(d), total expenditures and, to the extent 
        feasible, the volume or frequency of such activity and the 
        average expenditure per unit of such activity; and
            ``(8) with respect to any allowable activity listed in 
        section 10804(d) for which expenditures are made by the State; 
        and
            ``(9) such other data as the Secretary may require.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall summarize the annual reports of the State 
educational agencies and submit an annual report to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in the Senate and the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce in the House.''.

SEC. 12. HOLOCAUST EDUCATION.

    Title X of the Act is amended by adding after part K the following:

                     ``PART L--HOLOCAUST EDUCATION

``SEC. 10995A. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Holocaust Education Assistance 
Act'.

``SEC. 10995B. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            ``(1) The Holocaust was an historical event that resulted 
        in the systemic, state-sponsored mass murders by Nazi Germany 
        of 6,000,000 Jews, along with millions of others, in the name 
        of racial purity.
            ``(2) Six States (California, Florida, Illinois, 
        Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York) now mandate that the 
        Holocaust be taught in the educational curriculum, and 10 
        States (Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, 
        Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and 
        Washington) recommend teaching the Holocaust but do not provide 
        sufficient funds to assist in the training and educating of 
        teachers.
            ``(3) The Holocaust is a sensitive and difficult issue 
        about which to teach, and to do so effectively, educators need 
        appropriate teaching tools and training to increase their 
        knowledge to enhance the educational experience.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this part are the following:
            ``(1) To educate Americans so that they can--
                    ``(A) explore the lessons that the Holocaust 
                provides for all people; and
                    ``(B) be less susceptible to the falsehood of 
                Holocaust denial and to the destructive messages of 
                hate that arise from Holocaust denial.
            ``(2) To provide resources and support for education 
        programs that--
                    ``(A) portray accurate historical information about 
                the Holocaust;
                    ``(B) sensitize communities to the circumstances 
                that gave rise to the Holocaust;
                    ``(C) convey the lessons that the Holocaust 
                provides for all people; and
                    ``(D) by developing curriculum guides and providing 
                training, help teachers incorporate into their 
                mainstream disciplines the study of the Holocaust and 
                its lessons.

``SEC. 10995C. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    ``From any amounts made available to carry out this part, the 
Secretary may make grants under this part to local educational agencies 
to carry out proposed or existing Holocaust education programs.

``SEC. 10995D. USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.

    ``(a) In General.--A local educational agency receiving grant 
amounts under this part shall use such grant amounts only to carry out 
the Holocaust education program for which the grant amounts were 
provided.
    ``(b) Requirements.--A local educational agency receiving grant 
amounts under this part shall comply with the following requirements:
            ``(1) Continuation of eligibility.--The local educational 
        agency shall, throughout the period that it receives and uses 
        such grant amounts, continue to be a local educational agency.
            ``(2) Supplementation of existing funds.--The local 
        educational agency shall ensure that such grant amounts are 
        used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that 
        would otherwise be available to the local educational agency to 
        carry out the Holocaust education program for which the grant 
        amounts were provided.
    ``(c) Additional Conditions.--The Secretary may require additional 
terms and conditions in connection with the use of grant amounts 
provided under this part as the Secretary considers appropriate.

``SEC. 10995E. SELECTION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grant amounts under 
this part in accordance with competitive criteria to be established by 
the Secretary.
    ``(b) Consultation With Holocaust Educators.--In establishing the 
competitive criteria under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 
with a variety of individuals, to be determined by the Secretary, who 
are prominent educators in the field of Holocaust education.

``SEC. 10995F. APPLICATION.

    ``The Secretary may award grant amounts under this part only to a 
local educational agency that has submitted an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require.

``SEC. 10995G. REVIEW AND SANCTIONS.

    ``(a) Annual Review.--The Secretary shall review at least annually, 
each local educational agency receiving grant amounts under this part 
to determine the extent to which the local educational agency has 
complied with the provisions of this part.
    ``(b) Imposition of Sanctions.--The Secretary may impose sanctions 
on a local educational agency for any failure of the local educational 
agency to comply substantially with the provisions of this part. The 
Secretary shall establish the sanctions to be imposed for a failure to 
comply substantially with the provisions of this part.

``SEC. 10996H. ANNUAL REPORT.

    ``Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Senate and House of Representatives a report describing 
the activities carried out under this part and containing any related 
information that the Secretary considers appropriate.

``SEC. 10995I. CONTRACTING WITH OTHER ENTITIES.

    ``Nothing in this part shall preclude a local educational agency 
from contracting with other entities to assist it with the Holocaust 
education program.

``SEC. 10995J. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:
            ``(1) Holocaust education program.--The term `Holocaust 
        education program' means a program that--
                    ``(A) has as its specific and primary purpose to 
                improve awareness and understanding of the Holocaust; 
                and
                    ``(B) furnishes one or more of the following:
                            ``(i) classes, seminars, or conferences.
                            ``(ii) educational materials.
                            ``(iii) teacher training.
                            ``(iv) any other good or service designed 
                        to improve awareness and understanding of the 
                        Holocaust.
            ``(2) Holocaust.--The term `Holocaust' means the historical 
        event that resulted in the systemic, state-sponsored mass 
        murders by Nazi Germany of 6,000,000 Jews, along with millions 
        of others, in the name of racial purity.

``SEC. 10995K. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for the next 4 subsequent 
fiscal years to remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 13. 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS

    Part I of title X of the Act is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 10901. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `21st Century Community Learning 
Centers Act'.

``SEC. 10902. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) a local public school often serves as a center for 
        the delivery of education and human resources for all members 
        of a community;
            ``(2) evaluations show that collaboration between public 
        schools (particularly in inner and small cities and rural and 
        disadvantaged suburban communities) and other public and 
        nonprofit agencies and organizations, local businesses, 
        educational entities, recreational, cultural, and other 
        community and human service entities helps to meet the needs 
        of, and expands the opportunities available to, all residents 
        of the communities served by such schools;
            ``(3) participation in high-quality programs can result in 
        better grades and conduct in school, and is particularly 
        beneficial for children living in high-risk environments. In 
        particular, children who participate in high-quality after 
        school program spend more time in academic and enrichment 
        activities; watch less television; have significantly lower 
        incidences of drug use and unwanted teenage pregnancies; and 
        communicate better with adults and their peers.
            ``(4) by using school facilities, equipment, and resources, 
        communities can promote a more efficient use of public 
        education facilities, especially in rural and inner city areas 
        where limited financial resources have enhanced the necessity 
        for local public schools to become social service centers;
            ``(5) the high technology, global economy of the 21st 
        century will require lifelong learning to keep America's 
        workforce competitive and successful, and local public schools 
        should provide centers for lifelong learning and educational 
        opportunities for individuals of all ages; and
            ``(6) 21st Century Community Learning Centers enable the 
        entire community to develop an education strategy that 
        addresses the educational needs of all members of local 
        communities.

``SEC. 10903. PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

    ``(a) Program Authority.--The Secretary is authorized, in 
accordance with the provisions of this part, to award grants to State 
educational agencies to enable its schools or a consortia of its 
schools to plan, implement, or to expand projects that benefit the 
educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs 
of inner and small cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban 
communities with a substantial need for expanded learning opportunities 
because--
            ``(1) they lack resources to establish or expand after-
        school centers that benefit the educational, health, social 
        service, cultural, and recreational needs of the community; or
            ``(2) they have other needs consistent with the purposes of 
        this part.
    ``(b) Reservation.--From the funds appropriated under section 10913 
to carry out this part for each fiscal year, the Secretary--
            ``(1) shall reserve an amount necessary to make 
        continuation grants to existing grantees under part I of title 
        X, as it existed on the day before the enactment of the Safe 
        and Successful Schools Act;
            ``(2) shall reserve the lesser of .5 percent or $3,000,000 
        of such amount for grants under this part to Guam, American 
        Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
        Mariana Islands, and until October 1, 2001, the Republic of 
        Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of 
        Micronesia;
            ``(3) shall reserve .5 percent of such amount for the 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of Interior to carry 
        out programs under this part for Indian children; and
            ``(4) shall reserve the lesser of 2.5 percent or 
        $20,000,000 for evaluation and national activities under 
        section 10910.
    ``(c) State Educational Agency Allotments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), and 
        after making the reservations in subsection (b), the Secretary 
        shall, for each fiscal year, allocate among the States the 
        remainder according to the ratio between the amount each State 
        received under part A of title I for the preceding year and the 
        sum of such amounts received by all the States.
            ``(2) Minimum.--For any fiscal year, no State (including 
        for the purposes of this part, the Bureau of Indian Affairs) 
        shall be allotted under this subsection an amount that is less 
        than .5 percent of the total amount allotted to all the States 
        under this subsection.
            ``(3) Reallotment.--The Secretary may reallot any amount of 
        any allotment to a State if the Secretary determines that the 
        State will be unable to use such amount within 2 years of such 
        allotment. Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis as 
        allotments are made under paragraph (1).
    ``(d) Within State Distribution of Funds.--Each State educational 
agency having an approved application pursuant to section 10904 and 
receiving an allocation under subsection (c), shall--
            ``(1) use not less than 95 percent of the funds made 
        available to it under section 10903(c) to award grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to local educational agencies, or consortia 
        of local educational agencies, acting on behalf of public 
        elementary or secondary schools; and
            ``(2) use up to 5 percent for State level activities and 
        evaluation, of which 40 percent may be used for administration.

``SEC. 10904. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.

    Each State educational agency seeking a grant under this subpart 
shall submit an application in such form, and containing such 
information, as the Secretary may reasonably require. At a minimum, the 
application shall--
            ``(1) designate the State educational agency as the agency 
        responsible for the administration and supervision of programs 
        assisted under this part;
            ``(2) describe the competitive procedures and criteria the 
        State will use to ensure that grants under this part will 
        support high-quality programs in communities with a substantial 
        need for expanding learning opportunities, with a priority for 
        those that--
                    ``(A) have a high proportion of high-poverty 
                students; and
                    ``(B) lack resources to establish or expand after-
                school centers that benefit the educational health, 
                social service, cultural, and recreational needs of the 
                community.
            ``(3) describe the steps the State will take to ensure that 
        programs implement effective strategies, including providing 
        ongoing technical assistance and training, evaluation, 
        dissemination of promising practices, and monitoring;
            ``(4) contain an assurance that the State educational 
        agency shall provide for the annual submission of data 
        regarding the uses of funds under this part, including the 
        activities provided and populations served under this part, and 
        such other information as the Secretary may require;
            ``(5) contain an assurance that the State educational 
        agency shall comply with the requirements of this part;
            ``(6) contain a description of how the State will 
        coordinate Federal, State, and local programs in order to use 
        most effectively the resources available to support the 
        project;
            ``(7) provide that the State educational agency will keep 
        such records and provide such information to the Secretary as 
        may be required for fiscal audit and program evaluation 
        (consistent with all State educational agency fiscal audit and 
        program evaluation responsibilities required under this Act);
            ``(8) describe how the State will evaluate the 
        effectiveness of programs and activities carried out with funds 
        under this part; and
            ``(9) provide for timely public notice and public 
        dissemination of the data submitted under this part.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall approve a State application under this 
section if the Secretary determines that it satisfies the requirements, 
and holds reasonable promise for accomplishing the purposes of this 
part.

SEC. 10905. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY ACTIVITIES.

    Each State, having an approved application under section 10904 may 
use funds allocated under section 10903(d)(2) for one or more of the 
following activities:
            ``(1) establishment and implementation of a peer review 
        process for grant applications;
            ``(2) supervision of the awarding of funds to local 
        educational agencies on behalf of public elementary schools, 
        secondary schools or consortia thereof;
            ``(3) planning, supervision, and processing of funds made 
        available under this section;
            ``(4) monitoring and evaluation of programs and activities 
        assisted under this part; and
            ``(5) providing technical assistance under this part.

``SEC. 10906. STATE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

    Each State educational agency shall establish performance 
indicators and acceptable goals of progress to evaluate the 
effectiveness of programs funded under this part.

``SEC. 10907. LOCAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS

    ``(a) Competitive Grants.--The State educational agency shall 
distribute funds provided under section 10903(d)(1) on a competitive 
basis to local educational agencies, consortia of local educational 
agencies, acting on behalf of a public elementary or secondary schools 
to enable such schools to plan, implement, or expand community learning 
centers that address the educational, health, social service, cultural, 
and recreational needs of the local community.
    ``(b) Extended Learning Time.--In order to receive a grant under 
this part, a local educational agency shall provide significant 
expanded learning opportunities, such as before and after school, for 
children and youth in the community that:
            ``(1) are designed to help students in the school and 
        community achieve to challenging state content and performance 
        standards;
            ``(2) provide academic instruction by trained and qualified 
        teachers;
            ``(3) utilize research-based practices, to the extent 
        available and feasible, that show success in raising student 
        achievement and increasing literacy skills;
            ``(4) include a parent and family involvement component;
            ``(5) include professional development that is aligned to 
        the extended learning curriculum;
            ``(6) indicate how the school will provide a continuity of 
        extended learning curriculum over multiple years; and
            ``(7) include ongoing evaluation to assess the 
        effectiveness of the program.
    ``(c) Equitable Distribution.--In awarding grants under this part, 
the State educational agency shall ensure that both urban and rural 
areas of the State are served.
    ``(d) Grant Period.--A State educational agency shall award grants 
under this part for a period not to exceed 5 years.
    ``(e) Amount.--A State educational agency shall not award a grant 
under this part in any fiscal year in an amount less than $75,000.

``SEC. 10908. LOCAL APPLICATION.

    ``(a) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
part, a local educational agency, or a consortia of local educational 
agencies, on behalf of public elementary or secondary schools, 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 reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each such application shall include--
            ``(1) a comprehensive local plan that enables the school or 
        consortium to serve as a center for the delivery of education 
        and human resources for members of a community;
            ``(2) an evaluation of the needs, available resources, and 
        goals and objectives for the proposed project in order to 
        determine which activities will be undertaken to address such 
        needs;
            ``(3) a description of the proposed project, including--
                    ``(A) a description of the mechanism that will be 
                used to disseminate information in a manner that is 
                understandable and accessible to the community;
                    ``(B) a description of how the applicant will 
                coordinate Federal, State, and local programs in order 
                to use most effectively the resources available to 
                support the project;
                    ``(C) a description of the collaborative efforts to 
                be undertaken with community-based organizations, 
                related public agencies, businesses, or other 
                appropriate organizations in order to promote community 
                involvement in the planning and implementation of 
                services provided under this part;
                    ``(D) a description of how the community learning 
                center will serve as a delivery center for existing and 
                new services, especially for interactive 
                telecommunication used for education and professional 
                training; and
                    ``(E) an assurance that the school or consortium 
                will establish a facility utilization policy that 
                specifically states--
                            ``(i) the rules and regulations applicable 
                        to building and equipment use; and
                            ``(ii) supervision guidelines;
            ``(4) information demonstrating that the school or 
        consortium will provide at least 50 percent of the cost of the 
        project from other sources, which may include other Federal 
        funds and may be provided in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluate;
            ``(5) an assurance that the school or consortium will, each 
        year of the project, expend, from non-Federal sources, at least 
        as much for the services under this part as it expended for the 
        preceding year; and
            ``(6) information demonstrating how the school or 
        consortium will continue the project after completion of the 
        grant.

``SEC. 10909. USES OF FUNDS.

    Grants awarded under section 10907, either directly or through 
contracts with community-based organizations with demonstrated ability 
to provide high-quality programming, shall be used to establish or 
expand community learning centers that provide activities that offer 
significant expanded learning opportunities, such as before and after 
school, for children and youth in the community. A grantee shall use at 
least a portion of its grant under section 10907 to implement or expand 
after school learning opportunities, and shall use the remainder of its 
grant to carry out not less than three of the following activities:
            ``(1) Literacy education programs.
            ``(2) Senior citizen programs.
            ``(3) Children's day care services.
            ``(4) Integrated education, health, social service, 
        recreational, or cultural programs.
            ``(5) Summer and weekend school programs in conjunction 
        with recreation programs.
            ``(6) Nutrition and health programs.
            ``(7) Expanded library service hours to serve community 
        needs.
            ``(8) Telecommunications and technology education programs 
        for individuals of all ages.
            ``(9) Parenting skills education programs.
            ``(10) Support and training for child day care providers.
            ``(11) Employment counseling, training, and placement.
            ``(12) Services for individuals who leave school before 
        graduating from secondary school, regardless of the age of such 
        individual.
            ``(13) Services for individuals with disabilities.
            ``(14) Mentoring of at-risk children, including mentoring 
        by senior citizens.

