1.This Act may be cited as the
Pathways for All Students to Succeed
Act
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Reading and
mathematics skills for success</header>
<section id="id9561177DF16D46D29885EA5969993AAE"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="id5C7B1B30B7F7431997F681AADAB68B15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>While the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), as
amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–110, 115 Stat.
1425), provides a strong framework for helping children in the early grades,
our Nation still needs a comprehensive strategy to address the literacy
problems and learning gaps of students in middle school and secondary
school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6B4E0C154EAA45AAA388F11AC9602A20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Approximately 60
percent of students in the poorest communities fail to graduate from secondary
school on time, in large part because of severe reading deficits that
contribute to academic failure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF229F331EC5E4692979D4C878EF0DC6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Forty percent of
students attending high minority enrollment secondary schools enroll in
remedial reading coursework when entering higher education, in an effort to
gain the skills their secondary education failed to provide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC65CEB5BFA514FCEB938BEC7482BFF4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>While 33 percent
of all low-income students are enrolled in secondary schools, only 15 percent
of the funding targeted to disadvantaged students goes to secondary
schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5A73E68D51B649C18A8B2F44DF46A76A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Data from the
1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress show that 32 percent of boys
and 19 percent of girls in eighth grade cannot read at a basic level. These
numbers do not change significantly in the secondary school years and are even
more dramatic when students are identified by minority status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE18DD91D989B48E3A1249E6200AE0A75"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The 2002 National
Assessment of Educational Progress writing scores indicate that while the
percentage of fourth and eighth graders writing at or above a basic level
increased between 1998 and 2002, the percentage of 12th graders writing at or
above a basic level decreased. These numbers show that our concentrated efforts
for elementary school students have improved their writing skills, but by
neglecting the needs of secondary school students, we are squandering these
gains.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBAA54D6BA91B4F7EA62B9B96ED597DF9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The United States
cannot maintain its position as the world’s strongest economy if we continue to
ignore the literacy needs of adolescents in middle school and secondary
school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3A64716A2C054878AD32D37EF1FF5D14"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The achievement
gap between White and Asian students and Black and Hispanic students remains
wide in the area of mathematics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEBCB310069F4416BBCDDE276C4C13311"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The 2003 National
Assessment of Education Progress shows that the achievement gap between the
mathematics scores of eighth grade Black and Hispanic students and White
students is the same in 2003 as in 1990.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCDFCEF56C1B64CBB89C06757E344A2FA"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The 2003
National Assessment of Education Progress shows that eighth grade students
eligible for a free or reduced-price school lunch did not meet the basic
mathematics score, unlike non-eligible students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDD10843B94F84706A1E8168394CBD571"><enum>(11)</enum><text>According to the
latest results from international assessments, 15-year-olds from the United
States performed below the international average in mathematics literacy and
problem-solving, placing 27th out of 39 countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4DD7E46A7CBE42FDB79981C4C1684821"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Only
<fraction>1/3 </fraction>of the United States workforce has any post-secondary
education, yet 60 percent of new jobs in the 21st century will require
post-secondary education.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id4980D84B9D1B405E87A69D6150225DD7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="id072532170AF6457A84B256542D613D06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide
assistance to State educational agencies and local educational agencies in
establishing effective research-based reading, writing, and mathematics
programs for students in middle schools and secondary schools, including
students with disabilities and students with limited English
proficiency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6944972AF0B04025A1B07C1BFB4D4976"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide
adequate resources to schools to hire and to provide in-service training for
not less than 1 literacy coach per 20 teachers who can assist middle school and
secondary school teachers to incorporate research-based reading and writing
instruction into the teachers' teaching of mathematics, science, history,
civics, geography, literature, language arts, and other core academic
subjects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5CBC82F87A8D49859B636B323CE1B2A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to provide
assistance to State educational agencies and local educational agencies—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1DB93B9A7E6244FCA5D5CCF82524F289"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in strengthening
reading and writing instruction in middle schools and secondary schools;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0127AC0A9B6440EC9BFBFE9BA53EA647"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in procuring
high-quality diagnostic reading and writing assessments and comprehensive
research-based programs and instructional materials that will improve reading
and writing performance among students in middle school and secondary school;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7881C7B3E08C426295AE542AFF769A8C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide adequate resources to schools to
hire and to provide in-service training for not less than 1 mathematics coach
per 20 teachers who can assist middle school and secondary school teachers to
utilize research-based mathematics instruction to develop students’
mathematical abilities and knowledge, and assist teachers in assessing student
learning.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idCF090304B1C74FA7A94953EE59AFBBDB"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="idB1671DE12B8D418C98690BF5A7407199"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The terms <term>local educational agency</term>,
<term>Secretary</term>, and <term>State educational agency</term> have the
meaning given the terms in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9101">section
9101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE03F2B3B00624AC08D6327A777E586C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible local educational agency</term> means a local educational agency
who is eligible to receive funds under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.)</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id19FE31601BB240C1B0D35357A588FFE9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Literacy
coach</header><text>The term <term>literacy coach</term> means a certified or
licensed teacher with a demonstrated effectiveness in teaching reading and
writing to students with specialized reading and writing needs, and the ability
to work with classroom teachers to improve the teachers' instructional
techniques to support reading and writing improvement, who works on site at a
school—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8151D028BD694E9ABB213DBED5230DDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to train teachers
from across the curriculum to incorporate the teaching of reading and writing
skills into their instruction of content;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6B601C6F155F4D049CAFF976BE3920FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to train teachers
to assess students’ reading and writing skills and identify students requiring
remediation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABD40EB44CD242C2A7751AD8FD6EE54D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide or
assess remedial literacy instruction, including for—</text>
<clause id="id145CA7359910492FA9A1060E5084BB44"><enum>(i)</enum><text>students in after
school and summer school programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id46AC4B5B8F9443A68285D5434A269723"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>students
requiring additional instruction;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2CB3DFD9D58F4154BCBD48F3E4ECDB33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>students with
disabilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA5B395B1783040F6BBCCDCDD50F2F235"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>students with
limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6F0763C3BD794CF5A99CDFE0136096EF"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mathematics
coach</header><text>The term <term>mathematics coach</term> means a certified
or licensed teacher, with a demonstrated effectiveness in teaching mathematics
to students with specialized needs in mathematics, a command of mathematical
content knowledge, and the ability to work with classroom teachers to improve
the teachers' instructional techniques to support mathematics improvement, who
works on site at a school—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0417ADE4754745E69F8E257194190A57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to train teachers
to better assess student learning in mathematics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E80FE5BC42A437B93334185C33672BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to train teachers
to assess students' mathematics skills and identify students requiring
remediation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD2E86C91FCAF4F34BBCF08DA856438A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide or
assess remedial mathematics instruction, including for—</text>
<clause id="idDA9C04662E9147CB82F1756305B8449A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>students in after
school and summer school programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="id38538A819C1141B884B7037B6ABB3EF0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>students
requiring additional instruction;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2DA67082F4424391AD6DA55B1DC7CDBB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>students with
disabilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5957FB4889C04E27967703C030B1B61A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>students with
limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id805FC44F93974982B0C3119624A95A13"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Middle
school</header><text>The term <term>middle school</term> means a school that
provides middle school education, as determined under State law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28002587935A414BAA8B9CE0F2DBCB8F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secondary
school</header><text>The term <term>secondary school</term> means a school that
provides secondary education, as determined under State law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBC397CFF542B4FC781ED5968B7804341"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 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.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID92B8A79A65ED46F1BEEEFCA78C3E59A6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="id69C9E01C51964AC793E842E0A2D56B7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Literacy
grants</header><text>For the purposes of carrying out subtitle A, there are
authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB662874371244F48A9FCBFDF86A5A731"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mathematics
