[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1526 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1526

   To provide education to students in grades 7 through 12 about the 
                    importance of higher education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2005

  Mr. Specter (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide education to students in grades 7 through 12 about the 
                    importance of higher education.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Roads to Success Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).
            (2) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary 
        and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            (4) State educational agency.--The term ``State educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).

SEC. 3. ROADS TO SUCCESS.

    (a) Program Authorized.--From amounts appropriated under section 5, 
the Secretary shall award a grant to carry out the activities described 
in subsection (b) to Roads to Success (referred to in this Act as the 
``grantee''), a nonprofit educational organization that has as its 
primary purposes increasing awareness of the importance of higher 
education, developing career awareness, building life skills, and 
providing education planning to secondary school students.
    (b) Grant Agreement.--The grantee shall enter into an agreement 
with the Secretary that requires that the grantee--
            (1) develop a curriculum-based higher education preparation 
        program curriculum for students in grades 7 through 12 that--
                    (A)(i) provides information for the students about 
                the opportunities for and the importance of higher 
                education;
                    (ii) develops the career awareness of the students;
                    (iii) builds the students' life skills; and
                    (iv) provides education planning to the students; 
                and
                    (B) provides 1 class hour of higher education 
                preparation instruction each week for students in 
                grades 7 through 12; and
            (2) award subgrants to not more than 5 State educational 
        agencies to enable the State educational agencies to provide 
        higher education preparation programs, using the higher 
        education preparation program curriculum designed by the 
        grantee, to students in grades 7 through 12 in middle schools 
        and secondary schools served by the State educational agencies.
    (c) Subgrants.--
            (1) Award basis.--In awarding a subgrant under subsection 
        (b)(2), the grantee shall take into consideration the number of 
        middle schools and secondary schools served by the State 
        educational agency that have historically low rates of student 
        application and admission to institutions of higher education.
            (2) Authorized activities.--A State educational agency 
        receiving a subgrant under subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) shall use subgrant funds to implement the 
                higher education preparation program curriculum 
                developed under subsection (b)(1) in middle schools and 
                secondary schools served by the State educational 
                agency; and
                    (B) may use subgrant funds, or any other funds 
                including private funds, to supplement the higher 
                education preparation program described in subparagraph 
                (A) with appropriate enrichments, such as guest 
                speakers, videos, Web-based services, or multimedia 
                tools.
            (3) Requirement.--In selecting students in grades 7 through 
        12 to participate in the higher education preparation program, 
        a State educational agency receiving a subgrant under 
        subsection (b)(2) shall give priority to students in the middle 
        schools and secondary schools served by the State educational 
        agency that have historically low rates of student application 
        and admission to institutions of higher education.
            (4) Duration.--The grantee shall award each subgrant under 
        subsection (b)(2) for a period of 5 years.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    (a) State Educational Agency Reports.--Beginning in fiscal year 
2007, a State educational agency receiving a subgrant under section 
3(b)(2) shall--
            (1) require that each middle school and secondary school 
        participating in the higher education preparation program 
        submit an annual report on the progress of such program to the 
        State educational agency; and
            (2) submit an annual report on the progress of the higher 
        education preparation program to the grantee.
    (b) Grantee Reports.--The grantee shall submit an annual report on 
the progress of the higher education preparation program curriculum and 
the higher education preparation program subgrants to the Secretary.
    (c) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) Annual reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress 
        an annual report on the progress of the activities funded under 
        this Act.
            (2) Final report.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        conclusion of the time period for all subgrants under section 
        3(b)(2), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a final report 
        on the results of the higher education preparation program, 
        together with recommendations for such legislative or 
        administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2011.
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