[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1094

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2013

 Mr. Harkin (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
    Casey, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Franken, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. 
  Baldwin, Mr. Murphy, and Ms. Warren) 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 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening America's Schools Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Transition.
Sec. 5. Effective dates.
Sec. 6. Table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                            of 1965.
Sec. 7. Authorization of appropriations.
         TITLE I--COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR ALL STUDENTS

Sec. 1001. Purpose.
Sec. 1002. State reservations.
    Part A--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged

Sec. 1111. State and local requirements.
Sec. 1112. Local educational agency plans.
Sec. 1113. Eligible school attendance areas.
Sec. 1114. Schoolwide programs.
Sec. 1115. Targeted assistance schools.
Sec. 1116. School performance.
Sec. 1117. Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals.
Sec. 1118. Parent and family engagement.
Sec. 1119. Technical correction regarding complaint process for section 
                            1119.
Sec. 1120. Comparability of services.
Sec. 1121. Coordination requirements.
Sec. 1122. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the 
                            Interior.
Sec. 1123. Allocations to States.
Sec. 1124. Education finance incentive grant program.
Sec. 1125. Blue ribbon schools; centers for excellence in early 
                            childhood.
Sec. 1126. Grants for State assessments and related activities.
                       Part B--Pathways to College

Sec. 1201. Improving secondary schools.
                Part C--Education of Migratory Children

Sec. 1301. Program purpose.
Sec. 1302. Program authorized.
Sec. 1303. State allocations.
Sec. 1304. State applications; services.
Sec. 1305. Secretarial approval; peer review.
Sec. 1306. Comprehensive needs assessment and service-delivery plan; 
                            authorized activities.
Sec. 1307. Bypass.
Sec. 1308. National activities.
Sec. 1309. Performance data; evaluations and study; State assistance.
Sec. 1310. Definitions.
Part D--Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who 
                 Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk

Sec. 1401. Purpose and program authorization.
Sec. 1402. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 1403. State plan and State agency applications.
Sec. 1404. Use of funds.
Sec. 1405. Institution-wide projects.
Sec. 1406. Transition services.
Sec. 1407. Program evaluation.
Sec. 1408. Purpose of local agency programs.
Sec. 1409. Programs operated by local educational agencies.
Sec. 1410. Local educational agency applications.
Sec. 1411. Uses of funds.
Sec. 1412. Program requirements for correctional facilities receiving 
                            funds under this section.
Sec. 1413. Accountability.
Sec. 1414. Program evaluations.
Sec. 1415. Definitions.
        Part E--Educational Stability of Children in Foster Care

Sec. 1501. Educational stability of children in foster care.
                       Part F--General Provisions

Sec. 1601. Reorganization.
         TITLE II--SUPPORTING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EXCELLENCE

Sec. 2101. Supporting teacher and principal excellence.
   TITLE III--LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC CONTENT INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH 
                    LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

Sec. 3001. Language and academic content instruction for English 
                            learners and immigrant students.
         TITLE IV--SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS

Sec. 4101. Redesignations.
Sec. 4102. Improving literacy instruction and student achievement.
Sec. 4103. Improving science, technology, engineering, and math 
                            instruction and student achievement.
Sec. 4104. Increasing access to a well-rounded education.
Sec. 4105. Successful, safe, and healthy students.
Sec. 4106. Student non-discrimination.
Sec. 4107. 21st Century Community Learning Centers.
Sec. 4108. Promise neighborhoods.
Sec. 4109. Parent and family information and resource centers.
Sec. 4110. Programs of national significance.
Sec. 4111. Competency-based assessment and accountability demonstration 
                            authority.
                     TITLE V--PROMOTING INNOVATION

Sec. 5001. Promoting innovation.
                        Part A--Race to the Top

Sec. 5101. Race to the Top.
                    Part B--Investing in Innovation

Sec. 5201. Investing in innovation.
                   Part C--Magnet Schools Assistance

Sec. 5301. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 5302. Program authorized.
Sec. 5303. Applications and requirements.
Sec. 5304. Priority.
Sec. 5305. Use of funds.
Sec. 5306. Limitations.
Sec. 5307. Evaluations.
Sec. 5308. Availability of funds for grants to agencies not previously 
                            assisted.
                     Part D--Public Charter Schools

Sec. 5401. Public charter schools.
                 Part E--Voluntary Public School Choice

Sec. 5501. Voluntary public school choice.
            TITLE VI--PROMOTING FLEXIBILITY; RURAL EDUCATION

Sec. 6101. Promoting flexibility.
Sec. 6102. Rural education.
Sec. 6103. General provisions.
    TITLE VII--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

                        Part A--Indian Education

Sec. 7101. Purpose.
        subpart 1--formula grants to local educational agencies

Sec. 7111. Formula grant purpose.
Sec. 7112. Grants to local educational agencies, tribes, and Indian 
                            organizations.
Sec. 7113. Amount of grants.
Sec. 7114. Applications.
Sec. 7115. Authorized services and activities.
Sec. 7116. Integration of services authorized.
Sec. 7117. Student eligibility forms.
    subpart 2--special programs and projects to improve educational 
              opportunities for indian children and youth

Sec. 7121. Special programs and projects to improve educational 
                            opportunities for Indian children and 
                            youth.
Sec. 7122. Improvement of educational opportunities for Indian children 
                            and youth.
Sec. 7123. Professional development for teachers and education 
                            professionals.
                     subpart 3--national activities

Sec. 7131. National activities.
Sec. 7132. Grants to tribes for education administrative planning and 
                            development.
                   subpart 4--federal administration

Sec. 7141. National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
        subpart 5--definitions; authorization of appropriations

Sec. 7151. Definitions; authorization of appropriations.
       Part B--Native Hawaiian Education; Alaska Native Education

Sec. 7201. Native Hawaiian education and Alaska Native education.
                  subpart 1--native hawaiian education

Sec. 7202. Findings.
Sec. 7203. Purposes.
Sec. 7204. Native Hawaiian Education Council.
Sec. 7205. Program authorized.
Sec. 7206. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 7207. Definitions.
                   subpart 2--alaska native education

Sec. 7301. Alaska Native education.
                         TITLE VIII--IMPACT AID

Sec. 8001. Purpose.
Sec. 8002. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.
Sec. 8003. Payments for eligible federally connected children.
Sec. 8004. Construction.
Sec. 8005. Facilities.
Sec. 8006. Federal administration.
Sec. 8007. Definitions.
Sec. 8008. Conforming amendment.
Sec. 8009. Eligibility for impact aid payment.
Sec. 8010. Repeal of sunset under the NDAA amendments to Impact Aid.
                      TITLE IX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 9101. Definitions.
Sec. 9102. Unsafe school choice option.
Sec. 9103. Evaluation authority.
Sec. 9104. Conforming amendments.
TITLE X--COMMISSION ON EFFECTIVE REGULATION AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS FOR 
                             PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Sec. 10011. Short title.
Sec. 10012. Definitions.
Sec. 10013. Establishment of Commission on Effective Regulation and 
                            Assessment Systems for Public Schools.
Sec. 10014. Powers of the Commission.
Sec. 10015. Duties of the Commission.
Sec. 10016. Commission personnel matters.
      TITLE XI--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

                    Part A--Amendments to Other Laws

           subpart 1--mckinney-vento homeless assistance act

Sec. 11011. Short title.
Sec. 11012. Education for homeless children and youth.
         subpart 2--advanced research projects agency-education

Sec. 11021. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education.
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 11211. Technical and conforming amendments.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).

SEC. 4. TRANSITION.

    (a) Multi-Year Awards.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
the recipient of a multi-year award under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act, shall continue to receive funds in accordance 
with the terms of that award, except that no additional funds may be 
awarded after September 30, 2014. In the case of a State that received 
a flexibility waiver from the Secretary of Education under the 
authority of section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7861), as such section was in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, such waiver shall no longer 
apply, and no additional funds associated with such waiver shall be 
awarded, after the completion of the original waiver period.
    (b) Planning and Transition.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, a recipient of funds under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act, may use funds available to the recipient under 
that predecessor authority to carry out necessary and reasonable 
planning and transition activities in order to ensure an orderly 
implementation of programs authorized by this Act, and the amendments 
made by this Act.
    (c) Orderly Transition.--The Secretary shall take such steps as are 
necessary to provide for the orderly transition to, and implementation 
of, programs authorized by this Act, and by the amendments made by this 
Act, from programs authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as that Act was in effect prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act except in such cases where this Act requires specific 
transition steps to take place.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this 
Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be effective upon the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Noncompetitive Programs.--With respect to noncompetitive 
programs under which any funds are allotted by the Secretary of 
Education to recipients on the basis of a formula, this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
    (c) Competitive Programs.--With respect to programs that are 
conducted by the Secretary on a competitive basis, this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act, shall take effect with respect to 
appropriations for use under those programs for fiscal year 2014.
    (d) Impact Aid.--With respect to title VIII (Impact Aid), this Act, 
and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect with respect to 
appropriations for use under that title for fiscal year 2014.

SEC. 6. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT 
              OF 1965.

    Section 2 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    ``The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

``Sec. 1. Short title.
``Sec. 2. Table of contents.
``Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations.
   ``TITLE I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

``Sec. 1001. Purpose.
``Sec. 1002. State administration and State accountability and support.
   ``Part A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies

                ``subpart 1--basic program requirements

``Sec. 1111. State and local requirements.
``Sec. 1112. Local educational agency plans.
``Sec. 1113. Eligible school attendance areas.
``Sec. 1114. Schoolwide programs.
``Sec. 1115. Targeted assistance schools.
``Sec. 1116. School performance.
``Sec. 1117. Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals.
``Sec. 1118. Parent and family engagement.
``Sec. 1119. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
``Sec. 1120. Fiscal requirements.
``Sec. 1120A. Coordination requirements.
                        ``subpart 2--allocations

``Sec. 1121. Grants for the outlying areas and the Secretary of the 
                            Interior.
``Sec. 1122. Allocations to States.
``Sec. 1124. Basic grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1124A. Concentration grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1125. Targeted grants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1125AA. Adequacy of funding of targeted grants to local 
                            educational agencies in fiscal years after 
                            fiscal year 2001.
``Sec. 1125A. Education finance incentive grant program.
``Sec. 1126. Special allocation procedures.
   ``subpart 3--blue ribbon schools; centers of excellence in early 
                    childhood; green ribbon schools.

``Sec. 1131. Blue ribbon schools.
``Sec. 1132. Centers of excellence in early childhood.
``Sec. 1133. Green ribbon schools.
   ``subpart 4--grants for state assessments and related activities.

``Sec. 1141. Grants for State assessments and related activities.
                     ``Part B--Pathways to College

                ``subpart 1--improving secondary schools

``Sec. 1201. Secondary school reform.
                   ``subpart 2--accelerated learning

``Sec. 1221. Purposes.
``Sec. 1222. Funding distribution rule.
``Sec. 1223. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate 
                            examination fee program.
``Sec. 1224. Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate 
                            incentive program grants.
``Sec. 1225. Supplement, not supplant.
``Sec. 1226. Definitions.
               ``Part C--Education of Migratory Children

``Sec. 1301. Program purpose.
``Sec. 1302. Program authorized.
``Sec. 1303. State allocations.
``Sec. 1304. State applications; services.
``Sec. 1305. Secretarial approval; peer review.
``Sec. 1306. Comprehensive needs assessment and service-delivery plan; 
                            authorized activities.
``Sec. 1307. Bypass.
``Sec. 1308. National activities.
``Sec. 1309. Performance data.
``Sec. 1310. Evaluation and study.
``Sec. 1311. State assistance in determining number of migratory 
                            children.
``Sec. 1312. Definitions.
 ``Part D--Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth 
               Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk

``Sec. 1401. Purpose and program authorization.
``Sec. 1402. Payments for programs under this part.
                   ``subpart 1--state agency programs

``Sec. 1411. Eligibility.
``Sec. 1412. Allocation of funds.
``Sec. 1413. State reallocation of funds.
``Sec. 1414. State plan and State agency applications.
``Sec. 1415. Use of funds.
``Sec. 1416. Institution-wide projects.
``Sec. 1417. Three-year programs or projects.
``Sec. 1418. Transition services.
``Sec. 1419. Program evaluation.
                   ``subpart 2--local agency programs

``Sec. 1421. Purpose.
``Sec. 1422. Programs operated by local educational agencies.
``Sec. 1423. Local educational agency applications.
``Sec. 1424. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 1425. Program requirements for correctional facilities receiving 
                            funds under this section.
``Sec. 1426. Accountability.
                    ``subpart 3--general provisions

``Sec. 1431. Program evaluations.
``Sec. 1432. Definitions.
       ``Part E--Educational Stability of Children in Foster Care

``Sec. 1501. Educational stability of children in foster care.
``Sec. 1502. Definitions.
                      ``Part F--General Provisions

``Sec. 1601. Federal regulations.
``Sec. 1602. Agreements and records.
``Sec. 1603. State administration.
``Sec. 1604. Local educational agency spending audits.
``Sec. 1605. Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or 
                            control.
``Sec. 1606. Rule of construction on equalized spending.
``Sec. 1607. State report on dropout data.
``Sec. 1608. Regulations for sections 1111 and 1116.
        ``TITLE II--SUPPORTING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EXCELLENCE

     ``Part A--Continuous Improvement and Support for Teachers and 
                               Principals

``Sec. 2101. Purpose.
``Sec. 2102. Definitions.
                     ``subpart 1--grants to states

``Sec. 2111. Allotments to States.
``Sec. 2112. State applications.
``Sec. 2113. State use of funds.
          ``subpart 2--subgrants to local educational agencies

``Sec. 2121. Allocations to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 2122. Local applications and needs assessment.
``Sec. 2123. Local use of funds.
              ``subpart 3--national leadership activities

``Sec. 2131. National leadership activities.
``Sec. 2132. Gifted and talented students.
                      ``subpart 4--accountability

``Sec. 2141. Accountability.
            ``subpart 5--principal recruitment and training

``Sec. 2151. Principal recruitment and training grant program.
              ``Part B--Teacher Pathways to the Classroom

``Sec. 2201. Teacher Pathways.
                ``Part C--Teacher Incentive Fund Program

``Sec. 2301. Purposes; definitions.
``Sec. 2302. Teacher incentive fund grants.
        ``Part D--Achievement Through Technology and Innovation

``Sec. 2401. Short title.
``Sec. 2402. Purposes and goals.
``Sec. 2403. Definitions.
``Sec. 2404. Allocation of funds; limitation.
``Sec. 2405. E-rate restriction.
``Sec. 2406. Rule of construction regarding purchasing.
                  ``subpart 1--state and local grants

``Sec. 2411. Allotment and reallotment.
``Sec. 2412. Use of allotment by State.
``Sec. 2413. State applications.
``Sec. 2414. State activities.
``Sec. 2415. Local applications.
``Sec. 2416. Local activities.
``Sec. 2417. Reporting.
                      ``subpart 2--internet safety

``Sec. 2421. Internet safety.
  ``TITLE III--LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC CONTENT INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH 
                    LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

   ``Part A--English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and 
                        Academic Achievement Act

``Sec. 3101. Short title.
``Sec. 3102. Purposes.
``subpart 1--grants and subgrants for english language acquisition and 
                          language enhancement

``Sec. 3111. Formula grants to States.
``Sec. 3112. Native American and Alaska Native children in school.
``Sec. 3113. State educational agency plans.
``Sec. 3114. Within-State allocations.
``Sec. 3115. Subgrants to eligible entities.
``Sec. 3116. Local plans.
             ``subpart 2--accountability and administration

``Sec. 3121. Local evaluation and accountability.
``Sec. 3122. State accountability.
``Sec. 3123. Reporting requirements.
``Sec. 3124. Coordination with related programs.
``Sec. 3125. Rules of construction.
``Sec. 3126. Legal authority under State law.
``Sec. 3127. Civil rights.
``Sec. 3128. Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico.
``Sec. 3129. Prohibition.
                    ``subpart 3--national activities

``Sec. 3131. Professional development grants.
``Sec. 3132. Commission on Assessment of English Learners.
``Sec. 3133. English language acquisition technology innovation grants.
                      ``Part B--General Provisions

``Sec. 3201. Definitions.
``Sec. 3202. Parental notification.
``Sec. 3203. National Clearinghouse.
``Sec. 3204. Regulations.
        ``TITLE IV--SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS

    ``Part A--Improving Literacy Instruction and Student Achievement

              ``subpart 1--improving literacy instruction

``Sec. 4101. Short title.
``Sec. 4102. Purposes.
``Sec. 4103. Definitions.
``Sec. 4104. Program authorized.
``Sec. 4105. State planning grants.
``Sec. 4106. State implementation grants.
``Sec. 4107. State activities.
``Sec. 4108. Subgrants to eligible entities in support of birth through 
                            kindergarten entry literacy.
``Sec. 4109. Subgrants to eligible entities in support of kindergarten 
                            through grade 12 literacy.
``Sec. 4110. National evaluation, information dissemination, and 
                            technical assistance.
``Sec. 4111. Rules of construction.
   ``subpart 2--improving literacy and college and career readiness 
               through effective school library programs

``Sec. 4113. Purpose.
``Sec. 4114. Definitions.
``Sec. 4115. Improving literacy and college and career readiness 
                            through effective school library program 
                            grants.
 ``Part B--Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
                  Instruction and Student Achievement

    ``subpart 1--improving stem instruction and student achievement

``Sec. 4201. Purpose.
``Sec. 4202. Definitions.
``Sec. 4203. Grants; allotments.
``Sec. 4204. Applications.
``Sec. 4205. Authorized activities.
``Sec. 4206. Performance metrics; report.
``Sec. 4207. Evaluation.
``Sec. 4208. Supplement not supplant.
``Sec. 4209. Maintenance of effort.
             ``subpart 2--stem master teacher corps program

``4221. Purpose.
``4222. Definitions.
``4223. STEM Master Teacher Corps program.
``4224. Application.
``4225. Required use of funds.
``4226. Performance metrics; reports.
``4227. Supplement not supplant.
``4228. Evaluation.
 ``Part C--Increasing Access to a Well-Rounded Education and Financial 
                                Literacy

       ``subpart 1--increasing access to a well-rounded education

``Sec. 4301. Purpose.
``Sec. 4302. Definitions.
``Sec. 4303. Grant program.
               ``subpart 2--financial literacy education

``Sec. 4311. Short title.
``Sec. 4312. Statewide incentive grants for financial literacy 
                            education.
            ``Part D--Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students

``Sec. 4401. Purpose.
``Sec. 4402. Definitions.
``Sec. 4403. Allocation of funds.
``Sec. 4404. Successful, safe, and healthy students State grants.
``Sec. 4405. Technical assistance.
``Sec. 4406. Prohibited uses of funds.
``Sec. 4407. Federal and State nondiscrimination laws.
                  ``Part E--Student Non-discrimination

``Sec. 4501. Short title.
``Sec. 4502. Findings and purposes.
``Sec. 4503. Definitions and rule.
``Sec. 4504. Prohibition against discrimination.
``Sec. 4505. Federal administrative enforcement; report to 
                            congressional committees.
``Sec. 4506. Private cause of action.
``Sec. 4507. Cause of action by the Attorney General.
``Sec. 4508. State immunity.
``Sec. 4509. Attorney's fees.
``Sec. 4510. Effect on other laws.
``Sec. 4511. Severability.
``Sec. 4512. Effective date.
           ``Part F--21st Century Community Learning Centers

``Sec. 4601. Purpose; definitions.
``Sec. 4602. Allotments to States.
``Sec. 4603. State application.
``Sec. 4604. Local competitive grant program.
``Sec. 4605. Local activities.
                    ``Part G--Promise Neighborhoods

``Sec. 4701. Short title.
``Sec. 4702. Purpose.
``Sec. 4703. Definitions.
          ``subpart 1--promise neighborhood partnership grants

``Sec. 4711. Program authorized.
``Sec. 4712. Eligible entities.
``Sec. 4713. Application requirements.
``Sec. 4714. Use of funds.
``Sec. 4715. Report and publicly available data.
``Sec. 4716. Accountability.
                   ``subpart 2--promise school grants

``Sec. 4721. Program authorized.
``Sec. 4722. Definition of eligible entity.
``Sec. 4723. Application requirements; priority.
``Sec. 4724. Use of funds.
``Sec. 4725. Report and publicly available data.
``Sec. 4726. Performance accountability and evaluation.
                    ``subpart 3--general provisions

``Sec. 4731. National activities.
      ``Part H--Parent and Family Information and Resource Centers

``Sec. 4801. Purpose.
``Sec. 4802. Definition of eligible entity.
``Sec. 4803. Grants authorized.
``Sec. 4804. Applications.
``Sec. 4805. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 4806. Administrative provisions.
                        ``Part I--Ready-to-Learn

``Sec. 4901. Ready-to-Learn.
              ``Part J--Programs of National Significance

``Sec. 4905. Programs authorized.
``Sec. 4906. Applications.
``Sec. 4907. Program requirements.
``Part K--Competency-based Assessment and Accountability Demonstration 
                               Authority

``Sec. 4909. Competency-based assessment and accountability 
                            demonstration authority.
                    ``TITLE V--PROMOTING INNOVATION

                       ``Part A--Race to the Top

``Sec. 5101. Purposes.
``Sec. 5102. Reservation of funds.
``Sec. 5103. Race to the Top program.
``Sec. 5104. Application process.
``Sec. 5105. Performance measures.
``Sec. 5106. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 5107. Reporting.
                   ``Part B--Investing in Innovation

``Sec. 5201. Purposes.
``Sec. 5202. Reservations.
``Sec. 5203. Program authorized; length of grants; priorities.
``Sec. 5204. Applications.
``Sec. 5205. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 5206. Performance measures.
``Sec. 5207. Reporting.
                  ``Part C--Magnet Schools Assistance

``Sec. 5301. Findings and purpose.
``Sec. 5302. Definition.
``Sec. 5303. Program authorized.
``Sec. 5304. Eligibility.
``Sec. 5305. Applications and requirements.
``Sec. 5306. Priority.
``Sec. 5307. Use of funds.
``Sec. 5308. Prohibition.
``Sec. 5309. Limitations.
``Sec. 5310. Evaluations.
``Sec. 5311. Availability of funds for grants to agencies not 
                            previously assisted.
                    ``Part D--Public Charter Schools

``Sec. 5401. Purpose.
``Sec. 5402. Distribution of funds.
            ``subpart 1--successful charter schools program

``Sec. 5411. Definitions.
``Sec. 5412. Program authorized.
``Sec. 5413. Applications.
``Sec. 5414. Selection criteria; priority.
``Sec. 5415. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 5416. Subgrants.
``Sec. 5417. Performance measures; reports.
``Sec. 5418. Federal formula allocation during first year and for 
                            successive enrollment expansions.
``Sec. 5419. Records transfer.
``Sec. 5420. National activities.
  ``subpart 2--charter school facility acquisition, construction, and 
                               renovation

``Sec. 5431. Purpose.
``Sec. 5432. Definitions.
``Sec. 5433. Grants to eligible entities.
``Sec. 5434. Charter school objectives.
``Sec. 5435. Applications; selection criteria.
``Sec. 5436. Reserve account.
``Sec. 5437. Limitation on administrative costs.
``Sec. 5438. Audits and reports.
``Sec. 5439. No full faith and credit for grantee obligations.
``Sec. 5440. Recovery of funds.
           ``Part E--Voluntary Public School Choice Programs

``Sec. 5501. Grants.
``Sec. 5502. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 5503. Applications.
``Sec. 5504. Priorities.
``Sec. 5505. Requirements and voluntary participation.
``Sec. 5506. Evaluations.
``Sec. 5507. Definitions.
           ``TITLE VI--PROMOTING FLEXIBILITY; RURAL EDUCATION

                       ``Part A--Transferability

``Sec. 6101. Transferability of funds.
                  ``Part B--Rural Education Initiative

``Sec. 6201. Short title.
``Sec. 6202. Purpose.
          ``subpart 1--small, rural school achievement program

``Sec. 6211. Program authorized.
``Sec. 6212. Academic achievement assessments.
            ``subpart 2--rural and low-income school program

``Sec. 6221. Program authorized.
``Sec. 6222. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 6223. Applications.
``Sec. 6224. Accountability.
                    ``subpart 3--general provisions

``Sec. 6231. Choice of participation.
``Sec. 6232. Annual average daily attendance determination.
``Sec. 6233. Supplement, not supplant.
``Sec. 6234. Rule of construction.
   ``TITLE VII--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

                       ``Part A--Indian Education

``Sec. 7101. Statement of policy.
``Sec. 7102. Purpose.
       ``subpart 1--formula grants to local educational agencies

``Sec. 7111. Purpose.
``Sec. 7112. Grants to local educational agencies and tribes.
``Sec. 7113. Amount of grants.
``Sec. 7114. Applications.
``Sec. 7115. Authorized services and activities.
``Sec. 7116. Integration of services authorized.
``Sec. 7117. Student eligibility forms.
``Sec. 7118. Payments.
``Sec. 7119. State educational agency review.
   ``subpart 2--special programs and projects to improve educational 
              opportunities for indian children and youth

``Sec. 7121. Improvement of educational opportunities for Indian 
                            children and youth.
``Sec. 7122. Professional development for teachers and education 
                            professionals.
                    ``subpart 3--national activities

``Sec. 7131. National research activities.
``Sec. 7132. Improvement of academic success for students through 
                            Native American language.
``Sec. 7133. Improving State and tribal educational agency 
                            collaboration.
                  ``subpart 4--federal administration

``Sec. 7141. National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
``Sec. 7142. Peer review.
``Sec. 7143. Preference for Indian applicants.
``Sec. 7144. Minimum grant criteria.
                        ``subpart 5--definitions

``Sec. 7151. Definitions.
      ``Part B--Native Hawaiian Education; Alaska Native Education

                 ``subpart 1--native hawaiian education

``Sec. 7201. Short title.
``Sec. 7202. Findings.
``Sec. 7203. Purposes.
``Sec. 7204. Native Hawaiian Education Council.
``Sec. 7205. Program authorized.
``Sec. 7206. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 7207. Definitions.
                  ``subpart 2--alaska native education

``Sec. 7301. Short title.
``Sec. 7302. Findings.
``Sec. 7303. Purposes.
``Sec. 7304. Program authorized.
``Sec. 7305. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 7306. Definitions.
                        ``TITLE VIII--IMPACT AID

``Sec. 8001. Purpose.
``Sec. 8002. Payments relating to Federal acquisition of real property.
``Sec. 8003. Payments for eligible federally connected children.
``Sec. 8004. Policies and procedures relating to children residing on 
                            Indian lands.
``Sec. 8005. Application for payments under sections 8002 and 8003.
``Sec. 8007. Construction.
``Sec. 8008. Facilities.
``Sec. 8009. State consideration of payments in providing State aid.
``Sec. 8010. Federal administration.
``Sec. 8011. Administrative hearings and judicial review.
``Sec. 8012. Forgiveness of overpayments.
``Sec. 8013. Definitions.
                     ``TITLE IX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         ``Part A--Definitions

``Sec. 9101. Definitions.
``Sec. 9102. Applicability of title.
``Sec. 9103. Applicability to Bureau of Indian Affairs operated 
                            schools.
   ``Part B--Flexibility in the Use of Administrative and Other Funds

``Sec. 9201. Consolidation of State administrative funds for elementary 
                            and secondary education programs.
``Sec. 9202. Single local educational agency States.
``Sec. 9203. Consolidation of funds for local administration.
``Sec. 9204. Consolidated set-aside for Department of the Interior 
                            funds.
``Part C--Coordination of Programs; Consolidated State and Local Plans 
                            and Applications

``Sec. 9301. Purposes.
``Sec. 9302. Optional consolidated State plans or applications.
``Sec. 9303. Consolidated reporting.
``Sec. 9304. General applicability of State educational agency 
                            assurances.
``Sec. 9305. Consolidated local plans or applications.
``Sec. 9306. Other general assurances.
                           ``Part D--Waivers

``Sec. 9401. Waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements.
                      ``Part E--Uniform Provisions

                      ``subpart 1--private schools

``Sec. 9501. Participation by private school children and teachers.
``Sec. 9502. Standards for by-pass.
``Sec. 9503. Complaint process for participation of private school 
                            children.
``Sec. 9504. By-pass determination process.
``Sec. 9505. Prohibition against funds for religious worship or 
                            instruction.
``Sec. 9506. Private, religious, and home schools.
                     ``subpart 2--other provisions

``Sec. 9521. Maintenance of effort.
``Sec. 9522. Prohibition regarding State aid.
``Sec. 9523. Privacy of assessment results.
``Sec. 9524. School prayer.
``Sec. 9525. Equal access to public school facilities.
``Sec. 9526. General prohibitions.
``Sec. 9527. Prohibitions on Federal Government and use of Federal 
                            funds.
``Sec. 9528. Armed Forces recruiter access to students and student 
                            recruiting information.
``Sec. 9529. Prohibition on federally sponsored testing.
``Sec. 9530. Limitations on national testing or certification for 
                            teachers.
``Sec. 9531. Prohibition on nationwide database.
``Sec. 9532. Unsafe school choice option.
``Sec. 9533. Prohibition on discrimination.
``Sec. 9534. Civil rights.
``Sec. 9535. Rulemaking.
``Sec. 9536. Severability.
``Sec. 9537. Geographic diversity.
               ``subpart 3--teacher liability protection

``Sec. 9541. Short title.
``Sec. 9542. Purpose.
``Sec. 9543. Definitions.
``Sec. 9544. Applicability.
``Sec. 9545. Preemption and election of State nonapplicability.
``Sec. 9546. Limitation on liability for teachers.
``Sec. 9547. Allocation of responsibility for noneconomic loss.
``Sec. 9548. Effective date.
                         ``Part F--Evaluations

``Sec. 9601. Evaluation authority.
                   ``Part G--Miscellaneous Provisions

                      ``subpart 1--gun possession

``Sec. 9701. Gun-free requirements.
                ``subpart 2--environmental tobacco smoke

``Sec. 9721. Short title.
``Sec. 9722. Definitions.
``Sec. 9723. Nonsmoking policy for children's services.
``Sec. 9724. Preemption.''.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 2 the following:

``SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Local Educational Agency Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out part A of title I (except for sections 1116(g), 
        1125A, 1132, and subpart 4 of part A of such title) such sums 
        as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(2) School improvement grants, national activities, and 
        evaluation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to carry out section 1116(g) such sums as 
                may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
                succeeding fiscal years.
                    ``(B) Reservation for national activities.--Of the 
                amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a 
                fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 
                2 percent for the national activities described in 
                section 1116(f)(6).
            ``(3) Education finance incentive grant program.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 1125A such 
        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(4) Centers of excellence in early childhood.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 1132 such 
        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(b) Grants for State Assessments and the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress.--
            ``(1) National assessment of educational progress.--For the 
        purpose of administering the State assessments under the 
        National Assessment of Educational Progress, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
        fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(2) State assessments and related activities.--For the 
        purpose of carrying out assessment and related activities under 
        subpart 4 of part A of title I, there are authorized to be 
        appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 
        and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(c) Pathways to College.--For the purposes of carrying out part B 
of title I, Pathways to College, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(d) Education of Migratory Children.--For the purposes of 
carrying out part C of title I, Education of Migratory Children, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(e) Neglected and Delinquent.--For the purposes of carrying out 
part D of title I, Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children 
and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(f) Continuous Improvement and Support for Teachers and 
Principals.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purposes of carrying out 
        subparts 1, 2, 3, and 4 of part A of title II, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
        fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(2) Principal recruitment and training.--For the purposes 
        of carrying out subpart 5 of part A of title II, Principal 
        Recruitment and Training, there are authorized to be 
        appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 
        and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(g) Teacher Pathways to the Classroom.--For the purposes of 
carrying out part B of title II, Teacher Pathways to the Classroom, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(h) Teacher Incentive Fund.--For the purposes of carrying out 
part C of title II, Teacher Incentive Fund, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(i) Achievement Through Technology and Innovation.--For the 
purposes of carrying out part D of title II, Achievement through 
Technology and Innovation, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(j) English Learners and Immigrant Students.--For the purposes of 
carrying out title III, Language and Academic Content Instruction for 
English Learners and Immigrant Students, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(k) Improving Literacy and Student Achievement.--
            ``(1) Improving literacy.--For the purposes of carrying out 
        subpart 1 of part A of title IV, Improving Literacy 
        Instruction, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
        as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(2) Effective school library programs.--For the purposes 
        of carrying out subpart 2 of part A of title IV, Improving 
        Literacy and College and Career Readiness Through Effective 
        School Library Programs, there are authorized to be 
        appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 
        and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(l) Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 
Instruction and Student Achievement.--For the purposes of carrying out 
part B of title IV, Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and 
Mathematics Instruction and Student Achievement, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 
and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(m) Increasing Access to a Well-Rounded Education and Financial 
Literacy.--For the purposes of carrying out part C of title IV, 
Increasing Access to a Well-Rounded Education and Financial Literacy, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(n) Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students.--For the purposes of 
carrying out part D of title IV, Successful, Safe, and Healthy 
Students, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.
    ``(o) 21st Century Community Learning Centers.--For the purposes of 
carrying out part F of title IV, 21st Century Community Learning 
Centers, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.
    ``(p) Promise Neighborhoods.--For the purposes of carrying out part 
G of title IV, Promise Neighborhoods, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(q) Parent and Family Information and Resource Centers.--For the 
purposes of carrying out part H of title IV, Parent and Family 
Information and Resource Centers, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(r) Ready-to-Learn.--For the purposes of carrying out part I of 
title IV, Ready-to-Learn, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(s) Programs of National Significance.--For the purposes of 
carrying out part I of title IV, Programs of National Significance, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(t) Race to the Top.--For the purposes of carrying out part A of 
title V, Race to the Top, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(u) Investing in Innovation.--For the purposes of carrying out 
part B of title V, Investing in Innovation, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(v) Magnet Schools Assistance.--For the purposes of carrying out 
part C of title V, Magnet Schools Assistance, there are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(w) Public Charter Schools.--For the purposes of carrying out 
part D of title V, Public Charter Schools, there are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(x) Voluntary Public School Choice.--For the purposes of carrying 
out part E of title V, Voluntary Public School Choice, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(y) Rural Education Achievement Program.--For the purposes of 
carrying out part B of title VI, Rural Education Achievement Program, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(z) Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education.--
            ``(1) Indian education and native hawaiian education.--For 
        the purposes of carrying out part A and subpart 1 of part B of 
        title VII, Indian Education and Native Hawaiian Education, 
        there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
        necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding 
        fiscal years.
            ``(2) Alaska native education.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out subpart 2 of part B of title VII, 
        Alaska Native Education, such sums as may be necessary for 
        fiscal year 2014 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.
    ``(aa) Impact Aid.--For the purposes of carrying out title VIII, 
Impact Aid, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years, in accordance with the following:
            ``(1) Payments for federal acquisition of real property.--
        For the purpose of making payments under section 8002, there 
        are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
        for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(2) Basic payments; payments for heavily impacted local 
        educational agencies.--For the purpose of making payments under 
        section 8003(b), there are authorized to be appropriated such 
        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(3) Payments for children with disabilities.--For the 
        purpose of making payments under section 8003(d), there are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
        fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(4) Construction.--For the purpose of carrying out 
        section 8007, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
        as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.
            ``(5) Facilities maintenance.--For the purpose of carrying 
        out section 8008, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
        sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014 and each of the 4 
        succeeding fiscal years.''.

         TITLE I--COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS FOR ALL STUDENTS

SEC. 1001. PURPOSE.

    Section 1001 (20 U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1001. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this title is to ensure every child has a fair, 
equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education 
and graduate from high school ready for college, career, and 
citizenship. This purpose can be accomplished by--
            ``(1) setting high expectations for children to develop 
        deep content knowledge and the ability to use knowledge to 
        think critically, solve problems, communicate effectively, and 
        collaborate with others, in order to graduate, from high 
        school, college and career ready;
            ``(2) supporting high-quality teaching to continuously 
        improve instruction and encourage new models of teaching and 
        learning;
            ``(3) focusing on increasing student achievement and 
        closing achievement gaps;
            ``(4) providing additional resources and supports to meet 
        the needs of disadvantaged students, including children from 
        low-income families and those attending high-poverty schools, 
        English learners, migratory children, children with 
        disabilities, Indian children, and neglected or delinquent 
        children;
            ``(5) providing young children with greater access to high-
        quality early learning experiences to ensure they enter school 
        ready to learn;
            ``(6) removing barriers to, and encouraging State and local 
        innovation and leadership in, education based on the evaluation 
        of success and continuous improvement;
            ``(7) removing barriers and promoting integration across 
        all levels of education, and across Federal education programs;
            ``(8) streamlining Federal requirements to reduce burdens 
        on States, local educational agencies, schools, and educators; 
        and
            ``(9) strengthening parental engagement and coordination of 
        student, family, and community supports to promote student 
        success.''.

SEC. 1002. STATE RESERVATIONS.

    Title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking sections 1002 and 1003;
            (2) by redesignating section 1004 as section 1002; and
            (3) in section 1002 (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
                    (A) in the section heading, by inserting ``and 
                state accountability and support'' before the period at 
                the end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
                subsection (a) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
                respectively, and by aligning the margins of such 
                subparagraphs with the margins of subparagraph (A) of 
                section 1111(a)(1);
                    (C) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph 
                (2) of subsection (a), and by aligning the margins of 
                such paragraph with the margins of paragraph (1) of 
                section 1111(a);
                    (D) by striking ``In General.--Except as provided 
                in subsection (b)'' and inserting the following: 
                ``State Administration.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2)'';
                    (E) in subsection (a)(2), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)''; and
                    (F) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Accountability and Support.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State may reserve not more than 6 
        percent of the amount the State receives under subpart 2 of 
        part A to carry out paragraph (2) and to carry out the State 
        and local educational agency responsibilities under section 
        1116, which may include carrying out a statewide system of 
        technical assistance and support for local educational agencies 
        and identifying and disseminating evidence-based practices.
            ``(2) Uses.--Of the amount reserved under paragraph (1) for 
        any fiscal year, the State educational agency--
                    ``(A) shall use not less than 90 percent of that 
                amount by allocating such sums directly to local 
                educational agencies for activities required under 
                section 1116; or
                    ``(B) may, with the approval of the local 
                educational agency, directly provide for such 
                activities or arrange for their provision through other 
                entities such as educational service agencies and 
                external providers with expertise in using strategies 
                based on scientifically valid research to improve 
                teaching, learning, and schools.
            ``(3) Priority.--The State educational agency, in 
        allocating funds to local educational agencies under this 
        subsection, shall give priority to local educational agencies 
        that--
                    ``(A) serve the lowest-performing schools, 
                including schools identified as focus schools and 
                priority schools under subsections (c) and (d) of 
                section 1116;
                    ``(B) demonstrate the greatest need for such funds; 
                and
                    ``(C) demonstrate the strongest commitment to use 
                the funds to enable the lowest-achieving schools to 
                improve student achievement and outcomes through the 
                use of evidence-based practices that are consistent 
                with the evidence standards described in section 
                5203(e).
            ``(4) Unused funds.--If, after consultation with local 
        educational agencies, the State educational agency determines 
        the amount of funds reserved to carry out this subsection is 
        greater than the amount needed to provide the assistance 
        described in this subsection, the State educational agency 
        shall allocate the excess amount to local educational agencies 
        in accordance with--
                    ``(A) the relative allocations the State 
                educational agency made to those agencies for that 
                fiscal year under subpart 2 of part A; or
                    ``(B) section 1126(c).
            ``(5) Special rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this subsection, the amount of funds reserved by the State 
        educational agency under this subsection in any fiscal year 
        shall not decrease the amount of funds each local educational 
        agency receives under subpart 2 of part A below the amount 
        received by such local educational agency under such subpart 
        for the preceding fiscal year.
            ``(6) Reporting.--Each State educational agency shall make 
        publicly available a list of those schools that have received 
        funds or services pursuant to this subsection and the 
        percentage of students from each such school from families with 
        incomes below the poverty line.''.

    PART A--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

SEC. 1111. STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1111 (20 U.S.C. 6301) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1111. STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) Academic Standards, Academic Assessments, and Accountability 
Requirements.--
            ``(1) Requirements for college and career ready state 
        standards.--In order to receive a grant under this part, each 
        State shall demonstrate the State meets the following 
        requirements:
                    ``(A) College and career ready aligned standards 
                for reading or language arts and mathematics.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The State shall--
                                    ``(I) not later than December 31, 
                                2014, adopt college and career ready 
                                academic content standards in reading 
                                or language arts and mathematics that 
                                meet the requirements of clauses (ii) 
                                and (iii); and
                                    ``(II) not later than the beginning 
                                of the 2015-2016 school year, adopt 
                                college and career ready student 
                                academic achievement standards in 
                                reading or language arts and 
                                mathematics that meet the requirements 
                                of clauses (ii) and (iv).
                            ``(ii) Alignment of college and career 
                        ready standards.--Each State plan shall 
                        demonstrate the State has adopted college and 
                        career ready academic content standards and 
                        college and career ready student academic 
                        achievement standards aligned with--
                                    ``(I) credit-bearing academic 
                                coursework, without the need for 
                                remediation, at public institutions of 
                                higher education in the State; and
                                    ``(II) relevant State career and 
                                technical education standards and the 
                                State performance measures identified 
                                in the State plan under section 113(b) 
                                of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                                Technical Education Act of 2006; and
                                    ``(III)(aa) appropriate career 
                                skills; or
                                    ``(bb) standards that are State-
                                developed and voluntarily adopted by a 
                                significant number of States.
                            ``(iii) Requirements for academic content 
                        standards.--College and career ready academic 
                        content standards shall--
                                    ``(I) be used by the State, and by 
                                local educational agencies, public 
                                elementary schools, and public 
                                secondary schools in the State, to 
                                carry out the requirements of this 
                                part;
                                    ``(II) be the same standards that 
                                the State applies to all public 
                                elementary and secondary schools and 
                                students in the State;
                                    ``(III) include the same knowledge, 
                                skills, and levels of achievement 
                                expected of all elementary and 
                                secondary school students in the State; 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) be evidence-based and 
                                include rigorous content and skills, 
                                such as critical thinking, problem 
                                solving, and communication skills.
                            ``(iv) Requirements for student academic 
                        achievement standards.--College and career 
                        ready student academic achievement standards 
                        for a subject shall--
                                    ``(I) be aligned with the State's 
                                academic content standards described in 
                                clause (iii); and
                                    ``(II) establish the level of 
                                performance expected for each grade 
                                level that demonstrates the student has 
                                mastered the material in the State 
                                academic content standards for that 
                                grade.
                    ``(B) Science standards.--A State--
                            ``(i) shall demonstrate that the State has 
                        adopted, by not later than December 31, 2014, 
                        statewide academic content standards and 
                        student academic achievement standards in 
                        science that are aligned with the knowledge and 
                        skills needed to be college and career ready, 
                        as described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and
                            ``(ii) may choose to use such standards as 
                        part of the State's accountability system under 
                        paragraph (3), if such standards meet the 
                        requirements of clauses (ii) through (iv) of 
                        subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Standards for other subjects.--If a State 
                adopts high-quality academic content standards and 
                student academic achievement standards in subjects 
                other than reading or language arts, mathematics, and 
                science, such State may choose to use such standards as 
                part of the State's accountability system, consistent 
                with section 1116.
                    ``(D) Alternate academic achievement standards for 
                students with the most significant cognitive 
                disabilities.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The State may, through a 
                        documented and validated standards-setting 
                        process, adopt alternate academic achievement 
                        standards in any subject included in the 
                        State's accountability system under paragraph 
                        (3) for students with the most significant 
                        cognitive disabilities, if--
                                    ``(I) the determination about 
                                whether the achievement of an 
                                individual student should be measured 
                                against such standards is made 
                                separately for each student in each 
                                subject being assessed;
                                    ``(II) all students who use such 
                                alternate academic achievement 
                                standards in a subject are assessed 
                                using the alternate assessments for 
                                such subject described in paragraph 
                                (2)(E); and
                                    ``(III) such alternate academic 
                                achievement standards--
                                            ``(aa) are aligned with the 
                                        State college and career ready 
                                        academic content standards;
                                            ``(bb) provide access to 
                                        the general curriculum and the 
                                        student academic achievement 
                                        standards; and
                                            ``(cc) reflect professional 
                                        judgment as to the highest 
                                        possible standards achievable 
                                        by such student.
                            ``(ii) Prohibition on any other alternate 
                        or modified standards.--A State shall not 
                        develop, or implement for use, under this part 
                        any alternate or modified academic achievement 
                        standards for students who are children with 
                        disabilities that are not alternate academic 
                        achievement standards that meet the 
                        requirements of clause (i).
                    ``(E) English language proficiency standards.--A 
                State shall, not later than December 31, 2015, adopt 
                high-quality English language proficiency standards 
                that--
                            ``(i) are aligned with the State's academic 
                        content standards in reading or language arts 
                        under subparagraph (A) so that achieving 
                        English language proficiency, as measured by 
                        the State's English language proficiency 
                        standards, indicates a sufficient knowledge of 
                        English to allow the State to validly and 
                        reliably measure the student's achievement on 
                        the State's reading or language arts student 
                        academic achievement standards with no 
                        interventions designed to support English 
                        learners specifically;
                            ``(ii) ensure proficiency in English for 
                        each of the domains of speaking, listening, 
                        reading, and writing;
                            ``(iii) identify not less than 4 levels of 
                        English proficiency;
                            ``(iv) address the different proficiency 
                        levels of English learners and set high 
                        expectations regarding academic achievement and 
                        linguistic proficiency for English learners at 
                        all levels of proficiency;
                            ``(v) are updated, not later than 1 year 
                        after the State adopts any new academic content 
                        standards in reading or language arts under 
                        this paragraph, in order to align the English 
                        language proficiency standards with the new 
                        content standards; and
                            ``(vi) support teachers as teachers enhance 
                        instruction to support English learners.
                    ``(F) Early learning guidelines and early grade 
                standards.--A State that uses funds provided under this 
                part to support early childhood education shall provide 
                an assurance that, not later than December 31, 2015, 
                the State will establish, or certify the existence of, 
                early learning guidelines and early grade standards in 
                accordance with the following:
                            ``(i) Early learning guidelines.--In 
                        consultation with the State Advisory Council on 
                        Early Childhood Education and Care, the lead 
                        agency designated under section 658D of the 
                        Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
                        1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), and the State 
                        educational agency, the State shall complete a 
                        review, and revise or create, as necessary, the 
                        State's early learning guidelines for young 
                        children in order to promote developmentally 
                        appropriate, high-quality programs. Such 
                        guidelines shall--
                                    ``(I) address each of the age 
                                groups of infants, toddlers, and 
                                preschool-aged children;
                                    ``(II) be developed, as 
                                appropriate, in all domains of child 
                                development and learning (including 
                                language, literacy, mathematics, 
                                creative arts, science, social studies, 
                                social and emotional development, 
                                approaches to learning, and physical 
                                and health development) for each age 
                                group;
                                    ``(III) reflect research and 
                                evidence-based developmental and 
                                learning expectations, including the 
                                foundation for and progression in how 
                                children develop and learn the 
                                requisite skills and content from one 
                                stage into the next, including what 
                                young children should know and be able 
                                to do;
                                    ``(IV) address the cultural and 
                                linguistic diversity and the diverse 
                                abilities of young children, including 
                                infants, toddlers, and preschoolers 
                                with disabilities;
                                    ``(V) inform teaching practices, 
                                improve professional development, and 
                                support high-quality services in early 
                                childhood education programs;
                                    ``(VI) be made publicly available, 
                                including through electronic means; and
                                    ``(VII) for pre-school age 
                                children, appropriately assist in the 
                                transition of such children to 
                                kindergarten.
                            ``(ii) Early grade standards.--In 
                        consultation with the State Advisory Council on 
                        Early Childhood Education and Care, the lead 
                        agency designated under section 658D of the 
                        Child Care and Development Block Grant of 1990 
                        (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), and the State 
                        educational agency, the State shall establish 
                        or review and revise, as needed, standards for 
                        kindergarten through grade 3 aligned with the 
                        college and career ready academic content and 
                        student academic achievement standards 
                        described in subsection (a)(1)(A) to ensure 
                        that such standards--
                                    ``(I) are developed in all domains 
                                of child development and learning 
                                (including cognitive, language, 
                                literacy, mathematics, creative arts, 
                                science, social studies, social and 
                                emotional development, physical 
                                development and health, and approaches 
                                to learning);
                                    ``(II) reflect research and 
                                evidence-based development and learning 
                                expectations for each level and address 
                                cultural, linguistic, and ability-level 
                                diversity; and
                                    ``(III) across grade levels, 
                                reflect progression in how children 
                                develop and learn the requisite skills 
                                and content from earlier grades 
                                forward, including preschool.
                    ``(G) Existing standards.--Nothing in this part 
                shall prohibit a State from revising, consistent with 
                this section, any standard adopted under this part 
                before, on, or after the date of enactment of the 
                Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013.
                    ``(H) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
                be construed to authorize the Secretary or other 
                officer or employee of the Federal Government to 
                mandate, direct, or control a State's college and 
                career ready academic content or student academic 
                achievement standards under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Academic assessments.--
                    ``(A) State assessments.--The State shall, 
                beginning not later than the beginning of the 2015-2016 
                school year, adopt and implement statewide assessments 
                that--
                            ``(i) include statewide assessments in 
                        reading or language arts, and mathematics, 
                        annually for grades 3 through 8 and not less 
                        frequently than once during grades 10 through 
                        12, that--
                                    ``(I) are aligned with the State's 
                                academic content standards in such 
                                subjects under paragraph (1)(A);
                                    ``(II) are administered to all 
                                public elementary and secondary school 
                                students in the State;
                                    ``(III) measure the individual 
                                academic achievement of a student;
                                    ``(IV) assess the student's 
                                academic achievement based on the 
                                State's student academic achievement 
                                standards in the subject in order to 
                                measure--
                                            ``(aa) whether the student 
                                        is performing at the student's 
                                        grade level; and
                                            ``(bb) the specific grade 
                                        level at which the student is 
                                        performing in the subject;
                                    ``(V) measure individual student 
                                academic growth, including a 
                                measurement of the number of years of 
                                academic growth each student attains 
                                each year; and
                                    ``(VI) may, at the State's 
                                choosing--
                                            ``(aa) be administered 
                                        through a single summative 
                                        assessment each year; or
                                            ``(bb) be administered 
                                        through multiple statewide 
                                        assessments during the course 
                                        of the year if the State can 
                                        demonstrate to the Secretary's 
                                        satisfaction the results of 
                                        these multiple assessments, 
                                        taken in their totality, 
                                        provide a summative score that 
                                        provides valid and reliable 
                                        information on individual 
                                        student academic growth, as 
                                        described in subclause (V);
                            ``(ii) include statewide assessments in 
                        science, not less than once during each of the 
                        grade spans of grades 3 through 5, 6 through 9, 
                        and 10 through 12, that--
                                    ``(I) assess the student's academic 
                                achievement based on the State's 
                                student academic achievement standards 
                                in science in order to measure--
                                            ``(aa) whether the student 
                                        is performing at the student's 
                                        grade level; and
                                            ``(bb) the specific grade 
                                        level at which the student is 
                                        performing in the subject;
                                    ``(II) measure individual student 
                                academic growth, including a 
                                measurement of the number of years of 
                                academic growth each student attains 
                                each year; and
                            ``(iii) include the English language 
                        proficiency assessments and any alternate 
                        assessments described in subparagraphs (D) and 
                        (E), respectively; and
                            ``(iv) at the discretion of the State, 
                        measure the proficiency of students in the 
                        other academic subjects for which the State has 
                        adopted academic content standards and student 
                        academic achievement standards under paragraph 
                        (1)(C).
                    ``(B) Requirements for assessments.--The 
                assessments administered under this paragraph shall--
                            ``(i) be the same academic assessments used 
                        to measure the achievement of all students, 
                        although the individual assessment items 
                        administered to a student in order to determine 
                        the specific grade level at which a student is 
                        performing may vary;
                            ``(ii) be used only for purposes for which 
                        such assessments are valid and reliable, and be 
                        consistent with relevant, nationally recognized 
                        professional and technical standards;
                            ``(iii) be used only if the State 
                        educational agency provides to the Secretary 
                        evidence that the assessments used are of 
                        adequate technical quality for each purpose 
                        required under this Act and are consistent with 
                        the requirements of this section, which 
                        evidence the Secretary may make public;
                            ``(iv) involve multiple up-to-date measures 
                        of student academic achievement, including 
                        measures that--
                                    ``(I) assess the full range of 
                                academic content and student academic 
                                achievement standards under section 
                                1111(a)(1) that students are expected 
                                to master;
                                    ``(II) measure students' mastery of 
                                content knowledge and their ability to 
                                use knowledge to think critically and 
                                solve problems, and to communicate 
                                effectively; and
                                    ``(III) may be partially delivered 
                                in the form of portfolios, projects, or 
                                extended performance tasks;
                            ``(v) provide for--
                                    ``(I) the participation in such 
                                assessments of all students;
                                    ``(II) the inclusion of English 
                                learners, who shall be assessed in a 
                                valid and reliable manner and provided 
                                reasonable accommodations on 
                                assessments administered to such 
                                students under this paragraph, 
                                including, to the extent practicable, 
                                assessments in the language and form 
                                most likely to yield accurate data on 
                                what such students know and can do in 
                                academic content areas, until such 
                                students have achieved English language 
                                proficiency as determined under 
                                subparagraph (D), except that the State 
                                may exempt any English learner at the 
                                lowest levels of English language 
                                proficiency from the reading or 
                                language arts assessment for not more 
                                than 2 years following the date of the 
                                student being identified as an English 
                                learner;
                            ``(vi) shall--
                                    ``(I) incorporate the principles of 
                                universal design, as defined in section 
                                3(a) of the Assistive Technology Act of 
                                1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002(a)), to allow for 
                                the greatest possible access for all 
                                students;
                                    ``(II) provide for the reasonable 
                                adaptations for children with 
                                disabilities necessary to measure the 
                                academic achievement of such children 
                                in a subject, relative to the State 
                                academic content standards and State 
                                student academic achievement standards 
                                under paragraph (1) for such subject;
                                    ``(III) provide for the valid and 
                                reliable accommodations for children 
                                with disabilities necessary to measure 
                                the academic achievement of such 
                                children in a subject, relative to the 
                                State academic content standards and 
                                State student academic achievement 
                                standards under paragraph (1) for such 
                                subject; and
                                    ``(IV) assess children with 
                                disabilities using the same, unmodified 
                                academic content standards used to 
                                measure children without disabilities 
                                in the same grade level, except in the 
                                case of alternate assessments 
                                administered in accordance with 
                                subparagraph (E);
                            ``(vii) notwithstanding clause (v)(II), 
                        include the academic assessment (using tests 
                        written in English) of reading or language arts 
                        of any student who has attended school in the 
                        United States (not including Puerto Rico) for 3 
                        or more consecutive school years, except that, 
                        if the local educational agency determines, on 
                        a case-by-case individual basis, that academic 
                        assessments in another language or form would 
                        likely yield more accurate and reliable 
                        information on what such student knows and can 
                        do, the local educational agency may make a 
                        determination to assess such student in the 
                        appropriate language other than English for a 
                        period that does not exceed 2 additional 
                        consecutive years, if such student has not yet 
                        reached a level of English language proficiency 
                        sufficient to yield valid and reliable 
                        information on what such student knows and can 
                        do on tests (written in English) of reading or 
                        language arts;
                            ``(viii) include students who have attended 
                        schools in a local educational agency for a 
                        full academic year but have not attended a 
                        single school for a full academic year, except 
                        the performance of students who have attended 
                        more than 1 school in the local educational 
                        agency in any academic year shall be used only 
                        in determining the progress of the local 
                        educational agency;
                            ``(ix) produce individual student 
                        interpretive, descriptive, and diagnostic 
                        reports that--
                                    ``(I) allow parents, teachers, and 
                                principals to understand and address 
                                the specific academic needs of students 
                                and include information regarding 
                                achievement on the academic assessments 
                                aligned with State academic achievement 
                                standards; and
                                    ``(II) are provided to parents, 
                                teachers, and principals as soon as is 
                                practicably possible after the 
                                assessment is given, in an 
                                understandable and uniform format, and 
                                to the extent practicable, in a 
                                language that parents can understand;
                            ``(x) enable results to be disaggregated 
                        within the State, local educational agency, and 
                        school by gender, each major racial and ethnic 
                        group, English proficiency status, migrant 
                        status, status as a student with a disability, 
                        and economically disadvantaged status, except 
                        that disaggregation shall not be required for 
                        any subgroup that would include 15 or less 
                        students, so as to not reveal personally 
                        identifiable information about an individual 
                        student;
                            ``(xi) be consistent with widely accepted 
                        professional testing standards and objectively 
                        measure academic achievement, knowledge, and 
                        skills;
                            ``(xii) enable itemized score analyses to 
                        be produced and reported, consistent with 
                        clause (ii), to local educational agencies and 
                        schools, so that parents, teachers, principals, 
                        and administrators can interpret and address 
                        the specific academic needs of students as 
                        indicated by the students' achievement on 
                        assessment items;
                            ``(xiii) produce student achievement and 
                        other student data that can be used to inform 
                        determinations of individual principal and 
                        teacher effectiveness for purposes of 
                        evaluation and for determining the needs of 
                        principals and teachers for professional 
                        development and support;
                            ``(xiv) be administered to not less than 95 
                        percent of all students, and not less than 95 
                        percent of each subgroup of students described 
                        in clause (x), who are enrolled in the school; 
                        and
                            ``(xv) in the case of digital assessments 
                        or any digital assessment content that is 
                        adopted, procured, purchased, or developed for 
                        the assessments, incorporate the principles of 
                        universal design, as defined in section 3(a) of 
                        the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
                        3002(a)) and be interoperable and accessible 
                        for all students, including students who are 
                        children with disabilities.
                    ``(C) Languages of assessments.--The State shall 
                identify the languages other than English that are 
                present in the participating student population in the 
                State and indicate, in the State's plan under 
                subsection (b), the languages for which yearly student 
                academic assessments included in the State's 
                accountability system under paragraph (3) are not 
                available and are needed. The State shall make every 
                effort to develop assessments in such languages and may 
                request assistance from the Secretary if linguistically 
                accessible academic assessments are needed. Upon 
                request, the Secretary shall assist with the 
                identification of appropriate academic assessments in 
                such languages, but shall not mandate a specific 
                academic assessment or mode of instruction.
                    ``(D) Assessments of english language 
                proficiency.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Each State plan shall 
                        demonstrate that local educational agencies in 
                        the State will, not later than the beginning of 
                        the 2015-2016 school year, provide for the 
                        annual assessment of English language 
                        proficiency of all English learners in the 
                        schools served by the State educational agency.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--The English language 
                        proficiency assessment described in clause (i) 
                        shall--
                                    ``(I) be aligned with the State's 
                                English language proficiency standards 
                                under paragraph (1)(E);
                                    ``(II) be designed to measure, in a 
                                valid and reliable manner, student 
                                progress toward, and attainment of, 
                                English language proficiency;
                                    ``(III) reflect the academic 
                                language that is required for success 
                                on the State's academic assessments, 
                                consistent with paragraph (1)(E)(iv); 
                                and
                                    ``(IV) measure each student's 
                                progress in achieving the levels of 
                                English proficiency established under 
                                the State English language proficiency 
                                standards, as described in paragraph 
                                (1)(D)(iii).
                    ``(E) Alternate assessments for students with the 
                most significant cognitive disabilities.--A State may 
                provide alternate assessments that are aligned with 
                alternate academic achievement standards described in 
                paragraph (1)(D) for students with the most significant 
                cognitive disabilities, if the State--
                            ``(i) ensures that for each subject, the 
                        total number of students in each grade level 
                        assessed in such subject using the alternate 
                        assessments does not exceed 1 percent of the 
                        total number of all students in such grade 
                        level in the State who are assessed in such 
                        subject;
                            ``(ii) establishes and monitors 
                        implementation of clear and appropriate 
                        guidelines for individualized education program 
                        teams (as defined in section 614(d)(1)(B) of 
                        the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
                        Act) to apply in determining, on a subject-by-
                        subject basis, when a child's significant 
                        cognitive disability justifies assessment based 
                        on alternate academic achievement standards;
                            ``(iii) ensures that parents of the 
                        students whom the State plans to assess using 
                        alternate assessments are involved in the 
                        decision that their child's academic 
                        achievement will be measured against alternate 
                        academic achievement standards, consistent with 
                        section 614(d)(1)(A)(i)(VI)(bb) of the 
                        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
                        and are informed whether participation in such 
                        assessment may preclude the student from 
                        completing the requirements for a regular 
                        secondary school diploma, as determined by the 
                        State;
                            ``(iv) provides evidence that students with 
                        the most significant cognitive disabilities 
                        are, to the maximum extent practicable, 
                        included in the general curriculum and in 
                        assessments aligned with such curriculum, as 
                        described in section 601(c)(5)(A) of the 
                        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
                            ``(v) certifies, consistent with section 
                        612(a)(16)(A) of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act, the State's regular 
                        academic assessments described in subparagraphs 
                        (A), (C), and (D) are universally designed to 
                        be accessible to students, including students 
                        with sensory, physical, and intellectual 
                        disabilities, through the provision of 
                        reasonable adaptations and valid and reliable 
                        accommodations that produce valid results;
                            ``(vi) develops, disseminates information 
                        about, makes available, and promotes the use of 
                        reasonable adaptations and valid and reliable 
                        accommodations to increase the number of 
                        students with the most significant cognitive 
                        disabilities participating in grade-level 
                        academic instruction and assessments aligned 
                        with grade-level academic standards, and 
                        promotes the use of appropriate accommodations 
                        to increase the number of students with the 
                        most significant cognitive disabilities who are 
                        tested against grade-level academic achievement 
                        standards;
                            ``(vii) takes steps to ensure regular and 
                        special education teachers and other 
                        appropriate staff know how to administer 
                        assessments, including how to make appropriate 
                        use of reasonable adaptations and valid and 
                        reliable accommodations for such assessments, 
                        for students with the most significant 
                        cognitive disabilities; and
                            ``(viii) requires separate determinations 
                        about whether a student should be assessed 
                        using an alternate assessment for each subject 
                        assessed.
                    ``(F) Computer adaptive assessment.--A State may 
                develop and administer computer adaptive assessments as 
                the assessments required under subparagraph (A). If a 
                State develops and administers a computer adaptive 
                assessment for such purposes, the assessment shall meet 
                the requirements of this paragraph.
                    ``(G) Reducing duplicative assessment.--The State 
                shall--
                            ``(i) include, in the State plan under 
                        subsection (b), a description of how the State 
                        will regularly analyze assessment and 
                        accommodations practice and use, and reduce 
                        duplicative assessment where appropriate; and
                            ``(ii) ensure that the local educational 
                        agencies report, as required in subsection (d), 
                        regarding the assessments required by Federal, 
                        State, and local laws, regulations, or 
                        policies.
            ``(3) State-designed accountability systems.--
                    ``(A) Accountability system.--Each State shall, not 
                later than the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, 
                demonstrate the State educational agency has developed 
                and is implementing a single, statewide accountability 
                system that--
                            ``(i) annually measures and reports on the 
                        achievement and academic growth of students in 
                        all public elementary schools and secondary 
                        schools and local educational agencies in the 
                        State, in accordance with subparagraph (B);
                            ``(ii) differentiates all local educational 
                        agencies and all schools in the State according 
                        to academic achievement and student academic 
                        growth, English language proficiency and growth 
                        for English learners, and, for high schools, 
                        graduation rates, for all students and for each 
                        subgroup described in paragraph (2)(B)(x);
                            ``(iii) expects the continuous improvement 
                        of all public schools in the State in the 
                        academic achievement and academic growth of all 
                        students, including the subgroups of students 
                        described in subparagraph (D), and establishes 
                        ambitious and achievable annual performance 
                        targets in accordance with subparagraph (C);
                            ``(iv) annually identifies schools that 
                        need supports and interventions to prepare 
                        college and career ready students;
                            ``(v) provides for the improvement, through 
                        supports and interventions that address student 
                        needs, of all local educational agencies with 
                        schools not identified under section 1116(d) 
                        that are not meeting performance targets for 
                        subgroups described in subparagraph (D);
                            ``(vi) develops the capacity of local 
                        educational agencies and schools to effectively 
                        educate their students and continuously 
                        improve;
                            ``(vii) recognizes, and encourages other 
                        local educational agencies to replicate, the 
                        practices of local educational agencies and 
                        schools that are successful in effecting 
                        significant student achievement or student 
                        academic growth; and
                            ``(viii) meets the requirements of section 
                        1116.
                    ``(B) Measurement of achievement and academic 
                growth.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The State accountability 
                        system shall measure student achievement and 
                        academic growth toward the college and career 
                        ready academic content and student academic 
                        achievement standards under paragraph (1) by 
                        annually measuring and reporting on, in the 
                        aggregate and for each subgroup described in 
                        subparagraph (D)--
                                    ``(I) the number and percentage of 
                                students who are in each category 
                                described in clause (ii), for each 
                                grade and subject covered by an 
                                academic assessment included in the 
                                accountability system, based on the 
                                State academic assessments for the 
                                subject; and
                                    ``(II) for each such category of 
                                students--
                                            ``(aa) the number and 
                                        percentage of students for each 
                                        grade and subject who are 
                                        meeting or exceeding the State 
                                        student academic achievement 
                                        standards or are achieving 
                                        sufficient academic growth, as 
                                        described in clause (iii); and
                                            ``(bb) the number and 
                                        percentage of students for each 
                                        grade and subject who have not 
                                        achieved sufficient academic 
                                        growth, as described in such 
                                        clause.
                            ``(ii) Categories of students.--The State 
                        educational agency shall establish not less 
                        than 3 categories of students, which shall 
                        include the following:
                                    ``(I) A category consisting of 
                                students who are meeting or exceeding 
                                the State student academic achievement 
                                standards under paragraph (1) in a 
                                subject for the students' grade level, 
                                as determined based on the State 
                                academic assessments under paragraph 
                                (2).
                                    ``(II) A category consisting of 
                                students whose proficiency in a subject 
                                is below grade level and who are 
                                achieving sufficient academic growth, 
                                as described in clause (iii).
                                    ``(III) A category of students 
                                whose proficiency in a subject is below 
                                grade level and who are not achieving 
                                sufficient academic growth, as 
                                described in clause (iii).
                            ``(iii) Sufficient academic growth.--For 
                        purposes of this section, sufficient academic 
                        growth for a student means--
                                    ``(I) a rate of academic growth, 
                                based on a comparison of the student's 
                                performance on the most recent State 
                                academic assessment with the preceding 
                                State academic assessment or 
                                combination of preceding State academic 
                                assessments, is such that the student 
                                will be performing at or above grade 
                                level within 3 years;
                                    ``(II) a rate of academic growth, 
                                based on a comparison of the student's 
                                performance on the most recent State 
                                academic assessment with the preceding 
                                State academic assessment or 
                                combination of preceding State academic 
                                assessments, is such that the student 
                                will be performing at or above grade 
                                level by the end of the grade span of 
                                which, for purposes of this section, 
                                shall be the grade spans of grades 3 
                                through 5, 6 through 8, and 9 through 
                                12; or
                                    ``(III) another aggressive academic 
                                growth model approved by the Secretary 
                                that supports the State educational 
                                agency performance targets under 
                                subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Performance targets.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Each State shall 
                        establish, after requesting and receiving input 
                        from the local educational agencies of the 
                        State, ambitious and achievable annual 
                        performance targets for the State, for local 
                        educational agencies in the State, and for 
                        public elementary schools and secondary 
                        schools, for each subject and grade level 
                        assessed under paragraph (2), that--
                                    ``(I) are adopted from the waiver 
                                agreement entered into with the 
                                Secretary through the authority under 
                                section 9401 before the date of 
                                enactment of the Strengthening 
                                America's Schools Act of 2013;
                                    ``(II) subject to approval by the 
                                Secretary--
                                            ``(aa) sets a goal for 
                                        every public school to meet the 
                                        achievement level of the 
                                        highest-performing 10 percent 
                                        of schools in the State as of 
                                        the date of the application 
                                        submission, based on the 
                                        percentage of students meeting 
                                        or exceeding the State academic 
                                        content and student academic 
                                        achievement standards;
                                            ``(bb) requires annual 
                                        progress toward that goal for 
                                        all students, including all 
                                        subgroups of students 
                                        consistent with section 
                                        1111(a)(3)(D), within a 
                                        specified reasonable time 
                                        period; and
                                            ``(cc) ensures accelerated 
                                        progress for the subgroups of 
                                        students that start with the 
                                        lowest levels of student 
                                        achievement; or
                                    ``(III) are equally ambitious to 
                                the performance targets described in 
                                subclauses (I) and (II) and are 
                                approved by the Secretary.
                            ``(ii) Performance areas.--The performance 
                        targets required under this subparagraph shall 
                        include targets for--
                                    ``(I) student proficiency, as 
                                described in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I);
                                    ``(II) student academic growth, as 
                                determined in accordance with 
                                subparagraph (B);
                                    ``(III) English language 
                                proficiency for English learners, as 
                                measured by the number of students who 
                                are on track to achieving English 
                                proficiency, as described in paragraph 
                                (1)(D) (i), by not later than 5 years 
                                after being identified as English 
                                learners; and
                                    ``(IV) for high schools, high 
                                school graduation rates.
                            ``(iii) Baselines.--Each State shall use 
                        student performance on the State's academic 
                        assessments used for purposes of receiving 
                        funds under this subpart and subpart 2 for the 
                        2014-2015 school year as the baseline for the 
                        performance targets, subject to paragraph 
                        (5)(B)(iv) and subsection (b)(3)(C).
                            ``(iv) Additional measures and performance 
                        targets.--A State may develop other measures 
                        and performance targets to provide school 
                        personnel, parents, and community members with 
                        information about the effectiveness of schools 
                        in closing performance gaps among subgroups and 
                        bringing all students to proficiency, except 
                        that any such measure shall not classify 
                        individuals who have not attained a high school 
                        diploma but have earned a recognized equivalent 
                        of such diploma as graduating from high school.
                    ``(D) Subgroups of students.--The subgroups 
                described in this subparagraph shall be obtained by 
                disaggregating students enrolled in a school by each 
                major racial and ethnic group, English proficiency 
                status, status as a child with a disability, and 
                economically disadvantaged status, except that a school 
                shall not be required to disaggregate for any subgroup 
                that includes 15 or less students if such 
                disaggregation would result in the disclosure of 
                personally identifiable information.
                    ``(E) Subjects covered.--The State shall include in 
                the accountability system the subjects of reading or 
                language arts and mathematics, and may include science 
                and any other subject that the State chooses through 
                its State plan, if the State has adopted academic 
                content standards and student academic achievement 
                standards under paragraph (1)(C) and assessments under 
                paragraph (2)(B) for the subject.
                    ``(F) Accountability for charter schools.--The 
                accountability provisions under this Act shall be 
                overseen for public charter schools in accordance with 
                State charter school law.
                    ``(G) Students with the most significant cognitive 
                disabilities.--In determining the percentage of 
                students who are meeting or exceeding the State student 
                academic achievement standards or are achieving 
                sufficient academic growth as described in subparagraph 
                (B)(iii), for a subject for any purpose under this 
                section or section 1116 or 1131, a State educational 
                agency may include, for all schools in the State, the 
                performance of the State's students with the most 
                significant cognitive disabilities on alternate 
                assessments as described in paragraph (2)(E) in the 
                subjects included in the State's accountability system, 
                consistent with the 1 percent limitation of subsection 
                (a)(2)(E)(i).
            ``(4) Voluntary partnerships.--A State may enter into a 
        voluntary partnership with another State to develop and 
        implement the academic assessments, academic content standards, 
        and student academic achievement standards required under this 
        section.
            ``(5) Transition provisions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall take such 
                steps as are necessary to provide for the orderly 
                transition between the accountability systems required 
                under subsection (b)(2), as such section was in effect 
                on the day before the date of enactment of the 
                Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, and the 
                new accountability systems required under this 
                subsection, including the transition steps described in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Transition steps.--To enable the successful 
                transition to the provisions of this part, as amended 
                by the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, 
                each State educational agency receiving funds under 
                this part shall--
                            ``(i) beginning upon the date of enactment 
                        of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 
                        2013--
                                    ``(I) administer assessments, as 
                                required under paragraph (2), as 
                                amended by such Act, that measure and 
                                assess the college and career ready 
                                academic content standards and student 
                                academic achievement standards 
                                described in paragraph (1), as amended 
                                by such Act; and
                                    ``(II) with respect to any 
                                reporting provision under this part 
                                that requires the disaggregation of 
                                students, carry out such requirement 
                                unless the number of students in such 
                                subgroup is less than 15;
                            ``(ii) during the transition period, 
                        continue all interventions, services, and 
                        activities required under section 1116(b), as 
                        in effect on the day before the date of 
                        enactment of such Act, for schools identified 
                        for corrective action under such section 
                        1116(b)(7);
                            ``(iii) after 2 years of using the 
                        assessments described in clause (i)(I), 
                        establish a new baseline, as described in 
                        paragraph (3)(C), using the new assessment 
                        data; and
                            ``(iv) implement sections 1111 and 1116, as 
                        amended by such Act, except that the State 
                        shall not be required to identify proficiency 
                        gaps, focus schools, or priority schools under 
                        subsection(b), (c), or (d) of section 1116 
                        until 2 full school years after the date of 
                        enactment of such Act.
                    ``(C) End of transition.--The transition to the 
                requirements of this part, as amended by the 
                Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, shall be 
                completed by not later than 2 years after the date of 
                enactment of such Act.
    ``(b) State Plans.--
            ``(1) In general.--For any State desiring to receive a 
        grant under this part, the State educational agency shall 
        submit to the Secretary a plan, developed by the State 
        educational agency in consultation with local educational 
        agencies, teachers, principals, specialized instructional 
        support personnel, administrators, other staff, representatives 
        of Indian tribes located in the State, and parents, that--
                    ``(A) demonstrates the State's compliance with this 
                section;
                    ``(B) is coordinated with the State plans required 
                by other programs under this Act, the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 
                1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins 
                Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the Head 
                Start Act, the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
                Act of 1990, and the Adult Education and Family 
                Literacy Act, and activities under title IX of the 
                Educational Amendments of 1972;
                    ``(C) provides an assurance the State will continue 
                to administer the academic assessments required under 
                paragraphs (3)(A) and (7) of this subsection, as such 
                paragraphs were in effect on the day before the date of 
                enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 
                2013, and to include the results of such assessments in 
                the State's accountability system, until the State has 
                implemented the assessments required under subsection 
                (a)(2);
                    ``(D) provides an assurance the State will 
                participate in the biennial State academic assessments 
                of grade 4 and grade 8 reading and mathematics under 
                the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried 
                out under section 303(b)(2) of the National Assessment 
                of Educational Progress Authorization Act if the 
                Secretary pays the costs of administering such 
                assessments;
                    ``(E) describes the State accountability system 
                under subsection (a)(3) and the State's plan for blue 
                ribbon schools under section 1131 (if the State chooses 
                to carry out such section);
                    ``(F) describes the process the State will utilize 
                to review local educational agency plans submitted 
                pursuant to section 1112, including the parent and 
                family engagement plan described in section 1118 and 
                other provisions related to parent and family 
                engagement;
                    ``(G) describes the support the State will provide 
                to local educational agencies for the education of 
                homeless children and youths, and how the State will 
                comply with the requirements of subtitle B of title VII 
                of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act;
                    ``(H) describes how the State educational agency 
                has involved the committee of practitioners established 
                under section 1603(b) in developing the plan and 
                monitoring its implementation;
                    ``(I) describes how the State educational agency 
                will coordinate with the State Advisory Council on 
                Early Childhood Education and Care, as appropriate;
                    ``(J)(i) if the State funds full-day kindergarten 
                programs but does not provide access to such programs 
                for all children eligible to attend kindergarten in the 
                State, describes how the State plans to increase the 
                number of students in the State who are enrolled in 
                full-day kindergarten and a strategy to implement such 
                a plan; and
                    ``(ii) if the State provides funding for 
                kindergarten programs but does not fund full-day 
                kindergarten programs, describes how the State plans to 
                establish such programs to extend and strengthen the 
                educational continuum for children entering elementary 
                school;
                    ``(K) provides an assurance that the State--
                            ``(i) has established a longitudinal data 
                        system that includes all elements described in 
                        section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES 
                        Act (20 U.S.C. 9871), by the date required 
                        under the terms for the allocation received by 
                        the State through the State Fiscal 
                        Stabilization Fund under section 14001 of the 
                        American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
                        (Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat. 279); or
                            ``(ii) if the State was not subject to any 
                        such requirement, that the State will establish 
                        such a system by a date approved the Secretary;
                    ``(L) describes how the State and State educational 
                agency will comply with the requirements of section 
                1501, and the State's plan to ensure such compliance;
                    ``(M) in the case of a State that proposes to use 
                funds under this part to support positive behavioral 
                interventions and supports, describes how the State 
                educational agency will--
                            ``(i) assist local educational agencies in 
                        implementing positive behavioral interventions 
                        and supports in schools served by the local 
                        educational agency throughout the whole school;
                            ``(ii) provide technical assistance and 
                        training to local educational agencies to 
                        improve and support the development, 
                        implementation, and coordination of 
                        comprehensive positive behavioral interventions 
                        and supports carried out under this Act with 
                        activities carried out under the Individuals 
                        with Disabilities Education Act;
                            ``(iii) in coordination with local 
                        educational agencies and schools, implement 
                        positive, preventative approaches to school 
                        discipline to promote a positive school climate 
                        for all students and reduce recidivism of re-
                        entering youth offenders and disconnected 
                        youth; and
                            ``(iv) evaluate the effects of providing 
                        positive behavioral interventions and supports 
                        for all students, including improvement of the 
                        learning environment, academic achievement, 
                        disciplinary problems such as incidents of 
                        suspensions, expulsions, referrals to law 
                        enforcement, and other actions that remove 
                        students from instruction, and any other 
                        effects the State chooses to evaluate;
                    ``(N) in the case of a State that proposes to use 
                funds under this part to support early intervening 
                services, describes how the State educational agency 
                will--
                            ``(i) assist local educational agencies in 
                        implementing early intervening services in 
                        schools served by the local educational agency 
                        to reduce the need to label children as 
                        children with disabilities in order to address 
                        the learning and behavioral needs of such 
                        children;
                            ``(ii) provide technical assistance and 
                        training to local educational agencies to 
                        improve coordination of early intervening 
                        services provided under this Act with early 
                        intervening services carried out under the 
                        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) evaluate the effects of providing 
                        early intervening services;
                    ``(O) describes how the State will assist local 
                educational agencies in identifying gifted and talented 
                students, including high-ability students who have not 
                previously been formally identified for gifted 
                education services, and implement educational 
                approaches at the elementary school and secondary 
                school levels to support the learning needs of gifted 
                and talented students to ensure that such students make 
                appropriate learning gains, such as early entrance to 
                kindergarten, enrichment, acceleration, curriculum 
                compacting, and dual enrollment in secondary school and 
                postsecondary education;
                    ``(P) describes how the State educational agency 
                will--
                            ``(i) reduce suspensions, expulsions, 
                        referrals to law enforcement, and other 
                        disciplinary actions that remove students from 
                        instruction;
                            ``(ii) facilitate, to the extent 
                        practicable, the re-entry of juvenile offenders 
                        and disconnected youth into their local 
                        educational agencies;
                            ``(iii) in coordination with the State 
                        department of corrections or similar agency, 
                        ensure re-entering juvenile offenders receive 
                        referrals to a local educational agency and 
                        provide that, for any juvenile who commits an 
                        offense subject to school expulsion and is 
                        subsequently committed to a detention center, 
                        secure facility, or any other residential 
                        placement within the juvenile or adult criminal 
                        justice system for such offense, the period of 
                        expulsion shall run concurrently with the 
                        period of commitment to the detention center, 
                        secure facility, or other residential 
                        placement; and
                            ``(iv) in coordination with local 
                        educational agencies and schools, provide 
                        annual and public reporting on, in the 
                        aggregate, in-school suspensions, out-of-school 
                        suspensions, expulsions, referrals to law 
                        enforcement, school-based arrests, and 
                        disciplinary transfers (including placements in 
                        alternative schools) in the State;
                    ``(Q) describe how the State educational agency 
                will plan for pregnant and parenting students to be 
                enrolled, attend, and succeed in school;
                    ``(R) describes how--
                            ``(i) for the first year following the date 
                        of enactment of the Strengthening America's 
                        Schools Act of 2013, the State educational 
                        agency will provide for the equitable 
                        distribution of elementary school teachers, and 
                        secondary school teachers, within local 
                        educational agencies and the State using data 
                        on the percentage and distribution of the 
                        categories of teachers described in 
                        subparagraph (S) as transitional measures of 
                        teacher quality;
                            ``(ii) for each school year following the 
                        first year after such date of enactment, the 
                        State educational agency will provide for the 
                        equitable distribution of teachers within local 
                        educational agencies and the State so that low-
                        income and minority children are not taught at 
                        higher rates than other children by teachers 
                        with the lowest ratings in the State 
                        professional growth and improvement system; and
                            ``(iii) beginning not later than 1 year 
                        after such date of enactment, and for each 
                        subsequent year, the State will report to the 
                        Secretary the percentage and distribution of 
                        teachers in the State, based on the measures 
                        used in the State, for each quartile of schools 
                        based on school poverty level, for high-
                        minority schools, and for low-minority schools; 
                        and
                    ``(S) describes how the State will annually submit 
                to the Secretary, for each quartile of schools in the 
                State based on school poverty level and for high-
                minority schools and low-minority schools in the State, 
                data regarding the percentage and distribution of the 
                following categories of teachers:
                            ``(i) Teachers who are not classified as 
                        highly qualified teachers.
                            ``(ii) Teachers who are new.
                            ``(iii) Teachers who have not completed a 
                        teacher preparation program.
                            ``(iv) Teachers who are not teaching in the 
                        subject or field for which the teacher is 
                        certified or licensed.
                            ``(v) Beginning in any year for which data 
                        are available from a professional growth and 
                        improvement system, and not later than the 
                        2015-2016 school year, teachers with the 
                        highest or lowest ratings in the professional 
                        growth and improvement system, as data from 
                        such system become available, and in no case 
                        later than the 2015-2016 school year.
            ``(2) Comprehensive plan.--A State plan submitted under 
        paragraph (1) may be submitted as part of the comprehensive 
        plan under section 9302.
            ``(3) Duration of the plan.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each State plan shall--
                            ``(i) remain in effect for the duration of 
                        the State's participation under this part or 4 
                        years, whichever is shorter; and
                            ``(ii) be periodically reviewed and revised 
                        as necessary by the State educational agency to 
                        reflect changes in the State's strategies and 
                        programs under this part.
                    ``(B) Additional information.--
                            ``(i) Revised plans.--If a State makes 
                        significant changes to its plan, such as 
                        adopting new State academic content standards, 
                        new State student achievement standards, new 
                        academic assessments, or improved performance 
                        targets under subsection (a), the State shall 
                        submit a revised plan to the Secretary.
                            ``(ii) Review of revised plans.--The 
                        Secretary shall review the information 
                        submitted under clause (i) and may, 
                        notwithstanding paragraph (4), approve or 
                        disapprove changes to the State plan without 
                        undertaking the peer-review or hearing process 
                        described in such paragraph.
                    ``(C) Renewal.--A State educational agency that 
                desires to continue participating in the program under 
                this part shall submit a renewed plan every 4 years 
                with improved performance targets.
            ``(4) Peer review and secretarial approval.--
                    ``(A) Secretarial duties.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) establish a peer-review process that 
                        maximizes collaboration with each State to 
                        assist in the review of State plans;
                            ``(ii) appoint expert individuals to the 
                        peer-review process who--
                                    ``(I) represent a regionally 
                                diverse cross-section of States;
                                    ``(II) are representative of 
                                parents, teachers, State educational 
                                agencies, and local educational 
                                agencies; and
                                    ``(III) are familiar with 
                                educational standards, assessments, 
                                accountability, the needs of focus and 
                                priority schools as described in 
                                subsections (c) and (d) of section 1116 
                                and the needs of disadvantaged 
                                students, students who are children 
                                with disabilities, and other 
                                educational needs of students;
                            ``(iii) ensure the peer-review process 
                        provides timely feedback from the peer-review 
                        panel to the States, and that such feedback 
                        shall be made publicly available, including 
                        through electronic means;
                            ``(iv) not decline approval of a State plan 
                        before--
                                    ``(I) offering the State an 
                                opportunity to revise the State plan;
                                    ``(II) providing technical 
                                assistance to the State to meet the 
                                requirements of this subsection and 
                                subsections (a) and (c); and
                                    ``(III) upon the request of a 
                                State, providing a hearing;
                            ``(v) have the authority to disapprove a 
                        State plan for not meeting the requirements of 
                        this part, and may deny approval to a State 
                        plan under this subsection that was recommended 
                        by the peer-review panel by making available 
                        written findings of the cause for such 
                        disapproval;
                            ``(vi) approve a State plan not later than 
                        120 days after its submission unless the 
                        Secretary determines that the plan does not 
                        meet the requirements of this section;
                            ``(vii) if the Secretary determines that 
                        the State plan does not meet the requirements 
                        of this subsection and subsection (c), 
                        immediately notify the State in writing of such 
                        determination and the reasons for such 
                        determination; and
                            ``(viii) not have the authority to require 
                        a State, as a condition of approval of the 
                        State plan, to include in, or delete from, such 
                        plan 1 or more specific elements of the State's 
                        academic content standards or to use specific 
                        academic assessment instruments or items.
                    ``(B) State revisions.--A State plan shall be 
                revised by the State educational agency if necessary to 
                satisfy the requirements of this section.
    ``(c) Parent and Family Engagement.--Each State plan shall include 
a description of how the State will strengthen engagement of the 
parents and families in education (referred to in this subsection as 
the `parent and family engagement plan') in accordance with the 
following:
            ``(1) Statewide parent and family engagement strategy.--The 
        parent and family engagement plan shall demonstrate how the 
        State plans to increase and enhance the engagement of parents 
        and family members in education throughout the State, through 
        the implementation and replication of evidence-based or 
        promising practices, in order to--
                    ``(A) increase student academic growth and 
                achievement, and college and career readiness;
                    ``(B) provide parents and family members with the 
                skills and opportunities necessary to become full 
                partners in their child's education;
                    ``(C) improve child development;
                    ``(D) strengthen relationships and partnerships 
                among school personnel and parents and family members, 
                to support student academic growth and achievement, and 
                college and career readiness;
                    ``(E) improve the ability of local educational 
                agencies and schools to increase the participation of 
                parents and family members in school improvement 
                strategies, create opportunities for co-location and 
                provision of services for parents and family members, 
                and foster conditions for learning; and
                    ``(F) focus the activities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E) in high-need local 
                educational agencies and high-need schools.
            ``(2) Coordination; collection; dissemination.--The parent 
        and family engagement plan shall describe how the State will--
                    ``(A) ensure maximum coordination and minimum 
                duplication of efforts (which may include the 
                designation of a parent and family engagement 
                coordinator) among, at a minimum--
                            ``(i) Federal, State, and local programs;
                            ``(ii) the State Advisory Councils on Early 
                        Childhood Education and Care;
                            ``(iii) the parent and family information 
                        and resource centers established under part H 
                        of title IV; and
                            ``(iv) appropriate non-Federal entities 
                        (including community-based and philanthropic 
                        organizations and court-appointed special 
                        advocates);
                    ``(B) collect and disseminate best practices and 
                research on parent and family engagement strategies 
                to--
                            ``(i) local educational agencies, including 
                        high-need local educational agencies, and high-
                        need schools in the State, such as through 
                        parent and family engagement academies and 
                        other leadership development strategies; and
                            ``(ii) institutions of higher education and 
                        other organizations with a demonstrated record 
                        of success in increasing the engagement of 
                        parents and family members in education; and
                    ``(C) ensure that the process for reviewing local 
                educational agency plans pursuant to section 1112 
                includes an assessment and response to each local 
                educational agency regarding the extent to which such 
                plans incorporate the best practices identified in 
                subparagraph (B).
            ``(3) Technical assistance, training, and capacity-
        building.--The State parent and family engagement plan shall 
        describe the evidence-based technical assistance, professional 
        development, or other capacity-building strategies that the 
        State will provide to, at a minimum, high-need local 
        educational agencies and high-need schools, which--
                    ``(A) shall include the provision of technical 
                assistance to local educational agencies that serve 
                schools identified as focus or priority schools under 
                subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116;
                    ``(B) shall include partnering with the appropriate 
                parent and family information and resource centers;
                    ``(C) may include assistance in developing, 
                revising, or implementing the local educational agency 
                plans submitted pursuant to section 1112 as such plans 
                relate to supporting parent and family engagement, in 
                conjunction with paragraph (2)(C);
                    ``(D) may include assistance related to 
                implementing evidence-based parent and family 
                engagement strategies to providers of early care and 
                education; and
                    ``(E) may include assistance related to 
                implementing evidence-based parent and family 
                engagement strategies for English learner families, 
                such as those described in section 3115(c)(5).
            ``(4) Leveraging resources.--Each State plan shall include 
        a description of how the State will leverage resources of 
        employers, business leaders, philanthropic and non-profit 
        organizations, and other community members to increase and 
        strengthen parent and family engagement.
    ``(d) Annual State Report Cards.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State that receives a grant under this 
        part shall prepare and disseminate an annual report card for 
        each public elementary school and secondary school in the 
        State, each local educational agency in the State, and the 
        State as a whole.
            ``(2) Requirements for all report cards.--The State shall 
        ensure the school, local educational agency, and State report 
        cards required under this subsection are--
                    ``(A) uniform across the State;
                    ``(B) concise;
                    ``(C) presented in a format that is easily 
                understandable and, to the extent practicable, provided 
                in a language that parents can understand; and
                    ``(D) accessible to the public, which shall 
                include--
                            ``(i) making the State report card and all 
                        local educational agency and school report 
                        cards available on a single webpage of the 
                        State's website; and
                            ``(ii) providing a copy of a school's 
                        report card to the parents of each student 
                        enrolled in the school each year.
            ``(3) Required student information for school report 
        cards.--Each school report card required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A clear and concise description of the 
                State's accountability system under subsection (a)(3), 
                including a description of the criteria by which the 
                State evaluates school performance, and the criteria 
                that the State has established to determine the status 
                of schools.
                    ``(B) Information on each of the following for the 
                school, in the aggregate and disaggregated and cross-
                tabulated by the subgroups described in subsection 
                (a)(2)(B)(x) (except that such disaggregation or cross-
                tabulation shall not be required in a case in which the 
                results would reveal personally identifiable 
                information about an individual student):
                            ``(i) Student achievement at each 
                        performance level on the State academic 
                        assessments that are included in the State's 
                        accountability system under subsection (a)(3).
                            ``(ii) The percentage of students who do 
                        not take the State academic assessments.
                            ``(iii) The most recent 3-year trend in 
                        student achievement in each subject area, and 
                        for each grade level, for such assessments.
                            ``(iv) A comparison of the school's student 
                        academic assessment data to the State average 
                        for each tested subject.
                            ``(v)(I) the number and percentage of 
                        students who are meeting or exceeding the State 
                        student academic achievement standards or are 
                        achieving sufficient academic growth, as 
                        determined in accordance with subsection 
                        (a)(3)(B)(iii), for each subject area and grade 
                        level; and
                            ``(II) The most recent 3-year trend in 
                        student academic growth in each subject area, 
                        and for each grade level, for the State 
                        academic assessments.
                            ``(vi) The number and percentage of 
                        students with the most significant cognitive 
                        disabilities who take an alternate assessment 
                        under subsection (a)(2)(E), by grade and 
                        subject.
                            ``(vii) The number of students who are 
                        English learners, and the performance of such 
                        students, on the State's English language 
                        proficiency assessments under sub (a)(2)(D), 
                        including the students' attainment of, and 
                        progress toward, higher levels of English 
                        language proficiency.
                            ``(viii) For each high school--
                                    ``(I) student graduation rates, 
                                including--
                                            ``(aa) the 4-year adjusted 
                                        cohort graduation rate, as 
                                        defined in section 9101(30)(A); 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) the cumulative 
                                        graduation rate, as defined in 
                                        section 9101(30)(B);
                                    ``(II) not later than the beginning 
                                of the 2013-2014 school year, the rate 
                                at which students who graduated from 
                                the high school in the preceding year 
                                enrolled in institutions of higher 
                                education by the beginning of the next 
                                school year; and
                                    ``(III) not later than the 
                                beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, 
                                the rate of student remediation, in the 
                                aggregate, for high school graduates 
                                who enroll in public institutions of 
                                higher education in the State or in 
                                other institutions of higher education 
                                (to the extent obtaining the data 
                                regarding remediation from other 
                                institutions is practicable).
                            ``(ix) Beginning not later than the 2015-
                        2016 school year, the evaluation results of 
                        teachers and principals as measured by the 
                        State's professional growth and improvement 
                        system, except that such information shall not 
                        provide individually identifiable information 
                        on individual teachers and principals.
                            ``(x) Discipline data with respect to all 
                        students in the school for the disciplinary 
                        exclusionary categories described in 
                        subparagraphs (A)(v), (D), and (E) of section 
                        618(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
                        Education Act.
                            ``(xi) The percentage of students passing 
                        examinations related to coursework acceptable 
                        for postsecondary credit at institutions of 
                        higher education, such as Advanced Placement or 
                        International Baccalaureate examinations;
                            ``(xii) Data regarding pregnant and 
                        parenting students in the State, including--
                                    ``(I) the number of pregnant and 
                                parenting students enrolled in 
                                secondary schools;
                                    ``(II) rates, and data regarding 
                                participation, of pregnant and 
                                parenting students in mainstream 
                                schools or in the schools in which the 
                                students originated;
                                    ``(III) rates, and data regarding 
                                participation, of pregnant and 
                                parenting students in alternative 
                                programs;
                                    ``(IV) the number and percentage of 
                                pregnant and parenting students who 
                                have achieved proficiency, as 
                                determined for purposes of subsection 
                                (a)(3)(B)(ii) in each grade and subject 
                                assessed; and
                                    ``(V) graduation rates for pregnant 
                                and parenting students.
                            ``(xiii) The incidence of school violence, 
                        bullying, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, in-school 
                        student suspensions, out-of-school student 
                        suspensions, expulsions, referrals to law 
                        enforcement, school-based arrests, disciplinary 
                        transfers (including placements in alternative 
                        schools), and student detentions, for each 
                        category.
                    ``(C) The average class size, by grade.
                    ``(D) The school's categorization, if applicable, 
                in the State school accountability and improvement 
                system under section 1116.
                    ``(E) The most recently available academic 
                achievement results in grades 4 and 8 of the State's 
                students on the National Assessment of Educational 
                Progress in reading and mathematics, including the 
                percentage of students at each achievement level in the 
                aggregate and by the groups described in section 
                303(b)(2)(G) of the National Assessment of Educational 
                Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(G)).
                    ``(F) The number of local educational agencies in 
                the State that implement positive behavioral 
                interventions and supports.
                    ``(G) The number of students--
                            ``(i) who are served through the use of 
                        early intervening services; and
                            ``(ii) who, in the preceding 2-year period, 
                        received early intervening services and who, 
                        after receiving such services, have been 
                        identified as eligible for, and receive, 
                        special education and related services under 
                        part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
                        Education Act.
                    ``(H) The number of local educational agencies in 
                the State that implement school-based mental health 
                programs.
            ``(4) Optional information.--A State may include in each 
        school report card such other information as the State believes 
        will best provide parents, students, and other members of the 
        public with information regarding the progress of each of the 
        State's public elementary and secondary schools. Such 
        information may include--
                    ``(A) interscholastic athletic program indicators 
                by gender, including number of participants, 
                expenditures, number of coaches, and number of 
                competitive events;
                    ``(B) indicators of school climate;
                    ``(C) student attendance; and
                    ``(D) school readiness of students in kindergarten.
            ``(5) Local educational agency and state report cards.--
        Each local educational agency report card and State report card 
        required under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) shall include the data described in clauses 
                (i) through (xiv) of paragraph (3)(B) for the local 
                educational agency or State, respectively, as a whole 
                and disaggregated by the subgroups described in 
                subsection (a)(2)(B)(x);
                    ``(B) in the case of a State report card, shall 
                include the data described in paragraph (3)(B)(viii) 
                disaggregated by status as a child in foster care, 
                except that such disaggregation shall not be required 
                in a case in which the number of students in the 
                category would reveal personally identifiable 
                information about an individual student;
                    ``(C) in the case of a local educational agency 
                report card, shall include information regarding the 
                assessments administered annually, by grade level and 
                subject, and, for each assessment, whether the 
                assessment is required by Federal, State, or local 
                statute, regulation, or policy; and
                    ``(D) may include any optional information 
                described in paragraph (4) for the local educational 
                agency or State, respectively.
            ``(6) Data.--A State shall only include in a school report 
        card or local educational agency report card, data that do not 
        reveal personally identifiable information about an individual 
        student or teacher.
            ``(7) Preexisting report cards.--A State educational agency 
        or local educational agency that was providing public report 
        cards on the performance of students, schools, local 
        educational agencies, or the State prior to the date of 
        enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, 
        may use those report cards for the purpose of this subsection 
        as long as any such report card is modified, as may be needed, 
        to contain the information required by this subsection.
            ``(8) Cost reduction.--Each State educational agency and 
        local educational agency receiving assistance under this part 
        shall, wherever possible, take steps to reduce data collection 
        costs and duplication of effort by obtaining the information 
        required under this subsection through existing data collection 
        efforts.
            ``(9) Cross-tabulated data not used for accountability.--
        Groups of students obtained by cross-tabulating data under this 
        subsection shall not be considered to be subgroups under 
        section 1116. Such cross-tabulated data shall not be used to 
        determine whether a school is a focus or priority school under 
        subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116.
    ``(e) Reporting.--
            ``(1) Annual state report.--Each State educational agency 
        that receives assistance under this part shall report annually 
        to the Secretary, and make widely available within the State--
                    ``(A) information on the State's progress in 
                developing and implementing the academic assessments 
                described in subsection (a)(2);
                    ``(B) information on the achievement and academic 
                growth of students, including results disaggregated 
                (except in a case in which the number of students in a 
                category is insufficient to yield statistically 
                reliable information or the results would reveal 
                personally identifiable information about an individual 
                student) by the subgroups described in subsection 
                (a)(2)(B)(x) and by status as a child in foster care;
                    ``(C) information on any changes in status for all 
                public schools in the State, in accordance with the 
                State's system of differentiation described in 
                subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii) and the categories required 
                under section 1116;
                    ``(D) in any year before the State begins to 
                provide the information described in subparagraph (B), 
                information on the results of student academic 
                assessments (including results disaggregated by the 
                subgroups described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(x)) 
                required under this section;
                    ``(E) information on the acquisition of English 
                language proficiency by students who are English 
                learners;
                    ``(F) the number of schools, and the name of each 
                school, identified as a focus or priority school under 
                subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116; and
                    ``(G) the number of schools identified as blue 
                ribbon schools under section 1131 and the name of each 
                such school.
            ``(2) Secretary's report card and biennial evaluation 
        report.--
                    ``(A) Secretary's report card.--Not later than July 
                1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
                prepare and submit to the authorizing committees a 
                national report card on the status of elementary and 
                secondary education in the United States. Such report 
                shall--
                            ``(i) analyze existing data from State 
                        reports required under this Act, the 
                        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
                        and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
                        Education Act of 2006, and summarize major 
                        findings from such reports;
                            ``(ii) analyze data from the National 
                        Assessment of Educational Progress and 
                        international assessments, including the Third 
                        International Mathematics and Science Survey;
                            ``(iii) identify trends in student 
                        achievement, student academic growth, student 
                        performance, and high school graduation rates, 
                        by analyzing and reporting on the status and 
                        performance of subgroups of students, including 
                        subgroups based on race, ethnicity, and 
                        socioeconomic status and the subgroups of 
                        children with disabilities and English 
                        learners;
                            ``(iv) compare the performance of students, 
                        including the subgroups described in clause 
                        (iii), across States and local educational 
                        agencies across the United States;
                            ``(v) identify and report on promising 
                        practices, areas of greatest improvement in 
                        student achievement and educational attainment, 
                        and other examples worthy of national 
                        attention;
                            ``(vi) identify and report on areas of 
                        educational concern that warrant national 
                        attention; and
                            ``(vii)(I) analyze existing data, as of the 
                        time of the report, on Federal, State, and 
                        local expenditures on education, including per 
                        pupil spending, teacher salaries and pension 
                        obligations, school level spending, and other 
                        financial data publicly available; and
                            ``(II) report on current trends and major 
                        findings resulting from the analysis.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--The information used to 
                prepare the report described in subparagraph (A) shall 
                be derived from existing State and local reporting 
                requirements and data sources. Nothing in this 
                paragraph shall be construed as authorizing, requiring, 
                or allowing any additional reporting requirements, data 
                elements, or information to be reported to the 
                Secretary not otherwise explicitly authorized by any 
                other Federal law.
                    ``(C) Biennial report.--The Secretary shall 
                transmit biennially to the authorizing committees a 
                report that provides national and State-level data on 
                the information collected under paragraph (1).
    ``(f) Penalties.--If a State that receives a grant under this part 
fails to meet any requirement of this part, the Secretary may withhold 
funds for State administration under this part until the Secretary 
determines that the State has fulfilled those requirements.
    ``(g) Parents' Right-to-Know.--
            ``(1) Qualifications.--At the beginning of each school 
        year, a local educational agency that receives funds under this 
        part shall notify the parents of each student attending any 
        school receiving funds under this part that the parents may 
        request, and the agency will provide the parents on request 
        (and in a timely manner), information regarding the 
        professional qualifications of the student's classroom 
        teachers, including, at a minimum, the following:
                    ``(A) Whether the teacher has met State 
                qualification and licensing criteria for the grade 
                levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides 
                instruction.
                    ``(B) Whether the teacher is teaching under 
                emergency or other provisional status through which 
                State qualification or licensing criteria have been 
                waived.
                    ``(C) The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher 
                and any other graduate certification or degree held by 
                the teacher, and the field of discipline of the 
                certification or degree.
                    ``(D) Whether the student is provided services by 
                paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
            ``(2) Equity report card.--A local educational agency that 
        receives funds under this part shall make available to parents, 
        separately or as a clearly identified part of the school report 
        card, and through easily accessible means, including electronic 
        means, the following information for each school:
                    ``(A) student achievement data at each performance 
                level, for each category of students described in 
                subsection (a)(3)(B)(ii), on the State academic 
                assessments included in the State accountability system 
                under subsection (a)(3), disaggregated by the subgroups 
                described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(x);
                    ``(B) Individual school funding by source, 
                including Federal, State, and local funding and grants;
                    ``(C) For each high school, the 4-year adjusted 
                cohort graduation rate, as described in section 
                9101(32)(A), and the rate at which students graduating 
                from the high school in the preceding year enrolled in 
                institutions of higher education by the beginning of 
                the next school year;
                    ``(D) Data regarding educational opportunity 
                participation, which data--
                            ``(i) shall include, at a minimum, 
                        prekindergarten and full-day kindergarten 
                        opportunities for children and opportunities 
                        for Advanced Placement or International 
                        Baccalaureate course work; and
                            ``(ii) may include such opportunities as 
                        dual enrollment, gifted programming, and other 
                        educational programming.
                    ``(E) Information regarding each school's school 
                climate, including student survey results and school 
                discipline data, which may include information such as 
                the incidence of school violence, bullying, in-school 
                student suspensions, out-of-school student suspensions, 
                expulsions, referrals to law enforcement, school-based 
                arrests, disciplinary transfers (including placements 
                in alternative schools), and student detentions.
                    ``(F) Other data that, in conjunction with the 
                local educational agency report card described in 
                subsection (d), is determined, by the State or local 
                educational agency in consultation with parents, 
                families, and educators, to be necessary to allow 
                parents, families, and community members to understand, 
                and compare with other schools in the local educational 
                agency and across the State, the resources available to 
                the school that influence the outcomes for students.
            ``(3) Additional information.--In addition to the 
        information that parents of students may request under 
        paragraph (1), a school that receives funds under this part 
        shall provide to each individual parent, with respect to the 
        student--
                    ``(A) information on the level of achievement and 
                academic growth of the student on each of the State 
                academic assessments as required under this part; and
                    ``(B) timely notice that the student has been 
                assigned, or has been taught for 4 or more consecutive 
                weeks by, a teacher who does not hold a State 
                qualification or license to teach at the grade level 
                and subject area in which the teacher has been 
                assigned.
            ``(4) Format.--The notice and information provided to 
        parents under this subsection shall be in an understandable and 
        uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a 
        language that the parents can understand.
    ``(h) Privacy.--Information collected under this section shall be 
collected and disseminated in a manner that protects the privacy of 
individuals.
    ``(i) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide a State 
educational agency, at the State educational agency's request, with 
technical assistance in meeting the requirements of this section.
    ``(j) Construction.--Nothing in this part shall be construed to 
prescribe the use of the academic assessments described in this part 
for student promotion or graduation purposes.
    ``(k) Special Rule With Respect to Bureau-funded Schools.--In 
determining the assessments to be used by each school operated or 
funded by the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of Interior 
that receives funds under this part, the following shall apply:
            ``(1) State accredited schools.--Each such school 
        accredited by the State in which it is operating shall use the 
        assessments the State has developed and implemented to meet the 
        requirements of this section, or such other appropriate 
        assessment as approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
            ``(2) Regionally accredited schools.--Each such school 
        accredited by a regional accrediting organization shall adopt 
        appropriate assessments, in consultation with and with the 
        approval of, the Secretary of the Interior and consistent with 
        assessments adopted by other schools in the same State or 
        region, that meets the requirements of this section.
            ``(3) Tribally accredited schools.--Each such school 
        accredited by a tribal accrediting agency or tribal division of 
        education shall use assessments developed by such agency or 
        division, except that the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        ensure that such assessments meet the requirements of this 
        section.''.