``SEC. 10910. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    The Secretary shall use funds reserved under section 10903(b)(4) 
for technical assistance, evaluation, dissemination of information, 
activities to encourage the spread and adoption of successful extended 
learning opportunities programs, and other national activities that 
support programs under this part.

``SEC. 10911. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purpose of this part, the term community learning center 
means an entity within a public elementary or secondary school building 
that--
            ``(1) provides expanded learning opportunities, and 
        educational, recreational, health, and social service programs 
        for residents of all ages within a local community in a safe 
        and drug-free environment;
            ``(2) is operated by a local educational agency in 
        conjunction with local governmental agencies, businesses, 
        vocational education programs, institutions of higher 
        education, community colleges, and cultural, recreational, and 
        other community and human service entities; and
            ``(3) includes expanded learning opportunities such as 
        before- and after-school.

``SEC. 10912. SUPPLEMENT.

    ``Funds made available under this part shall be used to supplement 
and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds expended to 
carry out activities relating to expanded learning opportunities.

``SEC. 10913. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this part.

SEC. 14. PARENTAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS.

    Title X of the Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

          ``PART M--PARENTAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS

``SEC. 10996. PURPOSE.

    ``(a) The purpose of this part is--
            ``(1) to increase parents' knowledge of and confidence in 
        child-rearing activities, such as teaching and nurturing their 
        young children;
            ``(2) to strengthen partnerships between parents and 
        professionals in meeting the educational needs of children aged 
        birth through 5 and the working relationship between home and 
        school;
            ``(3) to enhance the developmental progress of children 
        assisted under this part;
            ``(4) to fund parental information and resource center in 
        as many States as possible; and
            ``(5) to provide training and information to parents of 
        school-aged children and persons who work with parents to 
        enable them to work more effectively with professionals in 
        meeting the educational needs of children, increasing parents' 
        knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning, 
        developing strategies for collaboration among parents, 
        administrators and educators that recognize the relationship 
        between improved educational achievement and parental 
        engagement in their children's education and accomplishing the 
        purposes of this Act.-
    ``(b) Grants Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
        grants in each fiscal year to nonprofit organizations to 
        establish parental information and resource centers that 
        provide training, information, and support to--
                    ``(A) parents of children aged birth through 5 
                years;
                    ``(B) parents of children enrolled in elementary 
                and secondary schools; and
                    ``(C) individuals who work with the parents 
                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
            ``(2) Award rule.--In awarding grants under this part, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that such grants are distributed, to the 
        greatest extent possible, to all geographic regions of the 
        United States.
    ``(c) Grants Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each nonprofit organization and 
        nonprofit organization in consortium with a local educational 
        agency which desires a grant under this part shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, and containing such 
        information, as the Secretary shall determine.
            ``(2) Grantees.--Grantees receiving funds under this part 
        shall be a private nonprofit organization (other than an 
        institution of higher education) that will--
                    ``(A) be governed by a board of directors the 
                membership of which is a majority of parents of 
                children in school receiving funds under this Act and 
                includes members who are education professionals with 
                expertise in standards-based school reform or improving 
                educational outcomes for disadvantaged children; or
                    ``(B) be an organization that represents the 
                interests of parents and has a governing committee 
                whose membership--
                            ``(i) includes a majority of parents and 
                        representatives of education professionals with 
                        expertise in improving services for 
                        disadvantaged children; and
                            ``(ii) pertaining to such organization's 
                        parent and professional membership that such 
                        membership is broadly representative of 
                        minority, low-income, and other individuals and 
                        groups that have an interest in compensatory 
                        education and family literacy.
            ``(3) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall, at a minimum, include assurances that a grantee 
        will--
                    ``(A) use at least one-half of the funds provided 
                under this Act in each fiscal year to serve areas with 
                high concentrations of low-income families in order to 
                serve parents who are severely educationally or 
                economically disadvantaged;
                    ``(B) operate a center of sufficient size, scope, 
                and quality to ensure that the center is adequate to 
                serve the parents in the area;
                    ``(C) serve both urban and rural areas;
                    ``(D) design a center that meets the unique 
                training, information, and support needs of parents 
                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
                401(b)(1), particularly parents who are educationally 
                or economically disadvantaged;
                    ``(E) demonstrate the capacity and expertise to 
                conduct the effective training information and support 
                activities for which assistance is sought;
                    ``(F) network with--
                            ``(i) clearinghouses;
                            ``(ii) parent centers for the parents of 
                        infants, toddlers, children, and youth with 
                        disabilities served under section 631(e) of the 
                        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
                            ``(iii) other organizations and agencies 
                        serving local low-income, minority, and limited 
                        English proficient families with children in 
                        programs served under Part I of this Act;
                            ``(iv) established national, State, and 
                        local parent groups representing the full range 
                        of parents of children, aged birth through 5 
                        years; and
                            ``(v) parents of children enrolled in 
                        elementary and secondary schools; and
                    ``(G) focus on serving parents described in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 401(b) who are 
                parents of low-income, minority, and limited-English 
                proficient, children.
    ``(d) Grant Renewal.--In each fiscal year after the first fiscal 
year a grantee receives assistance under this part, the grantee shall 
demonstrate in the application submitted for each fiscal year after 
such first year that a portion of the services provided by such grantee 
is supported through non-Federal contributions, which contributions may 
be in cash or in kind.
    ``(e) Grant funds received under this part may be used--
            ``(1) for parent training, information, and support 
        programs that assist parents to--
                    ``(A) better understand their children's 
                educational needs, teaching and learning, and the 
                provisions of this Act which are designed to improve 
                educational programs for those children;
                    ``(B) provide follow up support for their 
                children's educational achievement;
                    ``(C) communicate more effectively with teachers, 
                counselors, administrators, and other professional 
                educators and support staff in meeting the educational 
                needs of children;
                    ``(D) participate in the design and provision of 
                assistance to students who are not making adequate 
                educational progress so that they to meet the state 
                standards;
                    ``(E) obtain information about the range of 
                options, programs, services, and resources available at 
                the national, State, and local levels to assist parents 
                and families in promoting meaningful family involvement 
                consistent with parent involvement provisions of this 
                Act;
                    ``(F) seek technical assistance regarding 
                compliance with the requirements of this part and of 
                other Federal programs relevant to achieving the 
                National Education Goals;
                    ``(G) participate in State and local decisionmaking 
                and understand the standards that their child is 
                expected to meet, state and local assessments, and the 
                state's accountability system, as well as the parent 
                involvement provisions and other provisions of this 
                Act.;
                    ``(H) train other parents; and
                    ``(I) plan, implement, and fund activities that 
                coordinate the education of their children with other 
                Federal programs that serve their children or their 
                families;
            ``(2) to include State or local educational personnel where 
        such participation will further the activities assisted under 
        the grant; and
            ``(3) to establish, expand, or operate Parents as Teachers 
        programs or Home Instruction for Preschool Youngsters programs.
    ``(f) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide technical 
assistance, through a competitive grant or contract process, for the 
establishment, development, and coordination of parent training, 
information and support programs and parental information and resource 
centers.
    ``(g) Definitions.--For purposes of this part--
            ``(1) the term `parent education' includes parent support 
        activities, the provision of resource materials on child 
        development, parent-child learning activities and child rearing 
        issues, private and group educational guidance, individual and 
        group learning experiences for the parent and child, and other 
        activities that enable the parent to improve learning in the 
        home and in elementary and secondary schools served by this 
        Act, and assistance to parents in understanding elementary and 
        secondary education teaching and learning, standards, 
        assessments, report cards, and accountability, and teaching and 
        learning that will assist their children in meeting high 
        standards.
            ``(2) the term `Parents as Teachers program' means a 
        voluntary early childhood parent education program that--
                    ``(A) is designed to provide all parents of 
                children from birth through age 5 with the information 
                and support such parents need to give their child a 
                solid foundation for school success;
                    ``(B) is based on the Missouri Parents as Teachers 
                model with the philosophy that parents are their 
                child's first and most influential teachers;
                    ``(C) provides--
                            ``(i) regularly scheduled personal visits 
                        with families by certified parent educators;
                            ``(ii) regularly scheduled developmental 
                        screenings; and
                            ``(iii) linkage with other resources within 
                        the community in order to provide services that 
                        parents may want and need, except that such 
                        services are beyond the scope of the Parents as 
                        Teachers program;
            ``(3) the term `Home Instruction for Preschool Youngsters 
        program' means a voluntary early-learning program for parents 
        with one or more children between the ages of 3 through 5, 
        that--
                    ``(A) provides support, training, and appropriate 
                educational materials necessary for parents to 
                implement a school-readiness, home instruction program 
                for their child; and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) group meetings with other parents 
                        participating in the program;
                            ``(ii) individual and group learning 
                        experiences with the parent and child;
                            ``(iii) provision of resource materials on 
                        child development and parent-child learning 
                        activities; and
                            ``(iv) other activities that enable the 
                        parent to improve learning in the home.
    ``(h) Reports.--Each organization receiving a grant under this part 
shall submit to the Secretary, on an annual basis, information 
concerning the parental information and resource centers assisted under 
this part, including--
            ``(1) the number of parents, including the number of 
        minority and limited-English-proficient parents, who receive 
        information and training;
            ``(2) the types and modes of training, information, and 
        support provided under this part;
            ``(3) the number of Parents as Teachers programs and Home 
        Instruction for Preschool Youngsters programs which have been 
        assisted under this part; and
            ``(4) the strategies used to reach and serve parents of 
        minority and limited-English-proficient children, parents with 
        limited literacy skills, and other parents in need of the 
        services provided under this part.
    ``(i) General provision.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this part--
            ``(1) no person, including a parent who educates a child at 
        home, public school parent, or private school parent, shall be 
        required to participate in any program of parent education or 
        developmental screening pursuant to the provisions of this 
        part;
            ``(2) no program assisted under this part shall take any 
        action that infringes in any manner on the right of a parent to 
        direct the education of their children; and
            ``(3) the provisions of section 438(c) of the General 
        Education Provision Act shall apply to organizations awarded 
        grants under this part.
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and 
such sums as may be necessary for the four subsequent fiscal years to 
carry out this part.

                ``PART N--URBAN EDUCATION ASSISTANCE''.

``SEC. 10997A. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This subpart may be cited as the `Eliminating Educational 
Disparities and Promoting Learning for Urban Students Act of 1999'.

``SEC. 10997B. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) the ability of the Nation's major urban public school 
        systems to meet the Nation's educational goals will 
        substantially determine the country's economic competitiveness 
        and academic standing in the world community;
            ``(2) the quality of public education in the Nation's major 
        urban areas has a direct effect on the economic development of 
        the Nation's cities;
            ``(3) the success of urban public schools in accelerating 
        the achievement of its youth attending such schools will 
        determine the ability of the Nation to close the gap between 
        the `haves and the have-nots' in society;
            ``(4) the cost to America's businesses to provide remedial 
        education to high school graduates is approximately 
        $21,000,000,000 per year;
            ``(5) approximately one-third of the Nation's workforce 
        will be members of minority groups by the year 2000;
            ``(6) urban schools enroll a disproportionately large share 
        of the Nation's poor and `at-risk' youth;
            ``(7) urban schools enroll over one-third of the Nation's 
        poor, 40 percent of the Nation's African American children, and 
        30 percent of the Nation's Hispanic youth;
            ``(8) nearly 40 percent of the Nation's limited-English-
        proficient children and 15 percent of the Nation's disabled 
        youth are enrolled in urban public schools;
            ``(9) the National Assessment of Educational Progress shows 
        substantial achievement gaps between urban and nonurban 
        students, whether enrolled in schools located in high or low 
        poverty areas;
            ``(10) urban school children have begun to narrow the 
        achievement gap in reading according to the recent Reading 
        Report Card issued by the National Assessment of Educational 
        Progress;
            ``(11) the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
        reports show substantial achievement gaps between white 
        students and African-American and Hispanic students;
            ``(12) African-American and Hispanic school children have 
        begun to narrow the achievement gap in reading according to the 
        recent Reading Report Card issued by National Assessment of 
        Educational Progress;
            ``(13) the dropout rate for urban students is more than 50 
        percent higher than the national dropout rate;
            ``(14) urban preschoolers have one-half the access to early 
        childhood development programs as do other children;
            ``(15) teacher shortages and teacher turnover in urban 
        public school systems are substantially greater than in 
        nonurban school systems, particularly in mathematics and 
        science;
            ``(16) urban public school systems have less parental 
        involvement, and greater problems with health care, teenage 
        pregnancy, truancy and discipline, drug abuse, and gangs than 
        do other kinds of school systems;
            ``(17) urban school buildings are in more serious disrepair 
        according to the General Accounting Office than facilities in 
        other kinds of school systems with 75 percent of urban public 
        school buildings over 25 years old, 33 percent of such 
        buildings over 50 years old, which create poor and demoralizing 
        working and learning conditions;
            ``(18) solving the challenges facing our Nation's urban 
        schools will require the concerted and collaborative efforts of 
        all levels of government and all sectors of the community;
            ``(19) Federal and State funding of urban public schools 
        has not adequately reflected need; and
            ``(20) Federal funding that is well-targeted, flexible, and 
        accountable will contribute significantly to addressing the 
        comprehensive needs of inner-city public schools and school 
        children.

``SEC. 10997C. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this subpart to provide financial assistance 
to develop, demonstrate, and disseminate educational policies, 
strategies, and practices in central city schools with high 
concentrations of students from racial and language minority groups 
that will significantly improve the academic achievement of an entire 
school, and narrow or overcome educational disparities between groups 
of minority and nonminority students, and between urban and nonurban 
public school students.

``SEC. 10997D. URBAN SCHOOL GRANTS.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants to eligible local educational agencies serving an urban area or 
State educational agencies in the case where the State educational 
agency is the local educational agency for activities designed to 
assist schools with high concentrations of students from racial and 
language minority groups improve schoolwide academic achievement with 
particular attention to narrowing or overcoming disparities in 
achievement scores and school completion (1) between minority and 
nonminority group students; and (2) between urban and nonurban public 
school students.
    ``(b) Authorized Activities.--(1) Funds under this section may be 
used for activities designed--
            ``(A) to increase the academic achievement of urban public 
        school children and narrow or overcome the achievement gap 
        between urban and nonurban students;
            ``(B) to increase the academic achievement of students who 
        are members of racial and language minority groups and narrow 
        or overcome the achievement gap between minority and 
        nonminority group students
            ``(C) to increase the graduation rates of urban public 
        school students and reduce the dropout rates of urban students, 
        particularly students who are members of minority groups;
            ``(D) to recruit and retain qualified teachers;
            ``(E) to facilitate effective parental and community 
        involvement;
            ``(F) to provide for ongoing staff development to increase 
        the professional capacities of the school leadership, 
        instructional staff and other support services personnel;
            ``(G) to plan, develop, operate, or expand programs and 
        activities that are designed to assist urban public schools in 
        meeting the National Education Goals; and
            ``(H) to document, evaluate, and disseminate the results of 
        such activities as required under section 10997G.
    ``(2) Activities conducted under paragraph (1) shall demonstrate 
policies, strategies, and practices that hold the promise of 
effectively addressing the educational disparities identified in 
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), such as--
            ``(A) enrollment in rigorous courses and early completion 
        of gatekeeper courses;
            ``(B) delivery of instruction by experienced and effective 
        teachers;
            ``(C) reduced class size;
            ``(D) increased emphasis on reading in the early grades;
            ``(E) data-driven instructional design and early 
        identification and intervention with at-risk students;
            ``(F) extended learning time, including extended school 
        day, extended school year, Saturday school, and summer school;
            ``(G) establishing annual achievement goals tied to 
        rigorous content and performance standards;
            ``(H) school-based improvement planning and accountability, 
        and the provision of extended professional development, and 
        ongoing technical assistance and support; and
            ``(I) increased parental involvement and community 
        involvement including mentoring programs,
    ``(3) Authorized activities shall be carried out in a school or 
schools of a feeder system with high concentrations of students from 
racial and language minority groups within the eligible agency.
    ``(c) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--An urban eligible local educational 
        agency desiring to receive a grant under this section shall 
        submit an application to the Secretary containing a plan 
        describing activities under subsection (b) at such time, in 
        such manner, and accompanied by such information as the 
        Secretary may reasonably require to determine that the 
        application is of sufficient size, scope, and quality to meet 
        the purposes this subpart.
            ``(2) Duration.--An application submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) may be for a period of not more than five years.
    ``(d) Payments.--The Secretary shall make an award only to urban 
eligible local educational agencies that--
            ``(1) comply with the provisions of section 10997G; and
            ``(2) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that 
        the data submitted pursuant to section 10997G shows progress 
        toward meeting National Education Goals and the purposes of 
        this subpart.
    ``(e) Administrative Costs.--Not more than five percent of any 
award made under this subpart may be used for administrative costs.
    ``(f) Federal Funds To Supplement Not Supplant Non-Federal Funds.--
An eligible local educational agency may use funds received under this 
subpart only to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the 
level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be 
made available from non-Federal sources for the education of students 
participating in activities assisted under this subpart, and in no such 
case may such funds be used to supplant funds from non-Federal sources.

