1.This Act may be cited as the
Roads to Success Act of
2005
.
2.In this Act:
(1)Institution of
higher educationThe 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)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)The term Secretary means the
Secretary of Education.
(4)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).
3.
(a)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)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)
(1)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)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)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)The grantee shall award each subgrant under
subsection (b)(2) for a period of 5 years.
4.
(a)State
educational agency reportsBeginning 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)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)
(1)The Secretary shall
submit to Congress an annual report on the progress of the activities funded
under this Act.
(2)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.
5.Authorization of
appropriationsThere are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2006 through 2011.