SEC. 1112. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.

    Section 1112 (20 U.S.C. 6312) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1112. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.

    ``(a) Plans Required.--
            ``(1) Subgrants.--A local educational agency may receive a 
        subgrant under this part for any fiscal year only if such 
        agency has on file with the State educational agency a plan, 
        approved by the State educational agency, that is coordinated 
        with other programs under this Act, the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act, the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
        Technical Education Act of 2006, the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act, and other Acts, as appropriate, and activities 
        under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
            ``(2) Consolidated application.--The plan may be submitted 
        as part of a consolidated application under section 9305.
    ``(b) Plan Development and Duration.--
            ``(1) Consultation.--Each local educational agency plan 
        shall be developed in consultation with--
                    ``(A) teachers, principals, administrators, and 
                other appropriate school personnel;
                    ``(B) representatives of early childhood education 
                programs in the geographic area served by the local 
                educational agency, as appropriate; and
                    ``(C) parents and family members of children in 
                schools served under this part.
            ``(2) Duration.--Each local educational agency plan shall 
        be submitted pursuant to this section for the first year for 
        which this part is in effect following the date of enactment of 
        the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, and such plan 
        shall remain in effect until the date of renewal as determined 
        under paragraph (4) by the State.
            ``(3) Review.--Each local educational agency shall 
        periodically review and, as necessary, revise its plan to 
        reflect changes in the local educational agency's strategies 
        and programs under this part, and changes in the State 
        performance targets under section 1111(a)(3).
            ``(4) Renewal.--A local educational agency that desires to 
        continue participating in the program under this part shall 
        submit a renewed plan on a periodic basis, as determined by the 
        State.
    ``(c) State Approval.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency plan shall 
        be filed according to a schedule established by the State 
        educational agency.
            ``(2) Approval.--The State educational agency shall approve 
        a local educational agency's plan only if the State educational 
        agency determines that the local educational agency's plan--
                    ``(A) enables schools served under this part to 
                substantially help children served under this part meet 
                the academic content and student academic achievement 
                standards expected of all children described in section 
                1111(a)(1) and the performance targets described in 
                section 1111(a)(3)(C); and
                    ``(B) meets the requirements of this part.
    ``(d) Plan Provisions.--In order to help low-achieving children 
meet college and career ready student academic achievement standards, 
and to close the achievement gap between high- and low-achieving 
children each local educational agency plan shall describe each of the 
following:
            ``(1) How the local educational agency will work with each 
        of the schools served by the agency to--
                    ``(A) develop and implement a comprehensive program 
                of instruction to meet the academic needs of all 
                students;
                    ``(B) identify quickly and effectively students who 
                may be at risk for academic failure;
                    ``(C) provide additional educational assistance to 
                individual students assessed as needing help in meeting 
                the State's college and career ready student academic 
                achievement standards;
                    ``(D) identify significant gaps in student 
                achievement among subgroups of students identified 
                under section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x) and develop strategies 
                to reduce such gaps in achievement; and
                    ``(E) identify and implement effective methods and 
                instructional strategies that are based on 
                scientifically valid research intended to strengthen 
                the core academic programs of the schools, including 
                using multi-tiered systems of support, universal design 
                for learning, and positive behavioral interventions and 
                supports.
            ``(2) How the local educational agency will monitor and 
        evaluate the effectiveness of school programs in improving 
        student academic achievement and academic growth, especially 
        for students described in section 1111(a)(3)(B)(ii)(II).
            ``(3) The strategy the local educational agency will use to 
        implement effective parent and family engagement under section 
        1118.
            ``(4) How the local educational agency will coordinate and 
        integrate services provided under this part with other high-
        quality early childhood education programs at the local 
        educational agency or individual school level (including 
        programs under section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
        Education Act) that include plans for the transition of 
        participants in such programs to local elementary school 
        programs and, if appropriate, a description of how the local 
        educational agency will use funds under this part to support 
        preschool programs for children, particularly children 
        participating in a Head Start program, which may be provided 
        directly by the local educational agency or through a 
        subcontract with the Head Start agency designated by the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 641 of the 
        Head Start Act, or another comparable public early childhood 
        education program.
            ``(5) How activities under this part will be coordinated 
        and integrated with Federal, State, and local services and 
        programs, including programs supported under this Act, the Carl 
        D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Rehabilitation 
        Act of 1973, the Head Start Act, the Child Care and Development 
        Block Grant Act of 1990, and the Workforce Investment Act of 
        1998, violence prevention programs, nutrition programs, and 
        housing programs.
            ``(6) How the local educational agency will coordinate and 
        integrate services provided under this part with local 
        workforce development programs that serve disadvantaged or out-
        of-school youth, such as those providing workforce investment 
        activities under chapter 4 of subtitle B of title I of the 
        Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including a description of 
        how the local educational agency will use funds under this part 
        to support such activities.
            ``(7) The poverty criteria that will be used to select 
        school attendance areas under section 1113.
            ``(8) How teachers, in consultation with parents and family 
        members, administrators, and specialized instructional support 
        personnel, in targeted assistance schools under section 1115, 
        will identify the eligible children most in need of services 
        under this part.
            ``(9) How the local educational agency will identify and 
        address any disparities in the equitable distribution of 
        teachers, consistent with the requirements of section 
        1111(b)(1)(L).
            ``(10) How the local educational agency will provide for 
        the equitable distribution of elementary school teachers, and 
        of secondary school teachers, within local educational agencies 
        and the State using data on the percentage and distribution of 
        the categories of teachers described in subsection (e)(13).
            ``(11) A general description of the nature of the programs 
        to be conducted by such agency's schools under sections 1114 
        and 1115 and, where appropriate, educational services outside 
        such schools for children living in local institutions for 
        neglected or delinquent children, and for neglected and 
        delinquent children in community day school programs.
            ``(12) A description of--
                    ``(A) how the local educational agency will provide 
                opportunities for the enrollment, attendance, and 
                success of homeless children and youths; and
                    ``(B) the services the local educational agency 
                will provide homeless children and youths, including 
                services provided with funds reserved under section 
                1113(c)(3), and how those services may differ from 
                those provided in prior years.
            ``(13) A description of the support the local educational 
        agency will provide for homeless children and youths, 
        consistent with the requirements of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act.
            ``(14) For each quartile of schools in the local 
        educational agency based on school poverty level and for high-
        minority schools and low-minority schools in the local 
        educational agency, data regarding access at the high school 
        level to rigorous coursework, including--
                    ``(A) access to opportunities to earn postsecondary 
                credit while in high school, such as through Advanced 
                Placement and International Baccalaureate courses and 
                examinations, and dual enrollment; and
                    ``(B) student performance on Advanced Placement and 
                International Baccalaureate course examinations.
            ``(15) How the local educational agency will identify and 
        address any disparity within the student subgroups described in 
        section 1111(a)(3)(D) in equitable access to rigorous 
        coursework, including access to opportunities described in 
        paragraph (14)(A).
            ``(16) How the local educational agency will engage in 
        timely, on-going, and meaningful consultation with 
        representatives of Indian tribes in the area served by such 
        local educational agency to improve the coordination of 
        activities under this Act and to meet the unique cultural, 
        language, and academic needs of Indian and Native Hawaiian 
        students.
            ``(17) How the local educational agency will implement 
        strategies to facilitate effective transitions for students 
        from middle school to high school and from high school to 
        postsecondary education.
            ``(18) If the local educational agency proposes to use 
        subgrant funds under this part for positive behavioral 
        interventions and supports, a description of the actions the 
        local educational agency will take to provide positive 
        behavioral interventions and supports and coordinate those 
        activities with activities carried out under the Individuals 
        with Disabilities Education Act.
            ``(19) If the local educational agency proposes to use 
        subgrant funds under this part for early intervening services, 
        a description of the actions the local educational agency will 
        take to provide early intervening services and coordinate those 
        services with early intervening services carried out under the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
            ``(20) If the local educational agency proposes to use 
        subgrant funds under this part for school-based mental health 
        programs, a description of the actions the local educational 
        agency will take to provide school-based mental health programs 
        and coordinate those activities with activities carried out 
        under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
            ``(21) If the local educational agency proposes to use 
        subgrant funds under this part for periodically updating the 
        crisis management plan of the local educational agency, as 
        described in section 4202(d)(5)(B)(iv), a description of the 
        actions the local educational agency will take to develop and 
        implement an updated crisis management plan.
            ``(22) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will plan for pregnant and parenting students to be enrolled, 
        attend, and succeed in school.
    ``(e) Assurances.--Each local educational agency plan shall provide 
assurances that the local educational agency will--
            ``(1) use the results of the academic assessments required 
        under section 1111(a)(2), and other measures or indicators 
        available to the agency, to review annually the progress of 
        each school served by the agency and receiving funds under this 
        part to determine whether all of the schools are making the 
        progress necessary to ensure all students will be performing at 
        or above grade level on the State academic assessments required 
        under such section, in accordance with the ambitious targets 
        described in the State plan under section 1111(a)(3)(C);
            ``(2) provide to parents and teachers the results from the 
        academic assessments required under section 1111(a)(2) as soon 
        as is practicably possible after the test is taken in an 
        understandable and uniform format and, to the extent possible, 
        provided in a language that the parents and, to the greatest 
        extent practicable, family members, can understand;
            ``(3) participate, if selected, in State academic 
        assessments of student achievement in reading and mathematics 
        in grades 4 and 8 carried out under section 303(b)(3) of the 
        National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act;
            ``(4) fulfill such agency's school improvement 
        responsibilities under section 1116;
            ``(5) ensure that migratory children who are eligible to 
        receive services under this part are selected to receive such 
        services on the same basis as other children who are selected 
        to receive services under this part;
            ``(6) engage in timely and meaningful consultation with 
        representatives of Indian tribes located in the area served by 
        the local educational agency;
            ``(7) provide services to eligible children attending 
        private elementary schools and secondary schools in accordance 
        with section 1120, and timely and meaningful consultation with 
        private school officials regarding such services;
            ``(8) inform eligible schools of the local educational 
        agency's authority to obtain waivers on the school's behalf 
        under applicable Federal flexibility provisions;
            ``(9) in the case of a local educational agency that 
        chooses to use funds under this part to provide early childhood 
        education services to low-income children below the age of 
        compulsory school attendance, ensure that such services comply 
        with the education performance standards in effect under 
        section 641A(a)(1)(B) of the Head Start Act;
            ``(10) comply with the requirements of section 1501 that 
        relate to the local educational agency and describe the local 
        educational agency's plan to ensure such compliance;
            ``(11) comply with the requirements of subtitle B of title 
        VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act that relate 
        to the local educational agency;
            ``(12) annually submit to the State educational agency the 
        information contained in each school equity report card 
        described in section 1111(g)(2); and
            ``(13) annually submit to the State educational agency, for 
        each quartile of schools in the local educational agency based 
        on school poverty level and for high-minority schools and low-
        minority schools in the local educational agency, data 
        regarding the percentage and distribution of the following 
        categories of teachers:
                    ``(A) Teachers who are new.
                    ``(B) Teachers who have not completed a teacher 
                preparation program.
                    ``(C) Teachers who are not teaching in the subject 
                or field for which the teacher is certified or 
                licensed.
                    ``(D) Where applicable, teachers who have the 
                highest or lowest ratings in a professional growth and 
                improvement system.
    ``(f) Parental Notification Regarding Language Instruction 
Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency using 
        funds under this part to provide a language instruction 
        educational program as determined under part C of title III 
        shall, not later than 30 days after the beginning of the school 
        year, inform a parent or parents of an English learner 
        identified for participation or participating in, such a 
        program of--
                    ``(A) the reasons for the identification of their 
                child as an English learner and in need of placement in 
                a language instruction educational program;
                    ``(B) the child's level of English proficiency, how 
                such level was assessed, and the status of the child's 
                academic achievement;
                    ``(C) the methods of instruction used in the 
                program in which their child is, or will be, 
                participating, and the methods of instruction used in 
                other available programs, including how such programs 
                differ in content, instructional goals, and the use of 
                English and a native language in instruction;
                    ``(D) how the program in which their child is, or 
                will be, participating, will meet the educational 
                strengths and needs of their child;
                    ``(E) how such program will specifically help their 
                child learn English, and meet age-appropriate academic 
                achievement standards for grade promotion and 
                graduation;
                    ``(F) the specific exit requirements for the 
                program, including the expected rate of transition from 
                such program into classrooms that are not tailored for 
                English learners, and the expected rate of graduation 
                from secondary school for such program if funds under 
                this part are used for children in secondary schools;
                    ``(G) in the case of a child with a disability, how 
                such program meets the objectives of the individualized 
                education program of the child; and
                    ``(H) information pertaining to parental rights 
                that includes written guidance--
                            ``(i) detailing--
                                    ``(I) the right that parents have 
                                to have their child immediately removed 
                                from such program upon their request; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the options that parents 
                                have to decline to enroll their child 
                                in such program or to choose another 
                                program or method of instruction, if 
                                available; and
                            ``(ii) assisting parents in selecting among 
                        various programs and methods of instruction, if 
                        more than 1 program or method is offered by the 
                        eligible entity.
            ``(2) Notice.--The notice and information provided in 
        paragraph (1) to a parent or parents of a child identified for 
        participation in a language instruction educational program for 
        English learners shall be in an understandable and uniform 
        format and, to the extent practicable, provided in a language 
        that the parents can understand.
            ``(3) Special rule applicable during the school year.--For 
        those children who have not been identified as English learners 
        prior to the beginning of the school year and who are 
        subsequently so identified, the local educational agency shall 
        notify the parents of such children within the first 2 weeks of 
        the child being placed in a language instruction educational 
        program consistent with paragraphs (1) and (2).
            ``(4) Parental participation.--Each local educational 
        agency receiving funds under this part shall implement an 
        effective means of outreach to parents and, to the extent 
        practicable, family members, of English learner students to 
        inform the parents and family members regarding how the parents 
        and family members can be involved in the education of their 
        children, and be active participants in assisting their 
        children to attain English proficiency, achieve at high levels 
        in core academic subjects, and meet college and career ready 
        State student academic achievement standards and State academic 
        content standards expected of all students, including holding, 
        and sending notice of opportunities for, regular meetings for 
        the purpose of formulating and responding to recommendations 
        from parents and family members of students assisted under this 
        part.
            ``(5) Basis for admission or exclusion.--A student shall 
        not be admitted to, or excluded from, any federally assisted 
        education program on the basis of a surname or language-
        minority status.''.

SEC. 1113. ELIGIBLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS.

    Section 1113 (20 U.S.C. 6313) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(3) Ranking order.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), if funds allocated in accordance with 
                subsection (c) are insufficient to serve all eligible 
                school attendance areas, a local educational agency 
                shall--
                            ``(i) annually rank, without regard to 
                        grade spans, such agency's eligible school 
                        attendance areas in which the concentration of 
                        children from low-income families exceeds 75 
                        percent, or exceeds 50 percent in the case of 
                        the high schools served by such agency, from 
                        highest to lowest according to the percentage 
                        of children from low-income families; and
                            ``(ii) serve such eligible school 
                        attendance areas in rank order.
                    ``(B) Applicability.--A local educational agency 
                shall not be required to reduce, in order to comply 
                with subparagraph (A), the amount of funding provided 
                under this part to elementary schools and middle 
                schools from the amount of funding provided under this 
                part to such schools for the fiscal year preceding the 
                data of enactment of the Strengthening America's 
                Schools Act of 2013 in order to provide funding under 
                this part to high schools pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A).'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(5) Measures.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the local educational agency shall 
                use the same measure of poverty, which measure shall be 
                the number of children ages 5 through 17 in poverty 
                counted in the most recent census data approved by the 
                Secretary, the number of children eligible for free and 
                reduced priced lunches under the Richard B. Russell 
                National School Lunch Act, the number of children in 
                families receiving assistance under the State program 
                funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
                Act, or the number of children eligible to receive 
                medical assistance under the Medicaid program, or a 
                composite of such indicators, with respect to all 
                school attendance areas in the local educational 
                agency--
                            ``(i) to identify eligible school 
                        attendance areas;
                            ``(ii) to determine the ranking of each 
                        area; and
                            ``(iii) to determine allocations under 
                        subsection (c).
                    ``(B) Low-income families in secondary schools.--
                For measuring the number of students in low-income 
                families in secondary schools, the local educational 
                agency shall use the same measure of poverty, which 
                shall be the calculation producing the greater of the 
                results from among the following 2 calculations:
                            ``(i) The calculation described under 
                        subparagraph (A).
                            ``(ii) A feeder pattern described in 
                        subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Feeder pattern.--In this part, the term 
                `feeder pattern' means an accurate estimate of the 
                number of students in low-income families in a 
                secondary school that is calculated by applying the 
                average percentage of students in low-income families 
                of the elementary school attendance areas as calculated 
                under subparagraph (A) that feed into the secondary 
                school to the number of students enrolled in such 
                school.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Reservation for early childhood education.--A local 
        educational agency may reserve funds made available to carry 
        out this section for early childhood education in eligible 
        school attendance areas before making allocations to high 
        schools in eligible school attendance areas pursuant to this 
        section.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(3) Reservation for homeless children and youth and other 
        at-risk children.--
                    ``(A) Funds for homeless children and youth and 
                other at-risk children.--A local educational agency 
                shall reserve such funds as are necessary under this 
                part to serve--
                            ``(i) homeless children who are attending 
                        any public school served by the local 
                        educational agency, including providing 
                        educationally related support services to 
                        children in shelters and other locations where 
                        children may live;
                            ``(ii) children in local institutions for 
                        neglected children;
                            ``(iii) if appropriate, children in local 
                        institutions for delinquent children, and 
                        neglected or delinquent children in community 
                        day programs; and
                            ``(iv) children in foster care (as defined 
                        in section 1502), including providing points of 
                        contact (as described in section 1501(d)) in 
                        local educational agencies for child welfare 
                        agencies and children in foster care.
                    ``(B) Reservation of funds.--Notwithstanding the 
                requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of section 
                1120A, funds reserved under subparagraph (A) may be 
                used to provide homeless children and youths with 
                services not ordinarily provided to other students 
                under this part, including--
                            ``(i) providing funding for the liaison 
                        designated pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) 
                        of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act;
                            ``(ii) providing transportation pursuant to 
                        section 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act;
                            ``(iii) providing services to preschool-
                        aged homeless children and homeless secondary 
                        school students;
                            ``(iv) providing support services to 
                        homeless children and youths in shelters and 
                        other locations where they may live; and
                            ``(v) removing barriers to homeless 
                        children and youths' enrollment, attendance, 
                        retention, and success in school.
                    ``(C) Amount reserved.--The amount of funds 
                reserved in accordance with subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
                be determined by an assessment of the needs of homeless 
                children and youths in the local educational agency. 
                Such needs assessment shall include the following:
                            ``(i) Information related to child, youth, 
                        and family homelessness in the local 
                        educational agency obtained through the 
                        coordination and collaboration required under 
                        subsections (f)(4) and (g)(5) of section 722 of 
                        the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
                            ``(ii) The number of homeless children and 
                        youths reported by the local educational agency 
                        to the State educational agency under section 
                        722(f)(3) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
                        Assistance Act for the previous school year.''; 
                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``eligible under 
                this section and identified for school improvement, 
                corrective action, and restructuring under section 
                1116(b)'' and inserting ``identified as a priority 
                school under section 1116(d)''.

SEC. 1114. SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS.

    Section 1114 (20 U.S.C. 6314) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
                following: ``Funds under this part may be used to 
                support evidence-based activities that address needs 
                identified through the comprehensive needs assessment 
                under subsection (b)(1)(A) and consistent with the 
                schoolwide program.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
                        ``provide'' and all that follows through the 
                        period and inserting ``identify particular 
                        services as supplemental.''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Supplemental funds.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A local educational 
                        agency serving a school participating in a 
                        schoolwide program shall use funds available to 
                        carry out this section only to supplement the 
                        aggregate amount of funds that would, in the 
                        absence of funds under this part, be made 
                        available from State and local sources for the 
                        school, including funds needed to provide 
                        services that are required by law for children 
                        with disabilities and children who are English 
                        learners.
                            ``(ii) Compliance.--To demonstrate 
                        compliance with clause (i), a local educational 
                        agency shall demonstrate that the methodology 
                        it uses to allocate State and local funds to 
                        each school receiving funds under this part 
                        ensures the school receives all of the State 
                        and local funds the school would otherwise 
                        receive if it were not receiving funds under 
                        this part.
                            ``(iii) Nonapplicability.--Section 1120A(b) 
                        shall not apply to schools operating schoolwide 
                        programs under this section.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or'' after ``civil 
                        rights,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``, services to private 
                        school children, maintenance of effort, 
                        comparability of services, uses of Federal 
                        funds to supplement, not supplant non-Federal 
                        funds, or the distribution of funds to State 
                        educational agencies or local educational 
                        agencies''; and
                    (D) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(4) External providers.--A school may carry out a 
        schoolwide program under this subsection through an external 
        provider if the school demonstrates, in the plan required under 
        subsection (b)(2), that the external provider has expertise in 
        using strategies and programs that are based on scientifically 
        valid research to improve teaching, learning, and schools.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``section 1309(2)'' 
                                and inserting ``section 1312''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``section 
                                1111(b)(1)'' and inserting ``section 
                                1111(a)(1)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking ``to 
                                meet the State's proficient and 
                                advanced levels of student academic 
                                achievement described in section 
                                1111(b)(1)(D)'' and inserting ``to be 
                                proficient or advanced students, as 
                                described in section 
                                1111(a)(3)(B)(ii)(I)'';
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``scientifically based research'' and 
                                inserting ``scientifically valid 
                                research''; and
                                    (III) in clause (iii)--
                                            (aa) in subclause (I)--

                                                    (AA) in item (aa), 
                                                by striking ``pupil 
                                                services'' and 
                                                inserting ``specialized 
                                                instructional support 
                                                services'';

                                                    (BB) in item (bb), 
                                                by striking ``and'' 
                                                after the semicolon;

                                                    (CC) in item (cc), 
                                                by striking 
                                                ``vocational and 
                                                technical education 
                                                programs; and'' and 
                                                inserting ``career and 
                                                technical education 
                                                programs;''; and

                                                    (DD) by adding at 
                                                the end the following:

                                            ``(dd) implementation of 
                                        schoolwide positive behavioral 
                                        interventions and supports, 
                                        including through coordination 
                                        with activities carried out 
                                        under the Individuals with 
                                        Disabilities Education Act, in 
                                        order to improve academic 
                                        outcomes for students and 
                                        reduce the need for 
                                        suspensions, expulsions, and 
                                        other actions that remove 
                                        students from instruction; and
                                            ``(ee) implementation of 
                                        early intervening services, 
                                        including through coordination 
                                        with early intervening services 
                                        carried out under the 
                                        Individuals with Disabilities 
                                        Education Act;''; and
                                            (bb) in subclause (II), by 
                                        striking ``and'' after the 
                                        semicolon; and
                                            (cc) by adding at the end 
                                        the following:
                                    ``(III) a multi-tier system of 
                                supports and positive behavioral 
                                interventions and supports; and
                                    ``(IV) support for programs, 
                                activities, courses, and professional 
                                development in the core academic 
                                subjects that are targeted toward 
                                assisting children described in 
                                subclause (I) in meeting the academic 
                                content and student academic 
                                achievement standards described in 
                                section 1111(a)(1); and'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
                        ``and highly rated'' after ``qualified'';
                            (iv) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (F);
                            (v) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), 
                        (G), (H), (I), and (J), as subparagraphs (D), 
                        (E), (F), (G), and (H), respectively;
                            (vi) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 
                        by clause (v), by inserting ``and highly 
                        rated'' after ``qualified'';
                            (vii) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated 
                        by clause (v), by striking ``, Even Start, 
                        Early Reading First,'' and inserting ``, 
                        programs under part A of title IV,'';
                            (viii) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated 
                        by clause (v), by striking ``section 
                        1111(b)(3)'' and inserting ``section 
                        1111(a)(2)''; and
                            (ix) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated 
                        by clause (v), by striking ``proficient or 
                        advanced levels of academic achievement 
                        standards required by section 1111(b)(1)'' and 
                        inserting ``proficient and advanced levels of 
                        academic achievement standards described in 
                        section 1111(a)(1)(A)(iv)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking ``No Child Left Behind 
                                Act of 2001), in consultation with the 
                                local educational agency and its school 
                                support team or other technical 
                                assistance provider under section 
                                1117,'' and inserting ``Strengthening 
                                America's Schools Act of 2013), in 
                                consultation with the local educational 
                                agency,''; and
                                    (II) in clause (iv), by striking 
                                ``section 1111(b)(3)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 1111(a)(2)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i)--
                                            (aa) in subclause (I), by 
                                        striking ``, after considering 
                                        the recommendation of the 
                                        technical assistance providers 
                                        under section 1117,''; and
                                            (bb) in subclause (II), by 
                                        striking ``the No Child Left 
                                        Behind Act of 2001'' and 
                                        inserting ``the Strengthening 
                                        America's Schools Act of 
                                        2013'';
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``pupil services personnel'' and 
                                inserting ``specialized instructional 
                                support personnel''; and
                                    (III) in clause (v), by striking 
                                ``Reading First, Early Reading First, 
                                Even Start,'' and inserting ``part A of 
                                title IV,''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``Even Start programs or 
        Early Reading First programs'' and inserting ``programs under 
        part A of title IV''.

SEC. 1115. TARGETED ASSISTANCE SCHOOLS.

    Section 1115 (20 U.S.C. 6315) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``challenging'' and 
                        inserting ``college and career ready''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``except that'' and all 
                        that follows through the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``including children who are at risk 
                        of failing to be ready for elementary 
                        school.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 
                        limited English proficient children'' and 
                        inserting ``, or English learners''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Head start or literacy programs.--A child 
                who, at any time in the 2 years preceding the year for 
                which the determination is made, participated in a Head 
                Start program, a program under part A of title IV, or 
                in preschool services under this title, is eligible for 
                services under this part.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``challenging'' and inserting 
                        ``college and career ready'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``challenging'' and inserting ``college and 
                        career ready'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking ``scientifically based 
                                research'' and inserting 
                                ``scientifically valid research'';
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``and'' after the semicolon; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(iv) may include a multi-tier system of 
                        supports and positive behavioral supports; and
                            ``(v) may include support for programs, 
                        activities, courses, and professional 
                        development in the core academic subjects that 
                        are targeted toward children described in 
                        subclause (I) to enable such children to meet 
                        the academic content and student academic 
                        achievement standards described in section 
                        1111;'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``Even Start, Early Reading First'' and 
                        inserting ``programs under part A of title 
                        IV,'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``and 
                        highly rated'' after ``qualified''; and
                            (vi) in subparagraph (F)--
                                    (I) by striking ``subsection (e)(3) 
                                and''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``pupil services 
                                personnel'' and inserting ``specialized 
                                instructional support personnel''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``proficient and advanced'' 
                        and inserting ``on-track and advanced''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``challenging'' and inserting ``college and 
                        career ready''; and
            (3) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(iii), by striking ``pupil 
        services personnel'' and inserting ``specialized instructional 
        support personnel''.

SEC. 1116. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.

    Section 1116 (20 U.S.C. 6316) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1116. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.

    ``(a) School Accountability and Improvement System.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State receiving a grant under this 
        part shall establish a school accountability and improvement 
        system that--
                    ``(A) is part of the accountability system required 
                under section 1111(a)(3) and implements the 
                requirements of such system;
                    ``(B) supports schools that are not meeting the 
                State's performance targets under section 1111(a)(3)(C) 
                for all students; and
                    ``(C) identifies the public elementary schools and 
                secondary schools in the State that will need local 
                interventions under subsection (b), that are focus 
                schools under subsection (c), and that are priority 
                schools under subsection (d), and the processes to be 
                used to improve schools in each category, in accordance 
                with this section and section 2123(b).
            ``(2) Review and approval.--The State shall include 
        information describing the school accountability and 
        improvement system in the State plan under section 1111(b), 
        which shall be subject to peer review and approval by the 
        Secretary as part of the State plan, in accordance with such 
        section.
    ``(b) Local Interventions; Reporting.--
            ``(1) Local interventions.--Beginning in the 2015-2016 
        school year, each local educational agency receiving a subgrant 
        under this part shall--
                    ``(A) identify each school that, after 2 
                consecutive years, has not met the same performance 
                target described in section 1111(a)(3)(C) for the same 
                subgroup described in section 1111(a)(3)(D); and
                    ``(B) ensure that such school, in collaboration 
                with the local educational agency, develops and 
                implements a locally designed intervention to improve 
                student achievement in each such subgroup.
            ``(2) Reporting.--Each local educational agency that 
        implements locally designed interventions under paragraph (1) 
        to support schools that have not met performance targets for a 
        subgroup will report to the State educational agency regarding 
        the resources and interventions used to address the achievement 
        of students in the subgroup, and the outcomes of those efforts. 
        The State educational agency shall annually select the 
        interventions with exemplary outcomes, share such interventions 
        and outcomes with the public, and communicate such 
        interventions and outcomes to the Secretary.
            ``(3) Lack of improvement.--Each school served under this 
        part that has been identified as a school that has not met the 
        same subgroup performance target, as described in paragraph 
        (1), for the preceding 3 consecutive years shall work with the 
        State educational agency to implement a State-approved 
        intervention based on established best practices within State.
    ``(c) Focus Schools.--
            ``(1) Identification.--Beginning in the 2015-2016 school 
        year, a State shall identify as a focus school, for the 3-year 
        period following the school's identification period (except as 
        provided in paragraph (2))--
                    ``(A) each public school in the State that--
                            ``(i) is not identified as a priority 
                        school under subsection (d); and
                            ``(ii) is in the 10 percent of such schools 
                        with the greatest achievement gaps among the 
                        subgroups described in section 1111(a)(3)(D) as 
                        compared to the statewide average, as 
                        determined by the State academic assessments 
                        under section 1111(a)(2); and
                    ``(B) each public high school in the State that--
                            ``(i) is not identified as a priority 
                        school under subsection (d); and
                            ``(ii) is in the 10 percent of such schools 
                        with the greatest graduation rate gaps among 
                        such subgroups as compared to the statewide 
                        averages.
            ``(2) Improvement strategies.--For each focus school 
        identified under paragraph (1), the local educational agency 
        serving the school shall, in accordance with the State 
        accountability system described in section 1111(a)(3), develop 
        and implement a measurable and data-driven correction plan to 
        improve the performance of low-achieving subgroups in the 
        school in order to close achievement gaps. A correction plan 
        under this paragraph shall be developed with input from 
        teachers, parents, community members, and other stakeholders.
            ``(3) State waiver.--If a State determines that all schools 
        that would otherwise be considered to be the lowest-achieving 
        10 percent of schools with the greatest achievement gap, or 
        graduation rate gap, under paragraph (1), are actually 
        performing at a satisfactory level of performance, the State 
        may apply to the Secretary to waive the requirements of this 
        subsection with respect to such schools.
            ``(4) Improvement.--The State educational agency shall no 
        longer identify a school that has been identified as a focus 
        school for any remainder of the school's 3-year identification 
        period if--
                    ``(A) at any time during the 3-year period for 
                which a school is so identified, the school has met all 
                of its performance targets as described in section 
                1111(a)(3)(C) for the school year; or
                    ``(B) after 2 years of the 3-year period, the State 
                determines, based on the most current data, that the 
                school's rate of improvement is sufficient to enable 
                the school to meet all of the school's performance 
                targets by the end of the 3-year period.
    ``(d) Priority Schools.--
            ``(1) Identification.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Beginning in the 2015-2016 
                school year, a State shall identify as a priority 
                school, for the 3-year period following the school's 
                identification (except as provided in paragraph (5))--
                            ``(i) each school served under this part in 
                        the State that is in the lowest-achieving 5 
                        percent of elementary schools;
                            ``(ii) each school served under this part 
                        in the State that is in the lowest-achieving 5 
                        percent of secondary schools;
                            ``(iii) each public high school in the 
                        State with a graduation rate of less than 60 
                        percent; and
                            ``(iv) each school served under this part 
                        that has been identified as a focus school 
                        under subsection (c) for the 6 preceding 
                        consecutive years.
                    ``(B) State waiver.--If a State determines that all 
                schools that would otherwise be considered to be the 
                lowest-achieving 5 percent of schools under clause (i), 
                are actually performing at a satisfactory level of 
                performance based on the measures used by the State to 
                identify priority schools, the State may apply to the 
                Secretary to waive the requirements of this 
                subparagraph, and paragraphs (2) through (5), for such 
                schools.
            ``(2) Needs analysis.--Each local educational agency 
        receiving assistance under this part shall conduct a data-
        driven needs analysis, which may involve an external partner 
        with expertise in conducting such needs analysis, of each 
        school identified as a priority school, as the case may be, to 
        determine the most appropriate school improvement strategies to 
        improve student performance. Such needs analysis shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) a diagnostic review of data related to 
                students and instructional staff;
                    ``(B) an analysis of the school governance, 
                curriculum, instruction, student supports, conditions 
                for learning, and parent and family engagement 
                practices relative to the needs of the student 
                population; and
                    ``(C) the resources, which may include community-
                based supports and early childhood education, available 
                at the school, local educational agency, and community 
                levels to meet student needs and support improved 
                student achievement and outcomes and the implementation 
                of any school improvement strategy.
            ``(3) State and local responsibilities for identified 
        schools.--
                    ``(A) State responsibilities.--Each State receiving 
                a grant under this part shall ensure that a local 
                educational agency receiving assistance under this part 
                carries out the requirements of subparagraph (B) for 
                each school identified as a priority school under 
                paragraph (1) in the State.
                    ``(B) Local educational agency responsibilities.--
                Each local educational agency receiving assistance 
                under this part shall, consistent with the State's 
                accountability system under section 1111(a)(3)--
                            ``(i) establish a process for selecting an 
                        appropriate school improvement strategy for 
                        each school described in subparagraph (A) that 
                        is served by the local educational agency;
                            ``(ii) select the school improvement 
                        strategy to be used in each such school and the 
                        timeline for implementing the selected school 
                        improvement strategy in such school;
                            ``(iii) develop a detailed budget covering 
                        the 3-year identification period, including 
                        planned expenditures at the school level for 
                        activities supporting full and effective 
                        implementation of the selected school 
                        improvement strategy;
                            ``(iv) implement a school improvement 
                        strategy at the school in accordance with the 
                        requirements of paragraph (4);
                            ``(v) use appropriate measures to monitor 
                        the effectiveness of the implementation;
                            ``(vi) review and select turnaround 
                        partners to assist in implementing school 
                        improvement strategies;
                            ``(vii) align other Federal, State, and 
                        local resources with the school improvement 
                        strategy;
                            ``(viii) provide the school with the 
                        operational flexibility, including autonomy 
                        over staffing, time, and budget, needed to 
                        enable full and effective implementation of the 
                        selected strategy, including through the 
                        modification of practices or policies, if 
                        necessary;
                            ``(ix) collect and use data on an ongoing 
                        basis to adjust implementation of the school 
                        improvement strategy to improve student 
                        achievement;
                            ``(x) provide an assurance that the 
                        implementation of the selected school 
                        improvement strategy addresses the needs of all 
                        the subgroups of students described in section 
                        1111(a)(3)(D) in the school;
                            ``(xi) take steps to sustain successful 
                        reforms and practices after the school is no 
                        longer identified as a priority school;
                            ``(xii) provide technical assistance and 
                        other support to ensure students graduate from 
                        high school college- and career-ready, as 
                        determined by the State's academic content 
                        standards under section 1111(a)(1), through the 
                        effective implementation of the school 
                        improvement strategy in the school, which--
                                    ``(I) may include assistance in--
                                            ``(aa) data collection and 
                                        analysis;
                                            ``(bb) recruiting and 
                                        retaining staff;
                                            ``(cc) teacher and 
                                        principal evaluation;
                                            ``(dd) professional 
                                        development;
                                            ``(ee) parent and family 
                                        engagement;
                                            ``(ff) coordination of 
                                        services with high-quality 
                                        early childhood education 
                                        providers;
                                            ``(gg) coordination of 
                                        services to address students' 
                                        social, emotional, and health 
                                        needs; and
                                            ``(hh) monitoring the 
                                        implementation of the school 
                                        improvement strategy selected 
                                        under paragraph (4); and
                                    ``(II) shall include assistance in 
                                the implementation of schoolwide 
                                positive behavior supports, school-
                                based mental health programs, and other 
                                approaches with evidence of 
                                effectiveness, for improving the 
                                learning environment in the school and 
                                reducing the need for suspensions, 
                                expulsions, and other actions that 
                                remove students from instruction, 
                                including effective strategies for 
                                improving coordination of community 
                                resources;
                            ``(xiii) establish partnerships with 
                        employers, institutions of higher education, 
                        service providers, and others to assist in 
                        implementing school improvement strategies 
                        described in paragraph (4); and
                            ``(xiv) review school discipline and 
                        climate data, disaggregated by each subgroup 
                        described in section 1111(a)(3)(D), in 
                        assessing the needs of the school and, if low-
                        achieving subgroups receive a disproportionate 
                        amount of suspensions, expulsions, or other 
                        forms of exclusionary discipline, incorporate 
                        evidence-based strategies to reduce out-of-
                        classroom punishment and promote student 
                        engagement in the school's improvement plan.
                    ``(C) State as local educational agency.--If a 
                school identified as a priority school under this 
                subsection for a 3-year identification period is re-
                identified as a priority school for the subsequent 3-
                year period, the State may take over the school and act 
                as the local educational agency for purposes of this 
                subsection, if permitted under State law.
            ``(4) School improvement strategies.--
                    ``(A) Required activities for all school 
                improvement strategies.--A local educational agency 
                implementing any strategies under this paragraph for a 
                school shall--
                            ``(i) provide staff at the school with 
                        ongoing professional development, consistent 
                        with the needs analysis described in paragraph 
                        (2);
                            ``(ii) conduct regular evaluations for the 
                        teachers and principals at the school that 
                        provide specific feedback on areas of strength 
                        and in need of improvement;
                            ``(iii) provide time for collaboration 
                        among instructional staff at the school to 
                        improve student achievement;
                            ``(iv) provide instructional staff at the 
                        school with timely access to student data to 
                        inform instruction and meet the academic needs 
                        of individual students, which may include, in 
                        elementary school, school readiness data;
                            ``(v) collaborate with parents and 
                        families, the community, teachers, other school 
                        personnel at the school, and representatives of 
                        Indian tribes located in the area served by the 
                        local educational agency, on the selection and 
                        implementation of the strategy;
                            ``(vi) use data to identify and implement a 
                        research-based instructional program that--
                                    ``(I) analyzes student progress and 
                                performance and develops appropriate 
                                interventions for students who are not 
                                making adequate progress; and
                                    ``(II) provides differentiated 
                                instruction and related instructional 
                                supports;
                                    ``(III) meets the unique cultural, 
                                language, and educational needs of all 
                                students served by such school;
                            ``(vii) in the case of an elementary school 
                        with kindergarten entry--
                                    ``(I) examine factors that 
                                contribute to school readiness as part 
                                of the needs analysis conducted under 
                                paragraph (2);
                                    ``(II) coordinate with appropriate 
                                high-quality early childhood programs, 
                                such as programs under the Child Care 
                                Development and Block Grant Act of 
                                1990, the Head Start Act, 
                                prekindergarten programs, and other 
                                similar Federal, State, and local 
                                programs, in order to align instruction 
                                to better prepare students for 
                                elementary school; and
                                    ``(III) develop a plan to improve 
                                or expand high-quality early childhood 
                                options which may include the use of 
                                funds under this part for such 
                                purposes;
                            ``(viii) provide ongoing mechanisms for 
                        parent and family engagement;
                            ``(ix) provide appropriate services and 
                        evidence-based, integrated supports for 
                        students as identified in the school's needs 
                        analysis;
                            ``(x) describe, in a report to the State 
                        educational agency and made available to the 
                        public upon request, how the local educational 
                        agency or school will adopt and implement 
                        policies or practices to develop, implement, 
                        improve, or expand positive behavioral 
                        interventions and supports, early intervening 
                        services, and school-based mental health 
                        programs in accordance with the requirements of 
                        clauses (xi) through (xiv);
                            ``(xi)(I) review and analyze the school's 
                        efforts to address behavioral or disciplinary 
                        problems; and
                            ``(II) assist the school in developing, 
                        expanding, or improving the use of schoolwide 
                        positive behavioral interventions and supports 
                        that are aligned with activities carried out 
                        under the Individuals with Disabilities 
                        Education Act; and
                            ``(xii) review and analyze the school's 
                        efforts to identify and assist students with 
                        poor academic achievement and students who are 
                        children with disabilities, and assist the 
                        school in developing, implementing, or 
                        improving early intervening services that are 
                        coordinated with activities carried out under 
                        the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
                        Act;
                            ``(xiii) review the number of discipline 
                        incidents in the school and use that 
                        information to assist the school to implement 
                        schoolwide positive behavioral interventions 
                        and supports or other early intervening 
                        services, or both; and
                            ``(xiv) review and analyze the school's 
                        efforts to address mental health needs among 
                        students and assist the school in developing or 
                        improving school-based mental health programs 
                        that are coordinated with activities carried 
                        out under the Individuals with Disabilities 
                        Education Act.
                    ``(B) Strategies.--A local educational agency shall 
                identify a school improvement strategy for a school 
                identified as a priority school under paragraph (1) 
                from among the following strategies:
                            ``(i) Transformation strategy.--A local 
                        educational agency implementing a 
                        transformation strategy in a school shall--
                                    ``(I) replace the principal, if the 
                                principal has served in that role at 
                                the school for more than 2 years, with 
                                a principal who has a demonstrated 
                                record of success in increasing student 
                                achievement and--
                                            ``(aa) training or 
                                        experience in raising student 
                                        achievement; or
                                            ``(bb) training or 
                                        experience in turning around 
                                        low-performing schools;
                                    ``(II) require existing 
                                instructional staff and school 
                                leadership to reapply for their 
                                positions; and
                                    ``(III) require that all 
                                instructional staff and school 
                                leadership hiring be done at the school 
                                through mutual consent.
                            ``(ii) Turnaround strategy.--A local 
                        educational agency implementing a turnaround 
                        model as a strategy for a school shall--
                                    ``(I) replace the principal, if the 
                                principal has served in that role at 
                                the school for more than 2 years, with 
                                a principal who has the demonstrated 
                                record of success, training, or 
                                experience described in clause (i)(I); 
                                and
                                    ``(II) screen all teachers in the 
                                school and retain not more than 65 
                                percent of them.
                            ``(iii) Whole school reform strategy.--A 
                        local educational agency implementing a whole 
                        school reform strategy for a school shall 
                        implement an evidence-based strategy that 
                        ensures whole school reform. The strategy shall 
                        be undertaken in partnership with an external 
                        provider offering a school reform program that 
                        is based on at least a moderate level of 
                        evidence that the program will have a 
                        statistically significant effect on student 
                        outcomes, including more than 1 well-designed 
                        or well-implemented experimental or quasi-
                        experimental study.
                            ``(iv) Restart strategy.--A local 
                        educational agency implementing a restart 
                        strategy in a school shall carry out the 
                        following:
                                    ``(I)(aa) Convert the school into a 
                                public charter school, or close and 
                                reopen the school as a public charter 
                                school in partnership with a nonprofit 
                                charter school operator, a nonprofit 
                                charter management organization, or a 
                                nonprofit education management 
                                organization, that has a demonstrated 
                                record of improving student achievement 
                                for students similar to those served by 
                                the school; or
                                    ``(bb) convert the school to a 
                                magnet school or create a new, 
                                innovative school, as defined by the 
                                State.
                                    ``(II) Ensure that the new school--
                                            ``(aa) serves the grade 
                                        levels as the original school 
                                        for which the strategy is being 
                                        implemented; and
                                            ``(bb) enrolls any former 
                                        student of the original school 
                                        who requests to attend the 
                                        school and then, after all such 
                                        students are enrolled, admits 
                                        additional students, using a 
                                        random lottery system if more 
                                        students apply for admission 
                                        than can be accommodated.
                            ``(v) School closure strategy.--A local 
                        educational agency implementing a school 
                        closure strategy for a school--
                                    ``(I) shall close the school and 
                                enroll the students who attended the 
                                school in other schools, including 
                                charter schools, served by the local 
                                educational agency that are within 
                                reasonable proximity to the closed 
                                school, as determined by the local 
                                educational agency, and that are 
                                higher-performing than the school that 
                                is being closed;
                                    ``(II) shall provide 
                                transportation, or shall pay for the 
                                provision of transportation, for each 
                                such student to the student's new 
                                school, consistent with State law and 
                                local educational agency policy;
                                    ``(III) shall provide information 
                                about high-quality educational options, 
                                as well as transition and support 
                                services to students, who attended the 
                                closed school and the students' 
                                parents; and
                                    ``(IV) may use school improvement 
                                funds provided under subsection (f) to 
                                pay for the expenses of--
                                            ``(aa) transitioning 
                                        students from the school that 
                                        is being closed to the new 
                                        school;
                                            ``(bb) supporting the new 
                                        school; and
                                            ``(cc) expanding and 
                                        offering student supports and 
                                        services within the new school, 
                                        which may include high-quality 
                                        prekindergarten programs and 
                                        services.
                    ``(C) Flexibility.--
                            ``(i) Flexibility for certain local 
                        educational agencies.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of this paragraph--
                                    ``(I) a local educational agency 
                                that is eligible for services under 
                                subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI, 
                                as determined by the Secretary, may 
                                modify not more than 1 of the elements 
                                or activities required under 
                                subparagraph (A) of a school 
                                improvement strategy selected for a 
                                school identified under paragraph (4) 
                                in order to better meet the needs of 
                                students in such school; and
                                    ``(II) a State educational agency 
                                may apply to the Secretary for a waiver 
                                of clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I) of 
                                subparagraph (B).
                            ``(ii) State flexibility.--Notwithstanding 
                        any other provision of this paragraph, a State 
                        educational agency may, with the approval of 
                        the Secretary, establish an alternative State-
                        determined, evidence-based, school improvement 
                        strategy that may be used by local educational 
                        agencies in the State in addition to the 
                        strategies described in subparagraph (B), 
                        except that funds provided under this title 
                        shall not be used for school vouchers.
                    ``(D) Public school choice.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In addition to the 
                        requirements of subparagraph (A) and the school 
                        improvement strategy determined under 
                        subparagraph (B) or (C)(ii), a local 
                        educational agency shall, not later than 3 
                        months before the first day of the school year 
                        following identification as a priority school 
                        under paragraph (1), provide all students 
                        enrolled in the identified school with the 
                        option to transfer to another public school 
                        served by the local educational agency that has 
                        not been identified under such paragraph, 
                        unless such an option is prohibited by State 
                        law.
                            ``(ii) Priority.--In providing students the 
                        option to transfer to another public school, 
                        the local educational agency shall give 
                        priority to the lowest-achieving children from 
                        low-income families, as determined by the local 
                        educational agency for the purposes of 
                        allocating funds to schools under section 
                        1113(a)(3).
                            ``(iii) Treatment.--Students who use the 
                        option to transfer to another public school 
                        shall be enrolled in classes and other 
                        activities in the public school to which the 
                        students transfer in the same manner as all 
                        other children at the public school.
                            ``(iv) Special rule.--A local educational 
                        agency shall permit a child who transfers to 
                        another public school under this subparagraph 
                        to remain in that school until the child has 
                        completed the highest grade in such school.
            ``(5) Improvement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The State educational agency 
                shall no longer identify a school that has been 
                identified as a priority school for any remainder of 
                the school's 3-year identification period if--
                            ``(i) after 2 years of the 3-year period 
                        for which a school is identified as a priority 
                        school under paragraph (1), the school has met 
                        all of the school's performance targets as 
                        described in section 1111(a)(3)(A); or
                            ``(ii) after 2 years of the 3-year period, 
                        the State determines, based on the most current 
                        data, that the school's rate of improvement is 
                        sufficient to enable the school to meet all of 
                        the school's performance targets by the end of 
                        the 3-year period.
                    ``(B) Continued eligibility for school improvement 
                funds.--If an eligible entity, as defined in subsection 
                (f )(1), was receiving school improvement funds under 
                subsection (f) for a school that improves as described 
                in subparagraph (A), the eligible entity shall continue 
                to receive such grant funds, and use such funds to 
                carry out the grant activities in such school, for the 
                full period of such grant.
            ``(6) Repeated classification as a priority school.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each public school that is 
                identified as a priority school under paragraph (1) for 
                any portion of a 3-year period and is re-identified 
                under such paragraph for the subsequent time period, 
                the local educational agency shall carry out the 
                requirements of this subsection for such subsequent 
                period by implementing, with respect to such school, 
                the restart strategy or school closure strategy under 
                clause (iv) or (v) of paragraph (4)(B).
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
                (A), a local educational agency serving a school 
                described in such paragraph, may, in coordination with 
                the State educational agency and based on a community 
                needs assessment, apply to the Secretary for a waiver 
                to implement another school improvement model not 
                previously used by the local educational agency for the 
                school.
    ``(e) Report on Professional Development Funds for Priority 
Schools.--Each local educational agency that receives subgrant funds 
under this part shall prepare and submit a report to the State 
educational agency, at the end of each school year, regarding--
            ``(1) the local educational agency's use of funds for 
        professional development, as required under section 2123(b), in 
        schools identified as priority schools under subsection (d) 
        that did not receive funds under subsection (f); and
            ``(2) any changes in, or effects on, student performance at 
        such schools during such school year.
    ``(f) School Improvement Funds.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible entity.--the term `eligible entity' 
                means--
                            ``(i) a State educational agency;
                            ``(ii) a local educational agency that 
                        receives funds under this part and serves at 
                        least 1 eligible school;
                            ``(iii) a consortium of such local 
                        educational agencies; or
                            ``(iv) an educational service agency that 
                        serves at least 1 local educational agency 
                        described in clause (ii).
                    ``(B) Eligible school.--The term `eligible school' 
                means a school identified as a priority school under 
                subsection (d).
            ``(2) Allotments to states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--From the funds made available to 
                carry out this subsection under section 3(a)(2) for a 
                fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide States that 
                submit an application described in paragraph (3) with 
                school improvement funds through an allotment, as 
                determined under subparagraph (B) and in addition to 
                the amounts made available to States under subpart 2, 
                to enable the States to award subgrants and carry out 
                the activities described in this subsection to assist 
                eligible schools.
                    ``(B) Allotments to states.--From the funds made 
                available to carry out this subsection under section 
                3(a)(2) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to 
                each State with an approved application an amount that 
                bears the same relation to such funds as the amount 
                that the State received under subpart 2 for the 
                preceding fiscal year bears to the amount that all 
                States receive under such subpart for such fiscal year.
            ``(3) State application.--A State that desires to receive 
        school improvement funds under this subsection shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
        accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require. 
        Each application shall include a description of--
                    ``(A) the process and the criteria that the State 
                will use to award subgrants under paragraph (5)(A)(i);
                    ``(B) the process and the criteria the State will 
                use to determine whether the eligible entity's proposal 
                for each eligible school meets the requirements of 
                paragraphs (2) and (4), and subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
                of paragraph (3), of subsection (d);
                    ``(C) how the State will ensure geographic 
                diversity in making subgrants;
                    ``(D) how the State will set priorities in awarding 
                subgrants to eligible entities;
                    ``(E) how the State will monitor and evaluate the 
                implementation of school improvement strategies by 
                eligible entities, including how the State will use the 
                results of the evaluation to improve State strategies 
                for supporting schools identified under subsection (d); 
                and
                    ``(F) how the State will reduce barriers for 
                schools in the implementation of school improvement 
                strategies, including operational flexibility that 
                would enable complete implementation of the selected 
                school improvement strategy.
            ``(4) State administration and technical assistance.--A 
        State that receives an allotment under this subsection may 
        reserve not more than a total of 5 percent of such allotment 
        for the administration of this subsection, which may include 
        activities aimed at building State capacity to support the 
        local educational agency and school improvement, such as 
        providing technical assistance and other support (including 
        regular site visits to monitor implementation of selected 
        school improvement strategies to eligible entities serving 
        eligible schools), either directly or through educational 
        service agencies or other public or private organizations.
            ``(5) School improvement activities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State that receives school 
                improvement funds under this subsection shall use not 
                less than 95 percent of such allotment to carry out 
                school improvement activities for eligible schools by--
                            ``(i) awarding subgrants, on a competitive 
                        basis, to eligible entities to enable the 
                        eligible entities to carry out the activities 
                        described in subparagraph (C) for eligible 
                        schools; or
                            ``(ii) if the State chooses and the local 
                        educational agency serving an eligible school 
                        agrees, directly providing the activities 
                        described in subparagraph (C)(ii) to the 
                        eligible school and the local educational 
                        agency, or arranging for other entities, such 
                        as school support teams or educational service 
                        agencies, to provide such activities to the 
                        school.
                    ``(B) Subgrants.--
                            ``(i) Applications.--An eligible entity 
                        that desires a subgrant under this paragraph 
                        shall submit an application to the State at 
                        such time, in such manner, and including such 
                        information as the State shall require. The 
                        application shall include a description of how 
                        the eligible entity will carry out the 
                        requirements of paragraphs (2) and (4), and 
                        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3), of 
                        subsection (d) for each eligible school to be 
                        served by the grant.
                            ``(ii) Demonstration of additional 
                        responsibilities.--Each eligible entity that 
                        desires a subgrant under this paragraph shall 
                        demonstrate in its application that the 
                        eligible entity has--
                                    ``(I) adopted human resource 
                                policies that prioritize the 
                                recruitment, retention, and placement 
                                of effective staff in eligible schools;
                                    ``(II) ensured that eligible 
                                schools have access to resources to 
                                implement the school improvement 
                                strategies described in subsection 
                                (d)(4), such as facilities, 
                                professional development, and 
                                technology;
                                    ``(III) identified opportunities to 
                                reduce duplication, increase 
                                efficiency, and assist eligible schools 
                                in complying with reporting 
                                requirements of State and Federal 
                                programs;
                                    ``(IV) developed an early warning 
                                indicator system that monitors school-
                                level data, and alerts the eligible 
                                school when a student indicates slowed 
                                progress toward high school graduation, 
                                so that the school can provide 
                                appropriate student interventions; and
                                    ``(V) facilitated alignment and 
                                coordination between high-quality early 
                                childhood education programs and 
                                services serving students who will 
                                attend eligible schools that are 
                                elementary schools, and teachers and 
                                principals of such eligible schools.
                            ``(iii) Subgrant size.--A State shall award 
                        subgrants under this paragraph of sufficient 
                        size to enable subgrant recipients to fully and 
                        effectively implement the selected school 
                        improvement strategies.
                            ``(iv) Subgrant period.--Each subgrant 
                        awarded under this paragraph shall be for a 5-
                        year period.
                            ``(v) Withholding final funding.--In order 
                        for a State to award subgrant funds to an 
                        eligible entity for the final 2 years of the 
                        subgrant cycle, the eligible entity shall 
                        demonstrate that the schools receiving funds 
                        under this paragraph have made significant 
                        progress on the leading indicators.
                    ``(C) Use of subgrant funds.--An eligible entity 
                that receives a subgrant under this paragraph shall use 
                the subgrant funds to--
                            ``(i) carry out the requirements of 
                        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3), and 
                        paragraphs (2) and (4), of subsection (d) in an 
                        eligible school that has been identified under 
                        such subsection as of the date of the grant 
                        award, which may include a maximum 1-year 
                        planning period; and
                            ``(ii) carry out activities at the local 
                        educational agency level that directly support 
                        such implementation, such as--
                                    ``(I) assistance in data collection 
                                and analysis;
                                    ``(II) recruiting and retaining 
                                staff;
                                    ``(III) teacher and principal 
                                evaluation;
                                    ``(IV) professional development;
                                    ``(V) coordination of services to 
                                address students' social, emotional, 
                                and health needs; and
                                    ``(VI) progress monitoring.
                    ``(D) Supplement, not supplant.--An eligible entity 
                or State shall use Federal funds received under this 
                subsection only to supplement the funds that would, in 
                the absence of such Federal funds, be made available 
                from non-Federal sources for the education of pupils 
                participating in programs funded under this subsection.
                    ``(E) Intervention by state.--In the case of a 
                State educational agency that has taken over a school 
                or local educational agency, the State may use an 
                amount of funds under this subsection similar to the 
                amount that the school or local educational agency 
                would receive, under this subsection, in order to carry 
                out the activities described in subparagraph (C) for 
                the school and local educational agency, either 
                directly or through an eligible entity designated by 
                the State educational agency.
            ``(6) National activities.--From amounts appropriated and 
        reserved for this paragraph under section 3(a)(2)(B), the 
        Secretary shall carry out the following national activities:
                    ``(A) Activities focused on building State and 
                local educational agency capacity to turn around 
                eligible schools and schools in rural areas through 
                activities such as--
                            ``(i) identifying and disseminating 
                        effective school improvement strategies, 
                        including in rural areas;
                            ``(ii) making available targeted technical 
                        assistance, including planning and 
                        implementation tools; and
                            ``(iii) expanding the availability of 
                        turnaround partners capable of assisting in 
                        turning around eligible schools, including in 
                        rural areas.
                    ``(B) Activities focused on building capacity to 
                turn around eligible schools, including in rural areas.
                    ``(C) The use of data, research, and evaluation 
                to--
                            ``(i) identify schools that are 
                        implementing school improvement strategies 
                        effectively;
                            ``(ii) identify effective school 
                        improvement strategies; and
                            ``(iii) collect and disseminate that 
                        information to States and local educational 
                        agencies in a manner that facilitates 
                        replication of effective practices.
                    ``(D) Other activities designed to support State 
                and local efforts to improve eligible schools.
            ``(7) Evaluation.--The Director of the Institute of 
        Education Sciences shall conduct an evaluation of the programs 
        carried out under this subsection.
    ``(g) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures afforded 
school or school district employees under Federal, State, or local laws 
(including applicable regulations or court orders) or under the terms 
of collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or 
other agreements between such employees and their employers.''.

SEC. 1117. QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS.