``SEC. 10997E. ALLOCATIONS.

    ``In making awards from amounts appropriated under this subpart, 
the Secretary shall allocate amounts directly to each urban eligible 
local educational agency on the basis of the relative number of 
children counted under section 1124(c) of this Act in such agencies as 
determined by the Secretary using the most recent satisfactory data.

``SEC. 10997F. COORDINATION.

    ``Each local educational agency receiving assistance under this 
subpart shall carry out activities, to the extent feasible and 
appropriate, in coordination with other programs funded this Act. Such 
agency may request directly from the Secretary under the appropriate 
provisions of section 14401 the waiver of requirements in such programs 
that would inhibit such coordination and the effective implementation 
of the activities required under this subpart.

``SEC. 10997G. EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Each local educational agency receiving 
assistance under this subpart shall select an independent evaluator to 
assist the agency in designing and implementing an evaluation plan that 
documents and analyzes the effectiveness of the demonstrated 
activities.
    ``(b) Limitation.--A local educational agency shall expend no more 
than two percent of funds awarded by the Secretary for activities under 
section 10997D(b)(1)(H).
    ``(c) Project Modifications.--A local educational agency shall 
modify, not less than every two years, activities supported under this 
subpart based on the results of information gathered under subsection 
(a), and discontinue practices that do not promise to produce 
significant results; and
    ``(d) Dissemination Activities.--Each local educational agency 
receiving assistance under this subpart shall design and implement 
appropriate dissemination activities to distribute information on 
effective policies, strategies and practices that have been 
demonstrated by the project.

``SEC. 10997H. DEFINITIONS.

    ``Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this subpart:
            ``(1) Central city.--The term `central city' has the same 
        meaning used by the Bureau of the Census.
            ``(2) Metropolitan statistical area.--The term 
        `metropolitan statistical area' has the same meaning used by 
        the Bureau of the Census.
            ``(3) Poverty level.--The term `poverty level' means the 
        criteria of poverty used by the Bureau of the Census in 
        compiling the most recent decennial census.
            ``(4) Urban eligible local educational agency.--The term 
        `urban eligible local educational agency' means a local 
        educational agency that--
                    ``(A) serves the largest central city in a State;
                    ``(B) enrolls more than 30,000 students and serves 
                a central city with a population of at least 200,000 in 
                a metropolitan statistical area; or
                    ``(C) enrolls between 25,000 and 30,000 students 
                and serves a central city with a population of at least 
                140,000 in a metropolitan statistical area.

``SEC. 10997I. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four 
succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of carrying out this part.''.

SEC. 15. COORDINATED SERVICES.

    Title XI of the Act is amended to read as follows:

                    ``TITLE XI--COORDINATED SERVICES

``SEC. 11001. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Growing numbers of children are harmed by influences 
        outside of the classroom that increase their risk of academic 
        failure.
            ``(2) Factors such as poor nutrition, unsafe living 
        conditions, physical and sexual abuse, family and gang 
        violence, inadequate health care, unemployment, lack of child 
        care, and substance abuse harm families, and negatively affect 
        a child's ability to learn.
            ``(3) Parents and other caregivers in today's high-pressure 
        society often face heavy demands on their time that affect 
        their ability to adequately meet all the needs of their 
        children.
            ``(4) Access to health and social service programs in a 
        school-based or school-linked community service center may make 
        it easier for families to address the basic physical and 
        emotional needs of children and parents.
            ``(5) Services for families need to be more convenient and 
        less fragmented and duplicative.
            ``(6) Parents, school personnel, and service providers 
        should have access to services and activities to improve the 
        education, health, mental health, safety and economic well-
        being of children and their families.
            ``(7) School personnel, health care providers, mental 
        health care providers, child care providers, juvenile justice 
        workers and other family service providers could be of greater 
        assistance to children and their families if they had access to 
        a single school-based or school-linked community service 
        center.
            ``(8) Coordinating health and social services with 
        education will help the Nation meet America's Education Goals 
        by ensuring that children come to school ready to learn.
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to encourage eligible 
partnerships to establish or expand child opportunity zone family 
centers in or near public elementary and secondary schools in order to 
provide students and their families better access to coordinated 
services which improve their education, health, mental health, safety, 
and economic well-being.

SEC. 11002. COORDINATED SERVICES.

    (a) Program Authorized.--Pursuant to section 14205(b), a local 
educational agency, school, or consortium of schools may use not more 
than 5 percent of the funds received under this Act for the 
development, or the implementation or expansion, of a coordinated 
service project under this section.
    (b) Application.--Each local educational agency desiring to use 
funds described in subsection (a) to carry out this section shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require.
    (c) Uses of Funds.--Funds described in subsection (a) may be used 
to plan, implement, or expand activities which include--
            (1) hiring a services coordinator;
            (2) making minor renovations to existing buildings;
            (3) purchasing basic operating equipment;
            (4) improving communications and information-sharing among 
        entities participating in the coordinated services project; or
            (5) providing training to teachers and appropriate 
        personnel concerning such teacher's and personnel's role in a 
        coordinated services project.

``SEC. 11003. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may award, on a competitive basis, 
grants to eligible partnerships to pay for the Federal share of the 
cost of establishing and expanding child opportunity zone family 
centers.
    ``(b) Duration.--The Secretary shall award grants under this 
section for periods of 5 years.

``SEC. 11004. REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.

    ``Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under this part shall 
use the grant funds--
            ``(1) in accordance with the needs assessment described in 
        section 11005(b)(1), to provide or link children and their 
        families with information, support, activities, or services in 
        core areas consisting of--
                    ``(A) education, such as child care and education 
                programs for children below the age of compulsory 
                school attendance, before- and after-school care, and 
                school age enrichment and education support programs;
                    ``(B) health, such as primary care (including 
                prenatal care, well child care, and mental health 
                care), preventative health and safety programs, 
                outreach and referral, screening and health promotion, 
                and enrollment in health insurance programs; and
                    ``(C) family support, such as adult education and 
                literacy programs, welfare-to-work-programs, job 
                training, parenting skills programs, assistance that 
                supports healthy child development, and access to basic 
                needs, including food and housing;
            ``(2) to provide intensive, high-quality, research-based 
        instructional programs that--
                    ``(A) provide violence prevention education for 
                families and developmentally appropriate instructional 
                services to children (including children below the age 
                of compulsory school attendance), such as education and 
                services on nonviolent conflict resolution, pro social 
                skills and behaviors, and other skills necessary for 
                effectively relating to others without violence; and
                    ``(B) provide effective strategies for nurturing 
                and supporting the emotional, social, and cognitive 
                growth of children; and
            ``(3) to provide training, information, and support to 
        families to enable the families to participate effectively in 
        their children's education, and to help their children meet 
        challenging standards, including assisting families to--
                    ``(A) understand the accountability systems, 
                including content standards, performance standards, and 
                local assessments, in place for the State involved, the 
                participating local educational agency, and the 
                participating elementary school or secondary school;
                    ``(B) understand their children's educational 
                needs, their children's educational performance in 
                comparison to State and local standards, and the steps 
                the school is taking to address the children's needs 
                and to help the children meet the standards; and
                    ``(C) communicate effectively with personnel 
                responsible for providing educational services to the 
                families' children, and to participate in the 
                development, amendment, review, and implementation of 
                school-parent compacts, parent involvement policies, 
                and school plans.

``SEC. 11005. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible partnership desiring a grant under 
this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall--
            ``(1) include a needs assessment, including a description 
        of how the partnership will ensure that the activities to be 
        assisted under this part will be tailored to meet the specific 
        needs of the children and families to be served;
            ``(2) describe arrangements that have been formalized 
        between the participating elementary school or secondary 
        school, and other partnership members;
            ``(3) describe how the partnership will effectively 
        coordinate and utilize Federal, State, and local educational 
        agency sources of funding, including funding provided under 
        part I of title X and under the Safe Schools/Healthy Students 
        Initiative (jointly funded by the Departments of Education, 
        Justice, and Health and Human Services), that provide 
        assistance to families and their children in the areas of job 
        training, housing, justice, health, mental health, child care, 
        and social and human services;
            ``(4) describe the partnership's plan to--
                    ``(A) develop and carry out the activities assisted 
                under this part with extensive participation of 
                parents, administrators, teachers, pupil services 
                personnel, social and human service agencies, and 
                community organizations and leaders; and
                    ``(B) connect and integrate the activities assisted 
                under this part with the education reform efforts of 
                the participating elementary school or secondary 
                school, and the participating local educational agency;
            ``(5) describe the partnership's strategy for providing 
        information and assistance in a language and form that families 
        can understand, including how the partnership will ensure that 
        families of students with limited English proficiency, or 
        families of students with disabilities, are effectively 
        involved, informed, and assisted;
            ``(6) describe how the partnership will collect and analyze 
        data, and will utilize specific performance measures and 
        indicators to--
                    ``(A) determine the impact of activities assisted 
                under this part as described in section 11008(a); and
                    ``(B) improve the activities assisted under this 
                part; and
            ``(7) describe how the partnership will protect the privacy 
        of families and their children participating in the activities 
        assisted under this part.

``SEC. 11006. FEDERAL SHARE.

    ``The Federal share of the cost of establishing and expanding child 
opportunity zone family centers--
            ``(1) for the first year for which an eligible partnership 
        receives assistance under this part shall not exceed 90 
        percent;
            ``(2) for the second such year, shall not exceed 80 
        percent;
            ``(3) for the third such year, shall not exceed 70 percent;
            ``(4) for the fourth such year, shall not exceed 60 
        percent; and
            ``(5) for the fifth such year, shall not exceed 50 percent.

``SEC. 11007. CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.

    ``Each eligible partnership that receives a grant under this part 
shall, after the third year for which the partnership receives funds 
through the grant, be eligible to continue to receive the funds if the 
Secretary determines that the partnership has made significant progress 
in meeting the performance measures used for the partnership's local 
evaluation under section 11008(a)(4).

``SEC. 11008. EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.

    ``(a) Local Evaluations.--Each partnership receiving funds under 
this part shall conduct annual evaluations and submit to the Secretary 
reports containing the results of the evaluations. The reports shall 
include--
            ``(1) information on the partnership's activities that are 
        assisted under this part;
            ``(2) information on the number of families and children 
        served by the partnership's activities that are assisted under 
        this part;
            ``(3) information on the partnership's effectiveness in 
        reaching and meeting the needs of families and children served 
        under this part, including underserved families, families of 
        students with limited English proficiency, and families of 
        students with disabilities; and
            ``(4) the results of a partnership's performance assessment 
        of the partnership, including performance measures 
        demonstrating--
                    ``(A) improvements in student achievement, school 
                readiness, family participation in schools, and access 
                to health care, mental health care, child care, and 
                family support services, resulting from activities 
                assisted under this part; and
                    ``(B) reductions in violence-related problems and 
                risk taking behavior among youth, and reductions in 
                truancy, suspension, and dropout rates, resulting from 
                activities assisted under this part.
    ``(b) National Evaluations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall reserve not more 
        than 3 percent of the amount appropriated under this part to 
        carry out a national evaluation of the activities assisted 
        under this part. Such evaluation shall be completed not later 
        than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Child 
        Opportunity Zone Family Center Act of 1999, and every year 
        thereafter.
            ``(2) Scope of evaluation.--In conducting the national 
        evaluation, the Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness and 
        impact of the activities, and identify model activities, 
        assisted under this part.
            ``(3) Annual reports.--The Secretary shall submit an annual 
        report to Congress, regarding each national evaluation 
        conducted under paragraph (1), that contains the information 
        described in the national evaluation.
    ``(c) Model Activities.--The Secretary shall broadly disseminate 
information on model activities developed under this part.

``SEC. 11009. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For the purpose of this title--
            ``(1) the term `coordinated services project' means a 
        comprehensive approach to meeting the educational, health, 
        social service, and other needs of children and their families, 
        including foster children and their foster families, through a 
        communitywide partnership that links public and private 
        agencies providing such services or access to such services 
        through a coordination site at or near a school; and
            ``(2) Child opportunity zone family center.--The term 
        `child opportunity zone family center' means a school-based or 
        school-linked community service center that provides and links 
        children and their families with comprehensive information, 
        support, services, and activities to improve the education, 
        health, mental health, safety, and economic well-being of the 
        children and their families.
            ``(3) Eligible partnership.--The term `eligible 
        partnership' means a partnership--
                    ``(A) that contains--
                            ``(i) at least 1 elementary school or 
                        secondary school that--
                                    ``(I) receives assistance under 
                                title I and for which a measure of 
                                poverty determination is made under 
                                section 1113(a)(5) with respect to a 
                                minimum of 40 percent of the children 
                                in the school; and
                                    ``(II) demonstrates parent 
                                involvement and parent support for the 
                                partnership's activities;
                            ``(ii) a local educational agency;
                            ``(iii) a public agency, other than a local 
                        educational agency, including a local or State 
                        department of health and social services; and
                            ``(iv) a nonprofit community-based 
                        organization, including a community mental 
                        health services organization or a family health 
                        center that provides mental health services; 
                        and
                    ``(B) that may contain--
                            ``(i) an institution of higher education; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) other public or private nonprofit 
                        entities.

``SEC. 11010. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2004.''.

SEC. 15. PUBLIC SCHOOL REPAIR AND RENOVATION.

    Title XII of the Act is amended to read as follows:

            ``TITLE XII--PUBLIC SCHOOL REPAIR AND RENOVATION

``SEC. 12001. FINDINGS.

    ``The Congress finds as follows:
            ``(1) The General Accounting Office estimated in 1995 that 
        it would cost $112,000,000,000 to bring school facilities in 
        the United States into good overall condition.
            ``(2) The General Accounting Office also found, in that 
        year, that 60 percent of the schools in the United States, 
        serving 28,000,000 students, reported that one or more building 
        features, such as roofs or plumbing, needed to be extensively 
        repaired, overhauled, or replaced.
            ``(3) The National Center for Education Statistics reported 
        that the average age for a school building in 1998 was 42 years 
        and that local educational agencies with relatively high rates 
        of poverty tend to have relatively old buildings.
            ``(4) School condition is positively correlated with 
        student achievement, according to a number of research studies.
            ``(5) The results of a recent survey indicate that the 
        condition of schools with large proportions of students living 
        on Indian lands is particularly poor.
            ``(6) While school repair and renovation are primarily a 
        State and local concern, some States and communities are not, 
        on their own, able to meet the burden of providing adequate 
        school facilities for all students, and the poorest communities 
        have had the greatest difficulty meeting this need. It is, 
        therefore, appropriate for the Federal Government to provide 
        assistance to high-need communities for school repair and 
        renovation.

``SEC. 12002. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this title is to assist high-need local 
educational agencies in making urgent repairs and renovations to public 
school facilities in order to--
            ``(1) reduce health and safety problems faced by students; 
        and
            ``(2) improve the ability of students to learn in their 
        school environment.

``SEC. 12003. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--A recipient of a grant or loan under this title 
shall use the grant or loan to carry out the purpose of this title by--
            ``(1) repairing or replacing roofs, electrical wiring, or 
        plumbing;
            ``(2) repairing, replacing, or installing heating, 
        ventilation, or air conditioning systems;
            ``(3) undertaking asbestos removal or abatement;
            ``(4) removing lead-based paint;
            ``(5) bringing schools into compliance with fire safety 
        codes;
            ``(6) ensuring that repairs and renovations under this 
        title comply with the requirements of section 504 of the 
        Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 793) and the Americans 
        with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) 
        relating to the accessibility of public school programs to 
        individuals with disabilities; and
            ``(7) making other types of school repairs and renovations 
        that the Secretary may reasonably determine are urgently 
        needed, particularly projects to correct facilities problems 
        that endanger the health and safety of students and staff.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not approve an application 
for a grant or loan under this title unless the applicant demonstrates 
to the Secretary's satisfaction that it lacks sufficient funds, from 
other sources, to carry out the repairs or renovations for which it is 
requesting assistance.