grants</header><text>For the purposes of carrying out subtitle B, there are
authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><subtitle id="idAFAF6DD5DCDD45AEB4DC878DA9A9CBBC"><enum>A</enum><header>Literacy skills
programs</header>
<section id="ID2753063DAE114EFA8E402F7EB6B0698D"><enum>111.</enum><header>Literacy
skills programs</header>
<subsection id="ID1EF70D89ED1C42869461E7DB30A6747F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="idB2D045D62F9E4A17819A337E23B4BE27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated under section 104(a) for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall establish a program, in accordance with the
requirements of this subtitle, that will provide grants to State educational
agencies, and grants or subgrants to eligible local educational agencies, to
establish reading and writing programs to improve the overall reading and
writing performance of students in middle school and secondary school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB440C7EF5A5450FA16FD86F36A601DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Length of
grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant to a State
educational agency under this subtitle shall be awarded for a period of 6
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID21F5785D3BD94014818E5BBEC74FE232"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds by the Secretary</header><text>From amounts appropriated under section
104(a) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve—</text>
<paragraph id="IDE58A716E6C71494CBF57BB29D886B833"><enum>(1)</enum><text>3 percent of such
amounts to fund national activities in support of the programs assisted under
this subtitle, such as research and dissemination of best practices, except
that the Secretary may not use the reserved funds to award grants directly to
local educational agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCC999232A3EA42C0A813C7C14CBAD6C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>2 percent of such
amounts for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the services and
activities described in section 112(c) for Indian children.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3BECE4AF65D04C33AE5CED934EF8C9BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant
formulas</header>
<paragraph id="ID73658C2D7CB64F9BB2DEF2A82F28FDD7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Formula grants
to State educational agencies</header><text>If the amounts appropriated under
section 104(a) for a fiscal year are equal to or greater than $500,000,000,
then the Secretary shall award grants, from allotments under paragraph (3), to
State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to provide
subgrants to eligible local educational agencies to establish reading and
writing programs to improve overall reading and writing performance among
students in middle school and secondary school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB3F10F201F4C4ABF9B379500F3EBEDED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Direct grants
to eligible local educational agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="ID5A6DDF4DE4434A3CBA461F88C044BCBE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the amounts appropriated under section 104(a) for a
fiscal year are less than $500,000,000, then the Secretary shall award grants,
on a competitive basis, directly to eligible local educational agencies to
establish reading and writing programs to improve overall reading and writing
performance among students in middle school and secondary school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAE85ACD5621F4B03A0DF08D3B68E2478"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Secretary shall give priority in awarding grants under this paragraph to
eligible local educational agencies that—</text>
<clause id="ID247441535D03420F9E38C703FC653B97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are
among the local educational agencies in the State with the lowest graduation
rates, as described in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)">section
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDCE2B841CC34F48EBA59E0075A2C56100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the highest
number or percentage of students who are counted under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1124(c)">section
1124(c)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID15DF28ACB4F44FAE89E8A83095188F1F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allotments to
States</header>
<subparagraph id="IDCC4E5903B50A419D9E00CF1207314DC1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated under section 104(a) and not
reserved under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make an
allotment to each State educational agency having an application approved under
subsection (d) in an amount that bears the same relation to the funds as the
amount the State received under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) bears to the amount received under
such part by all States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID73B6075817E540D1A5DFD2122106AB8D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), no State educational
agency shall receive an allotment under this paragraph for a fiscal year in an
amount that is less than 0.25 percent of the funds allotted to all State
educational agencies under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BB165B3ECAF465486BC7E1657ACD3E9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State educational agency does not
apply for a grant under this subtitle, the Secretary shall reallot the State
educational agency’s allotment to the remaining States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE5828E0581BF494C925300CE9BFA5CFD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="ID96589BB4BC54487BB71690E6DCD6D2CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive a grant under this subtitle, a State
educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require. Each such application shall meet the following conditions:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDEAC4CCFD9D5B42CD937C1C9876B2BC2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State
educational agency shall not include the application for assistance under this
subtitle in a consolidated application submitted under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9302">section
9302</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 7842).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID90B6A20FBD3448868D0668DD8BE170F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The State
educational agency’s application shall include an assurance that—</text>
<clause id="ID846A2EB0054749548CB432298B15C852"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
State educational agency has established a reading and writing partnership
that—</text>
<subclause id="ID6D86DCA6545B4B188136E36D443E2124"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordinated the
development of the application for a grant under this subtitle; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID60BE66F0151C48338585A0FCA6C5538D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will assist in
designing and administering the State educational agency’s program under this
subtitle; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDFE58326ACAD249808100C3EE51DD3FA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will participate, if requested, in any evaluation of the
State educational agency's program under this subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12D5389486394960AB3D7D1FBA1419E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The State
educational agency’s application shall include a program plan that contains a
description of the following:</text>
<clause id="IDC05D0079AB73421CB4F3A1E300451B01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>How
the State educational agency will assist eligible local educational agencies in
implementing subgrants, including providing ongoing professional development
for literacy coaches, teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID24C64C108F6C4E5F8DE500520066AD43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will help eligible local educational agencies identify
high-quality screening, diagnostic, and classroom-based instructional reading
and writing assessments.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID03C9C230E3B24FE580B2F5D7D55229A7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will help eligible local educational agencies identify
high-quality research-based materials and programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID12DD4620BD694E169D27ED9C88580088"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will help eligible local educational agencies identify
appropriate and effective materials, programs, and assessments for students
with disabilities and students with limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID77C2BB8C5E4E4639B6CDC515B45886F4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>How
the State educational agency will ensure that professional development funded
under this subtitle—</text>
<subclause id="id6A192A1C8C944C40BBD6D6FFB442131B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is based on
reading and writing research;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idB4876A6D17FF4C6B940D031CD1C19618"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will effectively
improve instructional practices for reading and writing for middle school and
secondary school students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id385E7F57B671424D8AF60237670798F9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is coordinated
with professional development activities funded through other programs
(including federally funded programs such as programs funded under the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.), the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), and the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID1736E42F1BB449FB873EDFE345064970"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>How funded
activities will help teachers and other instructional staff to implement
research-based components of reading and writing instruction.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4F0D19C84BBF43829200602E714F7847"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The subgrant
process the State educational agency will use to ensure that eligible local
educational agencies receiving subgrants implement programs and practices based
on reading and writing research.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDDB0B585458AA4AACAFB3E11D2FD2A9B3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will build on and promote coordination among reading and
writing programs in the State to increase overall effectiveness in improving
reading and writing instruction, including for students with disabilities and
students with limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA2032F21C0EC412894206E2B5068F027"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will regularly assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the
eligible local educational agency activities funded under this subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2B0A5751C41049DBBFCC2B48050070BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Secretary shall review applications from State
educational agencies under this subsection as the applications are
received.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2043D09BF9EF436F81A32C9762F779E3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State use of
funds</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this
subtitle shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9FCB52424EB84F08ACDF695C5F42D769"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a reading and writing
partnership, which may be the same as the partnership established under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1203(d)">section
1203(d)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6363(d)), that will
provide guidance to eligible local educational agencies in selecting or
developing and implementing appropriate, research-based reading and writing
programs for middle school and secondary school students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7508482B719C4CA58CFCDA1000CFC567"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use 80 percent of
the grant funds received under this subtitle for a fiscal year to award
subgrants to eligible local educational agencies having applications approved