    Subpart 1 of part A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking section 1117;
            (2) by redesignating section 1119 as section 1117, and 
        moving it so as to precede section 1118;
            (3) by redesignating sections 1120, 1120A, and 1120B as 
        sections 1119, 1120, and 1120A, respectively; and
            (4) in section 1117, as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(a) Teacher Qualifications.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        each local educational agency receiving assistance under this 
        part shall ensure that all teachers teaching a core academic 
        subject in a program supported with funds under this part are 
        highly qualified teachers and are certified in the subject area 
        in which the teachers are assigned to teach.
            ``(2) Exception.--Each local educational agency located in 
        a State in which the State has fully implemented a professional 
        growth and improvement system shall only be required to comply 
        with the requirements under paragraph (1) as they relate to new 
        teachers.
            ``(3) Special rule for small, rural, or remote schools.--In 
        the case of a local educational agency that is unable to 
        provide a highly qualified teacher to serve as an on-site 
        classroom teacher for a core academic subject in a small, 
        rural, or remote school, the local educational agency may meet 
        the requirements of this section by using distance learning to 
        provide such instruction by a teacher who is a highly qualified 
        teacher for purposes of the core academic subject, as long as--
                    ``(A) the teacher who is a highly qualified teacher 
                in the core academic subject--
                            ``(i) is responsible for providing at least 
                        50 percent of the direct instruction in the 
                        core academic subject through distance 
                        learning;
                            ``(ii) is responsible for monitoring 
                        student progress; and
                            ``(iii) is the teacher who assigns the 
                        students their grades; and
                    ``(B) an on-site teacher who is a highly qualified 
                teacher for a subject other the core academic subject 
                taught through distance learning is present in the 
                classroom throughout the period of distance learning 
                and provides supporting instruction and assistance to 
                the students.
    ``(b) Qualifications for American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native 
Hawaiian Language, Culture, or History Teachers.--
            ``(1) Language or culture.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the requirements of subsection (a) on 
                local educational agencies with respect to highly 
                qualified teachers shall not apply to a teacher of 
                American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian 
                language or culture, whether the teacher is teaching on 
                a permanent, part-time, or occasional basis.
                    ``(B) Competency.--A State may require that a local 
                tribe or tribal organization, as defined in section 4 
                of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
                Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b), verify the competency 
                of a public school teacher of American Indian, Alaska 
                Native, or Native Hawaiian language or culture to teach 
                such subject, to the chief administrative officer of 
                the local educational agency or the chief State school 
                officer.
            ``(2) History.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the requirements of subsection (a) on 
                local educational agencies with respect to highly 
                qualified teachers, shall not apply to a teacher who is 
                a Native elder or other authority on American Indian, 
                Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian history and who 
                provides instruction in such subject, whether on a 
                part-time or occasional basis.
                    ``(B) Competency.--A State may require that a local 
                tribe or tribal organization, as defined in section 4 
                of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
                Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b), verify the competency 
                of the instructor described in subparagraph (A) of 
                American Indian, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian 
                history to teach such subject, to the chief 
                administrative officer of the local educational agency 
                or the chief State school officer.'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``hired after 
                the date of enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act 
                of 2001 and'';
                    (C) by striking subsections (d) and (l);
                    (D) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), 
                (h), (i), (j), and (k), as subsections (d), (e), (f), 
                (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively;
                    (E) in subsection (d), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (D), by striking ``Subsections (c) and 
                (d)'' and inserting ``Subsection (c)''; and
                    (F) by striking subsection (i), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (D), and inserting the following:
    ``(i) Special Rule.--A State educational agency may not require a 
school or a local educational agency to expend a specific amount of 
funds for professional development activities under this part.''.

SEC. 1118. PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.

    Section 1118 (20 U.S.C. 6318) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1118. PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.

    ``(a) Local Educational Agency Parent and Family Engagement 
Assessment and Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to increase student academic 
        achievement and improve child development, a local educational 
        agency may receive funds under this part only if such agency 
        develops and implements a strategic, evidence-based plan to 
        support meaningful engagement of parents and family members in 
        education (referred to in this section as the `parent and 
        family engagement plan'). Such plan shall be--
                    ``(A) based on a needs assessment of parents and 
                family members, school instructional and leadership 
                personnel, and community leaders, conducted to inform 
                the development of the plan; and
                    ``(B) be developed and implemented through 
                meaningful consultation with--
                            ``(i) parents and family members of 
                        participating children;
                            ``(ii) youth who have graduated from 
                        schools that are part of the local educational 
                        agency;
                            ``(iii) as applicable, employers, business 
                        leaders, and philanthropic organizations;
                            ``(iv) other members of the community who 
                        are committed to increasing student academic 
                        achievement and improving child development;
                            ``(v) to the greatest extent practicable, 
                        individuals with expertise in effectively 
                        engaging parents and family members in 
                        education; and
                            ``(vi) organizations that have a 
                        demonstrated record of effectiveness in 
                        assisting students in becoming college and 
                        career ready, as determined in accordance with 
                        the State academic content standards under 
                        section 1111(a)(1).
            ``(2) Annual survey.--A local educational agency described 
        in paragraph (1) shall, on an annual basis, conduct a survey, 
        through electronic means to the extent practicable, including 
        delivery through mobile devices, of all parents, family 
        members, and all school instructional and leadership personnel, 
        to--
                    ``(A) determine the needs of parents and family 
                members, in order to assist with the learning of their 
                children and engage with school personnel, including 
                all teachers of their children;
                    ``(B) identify strategies to support school-family 
                interactions, including identifying and addressing the 
                barriers to effective parental involvement in a manner 
                responsive to the cultural and language needs of such 
                parents;
                    ``(C) determine the level of parent and family 
                engagement in each respondent's respective school and 
                the level of engagement of school leaders with parent 
                and family members;
                    ``(D) identify perceived and actual barriers to the 
                activities described in subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(E) determine the perceptions about the school's 
                conditions for learning.
            ``(3) Parent and family engagement plan.--
                    ``(A) Development.--Based on the results of the 
                survey described in paragraph (2), each local 
                educational agency receiving funds under this part 
                shall develop and implement an annual parent and family 
                engagement plan jointly with the parents and family 
                members of participating children and, where 
                applicable, with a parent advisory committee that 
                represents the entire school district. Such plan 
                shall--
                            ``(i) be designed to foster the engagement 
                        of parents and other family members and school 
                        instructional and leadership personnel;
                            ``(ii) be designed to integrate such 
                        engagement into the practice of all the local 
                        educational agency's schools that are served 
                        under this part;
                            ``(iii) establish parent engagement goals 
                        for the local educational agency and such 
                        schools; and
                            ``(iv) establish annual quantifiable 
                        performance benchmarks for such goals, which 
                        shall require continual progress toward the 
                        achievement of such goals.
                    ``(B) Additional elements.--The parent and family 
                engagement plan shall--
                            ``(i) establish the school's expectations 
                        for, and commitment to support, meaningful, 
                        evidence-based, parent and family engagement 
                        strategies;
                            ``(ii) describe the process through which 
                        the school will equip parents and family 
                        members, with particular attention to 
                        economically disadvantaged parents and family 
                        members, to--
                                    ``(I) act in partnership with local 
                                educational agency and school personnel 
                                to improve the academic achievement and 
                                development of their children; and
                                    ``(II) participate in school 
                                improvement strategies;
                            ``(iii) describe how the local educational 
                        agency will provide the coordination, technical 
                        assistance, and other support and conditions 
                        necessary to assist participating schools in 
                        planning and implementing effective parent and 
                        family engagement strategies, such as--
                                    ``(I) making facilities of the 
                                local educational agency available, as 
                                appropriate;
                                    ``(II) making compensatory time 
                                available for educators to conduct home 
                                visits;
                                    ``(III) establishing co-location 
                                with public assistance programs;
                                    ``(IV) encouraging the 
                                implementation of community school 
                                models and related activities; and
                                    ``(V) utilizing the expertise of, 
                                and developing strategies with, 
                                organizations that have a demonstrated 
                                track record of success in supporting 
                                parent and family engagement;
                            ``(iv) provide for not less than 1 school-
                        wide meeting during each academic year, at a 
                        convenient time, to which parents and family 
                        members of participating children shall be 
                        invited and encouraged to attend, in order to--
                                    ``(I) review the parent and family 
                                engagement plan;
                                    ``(II) inform parents and family 
                                members of opportunities for engagement 
                                in their child's education; and
                                    ``(III) explain to parents and 
                                family members the right of the parents 
                                and family members to be involved, and 
                                the benefits of meaningful engagement;
                            ``(v) provide parents with an opportunity 
                        to develop the knowledge and skills to engage 
                        in full partnerships with school instructional 
                        and leadership staff of the school in the 
                        education of their children;
                            ``(vi) provide for professional development 
                        and other evidence-based support to school 
                        instructional and leadership personnel 
                        regarding effective parent and family 
                        engagement;
                            ``(vii) to the extent feasible and 
                        appropriate, coordinate and integrate parent 
                        and family engagement programs and strategies 
                        with other Federal, State, and local programs;
                            ``(viii) provide information to school 
                        personnel, students, and parents about the 
                        school's use of positive behavioral 
                        interventions and supports, school-based mental 
                        health programs, and the expectations of school 
                        personnel, students, and parents in supporting 
                        a safe learning environment for all students; 
                        and
                            ``(ix) describe how the local educational 
                        agency will coordinate with parent and family 
                        information and resource centers established 
                        under part H of title IV.
    ``(b) Annual Review of Performance Benchmarks.--Each year, each 
local educational agency described in subsection (a), each school 
served under this part, and the parent advisory board established under 
subsection (g) shall collaboratively review the benchmarks for each of 
the goals established under subsection (a)(3)(A). Based on the review--
            ``(1) if a local educational agency has met or made 
        continual progress toward meeting, its annual benchmarks in 
        such year, the local educational agency will continue to 
        implement the parent and family engagement plan;
            ``(2) if the local educational agency has not met or made 
        continual progress toward meeting its annual benchmarks in such 
        year, the local educational agency and parent advisory board 
        shall jointly determine the cause after taking into the account 
        the results of the end-of-the-year survey described in 
        subsection (c); and
            ``(3) the local educational agency shall publicly report on 
        whether the agency has met or made continual progress toward 
        meeting such benchmarks, and the degree to which the benchmarks 
        were met.
    ``(c) End-of-the-year Survey.--As part of the review described in 
subsection (b), a local educational agency shall conduct an end-of-the-
year survey of parents and school instructional and leadership 
personnel, including parents and personnel who participated in the 
survey described in subsection (a)(2), to determine whether the needs 
of parents and personnel were met through the implementation of the 
plan.
    ``(d) Revision of Plan.--The local educational agency and the 
parent advisory board established under subsection (g) shall address 
the causes described in subsection (b)(2) and the results of the survey 
in subsection (c) in the development or revision of the parent and 
family engagement plan.
    ``(e) Reservation and Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency shall 
        reserve not less than 2 percent of such agency's allocation 
        under subpart 2 to assist schools in carrying out the 
        activities described in this section, subject to paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Exception.--The reservation requirement under 
        paragraph (1) shall not apply if 1 percent of the local 
        educational agency's allocation under subpart 2 for the fiscal 
        year for which the determination is made is equal to or less 
        than $5,000.
            ``(3) Distribution of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A local educational agency 
                shall--
                            ``(i) distribute not less than 75 percent 
                        of funds reserved under paragraph (1) to 
                        schools served under this part; and
                            ``(ii) use not more than 20 percent of such 
                        funds for parent and family engagement 
                        activities at the local educational agency 
                        level.
                    ``(B) Priority.--In allocating the funds described 
                in subparagraph (A), each local educational agency 
                shall give priority to high-need schools.
            ``(4) Use of funds.--Funds reserved under paragraph (1) may 
        be used to carry out activities and strategies consistent with 
        the parent and family engagement plan described in subsection 
        (a), including not less than 1 of the following:
                    ``(A) Designating or establishing a dedicated 
                office or dedicated personnel for parent and family 
                engagement.
                    ``(B) Providing professional development for local 
                educational agency and school personnel regarding 
                parent and family engagement strategies, which may be 
                provided jointly to teachers, school leaders, early 
                childhood educators, and parents and family members.
                    ``(C) Providing adult education and literacy 
                activities, as defined in section 203 of the Adult 
                Education and Family Literacy Act.
                    ``(D) Supporting home visitation programs.
                    ``(E) Engaging in other evidence-based or promising 
                strategies for improving and increasing parent and 
                family engagement, which may include family and student 
                supports, as defined in section 4703.
                    ``(F) Disseminating information on best practices 
                (such as implementation, replication, impact studies, 
                and evaluations) focused on parent and family 
                engagement, especially best practices for increasing 
                the engagement of economically disadvantaged parents 
                and family members.
                    ``(G) Contracting with experienced parent 
                organizations to assist with training and other 
                activities under this section.
                    ``(H) Collaborating, or providing subgrants to 
                schools to enable the schools to collaborate, with 
                community-based organizations, or employers, with a 
                demonstrated track record of success in improving and 
                increasing student academic achievement and parent and 
                family engagement to--
                            ``(i) enhance student achievement and 
                        development through greater engagement with 
                        children, such as experiential learning 
                        opportunities and internships;
                            ``(ii) increase opportunities for such 
                        organizations and employers to support family 
                        engagement activities, including by offering 
                        family engagement training and supporting adult 
                        education and family literacy programs; and
                            ``(iii) expand the role of the school as a 
                        community resource, such as by using facilities 
                        for community events, meetings, career or 
                        health fairs, or adult education and family 
                        literacy activities.
    ``(f) Accessibility.--In carrying out the parent and family 
engagement requirements of this part, local educational agencies and 
schools, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide 
opportunities for the full and informed participation of parents and 
family members (including parents and family members with 
disabilities), including providing information and school reports in a 
format and, to the greatest extent practicable, in a language such 
parents can understand.
    ``(g) Parent Advisory Board.--Each local educational agency 
described in subsection (a) shall establish a parent advisory board for 
the purposes of developing, revising, and reviewing the parent and 
family engagement plan. Such board shall--
            ``(1) consist of a sufficient number of parents of children 
        attending the local educational agency's schools served under 
        this part to adequately represent the interests and needs of 
        parents at the local educational agency;
            ``(2) meet multiple times throughout the school year; and
            ``(3) be representative of the population served by the 
        local educational agency.''.

SEC. 1119. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING COMPLAINT PROCESS FOR SECTION 
              1119.

    Section 1119(c)(2) (20 U.S.C. 6320(c)(2)), as redesignated by 
section 1117(3), is amended by striking ``9505'' and inserting 
``9503''.

SEC. 1120. COMPARABILITY OF SERVICES.

    Section 1120 (20 U.S.C. 6321), as redesignated by section 1117(3), 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``involved''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Comparability.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Comparability.--Beginning for the 2015-2016 
                school year, a local educational agency may receive 
                funds under this part only if the local educational 
                agency demonstrates to the State educational agency 
                that the combined State and local per-pupil 
                expenditures (including actual personnel and actual 
                non-personnel expenditures) in each school served under 
                this part, in the most recent year for which such data 
                were available, are not less than the average combined 
                State and local per-pupil expenditures for those 
                schools that are not served under this part.
                    ``(B) Alternative comparability.--If the local 
                educational agency is serving all of the schools under 
                its jurisdiction under this part, the agency shall 
                demonstrate to the State educational agency that the 
                average combined State and local per-pupil expenditures 
                (including actual personnel and actual non-personnel 
                expenditures) for its high-poverty schools, in the most 
                recent year for which such data are available, were not 
                less than the average combined State and local per-
                pupil expenditures for its low-poverty schools.
                    ``(C) Basis.--A local educational agency may meet 
                the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) on a 
                local educational agency-wide basis or a grade-span by 
                grade-span basis.
                    ``(D) Exclusion of funds.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For the purpose of 
                        complying with this paragraph, a local 
                        educational agency shall exclude any State or 
                        local funds expended in any school for--
                                    ``(I) excess costs of providing 
                                services to English learners;
                                    ``(II) excess costs of providing 
                                services to children with disabilities;
                                    ``(III) capital expenditures; and
                                    ``(IV) such other expenditures as 
                                the Secretary determines appropriate.
                            ``(ii) Changes after the beginning of the 
                        school year.--A local educational agency need 
                        not include unpredictable changes in student 
                        enrollment or personnel assignments that occur 
                        after the beginning of a school year in 
                        determining compliance under this subsection.
            ``(2) Documentation.--A local educational agency shall 
        demonstrate that it is meeting the requirements of paragraph 
        (1) by submitting to the State educational agency the per-pupil 
        expenditures, personnel expenditures, non-personnel 
        expenditures, and total expenditures for each school served by 
        the local educational agency.
            ``(3) Inapplicability.--This subsection shall not apply to 
        a local educational agency that does not have more than 1 
        building for each grade span.
            ``(4) Process and procedures.--
                    ``(A) Local educational agency responsibilities.--
                Each local educational agency assisted under this part 
                shall, by October 31, 2016, report to the State 
                educational agency on its compliance with the 
                requirements of this subsection for the preceding 
                school year, including a listing, by school, of actual 
                combined per-pupil State and local personnel and non-
                personnel expenditures.
                    ``(B) State educational agency responsibilities.--
                Each State educational agency assisted under this part 
                shall ensure that such information is made publicly 
                available by the State or the local educational agency, 
                including the school by school listing described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Plan.--A local educational agency that does 
                not meet the requirements of this subsection in any 
                year shall develop and implement a plan to ensure 
                compliance for the subsequent school year and may be 
                required by the State educational agency to report on 
                its progress in implementing such plan.
            ``(5) Transition provisions.--
                    ``(A) School years preceding the 2015-2016 school 
                year.--For school years preceding the 2015-2016 school 
                year, a local educational agency may receive funds 
                under this part only if the local educational agency 
                demonstrates to the State educational agency that the 
                local educational agency meets the requirements of this 
                subsection, as in effect on the day before the date of 
                enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 
                2013.
                    ``(B) Transition between requirements.--The 
                Secretary shall take such steps as are necessary to 
                provide for the orderly transition between the 
                requirements under this section, as in effect on the 
                day before the date of enactment of the Strengthening 
                America's Schools Act of 2013, and the new requirements 
                under this section, as amended by such Act.
            ``(6) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to require a local educational agency to 
        transfer school personnel in order to comply with this 
        subsection.
            ``(7) Comparable requirements.--In the case of a State, 
        State educational agency, or local educational agency that has, 
        before the date of enactment of the Strengthening America's 
        Schools Act of 2013, enacted requirements relating to the 
        comparability of educational expenditures that differ from the 
        requirements of this subsection, the Secretary shall allow the 
        local educational agency to demonstrate comparability of 
        educational expenditures for purposes of this subsection 
        through the enacted requirements if the Secretary determines 
        that the enacted requirements provide the same, or a higher, 
        standard of comparability for schools served under this part as 
        required by this subsection.''.

SEC. 1121. COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1120A (20 U.S.C. 6322), as redesignated by section 1117(3), 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1120A. COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each local educational agency receiving 
assistance under this part shall carry out the activities described in 
subsection (b) with Head Start agencies (consistent with section 
642(e)(5) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9801(e)(5)), providers of 
services under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act, programs carried out under section 619 of such Act, and, if 
feasible, other entities carrying out high-quality early childhood 
education programs and services.
    ``(b) Activities.--The activities and services referred to in 
subsection (a) include--
            ``(1) developing and implementing a systematic procedure 
        for transferring, with parental consent, early childhood 
        program records for each participating child to the school in 
        which such child will enroll;
            ``(2) establishing ongoing communication between early 
        childhood program staff and their counterparts in the schools 
        (including teachers, principals, social workers, local 
        educational agency liaisons designated under section 
        722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
        and health staff) to facilitate the coordination and alignment 
        of programs;
            ``(3) establishing ongoing communications between the early 
        childhood program and the local educational agency for 
        developing continuity of developmentally appropriate 
        instructional programs and shared expectations for children's 
        learning and development as children transition to school;
            ``(4) organizing and participating in joint training, 
        including transition-related training for school staff and 
        early childhood programs;
            ``(5) establishing comprehensive transition policies and 
        procedures that support the school readiness of children 
        transitioning to school;
            ``(6) conducting outreach to parents, families, and 
        elementary school teachers to discuss the educational, 
        developmental, and other needs of children entering school;
            ``(7) helping parents of children who are English learners 
        understand--
                    ``(A) the instructional and other services provided 
                by the school in which such child will enroll after 
                participation in a Head Start program or other Federal 
                early childhood care and education program; and
                    ``(B) as appropriate, the information provided to 
                parents of English learners under section 3202;
            ``(8) helping parents understand the instructional and 
        other services provided by the school in which their child will 
        enroll after participation in a Head Start program or other 
        Federal early childhood care and education program; and
            ``(9) developing and implementing a system to increase 
        program participation of underserved populations of eligible 
        children, especially children eligible for a free or reduced 
        price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), parents of children who are 
        English learners, and parents of children with disabilities.''.

SEC. 1122. GRANTS FOR THE OUTLYING AREAS AND THE SECRETARY OF THE 
              INTERIOR.

    Section 1121 (20 U.S.C. 6331) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``section 1002(a) and 
        1125A(f)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
        3(a)'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and freely 
                associated States''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
                ``challenging State academic content standards'' and 
                inserting ``college and career ready State academic 
                content standards under section 1111(a)(1)''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Definition of Outlying Area.--As used in subsections (a) and 
(b), the term `outlying area' has the meaning given that term in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 9101(42).''.

SEC. 1123. ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.

    Section 1122(a) (20 U.S.C. 6332(a)) is amended by striking 
``section 1002(a) to carry out this part for each of fiscal years 2002-
2007'' and inserting ``section 3(a)(1) to carry out this part for each 
of fiscal years 2014 through 2019''.

SEC. 1124. EDUCATION FINANCE INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 1125A (20 U.S.C. 6337) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (f)'' and 
        inserting ``section 3(a)(3),'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``subsection (f)'' 
        and inserting ``section 3(a)(3)'';
            (3) by striking subsection (f); and
            (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).

SEC. 1125. BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS; CENTERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARLY 
              CHILDHOOD.

    Part A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

   ``Subpart 3--Blue Ribbon Schools; Centers for Excellence in Early 
                               Childhood

``SEC. 1131. BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) Program Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to assist 
States and local educational agencies in identifying and rewarding 
high-performing public schools.
    ``(b) Blue Ribbon Schools.--
            ``(1) Identification of blue ribbon schools.--Each State 
        receiving a grant under subpart 2 may--
                    ``(A) define the category of blue ribbon schools, 
                consistent with paragraph (2), for the State as part of 
                its State plan in section 1111(b); and
                    ``(B) identify, for each school year, the schools 
                in the State that are blue ribbon schools for such 
                year.
            ``(2) Blue ribbon school criteria.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If a State elects to carry out 
                this subsection, the State's blue ribbon schools shall 
                consist of the highest 5 percent of the State's public 
                elementary schools and secondary schools, as designated 
                by the State based on--
                            ``(i) the percentage of proficient or 
                        advanced students, as determined under section 
                        1111(a)(3)(B)(ii), in English or language arts, 
                        and mathematics;
                            ``(ii) in the case of high schools, the 
                        school's graduation rates;
                            ``(iii) the performance of each category of 
                        students described in section 1111(a)(3)(D);
                            ``(iv) the percentage of students who are 
                        meeting or exceeding the State student academic 
                        achievement standards or are achieving 
                        sufficient academic growth as described in 
                        section 1111(a)(3)(B)(iii); and
                            ``(v) school gains.
                    ``(B) Noneligibility for blue ribbon status.--A 
                school identified under subsection (c) or (d) of 
                section 1116 for a year shall not be eligible for blue 
                ribbon school status for the same year.
    ``(c) Rewards.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State that defines and identifies 
        blue ribbon schools under subsection (b)(1) for a school year 
        may--
                    ``(A) provide each blue ribbon school in the State 
                with increased autonomy over the school's budget, 
                staffing, and time;
                    ``(B) allow each blue ribbon school to have 
                flexibility in the use of any funds provided to the 
                school under this Act for any purpose allowed under 
                this Act (notwithstanding any other provision of this 
                Act), as long as such use is consistent with the Civil 
                Rights Act of 1964, title IX of the Education 
                Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
                Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
                1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101), and part B of the Individuals 
                with Disabilities Education Act; and
                    ``(C) reserve not more than .5 percent of the funds 
                allotted to the State under subpart 2 and use such 
                reserved amounts to distribute rewards, on a 
                competitive basis, to local educational agencies that 
                serve 1 or more blue ribbon schools identified under 
                subsection (b) that receive funds under subpart 2 to 
                enable the local educational agencies to provide awards 
                to such blue ribbon schools that receive funds under 
                such subpart.
            ``(2) Use of rewards.--As a condition of receiving an award 
        from a local educational agency under this subsection, a blue 
        ribbon school shall agree to use the award funds to--
                    ``(A) improve student achievement; and
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance to the lowest-
                achieving schools in the closest geographic region of 
                the State to the blue ribbon school, in accordance with 
                the State plan under section 1111(b)(1)(F).

``SEC. 1132. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD.

    ``(a) Definition of Eligible Early Childhood Education Program.--In 
this section, the term `eligible early childhood education program' 
means an early childhood education program, as defined in section 103 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, that--
            ``(1) serves young children from households that would be 
        eligible to receive a free or reduced price lunch under the 
        Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
        seq.);
            ``(2) is nominated, by the Governor of the State in which 
        the program is located and through a competitive selection 
        process, to be a center of excellence in early childhood under 
        this section.
    ``(b) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Education, acting 
        jointly with the Secretary of Health and Human Services as 
        provided in paragraph (2), shall, subject to the availability 
        of funds under section 3(b)(4), establish a program under which 
        the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) designate exemplary eligible early childhood 
                education programs as centers of excellence in early 
                childhood for the purposes of sharing best practices 
                among early childhood education programs and to support 
                or recognize the centers of excellence to improve the 
                quality of care in programs in their local region; and
                    ``(B) award bonus grants to each center of 
                excellence in early childhood, to enable the center to 
                carry out the activities described in subsection (e).
            ``(2) Federal administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--With respect to this section, 
                the Secretary shall bear responsibility for obligating 
                and disbursing funds and ensuring compliance with 
                applicable laws and administrative requirements, 
                subject to subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Interagency agreement.--The Secretary of 
                Education and the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services shall jointly administer activities supported 
                under this subsection on such terms as such secretaries 
                shall set forth in an interagency agreement.
    ``(c) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to be eligible to be designated 
        as a center of excellence in early childhood under subsection 
        (b), an eligible early childhood education program shall submit 
        an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
        and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--At a minimum, the application shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) evidence that the eligible early childhood 
                education program has significantly improved the school 
                readiness, as determined by the Secretaries, of young 
                children who have participated in the program;
                    ``(B) evidence that the eligible early childhood 
                education program demonstrates improved child outcomes 
                across all the essential domains of school readiness;
                    ``(C) evidence that the eligible early childhood 
                education program has high staff qualifications that 
                are designed to promote the social, emotional, 
                physical, and cognitive development of children;
                    ``(D) an assurance that the eligible early 
                childhood education program will develop a 
                collaborative partnership with other providers of early 
                childhood education in the local community involved to 
                conduct activities under subsection (e);
                    ``(E) a nomination letter, from the Governor of the 
                State in which the eligible early childhood education 
                program is located, demonstrating the eligible early 
                childhood education program's ability to--
                            ``(i) provide the coordination, transition, 
                        and training services of the activities 
                        proposed to be carried out under the bonus 
                        grant, including the coordination of such 
                        activities with State and local agencies that 
                        provide early childhood education and 
                        development to young children and families in 
                        the community served by the eligible early 
                        childhood education program; and
                            ``(ii) carry out the activities described 
                        in subsection (e)(1); and
                    ``(F) a description of how the early childhood 
                program, in order to expand accessibility and 
                continuity of quality early childhood education and 
                development services and programs, will coordinate 
                activities under subsection (e) with--
                            ``(i) programs serving children assisted 
                        under the Child Care and Development Block 
                        Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.);
                            ``(ii) the temporary assistance for needy 
                        families program funded under part A of title 
                        IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
                        seq.);
                            ``(iii) the block grants to State for 
                        social services program funded under subtitle A 
                        of title XX of the Social Security Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 1397 et seq.);
                            ``(iv) child care programs supported 
                        directly through the Community Services Block 
                        Grant;
                            ``(v) the Head Start and Early Head Start 
                        programs carried out under Head Start Act;
                            ``(vi) programs supported by grants under 
                        part I of title IV;
                            ``(vii) other preschool programs supported 
                        under this title;
                            ``(viii) programs carried out under section 
                        619 and part C of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act;
                            ``(ix) State prekindergarten programs;
                            ``(x) programs that support parent and 
                        family engagement, including programs funded 
                        under section 1118 or, if applicable, grantees 
                        supported through parent and family information 
                        and resource center grants under part H of 
                        title IV; and
                            ``(xi) other programs of early childhood 
                        education and development; and
                    ``(G) a description of how the early childhood 
                education program, if selected as a center for 
                excellence in early childhood, will work with the local 
                educational agency of the area in which the program is 
                located, to--
                            ``(i) provide for effective transitions 
                        between the program and elementary schools; and
                            ``(ii) to facilitate ongoing communication 
                        between the program and elementary school 
                        teachers concerning young children 
                        participating in the program to improve the 
                        teachers' ability to work effectively with low-
                        income, at-risk young children and their 
                        families.
    ``(d) Designation and Bonus Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each 5-year term described in 
        paragraph (2), the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) select and designate, as centers of 
                excellence in early childhood, not less than 1 early 
                childhood education program from each of the several 
                States of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying 
                areas from which the Secretary has received 
                applications; and
                    ``(B) award each center of excellence in early 
                childhood a bonus grant for the 5-year term, subject to 
                paragraph (2)(B).
            ``(2) Term of designation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall designate each early childhood 
                education program as a center of excellence in early 
                childhood under paragraph (1) for a 5-year term. During 
                the period of that designation, the program shall 
                receive a bonus grant under subsection (b).
                    ``(B) Revocation.--The Secretary may revoke a 
                program's grant and designation under subparagraph (A) 
                if the Secretary determines that the program has not 
                made substantial progress in meeting the goals and 
                objectives of the grant.
            ``(3) Bonus grant amount.--
                    ``(A) Minimum amount of bonus grant.--Subject to 
                the availability of appropriations, each bonus grant 
                awarded under this subsection shall be in an amount of 
                not less than $200,000 per year.
                    ``(B) Priority for increased bonus grant funding.--
                In determining the amount of the bonus grant for a 
                center of excellence in early childhood under this 
                section, and subject to the requirements of 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary--
                            ``(i) shall give priority to centers that, 
                        through their applications, demonstrate that 
                        their programs are of exceptional quality and 
                        would serve as exemplary models for programs in 
                        the same geographic region; and
                            ``(ii) may give consideration to--
                                    ``(I) the populations served by the 
                                centers, such as centers that serve 
                                large proportions of young children who 
                                are English learners, children who are 
                                infants or toddlers with disabilities, 
                                as defined in 632 of the Individuals 
                                with Disabilities Education Act, 
                                children with disabilities who are 
                                eligible for services under section 619 
                                of such Act, homeless children, foster 
                                children, or children who receive child 
                                protective services, or young children 
                                of other underserved populations; and
                                    ``(II) centers that do an 
                                exceptional job meeting the needs of 
                                young children in such populations.
    ``(e) Use of Bonus Grant Funds.--A center of excellence in early 
childhood that receives a bonus grant under this subsection shall--
            ``(1) use not less than 15 percent of the funds made 
        available through the grant to disseminate to other early 
        childhood education programs in the State involved (including 
        to early childhood education programs who serve young children 
        who live on tribal lands or come from families who engage in 
        seasonal or migrant work), best practices for achieving early 
        academic success, including--
                    ``(A) best practices for achieving school 
                readiness, including developing early literacy and 
                mathematics skills;
                    ``(B) best practices for achieving the acquisition 
                of the English language for English learners, if 
                appropriate to the population served;
                    ``(C) best practices for providing high-quality 
                comprehensive services, if applicable, for 
                participating young children and their families; and
                    ``(D) best practices for facilitating the social 
                and emotional development of children and young 
                children; and
            ``(2) use the remainder of such funds for not less than 2 
        of the following activities:
                    ``(A) In the case of a center of excellence that is 
                a Head Start program, providing Head Start services to 
                additional eligible young children.
                    ``(B) Extending the services of the center of 
                excellence to provide full-day, full-week, or full-year 
                care to young children served by the program, if 
                appropriate to better meet the needs of working 
                families in the community served by the center.
                    ``(C) Further coordinating early childhood 
                education programs and services and social services 
                available in the community served by the center for at-
                risk young children, their families, and pregnant 
                women.
                    ``(D) Providing professional development for 
                program instructional and support staff, including 
                joint training for with child care providers, public 
                preschool and elementary school teachers and school 
                leaders, and other providers of early childhood 
                education and development programs.
                    ``(E) Developing or maintaining partnerships with 
                institutions of higher education and nonprofit 
                organizations, including community-based organizations, 
                that recruit, train, place, and support postsecondary 
                education students to serve as mentors and reading 
                partners to preschool children in centers that serve 
                such children.
                    ``(F) Carrying out other activities determined by 
                the center to improve the overall quality of the 
                center's early childhood education program and for 
                which there is evidence that the activities will lead 
                to improved safety, development, well-being, or school 
                readiness of the young children served by the program.
                    ``(G) Sharing best practices concerning the 
                transition of children into elementary school.
    ``(f) Reports to the Secretary.--Each center of excellence in early 
childhood that receives bonus grant funds under this section shall 
submit an annual report to the Secretary, at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require, that contains a description of the 
activities the center carried out with funds received under this 
section, including a description of how such funds improved services 
for young children and families.
    ``(g) Research and Technical Assistance.--From the funds made 
available to carry out this section, the Secretary may reserve not more 
than 1 percent of such funds to carry out the following activities:
            ``(1) Supporting a research collaborative among the 
        Institute of Education Sciences, the National Institute of 
        Child Health and Human Development, the Office of Planning, 
        Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children 
        and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
        and, as appropriate, other Federal entities, to support 
        research on early learning that can inform improved State and 
        other standards and licensing requirements and improved 
        outcomes for young children, which collaborative shall--
                    ``(A) biennially prepare and publish for public 
                comment a detailed research plan;
                    ``(B) support early learning research activities 
                that could include determining--
                            ``(i) the characteristics of early learning 
                        programs that produce positive developmental 
                        outcomes for young children;
                            ``(ii) the effects of program quality 
                        standards on child outcomes;
                            ``(iii) the relationships between specific 
                        interventions and types of child and family 
                        outcomes;
                            ``(iv) the effectiveness of early learning 
                        provider training in raising program quality 
                        and improving child outcomes;
                            ``(v) the effectiveness of professional 
                        development strategies in raising program 
                        quality and improving child outcomes; and
                            ``(vi) how to improve the school readiness 
                        outcomes of young children who are English 
                        learners, children with special needs, and 
                        homeless children, including evaluation of 
                        professional development programs for working 
                        with such children; and
                    ``(C) disseminate relevant research findings and 
                best practices.
            ``(2) Evaluating barriers to improving the quality of early 
        learning programs serving low-income young children, including 
        evaluating barriers to successful interagency collaboration and 
        coordination, by conducting a review of the statewide strategic 
        reports developed by State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood 
        Education and Care and other relevant reports, reporting the 
        findings of such review to Congress, and disseminating relevant 
        research findings and best practices.

``SEC. 1133. GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to identify and recognize exemplary 
schools, programs, and individuals. Such recognitions may include--
            ``(1) a Green Ribbon Schools program, such as the Green 
        Ribbons School program carried out by the Secretary under 
        section 5411(b)(5) as of the day before the date of enactment 
        of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, that 
        recognizes excellence in reducing environmental impact, 
        increasing health and wellness, and providing sustainability 
        education; and
            ``(2) an award program recognizing excellence exhibited by 
        classified school employees in the public school system.''.

SEC. 1126. GRANTS FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

    Part A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), as amended by section 
1125, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``Subpart 4--Grants for State Assessments and Related Activities

``SEC. 1141. GRANTS FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Grants for State Assessments.--From amounts made available 
under subsection (c)(1) to carry out this subsection, the Secretary 
shall make grants to States--
            ``(1) to enable States to pay the costs of developing, 
        improving, or administering State assessments and standards 
        consistent with section 1111(a), which may include the cost of 
        working in voluntary partnerships with other States, at the 
        sole discretion of each such State; and
            ``(2) in the case of States that have developed the 
        assessments and standards consistent with the requirements of 
        section 1111(a), to enable each such State--
                    ``(A) to administer such assessments; or
                    ``(B) to carry out other activities described in 
                this section, which may include--
                            ``(i) developing college and career ready 
                        State academic content and student academic 
                        achievement standards and aligned assessments 
                        in academic subjects for which standards and 
                        assessments are not required under section 
                        1111(a);
                            ``(ii) developing or improving assessments 
                        of English language proficiency necessary to 
                        comply with section 1111(a)(2)(D);
                            ``(iii) developing multiple measures of 
                        student academic achievement, including 
                        measures that assess higher-order thinking 
                        skills and understanding, and elicit complex 
                        student demonstrations or applications of 
                        knowledge and skills to increase the 
                        reliability and validity of State assessment 
                        systems;
                            ``(iv) developing, enhancing, or 
                        administering, in publicly funded early 
                        childhood education programs and elementary 
                        schools, early learning assessments (including 
                        accommodations to provide access for young 
                        children with disabilities) to improve 
                        instruction for young children;
                            ``(v) strengthening the capacity of local 
                        educational agencies and schools to provide all 
                        students with the opportunity to increase 
                        educational achievement, including carrying out 
                        professional development activities aligned 
                        with State student academic achievement 
                        standards and assessments;
                            ``(vi) expanding the range, and improving 
                        the quality, of accommodations available to 
                        English learners and students with disabilities 
                        to improve the use of such accommodations, 
                        including professional development activities;
                            ``(vii) improving the dissemination of 
                        information about student achievement and 
                        school performance to parents and families, 
                        including the development of information and 
                        reporting systems designed to--
                                    ``(I) identify best educational 
                                practices based on scientifically valid 
                                research; or
                                    ``(II) assist in linking records of 
                                student achievement, length of 
                                enrollment, and graduation over time;
                            ``(viii) providing instructional supports, 
                        which may include formative assessments;
                            ``(ix) developing computer adaptive 
                        assessments that meet the requirements of 
                        section 1111(a);
                            ``(x) developing alternate assessments, as 
                        described in section 1111(a)(2)(E), aligned to 
                        alternate achievement standards; and
                            ``(xi) providing professional development 
                        to local educational agency staff to transition 
                        between assessment systems, including 
                        technology for that purpose.
    ``(b) Grants for Enhanced Assessment Systems.--
            ``(1) Grant program authorized.--From amounts made 
        available under subsection (c)(2) to carry out this subsection, 
        the Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, grants to 
        State educational agencies to enable the State educational 
        agencies to carry out the activities described in paragraph 
        (3).
            ``(2) Application.--Each State educational agency desiring 
        to receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
        accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(3) Authorized activities.--Each State educational agency 
        that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant 
        funds to--
                    ``(A) enable States, or a consortia of States, to 
                collaborate with institutions of higher education or 
                other organizations or agencies to improve the quality, 
                validity, and reliability of State academic assessments 
                beyond the requirements for such assessments described 
                in section 1111(a)(2);
                    ``(B) measure student academic achievement using 
                multiple measures of student academic achievement from 
                multiple sources, including measures that assess 
                higher-order thinking skills and understanding;
                    ``(C) chart student progress over time; or
                    ``(D) evaluate student academic achievement through 
                the development of comprehensive academic assessment 
                instruments.
    ``(c) Allotment of Appropriated Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for 
        each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use the amount of funds 
        made available for this section for such year or $400,000,000 
        of such funds, whichever is less, to--
                    ``(A) reserve one-half of 1 percent for the Bureau 
                of Indian Education;
                    ``(B) reserve one-half of 1 percent for the 
                outlying areas; and
                    ``(C) from the amounts remaining after the 
                application of subparagraphs (A) and (B), allocate to 
                each State, for the purposes of carrying out the 
                activities under subsection (a), an amount equal to--
                            ``(i) $3,000,000; and
                            ``(ii) with respect to any amounts 
                        remaining after the allocation is made under 
                        clause (i), an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to such total remaining amounts as 
                        the number of students ages 5 through 17 in the 
                        State (as determined by the Secretary on the 
                        basis of the most recent satisfactory data) 
                        bears to the total number of such students in 
                        all States.
            ``(2) Special rule for fiscal year 2014.--For fiscal year 
        2014, the Secretary shall use not less than $800,000,000 or, if 
        a lesser amount is made available for this section for such 
        year, such entire lesser amount, to carry out the requirements 
        of paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Remainder.--Any amounts remaining for a fiscal year 
        after the Secretary carries out paragraph (1) shall be made 
        available to award funds under subsection (b) to States 
        according to the quality, needs, and scope of the State 
        application under this section. In determining the grant 
        amount, the Secretary shall ensure that a State's grant shall 
        include an amount that bears the same relationship to the total 
        funds available under this paragraph for the fiscal year as the 
        number of students ages 5 through 17 in the State (as 
        determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
        satisfactory data) bears to the total number of such students 
        in all States.
            ``(4) Definition of state.--In this section, the term 
        `State' means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, 
        and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.''.

                      PART B--PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE

SEC. 1201. IMPROVING SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

    Part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq.) is amended to read as 
follows:

                     ``PART B--PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE

                ``Subpart 1--Improving Secondary Schools

``SEC. 1201. SECONDARY SCHOOL REFORM.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to ensure 
students graduate from secondary school college and career ready and to 
increase graduation rates by providing grants to eligible entities to 
provide schools with the necessary resources to implement innovative 
and effective secondary school reform strategies.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Applied learning.--The term `applied learning' means 
        a strategy that--
                    ``(A) engages students in opportunities to apply 
                rigorous academic content aligned with college-level 
                expectations to real world experience, through such 
                means as work experience, work-based learning, problem-
                based learning, or service-learning; and
                    ``(B) develops students' cognitive competencies and 
                pertinent employability skills.
            ``(2) Chronic absenteeism.--The term `chronic absenteeism' 
        means a student misses--
                    ``(A) 10 percent of the school days per school 
                year; or
                    ``(B) not less than 20 school days per school year.
            ``(3) Competency-based learning model.--The term 
        `competency-based learning model' means an education model in 
        which educators use explicit measurable learning objectives to 
        assist students to advance upon mastery of objectives as 
        determined through relevant assessments.
            ``(4) Effective secondary school reform strategies.--The 
        term `effective secondary school reform strategies' means a set 
        of programs, interventions, and activities with demonstrated 
        effectiveness in improving the academic achievement of 
        struggling students or dropouts.
            ``(5) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        high-need local educational agency, or a consortia of such 
        local educational agencies, in partnership with--
                    ``(A) 1 or more institutions of higher education;
                    ``(B) 1 or more employers or industry-related 
                organizations; and
                    ``(C) 1 or more external partners or qualified 
                intermediaries.
            ``(6) Eligible secondary school.--The term `eligible 
        secondary school' means a high school that--
                    ``(A) is eligible for funds under part A;
                    ``(B) has a graduation rate below 75 percent;
                    ``(C) does not receive grant funds under section 
                1116(d); and
                    ``(D) is identified as low performing based on the 
                State's accountability system.
            ``(7) External partner.--The term `external partner' means 
        a public or private nonprofit organization or a nonprofit 
        charter management organization, with a demonstrated record of 
        successful secondary school reform.
            ``(8) Feeder middle school.--The term `feeder middle 
        school' means an elementary school or secondary school from 
        which a majority of students go on to attend an eligible 
        secondary school.
            ``(9) Qualified intermediary.--The term `qualified 
        intermediary' means an entity that has demonstrated expertise 
        to build and sustain partnerships with entities such as 
        employers, schools, community-based organizations, 
        postsecondary educational institutions, social service 
        agencies, economic development organizations, and workforce 
        investment systems, to broker services, resources, and supports 
        for youth and the organizations and systems designed to serve 
        them.
            ``(10) Struggling student.--The term `struggling student' 
        means a student who--
                    ``(A) is at an increased risk for low academic 
                achievement and is unlikely to graduate secondary 
                school within 4 years; or
                    ``(B) a student who has dropped out of school.
    ``(c) Grants Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Reservation.--From the total amount of funds 
                appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 
                year, the Secretary shall reserve--
                            ``(i) not more than 2.5 percent for 
                        national activities, which the Secretary shall 
                        use for technical assistance, data collection 
                        and dissemination, and evaluation and reporting 
                        activities; and
                            ``(ii) not less than one half of 1 percent 
                        for the Bureau of Indian Education for 
                        activities consistent with the purposes of this 
                        section.
                    ``(B) Grants.--From the total amount of funds 
                appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 
                year and not reserved under subparagraph (A), the 
                Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, 
                to eligible entities, based on the quality of the 
                applications submitted, of which--
                            ``(i) not more than 25 percent of grant 
                        funds shall be used for activities described in 
                        subsection (e)(1); and
                            ``(ii) not less than 75 percent of grant 
                        funds shall be used for activities described in 
                        paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e) and 
                        subsection (f).
            ``(2) Grant duration.--Grants awarded under this section 
        shall be for a period of 5 years, conditional after 3 years on 
        satisfactory progress on the performance indicators described 
        in subsection (d)(2)(G), as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Grant considerations.--In awarding grants under this 
        section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to 
        applications from eligible entities--
                    ``(A) serving high-need areas, such as high-poverty 
                or rural local educational agencies; or
                    ``(B) that demonstrate partnerships with employers 
                to provide students at participating schools with 
                career-related experience or assistance in attaining 
                career-related credentials.
            ``(4) Annual report.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 
        annual report including data on the entity's progress on the 
        performance indicators described in subsection (d)(2)(G).
    ``(d) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that desires 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 reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall include, at a minimum, a description of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) How the eligible entity will use funds 
                awarded under this section to carry out the activities 
                described in subsection (e)(1).
                    ``(B) The role of each entity that comprises the 
                eligible entity in meeting the purposes of this 
                section, including the external partner's capacity and 
                record of success in secondary school reform.
                    ``(C) How the eligible entity will sustain the 
                activities proposed, including the availability of 
                funds from non-Federal sources and coordination with 
                other Federal, State, and local funds.
                    ``(D) How the eligible entity conducted a 
                comprehensive needs analysis and capacity assessment of 
                the eligible secondary schools served by the eligible 
                entity to identify secondary schools proposed to be 
                served by the grant. The needs analysis and capacity 
                assessment shall include the following:
                            ``(i) An examination of each secondary 
                        school's data in the aggregate, and 
                        disaggregated by each of the subgroups of 
                        students described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x), 
                        on the following:
                                    ``(I) Graduation rates and 
                                characteristics of those students who 
                                are not graduating, including such 
                                students' attendance, behavior, 
                                expulsion rates, suspension rates, 
                                course performance, and credit 
                                accumulation rates.
                                    ``(II) Rates of dropout recovery 
                                (re-entry).
                                    ``(III) Rates of enrollment and 
                                remediation in institutions of higher 
                                education, in accordance with section 
                                1111(d)(3)(B)(viii).
                                    ``(IV) The percentage of students 
                                who are 2 or more years over-aged or 
                                under-credited for their grade level.
                            ``(ii) An examination of each eligible 
                        secondary school and feeder middle school's 
                        data in the aggregate, and disaggregated by 
                        each of the subgroups of students described in 
                        section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x), as applicable, on the 
                        following:
                                    ``(I) Student academic achievement, 
                                including the percentage of students 
                                who have on-time credit accumulation at 
                                the end of each grade and the 
                                percentage of students failing a core, 
                                credit-bearing, reading or language 
                                arts, science, or mathematics course, 
                                or failing 2 or more of any courses.
                                    ``(II) The percentage of students 
                                who have an attendance rate lower than 
                                90 percent.
                                    ``(III) Annual rates of expulsions, 
                                suspensions, school violence, 
                                harassment, and bullying, as defined 
                                under State or local laws or policies.
                                    ``(IV) Annual, average credit 
                                accumulation.
                                    ``(V) Annual, average attendance 
                                rates.
                                    ``(VI) Annual rates of students who 
                                move in and out of the school within a 
                                school year.
                                    ``(VII) Annual, average rates of 
                                enrollment in and completion of 
                                advanced coursework, including 
                                opportunities to earn postsecondary 
                                credit while in high school, such as 
                                Advanced Placement and International 
                                Baccalaureate courses and exams, dual 
                                enrollment, and early college.
                                    ``(VIII) Curriculum alignment with 
                                college and career ready standards 
                                across all grade levels.
                                    ``(IX) The non-academic barriers 
                                that impact student achievement and the 
                                available support services to address 
                                such barriers.
                                    ``(X) The number and percentage of 
                                students who do not transition from 
                                grade 8 to grade 9 and who have not 
                                transferred to and enrolled in a school 
                                outside of the local educational agency 
                                within the State or out of the State.
                            ``(iii) An examination, including a 
                        description, of each eligible secondary 
                        school's capacity to implement the school 
                        reform activities described under subsection 
                        (e)(3), including--
                                    ``(I) the capacity and experience 
                                levels of administrative, 
                                instructional, and noninstructional 
                                staff;
                                    ``(II) the budget, including how 
                                Federal, State, and local funds are 
                                being spent (as of the time of the 
                                assessment) and can be better spent; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) the technical assistance, 
                                additional resources, and staff 
                                necessary to implement the activities 
                                identified in subsection (e)(3).
                            ``(iv) An assessment of the capacity of the 
                        eligible entity to provide technical assistance 
                        and resources to implement the activities 
                        described in subsection (e).
                    ``(E) The rationale for the strategies chosen to be 
                implemented under subsection (e), including how such 
                strategies will address the needs identified through 
                the needs analysis.
                    ``(F) How the eligible entity will incorporate 
                students with disabilities, English learners, and 
                struggling students into the activities under 
                subsection (e).
                    ``(G) The performance indicators and targets the 
                eligible entity will use to assess the effectiveness of 
                the activities implemented under this section 
                including--
                            ``(i) graduation rates;
                            ``(ii) dropout recovery (re-entry) rates;
                            ``(iii) percentage of students with less 
                        than a 90 percent attendance rate;
                            ``(iv) percentage of students who have on-
                        time credit accumulation at the end of each 
                        grade and the percentage of students failing a 
                        core subject course;
                            ``(v) rates of expulsions, suspensions, 
                        school violence, harassment, and bullying, as 
                        defined under State or local laws or policies;
                            ``(vi) annual, average attendance rates;
                            ``(vii) annual rates of student mobility;
                            ``(viii) annual rates of student transfers;
                            ``(ix) college remediation, enrollment, 
                        persistence, and completion rates; and
                            ``(x) percentage of students successfully--
                                    ``(I) completing Advanced Placement 
                                or International Baccalaureate courses;
                                    ``(II) completing rigorous 
                                postsecondary education courses while 
                                attending a secondary school; or
                                    ``(III) enrolling in and 
                                completing, career and technical 
                                education, as defined in section 3 of 
                                the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                                Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
                                U.S.C. 2302) or a program that leads to 
                                an apprenticeship registered under the 
                                Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known 
                                as the `National Apprenticeship Act'; 
                                50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 
                                et seq.).
    ``(e) Required Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
        under this section shall use the grant funds to--
                    ``(A) implement an early warning indicator system 
                to help high schools and feeder middle schools, served 
                by the eligible entity's local educational agency, to 
                identify struggling students and create a system of 
                evidence-based interventions, by--
                            ``(i) identifying and analyzing the 
                        academic and non-academic risk factors that 
                        most reliably predict dropouts by using 
                        longitudinal data of past cohorts of students;
                            ``(ii) identifying specific indicators of 
                        student progress and performance, such as 
                        attendance and chronic absenteeism, academic 
                        performance in core courses, and credit 
                        accumulation, to guide decisionmaking;
                            ``(iii) identifying or developing a 
                        mechanism for regularly collecting and 
                        analyzing data about the impact of 
                        interventions on the indicators of student 
                        progress and performance;
                            ``(iv) analyzing academic indicators to 
                        determine whether students are making 
                        sufficient academic growth to graduate 
                        secondary school in the standard numbers of 
                        years; and
                            ``(v) identifying and implementing 
                        strategies for pairing academic support with 
                        integrated student services and case-management 
                        interventions for students requiring intensive 
                        supports, which may include partnerships with 
                        other external partners;
                    ``(B) provide support and credit recovery 
                opportunities for struggling students, including those 
                who are over-aged and under-credited, at secondary 
                schools served by the eligible entity by offering 
                activities, such as--
                            ``(i) a flexible school schedule;
                            ``(ii) competency-based learning models and 
                        performance-based assessments; and
                            ``(iii) the provision of support services;
                    ``(C) provide dropout recovery or re-entry programs 
                to secondary schools that are designed to encourage and 
                support dropouts returning to an educational system, 
                program, or institution following an extended absence 
                in order to graduate college and career ready;
                    ``(D) provide evidence-based grade and school 
                transition programs and supports, including through 
                curricula alignment; and
                    ``(E) provide school leaders, instructional staff, 
                noninstructional staff, students, and families with 
                high-quality, easily accessible and timely information 
                about--
                            ``(i) secondary school graduation 
                        requirements;
                            ``(ii) postsecondary education application 
                        processes;
                            ``(iii) postsecondary admissions processes 
                        and requirements, including public financial 
                        aid and other available private scholarship and 
                        grant aid opportunities; and
                            ``(iv) other programs and services for 
                        increasing rates of college access and success 
                        for students from low-income families.
            ``(2) Required use of funds in feeder middle schools.--An 
        eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall 
        use the grant funds in feeder middle schools to improve the 
        academic achievement of students and prepare students to 
        graduate college and career ready by--
                    ``(A) using early warning indicator and 
                intervention systems described in paragraph (1)(A);
                    ``(B) creating a personalized learning environment;
                    ``(C) implementing a transition strategy to support 
                the successful transition of students between grades, 
                including encouraging collaboration among elementary, 
                middle, and secondary school grades;
                    ``(D) providing high-quality professional 
                development opportunities to school leaders, teachers, 
                and other school staff to prepare staff to--
                            ``(i) address the academic challenges of 
                        students in middle grades;
                            ``(ii) understand the developmental needs 
                        of students in the middle grades and how to 
                        address those needs in an educational setting;
                            ``(iii) implement data-driven 
                        interventions; and
                            ``(iv) provide academic guidance to 
                        students so that students can graduate on 
                        college and career ready; and
                    ``(E) implementing organizational practices and 
                school schedules that allow for collaborative staff 
                participation, team teaching, and common instructional 
                planning time.
            ``(3) Required use of funds in eligible secondary 
        schools.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under this 
        section shall use the grant funds in eligible secondary schools 
        to implement a comprehensive approach that will--
                    ``(A) personalize the school experience by taking 
                steps such as--
                            ``(i) creating opportunities for struggling 
                        students to receive personalized instruction, 
                        including providing a personalized sequence of 
                        instructional content and skills development, 
                        and opportunities for credit recovery;
                            ``(ii) implementing competency-based 
                        learning models; and
                            ``(iii) providing ongoing evaluation of 
                        student academic achievement and the necessary 
                        supports so that students graduate college and 
                        career ready;
                    ``(B) increase student engagement by providing 
                applied learning opportunities;
                    ``(C) provide school leaders with autonomy through 
                a flexible budget and staffing authority;
                    ``(D) implement high-quality, evidence-based 
                professional development for teachers and school 
                leaders, provide increased opportunities for teachers 
                to work collaboratively, and improve instruction;
                    ``(E) improve curriculum and instruction, by--
                            ``(i) redesigning academic content and 
                        instructional practices to align with high 
                        academic standards for all students, the 
                        criteria associated with admission to and 
                        success in postsecondary education, and the 
                        skills necessary to be successful in the 
                        workplace;
                            ``(ii) increasing rigor by providing 
                        opportunities to earn postsecondary credit 
                        while in high school, including through 
                        Advanced Placement or International 
                        Baccalaureate courses, dual enrollment, and 
                        early college; and
                            ``(iii) implementing competency-based 
                        learning models;
                    ``(F) strengthen the transition between high school 
                and postsecondary education through activities such 
                as--
                            ``(i) providing academic and career 
                        counseling in student-to-counselor ratios that 
                        allow students to make informed decisions about 
                        academic and career options;
                            ``(ii) provide high-quality college and 
                        career exploration opportunities including 
                        college campus visits;
                            ``(iii) coordinating secondary and 
                        postsecondary support services, and academic 
                        calendars, to allow students to visit and take 
                        courses at institutions of higher education; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) providing academic and support 
                        services, including financial aid counseling 
                        for postsecondary education; and
                    ``(G) implement not less than 1 of the following 
                effective secondary school reform strategies to prepare 
                students for college and a career, and to improve 
                graduation rates:
                            ``(i) Graduation Promise Academies, which 
                        include--
                                    ``(I) 9th grade academies taught by 
                                teams of teachers who work with small 
                                groups of students;
                                    ``(II) career academies for upper 
                                grades;
                                    ``(III) extended learning periods, 
                                such as block scheduling, to reduce the 
                                number of students for whom teachers 
                                are responsible and the number of 
                                courses students are taking at any one 
                                time;
                                    ``(IV) an after-hours credit 
                                recovery program;
                                    ``(V) curriculum coaches who 
                                provide high-quality professional 
                                development and support;
                                    ``(VI) partnerships among parents, 
                                teachers, administrators, community-
                                based organizations, and community 
                                members focused on improving student 
                                achievement; and
                                    ``(VII) a college-going culture, 
                                including student supports and 
                                guidance.
                            ``(ii) Career academies, which implement a 
                        college and career ready curriculum that 
                        integrates rigorous academics, career and 
                        technical education, and experiential learning 
                        for high school students in high-skill, high-
                        demand industries, in collaboration with local 
                        and regional employers.
                            ``(iii) Dual enrollment programs that 
                        provide dual enrollment opportunities with 
                        college credit-bearing courses, including 
                        accelerated certificate programs with community 
                        colleges or other recognized postsecondary 
                        credentials.
                            ``(iv) Early college high schools that 
                        design curricula and sequences of courses in 
                        collaboration with teachers from the eligible 
                        secondary school and faculty from the partner 
                        institution of higher education so that 
                        students may simultaneously earn credits 
                        towards a high school diploma and either an 
                        associate degree or transferable postsecondary 
                        education credits toward a postsecondary degree 
                        at no cost to students or their families.
    ``(f) Allowable Uses of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this section may use grant funds to--
            ``(1) improve parent and family engagement in the 
        educational attainment and achievement of struggling students 
        and dropouts to be college and career ready by--
                    ``(A) leveraging community-based services and 
                opportunities; and
                    ``(B) providing parents and families with the 
                necessary information, including data on their child's 
                academic achievement and how to navigate the public 
                school system;
            ``(2) provide extended learning opportunities, by extending 
        the school day, week, or year to increase the total number of 
        school hours to include additional time for instruction in 
        academic subjects and enrichment activities that contribute to 
        a well-rounded education;
            ``(3) increase student supports through activities such as 
        student advisories, school counseling opportunities, and one-
        to-one mentoring; and
            ``(4) create smaller learning communities.
    ``(g) Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
        under this section shall provide matching funds, from non-
        Federal sources, in an amount equal to not less than 20 percent 
        of the amount of grant funds awarded in the first 3 years of 
        the grant, not less than 50 percent of the amount awarded in 
        the fourth year of the grant, and not less than 75 percent of 
        the amount awarded in the fifth year of the grant, as 
        applicable.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
        matching requirement described in paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
        year for an eligible entity, on a case-by-case basis, if the 
        Secretary determines that applying the matching requirement to 
        such eligible entity would result in serious hardship or an 
        inability to carry out the authorized activities described in 
        subsection (e).
    ``(h) Supplement Not Supplant.--An eligible entity shall use 
Federal funds received under this section only to supplement the funds 
that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available 
from other Federal and non-Federal sources for the activities described 
in this section, and not to supplant such funds.

                   ``Subpart 2--Accelerated Learning

``SEC. 1221. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this subpart are--
            ``(1) to raise student academic achievement by--
                    ``(A) increasing the number of teachers serving 
                high-need schools who are qualified to teach Advanced 
                Placement or International Baccalaureate courses; and
                    ``(B) increasing the number of students attending 
                high-need schools who--
                            ``(i) enroll and succeed in Advanced 
                        Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                        courses; and
                            ``(ii) take Advanced Placement or 
                        International Baccalaureate examinations;
            ``(2) to increase, and to support statewide and, as 
        applicable, districtwide, efforts to increase the availability 
        of, and enrollment in, Advanced Placement or International 
        Baccalaureate courses, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-
        International Baccalaureate courses, in high-need schools; and
            ``(3) to provide high-quality professional development for 
        teachers of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
        courses, and pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International 
        Baccalaureate courses, in high-need schools.

``SEC. 1222. FUNDING DISTRIBUTION RULE.

    ``From amounts appropriated to carry out this subpart for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall give priority to funding activities under 
section 1223 and shall distribute any remaining funds under section 
1224.

``SEC. 1223. ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE 
              EXAMINATION FEE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--From amounts made available to carry out 
this subpart for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award grants to 
State educational agencies having applications approved under this 
section to enable the State educational agencies to pay, on behalf of 
low-income students, part or all of the costs of Advanced Placement or 
International Baccalaureate examination fees, if the low-income 
students--
            ``(1) are enrolled in an Advanced Placement or 
        International Baccalaureate course; and
            ``(2) plan to take an Advanced Placement or International 
        Baccalaureate examination.
    ``(b) Award Basis.--In determining the amount of the grant awarded 
to a State educational agency under this section for a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall consider the number of children eligible to be counted 
under section 1124(c) in the State in relation to the number of such 
children so counted in all States.
    ``(c) Information Dissemination.--A State educational agency that 
is awarded a grant under this section shall make publicly available 
information regarding the availability of Advanced Placement or 
International Baccalaureate examination fee payments under this 
section, and shall disseminate such information to eligible secondary 
school students and parents, including through secondary school 
teachers and counselors.
    ``(d) Applications.--Each State educational agency desiring to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
information as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, each State 
educational agency application shall--
            ``(1) describe the Advanced Placement or International 
        Baccalaureate examination fees the State educational agency 
        will pay on behalf of low-income students in the State from 
        grant funds awarded under this section;
            ``(2) provide an assurance that any grant funds awarded 
        under this section shall be used only to pay for Advanced 
        Placement or International Baccalaureate examination fees; and
            ``(3) contain such information as the Secretary may require 
        to demonstrate that the State educational agency will ensure 
        that a student is eligible for payments authorized under this 
        section, including ensuring that the student is a low-income 
        student.
    ``(e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations 
as are necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(f) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State educational agency awarded a 
        grant under this section shall, with respect to each Advanced 
        Placement or International Baccalaureate course subject, 
        annually report to the Secretary the following data for the 
        preceding year:
                    ``(A) The number of students in the State who are 
                taking an Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate course in such subject.
                    ``(B) The number of Advanced Placement or 
                International Baccalaureate examinations taken by 
                students in the State who have taken an Advanced 
                Placement or International Baccalaureate course in such 
                subject.
                    ``(C) The number of students in the State scoring 
                at each level on Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate examinations in such subject, 
                disaggregated by each of the subgroups of students 
                described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x).
                    ``(D) Demographic information regarding students in 
                the State taking Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate courses and Advanced Placement or 
                International Baccalaureate examinations in that 
                subject, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, English 
                proficiency status, and socioeconomic status.
            ``(2) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall annually 
        compile the information received from each State educational 
        agency under paragraph (1) and report to the authorizing 
        committees regarding the information.
    ``(g) Bureau of Indian Affairs as State Educational Agency.--For 
purposes of this section, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be treated 
as a State educational agency.

``SEC. 1224. ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE 
              INCENTIVE PROGRAM GRANTS.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts made available to carry out 
        this subpart for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall award 
        grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable 
        such entities to carry out the authorized activities described 
        in subsection (e).
            ``(2) Duration, renewal, and payments.--
                    ``(A) Duration.--The Secretary shall award a grant 
                under this section for a period of not more than 3 
                years.
                    ``(B) Renewal.--The Secretary may renew a grant 
                awarded under this section for an additional period of 
                not more than 2 years, if an eligible entity--
                            ``(i) is achieving the objectives of the 
                        grant; and
                            ``(ii) has shown improvement against 
                        baseline data on the performance measures 
                        described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 
                        subsection (g)(1).
                    ``(C) Payments.--The Secretary shall make grant 
                payments under this section on an annual basis.
    ``(b) Definition of Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term 
`eligible entity' means--
            ``(1) a State educational agency;
            ``(2) a high-need local educational agency; or
            ``(3) a partnership consisting of--
                    ``(A) a national, regional, or statewide public or 
                nonprofit organization with expertise and experience in 
                providing Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate course services; and
                    ``(B) a State educational agency or a high-need 
                local educational agency.
    ``(c) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
        under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
        at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--The application shall, at a minimum, 
        include a description of--
                    ``(A) the goals and objectives for the project 
                supported by the grant under this section, including--
                            ``(i) increasing the number of teachers 
                        serving high-need schools who are qualified to 
                        teach Advanced Placement or International 
                        Baccalaureate courses;
                            ``(ii) increasing the number of Advanced 
                        Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                        courses that are offered at high-need schools; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) increasing the number of students 
                        attending a high-need school, particularly low-
                        income students, who succeed in--
                                    ``(I) Advanced Placement or 
                                International Baccalaureate courses; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) if offered by the school, 
                                pre-Advanced Placement or pre-
                                International Baccalaureate courses;
                    ``(B) how the eligible entity will ensure that 
                students have access to courses, including pre-Advanced 
                Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses, 
                that will prepare students to enroll and succeed in 
                Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                courses;
                    ``(C) how the eligible entity will provide 
                professional development for teachers that will further 
                the goals and objectives of the grant project;
                    ``(D) how the eligible entity will ensure that 
                teachers serving high-need schools are qualified to 
                teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                courses;
                    ``(E) how the eligible entity will provide for the 
                involvement of business and community organizations and 
                other entities, including institutions of higher 
                education, in carrying out the activities described in 
                subsection (e);
                    ``(F) how the eligible entity will use funds 
                received under this section; and
                    ``(G) how the eligible entity will evaluate the 
                outcome of the grant project.
    ``(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to applications from eligible entities 
that--
            ``(1) are part of a statewide or districtwide strategy, as 
        applicable, for increasing the availability of Advanced 
        Placement or International Baccalaureate courses, and pre-
        Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses, 
        in high-need schools;
            ``(2) demonstrate a focus on increasing the availability of 
        Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses in 
        core academic subjects; and
            ``(3) propose to carry out activities that target high-need 
        schools.
    ``(e) Authorized Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall use the grant funds to carry out 
        activities designed to increase--
                    ``(A) the number of teachers serving high-need 
                schools who are qualified to teach Advanced Placement 
                or International Baccalaureate courses; and
                    ``(B) the number of students attending high-need 
                schools who succeed in the examinations for such 
                courses, including through reimbursing low-income 
                students attending high-need schools for part or all of 
                the cost of Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate examination fees.
            ``(2) Allowable activities.--In addition to the activities 
        described in paragraph (1), an eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section may use grant funds for--
                    ``(A) high-quality teacher professional 
                development, in order to expand the pool of teachers in 
                the participating State, high-need local educational 
                agency, or high-need school who are qualified to teach 
                Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                courses, including through innovative models, such as 
                online academies and training institutes;
                    ``(B) pre-Advanced Placement or pre-International 
                Baccalaureate teacher and counselor high-quality 
                professional development in secondary school to prepare 
                students for success in Advanced Placement or 
                International Baccalaureate courses and in institutions 
                of higher education;
                    ``(C) coordination and articulation between grade 
                levels to prepare students to succeed in Advanced 
                Placement or International Baccalaureate courses;
                    ``(D) purchase of instructional materials for 
                Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                courses;
                    ``(E) activities to increase the availability of, 
                and participation in, online Advanced Placement or 
                International Baccalaureate courses;
                    ``(F) carrying out the requirements of subsection 
                (g); and
                    ``(G) in the case of an eligible entity described 
                in subsection (b)(1), awarding subgrants to high-need 
                local educational agencies to enable the high-need 
                local educational agencies to carry out authorized 
                activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
    ``(f) Contracts.--An eligible entity that is awarded a grant to 
provide online Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
courses under this subpart may enter into a contract with an 
organization to provide the online Advanced Placement or International 
Baccalaureate courses, including contracting for necessary support 
services.
    ``(g) Collecting and Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Report.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant under 
        this section shall collect and report to the Secretary annually 
        such data regarding the results of the grant as the Secretary 
        may reasonably require, including--
                    ``(A) the number of students served by the eligible 
                entity enrolling in Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate courses, and pre-Advanced Placement or 
                pre-International Baccalaureate courses, disaggregated 
                by grade level of the student, and the grades received 
                by such students in the courses;
                    ``(B) the number of students taking an Advanced 
                Placement or International Baccalaureate examination 
                and the distribution of scores on those examinations, 
                disaggregated by the grade level of the student at the 
                time of examination;
                    ``(C) the number of teachers who are currently, as 
                of the date of the report, receiving training to teach 
                Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                courses and will teach such courses in the next school 
                year;
                    ``(D) the number of teachers becoming qualified to 
                teach Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate 
                courses; and
                    ``(E) the number of qualified teachers who are 
                teaching Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate courses in high-need schools served by 
                the eligible entity.
            ``(2) Reporting of data.--Each eligible entity receiving a 
        grant under this section shall report the data required under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) disaggregated by subject area;
                    ``(B) in the case of student data, disaggregated in 
                the same manner as information is disaggregated under 
                section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x); and
                    ``(C) in a manner that allows for an assessment of 
                the effectiveness of the grant program.
    ``(h) Evaluation.--From the amount appropriated for this subpart 
and reserved for evaluation activities in accordance with section 
9601(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of 
Education Sciences, shall, in consultation with the relevant program 
office at the Department, evaluate the implementation and impact of the 
activities supported under this section, consistent with section 9601, 
including progress as measured by the performance measures established 
under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (g)(1).
    ``(i) Matching Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), each eligible 
        entity that receives a grant under this section shall provide 
        toward the cost of the activities assisted under the grant, 
        from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 100 percent of the 
        amount of the grant, except that an eligible entity that is a 
        high-need local educational agency shall provide an amount 
        equal to not more than 50 percent of the amount of the grant.
            ``(2) Matching funds.--The eligible entity may provide the 
        matching funds described in paragraph (1) in cash or in-kind, 
        fairly evaluated, but may not provide more than 50 percent of 
        the matching funds in-kind. The eligible entity may provide the 
        matching funds from State, local, or private sources.
            ``(3) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive all or part of the 
        matching requirement described in paragraph (1) for any fiscal 
        year for an eligible entity described in paragraph (1) or (2) 
        of subsection (b), if the Secretary determines that applying 
        the matching requirement to such eligible entity would result 
        in serious hardship or an inability to carry out the authorized 
        activities described in subsection (e).

``SEC. 1225. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Grant funds provided under this subpart shall supplement, and not 
supplant, other non-Federal funds that are available to assist low-
income students to pay for the cost of Advanced Placement or 
International Baccalaureate examination fees or to expand access to 
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses, and pre-
Advanced Placement or pre-International Baccalaureate courses.

``SEC. 1226. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) High-need school.--The term `high-need school' means 
        a secondary school--
                    ``(A) with a demonstrated need for Advanced 
                Placement or International Baccalaureate courses; and
                    ``(B) that--
                            ``(i) has a high concentration of low-
                        income students; or
                            ``(ii) is designated with a school locale 
                        code of 33, 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the 
                        Secretary.
            ``(2) Low-income student.--The term `low-income student' 
        means a student who is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch 
        under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).''.

                PART C--EDUCATION OF MIGRATORY CHILDREN

SEC. 1301. PROGRAM PURPOSE.

    Section 1301 (20 U.S.C. 6391) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1301. PROGRAM PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this part to assist States in providing 
high-quality and comprehensive educational programs (including, as 
appropriate, instructional and educationally related support services), 
during the regular school year and summer or intersession periods, that 
address the unique educational needs of migratory children arising from 
their migratory lifestyle, in order to help such children--
            ``(1) succeed in school;
            ``(2) meet the same State college and career ready academic 
        content and student academic achievement standards under 
        section 1111(a)(1) that all children are expected to meet;
            ``(3) graduate high school ready for postsecondary 
        education and careers; and
            ``(4) overcome educational disruption, cultural and 
        language barriers, social isolation, various health-related 
        problems, and other factors that inhibit the ability of such 
        children to succeed in school.''.

SEC. 1302. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    Section 1302 (20 U.S.C. 6392) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In order to carry out the purpose of this 
        part'' and inserting ``From the amounts made available under 
        section 3(d) for a fiscal year to carry out this part'';
            (2) by striking ``combinations'' and inserting 
        ``consortia''; and
            (3) by striking ``to establish'' and inserting ``to enable 
        such agencies or consortia to establish''.

SEC. 1303. STATE ALLOCATIONS.

    Section 1303 (20 U.S.C. 6393) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) State Allocations.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
amount awarded to each State (other than the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico) under this part for each fiscal year shall be an amount equal to 
the product of--
            ``(1) the sum of--
                    ``(A) the average number of identified eligible 
                migratory children aged 3 through 21, residing in the 
                State, based on data for the preceding 3 years; and
                    ``(B) the number of identified eligible migratory 
                children, aged 3 through 21, who received services 
                under this part in summer or intersession programs 
                provided by the State during the previous year; 
                multiplied by
            ``(2) 40 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure in 
        the State, except that the amount calculated under this 
        paragraph shall not be less than 32 percent, or more than 48 
        percent, of the average per-pupil expenditure in the United 
        States.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as 
        subsections (c) through (f), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Hold Harmless.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), for each of 
fiscal years 2011 through 2013, no State receiving an allocation under 
this section shall receive less than 90 percent of the State's 
allocation under this section for the previous year.'';
            (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
                    (B) by striking ``Puerto Rico.--'' and all that 
                follows through ``For each'' and inserting the 
                following: ``Puerto Rico.--For each'';
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and by aligning 
                such paragraphs with the margins of paragraph (1) of 
                subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (2);
                    (D) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``which'' and inserting 
                        ``that''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection (a)(1)(A)'' 
                        and inserting ``subsection (g)''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (1), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``which'' and inserting 
                        ``that''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, except that the 
                        percentage calculated under this paragraph 
                        shall not be less than 85 percent'' before the 
                        semicolon at the end; and
            (5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``In general.--(A) If,'' 
                        and all that follows through ``this part'' and 
                        inserting the following: ``In general.--
                    ``(A) Ratable reductions.--If the amount available 
                for allocations to States under this part''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``If 
                        additional'' and inserting ``Reallocation.--If 
                        additional'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``Special rule.--(A) The'' 
                        and inserting the following: ``Special rule.--
                    ``(A) Further reductions.--The'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``required under section 1304'' and inserting 
                        ``needed to carry out the approved activities 
                        in the application under section 1304'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``The Secretary shall'' and inserting 
                        ``Reallocation.--The Secretary shall''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Additional requirements.--The Secretary--
                            ``(i) shall--
                                    ``(I) develop and implement a 
                                procedure for monitoring the accuracy 
                                of the information described in 
                                subparagraph (A); and
                                    ``(II) issue, through regulations 
                                or guidance, criteria for a system of 
                                State quality control for the accuracy 
                                of State counts of eligible migratory 
                                children; and
                            ``(ii) may not reduce the amount of a State 
                        allocation under this paragraph on the basis of 
                        unintentional errors in such counts for States 
                        implementing a system of State quality control 
                        that meets the criteria described in clause 
                        (i)(II), if the discrepancy between the initial 
                        State count and any subsequent revisions is 
                        minimal.'';
            (6) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``best serve migratory children under this 
                part and'' after ``In order to'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``such 
                information as the Secretary finds'' and inserting 
                ``the most recent information that'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively;
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) develop and implement a procedure for monitoring the 
        accuracy of such information, if such a procedure does not 
        create barriers to the families of migratory children who are 
        eligible for services under this part;'';
                    (E) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``develop and implement a 
                procedure for more accurately reflecting'' and 
                inserting ``update such procedure, and implement the 
                updated procedure, to more accurately reflect the'';
                    (F) in paragraph (4)(A), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by inserting ``of high-quality, 
                sustained, and intensive education services'' after 
                ``special programs''; and
                    (G) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``the child whose 
                education has been interrupted'' and inserting 
                ``migratory children''; and
            (7) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Nonparticipating States.--In the case of a State desiring to 
receive an allocation under this part for a fiscal year that did not 
receive an allocation for the previous fiscal year or that has been 
participating for less than 3 consecutive years, the Secretary shall 
calculate the State's number of identified migratory children aged 3 
through 21 for purposes of subsection (a)(1)(A) by using the most 
recent data available that identifies the migratory children residing 
in the State until data is available to calculate the 3-year average 
number of such children in accordance with such subsection.''.

SEC. 1304. STATE APPLICATIONS; SERVICES.

    Section 1304 (20 U.S.C. 6394) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``special'' and 
                                inserting ``unique''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``and out of 
                                school migratory children'' after 
                                ``preschool migratory children''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``migrant'' and 
                                inserting ``migratory''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``part A or B of 
                                title III'' and inserting ``part A of 
                                title III'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``migratory students'' and 
                        inserting ``migratory children''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``same challenging'' and 
                        all that follows through ``standards that'' and 
                        inserting ``same State college and career ready 
                        academic content and student academic 
                        achievement standards adopted under section 
                        1111(a)(1) that'';
                    (C) by striking paragraph (6);
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively;
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) a description of how the State will meet the 
        requirements of section 1308(b) for the timely electronic 
        transfer of student records and how the State will use such 
        records transfer to meet the unique educational needs of 
        migratory students and remove barriers to the proper enrollment 
        and retention of migratory children in schools;'';
                    (F) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (D)--
                            (i) by striking ``require, the State'' and 
                        inserting ``require and using the linkage 
                        system described in section 1308(b), the State 
                        and each of its local operating agencies'';
                            (ii) by striking ``another'' and inserting 
                        ``another or from 1 school district to 
                        another''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``such move'' and 
                        inserting ``such a move'';
                    (G) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking ``family literacy 
                        services'' and inserting ``family literacy 
                        activities'';
                            (ii) by striking ``program or project 
                        serves'' and inserting ``programs and projects 
                        serve'';
                            (iii) by striking ``who have parents who'' 
                        and inserting ``whose parents''; and
                            (iv) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (H) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) such budgetary and other information as the Secretary 
        may require.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``part I'' and 
                inserting ``part F'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(3) in the planning and operation of programs and 
        projects at both the State and local agency operating levels, 
        there is consultation with parent advisory councils for 
        programs of not less than 1 school year in duration, and that 
        all such programs and projects are--
                    ``(A) conducted in a manner that provides for the 
                same parental involvement as is required for programs 
                and projects under section 1118, including, to the 
                extent practicable, descriptions required for parental 
                involvement under section 1118(a)(3)(A), unless 
                extraordinary circumstances make such provision 
                impractical; and
                    ``(B) are developed in a format and language 
                understandable to the parents;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and migratory 
                children who are not attending school'' before the 
                semicolon at the end;
                    (D) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph (C) 
                and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) family literacy programs that are determined 
                to be high quality;''; and
                    (E) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) the State has procedures in place to verify the 
        accuracy and completeness of any data regarding the counting of 
        migratory children that is submitted to the Secretary under 
        this part.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``who are failing'' and all that 
                follows through the period and inserting the following: 
                ``who have made a move within the previous 1-year 
                period and who--
            ``(1) are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the 
        State college and career ready academic content standards and 
        student academic achievement standards adopted under section 
        1111(a)(1); or
            ``(2) have dropped out of school.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``1'' and 
                        inserting ``one''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                        ``secondary school students'' and inserting 
                        ``students''.

SEC. 1305. SECRETARIAL APPROVAL; PEER REVIEW.

    Section 1305(b) (20 U.S.C. 6395(b)) is amended by striking ``may'' 
and inserting ``shall, to the extent practicable,''.

SEC. 1306. COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE-DELIVERY PLAN; 
              AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    Section 1306 (20 U.S.C. 6396) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``special'' and inserting 
                        ``unique''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, consistent with the 
                        purposes of this part,'' after ``migratory 
                        children'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B);
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (G) 
                as subparagraphs (E) through (I), respectively;
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) addresses the unique educational needs of 
                migratory children;
                    ``(C) is developed in collaboration with parents of 
                migratory children;
                    ``(D) is not used to supplant State efforts 
                regarding, or administrative funding for, this part;'';
                    (E) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``same challenging'' and 
                all that follows through ``standards that'' and 
                inserting ``same State college and career ready 
                academic content and student academic achievement 
                standards adopted under section 1111(a)(1) that''; and
                    (F) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``early childhood 
                        programs,'' and inserting ``early childhood 
                        education programs,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``part A or B of title 
                        III'' and inserting ``part A of title III'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``local 
                educational'' and inserting ``local operating'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) Unmet needs.--Funds provided under this part shall be 
        used to meet the needs of migratory children that are not met 
        by services available from other Federal or non-Federal 
        programs, except that migratory children who are eligible to 
        receive services under part A may receive those services 
        through funds provided under that part or through funds under 
        this part that remain after the agency meets the needs 
        described in paragraph (1).''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``special 
                educational'' and inserting ``unique educational''.

SEC. 1307. BYPASS.

    Section 1307 (20 U.S.C. 6397) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ``make arrangements with'' and inserting 
``award grants to, or enter into contracts with,''.

SEC. 1308. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Section 1308 (20 U.S.C. 6398) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
        ``national activities.'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``nonprofit entities to 
                        improve'' and inserting the following: 
                        ``entities to--
                    ``(A) improve'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``through'' before ``the 
                        establishment'';
                            (iii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) improve the coordination between State 
                educational agencies, local operating agencies, and 
                their counterparts in other nations in educating 
                migratory children who move between the United States 
                and such nations.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or contracts'' 
                after ``Grants'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Assistance.--In order to determine the number of 
        migratory children in each State, the Secretary shall assist 
        each State in maintaining an effective system for the 
        electronic transfer of student records.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking ``The Secretary, in 
                                consultation'' and all that follows 
                                through ``may include--'' and inserting 
                                the following: ``The Secretary, in 
                                consultation with the States, shall 
                                continue to ensure the linkage of 
                                migratory child record systems for the 
                                purpose of electronically exchanging, 
                                within and among the States, health and 
                                educational information regarding all 
                                migratory children eligible under this 
                                part. The Secretary shall ensure such 
                                linkage occurs in a cost-effective 
                                manner, utilizing systems used by the 
                                State prior to, or developed after, the 
                                date of enactment of the Strengthening 
                                America's Schools Act of 2013. The 
                                Secretary shall determine the minimum 
                                data elements that each State receiving 
                                funds under this part shall collect, 
                                maintain, and exchange, and the 
                                requirements of the linkage system that 
                                States shall meet for the timely 
                                submission of access to such 
                                information. Such minimum data elements 
                                may include--''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``section 1111(b)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 1111(a)(2)''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Consultation.--The Secretary shall maintain 
                ongoing consultation with the States, local educational 
                agencies, and other migratory student service providers 
                on--
                            ``(i) the effectiveness of the system of 
                        electronic records transfer described in 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) the ongoing improvement of such 
                        system.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``2003'' and 
                                inserting ``2012, and every 2 years 
                                thereafter,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``the Committee on 
                                Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
                                of the Senate and the Committee on 
                                Education and the Workforce of the 
                                House of Representatives'' and 
                                inserting ``the authorizing 
                                committees''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``the development and linkage of'' and 
                                inserting ``maintaining''; and
                                    (II) in clause (iii), by striking 
                                ``measures that may be taken to 
                                ensure'' and inserting ``improving'';
            (4) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (f), and 
        transferring such subsection so as to follow subsection (e);
            (5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may provide technical 
assistance designed to support State efforts to meet the needs of 
migratory children, which may include supporting the attendance of 
State and local operating agency staff, and other appropriate 
individuals, at special meetings convened by the Secretary in order to 
carry out activities consistent with this section.'';
            (6) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``, pursuant to criteria that the 
                Secretary shall establish,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``whose education is interrupted'' 
                and inserting ``described in section 1304(d)''; and
            (7) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Improvements and Coordination.--From any funds made available 
under this section and remaining after carrying out the requirements 
under subsections (b) and (d), the Secretary, in consultation with the 
States, may make grants to, or enter into contracts with, State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of 
higher education, and other public and private nonprofit entities to 
improve the interstate and intrastate coordination among such agencies' 
and entities' programs available to migratory students consistent with 
this section, including the establishment or improvement of programs 
for academic credit accrual and exchange.''.