``SEC. 12004. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES WITH HIGH 
              CONCENTRATIONS OF STUDENTS LIVING ON INDIAN LANDS.

    ``(a) Eligibility.--A local educational agency is eligible for a 
grant under this section for a fiscal year if the number of children 
determined under section 8003(a)(1)(C) for such agency and year 
constituted at least 50 percent of the number of children who were in 
average daily attendance in the schools of such agency, and for whom 
such agency provided free public education, during the preceding school 
year.
    ``(b) Allocation of Funds.--The Secretary shall allocate funds 
available to carry out this section for a fiscal year to eligible local 
educational agencies based on their respective numbers of children who 
were determined under section 8003(a)(1)(C) for purposes of the 
computation under section 8003(a) for such year.
    ``(c) Applications.--Each eligible local educational agency that 
desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary that includes--
            ``(1) a statement of how it would use the grant funds;
            ``(2) a description of the steps it will take to adequately 
        maintain the facilities that it repairs, renovates, or 
        constructs with those funds; and
            ``(3) such other information and assurances as the 
        Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(d) Construction of New Schools.--In addition to any other 
activity authorized under section 12003, a grantee under this section 
may use grant funds to construct a new school if it demonstrates to the 
Secretary's satisfaction that it would replace an existing school that 
is in such poor condition that renovating it would not be cost-
effective.

``SEC. 12005. GRANTS TO HIGH-POVERTY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--From funds available under section 
12008(c)(1), the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive basis, 
to local educational agencies. A local educational agency is eligible 
to receive a grant under this section only if at least 25 percent of 
the children under the jurisdiction of the agency are from families 
with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with section 
673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))).
    ``(b) Criteria for Awarding Grants.--In making grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall consider--
            ``(1) the percentage of children from low-income families 
        under the jurisdiction of each applicant, the need for school 
        repairs and renovations, and the fiscal capacity of each 
        applicant; and
            ``(2) such other factors as the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
    ``(c) Applications.--Each eligible local educational agency that 
desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary that includes--
            ``(1) a description of its urgent need for school repair 
        and renovation and how it would use funds available under this 
        title to meet those needs;
            ``(2) information on the fiscal effort that it is making in 
        support of education and evidence demonstrating that it lacks 
        the capacity to meet its urgent school repair and renovation 
        needs without assistance available under this title;
            ``(3) a description of the steps it will take to adequately 
        maintain the facilities that it repairs or renovates with that 
        assistance; and
            ``(4) such other information and assurances as the 
        Secretary may reasonably require.

``SEC. 12006. SCHOOL RENOVATION LOANS AND GRANTS.

    ``(a) Loans and Grants Authorized.--From funds available under 
section 12008(c)(2), the Secretary shall pay the cost of loans and 
grants made, on a competitive basis, to high-need local educational 
agencies that lack the ability to fund urgent school repairs.
    ``(b) Loan Period.--Each loan under this section shall be for a 
period of seven years and shall carry an interest rate of zero percent.
    ``(c) Criteria for Making Loans and Grants.--In making loans and 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider--
            ``(1) the percentage of children from low-income families 
        under the jurisdiction of each applicant, the need for school 
        repairs and renovations, and the fiscal capacity of each 
        applicant; and
            ``(2) such other factors as the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
    ``(d) Applications.--Each eligible local educational agency that 
desires to receive a loan or grant under this section shall submit an 
application to the Secretary that includes the information described in 
section 12005(c).
    ``(e) Credit Standards.--In making loans under this section, the 
Secretary--
            ``(1) shall not extend credit without finding that there is 
        reasonable assurance of repayment; and
            ``(2) may use credit enhancement techniques, as 
        appropriate, to reduce the credit risk of loans.
    ``(f) Number of Loans and Grants.--Subject to section 12008(d), in 
carrying out this section, the Secretary shall determine the number of 
loans and grants to be made for a fiscal year and their relative 
proportions.

``SEC. 12007. PROGRESS REPORTS.

    ``The Secretary shall require recipients of grants and loans under 
this title to submit progress reports and such other information as the 
Secretary determines necessary to ensure compliance with this title and 
to evaluate its impact.

``SEC. 12008. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVATION OF FUNDS; 
              LIMITATION ON LOAN VOLUME.

    ``(a) In General.--For the purpose of carrying out this title, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $1,300,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 
fiscal years.
    ``(b) Reservation for Grants Under Section 12004.--Of the amount 
appropriated under subsection (a) for any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve $50,000,000 for the purpose of making grants under 
section 12004.
    ``(c) Grants Under Section 12005 and Loans and Grants Under Section 
12006.--Of the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for any fiscal 
year and remaining after the application of subsection (b)--
            ``(1) 10 percent shall be available for making grants under 
        section 12005; and
            ``(2) 90 percent shall be available for making loans and 
        grants under section 12006.
    ``(d) Limitation on Loan Volume.--Within the available resources 
and authority, gross obligations for the principal amount of loans made 
by the Secretary under section 12006 for fiscal year 2001 shall not 
exceed $7,000,000,000, or the amount specified in an applicable 
appropriations Act, whichever is greater.

``SEC. 12009. DEFINITIONS; SPECIAL RULE.

    ``(a) Definitions.--For the purpose of this title, the following 
terms have the following meanings:
            ``(1) Indian lands.--The term `Indian lands' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 8013.
            ``(2) Public school facility.--
                    ``(A) In general.-- The term `public school 
                facility' means a public building whose primary purpose 
                is the instruction of public elementary or secondary 
                students and minimal initial equipment, machinery, and 
                utilities necessary or appropriate for school purposes.
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--The term excludes athletic 
                stadiums or any other structure or facility intended 
                primarily for athletic exhibitions, contests, games, or 
                events for which admission is charged to the general 
                public.
            ``(3) Repair and renovation.--The term `repair and 
        renovation' means the repair or renovation of an existing 
        public school facility without increasing its size.
    ``(b) Special Rule.--In any of the 50 States of the United States 
in which there is only one local educational agency, the Secretary 
shall, for purposes of this title, consider each administrative school 
district in the State to be a separate local educational agency.''.

SEC. 16. SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION AND 
              ESTABLISH AMERICA'S EDUCATION GOALS.

    Title XIII of the Act is amended to read as follows:

``TITLE XIII--SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION AND 
                  ESTABLISH AMERICA'S EDUCATION GOALS

           PART A--COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS

``SEC. 13101. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to award 
        grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
        with, public or private nonprofit entities or consortia of such 
        entities in order to establish a networked system of 15 
        comprehensive regional assistance centers to provide 
        comprehensive training and technical assistance, related to 
        administration and implementation of programs under this Act, 
        to States, local educational agencies, schools, tribes, 
        community-based organizations, and other recipients of funds 
        under this Act.
            ``(2) Consideration.--In establishing comprehensive 
        regional assistance centers and allocating resources among the 
        centers, the Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) the geographic distribution of students 
                assisted under title I;
                    ``(B) the geographic and linguistic distribution of 
                students of limited-English proficiency;
                    ``(C) the geographic distribution of Indian 
                students;
                    ``(D) the special needs of students living in urban 
                and rural areas; and
                    ``(E) the special needs of States and outlying 
                areas in geographic isolation.
            ``(3) Special rule.--The Secretary shall establish 1 
        comprehensive regional assistance center under this section in 
        Hawaii.
    ``(b) Service to Indians and Alaska Natives.--The Secretary shall 
ensure that each comprehensive regional assistance center that serves a 
region with a significant population of Indian or Alaska Native 
students shall--
            ``(1) be awarded to a consortium which includes a tribally 
        controlled community college or other Indian organization; and
            ``(2) assist in the development and implementation of 
        instructional strategies, methods and materials which address 
        the specific cultural and other needs of Indian or Alaska 
        Native students.
    ``(c) Accountability.--To ensure the quality and effectiveness of 
the networked system of comprehensive regional assistance centers 
supported under this part, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) develop, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 
        for Elementary and Secondary Education, the Director of the 
        Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, 
        and the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and 
        Improvement, a set of performance indicators that assesses 
        whether the work of the centers assists in improving teaching 
        and learning under this Act for all children, particularly 
        children at risk of educational failure;
            ``(2) conduct surveys every 2 years of populations to be 
        served under this Act to determine if such populations are 
        satisfied with the access to and quality of such services;
            ``(3) collect, as part of the Department's reviews of 
        programs under this Act, information about the availability and 
        quality of services provided by the centers, and share that 
        information with the centers; and
            ``(4) take whatever steps are reasonable and necessary to 
        ensure that each center performs its responsibilities in a 
        satisfactory manner, which may include--
                    ``(A) termination of an award under this part (if 
                the Secretary concludes that performance has been 
                unsatisfactory) and the selection of a new center; and
                    ``(B) whatever interim arrangements the Secretary 
                determines are necessary to ensure the satisfactory 
                delivery of services under this part to an affected 
                region.
    ``(d) Duration.--Grants, contracts or cooperative agreements under 
this section shall be awarded for a period of 5 years.

``SEC. 13102. REQUIREMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              CENTERS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each comprehensive regional assistance center 
established under section 13101(a) shall--
            ``(1) maintain appropriate staff expertise and provide 
        support, training, and assistance to State educational 
        agencies, tribal divisions of education, local educational 
        agencies, schools, and other grant recipients under this Act, 
        in--
                    ``(A) improving the quality of instruction, 
                curricula, assessments, and other aspects of school 
                reform, supported with funds under title I;
                    ``(B) implementing effective schoolwide programs 
                under section 1114;
                    ``(C) meeting the needs of children served under 
                this Act, including children in high-poverty areas, 
                migratory children, immigrant children, children with 
                limited-English proficiency, neglected or delinquent 
                children, homeless children and youth, Indian children, 
                children with disabilities, and, where applicable, 
                Alaska Native children and Native Hawaiian children;
                    ``(D) implementing high-quality professional 
                development activities for teachers, and where 
                appropriate, administrators, pupil services personnel 
                and other staff;
                    ``(E) improving the quality of bilingual education, 
                including programs that emphasize English and native 
                language proficiency and promote multicultural 
                understanding;
                    ``(F) creating safe and drug-free environments, 
                especially in areas experiencing high levels of drug 
                use and violence in the community and school;
                    ``(G) implementing educational applications of 
                technology;
                    ``(H) coordinating services and programs to meet 
                the needs of students so that students can fully 
                participate in the educational program of the school;
                    ``(I) expanding the involvement and participation 
                of parents in the education of their children;
                    ``(J) reforming schools, school systems, and the 
                governance and management of schools;
                    ``(K) evaluating programs; and
                    ``(L) meeting the special needs of students living 
                in urban and rural areas and the special needs of local 
                educational agencies serving urban and rural areas;
            ``(2) ensure that technical assistance staff have 
        sufficient training, knowledge, and expertise in how to 
        integrate and coordinate programs under this Act with each 
        other, as well as with other Federal, State, and local programs 
        and reforms;
            ``(3) provide technical assistance using the highest 
        quality and most cost-effective strategies possible;
            ``(4) coordinate services, work cooperatively, and 
        regularly share information with, the regional educational 
        laboratories, the Eisenhower regional consortia under part B, 
        research and development centers, and other entities engaged in 
        research, development, dissemination, and technical assistance 
        activities which are supported by the Department as part of a 
        Federal technical assistance system, to provide a broad range 
        of support services to schools in the region while minimizing 
        the duplication of such services;
            ``(5) work collaboratively with the Department's regional 
        offices; and
            ``(6) consult with representatives of State educational 
        agencies, local educational agencies, and populations served 
        under this Act.
    ``(b) Priority.--Each comprehensive regional assistance center 
assisted under this part shall give priority to servicing--
            ``(1) schoolwide programs under section 1114; and
            ``(2) local educational agencies and Bureau-funded schools 
        with the highest percentages or numbers of children in poverty.

``SEC. 13103. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    ``Each entity or consortium desiring assistance under this part 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner and accompanied by such information, as the Secretary may 
require. Each such application shall--
            ``(1) demonstrate how the comprehensive regional assistance 
        center will provide expertise and services in the areas 
        described in section 13102;
            ``(2) demonstrate support from States, local educational 
        agencies and tribes in the area to be served;
            ``(3) demonstrate how such centers will ensure a fair 
        distribution of services to urban and rural areas; and
            ``(4) provide such other information as the Secretary may 
        require.

``SEC. 13104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For the purpose of carrying out this part, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.

    ``PART B--EISENHOWER REGIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION 
                               CONSORTIA

``SEC. 13201. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Grants authorized.--The Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Director of the National Science Foundation, is 
        authorized to award grants or contracts to eligible entities to 
        enable such entities to establish and operate regional 
        mathematics and science education consortia for the purpose 
        of--
                    ``(A) disseminating exemplary mathematics and 
                science education instructional materials; and
                    ``(B) providing technical assistance for the 
                implementation of teaching methods and assessment tools 
                for use by elementary and secondary school students, 
                teachers and administrators.
            ``(2) Number.--The Secretary, in accordance with the 
        provisions of this section, shall award at least one grant or 
        contract to an eligible entity in each region.
            ``(3) Special rule.--In any fiscal year, if the amount made 
        available pursuant to section 13208 is less than $4,500,000, 
        then the Secretary may waive the provisions of paragraph (2) 
        and award grants or contracts of sufficient size, scope, and 
        quality to carry out this section.
            ``(4) Designation.--Each regional consortium assisted under 
        this section shall be known as an `Eisenhower regional 
        consortium'.
    ``(b) Grant Term and Review.--Grants or contracts under this part 
shall be awarded for a period of not more than 5 years and shall be 
reviewed before the end of the 30-month period beginning on the date 
the grant or contract is awarded. Grants or contracts under this part 
shall be awarded before the end of the 12-month period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of an Act making appropriations to carry out this 
part.
    ``(c) Amount.--In awarding grants or contracts under this part, the 
Secretary shall ensure that there is a relatively equal distribution of 
the funds made available among the regions, except that the Secretary 
may award additional funds to a regional consortium on the basis of 
population and geographical conditions of the region being served.

``SEC. 13202. USE OF FUNDS.

    Funds provided under this part may be used by a regional 
consortium, under the direction of a regional board established under 
section 13204, to--
            ``(1) work cooperatively with the other regional consortia, 
        the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Science and 
        Mathematics Education established under title II and federally 
        funded technical assistance providers to more effectively 
        accomplish the activities described in this section;
            ``(2) assist, train and provide technical assistance to 
        classroom teachers, administrators, and other educators to 
        identify, implement, assess or adapt the instructional 
        materials, teaching methods and assessment tools described in 
        section 13201(a)(1);
            ``(3) provide for the training of classroom teachers to 
        enable such teachers to instruct other teachers, 
        administrators, and educators in the use of the instructional 
        materials, teaching methods and assessment tools described in 
        section 13201(a)(1) in the classroom;
            ``(4) when necessary, provide financial assistance to 
        enable teachers and other educators to attend and participate 
        in the activities of the regional consortium;
            ``(5) implement programs and activities designed to meet 
        the needs of groups that are underrepresented in, and 
        underserved by, mathematics and science education;
            ``(6) assist State and local educational agencies in 
        identifying science equipment needs, and help such agencies, or 
        consortia thereof, assess the need for and desirability of 
        regional mathematics and science academies;
            ``(7) develop and disseminate early childhood education 
        mathematics and science instructional materials;
            ``(8) disseminate information regarding informal 
        mathematics and science education activities and programs 
        offered by Federal agencies and private or public agencies and 
        institutions within the region;
            ``(9) collect data on activities assisted under this part 
        in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities of the 
        regional consortia;
            ``(10) identify exemplary teaching practices and materials 
        from within the region and communicate such practices and 
        materials to the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for 
        Mathematics and Science Education;
            ``(11) communicate, on a regular basis, with entities 
        within the region who are delivering services to students and 
        teachers of mathematics and science;
            ``(12) assist in the development and evaluation of State 
        and regional plans and activities that hold promise of bringing 
        about systemic reform in student performance in mathematics and 
        science; and
            ``(13) increase the use of informal education entities 
        (such as science technology centers, museums, libraries, 
        Saturday academies, and 4H programs) for educational purposes 
        to expand student knowledge and understanding.