under section 112(a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD4EAEB5AADA74D9B86D44F4B9FF6C4DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use 20 percent of
the grant funds received under this subtitle—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4CF0D50D460340F58AEF59FE7A97416A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out
State-level activities described in the application submitted under subsection
(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8D2F0A1688F54C5FA5896D06A80FD911"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to
provide—</text>
<clause id="id284D66751BFE41AB8359FE90CA092DD7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>technical
assistance to eligible local educational agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9404E2CE81B3450DB4E2B6B4003569C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>high-quality
professional development to teachers and literacy coaches;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id554177F27AC244AFAF3E4BED2636461F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to oversee and
evaluate subgrant services and activities undertaken by the eligible local
educational agencies as described in section 112(c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45ED11BC5A2A42DCB126B43737121C83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for
administrative costs,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">of which not
more than 10 percent of the grant funds may be used for planning,
administration, and reporting.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCB2119C2F84C45C787CCBF37D46B7D9E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice to
eligible local educational agencies</header><text>Each State educational agency
receiving a grant under this subtitle shall provide notice to all eligible
local educational agencies in the State about the availability of subgrants
under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA5688C92AC4143848E5D2100E16F8FAC"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under
this subtitle shall use the grant funds to supplement not supplant State
funding for activities authorized under this subtitle or for other educational
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID27987177953441B6A225268B3526A214"><enum>(h)</enum><header>New services
and activities</header><text>Grant funds provided under this subtitle may be
used only to provide services and activities authorized under this subtitle
that were not provided on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDCAD75EA1DD504FBB95AD72960061AF95"><enum>112.</enum><header>Subgrants to
eligible local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="ID014A4AD0FB904C1897CDF83D481187AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="IDDAFBB8DB1E0A4F6EB9A3A2B5DCEC53E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency desiring a
subgrant under this subtitle shall submit an application to the State
educational agency in the form and according to the schedule established by the
State educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBC097DFD21884F07BE498DC492804FC0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
addition to any information required by the State educational agency, each
application under paragraph (1) shall demonstrate how the eligible local
educational agency will carry out the following required activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID511AFA0EDBF940989B1ED0FBC8817700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Development or
selection and implementation of research-based reading and writing
assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF185F1C1FE57480D887644FEB7985405"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Development or
selection and implementation of research-based reading and writing programs,
including programs for students with disabilities and students with limited
English proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA42134BF1662494BB59E556C294CDCDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Selection of
instructional materials based on reading and writing research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID68074CCA064843209392B8A070772800"><enum>(D)</enum><text>High-quality
professional development for literacy coaches and teachers based on reading and
writing research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8EE4ACB50CDF42D5A2D4B367D983AC2D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Evaluation
strategies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6B5B76288B934CCE9F7CEBE245050960"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Reporting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID27526AF8CB784ADCB87B711FDD9895D5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Providing access
to research-based reading and writing materials.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDA83B8AA226C743E794F4C900C1E6F6CD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consortia</header><text>An
eligible local educational agency may apply to the State educational agency for
a subgrant as a member of a consortium, if each member of the consortium is an
eligible local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9E71344DA7C9410F9D9929BD14AAFA87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Award
basis</header>
<paragraph id="id1E192D27BEC644D3BFC549C5036EE586"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
subgrant amount</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving
a subgrant under this subtitle for a fiscal year shall receive a minimum
subgrant amount that bears the same relation to the amount of funds made
available to the State educational agency under section 111(e)(2) as the amount
the eligible local educational agency received under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal year bears to
the amount received by all eligible local educational agencies under such part
for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67FEEFE02CC9422AB7E5C25BBEFA49E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sufficient size
and scope</header><text>Subgrants under this section shall be of sufficient
size and scope to enable eligible local educational agencies to fully implement
activities assisted under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE63B47A4A1564F55A558FB7CC7808D82"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local use of
funds</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a subgrant
under this subtitle shall use the subgrant funds to carry out, at the middle
school and secondary school level, the following services and
activities:</text>
<paragraph id="ID0173BDD79607492400F553A57B00BDA3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Hiring literacy
coaches, at a ratio of not less than 1 literacy coach for every 20 teachers,
and providing professional development for literacy coaches—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCCF3CBAF98124946B6B97F8DFDBA9D59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to work with
classroom teachers to incorporate reading and writing instruction within all
subject areas, during regular classroom periods, after school, and during
summer school programs, for all students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID62FBE55500E644438E1F4E0598D92971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to work with
classroom teachers to identify students with reading and writing problems and,
where appropriate, refer students to available programs for remediation and
additional services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5FCC15CB6E1847EDA0435916594DDACD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to work with
classroom teachers to diagnose and remediate reading and writing difficulties
of the lowest-performing students, by providing intensive, research-based
instruction, including during after school and summer sessions, geared toward
ensuring that the students can access and be successful in rigorous academic
coursework; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDF7D43F100584F38AE09BACF57241291"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to assess and
organize student data on literacy and communicate that data to school
administrators to inform school reform efforts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC93293990FDD47B28C657F07351BB748"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Reviewing,
analyzing, developing, and, where possible, adapting curricula to make sure
literacy skills are taught within the content area subjects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7B860618B67D4F33AD903116A0CFACB5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing reading
and writing professional development for all teachers in middle school and
secondary school that addresses both remedial and higher level literacy skills
for students in the applicable curriculum.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4D54EC7135C64E37B53165F8AA9D22A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing
professional development for teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals
serving middle schools and secondary schools to help the teachers,
administrators, and paraprofessionals meet literacy needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE9881EED3A4147588C12AE54D033D5A9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Procuring and
implementing programs and instructional materials based on reading and writing
research, including software and other education technology related to reading
and writing instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA472DE62F70A437283E0C9CDFAC50000"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Building on and
promoting coordination among reading and writing programs in the eligible local
educational agency to increase overall effectiveness in improving reading and
writing instruction, including for students with disabilities and students with
limited English proficiency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF1B5A743B3264F608862475CDB86851E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Evaluating the
effectiveness of the instructional strategies, teacher professional development
programs, and other interventions that are implemented under the
subgrant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF66DCFF812544D659EA949036CEF2DE3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a
subgrant under this subtitle shall use the subgrant funds to supplement not
supplant the eligible local educational agency funding for activities
authorized under this subtitle or for other educational activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idB7F7EFB70CB240B6976B7733A39B66EF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>New services
and activities</header><text>Subgrant funds provided under this subtitle may be
used only to provide services and activities authorized under this subtitle
that were not provided on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BC5F328E517414C8F355BE65C83A6D7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text>Each
eligible local educational agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall
participate, as requested by the State educational agency or the Secretary, in
reviews and evaluations of the programs of the eligible local educational
agency and the effectiveness of such programs, and shall provide such reports
as are requested by the State educational agency and the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idAEFCD009845F4262A6962327AA0808E1"><enum>B</enum><header>Mathematics
skills programs</header>
<section id="id34A24C13BCBD4EFEAF4B7B595DAC8FF5"><enum>121.</enum><header>Mathematics
skills programs</header>
<subsection id="idD6F81A9F1ADC483EB861334D3785AA11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="idA44083D69B50421A9984EA17988709E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated under section 104(b) for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall establish a program, in accordance with the
requirements of this subtitle, that will provide grants to State educational
agencies, and grants and subgrants to eligible local educational agencies, to
establish mathematics programs to improve the overall mathematics performance
of students in middle school and secondary school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6CE21A4A01994D31BE7FFD5F0C4853D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Length of
grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant to a State
educational agency under this subtitle shall be awarded for a period of 6