SEC. 1309. PERFORMANCE DATA; EVALUATIONS AND STUDY; STATE ASSISTANCE.

    Part C of title I (20 U.S.C. 6391 et seq.) is further amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 1309 as section 1312; and
            (2) by inserting after section 1308 the following:

``SEC. 1309. PERFORMANCE DATA.

    ``Consistent with section 1111(d)(3)(B), and in a manner prescribed 
by the Secretary, each State that receives a grant under this part 
shall annually submit to the Secretary, and make public, data on--
            ``(1) the academic achievement of migratory students, as 
        measured by the State assessments required under section 
        1111(a)(2);
            ``(2) such students' high school graduation rates and rates 
        of enrollment and persistence in, and completion of a program 
        of study at, institutions of higher education; and
            ``(3) the results of such other performance measures and 
        targets as the Secretary may prescribe.

``SEC. 1310. EVALUATION AND STUDY.

    ``(a) Program Evaluation.--From the amount reserved for evaluation 
activities in accordance with section 9601(a), the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall, in 
consultation with the relevant program office at the Department, 
evaluate the implementation and impact of the activities supported 
under this part, consistent with section 9601.
    ``(b) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a pilot study, funded as 
part of the 2012 National Assessment of Educational Progress, on the 
feasibility of using the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
for assessing and reporting on the academic achievement of migratory 
children in grades 4 and 8 in reading and mathematics.

``SEC. 1311. STATE ASSISTANCE IN DETERMINING NUMBER OF MIGRATORY 
              CHILDREN.

    ``Each State that desires to receive assistance under this part 
shall assist the Secretary in determining the number of migratory 
children in such State under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
and subsection (g), of section 1303 through such procedures as the 
Secretary may require, except that the Secretary shall not require 
additional information that is not directly related to determining the 
migratory status of the child or the administration of this part.''.

SEC. 1310. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 1312 (20 U.S.C. 6399), as redesignated by section 1309(1), 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (5), respectively;
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1), the following:
            ``(1) Food processor.--The term `food processor' means a 
        position working with a raw agricultural, dairy, or fishing 
        product and transforming the product into a more refined 
        product up to the point of an initial commercial sale.
            ``(2) Initial commercial sale.--The term `initial 
        commercial sale' means the first point of sale of an 
        agricultural, dairy, or fishing product--
                    ``(A) for refining to the next-stage processor;
                    ``(B) to the wholesaler;
                    ``(C) to the retailer; or
                    ``(D) directly to the consumer.'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1), the following:
            ``(4) Migratory agricultural worker.--The term `migratory 
        agricultural worker' means an individual who--
                    ``(A) made a qualifying move in the preceding 36-
                month period; and
                    ``(B) after making such move, sought or engaged in 
                employment in agricultural work, which may be dairy 
                work or the initial processing of raw agricultural 
                products.''; and
            (4) by striking paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph 
        (1), and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Migratory child.--The term `migratory child' means a 
        child who--
                    ``(A) is, or whose parent or spouse is, a migratory 
                agricultural worker or migratory fisher who is 
                currently engaged in, or seeking to obtain, temporary 
                or seasonal employment, usually for not longer than 15 
                months, in agricultural or fishing work until the point 
                of the initial commercial sale (including employment as 
                a migratory dairy worker, a food processor, or a 
                migratory fisher); and
                    ``(B) in the preceding 36 months--
                            ``(i) has moved from 1 school district to 
                        another;
                            ``(ii) in a State that is comprised of a 
                        single school district, has moved from 1 
                        administrative area to another within such 
                        district; or
                            ``(iii) resides in a school district of 
                        more than 15,000 square miles, and migrates a 
                        distance of 20 miles or more to a temporary 
                        residence to engage in, or to accompany a 
                        parent or spouse engaging in, a fishing 
                        activity.
            ``(6) Migratory fisher.--The term `migratory fisher' means 
        an individual who made a qualifying move in the preceding 36 
        months and, after doing so, sought or engaged in employment in 
        fishing work.
            ``(7) Qualifying move.--The term `qualifying move'--
                    ``(A) means--
                            ``(i) a move from 1 school district to 
                        another, or from 1 administrative area to 
                        another within a State that is comprised of a 
                        single school district; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a migratory fisher 
                        who resides in a school district of more than 
                        15,000 square miles, includes migrating a 
                        distance of 20 miles or more to a temporary 
                        residence; and
                    ``(B) with respect to a qualifying move for a 
                parent or spouse of a migratory child, means a move 
                described in subparagraph (A) that is separated by not 
                more than 1 year from the move or migration described 
                in paragraph (5)(B) of the migratory child.''.

PART D--PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO 
                 ARE NEGLECTED, DELINQUENT, OR AT-RISK

SEC. 1401. PURPOSE AND PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 1401 (20 U.S.C. 6421) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``challenging 
                State academic content standards and challenging State 
                student academic achievement standards'' and inserting 
                ``college and career ready academic content standards 
                and student academic achievement standards under 
                section 1111(a)(1)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``to prevent at-
                risk youth from dropping out of school, and''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``1002(d)'' and 
        inserting ``3(e)''.

SEC. 1402. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Section 1402 (20 U.S.C. 6422) is amended by inserting after 
subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Reservation for the Secretary of the Interior.--From the 
amount appropriated for this part in any fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve 0.5 percent to provide assistance to the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide educational services for at-risk Indian children, 
including Indian youth in correctional facilities operated by the 
Secretary of the Interior or by an Indian tribe.''.
    (b) Section 1412(b) (20 U.S.C. 6432(b)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Minimum percentage.--The percentage in paragraph 
        (1)(A) shall not be less than 85 percent.''.

SEC. 1403. STATE PLAN AND STATE AGENCY APPLICATIONS.

    Section 1414 (20 U.S.C. 6434) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``from'' and inserting 
                        ``between''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``to'' and inserting 
                        ``and'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``academic, vocational, and technical skills'' 
                        and inserting ``college and career readiness 
                        (as determined based on the State college and 
                        career ready academic content and student 
                        academic achievement standards under section 
                        1111(a)(1))''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (C)(iv), by striking the period 
                at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) provide assurances that the State educational 
                agency has established--
                            ``(i) procedures to ensure that each 
                        student who has been placed in the juvenile 
                        justice system is promptly re-enrolled in 
                        secondary school or placed in a re-entry 
                        program that best meets the educational and 
                        social needs of the student;
                            ``(ii) procedures for facilitating the 
                        transfer of credits that such students earned 
                        during placement; and
                            ``(iii) opportunities for such students to 
                        participate in higher education or career 
                        pathways.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and respond to'' after 
                        ``assess''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, including an 
                        assessment upon entry into a correctional 
                        facility'' before the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ``vocational'' 
                and inserting ``career'';
                    (C) in paragraph (9)--
                            (i) by striking ``encourage'' and insert 
                        ``require, to the extent practicable,'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``and after'' after 
                        ``prior to''; and
                            (iii) by inserting ``and that transition 
                        plans are in place'' before the semicolon at 
                        the end;
                    (D) in paragraph (11)--
                            (i) by inserting ``such'' after 
                        ``transition of'';
                            (ii) by striking ``from'' and inserting 
                        ``between''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``institution to locally 
                        operated'' and inserting ``institution and 
                        locally operated education'';
                    (E) in paragraph (16)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and obtain a secondary 
                        school diploma'' after ``reenter school''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``that leads to economic 
                        self-sufficiency'' after ``employment''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (17), by inserting ``certified or 
                licensed'' before ``teachers''.

SEC. 1404. USE OF FUNDS.

    Section 1415(a) (20 U.S.C. 6435(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``vocational'' and 
        inserting ``career''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking 
                        ``challenging academic content standards and 
                        student academic achievement standards'' and 
                        inserting ``college and career ready academic 
                        content standards and student academic 
                        achievement standards under section 
                        1111(a)(1)''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking 
                        ``challenging'' and inserting ``such'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``part I'' and inserting 
                        ``part F''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' after the 
                        semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) may include the costs of testing for such 
                children and youth for a recognized equivalent of a 
                secondary school diploma.''.

SEC. 1405. INSTITUTION-WIDE PROJECTS.

    Section 1416 (20 U.S.C. 6436) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``challenging State 
        academic content standards and student academic achievement 
        standards'' and inserting ``college and career ready academic 
        content standards and student academic achievement standards 
        under section 1111(a)(1)'';
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``pupil services'' and inserting 
                ``specialized instructional support services''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``and the development and 
                implementation of transition plans'' before the 
                semicolon; and
            (3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``and improve'' after 
        ``assess''.

SEC. 1406. TRANSITION SERVICES.

    Section 1418(a) (20 U.S.C. 6438(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) projects that facilitate the transition of children 
        and youth between State-operated institutions, or institutions 
        in the State operated by the Secretary of the Interior or 
        Indian tribes, and schools served by local educational agencies 
        or schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education; or''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``vocational'' each place 
        the term appears and inserting ``career''.

SEC. 1407. PROGRAM EVALUATION.

    Section 1419 is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1419. PROGRAM EVALUATION.

    ``From the amount reserved for evaluation activities in accordance 
with section 9601(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Institute for Education Sciences, shall, in consultation with the 
relevant program office of the Department, evaluate the implementation 
and impact of the activities supported under this part, consistent with 
section 9601.''.

SEC. 1408. PURPOSE OF LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAMS.

    Section 1421 (20 U.S.C. 6451) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ``, 
        including correctional facilities in the State operated by the 
        Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes'' after 
        ``facilities'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, training, employment, 
        or further education'' and inserting ``and college and career 
        readiness (as determined based on the State college and career 
        ready academic content and student academic achievement 
        standards under section 1111(a)(1))''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, including schools 
        funded by the Bureau of Indian Education,'' after ``schools''.

SEC. 1409. PROGRAMS OPERATED BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    Section 1422 (20 U.S.C. 6452) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, and including 
        facilities in the State operated by the Secretary of the 
        Interior and Indian tribes.'' after ``day programs)'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``meet the transitional'' and 
                inserting ``meet the transitional needs (including the 
                social and emotional needs)'';
                    (B) by striking ``meeting the transitional'' and 
                inserting ``meeting such transitional''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, schools funded by the Bureau 
                of Indian Education,'' after ``returning to local 
                educational agencies''.

SEC. 1410. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.

    Section 1423 (20 U.S.C. 6453) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or, as 
                appropriate, an Indian tribe in the State'' after 
                ``agency'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, including 
                such facilities operated by the Secretary of the 
                Interior and Indian tribes'' after ``system'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (13) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (14), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) a description of the process of consultation and 
        coordination with Indian tribes in the State regarding services 
        provided under the program to children and youth who are 
        Indian;'';
            (4) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
        striking ``, at-risk children or youth, and other participating 
        children or youth,'' and inserting ``and at-risk children or 
        youth,'';
            (5) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
        inserting ``and family members'' after ``parents'';
            (6) in paragraph (10), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
        striking ``vocational'' and inserting ``career'';
            (7) in paragraph (13), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
        striking and after the semicolon;
            (8) in paragraph (14), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
        striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (9) by inserting after paragraph (14), as redesignated by 
        (2), the following:
            ``(15) a description of the demographics of the children 
        and youth served and an assurance that the activities under 
        this subpart meet the cultural, language, and academic needs of 
        such children and youth.''.

SEC. 1411. USES OF FUNDS.

    Section 1424 (20 U.S.C. 6454) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, including'' and all 
        that follows through ``gang members'';
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``vocational and technical 
                education'' and inserting ``career and technical 
                education, costs associated with testing for a 
                recognized equivalent of a secondary school diploma''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon;
            (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) programs for at-risk Indian children and youth, 
        including such children and youth in correctional facilities in 
        the area served by the local educational agency that are 
        operated by the Secretary of the Interior or Indian tribes.''.

SEC. 1412. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES RECEIVING 
              FUNDS UNDER THIS SECTION.

    Section 1425 (20 U.S.C. 6455) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``vocational'' and 
        inserting ``career'';
            (2) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (3) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) develop an initial educational services and 
        transition plan for each child or youth served under this 
        subpart upon entry into the correctional facility, in 
        partnership with the child or youth's family members and the 
        local educational agency that most recently provided services 
        to the child or youth (if applicable), consistent with section 
        1414(a)(1); and
            ``(13) consult with the local educational agency for a 
        period jointly determined necessary by the correctional 
        facility and local educational agency upon discharge from that 
        facility, to coordinate educational services so as to minimize 
        disruption to the child's or youth's achievement.''.

SEC. 1413. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    Section 1426 (20 U.S.C. 6456) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1426. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``The State educational agency--
            ``(1) shall require correctional facilities or institutions 
        for delinquent children and youth to annually report on the 
        number of children and youth released from the correctional 
        facility or institution who returned or did not return to 
        school, the number of children and youth obtaining a secondary 
        school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and the number of 
        children and youth obtaining employment; and
            ``(2) may require correctional facilities or institutions 
        for delinquent children and youth to demonstrate, after 
        receiving assistance under this subpart for 3 years, that there 
        has been an increase in the number of children and youth 
        returning to school, obtaining a secondary school diploma or 
        its recognized equivalent, or obtaining employment after such 
        children and youth are released.''.

SEC. 1414. PROGRAM EVALUATIONS.

    Section 1431 (20 U.S.C. 6471) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by striking 
        ``State agency or local educational agency'' and inserting 
        ``State agency, local educational agency, or Indian tribe'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, including 
                the ability to become college and career ready, as 
                determined under the State academic content and student 
                academic achievement standards under section 
                1111(a)(1), and to graduate high school in the standard 
                number of years'' before the semicolon at the end; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``or school 
                funded by the Bureau of Indian Education'' after 
                ``local educational agency'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``a State agency or 
        local educational agency'' and inserting ``a State agency, 
        local educational agency, or Indian tribe''; and
            (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Evaluation Results.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State agency, local educational 
        agency, and Indian tribe shall--
                    ``(A) submit evaluation results to the State 
                educational agency and the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) use the results of evaluations under this 
                section to plan and improve subsequent programs for 
                participating children and youth.
            ``(2) Results to the secretary of the interior.--Each 
        Indian tribe shall also submit evaluation results to the 
        Secretary of the Interior.''.

SEC. 1415. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 1432(2) (20 U.S.C. 6472(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' before ``local'' and by 
                inserting ``or Indian tribe'' after ``agency; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting `` or school 
                funded by the Bureau of Indian Education'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or Indian tribe'' 
        after agency; and
            (3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Evaluation Results.--
            ``(1) Each State agency, local educational agency, and 
        Indian tribe shall--
                    ``(A) submit evaluation results to the State 
                educational agency and the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) use the results of evaluation sunder this 
                section to plan and improve subsequent programs for 
                participating children and youth.
            ``(2) Each Indian tribe shall also submit evaluation 
        results to the Secretary of the Interior.''.

        PART E--EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE

SEC. 1501. EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

    (a) In General.--Part E of title I (20 U.S.C. 6491 et seq.) is 
amended to read as follows:

       ``PART E--EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE

``SEC. 1501. EDUCATIONAL STABILITY OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

    ``(a) Obligations To Collaborate With Child Welfare Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State educational agency receiving 
        assistance under part A shall collaborate with the State agency 
        responsible for administering the State plans under parts B and 
        E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et 
        seq., 670 et seq.) to develop and implement a plan to ensure 
        that the following occurs, for each child in the State, when 
        the child moves to a new school attendance area as a result of 
        being placed in foster care (as described in section 1502(1)), 
        changing foster care placements, or leaving foster care:
                    ``(A) Attendance at a school of origin.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The child enrolls or 
                        remains in the child's school of origin, unless 
                        a determination is made that it is in the 
                        child's best interest to attend a different 
                        school.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--A child who leaves 
                        foster care shall only be entitled to remain in 
                        the child's school of origin for the remainder 
                        of the school year.
                    ``(B) Immediate enrollment.--When a determination 
                is made regarding the school that it is in the best 
                interest of a child in foster care to attend, the child 
                shall be immediately enrolled in such school, even if 
                the child is unable to produce records normally 
                required for enrollment, such as previous academic 
                records, immunization and medical records, a birth 
                certificate, guardianship records, proof of residency, 
                or other documentation.
                    ``(C) Records transfer.--Any records ordinarily 
                kept by a school, including records of immunizations, 
                health screenings, and other required health records, 
                academic records, birth certificates, evaluations for 
                special services or programs, and any individualized 
                education programs (as defined in section 602 of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1401)), regarding a child in foster care shall be--
                            ``(i) maintained so that the records 
                        involved are available, in a timely fashion, 
                        when a child in foster care enters a new 
                        school; and
                            ``(ii) immediately transferred to the 
                        enrolling school, even if the child owes fees 
                        or fines or was not withdrawn from previous 
                        schools in conformance with local withdrawal 
                        procedures.
            ``(2) Implementation.--Each State educational agency 
        receiving assistance under part A shall ensure that the plan 
        described in paragraph (1) is implemented by the local 
        educational agencies in the State.
    ``(b) Credit Transfer and Diplomas.--Each State that receives 
assistance under part A shall have policies for ensuring that--
            ``(1) a child in foster care who is changing schools can 
        transfer school credits and receive partial credits for 
        coursework satisfactorily completed while attending a prior 
        school or educational program;
            ``(2) a child in foster care is afforded opportunities to 
        recover school credits lost due to placement instability while 
        in foster care; and
            ``(3) a child in foster care who has changed secondary 
        schools can receive a secondary school diploma either from one 
        of the schools in which the child was enrolled or through a 
        State-issued secondary school diploma system, consistent with 
        State graduation requirements.
    ``(c) Transportation.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, the State 
educational agency shall enter into an agreement with the State agency 
responsible for administering the State plans under parts B and E of 
title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that children in foster 
care, and children leaving foster care, who are attending their schools 
of origin receive transportation to and from those schools, in 
accordance with subsection (a)(1) and with section 475(1)(G) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(1)(G)). The agreement shall include 
a description of the following:
            ``(1) How foster care maintenance payments will be used to 
        help fund the transportation of children in foster care to 
        their schools of origin.
            ``(2) How children who leave foster care will receive 
        transportation to maintain their enrollment in their schools of 
        origin for the remainder of the academic year, if remaining in 
        their schools of origin is in their best interests.
    ``(d) Points of Contact.--
            ``(1) Local educational agencies.--A State that receives 
        assistance under part A shall ensure that each local 
        educational agency in the State designates an individual 
        employed by the agency to serve as a point of contact for the 
        child welfare agencies responsible for children in foster care 
        enrolled in the local educational agency and to oversee the 
        implementation of the local educational agency requirements 
        under this section. A local educational agency's point of 
        contact shall not be the individual designated as its local 
        educational agency liaison under section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of 
        the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, unless such 
        individual has the capacity, resources, and time to perform 
        both roles.
            ``(2) State educational agencies.--Each State educational 
        agency receiving assistance under part A shall designate an 
        individual to serve as a point of contact for child welfare 
        agencies and to oversee the implementation of the State 
        educational agency requirements under this section. A State 
        educational agency's point of contact shall not be the 
        individual designated as the State's Coordinator for Education 
        of Homeless Children and Youths under section 722(d)(3) of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, unless such individual 
        has the capacity, resources, and time to perform both roles.

``SEC. 1502. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Child in foster care.--The term `child in foster 
        care' means a child whose care and placement is the 
        responsibility of the agency that administers a State plan 
        under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 621 et seq., 670 et seq.), without regard to whether 
        foster care maintenance payments are made under section 472 of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672) on behalf of the child.
            ``(2) School attendance area.--The term `school attendance 
        area' has the meaning given the term in section 1113(a)(2).
            ``(3) School of origin.--The term `school of origin' means, 
        with respect to a child in foster care, any of the following:
                    ``(A) The public school in which the child was 
                enrolled prior to entry into foster care.
                    ``(B) The public school in which the child is 
                enrolled when a change in foster care placement occurs.
                    ``(C) The public school the child attended when 
                last permanently housed, as such term is used in 
                section 722(g)(3)(G) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(g)(3)(G)), if such 
                child was eligible for assistance under such Act before 
                the child became a child in foster care.''.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, is directed to issue guidance on the 
implementation of part E of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, including how State and local agencies will work 
together to ensure that transportation for children in foster care is 
provided to the school of origin.

                       PART F--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 1601. REORGANIZATION.

    (a) In General.--Title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is further 
amended--
            (1) by striking parts F through H;
            (2) by redesignating part I as part F; and
            (3) by redesignating sections 1901 through 1908 as sections 
        1601 through 1608, respectively.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Part F of title I, as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(2), is further amended--
            (1) in section 1601(b)(4)(A) (20 U.S.C. 6571(b)(4)(A)), as 
        redesignated by subsection (a)(3), by striking ``No Child Left 
        Behind Act of 2001'' and inserting ``Strengthening America's 
        Schools Act of 2013'';
            (2) in section 1602(a) (20 U.S.C. 6572(a)), as redesignated 
        by subsection (a)(3), by striking ``1901'' and inserting 
        ``1601'';
            (3) in section 1603(b)(2)(G) (20 U.S.C. 6573(b)(2)(G)), as 
        redesignated by subsection (a)(3), by striking ``pupil services 
        personnel'' and inserting ``specialized instructional support 
        personnel''; and
            (4) in section 1608 (20 U.S.C. 6578), as redesignated by 
        subsection (a)(3), by striking ``No Child Left Behind Act of 
        2001'' and inserting ``Strengthening America's Schools Act of 
        2013''.

         TITLE II--SUPPORTING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EXCELLENCE

SEC. 2101. SUPPORTING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EXCELLENCE.

    (a) Technical Amendments.--The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in title II, by striking the title heading and 
        inserting ``SUPPORTING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EXCELLENCE'';
            (2) by redesignating subpart 3 of part D of title II as 
        part I of title IV, and transferring such part I so as to 
        follow part H of title IV, as added by section 4108 of this 
        Act;
            (3) in part I of title IV, as redesignated by paragraph 
        (2), by striking the part heading and inserting the following: 
        ``ready-to-learn'';
            (4) by redesignating section 2431 as section 4901;
            (5) in section 4901, as redesignated by paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking the section heading and inserting 
                the following: ``ready-to-learn'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(E)(ii)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Even Start 
                                providers,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``family literacy 
                                services'' and inserting ``family 
                                literacy activities'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Even Start 
                                providers,''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``family literacy 
                                services'' and inserting ``family 
                                literacy activities'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 
                        ``Even Start, and'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``relevant 
                committees of Congress'' and inserting ``authorizing 
                committees''; and
                    (D) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(e) Funding Rule.--Not less than 60 percent of the amount 
appropriated to carry out this section for each fiscal year shall be 
used to carry out activities under subparagraphs (B) through (D) of 
subsection (a)(1).'';
            (6) by redesignating subpart 5 of part C of title II as 
        subpart 3 of part E of title IX, and transferring such subpart 
        3 so as to follow subpart 2 of part E of title IX;
            (7) by redesignating sections 2361, 2362, 2363, 2364, 2365, 
        2366, 2367, and 2368, as sections 9541, 9542, 9543, 9544, 9545, 
        9546, 9547, and 9548, respectively; and
            (8) in section 9546(b), as redesignated by paragraph (7), 
        by striking the matter following paragraph (2) and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(3) A State law that makes a limitation of liability 
        inapplicable if the civil action was brought by an officer of a 
        State or local government pursuant to State or local law.''.
    (b) Supporting Teacher and Principal Excellence.--Title II (20 
U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended 
by striking parts A, B, C, and D, and inserting the following:

     ``PART A--CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND 
                               PRINCIPALS

``SEC. 2101. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to provide grants to State 
educational agencies and subgrants to local educational agencies to 
enable such agencies to improve academic achievement for all students, 
including students with disabilities and English learners, by--
            ``(1) providing professional development that is based on 
        the result of a rigorous, transparent, and fair evaluation and 
        is designed to improve instruction and student achievement; and
            ``(2) increasing the number and improving the equitable 
        distribution of teachers and principals in accordance with 
        section 1111(b)(1)(R).

``SEC. 2102. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Induction program.--The term `induction program' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 200 of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021).
            ``(2) Mentoring.--The term `mentoring' means supporting 
        teachers or principals to increase the effectiveness and 
        retention of such teachers or principals through a program 
        that--
                    ``(A) includes clear criteria for the selection of 
                mentors that takes into account the mentor's--
                            ``(i) record of increasing student 
                        achievement; and
                            ``(ii) ability to facilitate professional 
                        development activities;
                    ``(B) provides high-quality training for mentors in 
                how to support teachers or principals;
                    ``(C) provides regularly scheduled time for 
                collaboration, examination of student work and 
                achievement data, and observation of teaching, and 
                identifies and addresses areas for improvement; and
                    ``(D) matches mentees with mentors in the same 
                field, grade, grade span, or subject area.
            ``(3) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
        and the District of Columbia.

                     ``Subpart 1--Grants to States

``SEC. 2111. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants to States with 
applications approved under section 2112 to enable the States to carry 
out the activities specified in section 2113. Each grant shall consist 
of the allotment determined for a State under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Determination of Allotments.--
            ``(1) Reservation of funds.--From the total amount 
        appropriated to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall reserve--
                    ``(A) one-half of 1 percent for allotments for the 
                United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
                the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be 
                distributed among those outlying areas on the basis of 
                their relative need, as determined by the Secretary, in 
                accordance with the purpose of this part; and
                    ``(B) one-half of 1 percent for the Secretary of 
                the Interior for programs under this part in schools 
                operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education.
            ``(2) State allotments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                from the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart 
                and not reserved under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
                shall allot to each State the sum of--
                            ``(i) an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to 35 percent of the remaining 
                        amount as the number of individuals ages 5 
                        through 17 in the State, as determined by the 
                        Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
                        satisfactory data, bears to the number of those 
                        individuals in all such States, as so 
                        determined; and
                            ``(ii) an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to 65 percent of the remaining 
                        amount as the number of individuals, ages 5 
                        through 17 from families with incomes below the 
                        poverty line, in the State, as determined by 
                        the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
                        satisfactory data, bears to the number of those 
                        individuals in all such States, as so 
                        determined.
                    ``(B) Exception.--No State receiving an allotment 
                under subparagraph (A) may receive less than one-half 
                of 1 percent of the total amount allotted under such 
                subparagraph.
            ``(3) Reallotment.--If any State does not receive an 
        allotment under this subsection for any fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall reallot the amount of the allotment to the 
        remaining States in accordance with this subsection.

``SEC. 2112. STATE APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For a State to be eligible to receive a grant 
under this subpart, the State educational agency shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each application submitted under this section 
shall include--
            ``(1) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will--
                    ``(A) ensure that each local educational agency 
                receiving a subgrant under subpart 2 will comply with 
                the requirements of such subgrant, including 
                implementing a professional growth and improvement 
                system;
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance to support such 
                implementation; and
                    ``(C) ensure that the State educational agency 
                regularly assesses implementation and results across 
                local educational agencies' professional growth and 
                improvement systems to ensure comparability across the 
                State in implementation of such systems in 
                differentiating teacher and principal performance 
                levels;
            ``(2) a description of how the State will use funds 
        reserved under section 2113(a);
            ``(3) a description of how the activities to be carried out 
        by the State educational agency under this subpart will be 
        evidence-based and an explanation of why the activities are 
        expected to improve student achievement;
            ``(4) a description of how activities under this subpart 
        are aligned with State academic content and student academic 
        achievement standards and State assessments, which include, as 
        appropriate, State early learning standards for children 
        younger than kindergarten;
            ``(5) a description of how the State educational agency, 
        working with local educational agencies, will provide data on 
        each teacher's student achievement and growth for the State 
        assessments required under section 1111(a)(2) to teachers and 
        local educational agencies, in a timely and useful manner;
            ``(6) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will hold local educational agencies accountable for meeting 
        the requirements of section 1117;
            ``(7) an assurance that the State educational agency will 
        comply with section 9501 (regarding participation by private 
        school children and teachers);
            ``(8) a description of the activities funded under this 
        subpart, including how such activities will be coordinated with 
        the State agency responsible for early childhood education 
        programs and the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood 
        Education and Care established under section 642B of the Head 
        Start Act, that are designed to improve and strengthen the 
        knowledge and skills of teachers and principals responsible for 
        educating children in preschool, where applicable, through 
        grade 3;
            ``(9) a description of how the State educational agency 
        will provide for the equitable distribution of teachers in 
        accordance with section 1111(b)(1)(K); and
            ``(10) an assurance that the State educational agency is 
        encouraging collaboration between higher education-based 
        educator preparation programs, the State, and local educational 
        agencies to promote the readiness of new educators entering the 
        profession through clinical experience and interaction, as well 
        as other activities.
    ``(c) Deemed Approval.--An application submitted by a State 
educational agency pursuant to subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
approved by the Secretary unless the Secretary makes a written 
determination, prior to the expiration of the 120-day period beginning 
on the date on which the Secretary received the application, that the 
application is not in compliance with this subpart.
    ``(d) Disapproval.--The Secretary shall not finally disapprove the 
application, except after giving the State educational agency notice 
and an opportunity for a hearing.
    ``(e) Notification.--If the Secretary finds that the application is 
not in compliance, in whole or in part, with this subpart, the 
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) give the State educational agency notice and an 
        opportunity for a hearing; and
            ``(2) notify the State educational agency of the finding of 
        noncompliance and, in such notification, shall--
                    ``(A) cite the specific provisions in the 
                application that are not in compliance; and
                    ``(B) request additional information, only as to 
                the noncompliant provisions, needed to make the 
                application compliant.
    ``(f) Response.--If the State educational agency responds to the 
Secretary's notification described in subsection (e)(2) during the 45-
day period beginning on the date on which the agency received the 
notification, and resubmits the application with the requested 
information described in subsection (e)(2)(B), the Secretary shall 
approve or disapprove such application prior to the later of--
            ``(1) the expiration of the 45-day period beginning on the 
        date on which the application is resubmitted; or
            ``(2) the expiration of the 120-day period described in 
        subsection (c).
    ``(g) Failure To Respond.--If the State educational agency does not 
respond to the Secretary's notification described in subsection (e)(2) 
during the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the agency 
received the notification, such application shall be deemed to be 
disapproved.

``SEC. 2113. STATE USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--A State that receives a grant under section 
2111--
            ``(1) shall reserve 95 percent of the funds made available 
        through the grant to make subgrants to local educational 
        agencies as described in subpart 2;
            ``(2) shall use not less than 2 percent but not more than 5 
        percent of funds made available through the grant to support 
        local educational agencies in--
                    ``(A) improving the performance and equitable 
                distribution of principals and, at the State's 
                discretion, other school leaders, including through--
                            ``(i) activities designed to recruit, 
                        prepare, place, assist, support, and retain 
                        highly rated principals for high-need schools 
                        and low-performing schools, including through 
                        compensation or incentives; and
                            ``(ii) providing training and support to 
                        principals and school leadership teams in high-
                        need schools and low-performing schools on 
                        improving instruction and closing achievement 
                        gaps; and
                    ``(B) providing technical assistance to local 
                educational agencies to support the design and 
                implementation of professional growth and improvement 
                systems, including--
                            ``(i) developing and disseminating 
                        research-based models and designing high-
                        quality evaluation tools, such as classroom 
                        observation rubrics;
                            ``(ii) developing and providing training 
                        for principals and other evaluators on how to 
                        evaluate teachers in order to differentiate 
                        teacher performance accurately, provide useful 
                        feedback, and use evaluation results to inform 
                        decisionmaking about professional development, 
                        improvement strategies, and personnel 
                        decisions;
                            ``(iii) developing methods, including 
                        training and auditing, for ensuring inter-rater 
                        reliability of evaluation results;
                            ``(iv) providing information on the 
                        appropriate collection, reporting, analysis, 
                        and use of evaluation data; and
                            ``(v) developing a system for auditing the 
                        quality of professional growth and improvement 
                        systems, including the correlation with student 
                        achievement and continuous improvement, and 
                        improving such systems based on data and 
                        feedback; and
            ``(3) shall use funds remaining after making the 
        reservations under paragraphs (1) and (2) to--
                    ``(A) plan and administer State activities under 
                this part, including awarding, monitoring, and 
                enforcing the requirements of subgrants awarded under 
                subpart 2;
                    ``(B) assist local educational agencies in 
                recruiting, preparing, placing, developing, and 
                retaining highly rated teachers for high-need schools 
                and low-performing schools;
                    ``(C) provide technical assistance, as necessary, 
                to local educational agencies that receive subgrants 
                under subpart 2, to improve performance on the measures 
                described in section 2141(b), as applicable;
                    ``(D) develop and disseminate the State Report 
                described in subpart 4, and use the information in the 
                State Report to guide efforts under this part; and
                    ``(E) provide technical assistance and support to 
                local educational agencies in the development and 
                implementation of programs and policies that support 
                young children's transition from early childhood 
                education programs into elementary schools, improve 
                school readiness, and improve the academic achievement 
                of young children.
    ``(b) Optional Uses.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State that receives a grant under 
        section 2111 may, from the funds available for the uses 
        described in subsection (a)(2), use an amount equal to not more 
        than 1 percent of the funds made available through the grant to 
        establish, expand, or implement 1 or more teacher or principal 
        preparation academies and to provide for a State authorizer, 
        if--
                    ``(A) the State does not have in place legal, 
                statutory, or regulatory barriers to the creation or 
                operation of teacher or principal preparation 
                academies;
                    ``(B) the State enables candidates attending a 
                teacher or principal preparation academy to be eligible 
                for State financial aid to the same extent as 
                participants in other State-approved teacher or 
                principal preparation programs, including alternative 
                certification, licensure, or credential programs;
                    ``(C) the State enables teachers or principals who 
                are teaching or working while on alternative 
                certificates, licenses, or credentials to teach or work 
                in the State while enrolled in a teacher or principal 
                preparation academy; and
                    ``(D) the State will recognize a certificate of 
                completion (from any teacher or principal preparation 
                academy that is not, or is unaffiliated with, an 
                institution of higher education), as at least the 
                equivalent of a master's degree in education for the 
                purposes of hiring, retention, compensation, and 
                promotion in the State.
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Teacher or principal preparation academy.--
                The term `teacher or principal preparation academy' 
                means a public or other nonprofit institution that will 
                prepare teachers or principals, or both, to serve in 
                high-need schools and that--
                            ``(i) enters into an agreement with a State 
                        authorizer that specifies the goals expected of 
                        the institution, including--
                                    ``(I) a requirement that--
                                            ``(aa) teacher or principal 
                                        candidates, or teachers 
                                        teaching or principals serving 
                                        on alternative certificates, 
                                        licenses, or credentials, who 
                                        are enrolled in the academy 
                                        receive a significant part of 
                                        their training through clinical 
                                        preparation that partners 
                                        candidates with mentor teachers 
                                        or principals with a 
                                        demonstrated track record of 
                                        success in improving student 
                                        growth, including (where 
                                        applicable) children with 
                                        disabilities, children living 
                                        in poverty, and English 
                                        learners; and
                                            ``(bb) the academy will 
                                        provide instruction to teacher 
                                        candidates that links to the 
                                        clinical preparation 
                                        experience;
                                    ``(II) the number of teachers or 
                                principals the academy will produce and 
                                the minimum number and percentage of 
                                teachers or principals who will 
                                demonstrate success in improving 
                                student performance based on multiple 
                                measures (including student growth);
                                    ``(III) a requirement that the 
                                teacher preparation component of the 
                                academy will only award a certificate 
                                of completion (or degree, if the 
                                academy is, or is affiliated with, an 
                                institution of higher education) after 
                                the graduate demonstrates a track 
                                record of success in improving student 
                                performance based on multiple measures 
                                (including student growth), either as a 
                                student teacher or teacher-of-record on 
                                an alternative certificate, license, or 
                                credential;
                                    ``(IV) a requirement that the 
                                principal preparation component of the 
                                academy will only award a certificate 
                                of completion (or degree, if the 
                                academy is, or is affiliated with, an 
                                institution of higher education) after 
                                the graduate demonstrates a track 
                                record of success in improving student 
                                performance for some or all of a 
                                school's students; and
                                    ``(V) timelines for producing 
                                cohorts of graduates and conferring 
                                certificates of completion (or degrees, 
                                if the academy is, or is affiliated 
                                with, an institution of higher 
                                education) from the academy;
                            ``(ii) shall not have unnecessary 
                        restrictions placed on the methods the academy 
                        will use to train teacher or principal 
                        candidates (or teachers or principals that are 
                        teaching or working while on alternative 
                        certificates, licenses, or credentials), 
                        including restrictions or requirements--
                                    ``(I) obligating the faculty of the 
                                academy to hold advanced degrees, or 
                                prohibiting the faculty of the academy 
                                from holding advanced degrees;
                                    ``(II) obligating such faculty to 
                                conduct academic research;
                                    ``(III) related to the physical 
                                infrastructure of the academy;
                                    ``(IV) related to the number of 
                                course credits required as part of the 
                                program of study;
                                    ``(V) related to the undergraduate 
                                coursework completed by teachers 
                                teaching on alternative certificates, 
                                licenses, or credentials, as long as 
                                such teachers have successfully passed 
                                all relevant State-approved content 
                                area examinations; or
                                    ``(VI) related to obtaining 
                                additional accreditation from a 
                                national accrediting body; and
                            ``(iii) limits admission to its program to 
                        candidates who demonstrate strong potential to 
                        improve student achievement, based on a 
                        rigorous selection process that reviews a 
                        candidate's prior academic achievement or 
                        record of professional accomplishment.
                    ``(B) State authorizer.--The term `State 
                authorizer' means an entity designated by the Governor 
                of a State to recognize teacher or principal 
                preparation academies within the State that--
                            ``(i) enters into an agreement with a 
                        teacher or principal preparation academy that 
                        specifies the goals expected of the academy, as 
                        described in subparagraph (A)(i);
                            ``(ii) may be a nonprofit organization, 
                        State educational agency, or other public 
                        entity, or consortium of such entities 
                        (including a consortium of States); and
                            ``(iii) does not reauthorize a teacher or 
                        principal preparation academy if the academy 
                        fails to produce the minimum number or 
                        percentage of effective teachers or principals, 
                        respectively, identified in the academy's 
                        authorizing agreement.
    ``(c) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Funds received under this subpart 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that 
would otherwise be used for activities authorized under this subpart.

          ``Subpart 2--Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies

``SEC. 2121. ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may make a grant to a State under 
subpart 1 only if the State educational agency agrees to distribute the 
funds described in this section as subgrants to local educational 
agencies under this subpart.
    ``(b) Allocations.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the total amount reserved by a 
        State under section 2113(a)(1) for a fiscal year, the State 
        educational agency shall allocate to each of the eligible local 
        educational agencies in the State for such fiscal year the sum 
        of--
                    ``(A) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                20 percent of the total amount reserved as the number 
                of individuals age 5 through 17 in the geographic area 
                served by the agency, as determined by the Secretary on 
                the basis of the most recent satisfactory data, bears 
                to the number of those individuals in the geographic 
                areas served by all the local educational agencies in 
                the State, as so determined; and
                    ``(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                80 percent of the total amount reserved as the number 
                of individuals age 5 through 17 from families with 
                incomes below the poverty line in the geographic area 
                served by the agency, as determined by the Secretary on 
                the basis of the most recent satisfactory data, bears 
                to the number of those individuals in the geographic 
                areas served by all the local educational agencies in 
                the State, as so determined.
            ``(2) Hold harmless.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
                the State educational agency shall allocate to each of 
                the eligible local educational agencies in the State an 
                amount that is not less than 90 percent of the 
                allocation the eligible local educational agency 
                received for the previous fiscal year under this part.
                    ``(B) Ratable reduction.--If insufficient funds are 
                appropriated to allocate the amounts that all eligible 
                local educational agencies in the State are eligible to 
                receive under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, the 
                Secretary shall ratably reduce those amounts for the 
                fiscal year.

``SEC. 2122. LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--To be eligible to receive a subgrant under this 
subpart, a local educational agency shall--
            ``(1) submit an application to the State educational agency 
        at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
        as the State educational agency may reasonably require; and
            ``(2) conduct, with the involvement of school staff and 
        other stakeholders, as applicable, an assessment of the human 
        capital needs of the local educational agency, including in the 
        areas set forth under section 2141(b), as applicable.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each application submitted under this section 
shall include the following:
            ``(1) Needs assessment.--A description of the results of 
        the needs assessment conducted under subsection (a)(2) and how 
        the local educational agency will align uses of funds with such 
        assessment.
            ``(2) Performance measures.--A description of the 
        performance measures and activities the local educational 
        agency will use to address the needs identified in such 
        assessment.
            ``(3) Professional growth and improvement system.--An 
        assurance that the local educational agency will create, or 
        improve, and implement a professional growth and improvement 
        system as by a date identified by the local educational agency 
        and approved by the State educational agency that shall not be 
        later than the 2015-2016 school year.
            ``(4) Professional development.--A description of the 
        professional development activities that will be made available 
        to teachers and principals under this subpart and how the local 
        educational agency will ensure that the professional 
        development needs of teachers and principals, as identified by 
        the professional growth and improvement system, will be met 
        using funds under this subpart.
            ``(5) Encouraging collaboration to promote educator 
        readiness.--An assurance that the local educational agency is 
        encouraging collaboration with higher education-based educator 
        preparation programs to promote the readiness of new educators 
        entering the profession through clinical experience and 
        interaction, as well as other activities.
            ``(6) Integration of technology into curricula and 
        instruction.--A description of how the local educational agency 
        will integrate funds under this subpart with funds received 
        under part D that are used for professional development to 
        train teachers to integrate technology into curricula and 
        instruction to improve teaching, learning, and technology 
        literacy.
            ``(7) Evidence-based activities.--A description of how the 
        activities to be carried out by the State educational agency 
        under this subpart will be evidence-based and an explanation of 
        why the activities are expected to improve student achievement.

``SEC. 2123. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--A local educational agency that receives a 
subgrant under section 2121 shall use subgrant funds to address the 
achievement of students in schools designated as focus schools under 
section 1116(c) and priority schools under section 1116(d) and schools 
not meeting their performance targets, as described in section 1116(b).
    ``(b) Professional Development.--
            ``(1) In general.--A local educational agency that receives 
        a subgrant under section 2121 shall use subgrant funds to 
        develop and carry out professional development, which may 
        include joint professional development for teachers, 
        principals, and other relevant school staff with early 
        childhood education program staff.
            ``(2) Priority schools; focus schools.--Not less than 20 
        percent of subgrant funds--
                    ``(A) shall be used to provide professional 
                development for teachers serving students in schools 
                identified as priority schools under section 1116(d) 
                and not receiving school improvement funds as described 
                in section 1116(f); and
                    ``(B) if a local educational agency has excess 
                funds after meeting the needs of teachers serving 
                students in priority schools, as required under 
                subparagraph (A), may be used to provide professional 
                development for teachers serving students in schools 
                identified as focus schools under section 1116(c).
    ``(c) Permissible Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency that 
receives a subgrant under section 2121 may use subgrant funds to 
implement strategies that lead to increased student achievement for all 
students, including English learners and students with disabilities, by 
carrying out 1 or more of the following activities:
            ``(1) Developing, implementing and improving an induction 
        program or a mentoring program.
            ``(2) Improving within-district equity in the distribution 
        of teachers consistent with the requirements of section 
        1111(b)(1)(R).
            ``(3) Developing and implementing a professional growth and 
        improvement system.
            ``(4) Carrying out in-service training for school personnel 
        in--
                    ``(A) the techniques and supports needed for early 
                identification of children with trauma histories, and 
                children with, or at risk of, mental illness;
                    ``(B) the use of referral mechanisms that 
                effectively link such children to appropriate treatment 
                and intervention services in the school and in the 
                community, where appropriate; and
                    ``(C) forming partnerships between school-based 
                mental health programs and public or private mental 
                health organizations.
            ``(5) Increasing teacher capacity to evaluate student work 
        and use student achievement data and creating career ladders to 
        provide opportunities for highly rated teachers or 
        paraprofessionals to advance or take on additional roles and 
        responsibilities.
            ``(6) Recruiting, preparing, placing, supporting, 
        developing, rewarding, and retaining highly rated teachers and 
        principals in high-need schools and low-performing schools.
            ``(7) Reducing class size for prekindergarten through grade 
        3, by an amount and to a level consistent with what 
        scientifically valid research has found to improve student 
        achievement.
    ``(d) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Funds received under this subpart 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that 
would otherwise be used for activities authorized under this subpart.

              ``Subpart 3--National Leadership Activities

``SEC. 2131. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.

    ``From the funds made available to carry out this part for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary is authorized to set aside not more than 1 percent 
to carry out the following activities related to the purpose of this 
part:
            ``(1) Research and development.
            ``(2) Technical assistance.
            ``(3) Outreach and dissemination activities directly or 
        through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.
            ``(4) Activities relating to gifted and talented students, 
        as described in section 2132.

``SEC. 2132. GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.

    ``The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) acting through the Director of the Institute of 
        Education Sciences, continue research and development 
        activities related to the education of gifted and talented 
        students, particularly research and development activities 
        related to such students who reside in rural communities or 
        have been underrepresented as gifted and talented;
            ``(2) support a National Research Center on the Gifted and 
        Talented that conducts research and serves as a national 
        clearinghouse for evidence-based best practices to improve the 
        identification and instruction of gifted and talented students; 
        and
            ``(3) administer demonstration grants, in consultation with 
        the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to 
        programs that build and enhance the ability of elementary 
        school and secondary school personnel to support gifted and 
        talented students.

                      ``Subpart 4--Accountability

``SEC. 2141. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) State report.--Each State that receives a grant under 
        subpart 1 shall annually submit to the Secretary, in a manner 
        prescribed by the Secretary, and make public, a State Report on 
        program performance and results under such grant. Such State 
        Report shall provide the information required under subsection 
        (b).
            ``(2) Local educational agency report.--Each local 
        educational agency that receives a subgrant under subpart 2 
        shall annually submit to the State, in a manner prescribed by 
        the State, and make public, a Local Educational Agency Report 
        on program performance and results under such subgrant. Such 
        Local Educational Agency Report shall provide the information 
        required under subsection (b).
            ``(3) FERPA compliance.--Each State and local educational 
        agency that submits a report in compliance with this subsection 
        shall collect, report, and disseminate information contained in 
        such report in compliance with section 444 of the General 
        Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known as 
        the `Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974').
            ``(4) Teacher and principal privacy.--No State or local 
        educational agency shall publicly report information in 
        compliance with this subsection in a case in which the results 
        would reveal personally identifiable information about an 
        individual teacher or principal.
    ``(b) Information.--Each State Report and Local Educational Agency 
Report shall contain, as appropriate--
            ``(1) a description of how funds have been used, including 
        how funds have been used to address the needs of teachers 
        serving students in schools not meeting performance targets, as 
        described in section 1116(b), and schools identified as focus 
        schools and priority schools under subsections (c) and (d) of 
        section 1116 and the results of the use of those funds;
            ``(2) the number of highly rated teachers in the local 
        educational agency teaching in schools identified as focus 
        schools and priority schools under subsections (c) and (d) of 
        section 1116;
            ``(3) student achievement data, by teacher preparation 
        program within the State, for students taught by such program's 
        graduates;
            ``(4) a description of the professional growth and 
        improvement system required under section 2122;
            ``(5) a description of how chosen professional development 
        activities improved teacher and principal performance using the 
        professional growth and improvement system; and
            ``(6) how funds have been used to contribute to the 
        equitable distribution of teachers.

            ``Subpart 5--Principal Recruitment and Training

``SEC. 2151. PRINCIPAL RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Aspiring principal.--The term `aspiring principal' 
        means an individual who is enrolled in a principal preparation 
        program's preservice residency that provides training in 
        instructional leadership, organizational management, and the 
        development of teachers.
            ``(2) Current principal.--The term `current principal' 
        means an individual who, as of the date of the determination of 
        participation in a program under this section, is employed as a 
        principal or has been employed as a principal.
            ``(3) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency or educational 
                service agency that serves an eligible school or a 
                consortium of such agencies;
                    ``(B) a State educational agency or a consortium of 
                such agencies;
                    ``(C) a State educational agency in partnership 
                with 1 or more local educational agencies or 
                educational service agencies that serve an eligible 
                school;
                    ``(D) an entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
                or (C) in partnership with 1 or more nonprofit 
                organizations or institutions of higher education; or
                    ``(E) an institution of higher education or a 
                nonprofit organization, if the institution or nonprofit 
                organization can demonstrate a record of--
                            ``(i) preparing principals who have been 
                        able to improve student achievement 
                        substantially; and
                            ``(ii) placing a significant percentage of 
                        such principals in eligible schools.
            ``(4) Eligible school.--The term `eligible school' means a 
        public school, including a public charter school, that meets 1 
        or more of the following criteria:
                    ``(A) Is a high-need school.
                    ``(B) Is identified as a priority school under 
                section 1116(d).
                    ``(C) Is identified as a focus school under section 
                1116(c).
                    ``(D) In the case of a public school containing 
                middle grades, feeds into a public high school that has 
                less than a 60 percent graduation rate.
                    ``(E) Is a rural school served by a local 
                educational agency that is eligible to receive 
                assistance under part B of title VI.
            ``(5) High-need school.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `high-need school' 
                means--
                            ``(i) an elementary school or middle school 
                        in which not less than 50 percent of the 
                        enrolled students are children from low-income 
                        families; or
                            ``(ii) a high school in which not less than 
                        40 percent of the enrolled students are 
                        children from low-income families, which may be 
                        calculated using comparable data from feeder 
                        schools.
                    ``(B) Low-income family.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `low-income family' means a 
                family--
                            ``(i) in which the children are eligible 
                        for a free or reduced price lunch under the 
                        Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
                        (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.);
                            ``(ii) receiving assistance under a State 
                        program funded under part A of title IV of the 
                        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or
                            ``(iii) in which the children are eligible 
                        to receive medical assistance under the 
                        Medicaid program.
            ``(6) Mentor principal.--The term `mentor principal' means 
        an individual with the following characteristics:
                    ``(A) Strong instructional leadership skills in an 
                elementary school or secondary school setting.
                    ``(B) Strong verbal and written communication 
                skills, which may be demonstrated by performance on 
                appropriate assessments.
                    ``(C) Knowledge, skills, and attitudes to--
                            ``(i) establish and maintain a professional 
                        learning community that effectively extracts 
                        information from data to improve the school 
                        culture and personalize instruction for all 
                        students to result in improved student 
                        achievement;
                            ``(ii) create and maintain a learning 
                        culture within the school that provides a 
                        climate conducive to the development of all 
                        members of the school community, including one 
                        of continuous learning for adults tied to 
                        student learning and other school goals;
                            ``(iii) engage in continuous professional 
                        development, utilizing a combination of 
                        academic study, developmental simulation 
                        exercises, self-reflection, mentorship, and 
                        internship;
                            ``(iv) understand youth development 
                        appropriate to the age level served by the 
                        school and from this knowledge set high 
                        expectations and standards for the academic, 
                        social, emotional, and physical development of 
                        all students; and
                            ``(v) actively engage the community to 
                        create shared responsibility for student 
                        academic performance and successful 
                        development.
            ``(7) Middle grade.--The term `middle grade' means any of 
        grades 5 through 8.
            ``(8) School-level student outcomes.--The term `school-
        level student outcomes' means, at the whole school level and 
        for each subgroup of students described in section 
        1111(a)(3)(D) who are served by the school--
                    ``(A) student academic achievement and student 
                growth; and
                    ``(B) additional outcomes, including, at the high 
                school level, graduation rates and the percentage of 
                students taking college-level coursework.
    ``(b) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) Principal recruitment and training grant program.--
        The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to enable 
        such entities to recruit, prepare, place, and support 
        principals in eligible schools.
            ``(2) Duration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Not more than 5 year duration.--A 
                        grant awarded under this section shall be not 
                        more than 5 years in duration.
                            ``(ii) Renewal.--The Secretary may--
                                    ``(I) renew a grant awarded under 
                                this section based on performance; and
                                    ``(II) in renewing a grant under 
                                subclause (I), award the grantee 
                                increased funding to scale up or 
                                replicate the grantee's program.
                    ``(B) Performance.--In evaluating performance for 
                purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)(I)--
                            ``(i) the Secretary's primary consideration 
                        shall be the extent to which the principals 
                        recruited, prepared, placed, or supported by 
                        the grantee have improved school-level student 
                        outcomes in eligible schools; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary shall also consider 
                        the percentage of program graduates--
                                    ``(I) who become principals in 
                                eligible schools;
                                    ``(II) who remain principals in 
                                eligible schools for multiple years; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) who are highly rated 
                                principals, as determined by the State 
                                educational agency.
    ``(c) Application and Selection Criteria.--
            ``(1) Application.--An eligible entity that desires a grant 
        under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application 
        at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Selection criteria.--In awarding grants under this 
        section, the Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) the extent to which the entity has the 
                capacity to implement the activities described in 
                subsection (e) that the entity proposes to implement;
                    ``(B) the extent to which the entity has a 
                demonstrated record of effectively preparing high-
                quality principals or an evidenced-based plan for 
                preparing principals to improve school-level student 
                outcomes in eligible schools;
                    ``(C) the extent to which the entity has a 
                demonstrated record of effectiveness or an evidence-
                based plan for providing principals trained by the 
                entity with the guidance, support, and tools they need 
                to improve school-level student outcomes in eligible 
                schools, including providing principals with resources, 
                such as funding to ensure supports for quality 
                teaching, access to best practices, and decisionmaking 
                authority over areas such as personnel, budget, 
                curriculum, or scheduling;
                    ``(D) the likelihood of the entity sustaining the 
                project with funds other than funds provided under this 
                section, which other funds may include funds provided 
                under this title other than this section, once the 
                grant is no longer available to the entity; and
                    ``(E) the extent to which the proposed project will 
                serve rural areas or high-poverty areas.
    ``(d) Awarding Grants.--
            ``(1) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to an eligible entity with a 
        record of preparing or developing principals who--
                    ``(A) have improved school-level student outcomes;
                    ``(B) have become principals in eligible schools; 
                and
                    ``(C) remain principals in eligible schools for 
                multiple years.
            ``(2) Grants for rural schools and lowest performing 
        schools.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary 
        shall, consistent with the quality of applications--
                    ``(A) award not less than 1 grant to an eligible 
                entity that intends to establish a program that focuses 
                on training or supporting principals and other school 
                leaders for rural schools; and
                    ``(B) award not less than 1 grant to an eligible 
                entity that intends to establish a program to train and 
                support principals and other school leaders to lead 
                reform efforts in persistently low-achieving schools in 
                a State or more than 1 State.
            ``(3) Reform efforts.--An eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section to carry out a program described in 
        paragraph (2)(B)--
                    ``(A) during the first year of the grant, shall use 
                grant funds--
                            ``(i) to bring together experts and 
                        stakeholders who are committed to dramatic and 
                        effective reform of persistently low-achieving 
                        schools who can provide input about what the 
                        evidence base shows regarding effective school 
                        leadership in such schools;
                            ``(ii) to collect and develop, in 
                        consultation with experts and stakeholders, a 
                        core body of knowledge regarding effective 
                        school reform leadership in persistently low-
                        achieving schools, which is evidence-based;
                            ``(iii) to develop, drawing on the core 
                        body of knowledge developed in clause (ii), a 
                        leadership training program for principals, 
                        mentors, and other school leaders, to prepare 
                        and support the principals, mentors, and 
                        leaders to lead effective school reform efforts 
                        in persistently low-achieving schools; and
                    ``(B) during each year of the grant after the first 
                year, shall use grant funds--
                            ``(i) to carry out the leadership training 
                        program described in subparagraph (A)(iii);
                            ``(ii) to ensure that the leadership 
                        training program described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(iii) is informed, on an ongoing basis, by 
                        consultation with experts and stakeholders, and 
                        by the program's tracking of the performance of 
                        its graduates in leading school reform efforts 
                        in persistently low-achieving schools;
                            ``(iii) to select cohorts of trained or 
                        experienced principals to lead school reform 
                        efforts in persistently low-achieving schools;
                            ``(iv) to provide support for, and 
                        encourage interaction among, cohorts of 
                        principals after completion of the leadership 
                        training program described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(iii); and
                            ``(v) to disseminate information to 
                        principals, mentors, and other school leaders 
                        engaging in reform efforts in persistently low-
                        achieving schools.
    ``(e) Activities.--Each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this section shall use grant funds to carry out the following:
            ``(1) To recruit and select, using rigorous, competency-
        based, selection criteria, and train and support a diverse 
        group of aspiring principals or current principals, or both, 
        for work in eligible schools.
            ``(2) Tracking participants to determine if such 
        individuals are attaining, or have attained, the competencies 
        needed to complete the training and enter into an effective 
        leadership role, and provide counseling and, if appropriate, 
        separation, to participants who the entity determines will not 
        attain, or have not attained, those competencies.
            ``(3) If the eligible entity provides a program for 
        aspiring principals--
                    ``(A) candidates shall demonstrate awareness of and 
                have experience with the knowledge, skills, and 
                attitudes to--
                            ``(i) establish and maintain a professional 
                        learning community that effectively extracts 
                        information from data to improve the school 
                        culture and personalize instruction for all 
                        students to result in improved student 
                        achievement;
                            ``(ii) create and maintain a learning 
                        culture within the school that provides a 
                        climate conducive to the development of all 
                        members of the school community, including one 
                        of continuous learning for adults tied to 
                        student learning and other school goals;
                            ``(iii) engage in continuous professional 
                        development, utilizing a combination of 
                        academic study, developmental simulation 
                        exercises, self-reflection, mentorship, and 
                        internship;
                            ``(iv) understand youth development 
                        appropriate to the age level served by the 
                        school and from this knowledge set high 
                        expectations and standards for the academic, 
                        social, emotional, and physical development of 
                        all students; and
                            ``(v) actively engage the community to 
                        create shared responsibility for student 
                        academic performance and successful 
                        development; and
                    ``(B) the program shall provide aspiring principals 
                with--
                            ``(i) a preservice residency that is not 
                        less than 1 year in length, and that includes 
                        coaching from a mentor principal, and 
                        instructional leadership and organizational 
                        management experience;
                            ``(ii) focused coursework on instructional 
                        leadership, organizational management, and the 
                        use of a variety of data for purposes of--
                                    ``(I) instruction;
                                    ``(II) evaluation and development 
                                of teachers; and
                                    ``(III) development of highly 
                                effective school organizations; and
                            ``(iii) ongoing support, mentoring, and 
                        professional development for not less than 2 
                        years after the aspiring principals complete 
                        the residency and commence work as assistant 
                        principals and principals.
            ``(4) To train mentors for principals who are serving or 
        who wish to serve in eligible schools or for aspiring 
        principals who wish to serve in such eligible schools, or for 
        both.
            ``(5) Providing differentiated training to participants in 
        competencies that evidence shows are critical to improving 
        school-level student outcomes in eligible schools, such as--
                    ``(A) recruiting, training, supervising, 
                supporting, and evaluating teachers and other staff;
                    ``(B) developing teams of effective school staff, 
                and distributing among members of such teams 
                responsibilities for leading and improving their 
                schools;
                    ``(C) establishing learning communities where 
                principals and teachers--
                            ``(i) share a school mission and goals with 
                        an explicit vision of quality teaching and 
                        learning that guides all instructional 
                        decisions;
                            ``(ii) commit to improving student outcomes 
                        and performances;
                            ``(iii) set a continuous cycle of 
                        collective inquiry and improvement;
                            ``(iv) foster a culture of collaboration 
                        where teachers and principals work together on 
                        a regular basis to analyze and improve teaching 
                        and learning; and
                            ``(v) support and share leadership;
                    ``(D) where applicable for participants serving 
                elementary schools, offering high-quality early 
                childhood education to the students such participants 
                are serving and facilitating the transition of children 
                from early learning settings to elementary school;
                    ``(E) setting high expectations for student 
                achievement;
                    ``(F) addressing the unique needs of specific 
                student populations served, such as students with 
                disabilities, students who are English learners, and 
                students who are homeless or in foster care;
                    ``(G) managing budget resources and school time to 
                support high-quality instruction and improvements in 
                student achievement, such as by extending the school 
                day and year and providing common planning time to 
                teachers and staff;
                    ``(H) working effectively with students' parents 
                and other members of the community;
                    ``(I) using technology and multiple sources of data 
                to personalize instruction;
                    ``(J) monitoring and improving the alignment and 
                effectiveness of curriculum, instruction, and 
                assessment, using a variety of data providing evidence 
                of student and school outcomes; and
                    ``(K) developing and maintaining a positive school 
                culture where students, teachers and other staff are 
                motivated to collaborate and work together to achieve 
                goals.
            ``(6) Delivering high-quality, differentiated, school-level 
        support services and training to current principals of eligible 
        schools, if the eligible entity provides a program for current 
        principals, or during the period described in paragraph (3)(C) 
        to individuals who have completed the aspiring principal 
        residency, if the eligible entity provides a program for 
        aspiring principals, to help meet the specific needs of the 
        eligible schools they serve, which may include--
                    ``(A) training and support for the design of 
                school-wide improvement plans based on the diagnosis of 
                school conditions and needs informed by data and 
                analysis of classroom and school practices; and
                    ``(B) support in organizing and training the teams 
                described in paragraph (5)(B).
            ``(7) Making available any training materials funded under 
        the grant, such as syllabi, assignments, or selection rubrics, 
        to the Department for public dissemination.
            ``(8) Tracking the effectiveness of the program based on, 
        at a minimum--
                    ``(A) school-level student outcomes at the schools 
                where program graduates have served as principals;
                    ``(B) the percentage of program graduates who 
                become principals in eligible schools; and
                    ``(C) the percentage of program graduates who 
                remain principals in eligible schools for multiple 
                years.
            ``(9) Using the data on the effectiveness of the program 
        for, among other purposes, the continuous improvement of the 
        program.
    ``(f) Annual Report.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
under this section shall submit an annual report, beginning in the 
third year of the grant, to the Secretary regarding--
            ``(1) school-level student outcomes resulting from 
        implementation of the grant activities; and
            ``(2) data on--
                    ``(A) the percentage of program graduates who 
                become principals in eligible schools;
                    ``(B) the percentage of graduates who remain 
                principals in eligible schools for multiple years; and
                    ``(C) the percentage of program graduates who are 
                highly rated, as determined by the State educational 
                agency.
    ``(g) Matching Requirement.--
            ``(1) Matching requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible entity that receives 
                a grant under this section shall contribute annually to 
                the activities assisted under such grant matching funds 
                in an amount equal to not less than 20 percent of the 
                amount of the grant from non-Federal sources.
                    ``(B) Matching funds.--The matching funds 
                requirement under subparagraph (A) may be met by--
                            ``(i) contributions that are in cash or in 
                        kind, fairly evaluated; and
                            ``(ii) payments of a salary or stipend to 
                        an aspiring principal during the aspiring 
                        principal's residency year.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive or reduce the 
        matching requirement under paragraph (1) if the eligible entity 
        demonstrates a need for such waiver or reduction due to 
        financial hardship.
    ``(h) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Grant funds provided under this 
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any other 
Federal, State, or local funds otherwise available to carry out the 
activities described in this section.

              ``PART B--TEACHER PATHWAYS TO THE CLASSROOM

``SEC. 2201. TEACHER PATHWAYS.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to support the 
recruitment, selection, preparation, placement, retention, and support 
of teachers in high-need subjects or fields who will improve student 
academic achievement and student outcomes at high-needs schools.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a partnership of--
                            ``(i) 1 or more institutions of higher 
                        education or nonprofit organizations; and
                            ``(ii) a high-need local educational agency 
                        and 1 or more other local educational agencies 
                        or State educational agencies; or
                    ``(B) an institution of higher education or a 
                nonprofit organization that can demonstrate a record 
                of--
                            ``(i) preparing teachers who are successful 
                        in improving student achievement; and
                            ``(ii) placing a significant percentage of 
                        those teachers in high-need schools.
            ``(2) Teacher in a high-need subject or field.--The term 
        `teacher in a high-need subject or field' means a teacher of--
                    ``(A) students with disabilities;
                    ``(B) English learners; or
                    ``(C) science, technology, engineering, or 
                mathematics.
    ``(c) Authorization of Grant Awards.--The Secretary shall award 
grants to eligible entities to pay for the Federal share of the cost of 
carrying out the activities described in this section.
    ``(d) Applications.--An eligible entity that desires to receive a 
grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as 
the Secretary may require.
    ``(e) Considerations.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall consider the geographic diversity of the eligible 
entities, including the distribution of grants among urban, suburban, 
and rural areas.
    ``(f) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to applicants that demonstrate a record 
of--
            ``(1) recruiting college undergraduates, recent college 
        graduates, graduate students, and professionals with a 
        demonstrated history of significant academic achievement to 
        become teachers;
            ``(2) recruiting and selecting candidates who are members 
        of groups underrepresented in the teaching profession; and
            ``(3) preparing teachers who consistently improve student 
        academic achievement at high-need schools.
    ``(g) Required Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the grant funds for the following:
            ``(1) To recruit, select, prepare, place, retain, and 
        support teachers for high-need schools and teachers in high-
        need subjects or fields.
            ``(2) To prepare all teachers to teach students with 
        disabilities and English learners.
            ``(3) To prepare teachers in classroom management, 
        instructional planning and delivery, learning theory and 
        cognitive development, literacy development, and student 
        assessment.
            ``(4) To provide school-based, clinical experience at a 
        high-need school that includes observation of and feedback on 
        teacher candidates' teaching.
            ``(5) To provide ongoing mentoring and support, which may 
        include coursework, for participants for at least 1 school 
        year.
    ``(h) Permissible Use of Grant Funds.--An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this section may use the grant funds to provide 
financial stipends for teacher candidates who are not the teacher of 
record.
    ``(i) Performance and Grant Renewal.--
            ``(1) Tracking performance.--An eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this section shall--
                    ``(A) track the placement rate, retention rate, and 
                performance in improving student academic achievement 
                of teachers recruited and prepared by programs funded 
                by the grant; and
                    ``(B) submit data on such performance to the 
                Secretary.
            ``(2) Conditions for grant renewal.--The Secretary shall 
        evaluate the information submitted under paragraph (1) and 
        renew a grant awarded under this section only if the data 
        indicate the teachers are successful in improving student 
        academic achievement.
    ``(j) Fiscal Agent.--The fiscal agent for an eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this section may be a local educational agency, 
State educational agency, institution of higher education, or nonprofit 
organization that is a partner in the eligible entity.
    ``(k) Matching Requirements.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2)(B), the Federal share for this section shall be a 
        percentage of the cost of the activities assisted under the 
        grant as determined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Non-federal share.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The non-Federal share provided 
                by an eligible entity receiving a grant under this 
                section shall be a percentage of the cost of the 
                activities assisted under the grant as determined by 
                the Secretary. The non-Federal share may include in-
                kind contributions.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--The Secretary may waive or 
                reduce the amount of the non-Federal share described in 
                subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year if the eligible 
                entity demonstrates to the Secretary that the funds 
                needed to carry out that subparagraph are unavailable 
                due to economic hardship, as determined by the 
                Secretary.
    ``(l) Evaluation.--From the amount appropriated for this subpart 
and reserved for evaluation activities in accordance with section 
9601(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of 
Education Sciences, shall, in consultation with the relevant program 
office at the Department--
            ``(1) evaluate the implementation and impact of the program 
        under this section;
            ``(2) identify best practices for recruiting, selecting, 
        preparing, placing, retaining, and supporting teachers in high-
        need subjects or fields for high-need schools; and
            ``(3) disseminate research on best practices.

                ``PART C--TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND PROGRAM

``SEC. 2301. PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this part are to assist States, 
local educational agencies, and nonprofit organizations to develop, 
implement, improve, or expand strategies to ensure that the most 
effective teachers and principals are serving in the lowest-performing 
schools.
    ``(b) Definitions.--Except as otherwise provided, in this part:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency or a consortium of 
                local educational agencies, which may include a charter 
                school that is a local educational agency;
                    ``(B) a State educational agency, or other State 
                agency designated by the chief executive of a State to 
                participate under this subpart; or
                    ``(C) an institution of higher education or 
                nonprofit organization, in partnership with an entity 
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
            ``(2) Highly effective teacher or principal.--The term 
        `highly effective teacher or principal' means a teacher or 
        principal who has not less than 3 years of--
                    ``(A) receiving the highest ratings in a 
                professional growth and improvement system; or
                    ``(B) if a professional growth and improvement 
                system has not yet been implemented, receiving the 
                highest rating category of an existing local 
                educational agency teacher or principal evaluation 
                system.
            ``(3) Human capital system.--The term `human capital 
        system' means an evidence-based and data-driven system for--
                    ``(A) identifying, recruiting, training, hiring, 
                placing, and retaining those individuals who are or are 
                most likely to be highly effective teachers and 
                principals;
                    ``(B) attracting highly effective teachers and 
                principals to high-need schools, including by providing 
                highly effective teachers and principals in such 
                schools with support and development opportunities 
                focused on increasing student achievement; and
                    ``(C) retaining highly effective teachers and 
                principals in high-need schools over time by creating 
                school environments that enable excellent teaching, 
                including through strategies such as personalized 
                learning, project-based learning, blended learning, 
                distributed leadership, career pathways, and time for 
                collaboration and use of student data in professional 
                learning communities.

``SEC. 2302. TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
part, the Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to develop, 
implement, improve, or expand strategies, including incentives and 
human capital systems to increase the number of highly effective 
teachers and principals serving in high-need schools.
    ``(b) Priority.--In awarding a grant under this part, the Secretary 
shall give priority to an eligible entity that concentrates the 
proposed activities in high-need schools designated as priority 
schools, as described in section 1116(d), and then to an eligible 
entity that concentrates the proposed activities in a State or local 
educational agency that has already developed a professional growth and 
improvement system required under section 2122.
    ``(c) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
part, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary, 
at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably 
require. The application shall include, as applicable--
            ``(1) a description of the strategy that the eligible 
        entity proposes to develop, implement, improve, or expand;
            ``(2) a description and evidence of the support and 
        commitment of teachers and principals in the school to be 
        served by the project, the community, including community-based 
        organizations, and the local educational agencies, including a 
        demonstration of consultation with teachers and principals in 
        the design and development of the proposal;
            ``(3) a description of the local educational agency or 
        school to be served by the project, including such student 
        academic achievement, demographic, and socioeconomic 
        information as the Secretary may request;
            ``(4) a description of the quality of teachers and 
        principals in the local educational agency and the schools to 
        be served by the project and how the project will increase the 
        quality of teachers and principals in a high-need school;
            ``(5) a description of how the eligible entity will use 
        grant funds under this part in each year of the grant to 
        continuously increase the number of highly effective teachers 
        and principals in the highest-need schools;
            ``(6) a description of how the eligible entity will 
        continue funding and carrying out the project after the grant 
        period ends;
            ``(7) a description of the State, local, or other public or 
        private funds that will be used to supplement the grant and 
        sustain the activities assisted under the grant at the end of 
        the grant period; and
            ``(8) a description of the rationale and evidence base for 
        the proposed activities and of any prior experience of the 
        eligible entity in developing and implementing such activities.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this part shall use the grant funds to carry out activities that are 
designed to develop, implement, improve, or expand strategies to 
increase the number of highly effective teachers or principals serving 
in high-need schools, consistent with this part, which may include--
            ``(1) paying bonuses and increased salaries, if the 
        eligible entity uses an increasing share of non-Federal funds 
        to pay the bonuses and increased salaries each year of the 
        grant, to highly effective teachers or principals who work in 
        high-need schools;
            ``(2) improving a professional growth and improvement 
        system required under section 2122;
            ``(3) reforming the local educational agency's system of 
        compensating teachers and principals; and
            ``(4) developing and implementing a human capital system.
    ``(e) Duration of Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may award a grant under 
        this part for a period of not more than 5 years.
            ``(2) Limitation.--A local educational agency may receive 
        (whether individually or as part of a consortium or 
        partnership) a grant under this part only twice. A second grant 
        may be awarded only if the Secretary determines that the 
        eligible entity has demonstrated sufficient progress and 
        demonstrates the sustainability of the grant project after the 
        expiration of the grant period.
    ``(f) Equitable Geographic Distribution.--To the extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic 
distribution of grants under this part, including the distribution 
between rural and urban areas.
    ``(g) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Grant funds provided under this 
part shall be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, 
or local funds available to carry out the activities described in this 
part.

        ``PART D--ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

``SEC. 2401. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Achievement Through Technology and 
Innovation Act of 2013' or the `ATTAIN Act'.

``SEC. 2402. PURPOSES AND GOALS.

    ``The purposes and goals of this part are--
            ``(1) to ensure that through effective and innovative uses 
        of technology every student has access to personalized, 
        rigorous, and relevant learning to meet the goals of this part 
        to raise student achievement, close the achievement gap, and 
        ensure highly effective teaching, and to prepare all students 
        to be technology literate and make sufficient academic growth 
        to succeed in the 21st century digital economy;
            ``(2) to evaluate, build upon, and increase the use of 
        evidence-based and innovative systemic education 
        transformations that center on the use of technology that leads 
        to school improvement, improved productivity, and increased 
        student achievement;
            ``(3) to ensure that all educators are connected in an 
        ongoing manner to technology-based and online resources and 
        supports, including through enhanced ongoing, meaningful 
        professional development to ensure that--
                    ``(A) all educators are technology literate and 
                effectively use technology to improve instruction; and
                    ``(B) education administrators possess the capacity 
                to--
                            ``(i) provide leadership in the use of 
                        technology for systemic education 
                        transformation; and
                            ``(ii) improve educational productivity;
            ``(4) to improve student engagement, opportunity, 
        attendance, graduation rates, and technology access through 
        enhanced or redesigned curriculum or instruction;
            ``(5) to more effectively collect and use student 
        performance and other data in a timely manner to inform 
        instruction, address individualized student needs, support 
        school decisionmaking, and support school improvement and 
        increased student achievement, including through delivery of 
        computer-based and online assessments;
            ``(6) to enhance the use of technology, online learning, 
        and blended learning for systemic education transformation, 
        including curricula redesign and new instructional strategies 
        to personalize learning; and
            ``(7) to increase education productivity and reduce costs 
        through the use of technology, blended learning, and online 
        learning, including for the delivery of online assessments.

``SEC. 2403. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Blended learning.--The term `blended learning' means 
        the combination of online learning and traditional in-person 
        classroom instruction, or technology-based learning, in a 
        supervised classroom setting with some element of student 
        control over time, place, path or pace.
            ``(2) Digital learning.--The term `digital learning' means 
        any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to 
        strengthen a student's learning experience and encompasses a 
        wide spectrum of tools and practices, including--
                    ``(A) interactive learning resources that engage 
                students in academic content;
                    ``(B) access to online databases and other primary 
                source documents;
                    ``(C) the use of data to personalize learning and 
                provide targeted supplementary instruction;
                    ``(D) student collaboration with content experts 
                and peers;
                    ``(E) online and computer-based assessments;
                    ``(F) digital content, adaptive, and simulation 
                software or courseware,
                    ``(G) online courses, online instruction, or 
                digital learning platforms;
                    ``(H) mobile and wireless technologies for learning 
                in school and at home;
                    ``(I) learning environments that allow for rich 
                collaboration and communication;
                    ``(J) authentic audiences for learning in a 
                relevant, real world experience; and
                    ``(K) teacher participation in virtual professional 
                communities of practice.
            ``(3) Eligible technology.--The term `eligible technology' 
        means modern information, computer, and communication 
        technology hardware, software, services, or tools, including 
        computer or mobile hardware devices and other computer and 
        communications hardware, software applications, systems and 
        platforms, and digital and online content, courseware, and 
        online instruction and other online services and supports.
            ``(4) E-rate program.--The term `E-rate program' means the 
        Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism under 
        section 254(h)(1)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B)).
            ``(5) Student technology literacy.--The term `student 
        technology literacy' means student knowledge and skills in 
        using contemporary information, communication, and learning 
        technologies in a manner necessary for successful employment, 
        lifelong learning, and citizenship in the knowledge-based, 
        digital, and global 21st century, including, at a minimum, the 
        ability to--
                    ``(A) effectively communicate and collaborate;
                    ``(B) analyze and solve problems;
                    ``(C) access, evaluate, manage, and create 
                information and otherwise gain information literacy;
                    ``(D) demonstrate creative thinking, construct 
                knowledge, and develop innovative products and 
                processes; and
                    ``(E) carry out the activities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (D) in a safe and ethical 
                manner.
            ``(6) Technology readiness survey.--The term `technology 
        readiness survey' means a survey completed by a local 
        educational agency that provides standardized information 
        comparable to the information collected through the technology 
        readiness survey administered under the Race to the Top 
        Assessment program under section 14006 of division A of the 
        American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-
        5) on the quantity and types of technology infrastructure and 
        access available to the students served by the local 
        educational agency, including computer devices, Internet 
        connectivity, operating systems, related network 
        infrastructure, data systems, and--
                    ``(A) requiring--
                            ``(i) an internal review of the degree to 
                        which instruction, additional student support, 
                        and professional development is delivered in 
                        digital formats, media, and platforms and is 
                        available to students and educators at any 
                        time;
                            ``(ii) an internal review of the ability of 
                        educators to use assessments and other student 
                        data to personalize and strengthen instruction 
                        and identify professional development needs and 
                        priorities; and
                            ``(iii) any other information required by 
                        the State educational agency serving the local 
                        educational agency; and
                    ``(B) may include an assessment of local community 
                needs to ensure students have adequate online access 
                and access to devices for school-related work during 
                out-of-school time.

``SEC. 2404. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS; LIMITATION.

    ``(a) Allocation of Funds Between State and Local Initiatives.--The 
funds made available to carry out this part shall be available to carry 
out subpart 1.
    ``(b) Limitation.--
            ``(1) Local administrative costs.--Of the funds made 
        available to a local educational agency under this part for a 
        fiscal year, not more than 3 percent may be used by the local 
        educational agency for administrative costs.
            ``(2) State administrative costs.--Of the funds made 
        available to a State educational agency under section 
        2412(a)(1)(A), not more than 60 percent may be used by the 
        State educational agency for administrative costs.

``SEC. 2405. E-RATE RESTRICTION.

    ``Funds awarded under this part may be used to address the 
networking needs of a recipient of such funds under the E-rate program, 
except that such funds may not be duplicative of support received by 
the recipient under the E-rate program.

``SEC. 2406. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING PURCHASING.

    ``Nothing in this part shall be construed to permit a recipient of 
funds under this part to purchase goods or services using such funds 
without ensuring that the purchase is free of any conflict of interest 
between such recipient, or any partner of such recipient, and the 
person or entity from whom such goods or services are purchased.

                  ``Subpart 1--State and Local Grants

``SEC. 2411. ALLOTMENT AND REALLOTMENT.

    ``(a) Reservations and Allotment.--From the amount made available 
to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall reserve--
                    ``(A) three-quarters of 1 percent for the Secretary 
                of the Interior for programs under this subpart for 
                schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian 
                Education; and
                    ``(B) 1 percent to provide assistance under this 
                subpart to the outlying areas; and
            ``(2) subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall use 
        the remainder to award grants by allotting to each State 
        educational agency an amount that bears the same relationship 
        to such remainder for such year as the amount received under 
        part A of title I for such year by such State educational 
        agency bears to the amount received under such part for such 
        year by all State educational agencies.
    ``(b) Minimum Allotment.--The amount of any State educational 
agency's allotment under subsection (a)(2) for any fiscal year shall 
not be less than one-half of 1 percent of the amount made available for 
allotments to State educational agencies under this subpart for such 
year.
    ``(c) Reallotment of Unused Funds.--The Secretary shall reallot any 
unused amount of a State educational agency's allotment to the 
remaining State educational agencies that use their entire allotments 
under this subpart in accordance with this section.
    ``(d) Matching Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency that receives 
        a grant under subsection (a)(2) shall provide matching funds, 
        from non-Federal sources, in an amount equal to 20 percent of 
        the amount of grant funds provided to the State educational 
        agency to carry out the activities supported by the grant. Such 
        matching funds may be provided in cash or in-kind except that 
        any such in-kind contributions shall be provided for the 
        purpose of supporting the State educational agency's activities 
        under section 2414.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the matching 
        requirement under paragraph (1) for a State educational agency 
        that demonstrates that such requirement imposes an undue 
        financial hardship on the State educational agency.

