[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1686 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1686

To amend section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                                 1965.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 12, 2011

   Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                                 1965.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Education for Tomorrow's Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.

    Section 1112(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (P), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (Q), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(R) in the case of a local educational agency 
                that chooses to use subgrant funds under this part to 
                establish and carry out the program described in this 
                subparagraph, a description of how the local 
                educational agency will establish and carry out such 
                program, including a description of how the agency 
                will--
                            ``(i) create a network of schools or 
                        programs of study within schools that 
                        meaningfully and coherently integrate a 
                        rigorous academic curricula emphasizing--
                                    ``(I) real-world applications and 
                                aligned with entrance requirements for 
                                public institutions of higher education 
                                in the State;
                                    ``(II) a career and technical 
                                education component aligned with the 
                                State's challenging academic standards 
                                pursuant to section 1111(b)(1) and 
                                organized around themes in high-pay, 
                                high-growth, or high-skill industry or 
                                industry sectors;
                                    ``(III) work-based learning 
                                opportunities aligned with such 
                                standards; and
                                    ``(IV) wraparound support services;
                            ``(ii) ensure that the educational 
                        experience of students participating in such 
                        program is personalized through school-level 
                        strategies such as cohort scheduling, 
                        professional learning communities, and smaller 
                        learning communities;
                            ``(iii) provide a needs and resource 
                        assessment demonstrating the local educational 
                        agency's capacity to carry out the program;
                            ``(iv) facilitate partnerships among the 
                        local educational agency and schools 
                        participating in the program, and institutions 
                        of higher education, industry, community-based 
                        organizations, parent organizations, and other 
                        stakeholders, and solicit ongoing participation 
                        of these groups on an advisory basis;
                            ``(v) contract with not less than one 
                        qualified intermediary with demonstrated 
                        expertise in building, connecting, sustaining, 
                        and measuring partnerships with employers, 
                        institutions of higher education, community-
                        based organizations, parent organizations, and 
                        other key external stakeholders;
                            ``(vi) provide staff at schools 
                        participating in the program and other 
                        stakeholders high-quality and rigorous 
                        professional development and technical 
                        assistance;
                            ``(vii) facilitate transitions from--
                                    ``(I) secondary schools that do not 
                                award a diploma to secondary schools 
                                that award a diploma; and
                                    ``(II) from secondary schools that 
                                award a diploma to postsecondary 
                                education;
                            ``(viii) where appropriate, develop and 
                        provide enabling policies, including regarding 
                        budgeting, governance, curriculum, and 
                        scheduling autonomies for the program;
                            ``(ix) ensure that students throughout the 
                        local educational agency, including English 
                        language learners and students with 
                        disabilities, will be able to fully participate 
                        in the school or program of study in which they 
                        are enrolled and that student assignment to a 
                        school or program of study will be conducted--
                                    ``(I) without tracking students 
                                into the school or program of study on 
                                the basis of their prior academic 
                                achievement or membership in a group of 
                                students specified under 
                                1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); and
                                    ``(II) when possible, based upon 
                                the preference of the student or the 
                                student's parent;
                            ``(x) demonstrate how the program will be 
                        sustainable; and
                            ``(xi) provide for an ongoing and rigorous 
                        evaluation of the program and disseminate best 
                        practices.''.
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