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id795A392893284E67864873C5952B0E8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds by the Secretary</header><text>From amounts appropriated under section
104(b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve—</text>
<paragraph id="id9C3CD49069E544AAB8146ABD1CFDD51C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>3 percent of such
amounts to fund national activities in support of the programs assisted under
this subtitle, such as research and dissemination of best practices, except
that the Secretary may not use the reserved funds to award grants directly to
local educational agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE469E219ED6A41419FC7CBCFEBAB0743"><enum>(2)</enum><text>2 percent of such
amounts for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the services and
activities described in section 122(c) for Indian children.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5FB275AA841D4E1AA031C24EB2544F63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant
formulas</header>
<paragraph id="idA2409CBA6FF841DE87DBA8ED7FE7D0C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Formula grants
to State educational agencies</header><text>If the amounts appropriated under
section 104(b) for a fiscal year are equal to or greater than $500,000,000,
then the Secretary shall award grants, from allotments under paragraph (3), to
State educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to provide
subgrants to eligible local educational agencies to establish mathematics
programs to improve overall mathematics performance among students in middle
school and secondary school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFC9E98DD98C64480808A8E03C6B122F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Direct grants
to eligible local educational agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="idA23B574B0D874290A21357551AAC537E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the amounts appropriated under section 104(b) for a
fiscal year are less than $500,000,000, then the Secretary shall award grants,
on a competitive basis, directly to eligible local educational agencies to
establish mathematics programs to improve overall mathematics performance among
students in middle school and secondary school.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8BC53328F7604DACBFC76123FC4B2BE3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The
Secretary shall give priority in awarding grants under this paragraph to
eligible local educational agencies that—</text>
<clause id="id77AC151A94D74E39B8A6DA17D712AFE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are
among the local educational agencies in the State with the lowest graduation
rates, as described in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)">section
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name>
(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8632D96583904ECEBA1AF231728DF832"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the highest
number or percentage of students who are counted under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1124(c)">section
1124(c)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id67D8FF2C6E8E4AF3BDD3AEB85A3130CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allotments to
States</header>
<subparagraph id="idE0378034DF98426C99568F7D3AF373A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated under section 104(b) and not
reserved under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make an
allotment to each State educational agency having an application approved under
subsection (d) in an amount that bears the same relation to the funds as the
amount the State received under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) bears to the amount received under
such part by all States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F7FD829D5474F8CA8F7D1A6423E6238"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), no State educational
agency shall receive an allotment under this paragraph for a fiscal year in an
amount that is less than 0.25 percent of the funds allotted to all State
educational agencies under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id036245801571425387800136809C0AFA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State educational agency does not
apply for a grant under this subtitle, the Secretary shall reallot the State
educational agency’s allotment to the remaining States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5D4952CE383B467A935AC3D02287755C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="id6F09B845CFEE4C45B7BD7929D8CEDFDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to receive a grant under this subtitle, a State
educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may
require. Each such application shall meet the following conditions:</text>
<subparagraph id="id651ADAA0337149C589A2C3814F2E69A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A State
educational agency shall not include the application for assistance under this
subtitle in a consolidated application submitted under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9302">section
9302</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 7842).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC76F77393EFE43DE9AA976BED719344C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The State
educational agency’s application shall include an assurance that—</text>
<clause id="idA73EDB113DCE4A66B2EE7E62A4ADB017"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
State educational agency has established a mathematics partnership that—</text>
<subclause id="idE5AFEEA0E53C4AE281F733CA3757757B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordinated the
development of the application for a grant under this subtitle; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id23708A23452A485FB5CC92EF59B55689"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will assist in
designing and administering the State educational agency’s program under this
subtitle; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id586A263E0A194B9DB0E8357BC326CA78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State
educational agency will participate, if requested, in any evaluation of the
State educational agency's program under this subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0B5BF733524A41079B817818541437E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The State
educational agency’s application shall include a program plan that contains a
description of the following:</text>
<clause id="id0F19C618514E420CB49B2527E64F595B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>How
the State educational agency will assist eligible local educational agencies in
implementing subgrants, including providing ongoing professional development
for mathematics coaches, teachers, paraprofessionals, and
administrators.</text>
</clause><clause id="id32FE73FD511248B5B620EC0CCB311965"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will help eligible local educational agencies identify
high-quality screening, diagnostic, and classroom-based instructional
mathematics assessments.</text>
</clause><clause id="idF2392D580ACB4170B786958F2F7BD994"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will help eligible local educational agencies identify
high-quality research-based mathematics materials and programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="id82BB665FCDFC438BA2943F0884D1A432"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will help eligible local educational agencies identify
appropriate and effective materials, programs, and assessments for students
with disabilities and students with limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="id1233B91A70894EBA8DF47403F9B3E80B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>How
the State educational agency will ensure that professional development funded
under this subtitle—</text>
<subclause id="idF998AF109DAA43BB97350F924E222BE2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is based on
mathematics research;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7AA9A6D10D064C27A319E1287C027308"><enum>(II)</enum><text>will effectively
improve instructional practices for mathematics for middle school and secondary
school students; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idC4C1A5B4080840729BAC797E7183DB8A"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is coordinated
with professional development activities funded through other programs.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id2DBE2131B10044A2A3EF53AC264ACD92"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>How funded
activities will help teachers and other instructional staff to implement
research-based components of mathematics instruction.</text>
</clause><clause id="id42D96070DEFA437ABB70E2704D26D46B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The subgrant
process the State educational agency will use to ensure that eligible local
educational agencies receiving subgrants implement programs and practices based
on mathematics research.</text>
</clause><clause id="idA6384F9CF66545EE8476C64A5E5D4C07"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will build on and promote coordination among mathematics
programs in the State to increase overall effectiveness in improving
mathematics instruction, including for students with disabilities and students
with limited English proficiency.</text>
</clause><clause id="id894CADB0FD6B4C199140CC363C4F964F"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>How the State
educational agency will regularly assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the
eligible local educational agency activities funded under this subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id90D1D424D186408783D405339FF92D9E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of
applications</header><text>The Secretary shall review applications from State
educational agencies under this subsection as the applications are
received.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA8E9ABEE56AD4A899A52141ABD13D001"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State use of
funds</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this
subtitle shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8DBA5AAA8A04DD4AFFD90EDCB338FE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a mathematics partnership that
will provide guidance to eligible local educational agencies in selecting or
developing and implementing appropriate, research-based mathematics programs
for middle school and secondary school students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3A93470288544283B2DEE6389F9B2224"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use 80 percent of
the grant funds received under this subtitle for a fiscal year to approve
high-quality applications for subgrants to eligible local educational agencies
having applications approved under section 122(a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCAF38D5CFD414BE7AC41BE1F93D37380"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use 20 percent of
the grant funds received under this subtitle—</text>
<subparagraph id="id71B79E2E48F7464DB99E4F1B8579F7EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out
State-level activities described in the application submitted under subsection
(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC5AA621F7C85446684FA8A0A7FD44E8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to
provide—</text>
<clause id="id14F906A6223D434EB6A9E16BCBC520B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>technical
assistance to eligible local educational agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id2FE12C92637F4066B57005204BC6DDBA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>high-quality
professional development to teachers and mathematics coaches;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF75565CF14204B5BA601C5CC82A7A828"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to oversee and evaluate subgrant services
and activities undertaken by the eligible local educational agencies as
described in section 122(c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC35ABB0A41144216AA82BBFD1A3C642F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for
administrative costs,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">of which not
more than 10 percent of the grant funds may be used for planning,
administration, and reporting.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF184885AA022433A9A15ECC8CD292AFB"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Notice to