``SEC. 2412. USE OF ALLOTMENT BY STATE.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the amount provided to a State 
        educational agency under section 2411(a)(2) for a fiscal year--
                    ``(A) the State educational agency may use not more 
                than 10 percent of such amount or $100,000, whichever 
                amount is greater, to carry out activities under 
                section 2414; and
                    ``(B) the State educational agency shall distribute 
                the remainder in accordance with paragraphs (2) and 
                (3).
            ``(2) Distribution of remainder.--The State educational 
        agency shall--
                    ``(A)(i) use 80 percent of the remainder to award 
                Improving Teaching and Learning through Technology 
                subgrants to local educational agencies having 
                applications approved under section 2415(c) for the 
                activities described in section 2416(b); and
                    ``(ii) allot to each such local educational agency 
                an amount that bears the same relationship to 80 
                percent of the remainder for such year as the amount 
                received under part A of title I for such year by such 
                local educational agency bears to the amount received 
                under such part for such year by all local educational 
                agencies within the State, subject to subsection 
                (b)(2); and
                    ``(B) use 20 percent of the remainder to award 
                Systemic Education Transformation through Technology 
                Integration subgrants, through a State-determined 
                competitive process, to local educational agencies 
                having applications approved under section 2415(b) for 
                the activities described in section 2416(a).
            ``(3) Option in years with insufficient amounts 
        appropriated.--If the amount provided to a State educational 
        agency under section 2411(a)(2) for a fiscal year is not large 
        enough to provide every local educational agency with a minimum 
        subgrant under subsection (b)(3), the State educational agency 
        may distribute 100 percent of the remainder described in 
        paragraph (1)(B) as either formula grants under paragraph 
        (2)(A) or competitive grants under paragraph (2)(B).
    ``(b) Sufficient Amounts.--
            ``(1) Special rule.--In awarding subgrants under subsection 
        (a)(2)(B), the State educational agency shall--
                    ``(A) ensure the subgrants are of sufficient size 
                and scope to be effective, consistent with the purposes 
                of this part;
                    ``(B) ensure subgrants are of sufficient duration 
                to be effective, consistent with the purposes of this 
                part, including by awarding subgrants for a period of 
                not less than 2 years that may be renewed for not more 
                than an additional 1 year;
                    ``(C) give preference in the awarding of subgrants, 
                and the providing of all technical assistance, to local 
                educational agencies that serve schools identified as 
                priority schools or focus schools under subsection (c) 
                or (d) of section 1116, including those schools with 
                high populations of--
                            ``(i) English learners;
                            ``(ii) students with disabilities; or
                            ``(iii) other subgroups of students who 
                        have not met the State's student academic 
                        achievement standards; and
                    ``(D) ensure an equitable distribution among urban 
                and rural areas of the State, according to the 
                demonstrated need for assistance under this subpart of 
                the local educational agencies serving the areas.
            ``(2) Additional reservation.--A State educational agency 
        that forms a State purchasing consortium under subsection 
        2414(c) may reserve an additional 1 percent to carry out the 
        activities described in subsection 2414 (c)(1) if such State 
        educational agency receives direct approval from the local 
        educational agencies receiving subgrants under subsection 
        (a)(2).
            ``(3) Minimum formula-based subgrant.--The amount of any 
        local educational agency's subgrant under subsection (a)(2)(A) 
        for any fiscal year shall be not less than $3,000.
    ``(c) Reallotment of Unused Funds.--If any local educational agency 
does not apply for a subgrant under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, 
or does not use the local educational agency's entire allotment under 
this subpart for such fiscal year, the State shall reallot any unused 
funds to the remaining local educational agencies.

``SEC. 2413. STATE APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
subpart, a State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary, at 
such time and in such manner as the Secretary may specify, an 
application containing the information described in subsection (b) and 
such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each State educational agency application 
submitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the following:
            ``(1) A description of how the State educational agency 
        will support local educational agencies that receive subgrants 
        under this subpart in meeting the purposes and goals of this 
        part and the requirements of this subpart, including through 
        technical assistance in using technology to redesign curriculum 
        and instruction, improve educational productivity, and deliver 
        computer-based and online assessment.
            ``(2) A description of the State educational agency's long-
        term goals and strategies for improving student academic 
        achievement, including student technology literacy, through the 
        effective use of technology.
            ``(3) A description of the priority area upon which the 
        State educational agency will focus its assistance under this 
        subpart, which shall be identified from among the core academic 
        subjects, grade levels, and student subgroup populations with 
        the largest achievement gaps in the State.
            ``(4) A description of how the State educational agency 
        will support local educational agencies to implement 
        professional development programs pursuant to section 
        2416(b)(1)(A).
            ``(5) A description of how the State educational agency 
        will ensure that teachers, paraprofessionals, school 
        librarians, and administrators possess the knowledge and skills 
        to use technology--
                    ``(A) for curriculum redesign to change teaching 
                and learning and improve student achievement;
                    ``(B) for assessment, data analysis, and to 
                personalize learning;
                    ``(C) to improve student technology literacy; and
                    ``(D) for their own ongoing professional 
                development and for access to teaching resources and 
                tools.
            ``(6) A description of the process, activities, and 
        performance measures that the State educational agency will use 
        to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of activities 
        described in section 2414.
            ``(7) Identification of the State college and career ready 
        academic content standards and college and career ready student 
        academic achievement standards that the State educational 
        agency will use to ensure that each student is technologically 
        literate, consistent with the definition of student technology 
        literacy, and a description of how the State educational agency 
        will assess student performance in gaining technology literacy, 
        only for the purpose of tracking progress towards achieving the 
        8th grade technology literacy goal and not for accountability 
        purposes as described in section 1111(a)(3), including through 
        embedding such assessment items in other State tests or 
        performance-based assessment portfolios, or through other valid 
        and reliable means. Nothing in this subpart shall be construed 
        to require States to develop a separate test to assess student 
        technology literacy.
            ``(8) An assurance that financial assistance provided under 
        this subpart will supplement, and not supplant, State and local 
        funds.
            ``(9) A description of how the State educational agency 
        consulted with local educational agencies in the development of 
        the State application.
            ``(10) An assurance that the State educational agency will 
        provide matching funds as required under section 2411(d).
            ``(11) A description of how the State educational agency 
        will ensure that funds received under this part do not 
        duplicate support received under the E-rate program.
            ``(12) An assurance that the State educational agency will 
        protect the privacy and safety of students and teachers, 
        consistent with the requirements of section 444 of the General 
        Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly known as 
        the `Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974').
            ``(13) A description of how the State educational agency 
        will, in providing technical and other assistance to local 
        educational agencies, give priority to schools identified as 
        priority schools or focus schools under subsection (c) or (d) 
        of section 1116, including those schools with high populations 
        of--
                    ``(A) English learners;
                    ``(B) students with disabilities; or
                    ``(C) other subgroups of students who have not met 
                the State's student academic achievement standards;
            ``(14) A description of how the State educational agency 
        will ensure that the State educational agency's data systems 
        and eligible technology are interoperable.
            ``(15) A description of--
                    ``(A) the State's process for the adoption, 
                acquisition, distribution, and use of content;
                    ``(B) how the State will ensure integrity of such 
                processes;
                    ``(C) how such processes support the goals of this 
                part or how a State will change such processes to 
                support such goals; and
                    ``(D) how the State will ensure content quality.
            ``(16) A description of the technology readiness in the 
        State, as determined by local educational agency responses to 
        the technology readiness survey, including--
                    ``(A) an assurance that not less than 90 percent of 
                the local educational agencies served by the State 
                educational agency have completed and submitted the 
                technology readiness survey to the State educational 
                agency; and
                    ``(B) an assurance that the results of the 
                technology readiness survey for each such local 
                educational agency are made available to the Secretary 
                and the public through the website of the local 
                educational agency.

``SEC. 2414. STATE ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Mandatory Activities.--From funds made available under 
section 2412(a)(1)(A), a State educational agency shall carry out each 
of the following activities:
            ``(1) Identify the State college and career ready academic 
        content standards and college and career ready student academic 
        achievement standards that the State educational agency will 
        use to ensure that each student is technologically literate 
        consistent with the definition of student technology literacy.
            ``(2) Assess student performance in gaining technology 
        literacy consistent with paragraph (1), including through 
        embedding such assessment items in other State tests, 
        performance-based assessments, or portfolios, or through other 
        means, except that such assessments shall be used only to track 
        student technology literacy and shall not be used for 
        accountability purposes as described in section 1111(a)(3), and 
        widely disseminate such results.
            ``(3) Providing guidance, technical assistance, and other 
        assistance, including in the priority area identified by the 
        State pursuant to section 2413(b)(3), to local educational 
        agencies to--
                    ``(A) identify and address technology readiness 
                needs;
                    ``(B) redesign curriculum and instruction, improve 
                educational productivity, and deliver computer-based 
                and online assessment;
                    ``(C) use technology, consistent with the 
                principles of universal design for learning, to support 
                the learning needs of all students, including students 
                with disabilities and English learners;
                    ``(D) support principals so that principals have 
                the expertise to evaluate teachers' proficiency in 
                implementing digital tools for teaching and learning;
            ``(4) Developing or utilizing research-based or innovative 
        strategies for the delivery of specialized or rigorous academic 
        courses and curricula through the use of technology, including 
        digital learning technologies and assistive technology.
            ``(5) Integrating and coordinating activities under this 
        part with other educational resources and programs across the 
        State.
            ``(6) Disseminating information, including making publicly 
        available on the website of the State educational agency, 
        promising practices to improve technology instruction, and 
        acquiring and implementing technology tools and applications.
            ``(7) Coordinating with teacher and principal preparation 
        programs to align digital learning teaching standards.
            ``(8) Providing, or supporting local educational agencies 
        in providing, sustained and intensive, high-quality 
        professional development pursuant to section 2416(b)(1)(A).
    ``(b) Permissive Activities.--From funds made available under 
section 2412(a)(1)(A), a State educational agency may carry out 1 or 
more of the following activities that assist local educational 
agencies:
            ``(1) State leadership activities and technical assistance 
        that support achieving the purposes and goals of this part.
            ``(2) Developing or utilizing research-based or innovative 
        strategies for the delivery of specialized or rigorous academic 
        courses and curricula through the use of technology, including 
        distance learning technologies.
            ``(3) Assessing student performance in gaining technology 
        literacy consistent with subsection (a)(2), including through 
        embedding such assessment items in other State tests, 
        performance-based assessments, or portfolios, or through other 
        means.
    ``(c) Purchasing Consortia.--
            ``(1) In general.--From funds made available under section 
        2412(a)(1)(A), a State educational agency receiving a grant 
        under this subpart may--
                    ``(A) form a State purchasing consortium with 1 or 
                more State educational agencies receiving such a grant 
                to carry out the State activities described in 
                subsections (a) and (b), including purchasing eligible 
                technology;
                    ``(B) encourage local educational agencies to form 
                local purchasing consortia under section 2415; and
                    ``(C) promote pricing opportunities to local 
                educational agencies for the purchase of eligible 
                technology that are--
                            ``(i) negotiated by the State educational 
                        agency or the State purchasing consortium of 
                        the State educational agency; and
                            ``(ii) available to such local educational 
                        agencies.
            ``(2) Restrictions.--A State educational agency receiving a 
        grant under section 2412(a)(1)(A) shall not--
                    ``(A) except for promoting the pricing 
                opportunities described in paragraph (1)(C), make 
                recommendations to local educational agencies for, or 
                require, use of any specific commercial products and 
                services by local educational agencies;
                    ``(B) require local educational agencies to 
                participate in a State purchasing consortia or local 
                purchasing consortia; or
                    ``(C) use more than the amount reserved under 
                subsection 2412(a)(1)(A) to carry out the activities 
                described in paragraph (1) unless the State educational 
                agency receives approval in accordance with section 
                2412(b)(2).

``SEC. 2415. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each local educational agency desiring a 
subgrant under this subpart shall submit to the State educational 
agency an application containing a new or updated local long-range 
strategic educational technology plan, and such other information as 
the State educational agency may reasonably require, and shall include 
each of the following:
            ``(1) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will align and coordinate the local educational agency's use of 
        funds under this subpart with--
                    ``(A) the local educational agency's efforts to 
                boost student achievement and close achievement gaps;
                    ``(B) the local educational agency's technology 
                plan;
                    ``(C) the local educational agency's plans and 
                activities for improving student achievement, including 
                plans and activities under sections 1111, 1112, 1116, 
                and 2123, as applicable; and
                    ``(D) funds available from other Federal, State, 
                and local sources.
            ``(2) An assurance that financial assistance provided under 
        this subpart will supplement, and not supplant, other funds 
        available to carry out activities assisted under this subpart.
            ``(3) A description of the process used to assess and, as 
        needed, update technologies throughout the local educational 
        agency.
            ``(4) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will--
                    ``(A) enable schools served by the local 
                educational agency to build the technological capacity 
                and infrastructure (including through local purchasing 
                of eligible technology), necessary for the full 
                implementation of online assessments for all students 
                (including students with disabilities and English 
                learners); and
                    ``(B) ensure the interoperability of data systems 
                and eligible technology.
            ``(5) A description of the results of the technology 
        readiness survey completed by the local educational agency.
            ``(6) A description of the local educational agency's 
        student technology literacy standards, the agency's goals for 
        the technology skills for teachers and administrators, and an 
        assurance that the student technology literacy standards meet 
        the requirements of section 2403.
            ``(7) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will evaluate teachers' proficiency and progress in 
        implementing technology for teaching and learning.
            ``(8) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will ensure that principals have the expertise to evaluate 
        teachers' proficiency and progress in implementing technology 
        for teaching and learning and the interoperability of data 
        systems and eligible technology.
            ``(9) A description of--
                    ``(A) the local educational agency's procurement 
                process and process for the creation, acquisition, 
                distribution, and use of content;
                    ``(B) how the local educational agency will ensure 
                the integrity of such processes;
                    ``(C) how such processes support the goals 
                described in paragraph (1) or how a local educational 
                agency will change such processes to support such 
                goals; and
                    ``(D) how the local educational agency will ensure 
                content quality.
            ``(10) An assurance that the local educational agency will 
        protect the privacy and safety of students and teachers, 
        consistent with requirements section 444 of the General 
        Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly known as 
        the `Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974').
            ``(11) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will ensure that the subgrant received under subsection (a) is 
        not duplicative of support received under the E-rate program.
            ``(12) Such other information as the State educational 
        agency may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Competitive Grants; Systemic Education Transformation Through 
Technology Integration.--In addition to the information described in 
subsection (a), a local educational agency submitting an application 
for a Systemic Education Transformation Through Technology Integration 
subgrant shall submit to the State educational agency an application 
containing each of the following:
            ``(1) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will use the subgrant funds to implement systemic education 
        transformation, which is a comprehensive set of programs, 
        practices, and technologies to improve student achievement and 
        close achievement gaps that--
                    ``(A) collectively lead to school or school 
                district change and improvement, including in the use 
                of technology; and
                    ``(B) incorporate all of the following elements:
                            ``(i) Reform or redesign of curriculum, 
                        instruction, assessment, use of data, or other 
                        practices through the use of technology in 
                        order to increase student learning opportunity, 
                        and engagement in learning.
                            ``(ii) Improvement of educator quality, 
                        knowledge and skills, and effectiveness through 
                        ongoing, sustainable, timely, and contextual 
                        professional development described in section 
                        2416(b)(1)(A).
                            ``(iii) Ongoing use of formative and other 
                        assessments and other timely data sources and 
                        data systems to more effectively identify 
                        individual student learning needs and 
                        personalize learning.
                            ``(iv) Engagement of school district 
                        leaders, school leaders, and classroom 
                        educators.
                            ``(v) Programs, practices, and technologies 
                        that are based on scientific research.
            ``(2) An assurance that the local educational agency will 
        use not less than 25 percent of the subgrant funds to implement 
        a program of professional development described in section 
        2416(b)(1)(A).
            ``(3) A description of how the local educational agency 
        will evaluate the impact of 1 or more programs or activities 
        carried out under this subpart.
    ``(c) Formula Grants; Improving Teaching and Learning Through 
Technology.--In addition to the information described in subsection 
(a), a local educational agency submitting an application for an 
Improving Teaching and Learning Through Technology subgrant shall 
submit to the State educational agency an application containing each 
of the following:
            ``(1) An assurance that the local educational agency will 
        use not less than 40 percent of the subgrant funds for ensuring 
        educators, including teachers and administrators, are 
        technology literate, prepared to use technology to improve the 
        curriculum and instruction, and are connected online to 
        supports and resources, including--
                    ``(A) for professional development described in 
                section 2416(b)(1)(A); and
                    ``(B) to provide educators with ongoing access to 
                technology tools, applications, supports and other 
                resources, including those related specifically to such 
                professional development activities.
            ``(2) A description of the local educational agency's 
        program of professional development described in section 
        2416(b)(1)(A).
            ``(3) A description of the use of technology tools, 
        applications, and other resources to improve student learning 
        and achievement in the area of priority identified under 
        paragraph (4).
            ``(4) A description of the priority area subgrant funds 
        will target, identified from among the core academic subjects, 
        grade levels, and student subgroup populations in which the 
        most number of students served by the local educational agency 
        are not proficient.
            ``(5) A description of how funds will be used to integrate 
        technology to redesign the curriculum or instruction, implement 
        computer-based and online assessments, improve use of data to 
        personalize learning, or improve education productivity.
    ``(d) Combined Applications.--A local educational agency that 
submits an application under subsection (b), may, upon notice to the 
State educational agency, submit a single application that will also be 
considered as an application for subgrant funds awarded under 
subsection (c), if the application addresses each application 
requirement under subsections (a), (b), and (c).

``SEC. 2416. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Competitive Grants; Systemic Education Transformation Through 
Technology Integration.--A local educational agency that receives funds 
through a subgrant under section 2412(a)(2)(B), shall carry out 
activities to improve student learning, technology literacy, and 
achievement, as follows:
            ``(1) Use not less than 5 percent of such funds to evaluate 
        the impact of 1 or more programs or activities carried out 
        under the subgrant as identified in the local educational 
        agency's application and approved by the State educational 
        agency.
            ``(2) Use funds remaining after carrying out paragraph (1) 
        to implement a plan for systemic education transformation in 1 
        or more schools, in accordance with section 2415(b)(1), 
        including each of the following:
                    ``(A) Using not less than 25 percent of subgrant 
                funds to ensure educators, including teachers and 
                administrators, are technology literate, prepared to 
                use technology to improve the curriculum and 
                instruction, and are connected online to supports and 
                resources, including through the following:
                            ``(i) Professional development activities, 
                        as described in subsection (b)(1)(A).
                            ``(ii) The acquisition and implementation 
                        of technology tools, applications, and other 
                        resources to provide educators with ongoing 
                        access and support, including for use in the 
                        professional development activities described 
                        in clause (i).
                    ``(B) Acquiring and effectively implementing 
                technology tools, applications, and other resources in 
                conjunction with enhancing or redesigning the 
                curriculum or instruction in order to--
                            ``(i) increase student learning opportunity 
                        or access, student engagement in learning, or 
                        student attendance or graduation rates;
                            ``(ii) improve student achievement in 1 or 
                        more of the core academic subjects; and
                            ``(iii) improve student technology 
                        literacy.
                    ``(C) Acquiring and effectively implementing 
                eligible technology, tools, applications, and other 
                resources to--
                            ``(i) conduct ongoing formative and other 
                        assessments and use other timely data sources 
                        and data systems to more effectively identify 
                        and address individual student learning needs;
                            ``(ii) support personalized student 
                        learning, including through instructional 
                        software and digital content that supports the 
                        learning needs of each student, or through 
                        providing access to high-quality courses and 
                        instructors otherwise not available except 
                        through technology and online learning;
                            ``(iii) conduct other activities consistent 
                        with research-based or innovative systemic 
                        education transformation, including activities 
                        that increase parental involvement; and
                            ``(iv) address readiness shortfalls 
                        identified under the technology readiness 
                        survey completed by the local educational 
                        agency.
    ``(b) Formula Grants; Improving Teaching and Learning Through 
Technology.--A local educational agency that receives funds through a 
subgrant under section 2412(a)(2)(A), shall carry out activities to 
improve student learning, technology literacy, and achievement in the 
area of priority identified under section 2415(c)(4), as follows:
            ``(1) Use not less than 40 percent of such funds for 
        professional development activities that are aligned with 
        activities supported under section 2123 to improve educator 
        effectiveness and quality through support for the following:
                    ``(A) Training of school personnel, which--
                            ``(i) shall include the development, 
                        acquisition, or delivery of--
                                    ``(I) training that is ongoing, 
                                sustainable, timely, and directly 
                                related to up-to-date teaching content 
                                areas;
                                    ``(II) training in strategies and 
                                pedagogy in the core academic subjects 
                                that involve use of technology and 
                                curriculum redesign as key components 
                                of changing teaching and learning and 
                                improving student achievement and 
                                technology literacy;
                                    ``(III) training in the use of 
                                computer-based and online assessments, 
                                and in the use of student performance 
                                and other data for individualized 
                                instruction;
                                    ``(IV) training that includes 
                                ongoing communication and follow-up 
                                with instructors, facilitators, and 
                                peers; and
                            ``(ii) may include--
                                    ``(I) the use of, and training of, 
                                instructional technology specialists, 
                                mentors, master teachers, or coaches to 
                                serve as experts and train other 
                                teachers in the effective use of 
                                technology; and
                                    ``(II) the use of technology, such 
                                as distance learning and online virtual 
                                educator-to-educator peer communities, 
                                as a means for delivering professional 
                                development.
                    ``(B) The acquisition and implementation of 
                eligible technology, tools, applications, and other 
                resources to be employed in the professional 
                development activities described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Use funds remaining after carrying out paragraph (1) 
        to acquire or implement technology tools, applications, and 
        other resources to improve student learning, technology 
        literacy, and achievement in the area of priority identified by 
        the local educational agency, including through 1 or more of 
        the following:
                    ``(A) Conducting ongoing formative assessment and 
                using other timely data sources and data systems to 
                more effectively identify and address individual 
                student learning needs.
                    ``(B) Supporting personalized student learning, 
                including through instructional software and digital 
                content that supports the learning needs of each 
                student, or through providing access to high-quality 
                courses and instructors not otherwise available except 
                through technology such as online learning.
                    ``(C) Increasing parental involvement through 
                improved communication with teachers and access to 
                student assignments and grades.
                    ``(D) Enhancing accountability, instruction, and 
                data-driven decisionmaking through data systems that 
                allow for management, analysis, and disaggregating of 
                student, teacher, and school data.
                    ``(E) Such other activities as are appropriate and 
                consistent with the goals and purposes of this part.
    ``(c) Multiple Grants.--A local educational agency that receives 
subgrants under both subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) of section 
2412(a)(2) may use all such subgrant funds for activities authorized 
under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Modification of Funding Allocations.--A State educational 
agency may authorize a local educational agency to modify the 
percentage of the local educational agency's subgrant funds required to 
carry out the activities described in subsections (a) or (b) if the 
local educational agency demonstrates that such modification will 
assist the local educational agency in more effectively carrying out 
such activities.
    ``(e) Purchasing Consortia.--Local educational agencies receiving 
subgrants under subsection (a) or (b) may--
            ``(1) form a local purchasing consortia with other such 
        local educational agencies to carry out the activities 
        described in subsection (a) or (b), including purchasing 
        eligible technology; and
            ``(2) use such funds for purchasing eligible technology 
        through a State purchasing consortia under section 2414(c).

``SEC. 2417. REPORTING.

    ``(a) Local Educational Agencies.--Each local educational agency 
receiving a subgrant under this part shall submit to the State 
educational agency that awarded such subgrant an annual report that 
meets the requirements of subsection (c).
    ``(b) State Educational Agencies.--Each State educational agency 
receiving a grant under this subpart shall submit to the Secretary an 
annual report that meets the requirements of subsection (c).
    ``(c) Report Requirements.--A report submitted under subsection (a) 
or (b) shall include, at a minimum, a description of--
            ``(1) the status of the State educational agency's plan 
        described in section 2413(b)(1) or the local educational 
        agency's technology plan under section 2415(a)(1)(B), as 
        applicable;
            ``(2) the categories of eligible technology acquired with 
        funds under this subpart and how such technology is being used;
            ``(3) the professional development activities funded under 
        this subpart, including types of activities and entities 
        involved in providing such professional development to 
        classroom teachers and other staff, such as school librarians;
            ``(4) the instruction, strategies, activities, and 
        curricula used in the programs funded under this subpart; and
            ``(5) the types of programs funded under this subpart.

                      ``Subpart 2--Internet Safety

``SEC. 2421. INTERNET SAFETY.

    ``(a) In General.--No funds made available under this part to a 
local educational agency for an elementary school or secondary school 
that does not receive services at discount rates under section 
254(h)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(5)) may 
be used to purchase computers used to access the Internet, or to pay 
for direct costs associated with accessing the Internet, for such 
school unless the school, school board, local educational agency, or 
other authority with responsibility for administration of such school 
both--
            ``(1)(A) has in place a policy of Internet safety for 
        minors that includes the operation of a technology protection 
        measure with respect to any of its computers with Internet 
        access that protects against access through such computers to 
        visual depictions that are--
                    ``(i) obscene;
                    ``(ii) child pornography; or
                    ``(iii) harmful to minors; and
            ``(B) is enforcing the operation of such technology 
        protection measure during any use of such computers by minors; 
        and
            ``(2)(A) has in place a policy of Internet safety that 
        includes the operation of a technology protection measure with 
        respect to any of its computers with Internet access that 
        protects against access through such computers to visual 
        depictions that are--
                    ``(i) obscene; or
                    ``(ii) child pornography; and
            ``(B) is enforcing the operation of such technology 
        protection measure during any use of such computers.
    ``(b) Timing and Applicability of Implementation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The local educational agency with 
        responsibility for a school covered by subsection (a) shall 
        certify the compliance of such school with the requirements of 
        subsection (a) as part of the application process for each 
        program funding year.
            ``(2) Process.--
                    ``(A) Schools with internet safety policies and 
                technology protection measures in place.--A local 
                educational agency with responsibility for a school 
                covered by subsection (a) that has in place an Internet 
                safety policy meeting the requirements of subsection 
                (a) shall certify its compliance with subsection (a) 
                during each annual program application cycle under this 
                part.
                    ``(B) Schools without internet safety policies and 
                technology protection measures in place.--
                            ``(i) Certification.--A local educational 
                        agency with responsibility for a school covered 
                        by subsection (a) that does not have in place 
                        an Internet safety policy meeting the 
                        requirements of subsection (a) for each year in 
                        which the local educational agency is applying 
                        for funds for such school under this part, 
                        shall certify that it is undertaking such 
                        actions, including any necessary procurement 
                        procedures, to put in place an Internet safety 
                        policy that meets such requirements.
                            ``(ii) Ineligibility.--Any school covered 
                        by subsection (a) for which the local 
                        educational agency concerned is unable to 
                        certify compliance with such requirements for a 
                        year shall be ineligible for all funding under 
                        this part for such year and all subsequent 
                        years until such time as such school comes into 
                        compliance with such requirements.
    ``(c) Disabling During Certain Use.--An administrator, supervisor, 
or person authorized by the responsible authority under subsection (a) 
may disable the technology protection measure concerned to enable 
access for bona fide research or other lawful purposes.
    ``(d) Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Use of general education provisions act remedies.--
        Whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that any recipient 
        of funds under this part is failing to comply substantially 
        with the requirements of this section, the Secretary may--
                    ``(A) withhold further payments to the recipient 
                under this part;
                    ``(B) issue a complaint to compel compliance of the 
                recipient through a cease and desist order; or
                    ``(C) enter into a compliance agreement with a 
                recipient to bring it into compliance with such 
                requirements,
        in same manner as the Secretary is authorized to take such 
        actions under sections 455, 456, and 457, respectively, of the 
        General Education Provisions Act.
            ``(2) Recovery of funds prohibited.--The actions authorized 
        by paragraph (1) are the exclusive remedies available with 
        respect to the failure of a school to comply substantially with 
        a provision of this section, and the Secretary shall not seek a 
        recovery of funds from the recipient for such failure.
            ``(3) Recommencement of payments.--Whenever the Secretary 
        determines (whether by certification or other appropriate 
        evidence) that a recipient of funds who is subject to the 
        withholding of payments under paragraph (1)(A) has cured the 
        failure providing the basis for the withholding of payments, 
        the Secretary shall cease the withholding of payments to the 
        recipient under that paragraph.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this subpart:
            ``(1) Access to internet.--A computer shall be considered 
        to have access to the Internet if such computer is equipped 
        with a modem or is connected to a computer network that has 
        access to the Internet.
            ``(2) Acquisition or operation.--An elementary school or 
        secondary school shall be considered to have received funds 
        under this part for the acquisition or operation of any 
        computer if such funds are used in any manner, directly or 
        indirectly--
                    ``(A) to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire or 
                obtain the use of such computer; or
                    ``(B) to obtain services, supplies, software, or 
                other actions or materials to support, or in connection 
                with, the operation of such computer.
            ``(3) Child pornography.--The term `child pornography' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 2256 of title 18, United 
        States Code.
            ``(4) Computer.--The term `computer' includes any hardware, 
        software, or other technology attached or connected to, 
        installed in, or otherwise used in connection with a computer.
            ``(5) Harmful to minors.--The term `harmful to minors' 
        means any picture, image, graphic image file, or other visual 
        depiction that--
                    ``(A) taken as a whole and with respect to minors, 
                appeals to a prurient interest in nudity, sex, or 
                excretion;
                    ``(B) depicts, describes, or represents, in a 
                patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable 
                for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual 
                contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual 
                acts, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals; and
                    ``(C) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, 
                artistic, political, or scientific value as to minors.
            ``(6) Minor.--The term `minor' means an individual who has 
        not attained the age of 17.
            ``(7) Obscene.--The term `obscene' has the meaning 
        applicable to that term under section 1460 of title 18, United 
        States Code.
            ``(8) Sexual act and sexual contact.--The terms `sexual 
        act' and `sexual contact' have the meanings given those terms 
        in section 2246 of title 18, United States Code.
    ``(f) Severability.--If any provision of this section is held 
invalid, the remainder of this section shall not be affected 
thereby.''.

   TITLE III--LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC CONTENT INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH 
                    LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

SEC. 3001. LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC CONTENT INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH 
              LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS.

    Title III (20 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

  ``TITLE III--LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC CONTENT INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH 
                    LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

   ``PART A--ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND 
                        ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACT

``SEC. 3101. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `English Language Acquisition, 
Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act'.

``SEC. 3102. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to ensure that English learners, including immigrant 
        children and youth, achieve English proficiency;
            ``(2) to supplement the other services under this Act and 
        related programs designed to ensure that English learners 
        develop high levels of academic attainment and meet the college 
        and career ready standards under section 1111(a)(1);
            ``(3) to support States as they--
                    ``(A) adopt English language proficiency standards 
                that include not less than 4 levels of English 
                proficiency;
                    ``(B) establish statewide frameworks for 
                identifying and supporting English learners; and
                    ``(C) adopt valid and reliable assessments of 
                English proficiency aligned to--
                            ``(i) English language proficiency 
                        standards;
                            ``(ii) the statewide criteria for 
                        identifying English learners,;
                            ``(iii) entering and exiting criteria; and
                            ``(iv) a statewide system for supporting 
                        English learners; and
            ``(4) to support the efforts of early childhood educators, 
        teachers, school leaders, State educational agencies, and local 
        educational agencies to develop and enhance the capacity and 
        flexibility needed to--
                    ``(A) provide evidence-based, linguistically and 
                culturally appropriate services to assist English 
                learners supported under this part in--
                            ``(i) attaining English language 
                        proficiency;
                            ``(ii) meeting college and career ready 
                        academic content standards under section 
                        1111(a)(1); and
                            ``(iii) achieving school readiness before 
                        kindergarten entry;
                    ``(B) implement such services effectively;
                    ``(C) evaluate the impact of such services on 
                school readiness, English language proficiency, and 
                academic content knowledge;
                    ``(D) modify such services as appropriate to meet 
                the needs of students; and
                    ``(E) create the conditions for learning necessary 
                to meet the needs of English learners so English 
                learners can access rigorous academic content; and
            ``(5) to promote family and community participation in 
        language instruction educational programs in communities for 
        parents of English learners.

``Subpart 1--Grants and Subgrants for English Language Acquisition and 
                          Language Enhancement

``SEC. 3111. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of each State educational agency 
having a plan approved by the Secretary for a fiscal year under section 
3113, the Secretary shall make a grant for the year to the agency for 
the purposes specified in subsection (b). The grant shall consist of 
the allotment determined for the State educational agency under 
subsection (c).
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Subgrants to eligible entities.--The Secretary may 
        make a grant under subsection (a) only if the State educational 
        agency involved agrees to expend not less than 95 percent of 
        the State educational agency's allotment under subsection (c) 
        for a fiscal year--
                    ``(A) to award subgrants, from allocations under 
                section 3114, to eligible entities to carry out the 
                activities described in section 3115 (other than 
                subsection (e) of that section); and
                    ``(B) to award subgrants under section 3114(d)(1) 
                to eligible entities that are described in that 
                subsection to carry out the activities described in 
                section 3115(d).
            ``(2) State activities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                each State educational agency receiving a grant under 
                subsection (a) may reserve not more than 10 percent of 
                the agency's allotment under subsection (c) for the 
                purpose of carrying out 1 or more of the following 
                activities:
                            ``(i) Establishing and implementing a 
                        framework for identifying English learners that 
                        includes not less than 4 levels of English 
                        proficiency that--
                                    ``(I) can reasonably be measured;
                                    ``(II) are based on actual student 
                                performance; and
                                    ``(III) shall be used for 
                                identification, placement in English 
                                language instruction, reporting, and 
                                accountability purposes.
                            ``(ii) Establishing and implementing 
                        standardized, statewide evidence-based entrance 
                        and exit procedures, including a requirement 
                        that all students who may be English learners 
                        are assessed for such status within 30 days of 
                        enrollment in a school in the State.
                            ``(iii) Establishing and implementing 
                        policies to support local educational agencies 
                        as local educational agencies ensure the 
                        continuity of English-learner identification 
                        and English proficiency level for students who 
                        transfer between local educational agencies.
                            ``(iv) Adopting and implementing high-
                        quality, evidence-based English language 
                        proficiency standards and matching assessments 
                        that identify not less than 4 levels of English 
                        proficiency and that are aligned with the 
                        college and career ready standards under 
                        section 1111(a)(1) adopted by the State for 
                        each grade level that--
                                    ``(I) set high expectations 
                                regarding academic achievement and 
                                linguistic proficiency for English 
                                learners at all levels of proficiency; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) support teachers as teachers 
                                enhance instruction to support English 
                                learners.
                            ``(v) Establishing and implementing systems 
                        and policies to encourage and facilitate the 
                        sharing of highly effective practices for 
                        serving English learners among local 
                        educational agencies.
                            ``(vi) Developing, in States where 20 
                        percent of the English learner population has 
                        the same native language and a minimum of 
                        10,000 students speak that language, native-
                        language content assessments for students of 
                        that language group who cannot yet access the 
                        content in English, and incorporating the 
                        results of those assessments into the 
                        accountability system established under section 
                        1111(a)(3) and 1116.
                            ``(vii) Providing technical assistance to 
                        local educational agencies regarding 
                        professional development and family and 
                        community outreach and engagement.
                            ``(viii) As appropriate, providing 
                        competitive grants to support improved outreach 
                        and school readiness in early education 
                        settings.
                            ``(ix) As appropriate, developing curricula 
                        appropriate for dual-language instructional 
                        environments.
                            ``(x) Planning, administration, and 
                        interagency coordination.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--A State may use not more than 
                one-third of the amount reserved under subparagraph (A) 
                or $175,000, whichever is greater, for the activities 
                described in subparagraph (A)(x).
    ``(c) Reservations and Allotments.--
            ``(1) Reservations.--From the amount appropriated under 
        section 3(j) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        reserve--
                    ``(A) 0.5 percent or $5,000,000 of such amount, 
                whichever is greater, for payments to eligible entities 
                that are defined under section 3112(a) for activities, 
                approved by the Secretary, consistent with this 
                subpart;
                    ``(B) 0.5 percent of such amount for payments to 
                outlying areas, to be allotted in accordance with their 
                respective needs for assistance under this subpart (as 
                determined by the Secretary) for activities that are 
                approved by the Secretary and consistent with the 
                purposes of this subpart;
                    ``(C) 3.5 percent of such amount for national 
                activities under subpart 3, except that not more than 
                0.5 percent of such amount shall be reserved for 
                evaluation activities conducted by the Secretary and 
                not more than $2,000,000 of such amount may be reserved 
                for the National Clearinghouse for English Learner 
                Support and Educational Programs described in section 
                3203; and
                    ``(D) 3 percent of such amount for technical 
                assistance provided to States under section 3122(c).
            ``(2) State allotments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), from the amount appropriated under 
                section 3(j) for each fiscal year that remains after 
                making the reservations under paragraph (1), the 
                Secretary shall allot to each State educational agency 
                having a plan approved under section 3113(c)--
                            ``(i) an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to 80 percent of the remainder as 
                        the number of English learners in the State 
                        bears to the number of such children in all 
                        States , as determined by using data in 
                        accordance with paragraph (3); and
                            ``(ii) an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to 20 percent of the remainder as 
                        the number of immigrant children and youth in 
                        the State bears to the number of such children 
                        and youth in all States, as determined based 
                        only on data available from the American 
                        Community Survey conducted by the Department of 
                        Commerce.
                    ``(B) Minimum allotments.--No State educational 
                agency shall receive an allotment under this paragraph 
                that is less than $500,000.
                    ``(C) Reallotment.--If any State educational agency 
                described in subparagraph (A) does not submit a plan to 
                the Secretary for a fiscal year, or submits a plan (or 
                any amendment to a plan) that the Secretary, after 
                reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, 
                determines does not satisfy the requirements of this 
                subpart, the Secretary shall reallot any portion of 
                such allotment to the remaining State educational 
                agencies in accordance with subparagraph (A).
                    ``(D) Special rule for puerto rico.--The total 
                amount allotted to Puerto Rico for any fiscal year 
                under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 0.5 percent of 
                the total amount allotted to all States for that fiscal 
                year.
            ``(3) Use of data for determinations.--In making State 
        allotments under paragraph (2)(A)(i), for each fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall determine the number of English learners in a 
        State and in all States, for each fiscal year, using the most 
        accurate, up-to-date data, which may be--
                    ``(A) data available from the American Community 
                Survey conducted by the Department of Commerce, which 
                may be multiyear estimates;
                    ``(B) the number of students assessed as not having 
                attained English language proficiency, based on the 
                State's English language proficiency assessment under 
                section 1111(a)(2)(D), which may be multi-year 
                estimates;
                    ``(C) a combination of data available under 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B); or
                    ``(D) the most reliable source of data available to 
                the Secretary for determining the number of immigrant 
                children and youth in a State and in all States.

``SEC. 3112. NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.

    ``(a) Eligible Entities.--For the purpose of carrying out programs 
under this part for individuals served by elementary schools, secondary 
schools, and postsecondary schools operated predominately for Native 
American children (including Alaska Native children), the following 
shall be considered to be an eligible entity:
            ``(1) An Indian tribe.
            ``(2) A tribally sanctioned educational authority.
            ``(3) A Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander 
        native language educational organization.
            ``(4) An elementary school or secondary school that is 
        operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education of the 
        Department of the Interior, or a consortium of such schools.
            ``(5) An elementary school or secondary school operated 
        under a contract with or grant from the Bureau of Indian 
        Education of the Department of the Interior, in consortium with 
        another such school or a tribal or community organization.
            ``(6) An elementary school or secondary school operated by 
        the Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the 
        Interior and an institution of higher education, in consortium 
        with an elementary school or secondary school operated under a 
        contract with or grant from the Bureau of Indian Education of 
        the Department of the Interior or a tribal or community 
        organization.
    ``(b) Submission of Applications for Assistance.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this part, an entity that is considered to be an 
eligible entity under subsection (a) that desires to receive Federal 
financial assistance under this subpart, shall submit an application to 
the Secretary.
    ``(c) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Ineligibility for multiple awards for same period.--
        An eligible entity described in subsection (a) that receives a 
        grant under this section shall not be eligible to receive a 
        subgrant under section 3114 for the same period.
            ``(2) Native american language programs.--An eligible 
        entity described in subsection (a) that receives a grant under 
        this section may, in addition to other activities supported 
        under this subpart, use the grant funds to support Native 
        American language immersion programs and Native American 
        language restoration programs, which may be taught by 
        traditional or tribal leaders.

``SEC. 3113. STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.

    ``(a) Plan Required.--Each State educational agency desiring a 
grant under this subpart shall submit a plan to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each plan submitted under subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) describe the process that the agency will use in 
        awarding subgrants to eligible entities under this subpart;
            ``(2) include high-quality, evidence-based English language 
        proficiency standards aligned with the college and career ready 
        standards adopted by the State and described in section 
        1111(a)(1) for each grade level that--
                    ``(A) set high expectations regarding academic 
                achievement and linguistic proficiency for English 
                learners at all levels of proficiency; and
                    ``(B) support teachers as teachers enhance 
                curriculum and instruction to support English learners;
            ``(3) include a statewide framework for identifying, 
        supporting, and exiting English learners that--
                    ``(A) is aligned with the English language 
                proficiency standards described in paragraph (2); and
                    ``(B) includes not less than 4 levels of 
                proficiency;
            ``(4) describe the statewide framework adopted under 
        paragraph (3), including a justification for the number of 
        levels of proficiency, the defining characteristics of each 
        level, and a description of the extent to which students can 
        use the English language to access rigorous academic content at 
        each level of English language proficiency;
            ``(5) include a State English language proficiency 
        assessment system that--
                    ``(A) is valid, reliable, and aligned to the 
                English language proficiency standards described in 
                paragraph (2) and the statewide framework described in 
                paragraph (3); and
                    ``(B) provides relevant information to educators to 
                better meet the needs of the English learners being 
                served;
            ``(6) describe how the State will ensure that--
                    ``(A) each student is proficient in academic 
                English not more than 5 years after being identified as 
                an English learner; and
                    ``(B) in the case of a student who is an English 
                learner who will graduate from secondary school in less 
                than 5 years of being identified as an English 
                learner--
                            ``(i) such English learner student will 
                        receive not less than 5 years of services to 
                        help the student attain English proficiency;
                            ``(ii) such English learner student will 
                        continue to receive services to gain English 
                        proficiency after graduation from secondary 
                        school, through a memorandum of understanding 
                        between the local educational agency and a 
                        local institution of higher education; and
                            ``(iii) if such English learner student 
                        does not attain English proficiency not more 
                        than 5 years after being identified as an 
                        English learner, the student will not be 
                        counted as a graduating student in the State or 
                        local educational agency's calculation of the 
                        graduation rate;
            ``(7) provide an assurance the State will include English 
        language proficiency assessment results as a representative and 
        significant portion of the State-designed professional growth 
        and improvement system, and a description of the process for 
        doing so;
            ``(8) provide an assurance the State will include English 
        language proficiency assessment results as a significant 
        portion of the State-designed professional growth and 
        improvement system for all teachers of English learners, and a 
        description of the process for doing so;
            ``(9) describe how the State educational agency will 
        support local educational agencies in assisting English 
        learners in acquiring proficiency in each of the 4 language 
        domains of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, as 
        measured by the State's English language proficiency 
        assessment;
            ``(10) describe how the State educational agency will 
        encourage and facilitate the sharing of highly-effective 
        practices for serving English learners among local educational 
        agencies, and, to the extent practicable, early childhood 
        education programs;
            ``(11) describe how the State educational agency will 
        coordinate programs and activities carried out under this 
        subpart with the other programs and activities that such agency 
        carries out under this Act, the Individuals with Disabilities 
        Education Act, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
        Education Act of 2006, the Head Start Act, the Child Care and 
        Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), 
        the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), 
        and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act;
            ``(12) describe how the agency will assist eligible 
        entities in increasing the extent to which English learners 
        acquire English language proficiency within the time frame 
        described in paragraph (6), as informed by evidence-based 
        practices;
            ``(13) provide an assurance eligible entities in the State 
        will be given the flexibility to teach English learners using a 
        language instruction curriculum that has been demonstrated to 
        be effective;
            ``(14) describe how the agency will manage subgrants 
        awarded under this subpart, including--
                    ``(A) how the agency will ensure subgrant funds are 
                expended to support the provision of services to help 
                English learners achieve English language proficiency 
                and meet the State's college and career ready academic 
                content standards, which may include using a evidence-
                based language instruction curriculum;
                    ``(B) how the agency will monitor eligible entities 
                receiving a subgrant under this part to ensure 
                compliance with applicable Federal fiscal requirements, 
                while also assisting such entities in building their 
                capacity to offer high-quality services; and
                    ``(C) how the agency will, in awarding subgrants 
                under section 3114, address the needs of local 
                educational agencies of all sizes and in all geographic 
                areas, including local educational agencies that serve 
                rural and urban schools;
            ``(15) identify the lowest performing local educational 
        agencies in the State (regarding the activities described in 
        this title) and describe how the State will ensure that those 
        local educational agencies improve; and
            ``(16) provide an assurance the plan has been developed in 
        consultation with local educational agencies, teachers, 
        administrators of programs described under this part, parents, 
        family members, community partners, and other relevant 
        stakeholders.
    ``(c) Approval.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, after using a peer review 
        process, shall approve a plan submitted under subsection (a) if 
        the plan meets the requirements of this section.
            ``(2) Frequency and duration.--The State shall resubmit the 
        plan submitted under subsection (a) every 4 years, and such 
        resubmissions shall coincide with the years that the State 
        submits a State plan under title I.
            ``(3) Additional information.--
                    ``(A) Amendments.--If a State educational agency 
                amends the plan approved under this subsection, the 
                agency shall submit the amendment to the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Approval.--The Secretary shall approve an 
                amendment to an approved plan, unless the Secretary 
                determines that the amendment will result in the agency 
                not meeting the requirements, or fulfilling the 
                purposes, of this part.
    ``(d) Consolidated Plan.--A plan submitted under subsection (a) may 
be submitted as part of a State consolidated plan.
    ``(e) Secretary Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide technical 
assistance, if requested, in the development of English language 
proficiency standards, performance targets, and assessments.

``SEC. 3114. WITHIN-STATE ALLOCATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--After making the reservation required under 
subsection (d)(1), each State educational agency receiving a grant 
under section 3111(c)(2) shall award subgrants for a fiscal year by 
allocating, in a timely manner, to each eligible entity in the State 
having a plan approved under section 3116, an amount that bears the 
same relationship to the amount received under the grant and remaining 
after making such reservation as the population of English learners in 
public and nonpublic schools served by the eligible entity bears to the 
population of English learners in public and nonpublic schools served 
by all eligible entities in the State.
    ``(b) Limitation.--A State educational agency shall not award a 
subgrant from an allocation made under subsection (a) if the amount of 
such subgrant would be less than $10,000.
    ``(c) Reallocation.--Whenever a State educational agency determines 
that an amount from an allocation made to an eligible entity under 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year will not be used by the entity for the 
purpose for which the allocation was made, the agency shall, in 
accordance with such rules as the agency determines to be appropriate, 
reallocate such amount, consistent with such subsection, to other 
eligible entities in the State that the agency determines will use the 
amount to carry out that purpose.
    ``(d) Required Reservation.--A State educational agency receiving a 
grant under this subpart for a fiscal year--
            ``(1) may reserve not more than 15 percent of the agency's 
        allotment under section 3111(c)(2) to award subgrants to 
        eligible entities in the State that have experienced a 
        significant increase, as compared to the average of the 2 
        preceding fiscal years, in the percentage or number of 
        immigrant children and youth, including students with 
        interrupted formal education, who have enrolled, during the 
        fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the subgrant is 
        made, in public and nonpublic elementary schools and secondary 
        schools in the geographic areas under the jurisdiction of, or 
        served by, such entities; and
            ``(2) in awarding subgrants under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) shall consider eligible entities that satisfy 
                the requirement of such paragraph but have limited or 
                no experience in serving immigrant children and youth, 
                including students with interrupted formal education,;
                    ``(B) shall consider eligible entities that 
                experience a significant increase in the percentage of 
                immigrant children and youth served, including students 
                with interrupted formal education, and eligible 
                entities that experience a significant increase in the 
                number of immigrant children and youth served, 
                including students with interrupted formal education; 
                and
                    ``(C) shall consider the quality of each local plan 
                under section 3116 and ensure that each subgrant is of 
                sufficient size and scope to meet the purposes of this 
                part.

``SEC. 3115. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

    ``(a) Purposes of Subgrants.--A State educational agency may make a 
subgrant to an eligible entity from funds received by the agency under 
this subpart only if the entity agrees to expend the funds to 
supplement the education of English learners by helping English 
learners learn English and meet the State college and career ready 
academic content and student academic achievement standards. The 
eligible subgrantee shall carry out activities with such funds, using 
evidence-based approaches and methodologies that have been demonstrated 
to be effective for teaching English learners and immigrant children 
and youth, for the following purposes:
            ``(1) Developing and implementing new language instruction 
        educational programs and academic content instruction programs 
        for English learners and immigrant children and youth, 
        including early childhood education programs, elementary school 
        programs, and secondary school programs.
            ``(2) Carrying out highly focused, innovative, locally 
        designed, evidence-based activities to expand or enhance 
        existing language instruction educational programs and academic 
        content instruction programs for English learners and immigrant 
        children and youth.
            ``(3) Implementing, within an individual school, whole 
        school programs for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all 
        relevant programs, activities, and operations relating to 
        language instruction educational programs and academic content 
        instruction for English learners and immigrant children and 
        youth.
            ``(4) Implementing, within the entire jurisdiction of a 
        local educational agency, agencywide programs for 
        restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all relevant programs, 
        activities, and operations relating to language instruction 
        educational programs and academic content instruction for 
        English learners and immigrant children and youth.
    ``(b) Administrative Expenses.--Each eligible entity receiving 
funds under section 3114(a) for a fiscal year may use not more than 2 
percent of such funds for the cost of administering this subpart.
    ``(c) Allowable Activities.--An eligible agency that receives a 
subgrant under section 3114 may use subgrant funds to meet the academic 
and language needs of English learners, in order to meet the 
performance targets described under section 3121, by carrying out the 
following activities:
            ``(1)(A) Developing an individual performance target for 
        each English learner that is not less than the rate of growth 
        in English proficiency necessary for the student to achieve 
        proficiency not more than 5 years after being identified as an 
        English learner; and
            ``(B) in the case of a student who will graduate from 
        secondary school in less than 5 years, ensuring that--
                    ``(i) such student will receive not less than 4 
                years of services to help the student attain English 
                proficiency;
                    ``(ii) the student will continue to receive 
                services to gain English proficiency after graduation 
                from secondary school, through a partnership between 
                the local educational agency and a local institution of 
                higher education; and
                    ``(iii) if a student described in this subparagraph 
                does not attain English proficiency not more than 5 
                years after being identified as an English learner, the 
                student will not be counted as a graduating student in 
                the local educational agency's calculation of the 
                graduation rate.
            ``(2) Developing and carrying out sustained, long term, 
        job-embedded, data driven professional development for 
        educators that includes--
                    ``(A) specific knowledge and skills school leaders 
                need to--
                            ``(i) implement evidence-based strategies 
                        to create positive conditions for learning;
                            ``(ii) create conditions for learning;
                            ``(iii) support effective, evidence-based 
                        instructional programs;
                            ``(iv) design comprehensive professional 
                        growth plans for educators who serve English 
                        learners;
                            ``(v) develop the capacity of content-area 
                        teachers to meet the unique cultural, language, 
                        and academic needs of English learners; and
                            ``(vi) meet the unique needs, cultural and 
                        otherwise, of families of English learners;
                    ``(B) specific knowledge and skills teachers of 
                English learners need to--
                            ``(i) implement evidence-based 
                        instructional strategies for improving English 
                        learner acquisition of academic language;
                            ``(ii) meet the academic and language needs 
                        of English learners of different ages; and
                            ``(iii) meet the unique needs, cultural and 
                        otherwise, of families of English learners; and
                    ``(C) specific knowledge and skills content-area 
                teachers need to--
                            ``(i) adapt, accommodate, and enhance 
                        academic content curricula and assessments, to 
                        the greatest extent practicable, to ensure that 
                        English learners can access academic content 
                        while maintaining the high expectations 
                        necessary to meet the performance targets 
                        described under section 3121 and the college 
                        and career ready standards described in section 
                        1111(a)(1);
                            ``(ii) execute evidence-based instructional 
                        strategies for improving English learner 
                        acquisition of content-specific language and 
                        concepts;
                            ``(iii) execute evidence-based 
                        instructional practices for improving English 
                        learner acquisition of academic language; and
                            ``(iv) meet the unique needs, cultural and 
                        otherwise, of families of English learners.
            ``(3) Implementing and carrying out opportunities for 
        teachers of English learners and content-area teachers to plan 
        collaboratively during contract hours.
            ``(4) Implementing or enhancing schoolwide data analysis 
        and intervention teams to improve the achievement of English 
        learners.
            ``(5) Developing, implementing, and carrying out not less 
        than 1 of the following family engagement strategies:
                    ``(A) Implementing community school models and 
                related activities, such as opening school facilities 
                to community-based organizations, establishing parent 
                institutes, operating or supporting co-location with 
                family literacy programs, and establishing co-location 
                with public assistance programs.
                    ``(B) Providing compensatory time to allow teachers 
                to conduct home visits, or establishing a home visiting 
                program in collaboration with a community-based 
                organization.
                    ``(C) Establishing native-language family outreach 
                call centers.
                    ``(D) Other evidence-based outreach strategies.
            ``(6) As necessary, acquiring evidence-based curricular and 
        instructional materials designed to meet the needs of English 
        learners.
    ``(d) Activities by Agencies Experiencing Substantial Increases in 
Immigrant Children and Youth.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity receiving funds under 
        section 3114(d)(1) shall use the funds to pay for activities 
        that provide enhanced instructional opportunities for immigrant 
        children and youth, including students with interrupted formal 
        education, which may include--
                    ``(A) family literacy, parent and family outreach, 
                and leadership development activities designed to 
                assist parents and family members in becoming engaged 
                participants in the education and development of their 
                children;
                    ``(B) recruitment of, and support for, personnel, 
                including early childhood educators, teachers, and 
                paraprofessionals who have been specifically trained, 
                or are being trained, to provide services to immigrant 
                children and youth;
                    ``(C) the provision of tutorials, mentoring, and 
                academic or career counseling for immigrant children 
                and youth;
                    ``(D) identification, development, and acquisition 
                of curricular materials, educational software, and 
                technologies to be used in the program carried out with 
                funds awarded under section 3114(a);
                    ``(E) basic instructional services that are 
                directly attributable to the presence in the local 
                educational agency involved of immigrant children and 
                youth, including the payment of costs of providing 
                additional classroom supplies and costs of 
                transportation;
                    ``(F) such other costs that are directly 
                attributable to such additional basic instructional 
                services or that are designed to assist immigrant 
                children and youth to achieve in elementary schools and 
                secondary schools in the United States, such as 
                programs of introduction to the educational system and 
                civics education; and
                    ``(G) activities, coordinated with community-based 
                organizations (including community-based organizations 
                providing early childhood education programs), 
                institutions of higher education, private sector 
                entities, or other entities with expertise in working 
                with immigrants, to assist parents of immigrant 
                children and youth by offering comprehensive community 
                services.
            ``(2) Duration of subgrants.--The duration of a subgrant 
        made by a State educational agency under section 3114(d)(1) 
        shall be determined by the agency in the agency's discretion.
    ``(e) Selection of Method of Instruction.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity receiving a subgrant 
        from a State educational agency under this subpart shall select 
        1 or more methods or forms of evidence-based instruction to be 
        used in the programs and activities undertaken by the entity in 
        assisting English learners in attaining English language 
        proficiency and meeting State college and career ready academic 
        content standards and student academic achievement standards 
        under section 1111(a)(1) in order to be college and career 
        ready.
            ``(2) Consistency.--The selection of methods or forms of 
        instruction, as described under paragraph (1), shall be 
        consistent with sections 3125 through 3128.
    ``(f) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Federal funds made available under 
this subpart shall be used so as to supplement the level of Federal, 
State, and local public funds that, in the absence of such 
availability, would have been expended for programs for English 
learners and immigrant children and youth and in no case to supplant 
such Federal, State, and local public funds.

``SEC. 3116. LOCAL PLANS.

    ``(a) Plan Required.--Each eligible entity desiring a subgrant from 
a State educational agency under section 3114 shall submit a plan to 
the State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the State educational agency may 
require.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each plan submitted under subsection (a) for a 
subgrant under section 3114(a) shall, at a minimum--
            ``(1) describe the evidence-based programs and activities 
        proposed to be developed, implemented, and administered under 
        the subgrant, including how such programs and activities will 
        enable children to speak, read, write, and comprehend the 
        English language, meet State college and career ready academic 
        content standards and student academic achievement standards 
        under section 1111(a)(1), and be college and career ready;
            ``(2) describe how the eligible entity will hold elementary 
        schools and secondary schools receiving funds under this 
        subpart accountable for--
                    ``(A) assessing annually, in accordance with 
                section 1111(a)(2)(D), the English language proficiency 
                of all English learners participating in programs 
                funded under this subpart; and
                    ``(B) meeting timelines, progress criteria, and 
                performance targets for English learners in order to 
                ensure that students served by programs carried out 
                under this part--
                            ``(i) achieve English proficiency; and
                            ``(ii) meet the State's college and career 
                        ready academic content standards under section 
                        1111(a)(1);
            ``(3) describe how the eligible entity will engage family 
        and community members and involve them in activities carried 
        out using subgrant funds;
            ``(4) describe how the eligible entity will consult with 
        teachers, researchers, school administrators, parents, family 
        and community members, and, if appropriate, with education-
        related community groups and nonprofit organizations, and 
        institutions of higher education, in developing and 
        implementing such plan;
            ``(5) describe how language instruction and academic 
        content instruction carried out under the subgrant will ensure 
        that English learners being served by the programs develop 
        English language proficiency and demonstrate such proficiency 
        through academic content mastery;
            ``(6) describe how the eligible entity will, if applicable, 
        coordinate activities under the plan with local Head Start and 
        Early Head Start agencies, including migrant and seasonal Head 
        Start agencies, and other early childhood education providers; 
        and
            ``(7) contain an assurance that--
                    ``(A) the eligible entity is not in violation of 
                State law, including State constitutional law, 
                regarding the education of English learners, consistent 
                with sections 3124 through 3128;
                    ``(B) each local educational agency that is 
                included in the eligible entity complies with section 
                3202 prior to, and throughout, each school year; and
                    ``(C) in developing the plan, the eligible entity 
                considered how best to target funds to schools with 
                high concentrations of English learners and to support 
                continuous improvement in the services offered to 
                English learners in the area served by the eligible 
                entity.
    ``(c) Teacher English Fluency.--Each eligible entity receiving a 
subgrant under this subpart shall include in the plan a certification 
that all teachers in any language instruction educational program for 
English learners that is, or will be, funded under this part are fluent 
in the language used for instruction, including having written and oral 
communications skills.

             ``Subpart 2--Accountability and Administration

``SEC. 3121. LOCAL EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``(a) Evaluation.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        subgrant from a State educational agency under subpart 1 shall 
        provide such agency, at the conclusion of every second fiscal 
        year during which the subgrant is received, with an evaluation, 
        in a form prescribed by the agency, that includes--
                    ``(A) a description of the programs and activities 
                conducted by the entity with funds received under 
                subpart 1 during the 2 immediately preceding fiscal 
                years;
                    ``(B) a description of the progress made by 
                children in learning the English language as measured 
                by the State English language proficiency assessment 
                described in section 3113(b)(5) and meeting college and 
                career ready academic content standards and student 
                academic achievement standards under section 
                1111(a)(1);
                    ``(C) the number and percentage of children in the 
                programs and activities who meet the target established 
                under section 3113(b)(6)(A);
                    ``(D) a description of the progress made by 
                children in meeting college and career ready academic 
                content standards and student academic achievement 
                standards under section 1111(a)(1) for each of the 2 
                years after such children are no longer receiving 
                services under this part; and
                    ``(E) a description of the progress made by former 
                English learners in meeting college and career ready 
                academic content standards and student achievement 
                standards under section 1111(a)(1).
            ``(2) Use of evaluation.--An evaluation provided by an 
        eligible entity under subsection (a) shall be used by the 
        entity and the State educational agency--
                    ``(A) for improvement of programs and activities;
                    ``(B) to determine the effectiveness of programs 
                and activities in assisting children who are English 
                learners to attain English proficiency, as measured in 
                a way that is consistent with paragraph (4), and meet 
                college and career ready academic content standards and 
                student academic achievement standards under section 
                1111(a)(1); and
                    ``(C) in determining whether or not to continue 
                funding for specific programs or activities.
            ``(3) Evaluation components.--An evaluation provided by an 
        eligible entity under subsection (a) shall--
                    ``(A) provide an evaluation of children enrolled in 
                a program or activity conducted by the entity using 
                funds under subpart 1 (including the percentage of 
                children) who--
                            ``(i) are making progress in attaining 
                        English proficiency, including the percentage 
                        of children who have achieved English 
                        proficiency;
                            ``(ii) have transitioned into classrooms 
                        not tailored to English learners, and have a 
                        sufficient level of English proficiency to 
                        permit them to achieve in English and 
                        transition into classrooms not tailored to 
                        limited English learners;
                            ``(iii) are meeting the college and career 
                        ready standards under section 1111(a)(1); and
                            ``(iv) are not exempted from the State 
                        reading or language arts academic assessment in 
                        accordance with section 1111(a)(2)(B)(v)(II); 
                        and
                    ``(B) include such other information as the State 
                educational agency may require.
            ``(4) Evaluation measures.--A State shall approve 
        evaluation measures for use under paragraph (3) that are 
        designed to assess--
                    ``(A) the progress of children in attaining English 
                proficiency, including a child's level of 
                comprehension, speaking, listening, reading, and 
                writing skills in English;
                    ``(B) student attainment of college and career 
                ready student academic achievement standards under 
                section 1111(a)(1) on assessments described in section 
                1111(a)(2); and
                    ``(C) progress in meeting the annual State 
                performance targets described in section 3122.
    ``(b) Accountability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        subgrant from a State educational agency under this title shall 
        annually reach an agreement with the State educational agency 
        on a local English proficiency performance target for the 
        percentage of English learners served by the eligible entity 
        under this title who are making progress in achieving English 
        proficiency not more than 5 years after being identified as an 
        English learner. For purposes of this paragraph, English 
        proficiency shall be measured using the English language 
        proficiency assessment described in section 3113(b)(5).
            ``(2) Students who will graduate in less than 5 years.--In 
        the case of a student who will graduate from secondary school 
        in less than 5 years, if such does not attain English 
        proficiency not more than 5 years after being identified as an 
        English learner, the student shall not be counted as a 
        graduating student in the local educational agency's 
        calculation of the graduation rate.
            ``(3) Technical assistance.--During the development of the 
        improvement plan described in paragraph (4), and throughout the 
        implementation of such plan, the State educational agency 
        shall--
                    ``(A) provide technical assistance to the eligible 
                entity;
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance, if applicable, 
                to schools served by the eligible entity under subpart 
                1 that need assistance to enable the schools to meet 
                the eligible entity's local performance target 
                described in paragraph (1);
                    ``(C) assist the eligible entity in improving the 
                professional development described in section 
                3115(c)(2) that such eligible entity is providing to 
                educators; and
                    ``(D) develop, in consultation with the eligible 
                entity, a plan to incorporate evidence-based strategies 
                and methodologies to improve the specific program or 
                method of instruction provided to English learners.
            ``(4) Accountability.--
                    ``(A) 2-year accountability.--If an eligible entity 
                fails to meet the local performance target described in 
                paragraph (1) for 2 consecutive years, the State 
                educational agency shall--
                            ``(i) identify such eligible entity as 
                        being in need of improvement; and
                            ``(ii) require the eligible entity to 
                        develop and implement an improvement plan.
                    ``(B) Entities in need of improvement.--If an 
                eligible entity fails to meet the local performance 
                targets described in paragraph (1) a year after being 
                identified as being in need of improvement, as 
                described in subparagraph (A)(i), the State educational 
                agency shall--
                            ``(i) identify such eligible entity as 
                        being in need of State support;
                            ``(ii) require such eligible entity to 
                        develop and implement a plan to modify the 
                        entity's curriculum, program, and method of 
                        instruction; and
                            ``(iii) submit such plan to the State 
                        educational agency for approval.
                    ``(C) Entities in need of state support.--If an 
                eligible entity fails to meet the local performance 
                targets described in paragraph (1) a year after being 
                identified as being in need of State support, as 
                described in subparagraph (B)(i), the State educational 
                agency shall--
                            ``(i) identify such eligible entity as 
                        being in need of State action;
                            ``(ii) manage the subgrant funds and the 
                        eligible entity's subgrant programs for 4 
                        years, or until the local performance target is 
                        reached if such target is reached in less than 
                        4 years; and
                            ``(iii) after 4 years, or after the local 
                        performance target is reached if such target is 
                        reached in less than 4 years, institute a 2 
                        year probationary period, during which the 
                        State educational agency shall once again 
                        manage the subgrant funds and programs if the 
                        eligible entity fails to meet the local 
                        performance target at any time during the 
                        probationary period.

``SEC. 3122. STATE ACCOUNTABILITY.

    ``(a) In General.--Each State educational agency, with input from 
subgrantees, shall establish in the State plan submitted under section 
3113, a State performance target for the percentage of English learners 
served by the State under this title who are making progress in 
achieving English proficiency not more than 5 years after being 
identified as an English learner. The State performance target 
established under this subsection shall be subject to approval by the 
Secretary. Each State educational agency shall ensure that the local 
performance targets described in section 3121(b)(1) result, in the 
aggregate, in the State achieving the State's performance target for 
English learners.
    ``(b) Improvement Plan.--If a State educational agency has failed 
to meet the State's performance target for 2 consecutive years, the 
Secretary shall require the State educational agency to develop an 
improvement plan that will ensure that the State educational agency 
meets the State performance target. The improvement plan shall 
specifically address the factors that prevented the agency from meeting 
such performance target.
    ``(c) Technical Assistance.--During the development of the 
improvement plan described in subsection (b), and throughout the 
implementation of such plan, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) provide technical assistance to the State educational 
        agency using the funds described in section 3111(c)(1)(D);
            ``(2) assist the State educational agency in developing a 
        plan to improve and disseminate the professional development 
        described in section 3115(c)(2); and
            ``(3) develop, in consultation with the State educational 
        agency, a plan to incorporate evidence-based strategies and 
        methodologies to improve the specific programs and method of 
        instruction in use in such State.
    ``(d) Accountability.--
            ``(1) In general.--If a State educational agency fails to 
        meet its performance target for 4 consecutive years, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) require such State educational agency to 
                modify its State plan and the methods of instruction in 
                use in the State; or
                    ``(B) require such State educational agency to--
                            ``(i) identify low-performing local 
                        educational agencies in the State;
                            ``(ii) develop and implement a plan to 
                        partner such low-performing local educational 
                        agencies with high-performing local educational 
                        agencies in the State that have met the local 
                        performance targets for the previous 3 years; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) reallocate any grant funding under 
                        this title that would have otherwise been 
                        distributed to an identified low-performing 
                        local educational agency to such agency's high-
                        performing partner local educational agency, as 
                        described in clause (ii), to enable the high-
                        performing partner agency to provide technical 
                        assistance.
            ``(2) Students who will graduate in less than 5 years.--In 
        the case of a student who will graduate from secondary school 
        in less than 5 years, if such student does not attain English 
        proficiency not more than 5 years after being identified as an 
        English learner, the student shall not be counted as a 
        graduating student in the State educational agency's 
        calculation of the graduation rate.

``SEC. 3123. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) States.--Each State educational agency that receives 
assistance under this part shall provide annually to the Secretary, and 
make widely available within the State, a report containing information 
about--
            ``(1) the State's progress in developing and implementing 
        the English language proficiency standards described in section 
        3111(b)(2)(A)(iv);
            ``(2) the achievement, academic growth, and acquisition of 
        English language proficiency of students served under this 
        title;
            ``(3) programs and activities carried out by the State 
        educational agency under this part; and
            ``(4) the effectiveness of such programs and activities in 
        improving the education provided to English learners.
    ``(b) Secretary.--Every second year, the Secretary shall prepare 
and submit to the authorizing committees of Congress a report 
containing--
            ``(1) information about programs and activities carried out 
        to serve English learners under this part, and the 
        effectiveness of such programs and activities in improving the 
        academic achievement and English proficiency of English 
        learners;
            ``(2) information about the types of language instruction 
        educational programs used by eligible entities receiving 
        funding under this part to teach English learners;
            ``(3) a critical synthesis of data reported by eligible 
        entities to States under section 3121(a)(3);
            ``(4) a description of technical assistance and other 
        assistance provided by State educational agencies under section 
        3111(b)(2)(A);
            ``(5) an estimate of the number of certified or licensed 
        teachers working in language instruction educational programs 
        and educating English learners, and an estimate of the number 
        of such teachers that will be needed for the succeeding 5 
        fiscal years;
            ``(6) the major findings of scientifically based research 
        carried out under this title;
            ``(7) the number of programs or activities, if any, that 
        were subject to accountability measures described in section 
        3121(b)(4) due to a failure to meet local performance targets;
            ``(8) the number of English learners served by eligible 
        entities receiving funding under this part who were 
        transitioned out of language instruction educational programs 
        funded under this part into classrooms where instruction is not 
        tailored for English learners; and
            ``(9) other information gathered from other reports 
        submitted to the Secretary under this title, as applicable.

``SEC. 3124. COORDINATION WITH RELATED PROGRAMS.

    ``In order to maximize Federal efforts aimed at serving the 
educational needs of English learners, the Secretary shall coordinate 
and ensure close cooperation with other entities carrying out programs 
serving language-minority and English learners that are administered by 
the Department and other agencies.

``SEC. 3125. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    ``Nothing in this part shall be construed--
            ``(1) to prohibit a local educational agency from serving 
        English learners simultaneously with children with similar 
        educational needs, in the same educational settings where 
        appropriate;
            ``(2) to require a State or a local educational agency to 
        establish, continue, or eliminate any particular type of 
        instructional program for English learners;
            ``(3) to limit the preservation or use of Native American 
        languages;
            ``(4) to prohibit the use of dual language programs to 
        serve the needs of English learners and children with similar 
        educational needs, in the same educational setting as 
        appropriate.

``SEC. 3126. LEGAL AUTHORITY UNDER STATE LAW.

    ``Nothing in this part shall be construed to negate or supersede 
State law, or the legal authority under State law of any State agency, 
State entity, or State public official, over programs that are under 
the jurisdiction of the State agency, entity, or official.

``SEC. 3127. CIVIL RIGHTS.

    ``Nothing in this part shall be construed in a manner inconsistent 
with any Federal law guaranteeing a civil right.

``SEC. 3128. PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS AND PUERTO RICO.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, programs 
authorized under this part that serve Native American (including Native 
American Pacific Islander) children and children in the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico may include programs of instruction, teacher training, 
curriculum development, evaluation, and assessment designed for Native 
American children learning and studying Native American languages and 
children of limited Spanish proficiency, except that an outcome of 
programs serving such children shall be increased English proficiency 
among such children.

``SEC. 3129. PROHIBITION.

    ``In carrying out this part, the Secretary shall neither mandate 
nor preclude the use of a particular curricular or pedagogical approach 
to educating English learners.

                    ``Subpart 3--National Activities

``SEC. 3131. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary shall use funds made 
available under section 3111(c)(1)(C) to award grants, on a competitive 
basis and for a period of not more than 5 years, to institutions of 
higher education or nonprofit institutions with relevant experience or 
expertise and capacity (in consortia with State educational agencies or 
local educational agencies) in order to enable such consortia to--
            ``(1) provide for professional development activities that 
        will improve classroom instruction for English learners;
            ``(2) assist educational personnel working with English 
        learners to meet high professional standards, including 
        standards for certification and licensure as teachers who work 
        in language instruction educational programs and academic 
        content instruction programs or serve English learners.
    ``(b) Uses of Funds.--Grants awarded under this section may be used 
to--
            ``(1) support partnerships between State or local 
        educational agencies and institutions of higher education to 
        support the work of individuals who are completing 
        baccalaureate and masters programs (such as programs in the 
        areas of teacher training, program administration, policy, 
        research, evaluation, assessment, and curriculum development) 
        and to improve educational services and programs for English 
        learners, provided that recipients of fellowships or assistance 
        are required, on completion of their studies, to--
                    ``(A) assist in the education of English learners 
                through work in a school, local educational agency, or 
                other educational agency or organization for a period 
                of time equivalent to the period of time during which 
                the individual receives assistance under this section; 
                or
                    ``(B) repay all or a prorated part of the financial 
                assistance received under this section;
            ``(2) support research on promising instructional 
        strategies or programs that have practical applications for 
        teachers, counselors, parents and family members, school 
        leaders, and others responsible for educating or improving the 
        education of English learners and their families;
            ``(3) support strategies that promote school readiness for 
        English learners and the transition from early childhood 
        education programs, such as Head Start or State preschool 
        programs, to elementary school programs;
            ``(4) support strategies that promote high school 
        graduation for English learners;
            ``(5) support strategies that strengthen and increase 
        family and community member engagement in education;
            ``(6) support the development of curricula that are 
        appropriate to the needs of the participating consortium; and
            ``(7) support the dissemination of information gathered in 
        accordance with paragraphs (1) through (5), particularly 
        evidence-based best practices and the provision of technical 
        assistance.

``SEC. 3132. COMMISSION ON ASSESSMENT OF ENGLISH LEARNERS.

    ``(a) Commission on Assessment of English Learners.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an 
        independent commission on the assessment and advancement of 
        English learners (referred to in this section as the 
        `commission') to carry out the activities described in 
        subsection (c).
            ``(2) Date of appointment.--The members of the commission 
        shall be appointed not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013.
    ``(b) Composition.--
            ``(1) In general.--The commission shall be comprised of 
        individuals with experience and expertise in the educational 
        advancement and development of English learners, including 
        individuals with expertise in--
                    ``(A) the practice of teaching English to speakers 
                of other languages;
                    ``(B) measurement and educational assessment 
                systems; and
                    ``(C) educational assessment and accountability 
                practices.
            ``(2) Expertise of members.--The Secretary shall ensure 
        that the individuals selected in accordance with paragraph (1) 
        are experts who are competent, by virtue of their training, 
        expertise, or experience, to evaluate instruction, assessments, 
        and models for English learners.
    ``(c) Duties of the Commission.--The commission shall provide the 
Secretary with advice and recommendations about the following issues:
            ``(1) The development and approval of standards pertaining 
        to English learners, in order to assist the Secretary in the 
        review and approval of statewide accountability systems that 
        are required under section 3113(b)(5) and section 1111(a)(3).
            ``(2) The provision of regulations and guidance pertaining 
        to the inclusion of English learners in assessment and 
        accountability systems, including recommendations about 
        appropriate accommodations and appropriate weights for 
        assessments involving English learners, including the English 
        language proficiency assessments described in section 
        3113(b)(5).
            ``(3) Ensuring that State English language proficiency 
        standards under section 3113(b)(2) and section 1111(a)(1)(D) 
        are properly aligned with college and career ready academic 
        content standards under section 1111(a)(1).
            ``(4) The formation of peer review panels, under section 
        1111(b)(4), with regard to--
                    ``(A) the inclusion on the panels of experts about 
                English learners; and
                    ``(B) processes to ensure that the work of the peer 
                review panel is consistent with the standards and 
                guidance developed by the commission.
            ``(5) Identifying ways to support local capacity-building 
        efforts to assist local educational agencies and schools in 
        properly supporting English learners.
            ``(6) Ensuring that the research, development, and 
        dissemination activities of the Department address identified 
        gaps in knowledge for effectively including English learners in 
        assessment and accountability practices.
            ``(7) Ways to address the needs of English learners in all 
        program planning at the Department, including inter- and intra-
        agency coordination.
            ``(8) The development of improved early learning assessment 
        strategies and instruments that take into account the 
        development of English learners across all of the essential 
        domains of school readiness.
    ``(d) Independently Commissioned Research.--The commission may 
independently commission research that is directly relevant to the 
implementation of accountability provisions under this Act for English 
learners.
    ``(e) Annual Report.--The commission shall, beginning not later 
than 1 year after the date on which all members of the commission have 
been appointed, submit an annual report to the Secretary and the 
authorizing committees of Congress containing the recommendations 
described in subsection (c).

``SEC. 3133. ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION GRANTS.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The Secretary shall use funds made available under 
section 3111(c)(1)(C) to provide English language acquisition 
technology innovation grants for purposes of pursuing breakthrough 
research and development in educational technology and providing the 
effective use of that technology to improve English proficiency and 
academic achievement for English learners, by--
            ``(1) identifying and promoting advances in fundamental and 
        applied sciences and engineering that could be translated into 
        new language learning or instruction technologies;
            ``(2) developing novel language learning or instruction 
        technologies, and the enabling processes and contexts for 
        effective use of those technologies;
            ``(3) developing, testing, and evaluating the impact and 
        efficacy of those technologies;
            ``(4) accelerating technological advances in areas in which 
        the private sector, by itself, is not likely to accelerate such 
        advances because of difficulties in implementation or adoption, 
        or technical and market uncertainty;
            ``(5) coordinating activities with nongovernmental entities 
        to demonstrate technologies and research applications to 
        facilitate technology transfer; and
            ``(6) encouraging educational research on English language 
        acquisition using new technologies and the data produced by 
        those technologies.
    ``(b) Authorities of Secretary.--The Secretary is authorized to--
            ``(1) establish processes for the development and execution 
        of English language acquisition technology innovation grant 
        projects and the solicitation of entities to carry out the 
        projects in a manner that is--
                    ``(A) tailored to the purposes of the English 
                language acquisition technology innovation grants and 
                not constrained by other Department-wide administrative 
                requirements that could detract from achieving program 
                results;
                    ``(B) designed to heighten transparency; and
                    ``(C) designed to heighten public- and private-
                sector involvement to ensure that investments are made 
                in the most promising areas;
            ``(2) award grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
        cash prizes, and enter into other transactions (in accordance 
        with such regulations as the Secretary may establish regarding 
        other transactions);
            ``(3) obtain independent, periodic, rigorous evaluations, 
        as appropriate, of--
                    ``(A) the effectiveness of the processes being used 
                to award and evaluate the effectiveness of the English 
                language acquisition technology innovation grants in 
                achieving the stated purposes; and
                    ``(B) the effectiveness of individual projects 
                assisted by English language acquisition technology 
                innovation grants, using evidence standards developed 
                in consultation with the Institute of Education 
                Sciences, and the suitability of ongoing projects 
                assisted by such grants for further investment or 
                increased scale;
            ``(4) disseminate, through the comprehensive centers 
        established under section 203 of the Educational Technical 
        Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602), the regional 
        educational laboratories system established under section 174 
        of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9564), 
        or such other means as the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate, information on effective practices and 
        technologies developed with the support of English language 
        acquisition technology innovation grants; and
            ``(5) collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate, 
        through the comprehensive centers established under section 203 
        of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 
        9602), the regional educational laboratories system established 
        under section 174 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 
        (20 U.S.C. 9564), or such other means as the Secretary 
        determines to be appropriate, information and educational 
        research and processes related to the education of English 
        learners.
    ``(c) Evaluation Funds.--The Secretary may use funds made available 
for English language acquisition technology innovation grants to pay 
the cost of the evaluations under subsection (b)(3).
    ``(d) Nonduplication.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall ensure that grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
cash prizes, or other assistance or arrangements awarded or entered 
into pursuant to this section that are designed to carry out the 
purposes of the English language acquisition technology innovation 
grants do not duplicate activities under programs carried out under 
Federal law other than this section by the Department or other Federal 
agencies.

                      ``PART B--GENERAL PROVISIONS

``SEC. 3201. DEFINITIONS.

    ``Except as otherwise provided, in this title:
            ``(1) Child.--The term `child' means any individual aged 3 
        through 21.
            ``(2) Community-based organization.--The term `community-
        based organization' means a private nonprofit organization of 
        demonstrated effectiveness, Indian tribe, or tribally 
        sanctioned educational authority, that is representative of a 
        community or significant segments of a community and that 
        provides educational or related services to individuals in the 
        community. Such term includes a Native Hawaiian or Native 
        American Pacific Islander native language educational 
        organization.
            ``(3) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) 1 or more local educational agencies; or
                    ``(B) 1 or more local educational agencies, in 
                collaboration with an institution of higher education, 
                community-based organization, or State educational 
                agency.
            ``(4) Immigrant children and youth.--The term `immigrant 
        children and youth' means individuals who--
                    ``(A) are aged 3 through 21;
                    ``(B) were not born in any State; and
                    ``(C) have not been attending one or more schools 
                in any one or more States or operated by the Department 
                of Defense Education Authority for more than 3 full 
                academic years.
            ``(5) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
            ``(6) Language instruction educational program.--The term 
        `language instruction educational program' means an instruction 
        course--
                    ``(A) in which an English learner is placed for the 
                purpose of developing and attaining English 
                proficiency, while meeting college and career ready 
                academic content standards and student academic 
                achievement standards under section 1111(a)(1); and
                    ``(B) that may make instructional use of both 
                English and a child's native language to enable the 
                child to develop and attain English proficiency, and 
                may include the participation of English proficient 
                children if such course is designed to enable all 
                participating children to become proficient in English 
                and a second language.
            ``(7) Native american and native american language.--The 
        terms `Native American' and `Native American language' shall 
        have the meanings given such terms in section 103 of the Native 
        American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2902).
            ``(8) Native hawaiian or native american pacific islander 
        native language educational organization.--The term `Native 
        Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander native language 
        educational organization' means a nonprofit organization with--
                    ``(A) a majority of its governing board and 
                employees consisting of fluent speakers of the 
                traditional Native American languages used in the 
                organization's educational programs; and
                    ``(B) not less than 5 years successful experience 
                in providing educational services in traditional Native 
                American languages.
            ``(9) Native language.--The term `native language', when 
        used with reference to an English learner, means--
                    ``(A) the language normally used by such 
                individual; or
                    ``(B) in the case of a child or youth, the language 
                normally used by the parents of the child or youth.
            ``(10) Paraprofessional.--The term `paraprofessional' means 
        an individual who is employed in a preschool, elementary 
        school, or secondary school under the supervision of a 
        certified or licensed teacher, including individuals employed 
        in language instruction educational programs, special 
        education, and migrant education.
            ``(11) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico.
            ``(12) Tribally sanctioned educational authority.--The term 
        `tribally sanctioned educational authority' means--
                    ``(A) any department or division of education 
                operating within the administrative structure of the 
                duly constituted governing body of an Indian tribe; and
                    ``(B) any nonprofit institution or organization 
                that is--
                            ``(i) chartered by the governing body of an 
                        Indian tribe to operate a school described in 
                        section 3112(a) or otherwise to oversee the 
                        delivery of educational services to members of 
                        the tribe; and
                            ``(ii) approved by the Secretary for the 
                        purpose of carrying out programs under subpart 
                        1 of part A for individuals served by a school 
                        described in section 3112(a).