``SEC. 13203. APPLICATION AND REVIEW.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant or 
contract under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such additional 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such 
application shall--
            ``(1) demonstrate that the eligible entity has demonstrated 
        expertise in the fields of mathematics and science education;
            ``(2) demonstrate that the eligible entity shall implement 
        and disseminate mathematics and science education instructional 
        materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools through a 
        consortium of the region's mathematics and science education 
        organizations and agencies;
            ``(3) demonstrate that the eligible entity shall carry out 
        the functions of the regional consortium;
            ``(4) demonstrate that emphasis will be given to programs 
        and activities designed to meet the needs of groups that are 
        underrepresented in, and underserved by, mathematics and 
        science education;
            ``(5) demonstrate that the business community in the region 
        served by the regional consortium will play an integral role in 
        designing and supporting the regional consortium's work; and
            ``(6) assure that the entity will conduct its activities 
        and supervise its personnel in a manner that effectively 
        ensures compliance with the copyright laws of the United States 
        under title 17, United States Code.
    ``(b) Approval of Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall approve or 
        disapprove applications submitted pursuant to subsection (a) in 
        accordance with the criteria and procedures established under 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Procedures and criteria.--The Secretary shall develop 
        procedures and criteria designed to ensure that grants or 
        contracts are competitively awarded on the basis of merit 
        determined under a peer review process.
            ``(3) National panel.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary, in consultation with the 
                Director, shall establish a national panel, or to the 
                extent necessary, panels, to submit to the Secretary 
                recommendations for awards of grants or contracts under 
                this part. The Secretary shall appoint the members of 
                such panel or panels.
                    ``(B) Each panel appointed under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include participation, to the extent feasible, 
                from each region.

``SEC. 13204. REGIONAL BOARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant or 
contract under this part shall establish a regional board to oversee 
the administration and establishment of program priorities for the 
regional consortium established by such eligible entity. Such regional 
board shall be broadly representative of the agencies and organizations 
participating in the regional consortium.
    ``(b) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be 
used for the establishment or operation of a regional board required by 
subsection (a), except that, at the discretion of a regional board, 
Federal funds may be used to provide assistance such as travel and 
accommodations for board members who could not otherwise afford to 
participate as members of the board.

``SEC. 13205. PAYMENTS; FEDERAL SHARE; NON-FEDERAL SHARE.

    ``(a) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each eligible entity 
having an application approved under section 13203 the Federal share of 
the cost of the activities described in the application.
    ``(b) Federal Share.--For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
Federal share shall be 80 percent.
    ``(c) Non-Federal Share.--The non-Federal share of the cost of 
activities described in the application submitted under section 13203 
may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated. At least 10 percent of 
such non-Federal share shall be from sources other than the Federal 
Government, or State or local government.

``SEC. 13206. EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Evaluation Required.--The Secretary, through the Office of 
Educational Research and Improvement and in accordance with section 
14701, shall collect sufficient data on, and evaluate the effectiveness 
of, the activities of each regional consortium.
    ``(b) Assessment.--The evaluations described in paragraph (1) shall 
include an assessment of the effectiveness of the regional consortium 
in meeting the needs of the schools, teachers, administrators and 
students in the region.
    ``(c) Report.--At the end of each grant or contract period, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the effectiveness of 
the programs conducted at each regional consortium.

``SEC. 13207. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this part:
            ``(1) The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a private nonprofit organization of 
                demonstrated effectiveness;
                    ``(B) an institution of higher education;
                    ``(C) an elementary or secondary school;
                    ``(D) a State or local educational agency;
                    ``(E) a regional educational laboratory in 
                consortium with the research and development center 
                established under section 931(c)(1)(B)(i) of the 
                Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and 
                Improvement Act of 1994; or
                    ``(F) any combination of the entities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E), with demonstrated 
                expertise in mathematics and science education.
            ``(2) The terms `mathematics' and `science' include the 
        technology education associated with mathematics and science, 
        respectively.
            ``(3) The term `region' means a region of the United States 
        served by a regional education laboratory that is supported by 
        the Secretary pursuant to section 405(d)(4)(A)(i) of the 
        General Education Provisions Act (as such section was in 
        existence on the day preceding the date of enactment of the 
        Goals 2000: Educate America Act).
            ``(4) The term `regional consortium' means each regional 
        mathematics and science education consortium established 
        pursuant to section 13201.
            ``(5) The term `State agency for higher education' means 
        the State board of higher education or other agency or officer 
        primarily responsible for the State supervision of higher 
        education, or, if there is no such officer or agency, an 
        officer or agency designated for the purpose of carrying out 
        this part by the Governor or by State law.

``SEC. 13208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $23,000,000 for fiscal 
2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 
fiscal years, to carry out this part.

``PART C--AMERICA'S EDUCATION GOALS PANEL AND AMERICA'S EDUCATION GOALS

``SEC. 13301. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is--
            ``(1) to establish America's Education Goals; and
            ``(2) to support a bipartisan mechanism for--
                    ``(A) building a national consensus for education 
                improvement;
                    ``(B) reporting on progress toward achieving 
                America's Education Goals; and
                    ``(C) encouraging the development and use of 
                challenging academic content and student performance 
                standards.

``SEC. 13302. AMERICA'S NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS.

    ``Congress declares that America's Education Goals are the 
following:
            ``(1) School readiness.--(A) All children in America will 
        start school ready to learn.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) all children will have access to high-quality 
                and developmentally appropriate preschool programs that 
                help prepare children for school;
                    ``(ii) every parent in the United States will be a 
                child's first teacher and devote time each day to 
                helping such parent's preschool child learn, and 
                parents will have access to the training and support 
                parents need; and
                    ``(iii) children will receive the nutrition, 
                physical activity experiences, and health care needed 
                to arrive at school with healthy minds and bodies, and 
                to maintain the mental alertness necessary to be 
                prepared to learn, and the number of low-birthweight 
                babies will be significantly reduced through enhanced 
                prenatal health systems.
            ``(2) School completion.--(A) The high school graduation 
        rate will increase to at least 90 percent.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) the Nation must dramatically reduce its 
                school dropout rate, and 75 percent of the students who 
                do drop out will successfully complete a high school 
                degree or its equivalent; and
                    ``(ii) the gap in high school graduation rates 
                between American students from minority backgrounds and 
                their non-minority counterparts will be eliminated.
            ``(3) Student achievement and citizenship.--(A) All 
        students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated 
        competency over challenging subject matter including English, 
        mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, 
        economics, arts, history, and geography, and every school in 
        America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds 
        well, so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, 
        further learning, and productive employment in our Nation's 
        modern economy.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) the academic performance of all students at 
                the elementary and secondary level will increase 
                significantly in every quartile, and the distribution 
                of minority students in each quartile will more closely 
                reflect the student population as a whole;
                    ``(ii) the percentage of all students who 
                demonstrate the ability to reason, solve problems, 
                apply knowledge, and write and communicate effectively 
                will increase substantially;
                    ``(iii) all students will be involved in activities 
                that promote and demonstrate good citizenship, good 
                health, community service, and personal responsibility;
                    ``(iv) all students will have access to physical 
                education and health education to ensure they are 
                healthy and fit;
                    ``(v) the percentage of all students who are 
                competent in more than one language will substantially 
                increase; and
                    ``(vi) all students will be knowledgeable about the 
                diverse cultural heritage of this Nation and about the 
                world community.
            ``(4) Teacher education and professional development.--(A) 
        The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs for 
        the continued improvement of their professional skills and the 
        opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to 
        instruct and prepare all American students for the next 
        century.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) all teachers will have access to preservice 
                teacher education and continuing professional 
                development activities that will provide such teachers 
                with the knowledge and skills needed to teach to an 
                increasingly diverse student population with a variety 
                of educational, social, and health needs;
                    ``(ii) all teachers will have continuing 
                opportunities to acquire additional knowledge and 
                skills needed to teach challenging subject matter and 
                to use emerging new methods, forms of assessment, and 
                technologies;
                    ``(iii) States and school districts will create 
                integrated strategies to attract, recruit, prepare, 
                retrain, and support the continued professional 
                development of teachers, administrators, and other 
                educators, so that there is a highly talented work 
                force of professional educators to teach challenging 
                subject matter; and
                    ``(iv) partnerships will be established, whenever 
                possible, among local educational agencies, 
                institutions of higher education, parents, and local 
                labor, business, and professional associations to 
                provide and support programs for the professional 
                development of educators.
            ``(5) Mathematics and science.--(A) United States students 
        will be first in the world in mathematics and science 
        achievement.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) mathematics and science education, including 
                the metric system of measurement, will be strengthened 
                throughout the system, especially in the early grades;
                    ``(ii) the number of teachers with a substantive 
                background in mathematics and science, including the 
                metric system of measurement, will increase by 50 
                percent; and
                    ``(iii) the number of United States undergraduate 
                and graduate students, especially women and minorities, 
                who complete degrees in mathematics, science, and 
                engineering will increase significantly.
            ``(6) Adult literacy and lifelong learning.--(A) Every 
        adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge 
        and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and 
        exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) every major American business will be 
                involved in strengthening the connection between 
                education and work;
                    ``(ii) all workers will have the opportunity to 
                acquire the knowledge and skills, from basic to highly 
                technical, needed to adapt to emerging new 
                technologies, work methods, and markets through public 
                and private educational, vocational, technical, 
                workplace, or other programs;
                    ``(iii) the number of quality programs, including 
                those at libraries, that are designed to serve more 
                effectively the needs of the growing number of part-
                time and midcareer students will increase 
                substantially;
                    ``(iv) the proportion of the qualified students, 
                especially minorities, who enter college, who complete 
                at least two years, and who complete their degree 
                programs will increase substantially;
                    ``(v) the proportion of college graduates who 
                demonstrate an advanced ability to think critically, 
                communicate effectively, and solve problems will 
                increase substantially; and
                    ``(vi) schools, in implementing comprehensive 
                parent involvement programs, will offer more adult 
                literacy, parent training and life-long learning 
                opportunities to improve the ties between home and 
                school, and enhance parents' work and home lives.
            ``(7) Safe, disciplined, and alcohol- and drug-free 
        schools.--(A) Every school in the United States will be free of 
        drugs, violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and 
        alcohol and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to 
        learning.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) every school will implement a firm and fair 
                policy on use, possession, and distribution of drugs 
                and alcohol;
                    ``(ii) parents, businesses, governmental and 
                community organizations will work together to ensure 
                the rights of students to study in a safe and secure 
                environment that is free of drugs and crime, and that 
                schools provide a healthy environment and are a safe 
                haven for all children;
                    ``(iii) every local educational agency will develop 
                and implement a policy to ensure that all schools are 
                free of violence and the unauthorized presence of 
                weapons;
                    ``(iv) every local educational agency will develop 
                a sequential, comprehensive kindergarten through 
                twelfth grade drug and alcohol prevention education 
                program;
                    ``(v) drug and alcohol curriculum should be taught 
                as an integral part of sequential, comprehensive health 
                education;
                    ``(vi) community-based teams should be organized to 
                provide students and teachers with needed support; and
                    ``(vii) every school should work to eliminate 
                sexual harassment.
            ``(8) Parental participation.--(A) Every school will 
        promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement 
        and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and 
        academic growth of children.
            ``(B) The objectives for this goal are that--
                    ``(i) every State will develop policies to assist 
                local schools and local educational agencies to 
                establish programs for increasing partnerships that 
                respond to the varying needs of parents and the home, 
                including parents of children who are disadvantaged or 
                bilingual, or parents of children with disabilities;
                    ``(ii) every school will actively engage parents 
                and families in a partnership which supports the 
                academic work of children at home and shared 
                educational decisionmaking at school; and
                    ``(iii) parents and families will help to ensure 
                that schools are adequately supported and will hold 
                schools and teachers to high standards of 
                accountability.

``SEC. 13303. AMERICA'S EDUCATION GOALS PANEL.

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

``SEC. 13304. DUTIES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Goals Panel shall--
            (1) report to the President, the Secretary, and Congress 
        regarding the progress the Nation and the States are making 
        toward achieving America's Education Goals established under 
        section 13302, including issuing an annual report;
            ``(2) encourage the development and use of challenging 
        academic content standards and student performance standards;
            ``(3) report on promising or effective actions being taken 
        at the national, State, and local levels, and in the public and 
        private sectors, to achieve America's Education Goals; and
            ``(4) help build a nationwide, bipartisan consensus for the 
        reforms necessary to achieve America's Education Goals.
    ``(b) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Goals Panel shall annually prepare 
        and submit to the President, the Secretary, the appropriate 
        committees of Congress, and the Governor of each State a report 
        that shall--
                    ``(A) report on the progress of the United States 
                toward achieving America's Education Goals; and
                    ``(B) identify actions that should be taken by 
                Federal, State, and local governments to enhance 
                progress toward achieving America's Education Goals and 
                to provide all students with a fair opportunity-to-
                learn.
            ``(2) Form; data.--Reports shall be presented in a form, 
        and include data, that are understandable to parents and the 
        general public.

``SEC. 13305. POWERS OF THE GOALS PANEL.

    ``(a) Hearings.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Goals Panel shall, for the purpose 
        of carrying out this title, conduct such hearings, sit and act 
        at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such 
        evidence, as the Goals Panel considers appropriate.
            ``(2) Representation.--In carrying out this title, the 
        Goals Panel shall conduct hearings to receive reports, views, 
        and analyses of a broad spectrum of experts and the public on 
        the establishment and use of challenging academic content 
        standards, student performance standards, and State 
        assessments.
    ``(b) Information.--The Goals Panel may secure directly from any 
department or agency of the United States information necessary to 
enable the Goals Panel to carry out this title. Upon request of the 
Chairperson of the Goals Panel, the head of a department or agency 
shall furnish such information to the Goals Panel to the extent 
permitted by law.
    ``(c) Postal Services.--The Goals Panel may use the United States 
mail in the same manner and under the same conditions as other 
departments and agencies of the United States.
    ``(d) Use of Facilities.--The Goals Panel may, with consent of any 
agency or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or 
political subdivision thereof, use the research, equipment, services, 
and facilities of such agency, instrumentality, State, or subdivision, 
respectively.
    ``(e) Administrative Arrangements and Support.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide to the Goals 
        Panel, on a reimbursable basis, such administrative support 
        services as the Goals Panel may request.
            ``(2) Contracts and other arrangements.--The Secretary, to 
        the extent appropriate, and on a reimbursable basis, shall make 
        contracts and other arrangements that are requested by the 
        Goals Panel to help the Goals Panel compile and analyze data or 
        carry out other functions necessary to the performance of such 
        responsibilities.
    ``(f) Gifts.--The Goals Panel may accept, administer, and utilize 
gifts or donations of services, money, or property, whether real or 
personal, tangible or intangible.

``SEC. 13306. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

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

``SEC. 13307. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.

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

SEC. 17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Title XIV of the Act is amended to read as follows:

                    ``TITLE XIV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         ``PART A--DEFINITIONS

``SEC. 14101. DEFINITIONS.