eligible local educational agencies</header><text>Each State educational agency
receiving a grant under this subtitle shall provide notice to all eligible
local educational agencies in the State about the availability of subgrants
under this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id41046157AADA428D93E6C549535B2FB9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under
this subtitle shall use the grant funds to supplement not supplant State
funding for activities authorized under this subtitle or for other educational
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idFEA53BC9BA294356B098D216FF187F45"><enum>(h)</enum><header>New services
and activities</header><text>Grant funds provided under this subtitle may be
used only to provide services and activities authorized under this subtitle
that were not provided on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id8FA67F8FCA744313B382F9E2F3EE8DB4"><enum>122.</enum><header>Subgrants to
eligible local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="id341BD605256F4556995AD1C6FF5D58D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="id82CA3C94AB144A0A8B22CE6E5CBE30C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency desiring a
subgrant under this subtitle shall submit an application to the State
educational agency in the form and according to the schedule established by the
State educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA95898DD33A142D8A03A9BA7598DF38C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
addition to any information required by the State educational agency, each
application under paragraph (1) shall demonstrate how the eligible local
educational agency will carry out the following required activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="id5A5BDB31E2EB47179C50A57C5928E313"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Development or
selection and implementation of research-based mathematics assessments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD997F685E8D04EBC9DD6DB3B4A9D95F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Development or
selection and implementation of research-based mathematics programs, including
programs for students with disabilities and students with limited English
proficiency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8195F691A1074DB28F515B172C6771CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Selection of
instructional materials based on mathematics research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id907E5E183AC049EBBFDE761DC1B955CB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>High-quality
professional development for mathematics coaches and teachers based on
mathematics research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE55CE1019D61468DA3A03D2204EA9CF2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Evaluation
strategies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0EA1D1666B1E42E49FB7262B84D32833"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Reporting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9E9E085C727D41E2812D42A877310B7E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Providing access
to research-based mathematics materials.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id50C2FB8BEDAE4CE292ACDE0DE010B7D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consortia</header><text>An
eligible local educational agency may apply to the State educational agency for
a subgrant as a member of a consortium if each member of the consortium is an
eligible local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id424408E2B68C43BCAAC813CF5830168A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Award
basis</header>
<paragraph id="id9FCC3600771746D088DCAF90EDCAA8DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Minimum
subgrant amount</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving
a subgrant under this subtitle for a fiscal year shall receive a minimum
subgrant amount that bears the same relation to the amount of funds made
available to the State educational agency under section 121(e)(2) as the amount
the eligible local educational agency received under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal year bears to
the amount received by all eligible local educational agencies under such part
for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6F015E358D44512BD84258CDDB438A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sufficient size
and scope</header><text>Subgrants under this section shall be of sufficient
size and scope to enable eligible local educational agencies to fully implement
activities assisted under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id01D18A4277474714A25BF58AF168A5C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local use of
funds</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a subgrant
under this subtitle shall use the subgrant funds to carry out, at the middle
school and secondary school level, the following services and
activities:</text>
<paragraph id="id0FA10C20D37F458FAD89837C9CC5839F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Hiring
mathematics coaches, at a ratio of not less than 1 mathematics coach for every
20 teachers, and providing professional development for mathematics
coaches—</text>
<subparagraph id="id933E5EBA1CE446FABBE5E4D1482AABF7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to work with
classroom teachers to better assess student learning in mathematics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id621DF2D89CB4488CAAC8F257936DE86C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to work with
classroom teachers to identify students with mathematics problems and, where
appropriate, refer students to available programs for remediation and
additional services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9235E4FE112E435F8BB446A0923CF1B5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to work with
classroom teachers to diagnose and remediate mathematics difficulties of the
lowest-performing students, by providing intensive, research-based instruction,
including during after school and summer sessions, geared toward ensuring that
those students can access and be successful in rigorous academic coursework;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id888C7A3E02D342A0B40B52E4AA743E68"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to assess and
organize student data on mathematics and communicate that data to school
administrators to inform school reform efforts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id406C0B588CD24A68A5FFBE4157F3CFEC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Reviewing,
analyzing, developing, and, where possible, adapting curricula to make sure
mathematics skills are taught within the content area subjects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id250DF74BBF4B4FE1840B021AE0F7FE15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing
mathematics professional development for all teachers in middle school and
secondary school that addresses both remedial and higher level mathematics
skills for students in the applicable curriculum.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id77F0152451254A6290418CDA9003A7C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing
professional development for teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals
serving middle schools and secondary schools to help the teachers,
administrators, and paraprofessionals meet mathematics needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9C0AC511535C4B4B8B1ADEBB970A8509"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Procuring and
implementing programs and instructional materials based on mathematics
research, including software and other education technology related to
mathematics instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id96450F8E431242FCBA477AD1F910707B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Building on and
promoting coordination among mathematics programs in the eligible local
educational agency to increase overall effectiveness in improving mathematics
instruction, including for students with disabilities and students with limited
English proficiency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id19876A4677E94ACA9D67D59082A4C6BE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Evaluating the
effectiveness of the instructional strategies, teacher professional development
programs, and other interventions that are implemented under the
subgrant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id94A9581B97E44676B50BB7DABC555A04"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a
subgrant under this subtitle shall use the subgrant funds to supplement not
supplant the eligible local educational agency funding for activities
authorized under this subtitle or for other educational activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idA9BBEBA60EDD48A6BECF3A9C132BEB34"><enum>(e)</enum><header>New services
and activities</header><text>Subgrant funds provided under this subtitle may be
used only to provide services and activities authorized under this subtitle
that were not provided on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEB00ED45813741AB8FB7257D442E1424"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text>Each
eligible local educational agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall
participate, as requested by the State educational agency or the Secretary, in
reviews and evaluations of the programs of the eligible local educational
agency and the effectiveness of such programs, and shall provide such reports
as are requested by the State educational agency and the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Pathways to
success</header>
<section id="IDCA2746C981314033A64FE290C6C76170"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDBA14C8875129401BA20085BBE395E6CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In 2003,
approximately 60 percent of students in the poorest communities failed to
graduate from secondary school on time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID533DE5A9311A44D39EC2ED75F0DED6DF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>All ninth grade
students should have a plan that assesses the student’s instructional needs and
outlines the coursework the student must complete to graduate on time, properly
prepared for college and career.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3655DD70254F401DB0090089C256276E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Research shows
that 1 of the most important factors behind student success in secondary school
is a close connection with at least 1 adult who demonstrates concern for the
student’s advancement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDEC166B2813DD43E58B87A2D1A2DBCE18"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Secondary school
counselors can help students receive the instructional, tutorial, and social
supports that contribute to academic success.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2E75C2F14265412AAF9B5E4468D45DF9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Model programs
around the Nation have demonstrated that effective academic and support plans
for students, developed by counselors serving as academic coaches, in
cooperation with students and parents, result in a higher percentage of
students graduating from secondary school well prepared for college
study.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID7793FFF8AFC041D0A4F35DD08D304C1F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="IDD2CC239E85A04202ACD5261B0084082C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The terms <term>local educational agency</term>,
<term>poverty line</term>, <term>secondary school</term>,
<term>Secretary</term>, and <term>State educational agency</term> have the
meaning given the terms in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9101">section
9101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 7801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID38BCC6FB33784BA8944425BD1732D041"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Academic
counselor</header><text>The term <term>academic counselor</term> means a highly
qualified professional who has received professional development appropriate to
perform the services described in section 205(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE50BCE9D9E76429FBA2EEF0041E3D146"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible local educational agency</term> means a local educational agency
who has jurisdiction over not less than 1 secondary school receiving assistance