``SEC. 3202. PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity receiving funds under this 
title to provide a language instruction educational program and 
academic content instruction program shall, not later than 30 days 
after the beginning of the school year, inform a parent or the parents 
of an English learner identified for participation in, or participating 
in, such program of--
            ``(1) the reasons for the identification of their child as 
        an English learner and in need of placement in a language 
        instruction educational program and academic content 
        instruction program;
            ``(2) the child's level of English language proficiency, 
        how that level was assessed, whether the child is on track to 
        achieve English proficiency not later than 5 years after being 
        identified as an English learner, and the status of the child's 
        academic achievement;
            ``(3) the method of instruction used in the program in 
        which their child is, or will be, participating, and the 
        methods of instruction used in other available programs, 
        including how such programs differ in content, instructional 
        goals, and use of English and a native language in instruction;
            ``(4) how the program in which their child is, or will be 
        participating, will appropriately respond to the educational 
        strengths and needs of the child;
            ``(5) how the program will specifically help their child 
        learn English and reflect age appropriate academic achievement 
        standards for grade promotion and graduation;
            ``(6) the specific exit requirements for the program, the 
        expected rate of transition from the program into classrooms 
        that are not tailored for English learners, and the expected 
        rate of graduation from secondary school for English learners 
        in the program if the child is in secondary school;
            ``(7) in the case of a child with a disability, how the 
        program meets the objectives of the child's individualized 
        education program; and
            ``(8) information pertaining to parental rights that 
        includes written guidance--
                    ``(A) detailing--
                            ``(i) the parent's right to have the 
                        parent's child immediately removed from the 
                        program upon the parent's request; and
                            ``(ii) the options that parents have to 
                        decline to enroll their child in such program 
                        or to choose another program or method of 
                        instruction, if available; and
                    ``(B) assisting parents in selecting among various 
                programs and methods of instruction, if more than 1 
                program or method is offered by the eligible entity.
    ``(b) Separate Notification.--In addition to providing the 
information required to be provided under subsection (a), each eligible 
entity that is using funds provided under this title to provide a 
language instruction educational program, and that has failed to make 
progress on the local performance targets described in section 3122 for 
any fiscal year for which part A is in effect, shall separately inform 
a parent or the parents of a child identified for participation in such 
program, or participating in such program, of such failure not later 
than 30 days after the eligible entity receives notification of such 
failure from the State.
    ``(c) Receipt of Information.--The information described in 
subsection (a) shall be provided in an understandable and uniform 
format and, to the extent practicable, in a language that the parent 
can understand.
    ``(d) Special Rule Applicable During School Year.--For a child who 
has not been identified for participation in a language instruction 
educational program and academic content instruction program prior to 
the beginning of the school year, the eligible entity shall carry out 
subsections (a) and (b) with respect to the parents of the child not 
later than 2 weeks after the child is placed in such program.
    ``(e) Parent and Family Engagement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity using funds 
        provided under this title to provide a language instruction 
        educational program and academic content instruction program 
        shall implement an effective means of outreach to parents and 
        family members of English learners to inform such parents and 
        family members of how they can--
                    ``(A) be full partners in the education of their 
                children, including ensuring that immigrant parents and 
                family members are well informed about the elements of 
                the educational system in the United States; and
                    ``(B) be active participants in assisting their 
                children--
                            ``(i) to learn English;
                            ``(ii) to achieve at high levels in core 
                        academic subjects;
                            ``(iii) to meet the same college and career 
                        ready academic content standards and student 
                        academic achievement standards under section 
                        1111(a)(1) as all children are expected to meet 
                        to become college and career ready; and
                            ``(iv) to understand expectations for 
                        college readiness and career success.
            ``(2) Receipt of recommendations.--The outreach described 
        in paragraph (1) shall include holding, and sending notice of 
        opportunities for, regular meetings for the purpose of 
        formulating and responding to recommendations from parents 
        described in such paragraph.
    ``(f) Basis for Admission or Exclusion.--A child shall not be 
admitted to, or excluded from, any Federally assisted education program 
on the basis of a surname or language-minority status.

``SEC. 3203. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.

    ``The Secretary shall establish and support the operation of a 
National Clearinghouse for English Learner Support and Educational 
Programs, which shall collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate 
information about programs that support the academic achievement of 
English learners, and related programs. The National Clearinghouse 
shall--
            ``(1) be administered as an adjunct clearinghouse of the 
        Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouses system 
        supported by the Office of Educational Research and 
        Improvement;
            ``(2) coordinate activities with Federal data and 
        information clearinghouses and entities operating Federal 
        dissemination networks and systems;
            ``(3) develop a system for improving the operation and 
        effectiveness of programs that receive Federal funding that 
        serve English learners;
            ``(4) collect and disseminate information on--
                    ``(A) educational research and processes related to 
                the education of English learners;
                    ``(B) accountability systems that monitor the 
                academic progress of English learners in language 
                instruction educational programs, including information 
                on academic content and English proficiency assessments 
                for language instruction educational programs;
                    ``(C) effective practices for meeting the academic 
                and cultural needs of English learners; and
                    ``(D) effective practices for engaging the families 
                and caretakers of English learners; and
            ``(5) publish, on an annual basis, a list of grant 
        recipients under this title.

``SEC. 3204. REGULATIONS.

    ``In developing regulations under this title, the Secretary shall 
consult with State educational agencies and local educational agencies, 
organizations representing English learners, and organizations 
representing teachers and other personnel involved in the education of 
English learners.''.

         TITLE IV--SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS

SEC. 4101. REDESIGNATIONS.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking the title heading and inserting the 
        following: ``SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL, WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS'';
            (2) by redesignating subpart 3 of part A as subpart 1 of 
        part G of title IX, as added by section 9104(a) of this Act, 
        and transferring such subpart 1 so as to follow the part 
        heading of such part G as added by section 9104(a) of this Act;
            (3) by redesignating section 4141 as section 9701;
            (4) by redesignating part C as subpart 2 of part G of title 
        IX, as added by section 9104(a) of this Act, and transferring 
        such subpart 2 so as to follow subpart 1 of part G of title IX, 
        as redesignated by paragraph (2);
            (5) by redesignating sections 4301, 4302, 4303, and 4304, 
        as sections 9721, 9722, 9723, and 9724, respectively;
            (6) in section 9721, as redesignated by paragraph (5), by 
        striking ``part'' and inserting ``subpart'';
            (7) in section 9722, as redesignated by paragraph (5)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``part'' and inserting ``subpart''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``part'' and 
                inserting ``subpart'';
            (8) in section 9723(e)(3), by striking the matter following 
        subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) such other matters as justice may require.''; 
                and
            (9) in section 9724, as redesignated by paragraph (5), by 
        striking ``part'' both places the term appears and inserting 
        ``subpart''.

SEC. 4102. IMPROVING LITERACY INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

    Part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended to read as 
follows:

    ``PART A--IMPROVING LITERACY INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

              ``Subpart 1--Improving Literacy Instruction

``SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Improving Literacy Instruction and 
Student Achievement Act'.

``SEC. 4102. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to improve student academic achievement in reading 
        and writing by providing Federal support to State educational 
        agencies to develop, improve, coordinate, and implement 
        comprehensive literacy plans that ensure high-quality 
        instruction and effective strategies in reading and writing 
        from birth through grade 12; and
            ``(2) to assist State educational agencies in achieving the 
        purpose described in paragraph (1) by--
                    ``(A) supporting the development and implementation 
                of comprehensive early learning through grade 12 
                literacy programs in every State that are based on 
                scientifically valid research, to ensure that every 
                child can read and write at grade level or above;
                    ``(B) providing children with learning 
                opportunities in high-quality, language rich, 
                literature rich, informational text rich, culturally 
                relevant, and developmentally appropriate environments 
                so that the children develop the fundamental knowledge 
                and skills necessary for literacy engagement, 
                development, and achievement in pre-kindergarten 
                through grade 12;
                    ``(C) educating parents in the ways the parents can 
                support their child's communication and literacy 
                development;
                    ``(D) supporting efforts to link and align 
                standards and research-based instruction and teaching 
                practices in early learning programs;
                    ``(E) supporting high-quality and effective 
                strategies for children to develop oral language, 
                reading, and writing abilities through high-quality 
                research-based instruction and teaching practices;
                    ``(F) improving academic achievement by 
                establishing adolescent literacy initiatives that 
                provide explicit and systematic instruction in oral 
                language, reading, and writing development across the 
                curriculum;
                    ``(G) identifying and supporting children reading 
                and writing significantly below grade level by 
                providing evidence-based, intensive interventions, 
                including interventions conducted during extended 
                learning time, to help the children acquire the 
                language and literacy skills the children need to stay 
                on track for graduation;
                    ``(H) providing assistance to local educational 
                agencies in order to provide educators with ongoing, 
                job-embedded professional development, and other 
                support, that focuses on--
                            ``(i) effective literacy instruction; and
                            ``(ii) the special knowledge and skills 
                        necessary to teach and support literacy 
                        development effectively across the 
                        developmental and age span;
                    ``(I) supporting State educational agencies and 
                local educational agencies in improving reading, 
                writing, and literacy-based academic achievement for 
                children, especially children who are low-income 
                individuals, are English learners, are migratory, are 
                children with disabilities, are Indian or Alaskan 
                Native, are neglected or delinquent, are homeless, are 
                in the custody of the child welfare system, or have 
                dropped out of school;
                    ``(J) supporting State educational agencies and 
                local educational agencies in using age appropriate and 
                developmentally and linguistically appropriate 
                instructional materials and strategies that assist 
                teachers as the teachers work with children to develop 
                reading and writing competencies appropriate to the 
                children's grade and skill levels;
                    ``(K) strengthening coordination among schools, 
                early literacy programs, family literacy programs, 
                juvenile justice programs, public libraries, and 
                outside-of-school programs that provide children with 
                strategies, curricula, interventions, and assessments 
                designed to advance early and continuing language and 
                literacy development in ways appropriate for each 
                context;
                    ``(L) supporting professional development for 
                educators based on scientific approaches to adult 
                learning; and
                    ``(M) evaluating whether the professional 
                development activities and approaches are effective in 
                building knowledge and skills of educators and their 
                use of appropriate and effective practices.

``SEC. 4103. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Child.--The term `child' means an individual from the 
        age of birth through the final year for which the State 
        provides free public education.
            ``(2) Classroom-based instructional assessment.--The term 
        `classroom-based instructional assessment' means an assessment 
        for children from birth through grade 3 that--
                    ``(A) is valid and reliable for the age and 
                population of children served in the program;
                    ``(B) is used to evaluate children's developmental 
                progress and learning and includes systematic 
                observations by teachers of children performing tasks, 
                including academic and literacy tasks, that are part of 
                the children's daily classroom experience; and
                    ``(C) is used to improve classroom instruction.
            ``(3) Comprehensive literacy instruction.--The term 
        `comprehensive literacy instruction' means instruction that--
                    ``(A) incorporates effective literacy instruction; 
                and
                    ``(B) is designed to support--
                            ``(i) developmentally appropriate, 
                        contextually explicit, systematic instruction, 
                        and frequent practice, in reading across 
                        content areas; and
                            ``(ii) developmentally appropriate and 
                        contextually explicit instruction, and frequent 
                        practice, in writing across content areas.
            ``(4) Developmental delay.--The term `developmental delay' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 632 of the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432).
            ``(5) Early learning program.--The term `early learning 
        program' means a program serving children between the ages of 
        birth and kindergarten entry.
            ``(6) Effective-literacy instruction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `effective literacy 
                instruction' means literacy instruction that--
                            ``(i) includes age-appropriate, explicit, 
                        systematic, and intentional instruction in 
                        phonological awareness, phonic decoding, 
                        vocabulary, language structure, reading 
                        fluency, and reading comprehension;
                            ``(ii) includes age-appropriate, explicit 
                        instruction in writing, including opportunities 
                        for children to write with clear purposes, with 
                        critical reasoning appropriate to the topic and 
                        purpose, and with specific instruction and 
                        feedback from instructional staff;
                            ``(iii) makes available and uses diverse, 
                        high-quality print materials that reflect the 
                        reading and development levels, and interests, 
                        of children;
                            ``(iv) uses differentiated instructional 
                        approaches, including individual and small 
                        group instruction and discussion;
                            ``(v) provides opportunities for children 
                        to use language with peers and adults in order 
                        to develop language skills, including 
                        developing vocabulary;
                            ``(vi) includes frequent practice of 
                        reading and writing strategies;
                            ``(vii) uses age-appropriate, valid, and 
                        reliable screening assessments, diagnostic 
                        assessments, formative assessments, and 
                        summative assessments to identify a child's 
                        learning needs, to inform instruction, and to 
                        monitor the child's progress and the effects of 
                        instruction;
                            ``(viii) uses strategies to enhance 
                        children's motivation to read and write and 
                        children's engagement in self-directed 
                        learning;
                            ``(ix) incorporates the principles of 
                        universal design for learning;
                            ``(x) depends on teachers' collaboration in 
                        planning, instruction, and assessing a child's 
                        progress and on continuous professional 
                        learning; and
                            ``(xi) links literacy instruction to the 
                        State college and career ready academic content 
                        standards under section 1111(a)(1), including 
                        the ability to navigate, understand, and write 
                        about, complex print and digital subject 
                        matter.
                    ``(B) Birth through kindergarten.--When used with 
                respect to instruction for children from birth to 
                kindergarten entry, the term `effective literacy 
                instruction' also includes--
                            ``(i) developing such children's alphabet 
                        knowledge, reading aloud to children, 
                        discussing reading and writing with children, 
                        and modeling age and developmentally 
                        appropriate reading and writing strategies; and
                            ``(ii) encouraging children's early 
                        attempts at oral communication, reading, and 
                        writing.
                    ``(C) Kindergarten through grade 12.--When used 
                with respect to the instruction of children in 
                kindergarten through grade 12, the term `effective 
                literacy instruction' also includes--
                            ``(i) providing systematic and intensive 
                        interventions, which can be provided inside or 
                        outside the classroom as well as before, 
                        during, or after regular school hours, to 
                        supplement regular instruction for children 
                        reading below grade level;
                            ``(ii) providing reading and writing 
                        opportunities that build academic vocabulary 
                        and knowledge of different text structures in 
                        core academic subjects;
                            ``(iii) enabling children to write, 
                        communicate, and create knowledge, in ways that 
                        fit purpose, audience, occasion, discipline, 
                        and format, including practice in--
                                    ``(I) adhering to language 
                                conventions, including spelling, 
                                punctuation, and grammar;
                                    ``(II) planning and revising to 
                                improve clarity, coherence, logical 
                                development, and language usage; and
                                    ``(III) writing individually and 
                                collaboratively with feedback from 
                                instructors and peers; and
                            ``(iv) cultivating shared responsibility 
                        for children's literacy learning by 
                        coordinating writing tasks, instructional 
                        practices, and criteria for feedback across 
                        academic content areas.
            ``(7) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an 
        entity--
                    ``(A) that serves high-need children; and
                    ``(B)(i) when used with respect to a subgrant under 
                section 4108, that consists of--
                                    ``(I) 1 or more local educational 
                                agencies providing early learning 
                                programs that have a demonstrated 
                                record of providing comprehensive 
                                literacy instruction for the age group 
                                such agencies or programs propose to 
                                serve;
                                    ``(II) 1 or more public or private 
                                early learning programs, such as a Head 
                                Start program, a child care program, a 
                                State-funded prekindergarten program, a 
                                public library program, or a family 
                                literacy program, that have a 
                                demonstrated record of providing 
                                comprehensive literacy instruction for 
                                the age group such programs propose to 
                                serve; or
                                    ``(III) 1 or more local educational 
                                agencies providing early learning 
                                programs, or 1 or more public or 
                                private early learning programs, such 
                                as a Head Start program, a child care 
                                program, a State-funded prekindergarten 
                                program, a public library program, or a 
                                family literacy program, in partnership 
                                with 1 or more public or private 
                                nonprofit organizations or agencies 
                                that have a demonstrated record of 
                                effectiveness--
                                            ``(aa) in improving the 
                                        early literacy development of 
                                        children from birth through 
                                        kindergarten entry; and
                                            ``(bb) in providing 
                                        professional development 
                                        aligned with the activities 
                                        described in section 
                                        4108(e)(1); or
                            ``(ii) when used with respect to a subgrant 
                        under section 4109--
                                    ``(I) that is--
                                            ``(aa) a local educational 
                                        agency;
                                            ``(bb) a consortium of 
                                        local educational agencies; or
                                            ``(cc) a local educational 
                                        agency or consortium of local 
                                        educational agencies acting in 
                                        partnership with 1 or more 
                                        public or private nonprofit 
                                        organizations or agencies that 
                                        have a demonstrated record of 
                                        effectiveness in--

                                                    ``(AA) improving 
                                                literacy achievement of 
                                                children consistent 
                                                with the purposes of 
                                                their participation 
                                                from kindergarten 
                                                through grade 12; and

                                                    ``(BB) providing 
                                                professional 
                                                development aligned 
                                                with the activities 
                                                described in subsection 
                                                (b) and (c) of section 
                                                4109; and

                                    ``(II)(aa) has the highest numbers 
                                or proportion of children who are 
                                counted under section 1124(c), in 
                                comparison to other local educational 
                                agencies in the State;
                                    ``(bb) is among or consists of the 
                                local educational agencies in the State 
                                with the highest numbers or percentages 
                                of children reading or writing below 
                                grade level, based on the most 
                                currently available State academic 
                                assessment data under section 
                                1111(a)(2); or
                                    ``(cc) has jurisdiction over a 
                                significant number or percentage of 
                                schools that are identified as 
                                persistently low-achieving under 
                                section 1116(c)(2).
            ``(8) English language acquisition.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `English language 
                acquisition' means the process by which a non-native 
                English speaker acquires proficiency in speaking, 
                listening, reading, and writing the English language.
                    ``(B) Inclusions for english learners in school.--
                For an English learner in school, such term includes 
                not only the social language proficiency needed to 
                participate in the school environment, but also the 
                academic language proficiency needed to acquire 
                literacy and academic content and demonstrate the 
                child's learning.
            ``(9) Family literacy services.--The term `family literacy 
        services' means literacy services provided to participants on a 
        voluntary basis that are of sufficient intensity and quality, 
        that better enable parents to support their children's learning 
        needs, and that integrate--
                    ``(A) interactive literacy activities between or 
                among family members who are primary caregivers and 
                their children, including family literacy education to 
                improve literacy of parents; and
                    ``(B) training for family members who are primary 
                caregivers regarding how to be the primary teacher for 
                their children and full partners in the education of 
                their children.
            ``(10) Formative assessment.--The term `formative 
        assessment' means an assessment that--
                    ``(A) is teacher-generated or selected by teachers 
                or instructional leaders for use during learning;
                    ``(B) is embedded within the learning activity and 
                linked directly to the intended outcomes of the current 
                unit of instruction; and
                    ``(C) provides feedback to help adjust ongoing 
                teaching and learning to improve children's achievement 
                of intended instructional outcomes.
            ``(11) High-quality professional development.--The term 
        `high-quality professional development' means professional 
        development that--
                    ``(A) is job-embedded, ongoing, and based on 
                scientifically valid research;
                    ``(B) is sustained, intensive, and classroom-
                focused, and is not limited in scope to a 1-day or 
                short-term workshop or conference;
                    ``(C) is designed to increase the knowledge and 
                expertise of teachers, early childhood educators and 
                administrators, principals, other instructional 
                leaders, and other program staff in applying--
                            ``(i) effective literacy instruction; and
                            ``(ii) instructional strategies and 
                        practices that are appropriate to the age, 
                        development, and needs of children and improve 
                        learning, including strategies and practices 
                        consistent with the principles of universal 
                        design for learning;
                    ``(D) includes and supports teachers in effectively 
                administering age and developmentally appropriate 
                assessments, and analyzing the results of these 
                assessments for the purposes of planning, monitoring, 
                adapting, and improving effective classroom instruction 
                or teaching strategies to improve child literacy;
                    ``(E) includes instructional strategies utilizing 
                one-to-one, small group, and classroom-based 
                instructional materials and approaches based on 
                scientifically valid research on literacy;
                    ``(F) provides ongoing instructional literacy 
                coaching--
                            ``(i) to ensure high-quality implementation 
                        of comprehensive literacy instruction that is--
                                    ``(I) content centered;
                                    ``(II) integrated across the 
                                curriculum;
                                    ``(III) collaborative; and
                                    ``(IV) school, setting, and 
                                classroom embedded; and
                            ``(ii) that uses student data to improve 
                        instruction;
                    ``(G) includes and supports teachers in setting 
                high reading and writing achievement goals for all 
                children and provides the teachers with the 
                instructional tools and skills to help children reach 
                such goals;
                    ``(H) for educators serving children in 
                kindergarten through grade 12--
                            ``(i) supports effective literacy 
                        instruction through core academic subjects, and 
                        through career and technical education subjects 
                        where such career and technical education 
                        subjects provide for the integration of core 
                        academic subjects; and
                            ``(ii) includes explicit instruction in 
                        discipline-specific thinking and how to read 
                        and interpret discipline-specific text 
                        structures and features;
                    ``(I) is differentiated for educators working with 
                children from birth through kindergarten entry, 
                children in kindergarten through grade 3, and children 
                in grades 4 through 12, and, as appropriate, based on 
                the grade or needs of the children; and
                    ``(J) supports family literacy experiences and 
                practices, and educating parents, teachers, and other 
                caregivers about literacy development and child 
                literacy development.
            ``(12) Instructional leader.--The term `instructional 
        leader' means an individual who--
                    ``(A) is an employee or officer of a school; and
                    ``(B) is responsible for--
                            ``(i) the school's performance; and
                            ``(ii) the daily instructional and 
                        managerial operations of the school.
            ``(13) Literacy coach.--The term `literacy coach' means a 
        professional--
                    ``(A) who has--
                            ``(i) previous teaching experience;
                            ``(ii) demonstrated abilities in working 
                        with adult learners; and
                            ``(iii)(I) a master's degree with a 
                        concentration in reading and writing education 
                        or demonstrated proficiency in teaching reading 
                        or writing in a core academic subject 
                        consistent with effective literacy instruction; 
                        or
                            ``(II) in the case of a literacy coach for 
                        children from birth through kindergarten entry, 
                        a concentration, credential, or significant 
                        experience in child development and early 
                        literacy development;
                    ``(B) who supports teachers to--
                            ``(i) apply research on how children become 
                        successful readers, writers, and communicators;
                            ``(ii) apply multiple forms of assessment 
                        to guide instructional decisionmaking and use 
                        data to improve literacy instruction;
                            ``(iii) improve children's writing and 
                        reading in and across content areas such as 
                        mathematics, science, social studies, and 
                        language arts;
                            ``(iv) develop and implement differentiated 
                        instruction and teaching approaches to serve 
                        the needs of the full range of learners, 
                        including English learners and children with 
                        disabilities;
                            ``(v) apply principles of universal design 
                        for learning;
                            ``(vi) employ best practices in engaging 
                        principals, early learning program educators 
                        and administrators, teachers, and other 
                        relevant professionals to create school 
                        cultures that encourage and support literacy 
                        development and achievement; and
                            ``(vii) set for children birth through 
                        kindergarten developmentally appropriate 
                        expectations for language and literacy 
                        development, and high reading and writing 
                        achievement goals for all children and select, 
                        acquire, and use instructional tools and skills 
                        to help children reach such goals; and
                    ``(C) whose role with teachers and professionals 
                supporting literacy instruction is--
                            ``(i) to provide high-quality professional 
                        development, consistent with the definition of 
                        comprehensive literacy instruction;
                            ``(ii) to work cooperatively and 
                        collaboratively with principals, teachers, and 
                        other professionals in employing strategies to 
                        help teachers identify and support child 
                        literacy and language development needs and 
                        teach literacy across the content areas and 
                        developmental domains; and
                            ``(iii) to work cooperatively and 
                        collaboratively with other professionals in 
                        employing strategies to help teachers teach 
                        literacy across the content areas so that the 
                        teachers can meet the needs of all children, 
                        including children with disabilities, English 
                        learners, and children who are reading at or 
                        above grade level.
            ``(14) Local educational agency.--The term `local 
        educational agency'--
                    ``(A) has the meaning given the term in section 
                9101; and
                    ``(B) includes any public charter school that 
                constitutes a local educational agency under State law.
            ``(15) Reading.--The term `reading' means a complex system 
        of deriving meaning from print that is developmentally 
        appropriate, that requires all of the following:
                    ``(A) The skills and knowledge to understand how 
                phonemes, or speech sounds, are connected to print.
                    ``(B) The ability to read with comprehension.
                    ``(C) The ability to decode unfamiliar words with 
                fluency.
                    ``(D) The use of background knowledge and 
                vocabulary to make meaning from a text.
                    ``(E) The development and use of appropriate active 
                strategies to interpret and construct meaning from 
                print.
                    ``(F) The development and maintenance of a 
                motivation to read.
            ``(16) Scientifically valid research.--The term 
        `scientifically valid research' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 200 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1021).
            ``(17) Screening assessment.--The term `screening 
        assessment' means an assessment that is--
                    ``(A) valid, reliable, and based on scientifically 
                based reading research; and
                    ``(B) a brief procedure designed as a first step in 
                identifying children who may be at high risk for 
                delayed development or academic failure and in need of 
                further diagnosis of their need for special services or 
                additional reading instruction.
            ``(18) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico.
            ``(19) State literacy leadership team.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `State literacy 
                leadership team' means a team that--
                            ``(i) is appointed and coordinated by the 
                        State educational agency;
                            ``(ii) assumes the responsibility to guide 
                        the improvement or development and 
                        implementation of a statewide, comprehensive 
                        literacy plan;
                            ``(iii) shall include, at a minimum--
                                    ``(I) a school principal with 
                                literacy expertise;
                                    ``(II) a teacher with literacy 
                                expertise;
                                    ``(III) a teacher or administrator 
                                with expertise in special education;
                                    ``(IV) a teacher or administrator 
                                with expertise in teaching the English 
                                language to English learners;
                                    ``(V) a representative from the 
                                State educational agency who oversees 
                                literacy initiatives; and
                                    ``(VI) a representative from higher 
                                education who is actively involved in 
                                research, development, or teacher 
                                preparation in comprehensive literacy 
                                instruction and intervention based on 
                                scientifically valid research;
                            ``(iv) may include--
                                    ``(I) a literacy specialist serving 
                                in a school district within the State;
                                    ``(II) a literacy coach;
                                    ``(III) a librarian;
                                    ``(IV) a representative with family 
                                literacy expertise;
                                    ``(V) a representative from a State 
                                child-serving agency with expertise in 
                                comprehensive language and literacy 
                                instruction and strategies;
                                    ``(VI) a school counselor;
                                    ``(VII) a teacher of a core 
                                academic subject;
                                    ``(VIII) a special education 
                                administrator;
                                    ``(IX) a professor from a 4-year 
                                institution of higher education;
                                    ``(X) a parent;
                                    ``(XI) a business leader;
                                    ``(XII) the Governor or a delegated 
                                representative of the Governor;
                                    ``(XIII) a representative from the 
                                State board of education;
                                    ``(XIV) a representative from the 
                                State legislature;
                                    ``(XV) a representative of a 
                                nonprofit and community-based 
                                organization providing comprehensive 
                                literacy instruction and support; and
                                    ``(XVI) a representative from a 
                                school district superintendent's 
                                office; and
                            ``(v) shall include, among the individuals 
                        selected to be members of the council pursuant 
                        to clauses (iii) and (iv), not less than 5 
                        individuals who have literacy expertise in 1 of 
                        each of the areas of--
                                    ``(I) birth through kindergarten 
                                entry, such as the State Head Start 
                                collaboration director;
                                    ``(II) kindergarten entry through 
                                grade 3;
                                    ``(III) grades 4 through 12;
                                    ``(IV) English learners; and
                                    ``(V) special education.
                    ``(B) Inclusion of a preexisting partnership.--If, 
                before the date of enactment of the Strengthening 
                America's Schools Act of 2013, a State educational 
                agency established a consortium, partnership, or any 
                other similar body that was considered a literacy 
                partnership for purposes of subpart 1 or 2 of part B of 
                title I (as such title was in effect on such date) and 
                that includes the individuals required under clauses 
                (iii) and (v) of subparagraph (A), such consortium, 
                partnership, or body may be considered a State literacy 
                leadership team for purposes of subparagraph (A).
            ``(20) Summative assessment.--The term `summative 
        assessment' means an assessment that--
                    ``(A) is valid, reliable, and based on 
                scientifically valid research on literacy and English 
                language acquisition; and
                    ``(B) for children from birth through kindergarten 
                entry, measures how young children have progressed over 
                time relative to developmental norms, and for children 
                in kindergarten through grade 12, measures what 
                children have learned over time, relative to academic 
                content standards.
            ``(21) Writing.--The term `writing' means--
                    ``(A) composing meaning in print or through other 
                media, including technologies, to communicate and to 
                create new knowledge in ways appropriate to the context 
                of the writing and the literacy development stage of 
                the writer;
                    ``(B) composing ideas individually and 
                collaboratively in ways that are appropriate for a 
                variety of purposes, audiences, and occasions;
                    ``(C) choosing vocabulary, tone, genre, and 
                conventions, such as spelling and punctuation, suitable 
                to the purpose, audience, and occasion; and
                    ``(D) revising compositions for clarity of ideas, 
                coherence, logical development, and precision of 
                language use.

``SEC. 4104. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Reservations and Awards to State Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amounts appropriated to carry 
        out this part for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) reserve not more than a total of 4 percent of 
                such amounts for dissemination of information and 
                technical assistance under section 4110;
                    ``(B) reserve not more than 5 percent of such 
                amounts to award planning grants, on a competitive 
                basis, to State educational agencies serving States, in 
                accordance with section 4105;
                    ``(C) in the case of a fiscal year for which the 
                amounts to carry out this part are less than 
                $500,000,000, use the amount not reserved under 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) to make awards, on a 
                competitive basis, to State educational agencies 
                serving States that have applications approved under 
                section 4106 to enable the State educational agencies 
                to carry out the activities described in section 
                4106(a); and
                    ``(D) in the case of a fiscal year for which the 
                amounts appropriated to carry out this part are equal 
                to or exceeding $500,000,000--
                            ``(i) reserve a total of 1 percent of such 
                        amount for--
                                    ``(I) allotments for the United 
                                States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
                                Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
                                Northern Mariana Islands, to be 
                                distributed among such outlying areas 
                                on the basis of their relative need, as 
                                determined by the Secretary in 
                                accordance with the purposes of this 
                                part; and
                                    ``(II) the Secretary of the 
                                Interior for programs under sections 
                                4105 through 4109 in schools operated 
                                or funded by the Bureau of Indian 
                                Education; and
                            ``(ii) use the amount not reserved under 
                        clause (i) and subparagraphs (A) and (B) to 
                        make awards, as described in paragraph (2), to 
                        State educational agencies serving States that 
                        have applications approved under section 4106 
                        to enable the State educational agencies to 
                        carry out the activities described in section 
                        4106(a).
            ``(2) Special rules for years with funds equal or exceeding 
        $500,000,000.--
                    ``(A) Proportional division.--In each fiscal year 
                described in paragraph (1)(D), the amount reserved 
                under paragraph (1)(D)(i) shall be divided between the 
                uses described in subclauses (I) and (II) of such 
                paragraph in the same proportion as the amount reserved 
                under section 1121(a) is divided between the uses 
                described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section for 
                such fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Consultation.--A State educational agency 
                that receives an allotment under paragraph (1)(D)(ii) 
                shall engage in timely and meaningful consultation with 
                representatives of Indian tribes located in the State 
                in order to improve the coordination and quality of 
                activities designed to develop effective approaches to 
                achieve the purposes of this part consistent with the 
                cultural, language, and educational needs of Indian 
                children.
                    ``(C) State allotment formula.--The Secretary shall 
                allot the amount made available under paragraph 
                (1)(D)(ii) for a fiscal year among the States in 
                proportion to the number of children, from birth 
                through age 17, who reside within the State and are 
                from families with incomes below the poverty line for 
                the most recent fiscal year for which satisfactory data 
                are available, compared to the number of such children 
                who reside in all States for that fiscal year.
            ``(3) Minimum award amount.--No State educational agency 
        receiving an award under this section for a fiscal year may 
        receive less than one-fourth of 1 percent of the total amount 
        appropriated to carry out this part for the fiscal year.
            ``(4) Puerto rico.--The amount allotted under paragraph 
        (1)(C) to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a fiscal year may 
        not exceed one-fourth of 1 percent of the total amount 
        appropriated to carry out this part for such fiscal year.
    ``(b) Peer Review.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall convene a peer 
        review panel to evaluate the applications to carry out section 
        4105 or 4106 using the evaluation criteria described in 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Development of evaluation criteria.--The Secretary 
        shall report to the authorizing committees regarding the peer 
        review process and evaluation criteria that shall be used to 
        evaluate the grant applications to carry out sections 4105 and 
        4106.
            ``(3) Membership.--
                    ``(A) Composition.--A peer review panel convened 
                under paragraph (1) shall be composed of not less than 
                9 members, of whom--
                            ``(i) 3 shall be appointed by the 
                        Secretary;
                            ``(ii) 3 shall be appointed by the 
                        Secretary from among individuals--
                                    ``(I) recommended by the Chairman 
                                of the National Research Council of the 
                                National Academy of Sciences; and
                                    ``(II) with expertise in 
                                comprehensive language and literacy 
                                instruction and strategies; and
                            ``(iii) 3 shall be appointed by the 
                        Secretary from among individuals--
                                    ``(I) recommended by the Director 
                                of the National Institute of Child 
                                Health and Human Development; and
                                    ``(II) with expertise concerning 
                                literacy development in children from 
                                birth through grade 12.
                    ``(B) Competency and expertise.--The peer review 
                panel convened under paragraph (1) may include--
                            ``(i) classroom teachers with expertise in 
                        literacy, and literacy coaches, including--
                                    ``(I) special education teachers;
                                    ``(II) teachers of children who are 
                                English learners; and
                                    ``(III) early childhood educators;
                            ``(ii) experts who provide high-quality 
                        professional development to teachers and other 
                        instructional staff to support children's 
                        literacy development;
                            ``(iii) experts in the screening 
                        assessment, diagnostic assessment, and other 
                        assessment of children's literacy development; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) experts in comprehensive literacy 
                        instruction and strategies in reading and 
                        writing, language development, and English 
                        language acquisition, as appropriate, including 
                        reading and writing in core academic subjects.
            ``(4) Distribution of recommendations.--Not later than 120 
        days after a peer review panel submits to the Secretary the 
        panel's recommendation regarding an application by a State 
        educational agency for a grant under section 4105 or 4106, the 
        Secretary shall notify the State educational agency that the 
        application has been approved or disapproved and shall provide 
        to such State educational agency a copy of the peer review 
        panel's recommendation.
    ``(c) Conflicts of Interest.--
            ``(1) Peer review panels.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
        each member of a peer review panel described in subsection (b) 
        does not stand to benefit financially from a grant or subgrant 
        awarded under this part.
            ``(2) State literacy leadership teams.--Each State 
        educational agency that receives funding under this part shall 
        ensure that each member of a State literacy leadership team 
        participating in a program or activity assisted under this part 
        does not stand to benefit financially from a grant or subgrant 
        awarded under this part.
    ``(d) Supplement Not Supplant.--Award funds provided under this 
part shall supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would, 
in the absence of such award funds, be made available for literacy 
instruction and support of children participating in programs assisted 
under this part.
    ``(e) Maintenance of Effort.--Each State educational agency that 
receives a grant or allotment under this section, and each eligible 
entity that receives a subgrant under section 4108 or 4109, shall 
maintain for the fiscal year for which the grant or subgrant is 
received and for each subsequent fiscal year the expenditures of the 
State educational agency or eligible entity, respectively, for literacy 
instruction at a level not less than the level of such expenditures 
maintained by the State educational agency or eligible entity, 
respectively, for the fiscal year preceding such fiscal year for which 
the grant or subgrant is received.

``SEC. 4105. STATE PLANNING GRANTS.

    ``(a) Planning Grants Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts made available under 
        section 4104(a)(1)(B), the Secretary may award planning grants 
        to State educational agencies to enable the State educational 
        agencies to complete comprehensive planning to carry out 
        activities that improve literacy for children from birth 
        through grade 12.
            ``(2) Grant period.--A planning grant awarded under this 
        section shall be for a period of not more than 1 year.
            ``(3) Nonrenewability.--The Secretary shall not award a 
        State educational agency more than 1 planning grant under this 
        section.
    ``(b) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State educational agency desiring a 
        planning grant under this section shall submit an application 
        to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
        by such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under this 
        subsection shall, at a minimum, include a description of how 
        the State educational agency will develop a plan for improving 
        State efforts to develop, coordinate, implement, and assess 
        comprehensive literacy activities that ensure high-quality 
        instruction and effective strategies in reading and writing for 
        all children in early learning programs and kindergarten 
        through grade 12 programs. Such plan shall--
                    ``(A) describe the activities for which assistance 
                under this section is sought, demonstrating a 
                particular focus on children who are reading or writing 
                below grade level and children whose early literacy 
                skills are below the appropriate age or developmental 
                level;
                    ``(B) provide a budget for the use of the planning 
                grant funds to complete the required activities 
                described in subsection (c);
                    ``(C) include an analysis of data on child literacy 
                and language and student academic achievement in 
                reading to identify and establish baseline and 
                benchmark levels against which to monitor child 
                progress and improvement in literacy; and
                    ``(D) provide an assurance that all State agencies 
                responsible for administering early learning programs 
                and services (including the State Head Start 
                Collaboration Office and the State agency responsible 
                for administering child care) and the State Advisory 
                Council on Early Childhood Education and Care 
                collaborated with the State educational agency to write 
                the early learning portion of the grant application 
                submitted under this subsection.
            ``(3) Approval of applications.--The Secretary shall 
        evaluate applications under this subsection based on the 
        quality of the response of the applications to the requirements 
        under this subsection.
    ``(c) Required Activities.--A State educational agency receiving 
planning grant funds under this section shall carry out each of the 
following activities:
            ``(1) Reviewing reading, writing, or other language and 
        literacy resources and programs, such as school library 
        programs, and data across the State to identify any literacy 
        needs and gaps in the State.
            ``(2) Forming or designating a State literacy leadership 
        team which shall execute the following functions:
                    ``(A) Creating a comprehensive State literacy plan 
                that--
                            ``(i) is designed to improve language 
                        development, reading, writing, and academic 
                        achievement for children, especially children 
                        reading below grade level and children whose 
                        literacy skills are below the appropriate age 
                        or developmental level;
                            ``(ii) includes--
                                    ``(I) a needs assessment and an 
                                implementation plan, including an 
                                analysis of data on child literacy and 
                                student academic achievement in reading 
                                to identify baseline and benchmark 
                                levels of literacy and early literacy 
                                skills in order to monitor progress and 
                                improvement; and
                                    ``(II) a plan to improve reading 
                                achievement among all children;
                            ``(iii) ensures high-quality instruction, 
                        consistent with the characteristics of 
                        effective literacy instruction and strategies, 
                        in early learning programs and kindergarten 
                        through grade 12 programs; and
                            ``(iv) provides for activities designed to 
                        improve literacy achievement for children who 
                        read or write below grade level, including such 
                        children who--
                                    ``(I) attend schools that are 
                                identified under section 1116(c)(2); or
                                    ``(II) are counted under section 
                                1124(c);
                    ``(B) Providing recommendations to guide the State 
                educational agency in the State educational agency's 
                process of strengthening State literacy standards and 
                embedding State literacy standards with the State's 
                college and career ready academic content standards and 
                college and career ready student academic achievement 
                standards, and early learning and development 
                standards.
                    ``(C) Providing recommendations to guide the State 
                educational agency in the State educational agency's 
                process of measuring, assessing, and monitoring 
                progress in literacy at the school, local educational 
                agency, and State levels.
                    ``(D) Identifying criteria for high-quality 
                professional development providers, which providers may 
                include qualified teachers within the State, for the 
                State educational agency and local educational 
                agencies.
                    ``(E) Advising the State educational agency on how 
                to help ensure that local educational agencies and 
                schools provide timely and appropriate data to teachers 
                to inform and improve instruction.
                    ``(F) Providing recommendations to guide the State 
                educational agency in the State educational agency's 
                planning process of building educators' capacity to 
                provide high-quality comprehensive literacy 
                instruction.

``SEC. 4106. STATE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.

    ``(a) Implementation Grants Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts made available under 
        subparagraphs (C) or (D)(ii) of section 4104(a)(1) (as 
        applicable), the Secretary shall award implementation grants to 
        State educational agencies to enable the State educational 
        agencies--
                    ``(A) to implement the comprehensive literacy plan 
                that meets the criteria in section 4105(c)(2)(A) for 
                early learning programs and kindergarten through grade 
                12 programs;
                    ``(B) to carry out State activities under section 
                4107; and
                    ``(C) to award subgrants under sections 4108 and 
                4109.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not award an 
        implementation grant under this section to a State for any year 
        for which the State has received a planning grant under section 
        4105.
            ``(3) Duration of grants.--An implementation grant under 
        this section shall be awarded for a period of not more than 5 
        years.
            ``(4) Renewals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may renew a grant 
                under this section for a period of not more than 2 
                years.
                    ``(B) Conditions.--In order to be eligible to have 
                an implementation grant renewed under this paragraph, 
                the State educational agency shall demonstrate to the 
                satisfaction of the Secretary that, during the project 
                period--
                            ``(i) with respect to children from birth 
                        through kindergarten entry, the State 
                        educational agency has collaborated with the 
                        State agencies that oversee child care and 
                        other early learning programs, and has 
                        collaborated with the State Advisory Council on 
                        Early Childhood Education and Care, to comply 
                        with the terms of the grant, including using 
                        the funds--
                                    ``(I) to increase access to high-
                                quality professional development;
                                    ``(II) for developmentally 
                                appropriate curricula and teaching 
                                materials; and
                                    ``(III) for developmentally 
                                appropriate classroom-based 
                                instructional assessments and 
                                developmentally appropriate screening 
                                assessments and diagnostic assessments; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) with respect to children in 
                        kindergarten through grade 12, demonstrates 
                        that there has been significant progress in 
                        student academic achievement, as measured by 
                        appropriate assessments, including the 
                        assessments included in the State 
                        accountability system under section 
                        1111(a)(3)(A).
    ``(b) State Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency that desires 
        to receive an implementation 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. The State educational agency shall collaborate with 
        the State agency responsible for administering early learning 
        programs and the State agency responsible for administering 
        child care programs in the State in writing and implementing 
        the early learning portion of the grant application under this 
        subsection.
            ``(2) Contents.--An application described in paragraph (1) 
        shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of the members of the State 
                literacy leadership team and a description of how the 
                State educational agency has developed a comprehensive 
                State literacy plan, consistent with the requirements 
                of section 4105(c)(2)(A).
                    ``(B) An implementation plan that includes a 
                description of how the State educational agency will--
                            ``(i) carry out the State activities 
                        described in section 4107;
                            ``(ii) assist eligible entities with--
                                    ``(I) providing strategic and 
                                intensive comprehensive literacy 
                                instruction based on scientifically 
                                valid research for children who are 
                                reading and writing below grade level, 
                                including through--
                                            ``(aa) the use of 
                                        multitiered systems of support; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) addressing the 
                                        literacy needs of children with 
                                        disabilities or developmental 
                                        delays and English learners in 
                                        programs serving children from 
                                        birth through grade 12;
                                    ``(II) providing training to 
                                parents, as appropriate, so that the 
                                parents can participate in the literacy 
                                related activities described in 
                                sections 4108 and 4109 to assist in the 
                                language and literacy development of 
                                their children;
                                    ``(III) selecting and using reading 
                                and writing assessments;
                                    ``(IV) providing classroom-based 
                                instruction that is supported by one-
                                to-one and small group work;
                                    ``(V) using curricular materials 
                                and instructional tools, which may 
                                include technology, to improve 
                                instruction and literacy achievement;
                                    ``(VI) providing for high-quality 
                                professional development; and
                                    ``(VII) using the principles of 
                                universal design for learning;
                            ``(iii) ensure that local educational 
                        agencies in the State have leveraged and are 
                        effectively leveraging the resources needed to 
                        implement effective comprehensive literacy 
                        instruction, and have the capacity to implement 
                        literacy initiatives effectively; and
                            ``(iv) continually coordinate and align the 
                        activities assisted under this part with 
                        reading, writing, and other literacy resources 
                        and programs across the State and locally that 
                        serve children and their families and promote 
                        comprehensive literacy instruction and 
                        learning, including strengthening partnerships 
                        among schools, libraries, local youth-serving 
                        agencies, and programs, in order to improve 
                        literacy for all children.
                    ``(C) A description of the key data metrics, and 
                the performance targets for such metrics, that will be 
                used and reported annually under section 4111(b)(1), 
                which shall include--
                            ``(i) metrics established consistent with 
                        section 1111(a)(3)(A), for children in grades 3 
                        through 12; and
                            ``(ii) the relevant program metrics and 
                        performance targets that the State shall use to 
                        monitor the implementation of its plan under 
                        section 4111.
                    ``(D) An assurance that the State educational 
                agency, and any eligible entity receiving a subgrant 
                from the State educational agency under section 4108 or 
                4109, will, if requested, participate in the national 
                evaluation under section 4110.
                    ``(E) An assurance that the State educational 
                agency will use implementation grant funds for literacy 
                programs as follows:
                            ``(i) Not less than 10 percent of such 
                        grant funds shall be used for State and local 
                        programs and activities pertaining to children 
                        from birth through kindergarten entry.
                            ``(ii) Not less than 30 percent of such 
                        grant funds shall be used for State and local 
                        programs and activities, allocated equitably 
                        among the grades of kindergarten through grade 
                        5.
                            ``(iii) Not less than 30 percent of such 
                        grant funds shall be used for State and local 
                        programs and activities, allocated equitably 
                        among grades 6 through 12.
                            ``(iv) Not more than 10 percent of such 
                        implementation grant funds shall be used for 
                        the State activities described in section 4107.
                    ``(F) An assurance that the State educational 
                agency shall give priority to awarding a subgrant to an 
                eligible entity--
                            ``(i) under section 4108 based on the 
                        number or percentage of children younger than 
                        the age of kindergarten entry who are--
                                    ``(I) served by the eligible 
                                entity; and
                                    ``(II) from families with income 
                                levels below the poverty line; and
                            ``(ii) under section 4109 based on--
                                    ``(I) the number or percentage of 
                                children from birth through age 17 who 
                                are--
                                            ``(aa) served by the 
                                        eligible entity; and
                                            ``(bb) from families with 
                                        income levels below the poverty 
                                        line; and
                                    ``(II) the number or percentage of 
                                children in kindergarten through grade 
                                12 served by the eligible entity who 
                                are reading and writing below grade 
                                level according to State assessments.
    ``(c) Approval of Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall evaluate State 
        educational agency applications under subsection (b) based on 
        the quality of the response of the applications to the 
        application requirements under such subsection.
            ``(2) Peer review.--The Secretary shall convene a peer 
        review panel in accordance with section 4104(b) to evaluate 
        applications for each implementation grant awarded to a State 
        educational agency under this section.
            ``(3) Early learning.--In order for a State educational 
        agency's application under this section to be approved by the 
        Secretary, the application shall contain an assurance that the 
        State agencies responsible for administering early learning 
        programs and services, including the State agency responsible 
        for administering child care programs, including, as 
        applicable, the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood 
        Education and Care, approve of and will be extensively 
        consulted in the implementation of activities consistent with 
        section 4108, with respect to the early learning portion of the 
        application.

``SEC. 4107. STATE ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Required Activities.--A State educational agency shall use 
the implementation grant funds described in section 4106(b)(2)(E)(iv) 
to carry out the activities proposed in a State's implementation plan 
under section 4106(b)(2)(B), including the following activities:
            ``(1) In consultation with the State literacy leadership 
        team, providing technical assistance, or engaging qualified 
        providers to provide technical assistance, to eligible entities 
        to enable the eligible entities to design and implement 
        literacy programs under section 4108 or 4109.
            ``(2) Consulting with the State literacy leadership team 
        and coordinating with institutions of higher education in the 
        State--
                    ``(A) in order to provide recommendations to 
                strengthen and enhance preservice courses for students 
                preparing, at institutions of higher education in the 
                State, to teach children from birth through grade 12 in 
                explicit, systematic, and intensive instruction in 
                evidence-based literacy methods; and
                    ``(B) by following up on reviews completed by the 
                State literacy leadership team with recommendations to 
                ensure that such institutions offer courses that meet 
                the highest standards.
            ``(3) Reviewing and updating, in collaboration with 
        teachers, statewide educational and professional organizations 
        representing teachers, and statewide educational and 
        professional organizations representing institutions of higher 
        education, State licensure or certification standards in the 
        area of literacy instruction in early education through grade 
        12.
            ``(4) Making publicly available, including on the State 
        educational agency's website, information on promising 
        instructional practices to improve child literacy achievement.
    ``(b) Permissive Activities.--After carrying out the activities 
described in subsection (a), a State educational agency may use 
remaining implementation grant funds described in section 
4106(b)(2)(E)(iv) to carry out 1 or more of the following activities:
            ``(1) Training the personnel of eligible entities to use 
        data systems to improve child literacy learning.
            ``(2) Developing literacy coach training programs and 
        training literacy coaches.
            ``(3) Building public support among local educational 
        agency personnel, early learning programs, and the community 
        for comprehensive literacy instruction for children from birth 
        through grade 12.
            ``(4) Administration and evaluation of activities carried 
        out under this part.

``SEC. 4108. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES IN SUPPORT OF BIRTH THROUGH 
              KINDERGARTEN ENTRY LITERACY.

    ``(a) Subgrants.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency, in 
        consultation with the State agencies responsible for 
        administering early learning programs and services, including 
        the State agency responsible for administering child care 
        programs, including, as applicable, the State Advisory Council 
        on Early Childhood Education and Care, shall use a portion of 
        implementation grant funds provided under subparagraph (C) or 
        (D)(ii) of section 4104(a)(1) to award subgrants, on a 
        competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable the eligible 
        entities to support high-quality early literacy initiatives for 
        children from birth through kindergarten entry.
            ``(2) Duration.--The term of a subgrant under this section 
        shall be determined by the State educational agency awarding 
        the subgrant.
    ``(b) Sufficient Size and Scope.--Each subgrant awarded under this 
section shall be of sufficient size and scope to allow the eligible 
entity to carry out high-quality early literacy initiatives for 
children from birth through kindergarten entry.
    ``(c) Local Applications.--An eligible entity desiring to receive a 
subgrant under this section shall submit an application to the State 
educational agency, at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the State educational agency may require. Such 
application shall include a description of--
            ``(1) how the subgrant funds will be used to enhance the 
        language and literacy development and school readiness of 
        children, from birth through kindergarten entry, in early 
        learning programs, which shall include an analysis of data that 
        support the proposed use of subgrant funds;
            ``(2) the programs that the eligible entity proposes to 
        assist under the subgrant, including demographic and 
        socioeconomic information on the children enrolled in the 
        programs;
            ``(3) a budget for the eligible entity that projects the 
        cost of developing and implementing literacy initiatives to 
        carry out the activities described in subsection (e);
            ``(4) how, if the eligible entity is requesting a planning 
        period, which shall not exceed 1 year, the eligible entity will 
        use that planning period to prepare for successful 
        implementation of a plan to support the development of learning 
        and literacy consistent with the purposes of this part;
            ``(5) the literacy initiatives, if any, in place and how 
        these initiatives will be coordinated and integrated with 
        activities supported under this section;
            ``(6) how the subgrant funds will be used to prepare and 
        provide ongoing assistance to staff in the programs, through 
        high-quality professional development;
            ``(7) how the subgrant funds will be used to provide 
        services, incorporate activities, and select and use literacy 
        instructional materials that--
                    ``(A) meet the diverse developmental and linguistic 
                needs of children, including English learners and 
                children with disabilities and developmental delays; 
                and
                    ``(B) are based on scientifically valid research on 
                child development and learning for children from birth 
                through kindergarten entry;
            ``(8) how the subgrant funds will be used to provide 
        screening assessments, diagnostic assessments, and classroom-
        based instructional assessments and assessments of 
        developmental progress;
            ``(9) how families and caregivers will be involved, as 
        appropriate, in supporting their child's literacy development, 
        instruction, and assessment;
            ``(10) how the subgrant funds will be used to help 
        children, particularly children experiencing difficulty with 
        spoken and written language, to make the transition from early 
        childhood education programs to formal classroom instruction;
            ``(11) how the activities assisted under the subgrant will 
        be coordinated with comprehensive literacy instruction at the 
        kindergarten through grade 12 levels;
            ``(12) how the subgrant funds will be used--
                    ``(A) to evaluate the success of the activities 
                assisted under the subgrant in enhancing the early 
                language and literacy development of children from 
                birth through kindergarten entry; and
                    ``(B) to evaluate data for program improvement; and
            ``(13) such other information as the State educational 
        agency may require.
    ``(d) Approval of Local Applications.--The State educational 
agency, in consultation with the State agencies responsible for 
administering early learning programs, including the State agency 
responsible for administering child care programs and the State 
Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care, shall--
            ``(1) select applications for funding under this section 
        based on the quality of the applications submitted, including 
        the relationship between literacy activities proposed and the 
        research base or data supporting such investments, as 
        appropriate, and the recommendations of--
                    ``(A) the State literacy leadership team; and
                    ``(B) other experts in the area of early literacy; 
                and
            ``(2) place priority for funding programs based on the 
        criteria in section 4106(b)(2)(F).
    ``(e) Local Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a 
        subgrant under this section shall use the subgrant funds, 
        consistent with the entity's approved application under 
        subsection (c), to--
                    ``(A) enhance and improve early learning programs 
                to ensure that children in such programs are provided 
                with high-quality oral language and literature- and 
                print-rich environments in which to develop early 
                literacy skills;
                    ``(B) carry out high-quality professional 
                development opportunities for early childhood 
                educators, teachers, and instructional leaders;
                    ``(C) acquire, provide training for, and implement 
                screening assessments, diagnostic assessments, and 
                classroom-based instructional assessments;
                    ``(D) select, develop, and implement a multitier 
                system of support;
                    ``(E) integrate research-based instructional 
                materials, activities, tools, and measures into the 
                programs offered by the eligible entity to improve 
                development of early learning language and literacy 
                skills;
                    ``(F) train providers and personnel to support, 
                develop, and administer high-quality early learning 
                literacy initiatives that--
                            ``(i) utilize data--
                                    ``(I) to inform instructional 
                                design; and
                                    ``(II) to assess literacy needs; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) provide time and support for 
                        personnel to meet to plan comprehensive 
                        literacy instruction;
                    ``(G) provide family literacy services, as 
                appropriate, and educate parents, teachers, and other 
                caregivers about child literacy development;
                    ``(H) annually collect, summarize, and report to 
                the State educational agency data--
                            ``(i) to document child progress in early 
                        literacy and language skills development as a 
                        result of activities carried out under this 
                        section;
                            ``(ii) to stimulate and accelerate 
                        improvement by identifying the programs served 
                        by the eligible entity that produce significant 
                        gains in skills development; and
                            ``(iii) for all subgroups of children and 
                        categories of children, including children in 
                        the subgroups described in section 
                        1111(a)(2)(B)(x), in a manner that--
                                    ``(I) utilizes a variety of 
                                measures of child literacy and language 
                                skills development; and
                                    ``(II) is consistent across the 
                                State; and
                    ``(I) coordinate the involvement of families, early 
                learning program staff, principals, other instructional 
                leaders, and teachers in literacy development of 
                children served under this part.
            ``(2) Curricula and assessment materials limitation.--Each 
        eligible entity that receives a subgrant under this section 
        shall not use more than 20 percent of the subgrant funds in the 
        first year of subgrant funding, and not more than 10 percent of 
        the subgrant funds in each year thereafter, to purchase 
        curricula and assessment materials.
    ``(f) Prohibition.--The use of assessment items and data on any 
assessment authorized under this section to provide rewards or 
sanctions for individual children, early learning program providers, 
teachers, program directors, or principals is prohibited.

``SEC. 4109. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES IN SUPPORT OF KINDERGARTEN 
              THROUGH GRADE 12 LITERACY.

    ``(a) Subgrants to Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) Subgrants.--A State educational agency shall use a 
        portion of the implementation grant funds provided under 
        subparagraph (C) or (D)(ii) of section 4104(a)(1) to award 
        subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to 
        enable the eligible entities to carry out the authorized 
        activities described in subsections (b) and (c).
            ``(2) Sufficient size and scope.--A State educational 
        agency shall award subgrants under this section of sufficient 
        size and scope to allow the eligible entities to carry out 
        high-quality literacy initiatives in each grade level for which 
        the subgrant funds are provided.
            ``(3) Local applications.--An eligible entity desiring to 
        receive a subgrant under this section shall submit an 
        application to the State educational agency at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information as the State 
        educational agency may require. Such application shall include, 
        for each school that the eligible entity identifies as 
        participating in a subgrant program under this section, the 
        following information:
                    ``(A) A description of the eligible entity's 
                capacity to identify how subgrant funds will be used to 
                inform and improve comprehensive literacy instruction 
                at the school.
                    ``(B) How the school, local educational agency, or 
                a provider of high-quality professional development 
                will provide ongoing high-quality professional 
                development to all teachers, including early childhood 
                educators, principals, and other instructional leaders 
                served by the school, including early learning program 
                administrators.
                    ``(C) How the school will identify children in need 
                of literacy interventions or other support services and 
                provide appropriate scientifically valid instructional 
                interventions or other support services which may 
                include extended learning time for struggling children.
                    ``(D) A budget for the school that projects the 
                cost of developing and implementing literacy 
                initiatives to carry out the activities described in 
                subsections (b) and (c) as applicable.
                    ``(E) An explanation of how the school will 
                integrate comprehensive literacy instruction into core 
                academic subjects.
                    ``(F) A description of how the school will 
                coordinate comprehensive literacy instruction with 
                early learning and before- and after-school programs 
                and activities in the area served by the local 
                educational agency, such as school library programs.
                    ``(G) A description of the assessments that will be 
                used in an assessment system to improve comprehensive 
                literacy instruction and track child literacy progress.
                    ``(H) A description of how families and caregivers 
                will be involved in supporting their children's 
                literacy instruction and assessment.
                    ``(I) A description of how, if an eligible entity 
                is requesting a planning period, the eligible entity 
                will use that planning period to prepare for successful 
                implementation of a plan to support the development of 
                learning and literacy consistent with the purposes of 
                this part.
                    ``(J) A description of the literacy initiatives, if 
                any, in place and how these initiatives will be 
                coordinated and integrated with activities supported 
                under this section.
                    ``(K) An assurance that the eligible entity will, 
                if requested, participate in the national evaluation 
                described in section 4110.
    ``(b) Local Uses of Funds for Kindergarten Through Grade 5.--An 
eligible entity that receives a subgrant under this section shall use 
the subgrant funds to carry out the following activities pertaining to 
children in kindergarten through grade 5:
            ``(1) Developing and implementing a literacy plan across 
        content areas that--
                    ``(A) serves the needs of all children, including 
                children with disabilities and English learners, 
                especially children who are reading or writing below 
                grade level;
                    ``(B) provides intensive, supplemental, 
                accelerated, and explicit intervention and support in 
                reading and writing for children whose literacy skills 
                are below grade level; and
                    ``(C) supports activities that are provided 
                primarily during the regular school day but which may 
                be augmented by after-school and out-of-school time 
                instruction.
            ``(2) Acquiring, providing training for, selecting, and 
        administering assessments, and managing, monitoring, and 
        planning instruction based on the assessment data.
            ``(3) Providing high-quality professional development 
        opportunities for teachers, literacy coaches, literacy 
        specialists, English as a second language specialists (as 
        appropriate), principals, and other program staff.
            ``(4) Training principals, specialized instructional 
        support personnel, and other school district personnel to 
        support, develop, administer, and evaluate high-quality 
        kindergarten through grade 5 literacy initiatives that--
                    ``(A) utilize data--
                            ``(i) to inform instructional decisions; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) to assess professional development 
                        needs; and
                    ``(B) provide time and support for teachers and 
                other instructional staff to meet to plan comprehensive 
                literacy instruction.
            ``(5) Coordinating the involvement of early learning 
        program staff, principals, other instructional leaders, 
        teachers, teacher literacy teams, English as a second language 
        specialists (as appropriate), special educators, and school 
        librarians in the literacy development of children served under 
        this part.
            ``(6) Engaging families and encouraging family literacy 
        experiences and practices to support literacy development.
            ``(7) Annually collecting, summarizing, and reporting to 
        the State educational agency data--
                    ``(A) to document and monitor for the purpose of 
                improving practice, improvements, or increases in 
                children's reading and writing pursuant to activities 
                carried out under this section;
                    ``(B) to stimulate and accelerate improvement by 
                identifying the schools that produce significant gains 
                in literacy achievement; and
                    ``(C) for all children and categories of children, 
                including the subgroups of children described in 
                section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x), in a manner that utilizes a 
                variety of measures and that is consistent across the 
                State.
    ``(c) Local Uses of Funds for Grades 6 Through 12.--An eligible 
entity that receives a subgrant under this section shall use subgrant 
funds to carry out the following activities pertaining to children in 
grades 6 through 12:
            ``(1) Developing and implementing a literacy plan described 
        in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (6), and (7) of subsection (b) for 
        children in grades 6 through 12.
            ``(2) Training principals, specialized instructional 
        support personnel, and other instructional leaders to support, 
        develop, administer, and evaluate high-quality adolescent 
        literacy initiatives that--
                    ``(A) utilize data--
                            ``(i) to inform instructional decisions and 
                        allow for personalization of instruction based 
                        on a child's need; and
                            ``(ii) to assess professional development 
                        needs;
                    ``(B) assess the quality of adolescent 
                comprehensive literacy instruction in core academic 
                subjects, and career and technical education subjects 
                where such career and technical education subjects 
                provide for the integration of core academic subjects;
                    ``(C) provide time for teachers to meet to plan 
                research-based adolescent comprehensive literacy 
                instruction in core academic subjects, and career and 
                technical education subjects where such career and 
                technical education subjects provide for the 
                integration of core academic subjects; and
                    ``(D) include explicit instruction in discipline-
                specific thinking and how to read and interpret 
                discipline-specific text structures and features.
            ``(3) Coordinating the involvement of principals, other 
        instructional leaders, teachers, teacher literacy teams, 
        English as a second language specialists (as appropriate), 
        special educators, and school librarians in the literacy 
        development of children served under this part.
    ``(d) Allowable Uses.--An eligible entity that receives a subgrant 
under this section may, in addition to carrying out the activities 
described in subsections (b) and (c), use subgrant funds to carry out 
the following activities pertaining to children in kindergarten through 
grade 12:
            ``(1) Providing a planning period of not more than 1 year 
        for eligible entities to establish the elements necessary for 
        successful implementation of a literacy program for 
        kindergarten through grade 12.
            ``(2) Recruiting, placing, training, and compensating 
        literacy coaches.
            ``(3) Connecting out-of-school learning opportunities to 
        in-school learning in order to improve the literacy achievement 
        of the children.
            ``(4) Training families and caregivers to support the 
        improvement of adolescent literacy.
            ``(5) Providing for a multitier system of support.
            ``(6) Forming a school literacy leadership team to help 
        implement, assess, and identify necessary changes to the 
        literacy initiatives in 1 or more schools to ensure success.
            ``(7) Providing high-quality, literacy-rich environments 
        that engage children with materials and experiences at the 
        children's reading and writing levels.
            ``(8) Providing time for teachers (and other literacy 
        staff, as appropriate, such as school librarians) to meet to 
        plan comprehensive literacy instruction.
    ``(e) Limitation of Use to Certain Schools.--An eligible entity 
receiving a subgrant under this section shall, in distributing the 
subgrant funds, provide the subgrant funds only to schools, including 
public charter schools, that have the highest percentages or numbers of 
children counted under section 1124(c).

``SEC. 4110. NATIONAL EVALUATION, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, AND 
              TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) National Evaluation.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amount reserved in accordance 
        with section 9601, the Secretary shall enter into a contract 
        with an organization independent of the Department for a 5-year 
        national evaluation of the grant and subgrant programs assisted 
        under this part. Such evaluation shall include scientifically 
        valid research that applies rigorous and systematic procedures 
        to obtain valid knowledge relevant to the implementation and 
        effect of the programs.
            ``(2) Contents of evaluation.--The evaluation described in 
        this subsection shall include an analysis of each of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The impact of the implementation of literacy 
                initiatives and practices supported under this part 
                on--
                            ``(i) increasing academic outcomes, 
                        including child literacy development in reading 
                        and writing, and speaking (as appropriate), 
                        grade promotion, and graduation to the extent 
                        predictable;
                            ``(ii) promoting the appropriate early 
                        literacy development of young children; and
                            ``(iii) strengthening the literacy skills 
                        of English learners and children with 
                        disabilities.
                    ``(B) The fidelity of implementation of core 
                program features, such as coherence of the program 
                across grades, quality of technical assistance, State 
                and local educational agency leadership, professional 
                development for teachers and administrators, use of 
                quality materials and pedagogy, and use of assessment.
                    ``(C) The relationship between implementation of 
                core features and children's academic outcomes.
                    ``(D) Other inquiries as designated by the 
                Secretary, such as--
                            ``(i) the core functions of literacy 
                        initiatives that have demonstrated the greatest 
                        impact on child literacy achievement, 
                        especially among children reading below grade 
                        level;
                            ``(ii) effective strategies to integrate 
                        State and local standards, curricula, 
                        assessments, instruction, materials, and 
                        interventions to improve literacy;
                            ``(iii) the types of literacy activities 
                        and professional development that most 
                        effectively improve the early reading, writing, 
                        and language skills of children from birth 
                        through kindergarten entry;
                            ``(iv) the impact of adolescent literacy 
                        initiatives on adolescent motivation, 
                        engagement, and participation in adolescent 
                        literacy activities;
                            ``(v) the relationship between children's 
                        literacy achievement and secondary school 
                        success, including improving graduation rates; 
                        and
                            ``(vi) effective strategies to integrate 
                        school and public library programs to improve 
                        literacy.
            ``(3) Program improvement.--The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) provide the findings of the evaluation 
                conducted under this section to State educational 
                agencies and subgrant recipients for use in program 
                improvement;
                    ``(B) make such findings publicly available, 
                including on the Department's website; and
                    ``(C) submit such findings to the authorizing 
                committees.
    ``(b) Information Dissemination and Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts reserved under section 
        4104(a)(1)(A), the Secretary, in collaboration with the 
        regional educational laboratories established under section 174 
        of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the comprehensive 
        centers established under section 203 of the Educational 
        Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and the Director of the 
        National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 
        shall--
                    ``(A) distribute information on--
                            ``(i) comprehensive literacy instruction, 
                        including best practices and model programs 
                        identified in the evaluation;
                            ``(ii) other inquiries designated by the 
                        Secretary under subsection (a)(2)(D); or
                            ``(iii) other relevant Federal studies of 
                        literacy activities; and
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance in order to 
                assist States and local educational agencies in 
                improving comprehensive literacy instruction and 
                learning.
            ``(2) Dissemination and coordination.--The Secretary shall 
        disseminate the information described in paragraph (1)(A) to--
                    ``(A) recipients of Federal financial assistance 
                under this part, the Head Start Act, the Individuals 
                with Disabilities Education Act, and the Adult 
                Education and Family Literacy Act; and
                    ``(B) each Bureau-funded school (as defined in 
                section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
                U.S.C. 2021)).
            ``(3) Use of networks.--In carrying out this subsection, 
        the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, use information 
        and dissemination networks developed and maintained through 
        other public and private entities.

``SEC. 4111. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    ``(a) Child Eligibility.--Nothing in this part shall be construed 
to prohibit children eligible for assistance under title I or III or 
children eligible for assistance under part B or C of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act from receiving literacy instruction and 
intervention under this part.
    ``(b) IDEA Evaluation.--The screening assessments, diagnostic 
assessments, and formative assessments of reading and writing 
authorized under this part shall not be construed to constitute an 
evaluation required under part B or C of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, except that assessments administered under 
this Act may be used in conjunction with other assessments as part of 
an evaluation under part B or C of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, provided that the respective evaluation requirements 
under part B or C of such Act are met.

   ``Subpart 2--Improving Literacy and College and Career Readiness 
               Through Effective School Library Programs

``SEC. 4113. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this subpart is to improve students' literacy 
skills and readiness for higher education and careers, by providing 
students with effective school library programs.

``SEC. 4114. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Effective school library program.--The term 
        `effective school library program' means a school library 
        program that--
                    ``(A) is staffed by a State certified or licensed 
                school librarian;
                    ``(B) has up-to-date books, materials, equipment, 
                and technology (including broadband);
                    ``(C) includes regular collaboration between 
                classroom teachers and school librarians to assist with 
                development and implementation of the curriculum and 
                other school reform efforts; and
                    ``(D) supports the development of digital literacy 
                skills.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency in which not less 
                than 20 percent of the students served by the local 
                educational agency are from families with incomes below 
                the poverty line;
                    ``(B) a local educational agency that has a 
                percentage of low-income children that is in the 
                highest quartile among all local educational agencies 
                in the State; or
                    ``(C) a consortia of local educational agencies 
                described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

``SEC. 4115. IMPROVING LITERACY AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS 
              THROUGH EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM GRANTS.

    ``(a) Grants to Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts appropriated under section 
        3(k) for this subpart, the Secretary shall award grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable such entities 
        to carry out the authorized activities described in subsection 
        (b).
            ``(2) Sufficient size and scope.--The Secretary shall award 
        grants under this section of sufficient size and scope to allow 
        the eligible entities to carry out effective school library 
        programs for which the grant funds are provided.
            ``(3) Distribution.--The Secretary shall ensure that grants 
        under this section are equitably distributed among the 
        different geographic regions of the United States, and among 
        eligible entities serving urban and rural areas.
            ``(4) Duration.--A grant awarded under this section shall 
        be for a period of 3 years.
            ``(5) Local applications.--An eligible entity desiring to 
        receive 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. Such application 
        shall include, for each school that the eligible entity 
        identifies as participating in a grant program under this 
        section, the following information:
                    ``(A) a needs assessment relating to the need for 
                literacy improvement at all grade levels and the need 
                for effective school library programs, based on the age 
                and condition of school library resources, including--
                            ``(i) book collections;
                            ``(ii) access to advanced technology;
                            ``(iii) the availability of well-trained, 
                        State-certified or licensed school librarians; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) the current level of coordination 
                        and shared planning time among school 
                        librarians and classroom teachers;
                    ``(B) a description of which grade spans will be 
                served, and an assurance that funding will be 
                distributed to serve students in elementary, middle, 
                and high schools;
                    ``(C) how the eligible entity will extensively 
                involve school librarians, teachers, administrators, 
                and parents in the activities assisted under this 
                section, and the manner in which the eligible entity 
                will carry out the activities described in subsection 
                (b) using programs and materials that are grounded in 
                scientifically valid research;
                    ``(D) the manner in which the eligible entity will 
                effectively coordinate the funds and activities 
                provided under this section with Federal, State, and 
                local funds and activities under this subpart and other 
                literacy, library, technology, and professional 
                development funds and activities, including those 
                funded through the Institute of Museum and Library 
                Services; and
                    ``(E) the manner in which the eligible entity will 
                collect and analyze data on the quality and impact of 
                activities carried out under this section by schools 
                served by the eligible entity.
    ``(b) Local Activities.--Funds under this section may be used to 
develop and enhance effective school library programs, which may 
include activities to--
            ``(1) acquire up-to-date school library resources, 
        including books and reading materials that--
                    ``(A) are appropriate for students in all grade 
                levels to be served and for students with special 
                learning needs, including students who are English 
                learners; and
                    ``(B) engage the interest of readers at all reading 
                levels;
            ``(2) acquire and use advanced technology, incorporated 
        into the curricula of the school, to develop and enhance the 
        digital literacy skills of students;
            ``(3) facilitate Internet links and other resource-sharing 
        networks among schools and school libraries, and public and 
        academic libraries, where possible;
            ``(4) provide--
                    ``(A) professional development in the acquisition 
                of digital literacy skills and literacy instruction 
                that is appropriate for all grades, including the 
                assessment of student literacy needs, the coordination 
                of reading and writing instruction across content 
                areas, and training in literacy strategies in all 
                content areas for school librarians; and
                    ``(B) activities that foster increased 
                collaboration among school librarians, teachers, and 
                administrators; and
            ``(5) provide students with access to school libraries 
        during nonschool hours, including the hours before and after 
        school, during weekends, and during summer vacation periods.
    ``(c) Supplement Not Supplant.--Funds made available under this 
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, 
State, and local funds expended to carry out activities relating to 
library, technology, or professional development activities.
    ``(d) Accountability and Reporting.--Each eligible entity that 
receives funds under this section for a fiscal year shall prepare and 
submit a report to the Secretary regarding how the funding was used and 
the extent to which the availability of, the access to, and the use of, 
up-to-date school library resources in the elementary schools and 
secondary schools served by the eligible entity was increased.''.

SEC. 4103. IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH 
              INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

    (a) Redesignation.--Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part B as part F, and transferring 
        such part F so as to follow part E, as added by section 4106;
            (2) by striking section 4206; and
            (3) by redesignating sections 4201, 4202, 4203, 4204, and 
        4205, as sections 4601, 4602, 4603, 4604, and 4605, 
        respectively.
    (b) Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 
Instruction and Student Achievement.--Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after part A the following:

 ``PART B--IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS 
                  INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

    ``Subpart 1--Improving STEM Instruction and Student Achievement

``SEC. 4201. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this subpart is to improve student academic 
achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, 
including computer science, by--
            ``(1) improving instruction in such subjects through grade 
        12;
            ``(2) improving student engagement in, and increasing 
        student access to, such subjects;
            ``(3) improving the quality and effectiveness of classroom 
        instruction by recruiting, training, and supporting highly 
        rated teachers and providing robust tools and supports for 
        students and teachers in such subjects; and
            ``(4) closing student achievement gaps, and preparing more 
        students to be college and career ready in such subjects.

``SEC. 4202. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a State educational agency; or
                    ``(B) a State educational agency in partnership 
                with 1 or more State educational agencies.
            ``(2) Eligible subgrantee.--The term `eligible subgrantee' 
        means--
                    ``(A) a high-need local educational agency;
                    ``(B) an educational service agency serving more 
                than 1 high-need local educational agency;
                    ``(C) a consortium of high-need local educational 
                agencies; or
                    ``(D) an entity described in subparagraph (A) or 
                (C) of paragraph (3) that has signed a memorandum of 
                agreement with an entity described in subparagraph (A), 
                (B), or (C) of this paragraph to implement the 
                requirements of this subpart in partnership with such 
                entity.
            ``(3) Outside partner.--The term `outside partner' means an 
        entity that has expertise and a demonstrated record of success 
        in improving student learning and engagement in the identified 
        subjects described in section 4204(b)(2), including any of the 
        following:
                    ``(A) A nonprofit or community-based organization, 
                which may include a cultural organization, such as a 
                museum or learning center.
                    ``(B) A business.
                    ``(C) An institution of higher education.
                    ``(D) An educational service agency.
            ``(4) State.--The term `State' means--
                    ``(A) any of the 50 States;
                    ``(B) the District of Columbia;
                    ``(C) the Bureau of Indian Education; or
                    ``(D) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

``SEC. 4203. GRANTS; ALLOTMENTS.

    ``(a) Reservations.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amounts appropriated for this 
        part for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve--
                    ``(A) not more than 2 percent to provide technical 
                assistance to States under this subpart;
                    ``(B) not more than 5 percent for State capacity-
                building grants under this subpart, if the Secretary is 
                awarding such grants in accordance with paragraph (2); 
                and
                    ``(C) 10 percent for the STEM Master Teacher Corps 
                program under subpart 2.
            ``(2) Capacity-building grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In any year for which funding is 
                distributed competitively, as described in subsection 
                (b)(1), the Secretary may award 1 capacity-building 
                grant to each State that does not receive a grant under 
                subsection (b), on a competitive basis, to enable such 
                State to become more competitive in future years.
                    ``(B) Duration.--Grants awarded under subparagraph 
                (A) shall be for a period of 1 year.
    ``(b) Competitive Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each fiscal year for which the 
        amount appropriated to carry out this part, and not reserved 
        under subsection (a)(1), is less than $500,000,000, the 
        Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
        eligible entities to enable such eligible entities to carry out 
        the activities described in this subpart.
            ``(2) Duration.--Grants awarded under this subsection shall 
        be for a period of not more than 3 years.
            ``(3) Renewal.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If an eligible entity 
                demonstrates progress, as measured by the metrics 
                described in section 4206(a), the Secretary may renew a 
                grant for an additional 2-year period.
                    ``(B) Reduced funding.--Grant funds awarded under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be awarded at a reduced amount.
    ``(c) Formula Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each fiscal year for which the 
        amount appropriated to carry out this part, and not reserved 
        under subsection (a)(1), is equal to or more than $500,000,000, 
        the Secretary shall award grants to States, based on the 
        formula described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Distribution of funds.--The Secretary shall allot to 
        each State--
                    ``(A) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                35 percent of the excess amount described in paragraph 
                (1) as the number of individuals ages 5 through 17 in 
                the State, as determined by the Secretary on the basis 
                of the most recent satisfactory data, bears to the 
                number of those individuals in all such States, as so 
                determined; and
                    ``(B) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                65 percent of the excess amount as the number of 
                individuals ages 5 through 17 from families with 
                incomes below the poverty line, in the State, as 
                determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most 
                recent satisfactory data, bears to the number of those 
                individuals in all such States, as so determined.
            ``(3) Funding minimum.--No State receiving an allotment 
        under this subsection may receive less than one-half of 1 
        percent of the total amount allotted under paragraph (1) for a 
        fiscal year.
            ``(4) Puerto rico.--The amount allotted under paragraph (2) 
        to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a fiscal year may not 
        exceed one-half of 1 percent of the total amount allotted under 
        paragraph (1) for such fiscal year.
            ``(5) Reallotment of unused funds.--If a State does not 
        successfully apply, the Secretary shall reallot the amount of 
        the State's allotment to the remaining States in accordance 
        with this subsection.

``SEC. 4204. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity or State desiring a grant 
under this subpart, whether through a competitive grant under section 
4203(b) or through an allotment under section 4203(c), shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(b) Contents.--At a minimum, an application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include the following:
            ``(1) A description of the needs, including assets, 
        identified by the State or eligible entity, based on a State 
        analysis, which--
                    ``(A) may include results from a relevant pre-
                existing analysis of science, technology, engineering, 
                and mathematics education quality and outcomes in the 
                State or States served by the eligible entity;
                    ``(B) shall include data for elementary school and 
                secondary school grades, as applicable, to the extent 
                that such data are available, on--
                            ``(i) student achievement in science and 
                        mathematics, including such data collected in 
                        accordance with the requirements of section 
                        1111(a)(3)(A), and student achievement in 
                        technology and engineering;
                            ``(ii) science, technology, engineering, 
                        and mathematics teacher evaluations;
                            ``(iii) student access to mathematics and 
                        science courses needed to enroll in credit-
                        bearing coursework at institutions of higher 
                        education in the State or States served by the 
                        eligible entity;
                            ``(iv) access to science, technology, 
                        engineering, and mathematics courses for 
                        students through grade 12 who--
                                    ``(I) are eligible to receive a 
                                free or reduced priced lunch under the 
                                Richard B. Russell National School 
                                Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); or
                                    ``(II) come from families with an 
                                income that is below the poverty line;
                            ``(v) student achievement gaps in science, 
                        technology, engineering, and mathematics 
                        subjects;
                            ``(vi) the percentage of students who 
                        successfully--
                                    ``(I) complete Advanced Placement 
                                or International Baccalaureate courses 
                                in science, technology, engineering, 
                                and mathematics subjects; or
                                    ``(II) complete rigorous, credit-
                                bearing postsecondary education courses 
                                in science, technology, engineering, 
                                and mathematics subjects;
                            ``(vii) the information collected under 
                        section 1111(d)(3)(B)(viii)(III);
                            ``(viii) available instructional systems 
                        and supports, such as curricula, instructional 
                        materials, professional development, teacher 
                        evaluation systems, and assessments;
                            ``(ix) science, technology, engineering, 
                        and mathematics teacher qualifications; and
                            ``(x) teacher shortages and teacher 
                        distribution among local educational agencies 
                        and schools in science, technology, 
                        engineering, and mathematics subjects;
                    ``(C) shall include labor market information 
                regarding the industry and business workforce needs 
                within the eligible entity;
                    ``(D) shall include an analysis of the quality of 
                pre-service preparation at all public institutions of 
                higher education (including alternative pathways to 
                teacher licensure or certification) for individuals 
                preparing to teach science, technology, engineering, 
                and mathematics subjects in a preschool, elementary 
                school, or secondary school in the State; and
                    ``(E) shall include an analysis of the 
                implementation of any multi-tiered systems of support 
                that have been employed in the State or States served 
                by the eligible entity to address the learning needs of 
                students in any science, technology, engineering, and 
                mathematics subjects.
            ``(2) An identification of the specific science, 
        technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects that the 
        State or eligible entity will address through the activities 
        described in section 4205, consistent with the needs identified 
        under paragraph (1) (referred to in this subpart as `identified 
        subjects').
            ``(3) A description, in a manner that addresses any needs 
        identified under paragraph (1), of--
                    ``(A) how grant funds will be used by the State or 
                eligible entity to improve instruction in identified 
                subjects using evidence-based programs of instruction 
                that are aligned with the college and career ready 
                standards and academic assessments under paragraphs (1) 
                and (2) of section 1111(a);
                    ``(B) how grant funds will be used to support 
                subgrantees and other high-need local educational 
                agencies in the employment of multi-tiered systems of 
                support to provide early intervening services, as 
                described in section 613(a)(4)(A)(ii) of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and to 
                increase student achievement in identified subjects;
                    ``(C) the process that the State or eligible entity 
                will use for awarding subgrants, including how relevant 
                stakeholders will be involved;
                    ``(D) how the State's or eligible entity's 
                activities and subgrants will be coordinated with other 
                Federal, State, and local programs and activities, 
                including career and technical education programs 
                authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 
                seq.);
                    ``(E) the technical assistance that the State or 
                eligible entity will provide to subgrantees to support 
                the activities undertaken by the subgrantees;
                    ``(F) how the State or eligible entity will 
                evaluate the activities funded, both at the State and 
                subgrantee level, with funds provided under this 
                subpart, and in a manner consistent with any evaluation 
                activities carried out by the Institute of Education 
                Sciences under section 4207, or the National Science 
                Foundation;
                    ``(G) how the State or eligible entity will 
                allocate funds in a manner that will provide services 
                to both elementary schools and secondary schools;
                    ``(H) how the State or eligible entity will provide 
                targeted support to improve instruction in high-need 
                local educational agencies and high-need schools;
                    ``(I) how the State or eligible entity's proposed 
                project will ensure an increase in access for students 
                who are members of groups underrepresented in science, 
                technology, engineering, and mathematics subject fields 
                to high-quality courses in 1 or more of the identified 
                subjects; and
                    ``(J) how the State or eligible entity will 
                continue to involve stakeholders in education reform 
                efforts related to science, technology, engineering, 
                and mathematics instruction.
            ``(4) Assurances that the State or eligible entity will 
        monitor implementation of approved subgrantee plans.
    ``(c) Additional Funding.--A State or eligible entity that submits 
a request to use the additional State activities reservation described 
in section 4205(d)(2), shall provide, in a manner that addresses the 
needs identified under subsection (b)(1), a description of the 
activities that the eligible entity will carry out with such funds, 
consistent with section 4205.