    Except as otherwise provided, for the purposes of this Act, the 
following terms have the following meanings:
            ``(1) Average daily attendance.--
                    ``(A) Except as provided otherwise by State law or 
                this paragraph, the term `average daily attendance' 
                means--
                            ``(i) the aggregate number of days of 
                        attendance of all students during a school 
                        year; divided by
                            ``(ii) the number of days school is in 
                        session during such school year.
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall permit the conversion of 
                average daily membership (or other similar data) to 
                average daily attendance for local educational agencies 
                in States that provide State aid to local educational 
                agencies on the basis of average daily membership or 
                such other data.
                    ``(C) If the local educational agency in which a 
                child resides makes a tuition or other payment for the 
                free public education of the child in a school located 
                in another school district, the Secretary shall, for 
                purposes of this Act--
                            ``(i) consider the child to be in 
                        attendance at a school of the agency making 
                        such payment; and
                            ``(ii) not consider the child to be in 
                        attendance at a school of the agency receiving 
                        such payment.
                    ``(D) If a local educational agency makes a tuition 
                payment to a private school or to a public school of 
                another local educational agency for a child with 
                disabilities, as defined in section 602(a)(1) of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the 
                Secretary shall, for the purposes of this Act, consider 
                such child to be in attendance at a school of the 
                agency making such payment.
            ``(2) Average per-pupil expenditure.--The term `average 
        per-pupil expenditure' means, in the case of a State or of the 
        United States--
                    ``(A) without regard to the source of funds--
                            ``(i) the aggregate current expenditures, 
                        during the third fiscal year preceding the 
                        fiscal year for which the determination is made 
                        (or, if satisfactory data for that year are not 
                        available, during the most recent preceding 
                        fiscal year for which satisfactory data are 
                        available) of all local educational agencies in 
                        the State or, in the case of the United States 
                        for all States (which, for the purpose of this 
                        paragraph, means the 50 States and the District 
                        of Columbia); plus
                            ``(ii) any direct current expenditures by 
                        the State for the operation of such agencies; 
                        divided by
                    ``(B) the aggregate number of children in average 
                daily attendance to whom such agencies provided free 
                public education during such preceding year.
            ``(3) Child.--The term `child' means any person within the 
        age limits for which the State provides free public education.
            ``(4) Community-based organization.--The term `community-
        based organization' means a public or private nonprofit 
        organization of demonstrated effectiveness that--
                    ``(A) is representative of a community or 
                significant segments of a community; and
                    ``(B) provides educational or related services to 
                individuals in the community.
            ``(5) Consolidated local application.--The term 
        `consolidated local application' means an application submitted 
        by a local educational agency pursuant to section 14304.
            ``(6) Consolidated local plan.--The term `consolidated 
        local plan' means a plan submitted by a local educational 
        agency pursuant to section 14304.
            ``(7) Consolidated state application.--The term 
        `consolidated State application' means an application submitted 
        by a State educational agency pursuant to section 14302.
            ``(8) Consolidated state plan.--The term `consolidated 
        State plan' means a plan submitted by a State educational 
        agency pursuant to section 14302.
            ``(9) County.--The term `county' means one of the divisions 
        of a State used by the Secretary of Commerce in compiling and 
        reporting data regarding counties.
            ``(10) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means 
        each of the programs authorized by--
                    ``(A) part A of title I;
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) title II (other than section 2103 and part 
                D);
                    ``(D) subpart 2 of part B of title III;
                    ``(E) part A of title IV (other than section 4114);
                    ``(F) title VI; and
                    ``(G) Comprehensive School Reform.
            ``(11) Current expenditures.--The term `current 
        expenditures' means expenditures for free public education--
                    ``(A) including expenditures for administration, 
                instruction, attendance and health services, pupil 
                transportation services, operation and maintenance of 
                plant, fixed charges, and net expenditures to cover 
                deficits for food services and student body activities; 
                but
                    ``(B) not including expenditures for community 
                services, capital outlay, and debt service, or any 
                expenditures made from funds received under title I and 
                title VI.
            ``(12) Department.--The term `Department' means the 
        Department of Education.
            ``(13) Educational service agency.--The term `educational 
        service agency' means a regional public multiservice agency 
        authorized by State statute to develop, manage, and provide 
        services or programs to local educational agencies.
            ``(14) Elementary school.--The term `elementary school' 
        means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, 
        including a public elementary charter school, that provides 
        elementary education, as determined under State law.
            ``(15) Free public education.--The term `free public 
        education' means education that is provided--
                    ``(A) at public expense, under public supervision 
                and direction, and without tuition charge; and
                    ``(B) as elementary or secondary school education 
                as determined under applicable State law, except that 
                such term does not include any education provided 
                beyond grade 12.
            ``(16) Fully qualified.--The term `fully qualified'--
                    ``(A) when used with respect to an elementary or 
                secondary school teacher, means that the teacher has 
                obtained certification or passed the State licensing 
                exam and holds a license; and
                    ``(B) when used with respect to--
                            ``(i) an elementary school teacher, means 
                        that the teacher holds a bachelor's degree and 
                        demonstrates general knowledge, teaching skill, 
                        and subject matter knowledge required to teach 
                        at the elementary school level in the core 
                        academic subjects; or
                            ``(ii) a middle or secondary school 
                        teacher, means that the teacher holds a 
                        bachelor's degree and demonstrates a high level 
                        of competency in all subject areas in which he 
                        or she teaches through--
                                    ``(I) a high level of performance 
                                on a rigorous academic subject area 
                                test; or
                                    ``(II) completion of an academic 
                                major in each of the subject areas in 
                                which he or she provides instruction.
            ``(17) Gifted and talented.--The term `gifted and 
        talented', when used with respect to students, children or 
        youth, means students, children or youth who give evidence of 
        high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, 
        creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific 
        academic fields, and who require services or activities not 
        ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop 
        such capabilities.
            ``(18) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        `institution of higher education' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
            ``(19) Local educational agency.--
                    ``(A) The term `local educational agency' means a 
                public board of education or other public authority 
                legally constituted within a State for either 
                administrative control or direction of, or to perform a 
                service function for, public elementary or secondary 
                schools in a city, county, township, school district, 
                or other political subdivision of a State, or for such 
                combination of local educational agencies or counties 
                as are recognized in a State as an administrative 
                agency for its public elementary or secondary schools.
                    ``(B) The term includes any other public 
                institution or agency having administrative control and 
                direction of a public elementary or secondary school.
                    ``(C) The term includes an elementary or secondary 
                school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs but only 
                to the extent that such inclusion makes such school 
                eligible for programs for which specific eligibility is 
                not provided to such school in another provision of law 
                and such school does not have a student population that 
                is smaller than the student population of the local 
                educational agency receiving assistance under this Act 
                with the smallest student population, except that such 
                school shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any 
                State educational agency other than the Bureau of 
                Indian Affairs.
            ``(20) Mentoring.--The term `mentoring' means a program in 
        which an adult works with a child or youth on a 1-to-1 basis, 
        establishing a supportive relationship, providing academic 
        assistance, and introducing the child or youth to new 
        experiences that enhance the child or youths ability to excel 
        in school and become a responsible citizen.
            ``(21) Other staff.--The term `other staff' means pupil 
        services personnel, librarians, career guidance and counseling 
        personnel, education aides, and other instructional and 
        administrative personnel.
            ``(22) Outlying area.--The term `outlying area' means the 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, and for the purpose of section 1121 
        and any other discretionary grant program under this Act, the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
        Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
            ``(23) Parent.--The term `parent' includes a legal guardian 
        or other person standing in loco parentis.
            ``(24) Public telecommunication entity.--The term `public 
        telecommunication entity' has the same meaning given to such 
        term in section 397(12) of the Communications Act of 1934.
            ``(25) Pupil services personnel; pupil services.--
                    ``(A) The term `pupil services personnel' means 
                school counselors, school social workers, school 
                psychologists, and other qualified professional 
                personnel involved in providing assessment, diagnosis, 
                counseling, educational, therapeutic, and other 
                necessary services (including related services as such 
                term is defined in section 602(a)(17) of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) as part of 
                a comprehensive program to meet student needs.
                    ``(B) The term `pupil services' means the services 
                provided by pupil services personnel.
            ``(26) Secondary school.--The term `secondary school' means 
        a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including 
        a public secondary charter school, that provides secondary 
        education, as determined under State law, except that such term 
        does not include any education beyond grade 12.
            ``(27) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            ``(28) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, and each of the outlying areas.
            ``(29) State educational agency.--The term `State 
        educational agency' means the agency primarily responsible for 
        the State supervision of public elementary and secondary 
        schools.
            ``(30) Technology.--The term `technology' means the latest 
        state-of-the-art technology products and services, such as 
        closed circuit television systems, educational television or 
        radio programs and services, cable television, satellite, 
        copper fiber optic transmission, computer hardware and 
        software, video and audio laser and CDROM disks, video and 
        audio tapes, including interactive forms of such products and 
        services, or other technologies.

``SEC. 14102. APPLICABILITY OF THIS TITLE.

    Parts B, C, D, E, and F of this title do not apply to title VIII of 
this Act.

``SEC. 14103. APPLICABILITY TO BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS OPERATED 
              SCHOOLS.

    For purposes of any competitive program under this Act, a consortia 
of schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a school operated 
under a contract or grant with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 
consortia with another contract or grant school or tribal or community 
organization, or a Bureau of Indian Affairs school in consortia with an 
institution of higher education, a contract or grant school and tribal 
or community organization shall be given the same consideration as a 
local educational agency.

   ``PART B--FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER FUNDS

``SEC. 14201. CONSOLIDATION OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FOR 
              ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Consolidation of Administrative Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency may 
        consolidate the amounts specifically made available to such 
        agency for State administration under one or more of the 
        programs specified under paragraph (2) if such State 
        educational agency can demonstrate that the majority of such 
        agency's resources come from non-Federal sources.
            ``(2) Applicability.--This section applies to--
                    ``(A) programs under title I and those programs 
                described in subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) 
                of section 14101(10);
                    ``(B) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 
                Education Act of 1998; and
                    ``(C) such other programs as the Secretary may 
                designate..
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency shall use the 
        amount available under this section for the administration of 
        the programs included in the consolidation under subsection 
        (a).
            ``(2) Additional uses.--A State educational agency may also 
        use the funds available under this section for administrative 
        activities designed to enhance the effective and coordinated 
        use of funds under the programs included in the consolidation 
        under subsection (a), such as--
                    ``(A) State-level activities designed to carry out 
                this title, including part B;
                    ``(B) the coordination of those programs with other 
                Federal and non-Federal programs;
                    ``(C) the establishment and operation of peer-
                review mechanisms under this Act;
                    ``(D) collaborative activities with other State 
                educational agencies to improve administration under 
                this Act;
                    ``(E) the dissemination of information regarding 
                model programs and practices;
                    ``(F) technical assistance under the programs 
                specified in subsection (a)(2);
                    ``(G) training personnel engaged in audit and other 
                monitoring activities; and
                    ``(H) implementation of the Cooperative Audit 
                Resolution and Oversight Initiative.
    ``(c) Records.--A State educational agency that consolidates 
administrative funds under this section shall not be required to keep 
separate records, by individual program, to account for costs relating 
to the administration of programs included in the consolidation under 
subsection (a).
    ``(d) Review.--To determine the effectiveness of State 
administration under this section, the Secretary may periodically 
review the performance of State educational agencies in using 
consolidated administrative funds under this section and take such 
steps as the Secretary finds appropriate to ensure the effectiveness of 
such administration.
    ``(e) Unused Administrative Funds.--If a State educational agency 
does not use all of the funds available to such agency under this 
section for administration, such agency may use such funds during the 
applicable period of availability as funds available under one or more 
programs included in the consolidation under subsection (a).

``SEC. 14202. SINGLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY STATES.

    A State educational agency that also serves as a local educational 
agency, in such agency's applications or plans under this Act, shall 
describe how such agency will eliminate duplication in the conduct of 
administrative functions.

``SEC. 14203. CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDS FOR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.

    ``(a) General Authority.--In accordance with regulations of the 
Secretary, a local educational agency, with the approval of its State 
educational agency, may consolidate and use for the administration of 
one or more covered programs for any fiscal year not more than the 
percentage, established in each covered program, of the total amount 
available to the local educational agency under such covered programs.
    ``(b) State Procedures.--Each State educational agency shall, in 
collaboration with local educational agencies in the State, implement 
procedures for responding to requests from local educational agencies 
to consolidate administrative funds under subsection (a) and for 
establishing limitations on the amount of funds under covered programs 
that may be used for administration on a consolidated basis.
    ``(c) Conditions.--A local educational agency that consolidates 
administrative funds under this section for any fiscal year shall not 
use any other funds under the programs included in the consolidation 
for administration for that fiscal year.
    ``(d) Uses of Administrative Funds.--A local educational agency 
that consolidates administrative funds under this section may use such 
consolidated funds for the administration of covered programs and for 
the uses described in section 14201(b)(2).
    ``(e) Records.--A local educational agency that consolidates 
administrative funds under this section shall not be required to keep 
separate records, by individual covered program, to account for costs 
relating to the administration of covered programs included in the 
consolidation.

``SEC. 14204. CONSOLIDATED SET-ASIDE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
              FUNDS.

    ``(a) General Authority.--
            ``(1) Transfer.--The Secretary shall transfer to the 
        Department of the Interior, as a consolidated amount for 
        covered programs, the Indian education programs under part A of 
        title IX of this Act, and the education for homeless children 
        and youth program under subtitle B of title VII of the Stewart 
        B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, the amounts allotted to 
        the Department of the Interior under those programs.
            ``(2) Agreement.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary and the Secretary of the 
                Interior shall enter into an agreement, consistent with 
                the requirements of the programs specified in paragraph 
                (1), for the distribution and use of those program 
                funds under terms that the Secretary determines best 
                meet the purposes of those programs.
                    ``(B) The agreement shall--
                            ``(i) set forth the plans of the Secretary 
                        of the Interior for the use of the amount 
                        transferred, the steps to be taken to achieve 
                        America's Education Goals, and performance 
                        measures to assess program effectiveness, 
                        including measurable goals and objectives; and
                            ``(ii) be developed in consultation with 
                        Indian tribes.
    ``(b) Administration.--The Department of the Interior may use not 
more than 1.5 percent of the funds consolidated under this section for 
such departments costs related to the administration of the funds 
transferred under this section.

``SEC. 14205. MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF UNNEEDED PROGRAM FUNDS.

    ``(a) Most Effective Use.--With the approval of its State 
educational agency, a local educational agency that determines for any 
fiscal year that funds under a covered program (other than title I) 
would be more effective in helping all its students achieve the State's 
challenging standards if used under another covered program, may use 
those funds, not to exceed 5 percent of the local educational agency's 
total allotment for that fiscal year, to carry out programs and 
activities under that other covered program.
    ``(b) Coordination of Services.--A local educational agency, 
individual school, or consortium of schools may use a total of not more 
than 5 percent of the funds such agency, school, or consortium, 
respectively, receives under this Act for the establishment and 
implementation of a coordinated services project in accordance with the 
requirements of title XI of this Act.

``PART C--COORDINATION OF PROGRAMS; CONSOLIDATED STATE AND LOCAL PLANS 
                            AND APPLICATIONS

``SEC. 14301. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this part to improve teaching and learning by 
encouraging greater cross-program coordination, planning, and service 
delivery under this Act and enhanced integration of programs under this 
Act with educational activities carried out with State and local funds.