under part A of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.)</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF3F2EDA11E1C4607B9FCCDE298A7002C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the 50 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.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID8792420D394542C7B77B825159878805"><enum>203.</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to establish a program, in accordance with the requirements of this
title, that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID11A89282171B4672B372F31794211D00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enables a
secondary school that receives assistance under title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), to hire a sufficient
number of academic counselors, in a ratio of not less than 1 counselor to 150
students, to develop personal plans for each student at the school, including
students with limited English proficiency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCCAA34F33EE64DA1BFE6334159DE818D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>involves parents
in the development and implementation of the personal plans; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBDD6388A2D7F448783C63122007FE078"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides academic
counselors and staff at the schools receiving grants under this title the
opportunity to coordinate with other programs and services, including those
supported by Federal funds, to ensure that students have access to the
resources and services necessary to fulfill the students’ personal
plans.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDF73BD14C43E84BBDA0418D8600BE44BC"><enum>204.</enum><header>Grants to
States</header>
<subsection id="ID8C0F3213B29943C9B4CE0247264D6E26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants
authorized</header><text>From amounts made available under section 206 and not
reserved under subsection (i), the Secretary shall award grants, from
allotments under subsection (b), to State educational agencies to enable the
State educational agencies to provide subgrants to eligible local educational
agencies to implement programs in secondary schools in accordance with this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID11EC673A594D4A5BBB6ED57273616619"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotments to
States</header>
<paragraph id="ID5A87A8214388400987D0E42C3169AC95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds appropriated under section 206 and not
reserved under subsection (i) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make an
allotment to each State educational agency having an application approved under
subsection (d) in an amount that bears the same relation to the funds as the
amount the State received under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) bears to the amount received under
such part by all States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDACAB5E3EA8294DA7838FB3602CA66692"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
allotment</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no State educational
agency shall receive an allotment under this subsection for a fiscal year in an
amount that is less than 0.25 percent of the amount allotted to the State
educational agencies under subsection (e)(1) for the fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC3B1736E974A434DAF321C6B2F7F19A1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ratable
reductions</header><text>If the amount appropriated to carry out this title for
any fiscal year is less than $2,000,000,000, then the Secretary shall ratably
reduce the allotment made to each State educational agency under this
subsection in proportion to the relative number of children who are counted
under <external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1124(c)">section
1124(c)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)), in the State
compared to such number for all States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID43E6D260EDFD48D1949300E083879FBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Length of
grants</header><text>A grant to a State educational agency under this title
shall be awarded for a period of 6 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5E7E4F5D98B94624A64F6EF1C37FD783"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applications</header><text>In
order to receive a grant under this title, a State educational agency shall
submit an application to the Secretary in the form and according to the
schedule established by the Secretary by regulation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDFC776604365049FABC12EAE7782890A4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State use of
funds</header><text>Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this
title shall use—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5EAB5BF0548443F280B5F98D2C6B3D54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>80 percent of the
grant funds to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies under
section 205; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD68F0FF4F16649C083D082FDE94D6936"><enum>(2)</enum><text>20 percent of the
grant funds to provide professional development to academic counselors and
technical assistance to local educational agencies, and to pay for
administrative costs, of which not more than 10 percent of such 20 percent may
be used for planning, administration, and reporting.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDA47E61BA49B24D8B00B6005659CDBDA0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Grant funds provided to State educational agencies under
this title shall be used to supplement not supplant funding provided by the
State for activities authorized under this title or for other educational
activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID76A16F9FC53D4C11B98569B2388C8E68"><enum>(g)</enum><header>New services
and activities</header><text>Grant funds provided under this title may be used
only to provide services and activities authorized under this title that were
not provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7B82DB335216443F9FB6912C53BD3962"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>If
a State educational agency does not apply for funding under this title, the
Secretary shall reallot the State educational agency’s allotment to the
remaining eligible State educational agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID67E31602E4604EBE99131CDF35235E15"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text>Of
the funds appropriated under section 206 for each fiscal year, the Secretary
shall reserve—</text>
<paragraph id="ID916B50E6D5B14CFE94E9B1F4462DF6B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>2 percent for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the authorized activities described in
section 205(c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID15DCBE9043DD47238DF6067C91396200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>3 percent for
national activities that support the programs assisted under this title, except
that the Secretary shall not use such reserved funds to award grants directly
to local educational agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID5A7F664B763941FA8F9265C915E86CA7"><enum>205.</enum><header>Subgrants to
eligible local educational agencies</header>
<subsection id="ID1C23B740308340DF865BD5289C38B3C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Subgrants
authorized</header><text>From amounts made available under section 204(e)(1), a
State educational agency shall award subgrants to eligible local educational
agencies having applications approved under subsection (b) to enable the
eligible local educational agencies to carry out the authorized activities
described in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID631BA494C9134A16AC04219EE2786B12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="ID8A79923EBEA94C66921F905DF2492521"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency desiring a
subgrant under this title shall submit an application to the State educational
agency in the form and according to the schedule established by the State
educational agency. Each such application shall describe how the eligible local
educational agency will—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3AED03A49952451EBC58F700E5148C44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hire a sufficient
number of highly qualified academic counselors to develop personal plans for
all students in such students’ first year of secondary school, with a ratio of
1 academic counselor to not more than 150 students in each secondary school
served under the subgrant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5135BA690B1F4EC0B339D3547227683D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide adequate
resources to each such school to offer the supplemental and other support
services that the implementation of students’ personal plans require, and
provide such supplemental services, where possible, through coordination with
Federal TRIO programs under chapter 1 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070a–11 et seq.)</act-name>, Gear Up programs under chapter 2 of such subpart
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–21 et seq.), programs under title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)</act-name>, 21st Century Community Learning Centers
under part B of title IV of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.), programs
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)
(in accordance with students’ individualized education programs), and programs
under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB9B1EC47D71E4CBA9D230433F36C52F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include parents
in the development and implementation of students’ personal plans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1D21557658B040AFA8D4EC49D451C83D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide staff at
each such school with opportunities for appropriate professional development
and coordination to help the staff support students in implementing the
students’ personal plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0A1282BFBE3C4D59918BF6AAD3DD0099"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consortia</header><text>An
eligible local educational agency may apply to the State educational agency for
a subgrant as a consortium, if each member of the consortium is an eligible
local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0467FB98019F41EC80C0948D75002625"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a
subgrant under this title shall use the subgrant funds to provide the following
services:</text>
<paragraph id="ID047BA877FFCC49728F6323004E48E497"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Hiring academic
counselors (at a ratio of not less than 1 counselor per 150 students) to
develop the 6-year personal plans for all students in such students’ first year
of secondary school and coordinate the services required to implement such
personal plans. Such academic counselors shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDBD0CC6EB3B104B8582BB62F17728C2FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>work with
students and their families to develop an individual plan that will define such
students’ career and education goals, assure enrollment in the coursework
necessary for on-time graduation and preparation for career development or
postsecondary education, and identify the courses and supplemental services
necessary to meet those goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE822B5B2C93F4C908DF7D074C9814707"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advocate for
students, helping the students to access the services and supports necessary to
achieve the goals laid out in the personal plan for the student;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID36C50D3A07704E59B4C0608B33CB1B54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>assure student
access to services, both academic and nonacademic, needed to lower barriers to
succeed as needed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC55E7E1E2BA1470BBB6429205EB26717"><enum>(D)</enum><text>assess student
progress on a regular basis;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8E6CF01A859B4AD8BE3E6EDA11003FF9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>work with school
and eligible local educational agency administrators to promote reforms based
on student needs and performance data;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD465AFE0A40544DD9150CC6B44761166"><enum>(F)</enum><text>involve parents