``SEC. 4205. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Required Activities.--Each State or eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this subpart shall use the grant funds to carry 
out each of the following activities:
            ``(1) Increasing access for students through grade 12 who 
        are members of groups underrepresented in science, technology, 
        engineering, and mathematics subject fields to high-quality 
        courses in the identified subjects.
            ``(2) Implementing evidence-based programs of instruction 
        based on high-quality standards and assessments in the 
        identified subjects.
            ``(3) Providing professional development and other 
        comprehensive systems of support for teachers and school 
        leaders to promote high-quality instruction and instructional 
        leadership in the identified subjects.
            ``(4) Providing technical assistance to subgrantees and 
        other high-need schools and local educational agencies in order 
        to improve student achievement and narrow achievement gaps in 
        identified subjects, including through--
                    ``(A) the development and implementation of multi-
                tiered systems of support; and
                    ``(B) the development of curriculum or 
                instructional materials consistent with the principals 
                of universal design for learning, as defined in section 
                103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
    ``(b) Permissible Activities.--Each State or eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this subpart may use the grant funds to carry 
out 1 or more of the following activities:
            ``(1) Recruiting qualified teachers and instructional 
        leaders who are trained in identified subjects, including 
        teachers who have transitioned into the teaching profession 
        from a career in science, technology, engineering, and 
        mathematics fields.
            ``(2) Providing induction and mentoring services to new 
        teachers in identified subjects.
            ``(3) Developing instructional supports, such as curricula 
        and assessments, which shall be evidence-based and aligned with 
        State college and career ready academic content standards under 
        section 1111(a)(1), and may include Internet-based curricula 
        and Internet-based instructional supports.
            ``(4) Implementing an interdisciplinary approach, by 
        integrating instruction in 1 or more science, technology, 
        engineering, and mathematics subjects with reading, English 
        language arts, or instruction in other core academic subjects 
        and noncore academic subjects.
    ``(c) Subgrants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State or eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this section shall award subgrants, on a 
        competitive basis, to eligible subgrantees.
            ``(2) Minimum subgrant.--A State or eligible entity shall 
        award subgrants under this subsection that are of sufficient 
        size and scope to support high-quality, evidence-based, 
        effective programs that are consistent with the purpose of this 
        subpart.
            ``(3) Subgrantee application.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each eligible subgrantee 
                desiring a subgrant under this subsection shall submit 
                an application to the State or eligible entity at such 
                time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
                information as the State or eligible entity may 
                require.
                    ``(B) Contents of subgrantee application.--At a 
                minimum, the application described in subparagraph (A) 
                shall include the following:
                            ``(i) A description of the activities that 
                        the eligible subgrantee will carry out, and how 
                        such activities will improve teaching and 
                        student academic achievement in the identified 
                        subjects, in a manner consistent with 
                        scientifically valid research.
                            ``(ii) A description of how the eligible 
                        subgrantee will use funds provided under this 
                        subsection to serve students and teachers in 
                        high-need schools.
                            ``(iii) A description of how funds provided 
                        under this subsection will be coordinated with 
                        other Federal, State, and local programs and 
                        activities, including career and technical 
                        education programs authorized under the Carl D. 
                        Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
                        2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).
                            ``(iv) If the eligible subgrantee is 
                        working with outside partners, a description of 
                        how such outside partners will be involved in 
                        improving instruction and increasing access to 
                        high-quality learning experiences in the 
                        identified subjects.
            ``(4) Subgrantee use of funds.--
                    ``(A) Required use of funds.--Each subgrantee under 
                this subsection shall use the subgrant funds to carry 
                out activities for students through grade 12, 
                consistent with the activities described in the 
                subgrantee's application, which shall include--
                            ``(i) high-quality teacher and 
                        instructional leader recruitment, support, and 
                        evaluation in the identified subjects;
                            ``(ii) professional development, which may 
                        include development and support for 
                        instructional coaches, to enable teachers and 
                        instructional leaders to increase student 
                        achievement in identified subjects, through--
                                    ``(I) implementation of classroom 
                                assessments; and
                                    ``(II) differentiation of 
                                instruction in identified subjects for 
                                all students, including for students 
                                who are children with disabilities and 
                                students who are English learners;
                            ``(iii) activities to--
                                    ``(I) improve the content knowledge 
                                of teachers; and
                                    ``(II) facilitate professional 
                                collaboration, which may include 
                                providing time for such collaborations;
                            ``(iv) the development, adoption, and 
                        improvement of high-quality curricula and 
                        instructional supports that--
                                    ``(I) are aligned with State 
                                college and career ready academic 
                                content standards under section 
                                1111(a)(1); and
                                    ``(II) the eligible subgrantee will 
                                use to improve student academic 
                                achievement in identified subjects;
                            ``(v) the development or improvement, and 
                        implementation, of multi-tiered systems of 
                        support to provide early intervening services 
                        and to increase student achievement in 1 or 
                        more of the identified subjects; and
                            ``(vi) integrating instruction in the 
                        identified subjects with instruction in 
                        reading, English language arts, or other core 
                        and noncore academic subjects.
                    ``(B) Allowable use of funds.--In addition to the 
                required activities described in subparagraph (A), each 
                eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant under this 
                subsection, may also use the subgrant funds to--
                            ``(i) support the participation of low-
                        income students in nonprofit competitions 
                        related to science, technology, engineering, 
                        and mathematics subjects (such as robotics, 
                        science research, invention, mathematics, 
                        computer science, and technology competitions); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) broaden secondary school students' 
                        access to, and interest in, careers that 
                        require academic preparation in 1 or more 
                        identified subjects.
                    ``(C) Limitation.--Each subgrantee that receives a 
                subgrant under this subsection shall not expend more 
                than 15 percent of the subgrant funds on the activities 
                described in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(D) Matching funds.--A State or eligible entity 
                shall require an eligible subgrantee receiving a 
                subgrant under this subsection to demonstrate that such 
                subgrantee has obtained a commitment from 1 or more 
                outside partners to match, using non-Federal funds or 
                in-kind contributions, not less than 15 percent of the 
                amount of subgrant funds. In the case of significant 
                financial hardship, an eligible subgrantee may apply to 
                the State or eligible entity for, and the State or 
                eligible entity may grant, a waiver of a portion of the 
                minimum matching funds requirement.
    ``(d) State Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State or eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this subpart may use not more than 5 
        percent of grant funds for--
                    ``(A) administrative costs;
                    ``(B) monitoring the implementation of subgrants;
                    ``(C) providing technical assistance to 
                subgrantees; and
                    ``(D) evaluating subgrants in coordination with the 
                evaluation described in section 4207.
            ``(2) Reservation.--Each State or eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this subpart may submit a request to the 
        Secretary to reserve not more than 15 percent of grant funds, 
        inclusive of the amount described in paragraph (1), for 
        additional State activities, consistent with subsections (a) 
        and (b).

``SEC. 4206. PERFORMANCE METRICS; REPORT.

    ``(a) Establishment of Performance Metrics.--The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall 
establish performance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
activities carried out under this subpart.
    ``(b) Annual Report.--Each State or eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this subpart shall prepare and submit an annual report to 
the Secretary, which shall include information relevant to the 
performance metrics described in subsection (a).

``SEC. 4207. EVALUATION.

    ``From the amount reserved in accordance with section 9601, the 
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) acting through the Director of the Institute of 
        Education Sciences, and in consultation with the Director of 
        the National Science Foundation--
                    ``(A) evaluate the implementation and impact of the 
                activities supported under this subpart, including 
                progress measured by the metrics established under 
                section 4206(a); and
                    ``(B) identify best practices to improve 
                instruction in science, technology, engineering, and 
                mathematics subjects; and
            ``(2) disseminate, in consultation with the National 
        Science Foundation, research on best practices to improve 
        instruction in science, technology, engineering, and 
        mathematics subjects.

``SEC. 4208. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds received under this subpart shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, funds that would otherwise be used for activities 
authorized under this subpart.

``SEC. 4209. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

    ``A State that receives funds under this subpart for a fiscal year 
shall maintain the fiscal effort provided by the State for the subjects 
supported by the funds under this part at a level equal to or greater 
than the level of such fiscal effort for the preceding fiscal year.

             ``Subpart 2--STEM Master Teacher Corps Program

``SEC. 4221. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this subpart is to establish a STEM Master Teacher 
Corps program that--
            ``(1) elevates the status of the STEM teaching profession 
        by recognizing and rewarding outstanding STEM teachers;
            ``(2) attracts and retains effective STEM teachers, 
        particularly in high-need schools, by offering them additional 
        compensation, instructional resources, and instructional 
        leadership roles; and
            ``(3) creates a network of outstanding STEM teacher-leaders 
        who will--
                    ``(A) share best practices and resources;
                    ``(B) take on leadership responsibilities in their 
                schools, districts, States (if part of the 
                participating area), or consortia with the authority to 
                provide professional support to their STEM colleagues 
                not participating in the STEM Master Teacher Corps;
                    ``(C) aid in the development and retention of 
                beginning teachers by serving as their role models and 
                providing them with instructional support; and
                    ``(D) inform the development of STEM education 
                policy.

``SEC. 4222. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        consortium of high-need local educational agencies or 1 or more 
        State educational agencies, acting in partnership with 1 or 
        more--
                    ``(A) institutions of higher education; or
                    ``(B) nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated 
                record of success in preparing or improving the 
                effectiveness of STEM teachers.
            ``(2) Participating area.--The term `participating area' 
        means--
                    ``(A) in the case of an eligible entity that 
                includes a State educational agency or consortium of 
                State educational agencies, the State or States; or
                    ``(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 
                includes a consortium of local educational agencies, 
                the area served by such agencies.
            ``(3) Rural school.--The term `rural school' means a public 
        school--
                    ``(A) designated with a school locale code of 
                Distant Town, Remote Town, Fringe Rural, Distant Rural, 
                or Remote Rural; and
                    ``(B) served by a local educational agency in which 
                not less than two-thirds of the students served by the 
                agency attend a school designated with 1 of the school 
                locale codes listed in subparagraph (A).
            ``(4) STEM.--The term `STEM' means science, technology, 
        engineering, and mathematics, including computer science.

``SEC. 4223. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Grants authorized.--From the amount reserved under 
        section 4203(a)(1)(C), the Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Director of the National Science Foundation and the heads of 
        other appropriate Federal agencies, as determined by the 
        Secretary, shall establish a STEM Master Teacher Corps program 
        by awarding, on a competitive basis, 1 or more grants of not 
        less than $15,000,000 each to eligible entities to enable the 
        eligible entities to establish the program, in accordance with 
        section 4225.
            ``(2) Planning grants.--The Secretary may award planning 
        grants to eligible entities to enable the entities to make 
        plans to establish the program, in accordance with section 
        4225.
    ``(b) Duration of Grant.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant awarded under this subpart shall 
        be for a period of not more than 5 years.
            ``(2) Review.--The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) review, 3 years after an eligible entity is 
                awarded a grant under this subpart, the performance of 
                the entity during the 3-year period; and
                    ``(B) fund the remaining grant period for such 
                entity if the Secretary determines, based on such 
                review, that the entity is achieving satisfactory 
                results.
    ``(c) Matching Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
        eligible entity that receives a grant under this subpart shall 
        provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to not less 
        than 50 percent of the amount of the grant, which may be 
        provided in cash or in-kind, to carry out the activities 
        supported by the grant.
            ``(2) Exception.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may waive the 50 
                percent matching requirement under paragraph (1) for an 
                eligible entity that the Secretary determines is unable 
                to meet such requirement. The Secretary shall set a 
                matching requirement for such eligible entities 
                according to the sliding scale described in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Sliding scale.--The amount of a match under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be established based on a 
                sliding fee scale that takes into account--
                            ``(i) the relative poverty of the 
                        population to be targeted by the eligible 
                        entity; and
                            ``(ii) the ability of the eligible entity 
                        to obtain such matching funds.
            ``(3) Consideration.--The Secretary shall not consider an 
        eligible entity's ability to match funds when determining which 
        eligible entities will receive grant awards under this subpart.

``SEC. 4224. APPLICATION.

    ``(a) In General.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(b) Contents.--An application submitted under this section shall 
include--
            ``(1) a description of the STEM Master Teacher Corps 
        program that the eligible entity intends to carry out, 
        including the number of Corps members the entity intends to 
        select, the intended distribution of subjects and grade levels 
        taught, the geographic and economic characteristics of the 
        local educational agencies that are part of the participating 
        area, such as the rural-urban continuum codes and proportion of 
        high-need schools served, and the type of activities proposed 
        for recruitment of Corps members;
            ``(2) a description of the roles and responsibilities that 
        each participating local educational agency, State, institution 
        of higher education, or nonprofit organization, as applicable, 
        will have;
            ``(3) a demonstration that the entity has sufficient 
        capacity to carry out the activities described in section 4225;
            ``(4) a description of the member selection process and 
        criteria that the applicant will use to select members of the 
        STEM Master Teacher Corps, in accordance with section 4225(b);
            ``(5) a description of how the eligible entity intends to 
        facilitate networking and sharing of best practices and 
        educational resources relating to STEM education among Corps 
        members, particularly at rural schools, if applicable, and make 
        a selection of these best practices and resources more widely 
        available to other teachers and the STEM educational community, 
        including through electronic means;
            ``(6) a demonstration that the entity has a clear plan 
        for--
                    ``(A) offering research-based professional 
                development to Corps members, including training on 
                instructional leadership, mentoring, engaging and 
                effectively teaching historically underachieving or 
                underrepresented groups in STEM fields, such as girls, 
                minorities, low-income students, English learners, and 
                students with disabilities, and effective STEM teaching 
                methods, such as incorporating hands-on STEM projects 
                into their lesson plans; and
                    ``(B) tracking the effectiveness of such 
                professional development;
            ``(7) a demonstration that the entity has a clear plan for 
        evaluating the impact of the professional support provided by 
        STEM Master Teacher Corps members to other teachers in their 
        school, district, State (if part of the participating area), or 
        consortium;
            ``(8) a description of how the local educational agencies 
        and schools served by the eligible entity intend to align STEM 
        Master Teacher Corps members' duties with school systems and 
        activities already in place, if applicable, such as 
        professional development and mentoring;
            ``(9) an explanation of how STEM Master Teacher Corps 
        members will be afforded the time, authority, and resources to 
        fulfill requirements under the program, and how other teachers 
        will be afforded the time to receive professional support from 
        Corps members;
            ``(10) a demonstration that the entity has a clear plan for 
        oversight to ensure that STEM Master Teacher Corps members 
        carry out the responsibilities described in section 4225(c) to 
        the fullest extent practicable, and a description of the 
        actions to be taken if a member does not carry out such 
        responsibilities; and
            ``(11) a description of how the grant funds will be 
        financially managed.
    ``(c) Criteria for Awarding Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants under 
        this subpart on the basis of merit considering, at a minimum, 
        the following:
                    ``(A) The extent to which the local educational 
                agencies that are part of the eligible entity are 
                committed to integrating the program into existing 
                school structures, policies, operations, and budgets, 
                such as by enabling STEM Master Teacher Corps members 
                to take on leadership roles in their schools, 
                districts, States, if part of the participating area, 
                or consortia, in addition to their classroom duties, 
                including assisting in the development and 
                implementation of professional development activities 
                and driving the instructional program of the school.
                    ``(B) The quality of the proposed professional 
                development, teacher leadership and mentorship 
                activities, and networking opportunities.
                    ``(C) Demonstration that the local educational 
                agencies and schools they serve have removed barriers 
                to full participation in the program, including 
                affording Corps members and the teachers they mentor 
                the time to participate in activities required by the 
                program.
                    ``(D) The number and quality of the individuals 
                that will be served by the program.
                    ``(E) The capacity of the eligible entity to 
                effectively carry out the program.
            ``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subpart, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to--
                    ``(A) eligible entities that intend to include 
                large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master Teacher 
                Corps; and
                    ``(B) eligible entities that intend to include 
                rural schools, particularly high-need rural schools, in 
                the participating area to be served.

``SEC. 4225. REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--An eligible entity receiving a grant under this 
subpart shall use grant funds to--
            ``(1) administer the selection of teachers for membership 
        in the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in accordance with the 
        requirements of subsection (b);
            ``(2) provide compensation to each public school teacher 
        who is selected and serves as a member of the STEM Master 
        Teacher Corps, in recognition of the teacher's teaching 
        accomplishments, leadership, and increased responsibilities, 
        which amount shall--
                    ``(A) supplement, and not supplant, the teacher's 
                base salary; and
                    ``(B) be equal to--
                            ``(i) in the case of a teacher who teaches 
                        at a high-need public school, including a high-
                        need charter school, $15,000 per year for each 
                        year the teacher serves as a member of the 
                        Corps; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a teacher who teaches 
                        at a public school, including a charter school, 
                        that is not a high-need school, $5,000 per year 
                        for each year the teacher serves as a member of 
                        the Corps;
            ``(3) provide research-based professional development 
        activities for members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, as 
        described in section 4224(b)(6), and track the effectiveness of 
        such professional development in order to determine whether to 
        alter professional development activities;
            ``(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM Master 
        Teacher Corps members at high-need public schools to use in 
        their classrooms and schools, including for after school 
        activities to enrich STEM education and for equipment and 
        technology to facilitate long distance networking, mentoring, 
        and sharing of best practices;
            ``(5) assist in coordinating instructional leadership roles 
        for STEM Master Teacher Corps members and mentoring 
        relationships between STEM Master Teacher Corps members and 
        other teachers in the same school, school district, State, if 
        part of the participating area, or consortium in which the 
        Corps members serve as instructional leaders;
            ``(6) facilitate efforts by STEM Master Teacher Corps 
        members to inform STEM education policy at the national, State, 
        and local levels;
            ``(7) help defray costs associated with affording STEM 
        Master Teacher Corps members the time to fulfill their duties 
        as Corps members; and
            ``(8) support other activities that advance the purpose of 
        this subpart.
    ``(b) Selecting Members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps.--
            ``(1) Selection criteria for corps members.--The eligible 
        entity shall select, as members of the STEM Master Teacher 
        Corps, exemplary STEM teachers at the elementary school and 
        secondary school levels who teach in the participating area, 
        which may also include special education teachers and teachers 
        of English learners who teach a STEM subject. In selecting the 
        members, the eligible entity shall--
                    ``(A) make decisions based on the teacher's--
                            ``(i) ability to improve student academic 
                        achievement in the STEM fields, as demonstrated 
                        by, if applicable, student academic growth in 
                        such fields;
                            ``(ii) ability to enhance student 
                        engagement in such fields;
                            ``(iii) record of leadership in the 
                        teacher's school and involvement in 
                        professional and outreach activities;
                            ``(iv) record of teaching students not on 
                        grade level or not making sufficient growth to 
                        graduate college and career ready; and
                            ``(v) demonstrated ability to facilitate 
                        student academic achievement growth with the 
                        students described in clause (iv), where such 
                        measures are available; and
                    ``(B) evaluate the teacher's ability and record 
                based on multiple measures, such as--
                            ``(i) teacher evaluations of pedagogical 
                        skills;
                            ``(ii) an assessment of content knowledge;
                            ``(iii) the performance and improvement of 
                        the teacher's students on tests;
                            ``(iv) demonstration of practical 
                        professional experience in the teacher's 
                        discipline, such as having worked in industry 
                        or research;
                            ``(v) involvement in STEM discipline 
                        professional societies;
                            ``(vi) STEM outreach and community 
                        involvement; and
                            ``(vii) certification by the National Board 
                        for Professional Teaching Standards, or other 
                        equivalently rigorous, performance-based, peer-
                        reviewed certification, as a high-performing 
                        teacher.
            ``(2) Overall corps membership requirements.--An eligible 
        entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall ensure that--
                    ``(A) not more than 5 percent of the STEM teachers 
                who teach in the participating area are members of the 
                Corps;
                    ``(B) not less than 75 percent of the STEM Master 
                Teacher Corps members are teachers at high-need 
                schools;
                    ``(C) the proportion of STEM Master Teacher Corps 
                members in the participating area who teach at rural 
                high-need schools is not less than the proportion of 
                all teachers who teach at rural high-need schools in 
                the participating area;
                    ``(D) there are multiple cohorts of STEM Master 
                Teacher Corps members; and
                    ``(E) the STEM Master Teacher Corps includes 
                teachers from each of science, technology, engineering, 
                and mathematics, if teachers from each of these 
                disciplines meeting the standards of Corps membership 
                are available in the participating area and may include 
                teachers of career and technical education.
            ``(3) Participation of private school teachers.--An 
        eligible entity may select STEM teachers who teach at private 
        schools in the participating area to be members of the STEM 
        Master Teacher Corps, except that--
                    ``(A) not more than 5 percent of teachers selected 
                as STEM Master Teacher Corps members shall be teachers 
                at private schools; and
                    ``(B) private school teachers shall not be eligible 
                for compensation described in subsection (a)(2), 
                discretionary resource funds described in subsection 
                (a)(4), or for defrayment funds described in subsection 
                (a)(7).
    ``(c) Corps Member Requirements.--Each teacher selected to be a 
member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps who wishes to join the Corps 
shall enter into an agreement with the eligible entity, under which the 
teacher shall, as a condition of receiving the compensation described 
in subsection (a)(2) and the discretionary resources described in 
subsection (a)(4), agree to carry out the responsibilities of a master 
teacher as required by the eligible entity, including--
            ``(1) participating in professional development activities 
        offered by the program;
            ``(2) networking and sharing best practices and educational 
        resources with other members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps; 
        and
            ``(3) contributing to the professional development of the 
        teacher's colleagues, which may include providing school-based 
        professional support to other STEM teachers through regular 
        weekly professional development sessions and individual 
        coaching, where possible, leading professional learning 
        communities, and taking on other instructional leadership roles 
        in the teacher's school, district, State, if part of the 
        participating area, or consortium.
    ``(d) Collection for Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) Monitoring compliance.--Each eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this subpart shall monitor whether each 
        teacher the entity selects to be a member of the STEM Master 
        Teacher Corps is in compliance with the Corps member 
        requirements described in subsection (c).
            ``(2) Collection of repayment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A teacher selected to be a 
                member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps shall repay the 
                additional compensation provided for a school year 
                described in subsection (a)(2) to the eligible entity 
                if--
                            ``(i) the entity finds the teacher not in 
                        compliance with the Corps member requirements 
                        described in subsection (c) and the entity 
                        determines the teacher should no longer be a 
                        member of the Corps for such year; or
                            ``(ii) the teacher withdraws during such 
                        year from membership in the Corps without an 
                        accepted excuse, as determined by the eligible 
                        entity.
                    ``(B) Compensation returned to the treasury.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), an eligible entity that receives 
                        repaid compensation under subparagraph (A) 
                        shall return such compensation to the United 
                        States Treasury.
                            ``(ii) Administrative costs.--An eligible 
                        entity that receives repaid compensation under 
                        subparagraph (A) may retain a percentage, 
                        determined by the Secretary, of such repayment 
                        to defray administrative costs associated with 
                        the collection.

``SEC. 4226. PERFORMANCE METRICS; REPORT.

    ``(a) Establishment of Performance Metrics.--The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall 
establish performance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
activities carried out under this subpart.
    ``(b) Annual Report.--Each eligible entity that receives a grant 
under this subpart shall prepare and submit an annual report to the 
Secretary, which shall include information relevant to the performance 
metrics described in subsection (a).

``SEC. 4227. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds received under this subpart shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, funds that would otherwise be used for activities 
authorized under this subpart.

``SEC. 4228. EVALUATION.

    ``From the amount reserved in accordance with section 9601, the 
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) acting through the Director of the Institute of 
        Education Sciences, and in consultation with the Director of 
        the National Science Foundation--
                    ``(A) evaluate the implementation and impact of the 
                activities supported under this subpart, with regard to 
                the program's success in achieving the purpose 
                described in section 4221;
                    ``(B) identify optimal strategies for the design, 
                implementation, and continuing development of the STEM 
                Master Teacher Corps program; and
                    ``(C) identify best practices for developing, 
                supporting, and retaining STEM teachers based on 
                lessons learned from the STEM Master Teacher Corps 
                program; and
            ``(2) disseminate findings from the evaluation conducted 
        under paragraph (1) to the STEM education field and make the 
        findings publicly available.''.

SEC. 4104. INCREASING ACCESS TO A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
part B, as added by section 4103 of this Act, the following:

 ``PART C--INCREASING ACCESS TO A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION AND FINANCIAL 
                                LITERACY

       ``Subpart 1--Increasing Access to a Well-rounded Education

``SEC. 4301. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this subpart is to improve the academic 
achievement of low-income students by giving students increased access 
to high-quality instruction for a well-rounded education.

``SEC. 4302. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Covered subjects.--The term `covered subjects' means 
        any of the following academic subjects:
                    ``(A) Arts.
                    ``(B) Civics and government.
                    ``(C) Economics.
                    ``(D) Environmental education.
                    ``(E) Financial literacy.
                    ``(F) Foreign languages.
                    ``(G) Geography.
                    ``(H) Health education.
                    ``(I) History.
                    ``(J) Music.
                    ``(K) Physical education.
                    ``(L) Social studies.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        State educational agency in partnership with--
                    ``(A) a nonprofit organization with a demonstrated 
                record of success in improving student achievement in 1 
                or more covered subjects;
                    ``(B) an institution of higher education;
                    ``(C) a local educational agency;
                    ``(D) an educational service agency; or
                    ``(E) 1 or more other State educational agencies.
            ``(3) Eligible subgrantee.--The term `eligible subgrantee' 
        means--
                    ``(A) a high-need local educational agency;
                    ``(B) an educational service agency serving more 
                than 1 high-need local educational agency; or
                    ``(C) a consortium of high-need local educational 
                agencies.
            ``(4) Low-income student.--The term `low-income student' 
        means a student--
                    ``(A) from a family with an income below the 
                poverty line; or
                    ``(B) who is eligible for free or reduced-price 
                lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School 
                Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).

``SEC. 4303. GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Grants to Eligible Entities.--From amounts appropriated to 
carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, and not reserved in 
accordance with section 9601, the Secretary shall make grants to 
eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to carry out the 
activities described in subsection (e).
    ``(b) Duration.--A grant under this section shall be for a period 
of not more than 5 years.
    ``(c) Payments.--
            ``(1) Contingent payments.--After the third year of a grant 
        under this section, the Secretary shall make continued funding 
        under the grant contingent upon the eligible entity's progress 
        toward reaching the goals established under the metrics 
        described in subsection (h)(1).
            ``(2) Formula.--
                    ``(A) Distribution trigger.--
                            ``(i) Amount to trigger formula.--If the 
                        amount of funds appropriated to carry out this 
                        subpart for a fiscal year equals or exceeds 
                        $500,000,000, then the Secretary shall award 
                        grants to eligible entities based on the 
                        formula described under subparagraph (B).
                            ``(ii) Amount to trigger competitive grant 
                        process.--If the funds appropriated to carry 
                        out this subpart for a fiscal year are less 
                        than $500,000,000, then the Secretary shall 
                        award grants to eligible entities on a 
                        competitive basis.
                    ``(B) Formula.--From funds made available to carry 
                out this subpart for a fiscal year, and not reserved in 
                accordance with section 9601, the Secretary shall allot 
                to each eligible entity having an application approved 
                under subparagraph (C)--
                            ``(i) an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to 80 percent of the remainder as 
                        the number of individuals ages 5 through 17 
                        from families with incomes below the poverty 
                        line, in the State, as determined by the 
                        Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
                        satisfactory data, bears to the number of those 
                        individuals in all States that have an 
                        application approved under such subparagraph; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) an amount that bears the same 
                        relationship to 20 percent of the remainder as 
                        the number of individuals ages 5 to 17 in the 
                        State, as determined by the Secretary on the 
                        basis of the most recent satisfactory data, 
                        bears to the number of those individuals in all 
                        States that have an application approved under 
                        such subparagraph.
                    ``(C) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) Minimum grant amount.--Subject to 
                        clause (ii), no State receiving an allotment 
                        under subparagraph (B) may receive less than 1 
                        percent of the total amount allotted under such 
                        subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Puerto rico.--The percentage of the 
                        amount allotted under subparagraph (B) that is 
                        allotted to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 
                        a fiscal year may not exceed the amount under 
                        clause (i).
                    ``(D) Peer review requirements.--The Secretary 
                shall establish a peer review process to ensure that 
                applications submitted for formula funding, as 
                described in subparagraph (B), are of high quality and 
                meet the requirements and purposes of this subpart.
    ``(d) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant 
        under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
        at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
        information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--The application shall, at a minimum--
                    ``(A) describe the needs identified by the eligible 
                entity, based on the eligible entity's analysis of--
                            ``(i) student access to, and quality of 
                        instruction in, covered subjects, including a 
                        comparison of such access and quality between 
                        low-income and non-low-income students in the 
                        State served by the eligible entity;
                            ``(ii) the capacity of high-need local 
                        educational agencies in such State to deliver 
                        high-quality instruction in covered subjects, 
                        including an analysis of instructional 
                        supports, curricula, professional growth and 
                        improvement systems, and teacher 
                        qualifications, effectiveness, knowledge, and 
                        skills;
                            ``(iii) the capacity of the eligible entity 
                        to provide local educational agencies with the 
                        support, including professional development and 
                        technical assistance, needed to deliver high-
                        quality instruction and develop curricula in 
                        covered subjects; and
                            ``(iv) standards, assessments, curricula, 
                        accommodations, and other supports used in such 
                        State in covered subjects;
                    ``(B) identify the covered subjects that the 
                eligible entity will address through the activities 
                described in subsection (e), consistent with the needs 
                identified in subparagraph (A);
                    ``(C) describe, in a manner that addresses the 
                needs identified in subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) how access to high-quality courses in 
                        the subjects identified in subparagraph (B) 
                        will be increased for low-income students in 
                        such State;
                            ``(ii) how the knowledge and skills of 
                        teachers will be evaluated and improved so that 
                        such teachers will deliver high-quality 
                        instruction in such subjects;
                            ``(iii) how the eligible entity will 
                        provide assistance to high-need local 
                        educational agencies to improve student access 
                        to, and achievement in, the subjects identified 
                        in subparagraph (B), including through 
                        principal training; and
                            ``(iv) how the eligible entity will ensure 
                        that all activities funded through a grant 
                        awarded under this section are evidence-based;
                    ``(D) describe how activities funded through a 
                grant awarded under this section will be aligned with 
                other Federal, State, and local funding, programs, and 
                strategies, as appropriate; and
                    ``(E) if applicable, describe the eligible entity's 
                plan for disbursing funds to eligible subgrantees to 
                implement the activities described in subsection (e).
            ``(3) Competitive priority.--If grants are awarded 
        competitively, consistent with subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii), the 
        Secretary shall give priority to applications from eligible 
        entities that--
                    ``(A) include in the application a plan to 
                implement an interdisciplinary approach, by integrating 
                instruction in 1 or more covered subjects with reading, 
                English, language arts, science, or mathematics 
                instruction; and
                    ``(B) include in the application a plan to provide 
                expanded learning time in the schools served by 
                eligible subgrantees, in order to increase access to 
                covered subjects.
    ``(e) Authorized Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall use the grant funds to increase 
        access for low-income students, including students who are 
        English learners and students who are children with 
        disabilities, to high-quality instruction in at least 1 of the 
        covered subjects by carrying out 1 or more of the following 
        activities:
                    ``(A) Improving the knowledge and skills of 
                teachers through professional growth and improvement 
                systems, and other instructional supports.
                    ``(B) Building local capacity to develop and 
                implement, high-quality curricula, instructional 
                supports, and assessments that are aligned with the 
                State college and career ready academic content and 
                achievement standards, consistent with section 
                1111(a)(1), in such subjects.
            ``(2) Special rule.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall use grant funds to meet the 
        needs identified in subsection (d)(2)(A) and the Secretary 
        shall not require any eligible entity to address a specific 
        subject or to address all covered subjects.
            ``(3) State administration.--Each eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this section may reserve not more than 4 
        percent of grant funds for administration costs of the grant.
    ``(f) Subgrants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section may, in accordance with paragraph (2), 
        award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 
        subgrantees to enable such eligible subgrantees to carry out 
        the activities described in subsection (e).
            ``(2) Minimum grant.--Each subgrant under this subsection 
        shall be of sufficient size and scope to support a high-
        quality, effective program that is consistent with the purpose 
        of this subpart.
    ``(g) Evaluation.--From the amount reserved in accordance with 
section 9601, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) acting through the Director of the Institute of 
        Education Sciences--
                    ``(A) evaluate, in consultation with the relevant 
                program office at the Department of Education, the 
                implementation and impact of the activities supported 
                under this section, including progress as measured by 
                the metrics established under subsection (h)(1); and
                    ``(B) identify best practices to improve 
                instruction in covered subjects; and
            ``(2) disseminate research on best practices to improve 
        instruction in covered subjects.
    ``(h) Accountability.--
            ``(1) Performance metrics.--The Secretary, acting through 
        the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall, in 
        consultation with the relevant program office at the 
        Department, establish performance metrics to evaluate the 
        outcomes of grant projects that are assisted under this 
        subpart.
            ``(2) Annual reports.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this section shall prepare and submit an annual 
        report to the Secretary, which shall include information about 
        the performance metrics described in paragraph (1).
    ``(i) Supplement Not Supplant.--An eligible entity shall use 
Federal funds received under this section only to supplement the funds 
that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available 
from other Federal and non-Federal sources for the activities described 
in this section, and not to supplement such funds.
    ``(j) Maintenance of Effort.--A State that receives assistance 
under this subpart shall maintain the fiscal effort provided by the 
State for the subjects supported by a grant under this subpart at a 
level equal to or greater than the level of such fiscal effort for the 
preceding fiscal year.

               ``Subpart 2--Financial Literacy Education

``SEC. 4311. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This subpart may be cited as the `Financial Literacy for Students 
Act'.

``SEC. 4312. STATEWIDE INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY 
              EDUCATION.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--From amounts made available under this 
subpart, the Secretary may award grants to State educational agencies 
to enable State educational agencies, on a statewide basis--
            ``(1) to integrate financial literacy education into each 
        public elementary school and public secondary school within the 
        State that is eligible to receive funds under title I; and
            ``(2) to provide professional development regarding the 
        teaching of financial literacy in core academic subjects to 
        each secondary school teacher of financial literacy or 
        entrepreneurship within the State.
    ``(b) Permissible Uses of Funds.--In carrying out the grant 
activities described in subsection (a), the State educational agency 
may use grant funds to--
            ``(1) implement school-based financial literacy activities, 
        including after school activities;
            ``(2) enhance student understanding and experiential 
        learning with consumer, economic, entrepreneurship, and 
        personal finance concepts; and
            ``(3) promote partnerships with community-based 
        organizations, financial institutions, local businesses, 
        entrepreneurs, or other organizations providing financial 
        literacy activities.
    ``(c) Limitation on Uses of Funds.--A State educational agency 
receiving grant funds under this section shall not use more than 20 
percent of such grant funds to carry out the following:
            ``(1) Teacher professional development programs to embed 
        financial literacy or personal finance or entrepreneurship 
        education into core academic subjects.
            ``(2) Curriculum development.
            ``(3) An evaluation of the impact of financial literacy or 
        personal finance education on students' understanding of 
        financial literacy concepts.
    ``(d) Matching Funds.--A State educational agency that receives a 
grant under this section shall provide matching funds, from non-Federal 
sources, in an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount of grant funds 
provided to the State to carry out the activities supported by the 
grant.''.

SEC. 4105. SUCCESSFUL, SAFE, AND HEALTHY STUDENTS.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
part C, as added by section 4104 of this Act, the following:

            ``PART D--SUCCESSFUL, SAFE, AND HEALTHY STUDENTS

``SEC. 4401. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to assist States and local 
educational agencies in developing and implementing comprehensive 
programs and strategies to foster positive conditions for learning in 
public schools, in order to increase academic achievement for all 
students through the provision of Federal assistance to States for 
the--
            ``(1) promotion of student physical health and well-being, 
        nutrition, and fitness;
            ``(2) promotion of student mental health and well-being;
            ``(3) prevention of school violence, harassment, and 
        substance abuse among students; and
            ``(4) promotion of safe and supportive schools.

``SEC. 4402. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Child and adolescent psychiatrist.--The term `child 
        and adolescent psychiatrist' means an individual who--
                    ``(A) possesses State medical licensure; and
                    ``(B) has completed residency training programs in 
                both general psychiatry and child and adolescent 
                psychiatry.
            ``(2) Conditions for learning.--The term `conditions for 
        learning' means conditions that--
                    ``(A) advance student achievement and positive 
                child and youth development by proactively supporting 
                schools;
                    ``(B) are applied in and around the school 
                building, on pathways to and from the school and 
                students' homes, at school-sponsored activities, and 
                through electronic and social media involving students 
                or school personnel;
                    ``(C) promote physical, mental, and emotional 
                health;
                    ``(D) ensure physical and emotional safety for 
                students and staff;
                    ``(E) promote social, emotional, and character 
                development; and
                    ``(F) have the following attributes:
                            ``(i) Provide opportunities for physical 
                        activity, good nutrition, and healthy living.
                            ``(ii) Prevent the use and abuse of drugs.
                            ``(iii) ensure that the school environments 
                        described in subparagraph (B) are--
                                    ``(I) free of weapons; and
                                    ``(II) free of harassment, abuse, 
                                dating violence, and all other forms of 
                                interpersonal aggression or violence.
                            ``(iv) Do not condone or tolerate unhealthy 
                        or harmful behaviors, including discrimination 
                        of any kind.
                            ``(v) Help staff and students to model 
                        positive social and emotional skills, including 
                        tolerance and respect for others.
                            ``(vi) Promote concern for the well-being 
                        of students, including through the presence of 
                        caring adults.
                            ``(vii) Ensure that the adults employed by 
                        the school--
                                    ``(I) have high expectations for 
                                student conduct, character, and 
                                academic achievement and the capacity 
                                to establish supportive relationships 
                                with students; and
                                    ``(II) are provided specialized 
                                training specific to the students' 
                                stages of development.
                            ``(viii) Engage families and community 
                        members with the school in meaningful and 
                        sustained ways, such as through case management 
                        services, to promote positive student academic 
                        achievement, developmental, and social growth, 
                        including non-cognitive skill development.
                            ``(ix) To the extent practicable, provide 
                        access to school nurses, school counselors, and 
                        school social workers for the promotion of 
                        student physical health, mental health, and 
                        well-being.
            ``(3) Controlled substance.--The term `controlled 
        substance' means a drug or other substance identified under 
        Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of section 202(c) of the 
        Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)).
            ``(4) Drug.--The term `drug' includes--
                    ``(A) a controlled substance;
                    ``(B) with respect to alcohol and tobacco, the 
                illegal use of such substances; and
                    ``(C) with respect to inhalants and anabolic 
                steroids, the harmful, abusive, or addictive use of 
                such substances.
            ``(5) Drug and violence prevention.--The term `drug and 
        violence prevention' means--
                    ``(A) with respect to drugs, prevention, early 
                intervention, rehabilitation referral, or education 
                related to the abuse and illegal use of drugs, in order 
                to--
                            ``(i) raise awareness about the costs and 
                        consequences of drug use and abuse;
                            ``(ii) change attitudes, perceptions, and 
                        social norms about the dangers and 
                        acceptability of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) reduce access to and use of 
                        alcohol, tobacco, and drugs; and
                    ``(B) with respect to violence, the promotion of 
                school safety in and around the school building, on 
                pathways to and from the school and students' homes, at 
                school-sponsored activities, and through electronic and 
                social media involving students or school personnel, 
                through the creation and maintenance of a school 
                environment that--
                            ``(i) is free of--
                                    ``(I) weapons;
                                    ``(II) violent and disruptive acts;
                                    ``(III) harassment;
                                    ``(IV) sexual harassment, dating 
                                violence, and abuse; and
                                    ``(V) victimization associated with 
                                prejudice and intolerance;
                            ``(ii) fosters individual responsibility 
                        and respect for the rights and dignity of 
                        others;
                            ``(iii) employs positive, preventative 
                        approaches to school discipline, such as 
                        schoolwide positive behavior supports and 
                        interventions and restorative justice, that 
                        improve student engagement while minimizing 
                        students' removal from instruction and reducing 
                        the frequency of discipline infractions and 
                        disparities among the subgroups of students 
                        described in section 1116(b)(1)(B); and
                            ``(iv) demonstrates preparedness and 
                        readiness to respond to, and recover from, 
                        incidents of school violence.
            ``(6) Eligible local applicant.--The term `eligible local 
        applicant' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency;
                    ``(B) a consortium of local educational agencies; 
                or
                    ``(C) a nonprofit organization that has a track 
                record of success in implementing the activities 
                proposed in the grant application and has signed a 
                memorandum of understanding with a local educational 
                agency or consortium of local educational agencies that 
                the organization will, upon receipt of a subgrant under 
                this part--
                            ``(i) implement school-based activities and 
                        programs described in section 
                        4404(i)(1)(A)(iii) in 1 or more schools served 
                        by the local educational agency or consortium; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) conduct school-level measurement of 
                        conditions for learning that are consistent 
                        with the State's conditions for learning 
                        measurement system under section 4404(h).
            ``(7) Harassment.--The term `harassment' means conduct, 
        including bullying, that--
                    ``(A) is sufficiently severe, persistent, or 
                pervasive to limit or interfere with a student's 
                ability to participate in or benefit from a program or 
                activity of a public school or educational agency, 
                including acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical 
                aggression, intimidation, or hostility, and 
                communications made available through electronic means; 
                and
                    ``(B) is based on--
                            ``(i) a student's actual or perceived race, 
                        color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual 
                        orientation, gender identity, or religion;
                            ``(ii) the actual or perceived race, color, 
                        national origin, sex, disability, sexual 
                        orientation, gender identity, or religion of a 
                        person with whom a student associates or has 
                        associated; or
                            ``(iii) any other distinguishing 
                        characteristics that may be enumerated by a 
                        State or local educational agency.
            ``(8) Other qualified psychologist.--The term `other 
        qualified psychologist' means an individual who has 
        demonstrated competence in counseling children in a school 
        setting and who--
                    ``(A) is licensed in psychology by the State in 
                which the individual works; and
                    ``(B) practices in the scope of the individual's 
                education, training, and experience with children in 
                school settings.
            ``(9) Physical education indicators.--The term `physical 
        education indicators' means a set of measures for instruction 
        on physical activity, health-related fitness, physical 
        competence, and cognitive understanding about physical 
        activity. Such indicators shall include--
                    ``(A) for the State, for each local educational 
                agency in the State, and for each elementary school and 
                secondary school in the State, the average number of 
                minutes per week (averaged over the school year) that 
                all students spend in required physical education, and 
                the average number of minutes per week (averaged over 
                the school year) that all students engage in moderate 
                to vigorous physical activity, as measured against 
                established recommended guidelines of the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of 
                Health and Human Services;
                    ``(B) for the State, the percentage of local 
                educational agencies that have a required, age-
                appropriate physical education curriculum that adheres 
                to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
                guidelines and State standards;
                    ``(C) for the State, for each local educational 
                agency in the State, and for each elementary school and 
                secondary school in the State, the percentage of 
                elementary school and secondary school physical 
                education teachers who are licensed or certified in the 
                State to teach physical education;
                    ``(D) for the State, and for each local educational 
                agency in the State, the percentage of elementary 
                schools and secondary schools that have a physical 
                education teacher who is certified or licensed to teach 
                physical education and adapted physical education in 
                the State;
                    ``(E) for each school in the State, the number of 
                indoor square feet and the number of outdoor square 
                feet used primarily for physical education; and
                    ``(F) for the State, the percentage of local 
                educational agencies that have a school wellness 
                council that--
                            ``(i) includes members appointed by the 
                        local educational agency superintendent;
                            ``(ii) may include parents, students, 
                        representatives of the school food authority, 
                        representatives of the school board, school 
                        administrators, school nurses, and members of 
                        the public; and
                            ``(iii) meets regularly to promote a 
                        healthy school environment.
            ``(10) Prescription drug.--The term `prescription drug' 
        means a drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal 
        Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)) that is 
        described in section 503(b)(1) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 
        353(b)(1))).
            ``(11) Programs to promote mental health.--The term 
        `programs to promote mental health' means programs that--
                    ``(A) develop students' social and emotional 
                competencies;
                    ``(B) link students with local mental health 
                systems by--
                            ``(i) enhancing, improving, or developing 
                        collaborative efforts between school-based 
                        service systems and mental health service 
                        systems to provide, enhance, or improve 
                        prevention, diagnosis, and treatment services 
                        to students, and to improve student social and 
                        emotional competencies;
                            ``(ii) enhancing the availability of--
                                    ``(I) crisis intervention services;
                                    ``(II) appropriate referrals for 
                                students potentially in need of mental 
                                health services, including suicide 
                                prevention; and
                                    ``(III) ongoing mental health 
                                services; and
                            ``(iii) providing services that establish 
                        or expand school counseling and mental health 
                        programs that--
                                    ``(I) are comprehensive in 
                                addressing the counseling, social, 
                                emotional, behavioral, mental health, 
                                and educational needs of all students;
                                    ``(II) use a developmental, 
                                preventive approach to counseling and 
                                mental health services;
                                    ``(III) are linguistically 
                                appropriate and culturally responsive;
                                    ``(IV) increase the range, 
                                availability, quantity, and quality of 
                                counseling and mental health services 
                                in the elementary schools and secondary 
                                schools of the local educational 
                                agency;
                                    ``(V) expand counseling and mental 
                                health services through--
                                            ``(aa) school counselors, 
                                        school social workers, school 
                                        psychologists, other qualified 
                                        psychologists, child and 
                                        adolescent psychiatrists, or 
                                        other qualified health or 
                                        mental health professionals, 
                                        such as school nurses; and
                                            ``(bb) school-based mental 
                                        health services partnership 
                                        programs;
                                    ``(VI) use innovative approaches 
                                to--
                                            ``(aa) increase children's 
                                        understanding of peer and 
                                        family relationships, work and 
                                        self, decisionmaking, or 
                                        academic and career planning; 
                                        or
                                            ``(bb) improve peer 
                                        interaction;
                                    ``(VII) provide counseling and 
                                mental health services in settings that 
                                meet the range of student needs;
                                    ``(VIII) include professional 
                                development appropriate to the 
                                activities covered in this paragraph 
                                for teachers, school leaders, 
                                instructional staff, and appropriate 
                                school personnel, including training in 
                                appropriate identification and early 
                                intervention techniques by school 
                                counselors, school social workers, 
                                school psychologists, other qualified 
                                psychologists, child and adolescent 
                                psychiatrists, or other qualified 
                                health professionals, such as school 
                                nurses;
                                    ``(IX) ensure a team approach to 
                                school counseling and mental health 
                                services in the schools served by the 
                                local educational agency;
                                    ``(X) demonstrate that the local 
                                educational agency is working toward--
                                            ``(aa) a 1:250 ratio of 
                                        school counselors to students, 
                                        as recommended by the American 
                                        School Counselor Association;
                                            ``(bb) a 1:250 ratio of 
                                        school social workers to 
                                        students, as recommended by the 
                                        School Social Work Association 
                                        of America;
                                            ``(cc) a 1:700 ratio of 
                                        school psychologists to 
                                        students, as recommended by the 
                                        National Association of School 
                                        Psychologists; and
                                            ``(dd) a 1:750 ratio of 
                                        school nurses to students in 
                                        the general population, a 1:225 
                                        ratio for students requiring 
                                        daily professional school 
                                        nursing services, and a 1:125 
                                        ratio for students with complex 
                                        needs, as recommended by the 
                                        National Association of School 
                                        Nurses; and
                                    ``(XI) ensure that school 
                                counselors, school psychologists, other 
                                qualified psychologists, school social 
                                workers, or child and adolescent 
                                psychiatrists paid from funds made 
                                available under the programs spend a 
                                majority of their time counseling or 
                                providing mental health services to 
                                students or in other activities 
                                directly related to counseling or 
                                providing such services;
                    ``(C) provide training for the school personnel, 
                health professionals (such as school nurses), and 
                mental health professionals who will participate in the 
                programs; and
                    ``(D) provide technical assistance and consultation 
                to school systems, mental health agencies, and families 
                participating in the programs.
            ``(12) Programs to promote physical activity, education, 
        and fitness, and nutrition.--The term `programs to promote 
        physical activity, education, and fitness, and nutrition' means 
        programs that--
                    ``(A) increase and enable active student 
                participation in physical well-being activities and 
                provide teacher and school leader professional 
                development to encourage and increase such 
                participation;
                    ``(B) are comprehensive in nature;
                    ``(C) include opportunities for professional 
                development for teachers of physical education to stay 
                abreast of the latest research, issues, and trends in 
                the field of physical education; and
                    ``(D) include 1 or more of the following 
                activities:
                            ``(i) Fitness education and assessment to 
                        help students understand, improve, or maintain 
                        their physical well-being.
                            ``(ii) Instruction in a variety of motor 
                        skills and physical activities designed to 
                        enhance the physical, mental, social, and 
                        emotional development of every student.
                            ``(iii) Development of, and instruction in, 
                        cognitive concepts about motor skill and 
                        physical fitness that support a lifelong 
                        healthy lifestyle.
                            ``(iv) Opportunities to develop positive 
                        social and cooperative skills through physical 
                        activity.
                            ``(v) Instruction in healthy eating habits 
                        and good nutrition.
            ``(13) School-based mental health services partnership 
        program.--The term `school-based mental health services 
        partnership program' means a program that--
                    ``(A) includes a public or private mental health 
                entity or health care entity and may include a child 
                welfare agency, family-based mental health entity, 
                family organization, trauma network, or other 
                community-based entity;
                    ``(B) provides comprehensive school-based mental 
                health services and supports;
                    ``(C) provides comprehensive staff development for 
                school and community service personnel working in the 
                school;
                    ``(D) includes the early identification of social, 
                emotional, or behavioral problems, or substance use 
                disorders, and the provision of early intervening 
                services;
                    ``(E) provides for the treatment or referral for 
                treatment of students with social, emotional, or 
                behavioral health problems, or substance use disorders;
                    ``(F) includes the development and implementation 
                of programs to assist children in dealing with trauma 
                and violence;
                    ``(G) includes the development of mechanisms, based 
                on best practices, for children to report incidents of 
                violence or plans by other children or adults to commit 
                violence;
                    ``(H) is based on trauma-informed and evidence-
                based practices;
                    ``(I) is coordinated, where appropriate, with early 
                intervening services carried out under the Individuals 
                with Disabilities Education Act; and
                    ``(J) is provided by qualified mental and 
                behavioral health professionals who are certified or 
                licensed by the State involved and practicing within 
                their area of expertise.
            ``(14) School counselor.--The term `school counselor' means 
        an individual who has documented competence in counseling 
        children and adolescents in a school setting and who--
                    ``(A) is licensed by the State or certified by an 
                independent professional regulatory authority;
                    ``(B) in the absence of such State licensure or 
                certification, possesses national certification in 
                school counseling or a specialty of counseling granted 
                by an independent professional organization; or
                    ``(C) holds a minimum of a master's degree in 
                school counseling from a program accredited by the 
                Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related 
                Educational Programs or the equivalent.
            ``(15) School health indicators.--The term `school health 
        indicators' means a set of measurements for determining the 
        number of students seen in the school health office with, or 
        for, social and emotional disturbances, abuse and neglect, 
        substance use disorders, acute and chronic illness, and oral 
        and visual health issues, (to the extent the school health 
        office has applicable information), and the number of student 
        deaths on school property, if any.
            ``(16) School nurse.--The term `school nurse' means a 
        graduate of an accredited school of nursing program who is 
        licensed by the State as a registered nurse.
            ``(17) School psychologist.--The term `school psychologist' 
        means an individual who--
                    ``(A) has completed a minimum of 60 graduate 
                semester hours in school psychology from an institution 
                of higher education and has completed 1,200 clock hours 
                in a supervised school psychology internship, of which 
                600 hours are in the school setting;
                    ``(B) is licensed or certified in school psychology 
                by the State in which the individual works; or
                    ``(C) in the absence of such State licensure or 
                certification, possesses national certification by the 
                National School Psychology Certification Board.
            ``(18) School social worker.--The term `school social 
        worker' means an individual who--
                    ``(A) holds a master's degree in social work from a 
                program accredited by the Council on Social Work 
                Education; and
                    ``(B)(i) is licensed or certified by the State in 
                which services are provided; or
                    ``(ii) in the absence of such State licensure or 
                certification, possesses a national credential or 
                certification as a school social work specialist 
                granted by an independent professional organization.

``SEC. 4403. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

    ``From amounts made available to carry out this part, the Secretary 
shall allocate--
            ``(1) in each year for which funding is made available to 
        carry out this part, not more than 2 percent of such amounts 
        for technical assistance and evaluation;
            ``(2) for the first 3 years for which funding is made 
        available to carry out this part--
                    ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) not more than 30 percent of such 
                        amounts or $30,000,000, whichever amount is 
                        more, for State conditions for learning 
                        measurement systems grants, distributed to 
                        every State (by an application process 
                        consistent with section 4404(d)) in an amount 
                        proportional to each State's share of funding 
                        under part A of title I, to develop or improve 
                        the State's conditions for learning measurement 
                        system described in section 4404(h), and to 
                        conduct a needs analysis to meet the 
                        requirements of section 4404(d)(2)(D); and
                            ``(ii) not more than 68 percent of such 
                        amounts for Successful, Safe, and Healthy 
                        Students State Grants under section 4404; and
                    ``(B) for any fiscal year for which the amount 
                remaining available after funds are reserved under 
                paragraph (1) is less than $30,000,000, all of such 
                remainder for the State conditions for learning 
                measurement systems grants described in subparagraph 
                (A)(i); and
            ``(3) for the fourth year and each subsequent year for 
        which funding is made available to carry out this part, not 
        less than 98 percent of such amounts for Successful, Safe, and 
        Healthy Students State Grants under section 4404.

``SEC. 4404. SUCCESSFUL, SAFE, AND HEALTHY STUDENTS STATE GRANTS.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide funding 
to eligible States to implement comprehensive programs that--
            ``(1) address conditions for learning in schools in the 
        State; and
            ``(2) are based on--
                    ``(A) scientifically valid research; and
                    ``(B) an analysis of need that considers, at a 
                minimum, the indicators in the State's conditions for 
                learning measurement system described in subsection 
                (h).
    ``(b) State Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts allocated under section 
        4403 for Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students State Grants, 
        the Secretary shall award grants to eligible States to carry 
        out the purpose of this section.
            ``(2) Awards to states.--
                    ``(A) Formula grants.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), if the total amount allocated under 
                section 4403 for Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students 
                State Grants for a fiscal year is $500,000,000 or 
                greater, the Secretary shall allot to each State that 
                meets the eligibility requirements of subsection (c) 
                with an approved application an amount that bears the 
                same relationship to such total amount as the amount 
                received under part A of title I by such eligible State 
                for the preceding fiscal year bears to the amount 
                received under such part for the preceding fiscal year 
                by all eligible States.
                    ``(B) Minimum state allotment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--No State receiving an 
                        allotment under subparagraph (A) may receive 
                        less than one-half of 1 percent of the total 
                        amount allotted under such subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) Puerto rico.--The amount allotted 
                        under subparagraph (A) to the Commonwealth of 
                        Puerto Rico for a fiscal year may not exceed 
                        one-half of 1 percent of the total amount 
                        allotted under such subparagraph for such 
                        fiscal year.
                    ``(C) Competitive grants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If the total amount 
                        allocated under section 4403 for Successful, 
                        Safe, and Healthy Students State Grants for a 
                        fiscal year is less than $500,000,000, the 
                        Secretary shall award grants under this section 
                        to States that meet the eligibility 
                        requirements of subsection (c) on a competitive 
                        basis.
                            ``(ii) Sufficient size and scope.--In 
                        awarding grants on a competitive basis pursuant 
                        to clause (i), the Secretary shall ensure that 
                        grant awards are of sufficient size and scope 
                        to carry out required and approved activities 
                        under this section.
    ``(c) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a State shall demonstrate to the Secretary that the State 
has--
            ``(1) established a statewide physical education 
        requirement that is consistent with widely recognized 
        standards; and
            ``(2) required all local educational agencies in the State 
        to--
                    ``(A) establish policies that prevent and prohibit 
                harassment in schools; and
                    ``(B) provide--
                            ``(i) annual notice to parents, students, 
                        and educational professionals describing the 
                        full range of prohibited conduct contained in 
                        such local educational agency's discipline 
                        policies; and
                            ``(ii) grievance procedures for students or 
                        parents to register complaints regarding the 
                        prohibited conduct contained in such local 
                        educational agency's discipline policies, 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) the name of the local 
                                educational agency official who is 
                                designated as responsible for receiving 
                                such complaints; and
                                    ``(II) timelines that the local 
                                educational agency will follow in the 
                                resolution of such complaints.
    ``(d) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State that desires to receive a grant 
        under this section shall submit an application at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
        may require.
            ``(2) Content of application.--At a minimum, the 
        application shall include--
                    ``(A) documentation of the State's eligibility to 
                receive a grant under this section, as described in 
                subsection (c);
                    ``(B) an assurance that the policies used to 
                prohibit harassment in schools that are required under 
                subsection (c)(2)(A) emphasize alternatives to school 
                suspension that minimize students' removal from grade-
                level instruction, promote mental health, and only 
                allow out-of-school punishments in severe or persistent 
                cases;
                    ``(C) a plan for improving conditions for learning 
                in schools in the State in a manner consistent with the 
                requirements of this part that may be a part of a 
                broader statewide child and youth plan, if such a plan 
                exists and is consistent with the requirements of this 
                part;
                    ``(D) a needs analysis of the conditions for 
                learning in schools in the State, which--
                            ``(i) shall include a description of, and 
                        data measuring, the State's conditions for 
                        learning; and
                            ``(ii) may be a part of a broader statewide 
                        child and youth needs analysis, if such an 
                        analysis exists and is consistent with the 
                        requirements of this part;
                    ``(E) a description of how the activities the State 
                proposes to implement with grant funds are responsive 
                to the results of the needs analysis described in 
                subparagraph (D); and
                    ``(F) a description of how the State will--
                            ``(i) develop, adopt, adapt, or improve and 
                        implement the State's conditions for learning 
                        measurement system and how the State will 
                        ensure that all local educational agencies and 
                        schools in the State participate in such 
                        system;
                            ``(ii) ensure the quality and validity of 
                        the State's conditions for learning data 
                        collection, including the State's plan for 
                        survey administration as required under 
                        subsection (h)(2)(A) and for ensuring the 
                        reliability and validity of survey instruments;
                            ``(iii) coordinate the proposed activities 
                        with other Federal and State programs, 
                        including programs funded under this part, 
                        which may include programs to expand learning 
                        time and for before- and after-school 
                        programming in order to provide sufficient time 
                        to carry out activities described in this part;
                            ``(iv) assist local educational agencies to 
                        align activities with funds the agencies 
                        receive under the program with other funding 
                        sources in order to support a coherent and 
                        nonduplicative program;
                            ``(v) solicit and approve subgrant 
                        applications, including how the State will--
                                    ``(I) allocate funds for statewide 
                                activities and subgrants for each year 
                                of the grant, consistent with 
                                allocation requirements under 
                                subsection (i)(2); and
                                    ``(II) consider the results of the 
                                needs analysis described in 
                                subparagraph (D) in the State's 
                                distribution of subgrants;
                            ``(vi) address the needs of diverse 
                        geographic areas in the State, including rural 
                        and urban communities;
                            ``(vii) provide assistance to local 
                        educational agencies and schools in their 
                        efforts to prevent and appropriately respond to 
                        incidents of harassment, including building the 
                        capacity of such agencies and schools to 
                        educate family and community members regarding 
                        the agencies' and schools' respective roles in 
                        preventing and responding to such incidents; 
                        and
                            ``(viii) provide assistance to local 
                        educational agencies and schools in their 
                        efforts to implement positive, preventative 
                        approaches to school discipline, such as 
                        schoolwide positive behavior supports and 
                        interventions and restorative justice, that 
                        improve student engagement while minimizing 
                        students' removal from instruction and reducing 
                        the frequency of discipline infractions and 
                        disciplinary disparities among the subgroups of 
                        students described in section 1116(b)(2)(B);
                            ``(ix) provide assistance to local 
                        educational agencies and schools in their 
                        efforts to increase the provision of physical 
                        activity and physical education opportunities 
                        during the school day and implement programs to 
                        promote physical activity, education, and 
                        fitness, and nutrition; and
                            ``(x) provide assistance to local 
                        educational agencies and schools in their 
                        efforts to improve access to State-licensed or 
                        State-certified school counselors, school 
                        psychologists, and school social workers or 
                        other State-licensed or State-certified mental 
                        health professional qualified under State law 
                        to provide mental health services to students 
                        in schools.
            ``(3) Review process.--The Secretary shall establish a peer 
        review process to review applications submitted under this 
        subsection.
    ``(e) Duration.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State that receives a grant under this 
        section may receive funding for not more than 5 years in 
        accordance with this subsection.
            ``(2) Initial period.--The Secretary shall award grants 
        under this section for an initial period of not more than 3 
        years.
            ``(3) Grant extension.--The Secretary may extend a grant 
        awarded to a State under this section for not more than an 
        additional 2 years if the State shows sufficient improvement, 
        as determined by the Secretary, against baseline data for the 
        performance metrics established under subsection (j).
    ``(f) Reservation and Use of Funds.--A State that receives a grant 
under this section shall--
            ``(1) reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds 
        for administration of the program, technical assistance, and 
        the development, improvement, and implementation of the State's 
        conditions for learning measurement system, as described in 
        subsection (h); and
            ``(2) use the remainder of grant funds after making the 
        reservation under paragraph (1) to award subgrants, on a 
        competitive basis, to eligible local applicants.
    ``(g) Required State Activities.--A State that receives a grant 
under this section shall--
            ``(1) not later than 1 year after receipt of the grant, 
        develop, adapt, improve, or adopt and implement the statewide 
        conditions for learning measurement system described in 
        subsection (h) (unless the State can demonstrate, to the 
        satisfaction of the Secretary, that an appropriate system has 
        already been implemented) that annually measures the State's 
        progress in the conditions for learning for every public school 
        in the State;
            ``(2) collect information in each year of the grant on the 
        conditions for learning at the school-building level through 
        comprehensive needs assessments of student, school staff, and 
        family perceptions, experiences, and behaviors;
            ``(3) collect annual incident data at the school-building 
        level that are accurate and complete;
            ``(4) publicly report, at the local educational agency and 
        school level, the data collected in the State's conditions for 
        learning measurement system, described in subsection (h), each 
        year in a timely and highly accessible manner, and in a manner 
        that does not reveal personally identifiable information;
            ``(5) use, on a continuous basis, the results of the data 
        collected in the State's conditions for learning measurement 
        system to--
                    ``(A) identify and address conditions for learning 
                statewide;
                    ``(B) help subgrantees identify and address school 
                and student needs; and
                    ``(C) provide individualized assistance to low-
                performing schools identified under section 1116 and 
                schools with significant conditions for learning 
                weaknesses;
            ``(6) encourage local educational agencies to--
                    ``(A) integrate physical activity, education, and 
                fitness into a range of subjects throughout the school 
                day and locations within schools;
                    ``(B) encourage consultation with a variety of 
                stakeholders, including families, students, school 
                officials, and other organizations with wellness and 
                physical activity, education, and fitness expertise; 
                and
                    ``(C) regularly monitor schools' efforts in 
                improving wellness and physical activity, education, 
                and fitness understanding and habits among students;
            ``(7) encourage local educational agencies to--
                    ``(A) integrate healthy eating and nutrition 
                education into various times of the school day and 
                locations within schools to encourage consultation with 
                a variety of stakeholders, including families, 
                students, school officials, and other organizations 
                with nutrition education expertise; and
                    ``(B) regularly monitor schools' efforts in 
                improving nutrition understanding and healthy eating 
                among students;
            ``(8) encourage local educational agencies to implement 
        programs that expand student access to State-licensed or State-
        certified school counselors, school psychologists, and school 
        social workers or other State-licensed or State-certified 
        mental health professional that are qualified under State law 
        to provide mental health services to students in schools;
            ``(9) award subgrants, consistent with subsection (i), to 
        eligible local applicants; and
            ``(10) monitor subgrants and provide technical assistance 
        to subgrantees on the implementation of grant activities.
    ``(h) Conditions for Learning Measurement System.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State that receives a grant under 
        this part shall establish a State reporting and information 
        system that measures conditions for learning in the State and 
        is part of the State's system for reporting the data required 
        under section 1111 and part of any State longitudinal data 
        system that links statewide elementary and secondary data 
        systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 
        systems.
            ``(2) System activities.--The State reporting and 
        information system described in paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) contain, at a minimum, data from valid and 
                reliable surveys of students and staff and the 
                indicators in subparagraph (B) that allow staff at the 
                State, local educational agencies, and schools to 
                examine and improve school-level conditions for 
                learning;
                    ``(B) collect school-level data on--
                            ``(i) physical education indicators, as 
                        applicable;
                            ``(ii) individual student attendance and 
                        truancy;
                            ``(iii) in-school suspensions, out-of-
                        school suspensions, expulsions, referrals to 
                        law enforcement, school-based arrests, and 
                        disciplinary transfers (including placements in 
                        alternative schools) by student;
                            ``(iv) the frequency, seriousness, and 
                        incidence of violence and drug-related offenses 
                        resulting in disciplinary action in elementary 
                        schools and secondary schools in the State;
                            ``(v) the incidence and prevalence, age of 
                        onset, perception of and actual health risk, 
                        and perception of social disapproval of drug 
                        use and violence, including harassment, by 
                        youth and school personnel in schools and 
                        communities;
                            ``(vi) school health indicators, including 
                        acute and chronic physical, mental, and 
                        emotional health care needs; and
                            ``(vii) student access to State-licensed or 
                        State-certified school counselors, school 
                        psychologists, and school social workers or 
                        other State-licensed or State-certified mental 
                        health professional qualified under State law 
                        to provide such services to students in 
                        schools, including staff-to-student ratios;
                    ``(C) collect and report data, including, at a 
                minimum, the data described in clauses (ii), (iii), and 
                (v) of subparagraph (B), in the aggregate and 
                disaggregated by the categories of race, ethnicity, 
                gender, disability status, migrant status, English 
                proficiency, and status as economically disadvantaged, 
                and cross-tabulated across all of such categories by 
                gender and by disability;
                    ``(D) protect student privacy, consistent with 
                applicable data privacy laws and regulations, including 
                section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
                U.S.C. 1232g, commonly known as the `Family Educational 
                Rights and Privacy Act of 1974'); and
                    ``(E) to the extent practicable, utilize a web-
                based reporting system.
            ``(3) Compiling statistics.--In compiling the statistics 
        required to measure conditions for learning in the State--
                    ``(A) the offenses described in paragraph 
                (2)(B)(iv) shall be defined pursuant to the State's 
                criminal code, and aligned to the extent practicable, 
                with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform 
                Crime Reports categories, but shall not identify 
                victims of crimes or persons accused of crimes; and the 
                collected data shall include incident reports by school 
                officials, anonymous student surveys, and anonymous 
                teacher surveys;
                    ``(B) the performance metrics that are established 
                under subsection (j) shall be collected and the 
                performance on such metrics shall be defined and 
                reported uniformly statewide;
                    ``(C) the State shall collect, analyze, and use the 
                data under subparagraph (2)(B) at least annually; and
                    ``(D) grant recipients and subgrant recipients 
                shall use the data for planning and continuous 
                improvement of activities implemented under this part, 
                and may collect data for indicators that are locally 
                defined, and that are not reported to the State, to 
                meet local needs (so long as such indicators are 
                aligned with the conditions for learning).
    ``(i) Subgrants.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Awarding of subgrants.--A State that receives 
                a grant under this section shall award subgrants, on a 
                competitive basis, to eligible local applicants--
                            ``(i) based on need as identified by--
                                    ``(I) the State's conditions for 
                                learning measurement system described 
                                in subsection (h); or
                                    ``(II) in the case of a State for 
                                which the learning measurement system 
                                described in subsection (h) is not yet 
                                implemented, other data determined 
                                appropriate by the State;
                            ``(ii) that are of sufficient size and 
                        scope to enable the eligible local applicants 
                        to carry out approved activities; and
                            ``(iii) to implement programs that--
                                    ``(I) are comprehensive in nature;
                                    ``(II) are based on scientifically 
                                valid research;
                                    ``(III) are consistent with 
                                achieving the conditions for learning 
                                for the State; and
                                    ``(IV) address 1 or more of the 
                                uses described in clauses (i) through 
                                (iii) of paragraph (2)(A).
                    ``(B) Assistance.--A State that receives a grant 
                under this section shall provide assistance to subgrant 
                applicants and recipients in the selection of 
                scientifically valid programs and interventions.
                    ``(C) Partnerships allowed.--An eligible local 
                applicant may apply for a subgrant under this 
                subsection in partnership with 1 or more community-
                based organizations.
            ``(2) Allocation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In awarding subgrants under this 
                section, each State shall ensure that, for the 
                aggregate of all subgrants awarded by the State--
                            ``(i) not less than 20 percent of subgrant 
                        funds are used to carry out drug and violence 
                        prevention;
                            ``(ii) not less than 20 percent of subgrant 
                        funds are used to carry out programs to promote 
                        mental health; and
                            ``(iii) not less than 20 percent of 
                        subgrant funds are used to carry out programs 
                        to promote physical activity, education, and 
                        fitness, and nutrition.
                    ``(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph shall be construed to require States, in 
                making subgrants to eligible local applicants, to 
                require the eligible local applicants to use 20 percent 
                of subgrant funds for each of the uses described in 
                clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Applications.--An eligible local applicant that 
        desires to receive a subgrant under this subsection shall 
        submit to the State an application at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the State may 
        require.
            ``(4) Priority.--In awarding subgrants under this 
        subsection, a State shall give priority to applications that--
                    ``(A) demonstrate the greatest need, according to 
                the results of the State's conditions for learning 
                surveys described in subsection (h)(2); and
                    ``(B) propose to serve schools with the highest 
                concentrations of poverty, based on the percentage of 
                students receiving or are eligible to receive a free or 
                reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell 
                National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
            ``(5) Activities of subgrant recipients.--Each recipient of 
        a subgrant under this subsection shall, for the duration of the 
        subgrant--
                    ``(A) carry out activities--
                            ``(i) the need for which has been 
                        identified--
                                    ``(I) at a minimum, through the 
                                State's conditions for learning 
                                measurement system described in 
                                subsection (h); or
                                    ``(II) in the case of a State that 
                                has not yet implemented the learning 
                                measurement system described in 
                                subsection (h), through the State's 
                                needs analysis described in subsection 
                                (d)(2)(D); and
                            ``(ii) that are part of a comprehensive 
                        strategy or framework to address such need; and
                            ``(iii) that include 1 or more of the 
                        following:
                                    ``(I) Drug and violence prevention.
                                    ``(II) Programs to promote mental 
                                health.
                                    ``(III) Programs to promote 
                                physical activity, education, and 
                                fitness, and nutrition;
                    ``(B) ensure that each framework, intervention, or 
                program selected be based on scientifically valid 
                research and be used for the purpose for which such 
                framework, intervention, or program was found to be 
                effective;
                    ``(C) use school-level data from the State's 
                conditions for learning measurement system described in 
                subsection (h), to inform the implementation and 
                continuous improvement of activities carried out under 
                this part;
                    ``(D) use data from the statewide conditions for 
                learning measurement system to identify challenges 
                outside of school or off school grounds (including the 
                need for safe passages for students to and from 
                school), and collaborate with 1 or more community-based 
                organization to address such challenges;
                    ``(E) collect, and report to the State educational 
                agency, data for schools served by the subgrant 
                recipient, in a manner consistent with the State's 
                conditions for learning measurement system described in 
                subsection (h);
                    ``(F) establish policies to expand access to 
                quality physical activity opportunities, including 
                local school wellness policies;
                    ``(G) if the local educational agency to be served 
                through the grant does not have an active school 
                wellness council consistent with the requirements of 
                the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et 
                seq.), establish such a school wellness council, which 
                may be part of an existing school council that has the 
                capacity and willingness to address school wellness;
                    ``(H) engage family members and community-based 
                organizations in the development of conditions for 
                learning surveys, and in the planning, implementation, 
                and review of the subgrant recipient's efforts under 
                this part;
                    ``(I) consider and accommodate the unique needs of 
                students with disabilities and English learners in 
                implementing activities; and
                    ``(J) establish policies to expand access to 
                quality counseling and mental health programs and 
                services.
    ``(j) Accountability.--
            ``(1) Establishment of performance metrics.--The Secretary, 
        acting through the Director of the Institute of Education 
        Sciences, shall establish program performance metrics to 
        measure the effectiveness of the activities carried out under 
        this part.
            ``(2) Annual report.--Each State that receives a grant 
        under this part shall prepare and submit an annual report to 
        the Secretary, which shall include information relevant to the 
        conditions for learning, including progress toward meeting 
        outcomes for the metrics established under paragraph (1).
    ``(k) Evaluation.--From the amount reserved in accordance with 
section 9601, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Institute of Education Sciences, shall conduct an evaluation of the 
impact of the practices funded or disseminated under this section.

``SEC. 4405. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``From the amount allocated under section 4403(3), the Secretary 
shall provide technical assistance to applicants, recipients, and 
subgrant recipients of the programs funded under this part.

``SEC. 4406. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.

    ``No funds appropriated under this part may be used to pay for--
            ``(1) school resource officer or other security personnel 
        salaries, metal detectors, security cameras, or other security-
        related salaries, equipment, or expenses;
            ``(2) drug testing programs; or
            ``(3) the development, establishment, implementation, or 
        enforcement of zero-tolerance discipline policies, other than 
        those expressly required under the Gun-Free Schools Act (20 
        U.S.C. 7151 et seq.).

``SEC. 4407. FEDERAL AND STATE NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS.

    ``Nothing in this part shall be construed to invalidate or limit 
nondiscrimination principles or rights, remedies, procedures, or legal 
standards available to victims of discrimination under any other 
Federal law or law of a State or political subdivision of a State, 
including title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et 
seq.), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.), section 504 or 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
794 and 794a), or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). The obligations imposed by this part are in 
addition to those imposed by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
(20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).''.

SEC. 4106. STUDENT NON-DISCRIMINATION.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
part D, as added by section 4105 of this Act, the following:

                  ``PART E--STUDENT NON-DISCRIMINATION

``SEC. 4501. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Student Non-Discrimination Act of 
2013'.

``SEC. 4502. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Public school students who are lesbian, gay, 
        bisexual, or transgender (referred to in this part as `LGBT'), 
        or are perceived to be LGBT, or who associate with LGBT people, 
        have been and are subjected to pervasive discrimination, 
        including harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence, and 
        have been deprived of equal educational opportunities, in 
        schools in every part of the Nation.
            ``(2) While discrimination of any kind is harmful to 
        students and to the education system, actions that target 
        students based on sexual orientation or gender identity 
        represent a distinct and severe problem that remains 
        inadequately addressed by current Federal law.
            ``(3) Numerous social science studies demonstrate that 
        discrimination at school has contributed to high rates of 
        absenteeism, academic underachievement, dropping out, and 
        adverse physical and mental health consequences among LGBT 
        youth.
            ``(4) When left unchecked, discrimination in schools based 
        on sexual orientation or gender identity can lead, and has led, 
        to life-threatening violence and to suicide.
            ``(5) Public school students enjoy a variety of 
        constitutional rights, including rights to equal protection, 
        privacy, and free expression, which are infringed when school 
        officials engage in or fail to take prompt and effective action 
        to stop discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or 
        gender identity.
            ``(6) Provisions of Federal statutory law expressly 
        prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, 
        religion, disability, and national origin. The Department of 
        Education and the Department of Justice, as well as numerous 
        courts, have correctly interpreted the prohibitions on sex 
        discrimination to include discrimination based on sex 
        stereotypes and gender identity, even when that sex-based 
        discrimination coincides or overlaps with discrimination based 
        on sexual orientation. However, the absence of express Federal 
        law prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of sexual 
        orientation and gender identity has created unnecessary 
        uncertainty that risks limiting access to legal remedies under 
        Federal law for LGBT students and their parents.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to ensure that all students have access to public 
        education in a safe environment free from discrimination, 
        including harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence, on 
        the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity;
            ``(2) to provide a comprehensive Federal prohibition of 
        discrimination in public schools based on actual or perceived 
        sexual orientation or gender identity;
            ``(3) to provide meaningful and effective remedies for 
        discrimination in public schools based on actual or perceived 
        sexual orientation or gender identity;
            ``(4) to invoke congressional powers, including the power 
        to enforce the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and to 
        provide for the general welfare pursuant to section 8 of 
        article I of the Constitution and the power to make all laws 
        necessary and proper for the execution of the foregoing powers 
        pursuant to section 8 of article I of the Constitution, in 
        order to prohibit discrimination in public schools on the basis 
        of sexual orientation or gender identity; and
            ``(5) to allow the Department of Education and the 
        Department of Justice to effectively combat discrimination 
        based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public 
        schools, through regulation and enforcement, as the Departments 
        have issued regulations under and enforced title IX of the 
        Education Amendments of 1972 and other nondiscrimination laws 
        in a manner that effectively addresses discrimination.

``SEC. 4503. DEFINITIONS AND RULE.

    ``(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this part:
            ``(1) Educational agency.--The term `educational agency' 
        means a local educational agency, an educational service 
        agency, and a State educational agency, as those terms are 
        defined in section 9101.
            ``(2) Gender identity.--The term `gender identity' means 
        the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other 
        gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or 
        without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth.
            ``(3) Harassment.--The term `harassment' means conduct, 
        including bullying, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or 
        pervasive to limit or interfere with a student's ability to 
        participate in or benefit from a program or activity of a 
        public school or educational agency, including acts of verbal, 
        nonverbal, or physical aggression, intimidation, or hostility, 
        and communications made available through electronic means, if 
        such conduct is based on--
                    ``(A) a student's actual or perceived sexual 
                orientation or gender identity; or
                    ``(B) the actual or perceived sexual orientation or 
                gender identity of a person with whom a student 
                associates or has associated.
            ``(4) Program or activity.--The terms `program or activity' 
        and `program' have the same meanings given such terms as 
        applied under section 606 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
        U.S.C. 2000d-4a) to the operations of public entities under 
        paragraph (2)(B) of such section.
            ``(5) Public school.--The term `public school' means an 
        elementary school (as the term is defined in section 9101) that 
        is a public institution, and a secondary school (as so defined) 
        that is a public institution.
            ``(6) Sexual orientation.--The term `sexual orientation' 
        means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
            ``(7) Student.--The term `student' means an individual 
        within the age limits for which the State provides free public 
        education who is enrolled in a public school or who, regardless 
        of official enrollment status, attends classes or participates 
        in the programs or activities of a public school or local 
        educational agency.
    ``(b) Rule.--Consistent with Federal law, in this part the term 
`includes' means `includes but is not limited to'.

``SEC. 4504. PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

    ``(a) In General.--No student shall, on the basis of actual or 
perceived sexual orientation or gender identity of such individual or 
of a person with whom the student associates or has associated, be 
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be 
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity if any part 
of the program or activity receives Federal financial assistance.
    ``(b) Harassment.--For purposes of this part, discrimination 
includes harassment of a student on the basis of actual or perceived 
sexual orientation or gender identity of such student or of a person 
with whom the student associates or has associated.
    ``(c) Retaliation Prohibited.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--No person shall be excluded from 
        participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to 
        discrimination, retaliation, or reprisal under any program or 
        activity receiving Federal financial assistance based on the 
        person's opposition to conduct made unlawful by this part.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        `opposition to conduct made unlawful by this part' includes--
                    ``(A) opposition to conduct believed to be made 
                unlawful by this part or conduct that could be believed 
                to become unlawful under this part if allowed to 
                continue;
                    ``(B) any formal or informal report, whether oral 
                or written, to any governmental entity, including 
                public schools and educational agencies and employees 
                of the public schools or educational agencies, 
                regarding conduct made unlawful by this part, conduct 
                believed to be made unlawful by this part, or conduct 
                that could be believed to become unlawful under this 
                part if allowed to continue;
                    ``(C) participation in any investigation, 
                proceeding, or hearing related to conduct made unlawful 
                by this part, conduct believed to be made unlawful by 
                this part, or conduct that could be believed to become 
                unlawful under this part if allowed to continue; and
                    ``(D) assistance or encouragement provided to any 
                other person in the exercise or enjoyment of any right 
                granted or protected by this part,
        if in the course of that opposition to conduct made unlawful by 
        this part, the person involved does not purposefully provide 
        information known to be materially false to any public school 
        or educational agency or other governmental entity regarding 
        conduct made unlawful by this part, or conduct believed to be 
        made unlawful by this part, or conduct that could be believed 
        to become unlawful under this part if allowed to continue.

``SEC. 4505. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT; REPORT TO 
              CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.

    ``(a) Requirements.--Each Federal department and agency which is 
empowered to extend Federal financial assistance to any education 
program or activity, by way of grant, loan, or contract other than a 
contract of insurance or guaranty, is authorized and directed to 
effectuate the provisions of section 4504 with respect to such program 
or activity by issuing rules, regulations, or orders of general 
applicability which shall be consistent with achievement of the 
objectives of the statute authorizing the financial assistance in 
connection with which the action is taken. No such rule, regulation, or 
order shall become effective unless and until approved by the 
President.
    ``(b) Enforcement.--Compliance with any requirement adopted 
pursuant to this section may be effected--
            ``(1) by the termination of or refusal to grant or to 
        continue assistance under such program or activity to any 
        recipient as to whom there has been an express finding on the 
        record, after opportunity for hearing, of a failure to comply 
        with such requirement, but such termination or refusal shall be 
        limited to the particular political entity, or part thereof, or 
        other recipient as to whom such a finding has been made, and 
        shall be limited in its effect to the particular program, or 
        part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been so found; or
            ``(2) by any other means authorized by law,
except that no such action shall be taken until the department or 
agency concerned has advised the appropriate person or persons of the 
failure to comply with the requirement and has determined that 
compliance cannot be secured by voluntary means.
    ``(c) Reports.--In the case of any action terminating, or refusing 
to grant or continue, assistance because of failure to comply with a 
requirement imposed pursuant to this section, the head of the Federal 
department or agency shall file with the committees of the House of 
Representatives and Senate having legislative jurisdiction over the 
program or activity involved a full written report of the circumstances 
and the grounds for such action. No such action shall become effective 
until 30 days have elapsed after the filing of such report.