``SEC. 14302. OPTIONAL CONSOLIDATED STATE PLANS AND APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Purpose and authority.--In order to promote 
        continuing, standards-based education reform, encourage the 
        integration and coordination of resources, and simplify 
        application requirements and reduce burden for State 
        educational agencies under this Act, the Secretary, in 
        accordance with subsection (b), shall establish procedures and 
        criteria under which a State educational agency may submit a 
        consolidated State plan meeting the requirements of this 
        section for any or all of--
                    ``(A) the covered programs in which the State 
                participates; and
                    ``(B) the additional programs described in 
                paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Additional programs.--A State educational agency may 
        also include in its consolidated State plan--
                    ``(A) the Even Start program under part B of title 
                I;
                    ``(B) the State Agency Programs for Children and 
                Youth Who Are Neglected or Delinquent under part D of 
                title I;
                    ``(C) programs under part A of title II of the Carl 
                D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 
                1998; and
                    ``(D) such other programs as the Secretary may 
                designate.
            ``(3) State development and submission.--
                    ``(A) A State educational agency desiring to 
                receive a grant under 2 or more of the programs to 
                which this section applies may submit a consolidated 
                State plan for those programs that satisfies the 
                procedures and criteria established under this section.
                    ``(B) A State educational agency that submits a 
                consolidated State plan shall not be required to submit 
                separate State plans or applications for the programs 
                included in the consolidated State plan.
                    ``(C) A State educational agency that submits a 
                consolidated State plan shall comply with all the 
                requirements applicable to the programs in the 
                consolidated State plan as if it had submitted separate 
                State plans.
            ``(4) Consolidated state plans.--A State educational agency 
        that desires to receive funds under a program to which this 
        section applies for fiscal year 2001 and the succeeding four 
        fiscal years shall submit to the Secretary a new consolidated 
        plan that meets the requirements of this section within the 
        time specified by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Plan Contents.--
            ``(1) Collaborative process.--
                    ``(A) In establishing criteria and procedures under 
                this section, the Secretary shall collaborate with 
                State educational agencies and, as appropriate, with 
                other State agencies, local educational agencies, 
                public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, 
                and institutions, private schools, and representatives 
                of parents, students, and teachers.
                    ``(B)(i) Through the collaborative process 
                described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
                establish, for each program under the Act to which this 
                section applies, the descriptions and information that 
                must be included in a consolidated State plan.
                    ``(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary 
                shall ensure that a consolidated State plan contains, 
                for each program included in the plan, the descriptions 
                and information needed to ensure proper and effective 
                administration of that program in accordance with its 
                purposes.
            ``(2) Integration and coordination of resources.--In its 
        consolidated plan under this section, a State educational 
        agency shall describe how--
                    ``(A) funds under the programs included in the plan 
                will be integrated as appropriate to best serve the 
                students and teachers intended to benefit from those 
                programs; and
                    ``(B) those programs will be coordinated at the 
                State, school district, and school levels with other 
                covered programs not included in the plan.
    ``(c) Peer Review and Secretarial Approval.--
            ``(1) The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) establish a peer-review process to assist in 
                the review, and provide recommendations for the 
                revision, of consolidated State plans under this 
                section; and
                    ``(B) appoint individuals to the peer-review 
                process who--
                            ``(i) are knowledgeable about the programs, 
                        and the populations they serve, included in the 
                        plans;
                            ``(ii) to the extent practicable are 
                        representative of State educational agencies, 
                        local educational agencies, teachers, and 
                        parents of students served under those 
                        programs; and
                            ``(iii) have expertise on educational 
                        standards, assessments, and accountability.
            ``(2)(A) Following such peer review, the Secretary shall 
        approve a consolidated State plan if the Secretary determines 
        that the plan meets the requirements of this section.
            ``(B) The Secretary may accompany such approval with one or 
        more conditions that the State educational agency shall meet.
            ``(3) If the Secretary determines that the plan does not 
        meet the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall 
        notify the State of that determination and the reasons for it.
            ``(4) The Secretary shall not finally disapprove a 
        consolidated State plan before--
                    ``(A) offering the State an opportunity to revise 
                its plan;
                    ``(B) providing technical assistance to assist the 
                State to meet the requirements; and
                    ``(C) providing a hearing.
    ``(d) Revision and Amendment.--A State educational agency shall 
periodically review its consolidated State plan to ensure that it 
accurately reflects its strategies and activities under the programs 
covered by the plan. If the State educational agency makes significant 
changes to its strategies and activities, it shall submit an amendment 
to its plan to the Secretary for approval in accordance with this 
section.

``SEC. 14303. GENERAL APPLICABILITY OF STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY 
              ASSURANCES.

    ``(a) Assurances.--A State educational agency that submits a 
consolidated State plan or consolidated State application under this 
Act, whether separately or under section 14302, shall have on file with 
the Secretary a single set of assurances, applicable to each program 
for which such plan or application is submitted, that provides that--
            ``(1) each such program will be administered in accordance 
        with all applicable statutes, regulations, program plans, and 
        applications;
            ``(2)(A) the control of funds provided under each such 
        program and title to property acquired with program funds will 
        be in a public agency, in a nonprofit private agency, 
        institution, or organization, or in an Indian tribe if the law 
        authorizing the program provides for assistance to such 
        entities; and
            ``(B) the public agency, nonprofit private agency, 
        institution, or organization, or Indian tribe will administer 
        such funds and property to the extent required by the 
        authorizing law;
            ``(3) the State will adopt and use proper methods of 
        administering each such program, including--
                    ``(A) the enforcement of any obligations imposed by 
                law on agencies, institutions, organizations, and other 
                recipients responsible for carrying out each program;
                    ``(B) the correction of deficiencies in program 
                operations that are identified through audits, 
                monitoring, or evaluation; and
                    ``(C) the adoption of written procedures for the 
                receipt and resolution of complaints alleging 
                violations of law in the administration of such 
                programs;
            ``(4) the State will monitor performance by local 
        educational agencies to ensure compliance with the requirements 
        of this Act and--
                    ``(A) maintain proper documentation of monitoring 
                activities;
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance when appropriate 
                and undertake enforcement activities when needed; and
                    ``(C) systematically analyze the results of audits 
                and other monitoring activities to identify trends in 
                funding and to develop strategies to correct problems;
            ``(5) the data used by the State to measure its performance 
        (and that of its local educational agencies) under this Act are 
        complete, reliable, accurate, or if not, that the State will 
        take such steps as are necessary to make those data complete, 
        reliable, and accurate.
            ``(6) the State will cooperate in carrying out any 
        evaluation of each such program conducted by or for the 
        Secretary or other Federal officials;
            ``(7) the State will use such fiscal control and fund 
        accounting procedures as will ensure proper disbursement of, 
        and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State under each 
        such program;
            ``(8) the State will--
                    ``(A) make reports to the Secretary as may be 
                necessary to enable the Secretary to perform the 
                Secretary's duties under each such program; and
                    ``(B) maintain such records, provide such 
                information to the Secretary, and afford access to the 
                records as the Secretary may find necessary to carry 
                out the Secretary's duties; and
            ``(9) before the plan or application was submitted to the 
        Secretary, the State has afforded a reasonable opportunity for 
        public comment on the plan or application and has considered 
        such comment.
    ``(b) GEPA Provision.--Section 441 of the General Education 
Provisions Act shall not apply to programs under this Act.

``SEC. 14304. CONSOLIDATED LOCAL PLANS OR APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) General Authority.--A local educational agency receiving 
funds under more than one covered program may submit plans or 
applications to the State educational agency under such programs on a 
consolidated basis.
    ``(b) Required Consolidated Plans or Applications.--A State 
educational agency that has submitted and had approved a consolidated 
State plan or application under section 14302 may require local 
educational agencies in the State receiving funds under more than one 
program included in the consolidated State plan or consolidated State 
application to submit consolidated local plans or applications under 
such programs.
    ``(c) Collaboration.--A State educational agency shall collaborate 
with local educational agencies in the State in establishing procedures 
for the submission of the consolidated State plans or consolidated 
State applications under this section.
    ``(d) Necessary Materials.--The State educational agency shall 
require only descriptions, information, assurances, and other material 
that are absolutely necessary for the consideration of the local 
educational agency plan or application.

``SEC. 14306. OTHER GENERAL ASSURANCES.

    ``(a) Assurances.--Any applicant other than a State educational 
agency that submits a plan or application under this Act shall have on 
file with the State educational agency a single set of assurances, 
applicable to each program for which a plan or application is 
submitted, that provides that--
            ``(1) each such program will be administered in accordance 
        with all applicable statutes, regulations, program plans, and 
        applications;
            ``(2)(A) the control of funds provided under each such 
        program and title to property acquired with program funds will 
        be in a public agency or in a nonprofit private agency, 
        institution, organization, or Indian tribe, if the law 
        authorizing the program provides for assistance to such 
        entities; and
            ``(B) the public agency, nonprofit private agency, 
        institution, or organization, or Indian tribe will administer 
        such funds and property to the extent required by the 
        authorizing statutes;
            ``(3) the applicant will adopt and use proper methods of 
        administering each such program, including--
                    ``(A) the enforcement of any obligations imposed by 
                law on agencies, institutions, organizations, and other 
                recipients responsible for carrying out each program; 
                and
                    ``(B) the correction of deficiencies in program 
                operations that are identified through audits, 
                monitoring, or evaluation;
            ``(4) the applicant will cooperate in carrying out any 
        evaluation of each such program conducted by or for the State 
        educational agency, the Secretary or other Federal officials;
            ``(5) the applicant will use such fiscal control and fund 
        accounting procedures as will ensure proper disbursement of, 
        and accounting for, Federal funds paid to such applicant under 
        each such program;
            ``(6) the applicant will--
                    ``(A) make reports to the State educational agency 
                and the Secretary as may be necessary to enable such 
                agency and the Secretary to perform their duties under 
                each such program; and
                    ``(B) maintain such records, provide such 
                information, and afford access to the records as the 
                State educational agency or the Secretary may find 
                necessary to carry out the State educational agency's 
                or the Secretary's duties; and
            ``(7) before the application was submitted, the applicant 
        afforded a reasonable opportunity for public comment on the 
        application and has considered such comment.
    ``(b) GEPA Provision.--Section 442 of the General Education 
Provisions Act does not apply to programs under this Act.

                           ``PART D--WAIVERS

``SEC. 14401. WAIVERS OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
Secretary may waive any statutory or regulatory requirement of this Act 
for a State educational agency, local educational agency, Indian tribe, 
or school through a local educational agency, that--
            ``(1) receives funds under a program authorized by this 
        Act; and
            ``(2) requests a waiver under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Request for Waiver.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency, local 
        educational agency, or Indian tribe which desires a waiver 
        shall submit a waiver request to the Secretary that--
                    ``(A) identifies the Federal programs affected by 
                such requested waiver;
                    ``(B) describes which Federal requirements are to 
                be waived and how the waiving of such requirements 
                will--
                            ``(i) increase the quality of instruction 
                        for students; or
                            ``(ii) improve the academic performance of 
                        students;
                    ``(C) if applicable, describes which similar State 
                and local requirements will be waived and how the 
                waiving of such requirements will assist the local 
                educational agencies, Indian tribes or schools, as 
                appropriate, to achieve the objectives described in 
                clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B);
                    ``(D) describes specific, measurable educational 
                improvement goals and expected outcomes for all 
                affected students;
                    ``(E) describes the methods to be used to measure 
                progress in meeting such goals and outcomes; and
                    ``(F) describes how schools will continue to 
                provide assistance to the same populations served by 
                programs for which waivers are requested.
            ``(2) Additional information.--Such requests--
                    ``(A) may provide for waivers of requirements 
                applicable to State educational agencies, local 
                educational agencies, Indian tribes, and schools; and
                    ``(B) shall be developed and submitted--
                            ``(i)(I) by local educational agencies (on 
                        behalf of such agencies and schools) to State 
                        educational agencies; and
                            ``(II) by State educational agencies (on 
                        behalf of, and based upon the requests of, 
                        local educational agencies) to the Secretary; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) by Indian tribes (on behalf of 
                        schools operated by such tribes) to the 
                        Secretary.
            ``(3) General requirements.--
                    ``(A) In the case of a waiver request submitted by 
                a State educational agency acting in its own behalf, 
                the State educational agency shall--
                            ``(i) provide all interested local 
                        educational agencies in the State with notice 
                        and a reasonable opportunity to comment on the 
                        request;
                            ``(ii) submit the comments to the 
                        Secretary; and
                            ``(iii) provide notice and information to 
                        the public regarding the waiver request in the 
                        manner that the applying agency customarily 
                        provides similar notices and information to the 
                        public.
                    ``(B) In the case of a waiver request submitted by 
                a local educational agency that receives funds under 
                this Act--
                            ``(i) such request shall be reviewed by the 
                        State educational agency and be accompanied by 
                        the comments, if any, of such State educational 
                        agency; and
                            ``(ii) notice and information regarding the 
                        waiver request shall be provided to the public 
                        by the agency requesting the waiver in the 
                        manner that such agency customarily provides 
                        similar notices and information to the public.
    ``(c) Restrictions.--The Secretary shall not waive under this 
section any statutory or regulatory requirements relating to--
            ``(1) the allocation or distribution of funds to States, 
        local educational agencies, or other recipients of funds under 
        this Act;
            ``(2) maintenance of effort;
            ``(3) comparability of services;
            ``(4) use of Federal funds to supplement, not supplant, 
        non-Federal funds;
            ``(5) equitable participation of private school students 
        and teachers;
            ``(6) parental participation and involvement;
            ``(7) applicable civil rights requirements;
            ``(8) the requirement for a charter school under part C of 
        title X; or
            ``(9) the prohibitions regarding--
                    ``(A) State aid in section 14502; or
                    ``(B) use of funds for religious worship or 
                instruction in section 14507.
    ``(d) Duration and Extension of Waiver.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        duration of a waiver approved by the Secretary under this 
        section may be for a period not to exceed 3 years.
            ``(2) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the period 
        described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that--
                    ``(A) the waiver has been effective in enabling the 
                State or affected recipients to carry out the 
                activities for which the waiver was requested and the 
                waiver has contributed to improved student performance; 
                and
                    ``(B) such extension is in the public interest.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) Local waiver.--A local educational agency that 
        receives a waiver under this section shall at the end of the 
        second year for which a waiver is received under this section, 
        and each subsequent year, submit a report to the State 
        educational agency that--
                    ``(A) describes the uses of such waiver by such 
                agency or by schools;
                    ``(B) describes how schools continued to provide 
                assistance to the same populations served by the 
                programs for which waivers are requested; and
                    ``(C) evaluates the progress of such agency and of 
                schools in improving the quality of instruction or the 
                academic performance of students.
            ``(2) State waiver.--A State educational agency that 
        receives reports required under paragraph (1) shall annually 
        submit a report to the Secretary that is based on such reports 
        and contains such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(3) Indian tribe waiver.--An Indian tribe that receives a 
        waiver under this section shall annually submit a report to the 
        Secretary that--
                    ``(A) describes the uses of such waiver by schools 
                operated by such tribe; and
                    ``(B) evaluates the progress of such schools in 
                improving the quality of instruction or the academic 
                performance of students.
            ``(4) Report to congress.--Beginning in fiscal year 1997 
        and each subsequent year, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
        and Pensions of the Senate an annual report--
                    ``(A) summarizing the uses of waivers by State 
                educational agencies, local educational agencies, 
                Indian tribes, and schools; and
                    ``(B) describing whether such waivers--
                            ``(i) increased the quality of instruction 
                        to students; or
                            ``(ii) improved the academic performance of 
                        students.
    ``(f) Termination of Waivers.--The Secretary shall terminate a 
waiver under this section if the Secretary determines that the 
performance of the State or other recipient affected by the waiver has 
been inadequate to justify a continuation of the waiver or if the 
waiver is no longer necessary to achieve its original purposes.
    ``(g) Publication.--A notice of the Secretary's decision to grant 
each waiver under subsection (a) shall be published in the Federal 
Register and the Secretary shall provide for the dissemination of such 
notice to State educational agencies, interested parties, including 
educators, parents, students, advocacy and civil rights organizations, 
and the public.

                      ``PART E--UNIFORM PROVISIONS

``SEC. 14501. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

    ``(a) In General.--A local educational agency may receive funds 
under a covered program for any fiscal year only if the State 
educational agency finds that either the combined fiscal effort per 
student or the aggregate expenditures of such agency and the State with 
respect to the provision of free public education by such agency for 
the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of such combined 
fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second preceding fiscal 
year.
    ``(b) Reduction in Case of Failure To Meet.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State educational agency shall 
        reduce the amount of the allocation of funds under a covered 
        program in any fiscal year in the exact proportion to which a 
        local educational agency fails to meet the requirement of 
        subsection (a) by falling below 90 percent of both the combined 
        fiscal effort per student and aggregate expenditures (using the 
        measure most favorable to such local agency).
            ``(2) Special rule.--No such lesser amount shall be used 
        for computing the effort required under subsection (a) for 
        subsequent years.
    ``(c) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the requirements of this 
section if the Secretary determines that such a waiver would be 
equitable due to--
            ``(1) exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances such as a 
        natural disaster; or
            ``(2) a precipitous decline in the financial resources of 
        the local educational agency.

``SEC. 14502. PROHIBITION REGARDING STATE AID.

    ``A State shall not take into consideration payments under this Act 
(other than under title VIII) in determining the eligibility of any 
local educational agency in such State for State aid, or the amount of 
State aid, with respect to free public education of children.

``SEC. 14503. PARTICIPATION BY PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS.