or caregivers, including those parents or caregivers who are limited English
proficient, and teachers, in the development of students’ personal plans to
ensure the support and assistance of the parents, caregivers, and teachers in
meeting the goals outlined in such personal plans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID42CEBB4A57FC4F979165522E322331F9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>communicate to
students and their families the importance of implementing the 2 years of the
personal plan following secondary school graduation, and work with institutions
of higher education to help students transition successfully and fully
implement the students’ personal plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDC4DCCF021B1E484B82415836C9A17665"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Determining the
academic needs of all students entering grade 9 and identifying barriers to
success.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC9FAEDD2C1C94E828FA8EE143512F04D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Ensuring
availability of the services necessary for the implementation of students’
personal plans, including access to a college preparatory curriculum and
advanced placement or international baccalaureate courses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID41F00990FB94489F00978CAB7ED0AA46"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Where
appropriate, modifying the curriculum at a secondary school receiving subgrant
funds under this title to address the instructional requirements of students’
personal plans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDABBC9314D5D24A598822AAE5195B42C9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Providing for the
ongoing assessment of students for whom personal plans have been developed and
modifying such personal plans as necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3A601C402C45443283B0D3DEB3C80106"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Coordinating the
services offered with subgrant funds received under this title with other
Federal, State, and local funds, including programs authorized under title I of
the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), sections 402A and 404A of the
<act-name parsable-cite="HEA65">Higher Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20
U.S.C. 1070a–11 and 1070a–21), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) (in accordance with students’ individualized education
programs), and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
1998 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID87E17C5E4E5F418D86A344E0F7722FC0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency priority</header><text>In awarding subgrants to eligible
local educational agencies, a State educational agency shall give priority to
eligible local educational agencies with—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7A91291588E74F08B0779C6318005CAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the largest
number or percentage of students in grades 6 through 12 reading below grade
level; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6D2629ABCECE4721B3110066E58FC5AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the lowest
graduation rates as described in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)">section
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi))</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDADEA073C35A842119BA16F6869D7E4D5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>School
priority</header><text>In awarding subgrant funds to secondary schools, an
eligible local educational agency shall give priority to secondary schools
that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC15B4B124629451EB19C33DE28CCCB72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have the highest
percentages or numbers of students in grades 6 through 12 reading below grade
level;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBA827D62C4374A7CB8F7593CDC44DBE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have the highest
percentages or numbers of children living below the poverty line according to
census figures; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAA2FCF8FF63D43E38DE00081DE4F0123"><enum>(3)</enum><text>have the lowest
graduation rates as described in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)">section
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi))</act-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCBFCE52A78A34A96AAEC5B4BE8FE7671"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Minimum
subgrant amount</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving
a subgrant under this title for a fiscal year shall receive a minimum subgrant
amount that bears the same relation to the amount of funds made available to
the State educational agency under section 204(e)(1) as the amount the eligible
local educational agency received under part A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the preceding fiscal year bears to
the amount received by all eligible local educational agencies in the State
under such part for the preceding fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID76B0D6D3A7F94F8FAF2D596266681FB4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Sufficient size
and scope</header><text>Subgrants under this section shall be of sufficient
size and scope to enable eligible local educational agencies to fully implement
activities assisted under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID43E2E61089B64ACA9786B8F3865BBFD3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency receiving a
subgrant under this section shall use the subgrant funds to supplement not
supplant funding for activities authorized under this title or for other
educational activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDDF97D8280C2C48C0ABBCE446811D98E6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>New services
and activities</header><text>Subgrant funds provided under this section may be
used only to provide services and activities authorized under this section that
were not provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7FBF460A0E944BAAB55B275CA3C4E4AA"><enum>206.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
purposes of carrying out this title, there are authorized to be appropriated
$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Fostering
successful secondary schools</header>
<section id="ID9319F49893A748D8BEA1A0B2C22C5EDC"><enum>301.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following
findings:</text>
<paragraph id="IDA708734107AA45D6B9746FA8E4294ECA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Personalization
of the school environment has been proven to be an essential factor in helping
low-performing secondary school students succeed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4E5034959AEC4724A341B1A238FFBDF5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Effective schools
provide ongoing, high-quality professional development for teachers and
administrators to improve instruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID37E688423BAB4B369BCCF04CEA662F13"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Student success
is dependent upon alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID545D9453C8B0417AAC65433DDDCE2DFA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Successful
schools adapt instruction to the unique interests and talents of each
student.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDA1DDA1591F234FFCB8E91627B267FB71"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Successful
schools have high expectations for all students and offer a rigorous curriculum
for the entire student body.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF506A6ABB2974E5C93C6435D5E667CA7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Ongoing
assessment is the best way to measure how each student is learning and
responding to the teacher’s instructional methods.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID80833B32C67447D2AFD5A301DB880904"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Effective
secondary schools have access to, and utilize, data related to student
performance prior to, and following, secondary school enrollment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6F2196F20B7749E79892309403AE0382"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Despite
significant increases to the program, only about 7 percent of funding for title
I of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) goes to secondary schools.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDde2425e9907c4fb299d494ae2a576a55"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Every year,
1,300,000 students do not graduate with their peers, which means every school
day, our Nation loses 7,000 students.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8793ac00317943d4a6fc4b626a0883b3"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Nationally, of
100 ninth-graders, only 68 will graduate from high school on time, only 38 will
directly enter college, only 26 will still be enrolled for the sophomore year,
and only 18 will end up graduating from college. The numbers for minority
students are even lower.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF1B42562E09346FF8161CD9400FCE31C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Even secondary
school graduates going on to college are struggling with basic literacy skills,
with 40 percent of all 4-year college students taking a remedial course and 63
percent of all community college students assigned to at least 1 remedial
course.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID57B84ECC5959410A96FC1E27E8D5A5C3"><enum>302.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the purpose of this title to implement
research-based programs, practices, and models that will improve student
achievement in low performing secondary schools.</text>
</section><section id="ID0CB17B4BE5774D248F6208774C006510"><enum>303.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="IDA2E789432DAE4CAEAFFBB82ECAB65D74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The terms <term>institution of higher education</term>,
<term>local educational agency</term>, <term>secondary school</term>,
<term>Secretary</term>, and <term>State educational agency</term> have the
meanings given the terms in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/9101">section
9101</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID601AE50162E9426AB93D4BD1CA4C6B78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>eligible local educational
agency</term> means a local educational agency that has jurisdiction over not
less than 1 eligible secondary school.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCBBB920819C0430F9015275DF6D6A698"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF0F38AA5C1544705975BA4D8C5D7EE8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an eligible local
educational agency in partnership with a regional educational laboratory, an
institution of higher education, or another nonprofit institution with
significant experience in implementing and evaluating education reforms;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD439D7FEAB6F4316B2EA7C6B2D04D5CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a consortium of
eligible secondary schools or eligible local educational agencies, each of
which is an eligible entity described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDB48576FB77F9478184E3F38B977BDDF3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible
secondary school</header><text>The term <term>eligible secondary school</term>
means a secondary school identified for school improvement under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(b)">section
1116(b)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)), as of the day
preceding the date of enactment of the Pathways for All Students to Succeed
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID261DBB7A842F493D81799CF61F7F3C87"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDF73B9D15841D4BC7A0654C59CE72F314"><enum>304.</enum><header>Program
authorized; authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="ID95861E8309C54A1DA27BDB268F086E47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants to State
educational agencies, from allotments under section 305(b), to enable the State
educational agencies to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies,
from allocations under section 305(c)(2), to promote secondary school
improvement and student achievement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE9AE7F2DE09844E1A175A2D6ECD19638"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this title $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID19C2E3E53ECA4837BFE4C927EAF1001D"><enum>305.</enum><header>Reservations,
State allotments, and local allocations</header>
<subsection id="ID7A763A9663204D6EBD6077E41547D9D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text>From
funds appropriated under section 304(b) for a fiscal year the Secretary shall
reserve—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF332980421CA4E26A21DC176FCFE3FB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>2 percent for
schools funded or supported by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to carry out the
purposes of this title for Indian children;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6C9D32ADD3FA4A6E84BB4FCF815DAC4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>3 percent to
carry out national activities in support of the purposes of this title;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID138EDEDFDC07422B84DCAE090668D7AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>95 percent for
allotment to the States in accordance with subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDCEE29CBE4E984AB4BD64ADC4E4C5CD14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allotment to
States</header>
<paragraph id="ID2984384E458E4FA9A5FBCC924F00B38C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>From funds reserved under subsection (a)(3) for a fiscal
year, the Secretary shall make an allotment to each State educational agency in
an amount that bears the same relationship to the funds as the number of
schools in that State that have been identified for school improvement under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(b)">section
1116(b)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)), bears to the
number of schools in all States that have been identified for school
improvement under such section 1116(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID152D95FE258C4AF69673633CE3456463"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reallotment</header><text>The
portion of any State educational agency’s allotment that is not used by the
State educational agency shall be reallotted among the remaining State
educational agencies on the same basis as the original allotments were made
under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID42C75B79312041E6B7E7DE25A0CBE7F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocations to
eligible local educational agencies</header>
<paragraph id="ID5597A0B257E7421891D519E6FBD87500"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text>Each
State educational agency receiving a grant under this title shall
reserve—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE380A6E894A14426974B61E0BC729D2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 10
percent of the grant funds—</text>
<clause id="ID3F28F390E26D4C23A855E01918003B63"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for
State-level activities to provide high-quality professional development and
technical assistance to local educational agencies receiving funds under this
title and to other local educational agencies as appropriate, including the
dissemination and implementation of research-based programs, practices, and
models for secondary school improvement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0CA3C0EAFF3D4B1293311906D96C2361"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
contract for the evaluation of all programs and activities in the State that
are assisted under this title; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5A8B669C0AB54EAD82E7E2C1E1EF6601"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than 90
percent of the grant funds to award subgrants to eligible local educational
agencies to enable the eligible local educational agencies to carry out the
activities described in section 306.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID39E18B22EC484D36B4604D5124A83D83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Local
allocation</header><text>From funds reserved under paragraph (1)(B), the State
educational agency shall allocate to each eligible local educational agency in
the State an amount that bears the same relation to such funds as the number of
secondary schools that have been identified for school improvement under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(b)">section
1116(b)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)), that are served
by the eligible local educational agency, bears to the number of such schools
served by all eligible local educational agencies in the State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID67B2209A2F0B4AC986CA0024ACBCF0AA"><enum>306.</enum><header>Local uses of
funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each eligible local
educational agency receiving a subgrant under this title shall use the subgrant
funds for activities to improve secondary schools that have been identified for
school improvement under
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/1116(b)">section
1116(b)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b))</act-name>, such as—</text>
<paragraph id="IDDC960B4C4F8D45D8A73D8664029FA72B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>developing and
implementing research-based programs or models that have been shown to raise
achievement among secondary school students, including smaller learning
communities, adolescent literacy programs, block scheduling, whole school
reforms, individualized learning plans, personalized learning environments, and
strategies to target students making the transition from middle school to
secondary school;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF35ECEEC89B842A58D6644BEE0D878C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promoting
community investment in school quality by engaging parents, businesses, and
community-based organizations in the development of reform plans for eligible
secondary schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC01A0D4C62F2420B9B00BA9F71FF3FEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>researching,
developing, and implementing a school district strategy to create smaller
learning communities for secondary school students, both by creating smaller
learning communities within existing secondary schools, and by developing new,
smaller, and more personalized secondary schools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0F5842D9E0244A54B457196F54E299F9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing
professional development for school staff in research-based practices, such as
interactive instructional strategies and opportunities to connect learning with
experience; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDAD24847DA63549AAB3BE837DBCD32DFF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>providing
professional development and leadership training for principals and other
school leaders in the best practices of instructional leadership and
implementing school reforms to raise student achievement.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDFAD4A1B9F5464A8A84F2E354E25E7EA2"><enum>307.</enum><header>Applications</header>
<subsection id="IDB0430A2787864AC08BA4803802FE8017"><enum>(a)</enum><header>States</header><text>Each
State educational agency desiring a grant under this title shall submit to the
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require to ensure compliance with the
requirements of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7B94919B8A3B47D58580D91622CF7321"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible local
educational agencies</header><text>Each eligible local educational agency
desiring a subgrant under this title shall submit to the State educational
agency an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the State educational agency may require to ensure compliance
with the requirements of this title. Each such application shall describe how
the eligible local educational agency will form an eligible partnership to
carry out the activities assisted under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID64C3DD41F2034687B4ABE600ADAB79A4"><enum>308.</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In cooperation with the State educational
agencies receiving funds under this title, the Secretary shall undertake or
contract for a rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness and success of
activities conducted under this title.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Data
capacity</header>
<section id="id3432941C100A4B7897B6DCE6005A5BBE"><enum>401.</enum><header>Grants for
increasing data capacity for purposes of assessment and accountability</header>
<subsection id="id0595D67A35B7403AB70CD09D64EEA497"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>From funds appropriated under subsection (e) for a
fiscal year, the Secretary may award grants, on a competitive basis, to State
educational agencies to enable the State educational agencies to develop or
increase the capacity of data systems for assessment and accountability
purposes, including the collection of graduation rates.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID852440a76ea04c3aa38c562d8110d7ab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>Each
State educational agency desiring a grant under this section shall submit an
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2E7B0BC2B9D2435B86E01D60665AED9D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Each State educational agency that receives a grant under
this section shall use the grant funds for the purpose of—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd24cb82e8806401f8974976a8ff5f572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increasing the
capacity of, or creating, State databases to collect, disaggregate, and report
information related to student achievement, enrollment, and graduation rates
for assessment and accountability purposes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID769b19ee58d84decae0170d08eaabb42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reporting, on an
annual basis, for the elementary schools and secondary schools within the
State, on—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID76539f4b6ce34c01b721639e58f050d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the enrollment
data from the beginning of the academic year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10fe9dca039b42aca6958678d804e032"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the enrollment
data from the end of the academic year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf57d820c5fc243d9b4ed835045f91fc1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the twelfth grade
graduation rates.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID250f88e37a3a416ab5c7f3cc4a39ef29"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID244e9bdbb6974ef782ff58fc4c6ff709"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Graduation
rate</header><text>The term <term>graduation rate</term> means the percentage
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID307d78f17f5d4643b6d6041733f07556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total number
of students who—</text>
<clause id="ID3aefa7a9ff5046e8adbff8a8eefca54a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>graduate from a
secondary school with a regular diploma (which shall not include the recognized
equivalent of a secondary school diploma or an alternative degree) in an
academic year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID86a7516869a545c983bb147893bed770"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>graduated on
time by progressing 1 grade per academic year; represents of</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDace504c0a2f34796aabd3d1c3be1d05b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total number
of students who entered the secondary school in the entry level academic year
applicable to the graduating students.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc7c7bb5acf8c4ce587094e005708c01e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State
educational agency</header><text>The term <term>State educational agency</term>
has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8770d7f896f2455ba91f0d7660f02876"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Education.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDecebead4c457459992742aea8f9cd848"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the 2 succeeding fiscal years.</text>
</subsection></section>