    ``(a) Private School Participation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        Act, to the extent consistent with the number of eligible 
        children in a State educational agency, local educational 
        agency, or educational service agency or consortium of such 
        agencies receiving financial assistance under a program 
        specified in subsection (b), who are enrolled in private 
        elementary and secondary schools in such agency or consortium, 
        such agency or consortium shall, after timely and meaningful 
        consultation with appropriate private school officials, provide 
        such children and their teachers or other educational 
        personnel, on an equitable basis, special educational services 
        or other benefits under such program.
            ``(2) Secular, neutral, and nonideological services or 
        benefits.--Educational services or other benefits, including 
        materials and equipment, provided under this section, shall be 
        secular, neutral, and nonideological.
            ``(3) Special rule.--Educational services and other 
        benefits provided under this section for such private school 
        children, teachers, and other educational personnel shall be 
        equitable in comparison to services and other benefits for 
        public school children, teachers, and other educational 
        personnel participating in such program.
            ``(4) Expenditures.--Expenditures for educational services 
        and other benefits provided under this section to eligible 
        private school children, their teachers, and other educational 
        personnel serving such children shall be equal, taking into 
        account the number and educational needs of the children to be 
        served, to the expenditures for participating public school 
        children.
            ``(5) Provision of services.--Such agency or consortium 
        described in subsection (a)(1) may provide such services 
        directly or through contracts with public and private agencies, 
        organizations, and institutions.
    ``(b) Applicability.--
            ``(1) In general.--This section applies to programs under--
                    ``(A) part C of title I (migrant education);
                    ``(B) title II (other than section 2103 and part D 
                of such title);
                    ``(C) title VII;
                    ``(D) title III (other than part B of such title) 
                (Star Schools); and
                    ``(E) part A of title IV (other than section 4114).
            ``(2) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the 
        term eligible children means children eligible for services 
        under a program described in paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Consultation.--
            ``(1) In general.--To ensure timely and meaningful 
        consultation, a State educational agency, local educational 
        agency, educational service agency or consortium of such 
        agencies shall consult with appropriate private school 
        officials during the design and development of the programs 
        under this Act, on issues such as--
                    ``(A) how the childrens needs will be identified;
                    ``(B) what services will be offered;
                    ``(C) how and where the services will be provided; 
                and
                    ``(D) how the services will be assessed.
            ``(2) Timing.--Such consultation shall occur before the 
        agency or consortium makes any decision that affects the 
        opportunities of eligible private school children, teachers, 
        and other educational personnel to participate in programs 
        under this Act.
            ``(3) Discussion required.--Such consultation shall include 
        a discussion of service delivery mechanisms that the agency or 
        consortium could use to provide equitable services to eligible 
        private school children, teachers, administrators, and other 
        staff.
    ``(d) Public Control of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The control of funds used to provide 
        services under this section, and title to materials, equipment, 
        and property purchased with such funds, shall be in a public 
        agency for the uses and purposes provided in this Act, and a 
        public agency shall administer such funds and property.
            ``(2) Provision of services.--
                    ``(A) The provision of services under this section 
                shall be provided--
                            ``(i) by employees of a public agency; or
                            ``(ii) through contract by such public 
                        agency with an individual, association, agency, 
                        or organization.
                    ``(B) In the provision of such services, such 
                employee, person, association, agency, or organization 
                shall be independent of such private school and of any 
                religious organization, and such employment or contract 
                shall be under the control and supervision of such 
                public agency.
                    ``(C) Funds used to provide services under this 
                section shall not be commingled with non-Federal funds.

``SEC. 14504. STANDARDS FOR BY-PASS.

    ``If, by reason of any provision of law, a State educational 
agency, local educational agency, educational service agency or 
consortium of such agencies is prohibited from providing for the 
participation in programs of children enrolled in, or teachers or other 
educational personnel from, private elementary and secondary schools, 
on an equitable basis, or if the Secretary determines that such agency 
or consortium has substantially failed or is unwilling to provide for 
such participation, as required by section 14503, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) waive the requirements of that section for such 
        agency or consortium; and
            ``(2) arrange for the provision of equitable services to 
        such children, teachers, or other educational personnel through 
        arrangements that shall be subject to the requirements of this 
        section and of sections 14503, 14505, and 14506.

``SEC. 14505. COMPLAINT PROCESS FOR PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL 
              CHILDREN.

    ``(a) Procedures for Complaints.--The Secretary shall develop and 
implement written procedures for receiving, investigating, and 
resolving complaints from parents, teachers, or other individuals and 
organizations concerning violations of section 14503 by a State 
educational agency, local educational agency, educational service 
agency, or consortium of such agencies. Such individual or organization 
shall submit such complaint to the State educational agency for a 
written resolution by the State educational agency within a reasonable 
period of time.
    ``(b) Appeals to the Secretary.--Such resolution may be appealed by 
an interested party to the Secretary not later than 30 days after the 
State educational agency resolves the complaint or fails to resolve the 
complaint within a reasonable period of time. Such appeal shall be 
accompanied by a copy of the State educational agency's resolution, and 
a complete statement of the reasons supporting the appeal. The 
Secretary shall investigate and resolve each such appeal not later than 
120 days after receipt of the appeal.

SEC. 14506. BY-PASS DETERMINATION PROCESS.

    ``(a) Review.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary shall not take any final action 
                under section 14504 until the State educational agency, 
                local educational agency, educational service agency, 
                or consortium of such agencies affected by such action 
                has had an opportunity, for not less than 45 days after 
                receiving written notice thereof, to submit written 
                objections and to appear before the Secretary to show 
                cause why that action should not be taken.
                    ``(B) Pending final resolution of any investigation 
                or complaint that could result in a determination under 
                this section, the Secretary may withhold from the 
                allocation of the affected State or local educational 
                agency the amount estimated by the Secretary to be 
                necessary to pay the cost of those services.
            ``(2) Petition for review.--
                    ``(A) If such affected agency or consortium is 
                dissatisfied with the Secretary's final action after a 
                proceeding under paragraph (1), such agency or 
                consortium may, within 60 days after notice of such 
                action, file with the United States court of appeals 
                for the circuit in which such State is located a 
                petition for review of that action.
                    ``(B) A copy of the petition shall be forthwith 
                transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary.
                    ``(C) The Secretary upon receipt of the copy of the 
                petition shall file in the court the record of the 
                proceedings on which the Secretary based this action, 
                as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States 
                Code.
            ``(3) Findings of fact.--
                    ``(A) The findings of fact by the Secretary, if 
                supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive, 
                but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the 
                case to the Secretary to take further evidence and the 
                Secretary may then make new or modified findings of 
                fact and may modify the Secretary's previous action, 
                and shall file in the court the record of the further 
                proceedings.
                    ``(B) Such new or modified findings of fact shall 
                likewise be conclusive if supported by substantial 
                evidence.
            ``(4) Jurisdiction.--
                    ``(A) Upon the filing of such petition, the court 
                shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the 
                Secretary or to set such action aside, in whole or in 
                part.
                    ``(B) The judgment of the court shall be subject to 
                review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon 
                certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 
                of title 28, United States Code.
    ``(b) Determination.--Any determination by the Secretary under this 
section shall continue in effect until the Secretary determines, in 
consultation with such agency or consortium and representatives of the 
affected private school children, teachers, or other educational 
personnel that there will no longer be any failure or inability on the 
part of such agency or consortium to meet the applicable requirements 
of section 14503 or any other provision of this Act.
    ``(c) Payment From State Allotment.--When the Secretary arranges 
for services pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall, after 
consultation with the appropriate public and private school officials, 
pay the cost of such services, including the administrative costs of 
arranging for those services, from the appropriate allocation or 
allocations under this Act.
    ``(d) Prior Determination.--Any by-pass determination by the 
Secretary under this Act as in effect on the day preceding the date of 
enactment of the Safe and Successful Schools Act shall remain in effect 
to the extent the Secretary determines that such determination is 
consistent with the purpose of this section.

``SEC. 14507. PROHIBITION AGAINST FUNDS FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OR 
              INSTRUCTION AND VOUCHERIZED ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize 
the making of any payment under this Act for religious worship or 
instruction.
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no services 
under this Act may be provided through voucher or certificate.

``SEC. 14508. APPLICABILITY TO HOME SCHOOLS.

    Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect home schools.

``SEC. 14509. GENERAL PROVISION REGARDING NONRECIPIENT NONPUBLIC 
              SCHOOLS.

    ``Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit, allow, 
encourage, or authorize any Federal control over any aspect of any 
private, religious, or home school, whether or not a home school is 
treated as a private school or home school under State law. This 
section shall not be construed to bar private, religious, or home 
schools from participation in programs or services under this Act.

``SEC. 14510. SCHOOL PRAYER.

    ``Any State or local educational agency that is adjudged by a 
Federal court of competent jurisdiction to have willfully violated a 
Federal court order mandating that such local educational agency remedy 
a violation of the constitutional right of any student with respect to 
prayer in public schools, in addition to any other judicial remedies, 
shall be ineligible to receive Federal funds under this Act until such 
time as the local educational agency complies with such order. Funds 
that are withheld under this section shall not be reimbursed for the 
period during which the local educational agency was in willful 
noncompliance.

``SEC. 14511. GENERAL PROHIBITIONS.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized under this Act 
shall be used--
            ``(1) to develop or distribute materials, or operate 
        programs or courses of instruction directed at youth that are 
        designed to promote or encourage, sexual activity;
            ``(2) to distribute or to aid in the distribution by any 
        organization of legally obscene materials to minors on school 
        grounds;
            ``(3) to purchase unsafe needles;
            ``(4) to provide sex education or HIV prevention education 
        in schools unless such instruction is age appropriate and 
        includes the health benefits of abstinence; or
            ``(5) to operate a program of condom distribution in 
        schools.
    ``(b) Local Control.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to--
            ``(1) authorize an officer or employee of the Federal 
        Government to mandate, direct, review, or control a State, 
        local educational agency, or school's instructional content, 
        curriculum, and related activities;
            ``(2) limit the application of the General Education 
        Provisions Act;
            ``(3) require the distribution of scientifically or 
        medically false or inaccurate materials or to prohibit the 
        distribution of scientifically or medically true or accurate 
        materials; or
            ``(4) create any legally enforceable right.

``SEC. 14512. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL MANDATES, DIRECTION, AND CONTROL.

    ``Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize an officer or 
employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a 
State, local educational agency, or schools curriculum, program of 
instruction, or allocation of State or local resources, or mandate a 
State or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs 
not paid for under this Act.

``SEC. 14513. REPORT.

    ``The Secretary shall report to the Congress not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Safe and Successful Schools Act 
regarding how the Secretary shall ensure that audits conducted by 
Department employees of activities assisted under this Act comply with 
changes to this Act made by the Safe and Successful Schools Act, 
particularly with respect to permitting children with similar 
educational needs to be served in the same educational settings, where 
appropriate.

``SEC. 14514. REQUIRED PARTICIPATION PROHIBITED.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no State shall be 
required to participate in any program under the Goals 2000: Educate 
America Act, or to have content standards or student performance 
standards approved or certified under such Act, in order to receive 
assistance under this Act.

``SEC. 14515. TEACHER QUALITY.

    ``All State educational agencies receiving funds under this Act 
shall have a plan in place to have all teachers in such State fully 
qualified, as defined under section 14101, by September 30, 2003. Such 
States shall report annually to the Secretary on their progress in 
implementing this plan.

``SEC. 14516. PRIVACY FOR STUDENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--No State educational agency or local educational 
agency that receives funds under this Act may enter into an agreement, 
or allow a school under its supervision to enter into an agreement, 
with any person or entity that allows such person or entity to monitor, 
gather, or obtain information used to advertise, sell, or develop a 
product from any student under 18 years of age unless such agreement 
requires the written permission of the parent of such student prior to 
monitoring, gathering, or obtaining such information.
    ``(b) Nature of Information Collected.--Before a school, local 
educational agency, or State educational agency, as the case may be, 
enters into an agreement to allow a person or entity to monitor, 
gather, or obtain information used to advertise, sell, or develop a 
product from any student under 18 years, the school, agency, or State 
shall ascertain the nature of the information to be collected, how the 
information will be used, if the information will be sold, distributed, 
or transferred to any person or entity, and the amount of class time, 
if any, that will be consumed by such activity.
    ``(c) Consent Form.--The written permission required by subsection 
(a) shall clearly disclose to the parent the nature of the agreement 
between a school, local educational agency, or State educational 
agency, as the case may be, and the person or entity, including--
            ``(1) the dollar amount of any consideration paid under the 
        agreement;
            ``(2) the nature of the information to be gathered;
            ``(3) how the information will be used;
            ``(4) whether the information will be sold, distributed, or 
        transferred to any other entity; and
            ``(5) the amount of class time, if any, that will be 
        consumed by such activity.
    ``(d) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to--
            ``(1) the recruitment activities of any institution of 
        higher education, as such term is defined in section 102 of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965;
            ``(2) the development and administration of tests and 
        assessments used by elementary and secondary schools to provide 
        cognitive, evaluative, diagnostic, aptitude, or achievement 
        information about students (or for normalizing data), and the 
        subsequent analysis and public release of aggregate data, if--
                    ``(A) the information is not used to sell, 
                advertise, or develop another product; and
                    ``(B) the tests are conducted in accordance with 
                applicable Federal, State, and local policies;
            ``(3) the development and administration of educational 
        curriculum and instructional materials used by elementary and 
        secondary schools to teach core academic subjects, if--
                    ``(A) the information is not used to sell, 
                advertise, or develop another product; and
                    ``(B) the curriculum and instructional materials 
                are used in accordance with applicable Federal, State, 
                and local policies; or
            ``(4) contact information collected from a student that is 
        used only to respond directly to a specific request from the 
        student for a transaction, if the information--
                    ``(A) is not used for any purpose other than as 
                required in order to effect the transaction with the 
                student; and
                    ``(B) is not used to recontact the student in order 
                to advertise, sell, or develop any other product or 
                service to the student.

                         ``PART F--EVALUATIONS

``SEC. 14601. EVALUATIONS.

    ``(a) Evaluations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary is authorized to reserve not more than 0.50 percent 
        of the amount appropriated to carry out each program authorized 
        under this Act--
                    ``(A) to carry out comprehensive evaluations of 
                categorical programs and demonstration projects, and 
                studies of program effectiveness, under this Act, and 
                the administrative impact of such programs on schools 
                and local educational agencies in accordance with 
                subsection (b);
                    ``(B) to evaluate the aggregate short- and long-
                term effects and cost efficiencies across Federal 
                programs under this Act and related Federal preschool, 
                elementary and secondary programs under other Federal 
                law; and
                    ``(C) to strengthen the usefulness of grant 
                recipient evaluations for continuous program progress 
                through improving the quality, timeliness, efficiency, 
                and utilization of program information on program 
                performance.
            ``(2) Special rule.--
                    ``(A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any program 
                under title I.
                    ``(B) If funds are made available under any program 
                assisted under this Act (other than a program under 
                title I) for evaluation activities, then the Secretary 
                shall reserve no additional funds pursuant to the 
                authority in subsection (a)(1) to evaluate such 
                program, but shall coordinate the evaluation of such 
                program with the national evaluation described in 
                subsection (b).
    ``(b) National Evaluation.--The Secretary shall use funds reserved 
under subsection (a) to conduct independent studies of programs under 
this Act and the effectiveness of those programs in achieving their 
purposes, to determine whether those programs (or the administration of 
those programs) are--
            ``(1) contributing to improved student academic 
        performance;
            ``(2) supporting the development of challenging standards 
        and aligned assessments that guide other elements of school 
        reform, including teacher certification, curriculum frameworks, 
        instruction, and professional development;
            ``(3) assisting efforts in schools and classrooms to 
        improve teaching and the climate for learning, particularly in 
        high-poverty schools, including efforts related to technology, 
        professional development, school violence and drug prevention, 
        and public school choice;
            ``(4) promoting flexibility with accountability;
            ``(5) supporting efforts to strengthen family and community 
        involvement in education;
            ``(6) targeting their resources effectively;
            ``(7) contributing to reform efforts and continuous 
        improvement; and
            ``(8) achieving other goals consistent with the purposes of 
        this Act.
    ``(c) Independent Panel.--The Secretary shall establish an 
independent panel to review studies under subsection (b) to advise the 
Secretary on their progress, and to comment, if the panel chooses, on 
the final report described in subsection (d).
    ``(d) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit an interim report on the 
evaluation described in subsection (b) within three years of enactment 
of the Safe and Successful Schools Act and a final report within four 
years of its enactment to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
    ``(e) Partnerships to Strengthen Performance Information for 
Improvement.--The Secretary may provide technical assistance to 
recipients of assistance under this Act in order to strengthen the 
collection and assessment of information relating to program 
performance and quality assurance at the State and local levels. Such 
technical assistance shall be designed to promote the development, 
measurement, use, and reporting of data on valid, reliable, timely, and 
consistent performance indicators, within and across programs, and may 
include one-time grants, from funds reserved under subsection (a), to 
recipients to develop their data systems with the goal of helping 
recipients make continuous program improvement.

``SEC. 14602. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

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

                      ``PART G--SENSE OF CONGRESS

``SEC. 14701. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

    ``(a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In the 
case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to be 
purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the 
sense of the Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, 
in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and 
products.
    ``(b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing financial 
assistance under this Act, the head of each Federal agency shall 
provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the 
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.''.
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