``SEC. 4506. PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.

    ``(a) Private Cause of Action.--Subject to subsection (c), and 
consistent with the cause of action recognized under title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and title IX of the 
Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), and their 
implementing regulations, an aggrieved person may bring an action in a 
court of competent jurisdiction, asserting a violation of this part or 
the requirements adopted to effectuate this part. Aggrieved persons may 
be awarded all appropriate relief, including equitable relief, 
compensatory damages, and costs of the action.
    ``(b) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be construed to 
preclude an aggrieved person from obtaining remedies under any other 
provision of law or to require such person to exhaust any 
administrative complaint process or notice of claim requirement before 
seeking redress under this section.
    ``(c) Statute of Limitations.--For actions brought pursuant to this 
section, the statute of limitations period shall be determined in 
accordance with section 1658(a) of title 28, United States Code. The 
tolling of any such limitations period shall be determined in 
accordance with the law governing actions under section 1979 of the 
Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) in the State in which the action is 
brought.

``SEC. 4507. CAUSE OF ACTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

    ``The Attorney General is authorized to institute for or in the 
name of the United States a civil action for a violation of this part 
or the requirements adopted to effectuate this part in any appropriate 
district court of the United States against such parties and for such 
relief as may be appropriate, including equitable relief and 
compensatory damages. Whenever a civil action is instituted for a 
violation of this part, or the requirements adopted to effectuate this 
part, the Attorney General may intervene in such action upon timely 
application and shall be entitled to the same relief as if the Attorney 
General had instituted the action. Nothing in this part shall adversely 
affect the right of any person to sue or obtain relief in any court for 
any activity that violates this part, including requirements adopted to 
effectuate this part.

``SEC. 4508. STATE IMMUNITY.

    ``(a) State Immunity.--A State shall not be immune under the 11th 
Amendment to the Constitution from suit in Federal court for a 
violation of this part or the requirements adopted to effectuate this 
part.
    ``(b) Waiver.--An educational agency's, including a State 
educational agency's, receipt or use of Federal financial assistance 
shall constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity, under the 11th 
Amendment or otherwise, to a suit brought by an aggrieved person for a 
violation of section 4504 or the requirements adopted to effectuate 
section 4504.
    ``(c) Remedies.--In a suit against a State for a violation of this 
part, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are 
available for such a violation to the same extent as such remedies are 
available for such a violation in the suit against any public or 
private entity other than a State.

``SEC. 4509. ATTORNEY'S FEES.

    ``Section 722(b) of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1988(b)) is 
amended by inserting `the Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013,' 
after `Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000,'.

``SEC. 4510. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.

    ``(a) Federal and State Nondiscrimination Laws.--Nothing in this 
part or the requirements adopted to effectuate this part shall be 
construed to preempt, invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, 
procedures, or legal standards available to victims of discrimination 
or retaliation, under any other Federal law or law of a State or 
political subdivision of a State, including titles IV and VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq., 2000d et seq.), 
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or 
section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations 
imposed by this part are in addition to those imposed by titles IV and 
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000c et seq., 2000d et 
seq.), title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), 
and section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983).
    ``(b) Free Speech and Expression Laws and Religious Student 
Groups.--Nothing in this part shall be construed to alter legal 
standards regarding, or affect the rights available to individuals or 
groups under, other Federal laws that establish protections for freedom 
of speech and expression, such as legal standards and rights available 
to religious and other student groups under the First Amendment and the 
Equal Access Act (20 U.S.C. 4071 et seq.).

``SEC. 4511. SEVERABILITY.

    ``If any provision of this part, or any application of such 
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this part, and the application of 
the provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be 
impacted.

``SEC. 4512. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    ``This part shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment 
of the Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 and shall not apply to 
conduct occurring before the effective date of this part.''.

SEC. 4107. 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS.

    Part F of title IV, as redesignated by section 4103(a) of this Act, 
is amended--
            (1) in section 4601, as redesignated by section 4103(a) of 
        this Act--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``to provide'' and 
                                inserting ``to assist States in 
                                providing''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``communities'' 
                                and inserting ``eligible entities'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``students with 
                                before school, after school, or summer 
                                learning'' after provide;
                                    (II) by striking ``, particularly 
                                students''; and
                                    (III) by striking the comma after 
                                ``low-performing schools'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``who attend low-
                                performing schools'' after ``offer 
                                students''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and'' after the 
                                semicolon; and
                            (iv) by striking paragraph (3) and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(3) significantly increase the number of hours in a 
        regular school day, week, or year in order to provide students 
        with additional time for academic work and for additional 
        subjects and enrichment activities that increase student 
        achievement and engagement; and
            ``(4) comprehensively redesign and implement an expanded 
        school day, expanded school week, or expanded school year 
        schedule for all students in a high-need school, to provide 
        additional time for--
                    ``(A) instruction in core academic subjects;
                    ``(B) instruction in additional subjects and 
                enrichment activities; and
                    ``(C) teachers and staff to collaborate, plan, and 
                engage in professional development within and across 
                grades and subjects.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subparagraph (A), by striking ``that--
                                '' and inserting ``that provides 1 or 
                                more of the following:'';
                                    (II) in subparagraph (A)--
                                            (aa) by striking 
                                        ``assists'' and inserting 
                                        ``Before school, after school, 
                                        or summer learning programs 
                                        that assist'';
                                            (bb) by striking ``(such as 
                                        before and after school or 
                                        during summer recess)'' after 
                                        ``not in session''; and
                                            (cc) by striking ``; and'' 
                                        and inserting a period; and
                                    (III) by striking subparagraph (B) 
                                and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Expanded learning time programs that 
                significantly increase the total number of hours in a 
                regular school day, week, or year, in order to provide 
                students with the greatest academic needs with--
                            ``(i) additional time to participate in 
                        academic activities that--
                                    ``(I) are aligned with the 
                                instruction that such students receive 
                                during the regular school day; and
                                    ``(II) are targeted to the academic 
                                needs of such students; and
                            ``(ii) time to engage in enrichment and 
                        other activities that complement the academic 
                        program and contribute to a well-rounded 
                        education, which may include music and the 
                        arts, physical education, and experiential and 
                        work-based learning opportunities.
                    ``(C) Expanded learning time initiatives that use 
                an expanded school day, expanded school week, or 
                expanded school year schedule to increase the total 
                number of school hours for the school year at a high-
                need school by not less than 300 hours and redesign the 
                school's program in a manner that includes additional 
                time--
                            ``(i) for academic work, and to support 
                        innovation in teaching, in order to improve the 
                        proficiency of participating students, 
                        particularly struggling students, in core 
                        academic subjects;
                            ``(ii) to advance student learning for all 
                        students in all grades;
                            ``(iii) for additional subjects and 
                        enrichment activities that contribute to a 
                        well-rounded education, which may include music 
                        and the arts, physical education, and 
                        experiential and work-based learning 
                        opportunities; and
                            ``(iv) for teachers to engage in 
                        collaboration and professional planning, within 
                        and across grades and subjects.'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible entity' means 
                a partnership of--
                            ``(i) 1 or more high-need local educational 
                        agencies in partnership with 1 or more public 
                        entities or nonprofit organizations with a 
                        demonstrated record of success in designing and 
                        implementing before school, after school, 
                        summer learning, or expanded learning time 
                        activities; or
                            ``(ii) 1 or more public entities or 
                        nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated 
                        record of success in designing and implementing 
                        before school, after school, summer learning, 
                        or expanded learning time activities, in 
                        partnership with 1 or more high-need local 
                        educational agencies.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--A State educational agency 
                shall deem a rural local educational agency applying 
                for a grant under section 4604 without a partnering 
                public or nonprofit entity to be an eligible entity if 
                the rural local educational agency demonstrates that 
                such agency is unable to partner with a public or 
                nonprofit organization in reasonable geographic 
                proximity or of sufficient quality to meet the 
                requirements of this part.''; and
                            (iii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
                        paragraph (3);
            (2) in section 4602, as redesignated by section 4103(a) of 
        this Act--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``under section 4206'' and 
                        inserting ``to carry out this part'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (1);
                            (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
                        (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 
                        and
                            (iv) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
                        clause (iii), by striking ``Bureau of Indian 
                        Affairs'' and inserting ``Bureau of Indian 
                        Education'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``under 
                section 4206'' and inserting ``to carry out this 
                part''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``4204'' 
                        and inserting ``4604'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) by striking 
                                        ``responsible for administering 
                                        youth development programs and 
                                        adult learning activities'' and 
                                        inserting ``as applicable''; 
                                        and
                                            (bb) by striking 
                                        ``4204(b)'' and inserting 
                                        ``4604(b)''; and
                                    (II) by striking the undesignated 
                                matter following subparagraph (B) and 
                                inserting the following:
                    ``(C) supervising the awarding of funds to eligible 
                entities (in consultation with the Governor and other 
                State agencies responsible for administering youth 
                development programs and adult learning activities).''; 
                and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A)--
                                            (aa) by inserting 
                                        ``comprehensive'' after 
                                        ``Monitoring and''; and
                                            (bb) by inserting 
                                        ``(directly, or through a grant 
                                        or contract) of the 
                                        effectiveness'' after 
                                        ``evaluation'';
                                    (II) by striking subparagraph (B) 
                                and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Providing capacity building, training, 
                professional development, and technical assistance 
                under this part to eligible entities, relating to 
                activities such as--
                            ``(i) coordinating activities carried out 
                        under this part with other Federal, State, and 
                        local programs so as to implement high-quality 
                        programs; and
                            ``(ii) aligning activities carried out 
                        under this part with State academic content 
                        standards.''; and
                                    (III) by striking subparagraphs (C) 
                                and (D);
            (3) in section 4603(a), as redesignated by section 4103(a) 
        of this Act--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``4202'' and inserting ``4602'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``serve--'' 
                through ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``serve 
                students who primarily attend high-need schools and 
                schools that are identified through a State's 
                accountability and improvement system under subsection 
                (b) or (c)(2) of section 1116'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by inserting ``the State's rigorous, 
                        high-quality competition for grants under 
                        section 4204, including'' after ``describes''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``, which shall include'' 
                        through ``standards'';
                    (D) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(5) describes how the State educational agency will 
        ensure that awards made under this part are of sufficient size 
        and scope to support high-quality, effective programs that are 
        consistent with the purpose of this part;'';
                    (E) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) describes how the State educational agency will 
        assist eligible entities in coordinating funds received through 
        the grant with other funding streams, in order to support a 
        coherent and sustainable approach to funding and implementing 
        programs and activities under this part and other programs 
        under this Act;'';
                    (F) in paragraph (8)(A), by striking ``not less 
                than 3 years and not more than 5 years'' and inserting 
                ``not more than 3 years, and may extend a grant for an 
                additional period of not more than 2 years if the 
                eligible entity is achieving the intended outcomes of 
                the grant'';
                    (G) in paragraph (10)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, if any,'' after 
                        ``transportation needs''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``4204(b)'' and inserting 
                        ``4604(b)'';
                    (H) in paragraph (11), by striking ``before and 
                after school (or summer school) programs, the heads of 
                the State health and mental health agencies or their 
                designees,'' and inserting ``before school, after 
                school, summer learning, and expanded learning time 
                programs and initiatives,'';
                    (I) in paragraph (12), by striking ``before and 
                after school'' and inserting ``before school, after 
                school, summer learning, and expanded learning time'';
                    (J) in paragraph (13)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``, on a regular basis, and 
                        not less than every 3 years after the receipt 
                        of the grant'' after ``will evaluate'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) a description of the benchmarks and 
                performance goals that will be used to hold eligible 
                entities accountable and to determine whether to 
                provide eligible entities receiving a grant under 
                section 4604 with an additional 2-year period of grant 
                funding after the initial 3-year grant; and''; and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                    (K) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (L) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(15) contains an assurance that each eligible entity that 
        applies for an award under section 4604 shall have the 
        flexibility to apply for funds to carry out programs described 
        in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 4601(b)(1).'';
            (4) in section 4604, as redesignated by section 4103(a) of 
        this Act--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``4202(c)(1)'' 
                and inserting ``4602(c)(1)'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) a description of the before school, after 
                school, summer learning, or expanded learning time 
                activities to be funded, including--
                            ``(i) evidence that research-based 
                        strategies for student achievement and 
                        engagement will be utilized in the program;
                            ``(ii) as applicable, an explanation of how 
                        the program will offer students--
                                    ``(I) academic instruction that is 
                                aligned with the academic needs of the 
                                students, including English learners 
                                and students with disabilities; and
                                    ``(II) engaging enrichment 
                                activities that are aligned with the 
                                developmental needs and interests of 
                                the students, and that contribute to a 
                                well-rounded education;
                            ``(iii) an assurance that the program will 
                        take place in a safe learning environment and 
                        an easily accessible facility;
                            ``(iv) if applicable, a description of how 
                        students participating in the program will 
                        travel safely to and from home; and
                            ``(v) a description of how the eligible 
                        entity will disseminate information about the 
                        program to the community in a manner that is 
                        understandable and accessible;'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``activity'' and 
                                inserting ``program''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end ``and 
                                help keep students on a path to make 
                                sufficient academic growth'';
                            (iii) by striking subparagraphs (L) and 
                        (M);
                            (iv) by striking subparagraph (E) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(E) as applicable, an explanation of how the 
                program will offer students--
                            ``(i) academic instruction that is aligned 
                        with the academic needs of the students; and
                            ``(ii) engaging enrichment activities that 
                        are aligned with the developmental needs and 
                        interests of the students, and that contribute 
                        to a well-rounded education;'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
                        ``schools eligible'' and all that follows 
                        through ``such students'' and inserting ``high-
                        need schools and schools that are identified 
                        through a State's accountability and 
                        improvement system under subsections (b) or 
                        (c)(2) of section 1116'';
                            (vi) by striking subparagraph (H) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(H) a description of the capacity of the eligible 
                entity partners described in section 4601(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
                to successfully implement the program, including the 
                quality and experience of the management team of such 
                partners;'';
                            (vii) in subparagraph (I)--
                                    (I) by striking ``in the center''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``(including the 
                                needs of working families)'';
                            (viii) by striking subparagraph (J) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(J) a description of the education and training 
                activities that program staff and teachers, as 
                applicable, have received or will receive to 
                effectively administer the proposed program;''; and
                            (ix) by redesignating subparagraph (N) as 
                        subparagraph (L);
                    (C) by striking subsections (d) and (h) and 
                redesignating subsections (e) through (g) and (i) as 
                subsections (d) through (f) and (g), respectively;
                    (D) in subsection (f), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``not less than 3 years 
                and not more than 5 years'' and inserting ``not more 
                than 3 years, and may be extended for an additional 
                period of not more than 2 years, if an eligible entity 
                is achieving the intended outcomes of the grant'';
                    (E) by striking subsection (g), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), and inserting the following:
    ``(g) Priority.--
            ``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under this part, a 
        State educational agency shall give priority to high-quality 
        applications that--
                    ``(A) are based on strong research evidence for 
                improving student learning, as measured by student 
                achievement and other measures of student learning and 
                development that are appropriate for, and aligned to, 
                the program's goals and design;
                    ``(B) propose to serve the highest percentage of 
                students from low-income families;
                    ``(C) include a partnership agreement, signed by 
                each partner of the eligible entity, that--
                            ``(i) shows that the staff of each partner 
                        are committed to work collaboratively to 
                        implement the proposed activities, including 
                        through coordinated planning, collaborative 
                        implementation, and joint professional 
                        development and training opportunities;
                            ``(ii) sets clear expectations, including 
                        measurable goals for each partner;
                            ``(iii) requires the collection and 
                        reporting of data about the outcomes of 
                        programs funded under this part, in order to 
                        monitor progress toward achieving such goals 
                        and inform implementation; and
                            ``(iv) specifies how student information 
                        will be shared to advance the goals of the 
                        proposed program and activities, including 
                        student academic achievement and engagement 
                        data, as appropriate and in accordance with 
                        Federal, State, and local laws; and
                    ``(D) are submitted by eligible entities that will 
                provide matching funds to carry out the activities 
                supported by the grant, as described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Matching funds.--
                    ``(A) Amount of matching funds.--In awarding grants 
                under this section, a State educational agency shall 
                give priority to applications from eligible entities 
                that, in addition to meeting the requirements of 
                paragraph (1), provide matching funds in an amount not 
                less than--
                            ``(i) for the first year of an initial 
                        grant under this section, 10 percent of the 
                        cost of the activities;
                            ``(ii) for the second year of such grant, 
                        20 percent of the cost of the activities;
                            ``(iii) for the third year of such grant, 
                        and for the first year of a subsequent grant 
                        under this section, 30 percent of the cost of 
                        the activities; and
                            ``(iv) for the second or any succeeding 
                        year of such subsequent grant, 40 percent of 
                        the cost of the activities.
                    ``(B) Cash or in-kind.--The eligible entity may 
                provide the matching funds described in subparagraph 
                (A) in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including 
                plant, equipment, or services, but may not provide more 
                than 50 percent of the matching funds in-kind.
                    ``(C) Waiver.--A State educational agency may waive 
                all or part of the matching requirement for priority 
                described in this paragraph, on a case-by-case basis, 
                upon a showing of serious financial hardship.''; and
                    (F) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Special Rule.--In implementing 21st Century Community 
Learning Centers, the Department shall not give priority to, show 
preference for, or provide direction about whether communities use 21st 
Century Community Learning Centers funds for eligible entities 
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 4601(b)(1).'';
            (5) in section 4605, as redesignated by section 4103(a) of 
        this Act--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``before and after school 
                        activities (including during summer recess 
                        periods)'' and inserting ``before school, after 
                        school, summer learning, or expanded learning 
                        time activities'';
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
                        through (12) as paragraphs (2) through (13), 
                        respectively;
                            (iii) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
                        redesignated by clause (ii), the following:
            ``(1) high-quality expanded learning time programs or 
        initiatives;'';
                            (iv) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by 
                        clause (ii), by striking ``(including those 
                        provided by senior citizen volunteers)''; and
                            (v) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
                        clause (ii), by striking ``limited English 
                        proficient students'' and inserting ``English 
                        learners''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(b) Performance Indicators.--Each State educational agency that 
receives a grant under this part shall collect, and annually report to 
the Secretary, information on the following performance indicators, 
disaggregated, as appropriate, by the subgroups described in section 
1111(a)(2)(B)(x):
            ``(1) The average time added to the school day, school 
        week, or school year, if applicable.
            ``(2) Student participation and attendance rates for the 
        programs funded under this part.
            ``(3) Student achievement in core academic subjects and 
        high school graduation rates, as applicable, for students who 
        participate in such programs.''.

SEC. 4108. PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
part F, as redesignated by section 4103(a) of this Act, the following:

                    ``PART G--PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS

``SEC. 4701. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Promise Neighborhoods Act of 
2013'.

``SEC. 4702. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to significantly improve the academic 
and developmental outcomes of children living in our Nation's most 
distressed communities from birth through college and career entry, 
including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and 
college and career readiness for such children, through the use of 
data-driven decisionmaking and access to a community-based continuum of 
high-quality services, beginning at birth.

``SEC. 4703. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Child.--The term `child' means an individual from 
        birth through age 21.
            ``(2) College and career readiness.--The term `college and 
        career readiness' means the level of preparation a student 
        needs in order to meet the State academic content and 
        achievement standards under section 1111(a)(1).
            ``(3) Community of practice.--The term `community of 
        practice' means a group of entities that interact regularly to 
        share best practices to address 1 or more persistent problems, 
        or improve practice with respect to such problems, in 1 or more 
        neighborhoods.
            ``(4) Comprehensive school readiness assessment.--The term 
        `comprehensive school readiness assessment' means an objective 
        tool that--
                    ``(A) screens for school readiness across domains, 
                including language, cognitive, physical, motor, 
                sensory, and social-emotional domains, and through a 
                developmental screening.; and
                    ``(B) may also include other sources of 
                information, such as child observations by parents and 
                others, verbal and written reports, child work samples 
                (for children aged 3 to 5), and health and 
                developmental histories.
            ``(5) Developmental screening.--The term `developmental 
        screening' means the use of a standardized tool to identify a 
        child who may be at risk of a developmental delay or disorder.
            ``(6) Expanded learning time.--The term `expanded learning 
        time' means the activities and programs described in 
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 4601(b)(1).
            ``(7) Family and community engagement.--The term `family 
        and community engagement' means the process of engaging family 
        and community members in education meaningfully and at all 
        stages of the planning, implementation, and school and 
        neighborhood improvement process, including, at a minimum--
                    ``(A) disseminating a clear definition of the 
                neighborhood to the members of the neighborhood;
                    ``(B) ensuring representative participation by the 
                members of such neighborhood in the planning and 
                implementation of the activities of each grant awarded 
                under this part;
                    ``(C) regular engagement by the eligible entity and 
                the partners of the eligible entity with family members 
                and community partners;
                    ``(D) the provision of strategies and practices to 
                assist family and community members in actively 
                supporting student achievement and child development; 
                and
                    ``(E) collaboration with institutions of higher 
                education, workforce development centers, and employers 
                to align expectations and programming with college and 
                career readiness.
            ``(8) Family and student supports.--The term `family and 
        student supports' includes--
                    ``(A) health programs (including both mental health 
                and physical health services);
                    ``(B) school, public, and child-safety programs;
                    ``(C) programs that improve family stability;
                    ``(D) workforce development programs (including 
                those that meet local business needs, such as 
                internships and externships);
                    ``(E) social service programs;
                    ``(F) legal aid programs;
                    ``(G) financial literacy education programs;
                    ``(H) adult education and family literacy programs;
                    ``(I) parent, family, and community engagement 
                programs; and
                    ``(J) programs that increase access to learning 
                technology and enhance the digital literacy skills of 
                students.
            ``(9) Family member.--The term `family member' means a 
        parent, relative, or other adult who is responsible for the 
        education, care, and well-being of a child.
            ``(10) Integrated student supports.--The term `integrated 
        student supports' means wraparound services, supports, and 
        community resources, which shall be offered through a site 
        coordinator for at-risk students, that have been shown by 
        evidence-based research--
                    ``(A) to increase academic achievement and 
                engagement;
                    ``(B) to support positive child development; and
                    ``(C) to increase student preparedness for success 
                in college and the workforce.
            ``(11) Neighborhood.--The term `neighborhood' means a 
        defined geographical area in which there are multiple signs of 
        distress, demonstrated by indicators of need, including 
        poverty, childhood obesity rates, academic failure, and rates 
        of juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration.
            ``(12) Pipeline services.--The term `pipeline services' 
        means a continuum of supports and services for children from 
        birth through college entry, college success, and career 
        attainment, including, at a minimum, strategies to address 
        through services or programs (including integrated student 
        supports) the following:
                    ``(A) Prenatal education and support for expectant 
                parents.
                    ``(B) High-quality early learning opportunities.
                    ``(C) High-quality schools and out-of-school-time 
                programs and strategies.
                    ``(D) Support for a child's transition to 
                elementary school, including the administration of a 
                comprehensive school readiness assessment.
                    ``(E) Support for a child's transition from 
                elementary school to middle school, from middle school 
                to high school, and from high school into and through 
                college and into the workforce.
                    ``(F) Family and community engagement.
                    ``(G) Family and student supports.
                    ``(H) Activities that support college and career 
                readiness, including coordination between such 
                activities, such as--
                            ``(i) assistance with college admissions, 
                        financial aid, and scholarship applications, 
                        especially for low-income and low-achieving 
                        students; and
                            ``(ii) career preparation services and 
                        supports.
                    ``(I) Neighborhood-based support for college-age 
                students who have attended the schools in the pipeline, 
                or students who are members of the community, 
                facilitating their continued connection to the 
                community and success in college and the workforce.

          ``Subpart 1--Promise Neighborhood Partnership Grants

``SEC. 4711. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Program authorized.--From amounts appropriated to 
        carry out this subpart, the Secretary shall award grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to eligible entities to implement a 
        comprehensive, evidence-based continuum of coordinated services 
        and supports that engages community partners to improve 
        academic achievement, student development, and college and 
        career readiness, measured by common outcomes, by carrying out 
        the activities described in section 4714 in neighborhoods with 
        high concentrations of low-income individuals and persistently 
        low-achieving schools or schools with an achievement gap.
            ``(2) Sufficient size and scope.--Each grant awarded under 
        this subpart shall be of sufficient size and scope to allow the 
        eligible entity to carry out the purpose of this part.
    ``(b) Duration.--A grant awarded under this subpart--
            ``(1) shall be for a period of not more than 5 years; and
            ``(2) may be renewed for not more than 1 additional grant 
        period, if the eligible entity demonstrates significant 
        improvement in relation to the performance metrics established 
        under section 4716(a).
    ``(c) Continued Funding.--Continued funding of a grant under this 
subpart, including a grant renewed under subsection (b)(2), after the 
third year of the grant period shall be contingent on the eligible 
entity's progress toward meeting the performance metrics described in 
section 4716(a).
    ``(d) Matching Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant 
        under this subpart shall contribute matching funds in an amount 
        equal to not less than 100 percent of the amount of the grant. 
        Such matching funds shall come from Federal, State, local, and 
        private sources.
            ``(2) Private sources.--The Secretary--
                    ``(A) shall require that a portion of the matching 
                funds come from private sources; and
                    ``(B) may allow the use of in-kind donations to 
                satisfy the matching funds requirement.
            ``(3) Adjustment.--The Secretary may adjust the matching 
        funds requirement for applicants that demonstrate high need, 
        including applicants from rural areas or applicant that wish to 
        provide services on tribal lands.
    ``(e) Financial Hardship Waiver.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may waive or reduce, on a 
        case-by-case basis, the matching requirement described in 
        subsection (d), for a period of 1 year at a time, if the 
        eligible entity demonstrates significant financial hardship.
            ``(2) Private sources waiver.--The Secretary may waive or 
        reduce, on a case-by-case basis, the requirement described in 
        subsection (d) that a portion of matching funds come from 
        private sources if the eligible entity demonstrates an 
        inability to access such funds in the State.

``SEC. 4712. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

    ``In this subpart, the term `eligible entity' means not less than 1 
nonprofit entity working in coordination with not less than 1 of the 
following entities:
            ``(1) A high-need local educational agency.
            ``(2) A charter school funded by the Bureau of Indian 
        Education that is not a local educational agency, except that 
        such school shall not be the fiscal agent for the eligible 
        entity partnership.
            ``(3) An institution of higher education, as defined in 
        section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
            ``(4) The office of a chief elected official of a unit of 
        local government.
            ``(5) An Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined 
        under section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
        Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).

``SEC. 4713. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--At a minimum, an application 
described in subsection (a) shall include the following:
            ``(1) A plan to significantly improve the academic outcomes 
        of children living in a neighborhood that is served by the 
        eligible entity, by providing pipeline services that address 
        the needs of children in the neighborhood, as identified by the 
        needs analysis described in paragraph (4) and supported by 
        evidence-based practices.
            ``(2) A description of the neighborhood that the eligible 
        entity will serve.
            ``(3) Measurable annual goals for the outcomes of the 
        grant, including--
                    ``(A) performance goals, in accordance with the 
                metrics described in section 4716(a), for each year of 
                the grant; and
                    ``(B) projected participation rates and any plans 
                to expand the number of children served or the 
                neighborhood proposed to be served by the grant 
                program.
            ``(4) An analysis of the needs and assets of the 
        neighborhood identified in paragraph (2), including--
                    ``(A) a description of the process through which 
                the needs analysis was produced, including a 
                description of how parents, family, and community 
                members were engaged in such analysis;
                    ``(B) an analysis of community assets, including 
                programs already provided from Federal and non-Federal 
                sources, within, or accessible to, the neighborhood, 
                including, at a minimum--
                            ``(i) early learning programs, including 
                        high-quality child care, Early Head Start 
                        programs, Head Start programs, and 
                        prekindergarten programs;
                            ``(ii) the availability of healthy food 
                        options and opportunities for physical 
                        activity;
                            ``(iii) existing family and student 
                        supports;
                            ``(iv) locally owned businesses and 
                        employers; and
                            ``(v) institutions of higher education;
                    ``(C) evidence of successful collaboration within 
                the neighborhood;
                    ``(D) the steps that the eligible entity is taking, 
                at the time of the application, to address the needs 
                identified in the needs analysis; and
                    ``(E) any barriers the eligible entity, public 
                agencies, and other community-based organizations have 
                faced in meeting such needs.
            ``(5) A description of the data used to identify the 
        pipeline services to be provided, including data regarding--
                    ``(A) school readiness;
                    ``(B) academic achievement and college and career 
                readiness;
                    ``(C) graduation rates;
                    ``(D) health indicators;
                    ``(E) rates of enrollment, remediation, 
                persistence, and completion at institutions of higher 
                education, as available; and
                    ``(F) conditions for learning, including school 
                climate surveys, discipline rates, and student 
                attendance and incident data.
            ``(6) A description of the process used to develop the 
        application, including the involvement of family and community 
        members.
            ``(7) An estimate of--
                    ``(A) the number of children, by age, who will be 
                served by each pipeline service; and
                    ``(B) for each age group, the percentage of 
                children (of such age group), within the neighborhood, 
                who the eligible entity proposes to serve, 
                disaggregated by each service, and the goals for 
                increasing such percentage over time.
            ``(8) A description of how the pipeline services will 
        facilitate the coordination of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Providing high-quality early learning 
                opportunities for children, beginning prenatally and 
                extending through grade 3, by--
                            ``(i) supporting high-quality early 
                        learning opportunities that provide children 
                        with access to programs that support the 
                        cognitive and developmental skills, including 
                        social and emotional skills, needed for success 
                        in elementary school;
                            ``(ii) providing for opportunities, through 
                        parenting classes, baby academies, home visits, 
                        family and community engagement, or other 
                        evidence-based strategies, for families and 
                        expectant parents to--
                                    ``(I) acquire the skills to promote 
                                early learning, development, and health 
                                and safety, including learning about 
                                child development and positive 
                                discipline strategies (such as through 
                                the use of technology and public media 
                                programming);
                                    ``(II) learn about the role of 
                                families and expectant parents in their 
                                child's education; and
                                    ``(III) become informed about 
                                educational opportunities for their 
                                children, including differences in 
                                quality among early learning 
                                opportunities;
                            ``(iii) ensuring successful transitions 
                        between early learning programs and elementary 
                        school, including through the establishment of 
                        memoranda of understanding between early 
                        learning providers and local educational 
                        agencies serving young children and families;
                            ``(iv) ensuring appropriate screening, 
                        diagnostic assessments, and referrals for 
                        children with disabilities, developmental 
                        delays, or other special needs, consistent with 
                        the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
                        (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), where applicable;
                            ``(v) improving the early learning 
                        workforce in the community, including through--
                                    ``(I) investments in the 
                                recruitment, retention, distribution, 
                                and support of high-quality 
                                professionals, especially those with 
                                certification and experience in child 
                                development;
                                    ``(II) the provision of high-
                                quality teacher preparation and 
                                professional development; or
                                    ``(III) the use of joint 
                                professional development for early 
                                learning providers and elementary 
                                school teachers and administrators; and
                            ``(vi) enhancing data systems and data 
                        sharing among the eligible entity, partners, 
                        early learning providers, schools, and local 
                        educational agencies operating in the 
                        neighborhood.
                    ``(B) Supporting, enhancing, operating, or 
                expanding rigorous and comprehensive education reforms 
                designed to significantly improve educational outcomes 
                for children in early learning programs through grade 
                12, which may include--
                            ``(i) operating schools or working in close 
                        collaboration with local schools to provide 
                        high-quality academic programs, curricula, and 
                        integrated student supports;
                            ``(ii) providing expanded learning time, 
                        which may include the integration and use of 
                        arts education in such learning time; and
                            ``(iii) providing programs and activities 
                        that ensure that students--
                                    ``(I) are prepared for the college 
                                admissions, scholarship, and financial 
                                aid application processes; and
                                    ``(II) graduate college and career 
                                ready.
                    ``(C) Supporting access to a healthy lifestyle, 
                which may include--
                            ``(i) the provision of high-quality and 
                        nutritious meals;
                            ``(ii) access to programs that promote 
                        physical activity, physical education, and 
                        fitness; and
                            ``(iii) education to promote a healthy 
                        lifestyle and positive body image.
                    ``(D) Providing social, health, and mental health 
                services and supports, including referrals for 
                essential care and preventative screenings, for 
                children, family, and community members, which may 
                include--
                            ``(i) dental services;
                            ``(ii) vision care; and
                            ``(iii) speech, language, and auditory 
                        screenings and referrals.
                    ``(E) Supporting students and family members as the 
                students transition from early learning programs into 
                elementary school, from elementary school to middle 
                school, from middle school to high school, from high 
                school into and through college and into the workforce, 
                including through evidence-based strategies to address 
                challenges that students may face as they transition, 
                such as the following:
                            ``(i) Early college high schools.
                            ``(ii) Dual enrollment programs.
                            ``(iii) Career academies.
                            ``(iv) Counseling and support services.
                            ``(v) Dropout prevention and recovery 
                        strategies.
                            ``(vi) Collaboration with the juvenile 
                        justice system and reentry counseling for 
                        adjudicated youth.
                            ``(vii) Advanced Placement or International 
                        Baccalaureate courses.
                            ``(viii) Teen parent classrooms.
                            ``(ix) Graduation and career coaches.
            ``(9) A description of the strategies that will be used to 
        provide pipeline services (including a description of the 
        process used to identify such strategies and the outcomes 
        expected and a description of which programs and services will 
        be provided to children, family members, community members, and 
        children not attending schools or programs operated by the 
        eligible entity or its partner providers) to support the 
        purpose of this part.
            ``(10) An explanation of the process the eligible entity 
        will use to establish and maintain family and community 
        engagement.
            ``(11) An explanation of how the eligible entity will 
        continuously evaluate and improve the continuum of high-quality 
        pipeline services, including--
                    ``(A) a description of the metrics, consistent with 
                section 4716(a), that will be used to inform each 
                component of the pipeline; and
                    ``(B) the processes for using data to improve 
                instruction, optimize integrated student supports, 
                provide for continuous program improvement, and hold 
                staff and partner organizations accountable.
            ``(12) An identification of the fiscal agent, which may be 
        any entity described in section 4712 (not including paragraph 
        (2) of such section).
            ``(13) A list of the non-Federal sources of funding that 
        the eligible entity will secure to comply with the matching 
        funds requirement described in section 4711(d), in addition to 
        other programs from which the eligible entity has already 
        secured funding, including programs funded by the Department or 
        programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of 
        Justice, or the Department of Labor.
    ``(c) Memorandum of Understanding.--An eligible entity, as part of 
the application described in this section, shall submit a preliminary 
memorandum of understanding, signed by each partner entity or agency. 
The preliminary memorandum of understanding shall describe, at a 
minimum--
            ``(1) each partner's financial and programmatic commitment 
        with respect to the strategies described in the application, 
        including an identification of the fiscal agent;
            ``(2) each partner's long-term commitment to providing 
        pipeline services that, at a minimum, accounts for the cost of 
        supporting the continuum of supports and services (including a 
        plan for how to support services and activities after grant 
        funds are no longer available) and potential changes in local 
        government;
            ``(3) each partner's mission and the plan that will govern 
        the work that the partners do together;
            ``(4) each partner's long-term commitment to supporting the 
        continuum of supports and services through data collection, 
        monitoring, reporting, and sharing; and
            ``(5) each partner's commitment to ensure sound fiscal 
        management and controls, including evidence of a system of 
        supports and personnel.

``SEC. 4714. USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this subpart shall use the grant funds to--
            ``(1) implement the pipeline services, as described in the 
        application under section 4713; and
            ``(2) continuously evaluate the success of the program and 
        improve the program based on data and outcomes.
    ``(b) Special Rules.--
            ``(1) Funds for pipeline services.--Each eligible entity 
        that receives a grant under this subpart shall, following the 
        second year of the grant and each subsequent year, including 
        each year of a renewal grant, use not less than 80 percent of 
        grant funds to carry out the activities described in subsection 
        (a)(1).
            ``(2) Operational flexibility.--Each eligible entity that 
        operates a school in a neighborhood served by a grant program 
        under this subpart shall provide such school with the 
        operational flexibility, including autonomy over staff, time, 
        and budget, needed to effectively carry out the activities 
        described in the application under section 4713.
            ``(3) Limitation on use of funds for early childhood 
        education programs.--Funds under this subpart that are used to 
        improve early childhood education programs shall not be used to 
        carry out any of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Assessments that provide rewards or sanctions 
                for individual children or teachers.
                    ``(B) A single assessment that is used as the 
                primary or sole method for assessing program 
                effectiveness.
                    ``(C) Evaluating children, other than for the 
                purposes of improving instruction, classroom 
                environment, professional development, or parent and 
                family engagement, or program improvement.

``SEC. 4715. REPORT AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.

    ``(a) Report.--Each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this subpart shall prepare and submit an annual report to the 
Secretary, which shall include--
            ``(1) information about the number and percentage of 
        children in the neighborhood who are served by the grant 
        program, including a description of the number and percentage 
        of children accessing each support or service offered as part 
        of the pipeline services;
            ``(2) information relating to the performance metrics 
        described in section 4716(a); and
            ``(3) other indicators that may be required by the 
        Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Institute 
        of Education Sciences.
    ``(b) Publicly Available Data.--Each eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this subpart shall make publicly available, including 
through electronic means, the information described in subsection (a). 
To the extent practicable, such information shall be provided in a form 
and language accessible to parents and families in the neighborhood, 
and such information shall be a part of statewide longitudinal data 
systems.

``SEC. 4716. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Performance Metrics.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this subpart shall collect data on performance indicators 
of pipeline services and family and student supports and report the 
results to the Secretary, who shall use the results as a consideration 
in continuing grants after the third year and in awarding grant 
renewals. The indicators shall, at a minimum, include the following:
            ``(1) Evidence of increasing qualifications for staff in 
        early care and education programs attended by children in the 
        neighborhood.
            ``(2) With respect to the children served by the grant--
                    ``(A) the percentage of children who are ready for 
                kindergarten, as measured by a comprehensive 
                developmental screening instrument;
                    ``(B) the percentage of school-age children 
                proficient in core academic subjects;
                    ``(C) evidence of narrowing student achievement 
                gaps among the categories described in section 
                1111(a)(2)(B)(x);
                    ``(D) the percentage of children who are reading at 
                grade level by the end of grade 3;
                    ``(E) the percentage of children who successfully 
                transition from grade 8 to grade 9;
                    ``(F) for each school year during the grant period, 
                the percentage of students in prekindergarten, 
                elementary school, and secondary school who miss more 
                than 10 percent of school days for any reason, excused 
                or unexcused, and the number and percentage of students 
                who are suspended or expelled for any reason, starting 
                in prekindergarten;
                    ``(G) the percentage of children who graduate with 
                a high school diploma;
                    ``(H) the percentage of children who enter 
                postsecondary education and remain after 1 year;
                    ``(I) the percentage of children who are healthy, 
                as measured by a child-health index that includes 
                cognitive, nutritional, physical, social, mental-
                health, and emotional domains;
                    ``(J) the percentage of children who feel safe, as 
                measured by a school climate survey;
                    ``(K) rates of student mobility and homelessness;
                    ``(L) opportunities for family members of children 
                to receive education and job training; and
                    ``(M) the percentage of children who have digital 
                literacy skills and access to broadband internet and a 
                connected computing device at home and at school.
    ``(b) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall evaluate the implementation 
and impact of the activities funded under this subpart, in accordance 
with section 9601.

                   ``Subpart 2--Promise School Grants

``SEC. 4721. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Program authorized.--From amounts appropriated to 
        carry out this subpart, the Secretary shall award grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to eligible entities to implement school-
        centered, evidence-based strategies and integrated student 
        supports that leverage community partnerships to improve 
        student achievement and child development by carrying out the 
        activities described in section 4724 in schools with high 
        concentrations of low-income children.
            ``(2) Sufficient size and scope.--Each grant awarded under 
        this subpart shall be of sufficient size and scope to allow the 
        eligible entity to carry out the purpose of this part.
    ``(b) General Provisions.--The requirements of subsections (b), 
(c), (d), and (e) of section 4711 and section 4714(b) shall apply to a 
grant under this subpart in the same manner as such subsections apply 
to a grant under subpart 1, except that the performance metrics used 
for section 4711(c) shall be the metrics under section 4726(a).

``SEC. 4722. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.

    ``In this subpart, the term `eligible entity' means--
            ``(1) not less than 1 high-need local educational agency 
        (including a charter school that is a local educational agency) 
        in partnership with 1 or more nonprofit entities or 
        institutions of higher education; or
            ``(2) a school funded by the Bureau of Indian Education 
        that falls under the definition of a local educational agency 
        in partnership with 1 or more nonprofit entities or 
        institutions of higher education.

``SEC. 4723. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; PRIORITY.

    ``(a) In General.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--At a minimum, the application 
described in subsection (a) shall include the following:
            ``(1) A description of the local educational agency, 
        schools, and students that will be served by the grant program.
            ``(2) A description of the steps that the eligible entity 
        is taking--
                    ``(A) to meet the needs identified in the analysis 
                described in paragraph (4); and
                    ``(B) to remove any barriers that the eligible 
                entity has identified in meeting such needs.
            ``(3) The designation of a site coordinator, with 
        appropriate qualifications and appropriate time, autonomy, and 
        support to provide--
                    ``(A) leadership in building relationships and 
                establishing and sustaining partnerships that support 
                school improvement, school turnaround efforts in 
                accordance with section 1116(c), increases in student 
                achievement, positive child development, and parent, 
                family, and community engagement; and
                    ``(B) effective coordination of student services at 
                all stages of the continuum of high-quality pipeline 
                services.
            ``(4) An analysis of the needs and assets of the schools 
        and communities that will be assisted under the grant. Such 
        analysis shall include--
                    ``(A) student data, including information about--
                            ``(i) kindergarten readiness, as measured 
                        by a comprehensive developmental screening 
                        instrument;
                            ``(ii) academic achievement;
                            ``(iii) credit accumulation;
                            ``(iv) grade-to-grade promotion;
                            ``(v) graduation;
                            ``(vi) attendance; and
                            ``(vii) discipline; and
                    ``(B) information about the assets described in 
                section 4713(b)(4)(B) with respect to such schools and 
                communities.
            ``(5) An explanation of how the eligible entity and its 
        program partners will use evidence-based practice, data, 
        research, and partnerships to provide pipeline services that--
                    ``(A) address the needs identified in paragraph 
                (4);
                    ``(B) conduct family and community engagement;
                    ``(C) enable teachers and administrators, including 
                early learning providers, to complement and enrich 
                efforts to help children--
                            ``(i) achieve learning gains;
                            ``(ii) prepare for graduation; and
                            ``(iii) plan for the future, including 
                        preparing for college and careers; and
                    ``(D) coordinate and leverage other programs that 
                serve children, the schools served by the grant, and 
                the neighborhood.
            ``(6) An explanation of the extent to which the eligible 
        entity and its program partners will serve or involve children 
        residing in the neighborhood regardless of whether such 
        children attend a school served by the grant, including by 
        carrying out the activities described in section 4713(b)(8).
            ``(7) A description of the capacity of the eligible entity 
        for measuring student outcomes and school-specific outcomes.
            ``(8) A description of how the strategies supported with 
        funds under this subpart will be--
                    ``(A) coordinated with other programs and 
                strategies carried out by the local educational agency; 
                and
                    ``(B) to the greatest extent practicable, 
                coordinated with other agencies, such as agencies that 
                provide reentry services to adjudicated youth.
            ``(9) A description of the strategy the eligible entity 
        will use to--
                    ``(A) conduct family and community engagement; and
                    ``(B) make schools the centers of their respective 
                communities.
            ``(10) A list of the non-Federal sources of funding that 
        the eligible entity will secure to comply with the matching 
        funds requirement pursuant to sections 4711(d) and 4721, in 
        addition to other programs the eligible entity has already 
        secured funding from, including programs funded by the 
        Department, or programs of the Department of Health and Human 
        Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 
        Department of Justice, or the Department of Labor.
    ``(c) Memorandum of Understanding.--An eligible entity, as part of 
the application described in this section, shall submit a preliminary 
memorandum of understanding that meets the requirements of section 
4713(c).
    ``(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subpart, the 
Secretary shall give priority to applicants that--
            ``(1) propose to include significant investments, as 
        determined by the Secretary, in high-quality early learning 
        programs, consistent with section 4713(b)(8)(A); and
            ``(2) provide schools served by the grant with the 
        operational flexibility, including autonomy over staff, time, 
        and budget, needed to effectively carry out the activities 
        described in the application under this section.

``SEC. 4724. USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this subpart shall use the grant funds to--
            ``(1) implement the activities described in the application 
        under section 4723; and
            ``(2) continuously evaluate the success of the grant 
        program and improve the grant program based on data and 
        outcomes.
    ``(b) Special Rule.--
            ``(1) Limitation on use of funds for early childhood 
        education programs.--Funds under this subpart that are used to 
        improve early childhood education programs shall not be used to 
        carry out any of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Assessments that provide rewards or sanctions 
                for individual children or teachers.
                    ``(B) A single assessment that is used as the 
                primary or sole method for assessing program 
                effectiveness.
                    ``(C) Evaluating children, other than for the 
                purposes of improving instruction, classroom 
                environment, professional development, or parent and 
                family engagement, or program improvement.

``SEC. 4725. REPORT AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.

    ``(a) Report.--Each eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this subpart shall prepare and submit an annual report to the 
Secretary, which shall include--
            ``(1) information about the number and percentage of 
        children served by the grant program, disaggregated the 
        subgroups described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x);
            ``(2) information relating to the performance metrics 
        described in section 4726(a); and
            ``(3) other indicators that may be required by the 
        Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Institute 
        of Education Sciences.
    ``(b) Publicly Available Data.--Each eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this subpart shall make publicly available, including 
through electronic means, the information described in subsection (a). 
To the extent practicable, such information shall be provided in a form 
and language accessible to parents and families in the neighborhood.

``SEC. 4726. PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION.

    ``(a) Performance Metrics.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this subpart shall collect data on performance indicators of 
pipeline services and family and student supports and report the 
results to the Secretary, who shall use the results as a consideration 
in continuing grants after the third year and awarding grant renewals. 
The indicators shall, at a minimum, include the indicators described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4716(a).
    ``(b) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall evaluate the implementation 
and impact of the activities funded under this subpart, in accordance 
with section 9601.

                    ``Subpart 3--General Provisions

``SEC. 4731. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``From the amounts appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal 
year, in addition to the amounts that may be reserved in accordance 
with section 9601, the Secretary may reserve not more than 8 percent 
for national activities, which may include--
            ``(1) research on the activities carried out under subparts 
        1 and 2;
            ``(2) identification and dissemination of best practices, 
        including through support for a community of practice;
            ``(3) technical assistance, including assistance relating 
        to family and community engagement and outreach to potential 
        partner organizations;
            ``(4) professional development, including development of 
        materials related to professional development; and
            ``(5) other activities consistent with the purpose of this 
        part.''.

SEC. 4109. PARENT AND FAMILY INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
part G, as added by section 4108 of this Act, the following:

      ``PART H--PARENT AND FAMILY INFORMATION AND RESOURCE CENTERS

``SEC. 4801. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to increase and enhance parent and 
family engagement in education by--
            ``(1) providing support and technical assistance to State 
        educational agencies;
            ``(2) supporting a community of practice related to 
        effective parent and family engagement strategies and 
        practices; and
            ``(3) as appropriate, providing information and training to 
        local educational agencies, schools, parents and families, and 
        community members.

``SEC. 4802. DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.

    ``In this part, the term `eligible entity' means--
            ``(1) a nonprofit organization (including a statewide 
        nonprofit organization); or
            ``(2) a consortium consisting of a nonprofit organization 
        (including a statewide nonprofit organization) and a State 
        educational agency or local educational agency.

``SEC. 4803. GRANTS AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Parent and Family Information and Resource Centers.--The 
Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities to enable such eligible entities to operate State 
parent and family information and resource centers that--
            ``(1) assist the State educational agency in identifying, 
        implementing, and replicating effective, evidence-based parent, 
        family, and community engagement strategies, including 
        assisting the State educational agency in carrying out parent 
        and family engagement strategies that are funded under section 
        1118 and other provisions of this Act;
            ``(2) provide technical assistance, training, information, 
        and support regarding parent and family engagement, as 
        appropriate (including support in turning around schools), to, 
        at a minimum, high-need schools, schools that are served by 
        high-need local educational agencies, and early care and 
        education providers that primarily serve low-income parents and 
        families; and
            ``(3) strengthen partnerships among parents, family 
        members, community-based organizations (including faith-based 
        organizations), early care and education providers, schools, 
        local educational agencies, employers, and other appropriate 
        community members who are committed to improving and enhancing 
        parent, family, and community engagement in order to improve 
        student achievement and support positive child development.
    ``(b) Duration.--Grants awarded under this part shall be for a 
period of 5 years.
    ``(c) Geographic Distribution.--In awarding grants under this part, 
the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 1 grant is awarded to an 
eligible entity in each State, except that competitions conducted 
pursuant to section 4806(b)(2)(B), or for which no eligible entity from 
a State applies, shall be open to all eligible entities.
    ``(d) Priority.--In awarding grants under this part, the Secretary 
shall give priority to applications from eligible entities that have a 
demonstrated record of effectiveness in increasing and enhancing the 
engagement of parents and families whose children attend a high-need 
school or a school that is served by a high-need local educational 
agency.

``SEC. 4804. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Submission.--Each eligible entity that desires a grant under 
this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(b) Assurances.--Each application submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, an assurance that the eligible entity 
will--
            ``(1)(A) be governed by a board of directors, of which not 
        less than 50 percent is comprised of members who are--
                    ``(i) parents or family members of school-aged 
                children in the State that the eligible entity serves, 
                including educationally and economically disadvantaged 
                parents; and
                    ``(ii) community stakeholders who are committed to 
                improving schools and increasing parent and family 
                engagement; or
            ``(B) be an organization or consortium that represents the 
        interests of parents and family members of school-aged 
        children;
            ``(2) use not less than 60 percent of the funds received 
        under this part for each fiscal year to support parent and 
        family engagement in high-need local educational areas;
            ``(3) reserve not less than 30 percent of the funds 
        received under this part for each fiscal year to support parent 
        and family engagement of low-income parents and family members 
        whose children attend early childhood education programs;
            ``(4) operate a parent and family information and resource 
        center of sufficient size, scope, and quality to effectively 
        carry out the purpose of this part;
            ``(5) ensure that parents and family members, including 
        economically disadvantaged parents and family members with 
        children who attend high-need schools or schools that are 
        served by high-need local educational agencies, have access to 
        leadership development training and other evidence-based 
        strategies that provide the skills and resources parents and 
        family members need to support school improvement, increase 
        student achievement, and promote positive student development; 
        and
            ``(6) demonstrate to the Secretary that a portion of the 
        services provided by the eligible entity under the grant is 
        supported through non-Federal contributions, which 
        contributions may be in cash or in-kind.
    ``(c) Contents.--In addition to the requirements described in 
subsection (b), each application submitted under subsection (a) shall, 
at a minimum--
            ``(1) describe how the eligible entity will serve both 
        urban and rural areas throughout the State that is served by 
        the eligible entity;
            ``(2) demonstrate the eligible entity's record of 
        effectiveness in carrying out parent and family engagement 
        activities, including the provision of high-quality technical 
        assistance to State educational agencies and local educational 
        agencies;
            ``(3) describe the process through which the eligible 
        entity will--
                    ``(A) leverage relationships with, and collect and 
                exchange information among, partners; and
                    ``(B) disseminate information about evidence-based 
                best practices to support parent and family engagement 
                strategies;
            ``(4) describe the eligible entity's strategy for serving 
        parents and family members of children in the area served by 
        the eligible entity, including parents and family members of 
        students who are served by high-need local educational 
        agencies;
            ``(5) describe how the eligible entity will assist the 
        State educational agency in effectively supporting high-need 
        local educational agencies in--
                    ``(A) increasing parent and family member 
                understanding of, and opportunities to develop, the 
                knowledge and skills to engage as full partners in 
                supporting academic achievement, child development, and 
                school improvement; and
                    ``(B) employing evidence-based strategies to--
                            ``(i) increase the participation of 
                        economically disadvantaged and English learner 
                        parents and family members, and low-income 
                        parents and family members of children with 
                        disabilities, in school activities; and
                            ``(ii) improve parent and family engagement 
                        strategies in low-performing schools served by 
                        high-need local educational agencies; and
            ``(6) describe how the eligible entity will coordinate its 
        activities with the parent training and information centers 
        assisted under section 671 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
        Education Act;
            ``(7) identify the Federal, State, and local services and 
        programs that prepare children to be ready for institutions of 
        higher education and careers with which the eligible entity 
        will coordinate, including--
                    ``(A) programs supported under this Act;
                    ``(B) violence prevention programs;
                    ``(C) programs that serve at-risk or out-of-school 
                youth;
                    ``(D) nutrition programs;
                    ``(E) housing programs;
                    ``(F) Head Start and other early childhood 
                education programs;
                    ``(G) adult education and literacy activities (as 
                defined in section 203 of the Adult Education and 
                Family Literacy Act); and
                    ``(H) workforce development programs.

``SEC. 4805. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Required Activities.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this part shall use such grant funds to provide services to 
parents, family members, educators, and community members and to assist 
State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and, where 
applicable, districtwide parent advisory committees in supporting 
parent and family engagement in education by carrying out the following 
activities:
            ``(1) Providing technical assistance to State educational 
        agencies in--
                    ``(A) reviewing and responding to local parent and 
                family engagement plans described in section 1118(a) 
                (including, at a minimum, such plans submitted by high-
                need local educational agencies) in order to support 
                evidence-based strategies and best practices in parent 
                and family engagement;
                    ``(B) the implementation of Federal and State laws, 
                regulations, and guidance relating to parent and family 
                engagement;
                    ``(C) the implementation or replication of 
                statewide, evidence-based programs and strategies, such 
                as professional development for educators related to 
                parent and family engagement, especially that impact 
                parents and family members who are educationally and 
                economically disadvantaged;
                    ``(D) ensuring that schools and classrooms are 
                welcoming of family and community members; and
                    ``(E) applicable evaluation, reporting, and 
                accountability processes.
            ``(2) Obtaining and disseminating information about the 
        range of options, programs, services, and resources (including 
        curricula) that are available at the national level, the State 
        level, and the local level to assist school and local 
        educational agency personnel in implementing evidence-based 
        parent and family engagement strategies.
            ``(3) Coordinating parent and family engagement strategies 
        with relevant Federal, State, and local services and programs.
            ``(4) Working with individuals and organizations with 
        expertise in identifying and implementing evidence-based 
        practices to improve parent and family engagement.
            ``(5) Coordinating and integrating early care and education 
        programs with school-age programs, especially those programs 
        focusing on supporting the transition of young children into 
        kindergarten through grade 3, such as by increasing awareness 
        of school readiness expectations among family and community 
        members.
            ``(6) Implementing parent institutes or other leadership 
        development strategies to ensure that parents and family 
        members have the skills and resources needed to understand 
        student and school data in order to make decisions, effectively 
        communicate with school officials and educators, support school 
        improvement, and increase student achievement.
    ``(b) Permissive Activities.--In addition to the activities 
required under subsection (a), each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this part may use such grant funds to carry out the 
following activities:
            ``(1) Developing and disseminating templates for schools 
        and local educational agencies to use to provide information 
        about curricula, academic expectations, academic assessments, 
        and the results of academic assessments to family members in a 
        manner and a language that such family members can understand.
            ``(2) Providing training, information, and support to 
        organizations that support partnerships among schools, parents, 
        family members, and districtwide parent advisory committees, as 
        applicable.
            ``(3) Providing professional development to, and supporting 
        a community of practice among, school and local educational 
        agency staff (which may be provided jointly to educators and 
        family members) to assist school and agency staff in developing 
        and implementing strategies to increase and strengthen ongoing 
        communication with parents and family members, including 
        professional development opportunities that prepare teachers to 
        have more focused, goal-oriented, and reciprocal parent-teacher 
        conferences.

``SEC. 4806. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Matching Funds for Grant Renewal.--For each fiscal year after 
the first fiscal year for which an eligible entity receives assistance 
under this part, the eligible entity shall demonstrate that a portion 
of the services provided by the eligible entity is supported through 
non-Federal contributions, which contributions may be in cash or in-
kind.
    ``(b) Performance Accountability.--
            ``(1) Performance indicators.--Each eligible entity 
        receiving a grant under this part shall submit to the Secretary 
        an annual report regarding the parent and family information 
        and resource centers assisted under this part. Such report 
        shall be made publicly available, including through electronic 
        means, and shall include, at a minimum, a description of how 
        each parent and family information and resource center has 
        performed with respect to the following indicators:
                    ``(A) The number of local educational agencies or 
                other entities that received assistance or support in 
                the previous academic year.
                    ``(B) The number of parents and family members 
                whose children participated in the previous academic 
                year in programs, activities, or strategies supported 
                by the parent and family information and resource 
                center, and--
                            ``(i) the number of such parents whose 
                        children are eligible to be counted under 
                        section 1124(c)(1)(A);
                            ``(ii) the number of such parents whose 
                        children are English learners; and
                            ``(iii) the number of such parents who are 
                        parents of children with disabilities.
                    ``(C) The outcomes directly attributable to the 
                provision of assistance or support provided by the 
                parent and family information and resource center, such 
                as increased parent and family member participation in 
                school planning activities, parent-teacher conferences, 
                or the local educational agency budgeting process.
                    ``(D) Other evidence-based indicators that the 
                Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Performance goals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each eligible entity that is 
                awarded a grant under this part shall establish, in 
                consultation with the Secretary, annual performance 
                goals for each of the indicators described in paragraph 
                (1). Such performance goals shall be made publicly 
                available, including through electronic means.
                    ``(B) Consequences for poor performance.--If an 
                eligible entity receiving grant funds under this part 
                does not meet the performance goals established under 
                this paragraph for 2 consecutive years, after the 
                provision of technical assistance in the second 
                consecutive year, the Secretary shall terminate the 
                grant and conduct a new competition for the grant.
                    ``(C) Loss of eligibility.--If an eligible entity 
                has received a grant under this part and such grant has 
                been terminated in accordance with subparagraph (B), 
                the eligible entity shall not be eligible to 
                participate in future grant competitions, or receive 
                grant funds, under this part.
            ``(3) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
        technical assistance to each eligible entity receiving a grant 
        under this part that does not meet the performance goals 
        established under paragraph (2).
    ``(c) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit 
an annual report to the authorizing committees, which shall--
            ``(1) include the information that each eligible entity 
        submits to the Secretary in accordance with subsection (b)(1);
            ``(2) summarize and synthesize the best practices collected 
        by the parent and family information and resource centers for 
        increasing and improving parent, family, and community 
        engagement; and
            ``(3) be made available to the public (including through 
        electronic means).
    ``(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this part shall be 
construed to prohibit a parent and family information and resource 
center from--
            ``(1) allowing its employees or agents to meet with family 
        members at a site that is not on school grounds; or
            ``(2) working with another public or nonprofit agency that 
        serves children.
    ``(e) Parental Rights.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
part--
            ``(1) no individual (including a parent who educates a 
        child at home, parent of a public school student, or parent of 
        a private school student) shall be required to participate in 
        any program of parent or family education or developmental 
        screening under this part; and
            ``(2) a program or center assisted under this part shall 
        not take any action that infringes in any manner on the right 
        of a parent to direct the education of such parent's child.''.

SEC. 4110. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

    The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subpart 1 of part D of title V as part 
        J of title IV, and transferring such part J so as to follow 
        part I of title IV, as redesignated by section 2101(a) of this 
        Act;
            (2) in part J of title IV, as redesignated under paragraph 
        (1), by striking the heading and inserting the following: 
        ``programs of national significance'';
            (3) by striking section 5414;
            (4) by redesignating sections 5411, 5412, and 5413, as 
        sections 4905, 4906, and 4907, respectively;
            (5) in section 4905, as redesignated under paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``challenging State 
                        academic content and student academic 
                        achievement standards'' and inserting ``college 
                        and career ready academic content and student 
                        academic achievement standards under section 
                        1111(a)(1)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``nonprofit'' before 
                        ``private''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (b), and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(b) Uses of Funds.--A nonprofit entity receiving a grant under 
subsection (a) shall use the grant funds to carry out 1 of the 
following activities:
            ``(1) Providing funding for economically disadvantaged 
        students, including students from military families and recent 
        immigrants, and their teachers, to participate in programs 
        based in Washington, DC, that increase civic responsibility and 
        understanding of the Federal Government among young people.
            ``(2) Developing, implementing, evaluating, and 
        disseminating innovative, research-based approaches to civic 
        learning, which may include hands-on civic engagement 
        activities, for low-income elementary school and secondary 
        school students that demonstrate innovation, scalability, 
        accountability, and a focus on underserved populations.
            ``(3) Supporting a national principal and teacher 
        certification process that provides a framework for measuring 
        and improving teaching and instructional leadership with a 
        focus on educators working in schools that are eligible for 
        funding under part A of title I, including comprehensive 
        rigorous teaching standards, leadership standards, and high-
        quality metrics designed to reward educator effectiveness and 
        inform and deliver high-quality professional development for 
        all educators.
            ``(4) Creating a national teacher corps of outstanding 
        college graduates to teach in underserved communities in order 
        to--
                    ``(A) increase the supply of effective teachers in 
                low-income communities; and
                    ``(B) provide and support the retention of teachers 
                for high-need fields.
            ``(5) Supporting a national network of providers of high-
        quality, evidence-based professional development in writing 
        instruction for teachers across all academic subjects and 
        grades.
            ``(6) Encouraging parents and caregivers to read aloud to 
        their children by supporting programs through which, during 
        pediatric exams, doctors and nurses train parents and 
        caregivers who may not be skilled readers.
            ``(7) Supporting the research and implementation of highly 
        effective, evidence-based strategies, instructional and other 
        wise, and the expansion of programs designed to engage and 
        support students who are recent immigrant and students with 
        interrupted formal education, and families of such students, in 
        order to improve the language acquisition and academic 
        achievement of such students.
            ``(8) Researching and promoting the use of instructional 
        technology and strategies across all content areas that will 
        drastically accelerate the language acquisition in English 
        learners and will support English learners as they access 
        rigorous academic content.
            ``(9) Preparing young children from low-income families for 
        reading success by the third grade by--
                    ``(A) distributing inexpensive books;
                    ``(B) training volunteers to serve at-risk 
                children;
                    ``(C) developing motivational literacy activities 
                for at-risk children; and
                    ``(D) providing information on literacy resources, 
                such as those provided by local libraries and other 
                community-based organizations.
            ``(10) Supporting model projects and programs that 
        encourage involvement in the performing and visual arts, for--
                    ``(A) persons with disabilities, by--
                            ``(i) increasing access to all forms of the 
                        arts for all persons, including those living 
                        with intellectual, physical, and sensory 
                        disabilities; and
                            ``(ii) fostering a greater awareness of the 
                        need for arts programs for individuals with 
                        disabilities; and
                    ``(B) children, youth, and educators.
            ``(11) Implementing a coordinated program of scientifically 
        based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, 
        and professional development for teachers and other 
        instructional leaders working in high-poverty schools to--
                    ``(A) enhance the ability of educators to meet the 
                special educational needs of gifted and talented 
                students, including high-ability students who have not 
                been formally identified as gifted; and
                    ``(B) prioritize students who have been 
                underrepresented in gifted education programs, 
                including students who are economically disadvantaged, 
                of minority backgrounds, English learners, students 
                with disabilities, and students in rural communities.
            ``(12) Supporting the research and implementation of highly 
        effective, evidence-based strategies and the expansion of 
        programs designed to engage and support students who experience 
        homelessness, or are at risk of homelessness, and families of 
        such students, in order to improve social and emotional well-
        being, health outcomes, and academic achievement of such 
        students.
            ``(13) Providing social, emotional, and academic support to 
        students from military families, and families of such students, 
        by--
                    ``(A) developing, implementing, evaluating, and 
                disseminating innovative, research-based approaches to 
                providing early intervening services that mitigate the 
                effect of deployment of family members;
                    ``(B) providing training to teachers and volunteers 
                on the unique needs of such students; and
                    ``(C) supporting model projects and programs for 
                tutoring and counseling.
            ``(14) Developing, implementing, evaluating, and 
        disseminating innovative, research-based approaches to teaching 
        financial literacy, which may include curriculum and hands-on 
        activities, for low-income elementary school and secondary 
        school students that demonstrate innovation, scalability, 
        accountability, and a focus on underserved populations.
            ``(15) Promoting gender equity in education by supporting 
        educational agencies and institutions in meeting the 
        requirements of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
        (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.).
            ``(16) Other high-quality, nationally significant programs 
        that meet the purposes of this Act.'';
            (6) in section 4906(c), as redesignated under paragraph 
        (4), by striking ``and in recognizing States, local educational 
        agencies, and schools under section 5411(b)(3), only if funds 
        are used for such recognition programs'';
            (7) in section 4907, as redesignated under paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``5412'' and 
                inserting ``4906''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (d); and
            (8) in each of sections 4905, 4906, and 4907, as 
        redesignated under paragraph (4), by striking ``subpart'' each 
        place the term appears and inserting ``part''.

SEC. 4111. COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEMONSTRATION 
              AUTHORITY.

    Title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
part J, as redesignated under section 4110(1), the following:

``PART K--COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEMONSTRATION 
                               AUTHORITY

``SEC. 4909. COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
              DEMONSTRATION.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this part:
            ``(1) College and career ready standards.--The term 
        `college and career ready standards' means the academic content 
        and student academic achievement standards adopted by a State 
        under section 1111(a)(1).
            ``(2) Competency.--The term `competency' means a target for 
        student learning representing key content-specific concepts and 
        higher order skills, such as critical thinking, problem 
        solving, and self-directed learning that is--
                    ``(A) applied within or across content domains; and
                    ``(B) aligned with college and career ready 
                standards.
            ``(3) Core indicators.--The term `core indicators' means--
                    ``(A) State academic assessments that meet the 
                requirements of section 1111(a)(2)(B) and that provide 
                data that can be compared with data regarding the State 
                academic assessments required under section 1111(a)(2); 
                and
                    ``(B) State graduation rates.
            ``(4) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        State educational agency or consortium of State educational 
        agencies.
            ``(5) Mastery.--The term `mastery' means a level of 
        knowledge or skill development demonstrated by a student 
        signifying that the student has met a standard and is prepared 
        to progress to a subsequent standard.
            ``(6) Performance assessment.--The term `performance 
        assessment' means a multi-step assessment that--
                    ``(A) includes complex activities with clear 
                criteria, expectations, and processes that enable 
                students to interact with meaningful content; and
                    ``(B) measures the depth at which students learn 
                content and apply complex skills to create or refine an 
                original product or solution.
            ``(7) Universal design.--The term `universal design' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Assistive 
        Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002(a)).
    ``(b) Demonstration Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may provide eligible 
        entities, in accordance with paragraph (3), with the authority 
        to incorporate competency-based accountability into the State 
        accountability system required under section 1111(a)(3) in 
        accordance with an application approved under subsection (c).
            ``(2) Demonstration period.--Each award of demonstration 
        authority under this part shall be for a period of 3 years.
            ``(3) Initial demonstration authority; expansion; 
        renewal.--
                    ``(A) Initial limit.--During the initial 3-year 
                period of demonstration authority under this section, 
                the Secretary may not provide more than 3 eligible 
                entities with the authority described in paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Expansion of demonstration authority.--After 
                the end of the initial demonstration period described 
                in subparagraph (A), the Secretary may provide 
                additional eligible entities with demonstration 
                authority described in paragraph (1), subject to each 
                of the requirements of this part as applicable, if the 
                Secretary determines that the demonstration authority 
                provided under this part during the initial 
                demonstration period has effectively supported student 
                progress on core indicators among students served by 
                the eligible entities, including subgroups of students 
                described in section 1111(a)(3)(D).
                    ``(C) Renewal requirements.--The Secretary may 
                renew an award of demonstration authority under this 
                part for additional 2-year periods if the eligible 
                entity demonstrates progress on core indicators.
    ``(c) Applications.--To be eligible to participate in the 
demonstration under this part, an eligible entity shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require, that 
describes the competency-based accountability system that will be used 
by the eligible entity, including--
            ``(1) an assurance that the competency-based accountability 
        system will only utilize summative assessments for 
        accountability purposes that--
                    ``(A) are determined by the Secretary to provide 
                comparable data across the eligible entity, demonstrate 
                inter-rater reliability, and meet the requirements for 
                assessments described in section 1111(a)(2)(B);
                    ``(B) have been field-tested;
                    ``(C) are aligned to college and career ready 
                standards and State-approved competencies;
                    ``(D) have been developed in collaboration with 
                stakeholders representing the interests of students 
                with disabilities, English learners, and civil rights 
                organizations in the State, as demonstrated through 
                modifications made to the assessments resulting from 
                such collaboration; and
                    ``(E) incorporate the principles of universal 
                design;
            ``(2) how the competency-based accountability system will--
                    ``(A) incorporate a system of formative, interim, 
                and summative assessments, including the use of 
                performance assessments and other sources of evidence 
                of student learning that determine mastery of State-
                approved competencies aligned to college and career 
                ready standards and competencies;
                    ``(B) allow students to demonstrate progress toward 
                mastery of such standards and State-approved 
                competencies;
                    ``(C) assess mastery of State-approved competencies 
                when students are ready to demonstrate mastery of such 
                standards and competencies;
                    ``(D) provide students with multiple opportunities 
                to demonstrate mastery of such standards and 
                competencies;
                    ``(E) ensure that summative assessments comply with 
                the requirements for academic assessments, as described 
                in section 1111(a)(2)(B), while engaging and supporting 
                teachers in scoring assessments, including the use of 
                high quality professional development, standardized and 
                calibrated scoring rubrics, and other strategies to 
                ensure inter-rater reliability and comparability of 
                determinations of mastery across the State;
                    ``(F) provide educators, students, and parents with 
                real-time data to inform instructional practice and 
                continuously improve student performance;
                    ``(G) be used in conjunction with the 
                accountability requirements described in section 
                1111(a)(3) and section 1116 to improve the academic 
                outcomes of focus schools identified under section 
                1116(c), priority schools identified under section 
                1116(d), and all other schools that fail to meet the 
                school performance targets, established in accordance 
                with section 1111(a)(3)(C), for any subgroup described 
                in section 1111(a)(3)(D);
                    ``(H) require not less than 1 year of academic 
                growth within a school year for each student and assure 
                instructional support and targeted intervention are in 
                place for those students performing below their peers; 
                and
                    ``(I) only utilize a student's individualized 
                education program, as defined in section 602 of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, for 
                purposes specifically allowed under such Act;
            ``(3) the eligible entity's plan to--
                    ``(A) ensure that all students, including each 
                student subgroup described in section 1111(a)(3)(D)--
                            ``(i) are held to the same high standard;
                            ``(ii) demonstrate annually, at a minimum, 
                        at least 1 year of academic growth consistent 
                        with the requirement in section 1111(a)(3)(B); 
                        and
                            ``(iii) receive the instructional support 
                        needed to attain mastery of college and career 
                        ready standards and State-approved 
                        competencies;
                    ``(B) train local educational agency and school 
                staff to implement the assessments described in 
                paragraph (2)(A);
                    ``(C) acclimate students to the new assessment and 
                accountability systems; and
                    ``(D) ensure that each local educational agency has 
                the technological infrastructure to operate the 
                competency-based accountability system described in 
                this section; and
            ``(4) a description of how instruction and professional 
        development will be enhanced within the competency-based system 
        to personalize the educational experience for each student to 
        ensure all students graduate college and career ready, as 
        determined in accordance with State academic achievement 
        standards under section 1111(a)(1).
    ``(d) Peer Review.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) implement a peer review process, which shall include 
        a review team comprised of practitioners and experts who are 
        knowledgeable about competency-based learning systems, to 
        inform the awarding of the demonstration authority under this 
        part; and
            ``(2) make publicly available the applications submitted 
        under subsection (c) and the peer comments and recommendations 
        on such applications.
    ``(e) Demonstration Authority Withdrawn.--The Secretary may 
withdraw the demonstration authority provided to an eligible entity 
under this part if--
            ``(1) at any point after the first 2 years of the 3-year 
        demonstration period described in subsection (b)(2), the 
        Secretary determines that student performance for all students 
        served by the eligible entity or any student subgroup described 
        under section 1111(a)(3)(D) has declined on core indicators; or
            ``(2) after providing a State with a renewal of 
        demonstration authority under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary 
        makes a determination that student performance has declined on 
        core indicators for 2 consecutive years during the State's 
        participation in the demonstration under this part.
    ``(f) Dissemination of Best Practices.--The Secretary shall 
disseminate best practices on the implementation of competency-based 
accountability systems, including on--
            ``(1) the effective use of formative, interim, and 
        summative assessments to inform instruction;
            ``(2) the development of summative assessments that meet 
        the requirements of section 1111(a)(2)(B), can be compared with 
        the State assessments required under section 1111(a)(2), and 
        include assessment tasks that determine mastery of State-
        approved competencies aligned to college and career ready 
        standards; and
            ``(3) the development of standardized and calibrated 
        scoring rubrics, and other strategies to ensure inter-rater 
        reliability and comparability of determinations of mastery 
        across the State.''.

                     TITLE V--PROMOTING INNOVATION

SEC. 5001. PROMOTING INNOVATION.

    Title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended by striking the title 
heading and inserting the following:

                   ``TITLE V--PROMOTING INNOVATION''.

                        PART A--RACE TO THE TOP

SEC. 5101. RACE TO THE TOP.

    Part A of title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended to read as 
follows:

                       ``PART A--RACE TO THE TOP

``SEC. 5101. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are to provide incentives for States 
and high-need local educational agencies to implement comprehensive 
reforms and innovative strategies that are designed to lead to--
            ``(1) significant improvements in outcomes for all 
        students, including improvements in student readiness, student 
        academic achievement, high school graduation rates, and rates 
        of student enrollment, persistence, and completion in 
        institutions of higher education; and
            ``(2) significant reductions in achievement gaps between 
        the groups of students described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x).

``SEC. 5102. RESERVATION OF FUNDS.

    ``From amounts made available to carry out this part for a fiscal 
year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent to carry out 
activities in accordance with this part related to technical 
assistance, evaluation, outreach, and dissemination.

``SEC. 5103. RACE TO THE TOP PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each fiscal year for which funds are 
        appropriated under this part and from such funds that are not 
        reserved under section 5102, the Secretary shall, in accordance 
        with paragraph (2), determine the educational goals that are 
        the greatest priority for the United States and award grants, 
        through a grant competition, to eligible entities to enable 
        such eligible entities to carry out comprehensive reforms and 
        innovative strategies in furtherance of such goals.
            ``(2) Selection of goals and categories of entities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall determine 
                the priorities for grants awarded through a grant 
                competition under this part by selecting in advance of 
                the application period--
                            ``(i) 1 or more categories of entities 
                        described in paragraph (3) that may apply for 
                        and receive the grants through such grant 
                        competition; and
                            ``(ii) 1 or more goals described in 
                        paragraph (4) to be supported under the grants.
                    ``(B) Announcement.--The Secretary shall ensure 
                that information regarding the selections of goals and 
                categories of entities for the grants under this part 
                for an upcoming grant competition is made widely 
                available to eligible entities and that the eligible 
                entities will have sufficient time to prepare a grant 
                application based on the Secretary's decisions for the 
                upcoming grant competition.
            ``(3) Eligible entities.--The categories of entities that 
        may be selected for grants under this part are the following:
                    ``(A) A State.
                    ``(B) A high-need local educational agency.
                    ``(C) A consortium of States.
                    ``(D) A consortium of high-need local educational 
                agencies.
            ``(4) Educational goals.--The goals that the Secretary 
        shall select to support through grants under this part are 1 or 
        more of the following:
                    ``(A) Increasing the access of children from low-
                income families to highly rated teachers and school 
                leaders, including by--
                            ``(i) developing and implementing a 
                        professional growth and improvement system;
                            ``(ii) improving the effectiveness of 
                        teachers (including early childhood education 
                        educators) and school leaders, including 
                        through high-quality preparation, recruitment, 
                        professional development, evaluation, and other 
                        personnel policies; and
                            ``(iii) ensuring that all teachers are 
                        prepared to effectively serve the needs of 
                        students who are children with disabilities or 
                        English learners, particularly through the 
                        general education curriculum.
                    ``(B) Strengthening the availability and use of 
                high-quality and timely data to improve instructional 
                practices, policies, and student outcomes.
                    ``(C) Implementing--
                            ``(i) elementary and secondary school 
                        academic standards that prepare students to be 
                        college and career ready, in accordance with 
                        section 1111(a)(1); and
                            ``(ii) strategies that translate such 
                        standards into classroom practice, including in 
                        the areas of assessment, instructional 
                        materials, and professional development.
                    ``(D) Turning around the schools served by the 
                eligible entity that are identified through a State's 
                accountability and improvement system under subsection 
                (c) or (d) of section 1116.
                    ``(E) Creating successful conditions for the 
                creation, expansion, and replication of high-performing 
                public charter schools and the creation of new, 
                innovative, and highly autonomous public schools that 
                will enroll a large percentage of students from low-
                income families.
                    ``(F) Providing more equitable State and local 
                resources to high-poverty schools.
                    ``(G) Improving school readiness by--
                            ``(i) increasing the number and percentage 
                        of children from low-income families, in each 
                        age group of infants, toddlers, and 
                        preschoolers, who are enrolled in high-quality 
                        early childhood education programs; and
                            ``(ii) designing and implementing an 
                        integrated system of high-quality early 
                        childhood education programs and services that 
                        strengthens the coordination and collaboration 
                        among Federal, State, and local early childhood 
                        education programs.
    ``(b) Duration of Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each grant awarded under this part shall 
        be for a period of not more than 4 years.
            ``(2) Requirements for additional funding.--Before 
        receiving funding under any grant under this part for the 
        second or any subsequent year of the grant, the eligible entity 
        receiving the grant shall demonstrate to the Secretary that the 
        eligible entity is--
                    ``(A) making progress in implementing the plan 
                under section 5104(a)(3) at a rate that the Secretary 
                determines will result in full implementation of the 
                plan during the remainder of the grant period; and
                    ``(B) making progress, as measured by the annual 
                performance measures and targets established by the 
                eligible entity under section 5105, at a rate that the 
                Secretary determines will result in reaching the 
                targets and achieving the objectives of the grant, 
                during the remainder of the grant period.
    ``(c) Interagency Agreement.--The Secretary shall establish an 
interagency agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to jointly administer any grant competition for the goal of improving 
early childhood education, as described in subsection (a)(4)(G), and 
any grants issued under such grant competition.

``SEC. 5104. APPLICATION PROCESS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity that desires to receive a 
grant under this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. At a minimum, each such application 
shall include the following:
            ``(1) Documentation of the eligible entity's record, as 
        applicable, in the areas to be measured by the performance 
        measures identified by the Secretary under section 5105(2).
            ``(2) Evidence of conditions of innovation and reform that 
        the eligible entity has established and the eligible entity's 
        plan for implementing additional conditions for innovation and 
        reform, including--
                    ``(A) a description of how the eligible entity has 
                identified and eliminated ineffective practices in the 
                past, and its plan for doing so in the future;
                    ``(B) a description of how the eligible entity has 
                identified and promoted effective practices in the 
                past, and its plan for doing so in the future; and
                    ``(C) steps the eligible entity has taken and will 
                take to eliminate statutory, regulatory, procedural, or 
                other barriers to facilitate the full implementation of 
                its proposed plan under paragraph (3).
            ``(3) A comprehensive and coherent plan for using funds 
        under this part, and other Federal, State, and local funds, to 
        improve the eligible entity's performance on the performance 
        measures identified under section 5105(2), including how the 
        applicant will implement reforms and innovative strategies to 
        achieve the goals selected by the Secretary under section 
        5103(a)(2).
            ``(4) In the case of an eligible entity that is described 
        in subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 5103(a)(3), evidence of 
        collaboration among the eligible entity, local educational 
        agencies in the State (including the local educational agencies 
        participating in carrying out the plan under paragraph (3)), 
        schools that are expected to benefit from the activities under 
        the plan, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders, in 
        developing and implementing the plan, including evidence of the 
        commitment and capacity to implement such plan.
            ``(5) In the case of an eligible entity described in 
        subparagraph (B) or (D) of section 5103(a)(3), evidence of the 
        eligible entity's collaboration with its school leaders, 
        teachers, parents, and other stakeholders in developing the 
        plan under paragraph (3), including evidence of the commitment 
        and capacity to implement that plan.
            ``(6) The eligible entity's annual performance measures and 
        targets, in accordance with the requirements of section 5105.
    ``(b) Criteria for Evaluating Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants under 
        this part on a competitive basis, based on the quality of the 
        applications submitted by eligible entities.
            ``(2) Publication of explanation.--The Secretary shall 
        publish an explanation of how the application review process 
        will ensure an equitable, transparent, and objective 
        evaluation.
    ``(c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this part, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) give priority to any eligible entity described in 
        subparagraph (B) or (D) of section 5103(a)(3) that serves a 
        school designated with a school locale code of 33, 41, 42, or 
        43, as determined by the Secretary; and
            ``(2) for any grant competition under this part for the 
        goal of improving early childhood education, as described in 
        section 5103(a)(4)(G), give priority to any eligible entity 
        that provides a full-day kindergarten program to all 
        kindergarten students, or to all kindergarten students from 
        low-income families, served by the eligible entity.

``SEC. 5105. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

    ``Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this part shall 
establish, subject to approval by the Secretary, annual performance 
measures and targets for the programs and activities carried out under 
this part. Such performance measures and targets shall, at a minimum, 
track the eligible entity's progress in--
            ``(1) implementing the plan described in section 
        5104(a)(3); and
            ``(2) making progress on any other performance measure 
        identified by the Secretary.

``SEC. 5106. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Use of State Grant Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 5103(a)(3) that receives a 
        grant under this part shall--
                    ``(A) except as provided in paragraph (3), use not 
                less than 50 percent of the grant funds to award 
                subgrants under paragraph (2) to the local educational 
                agencies that will participate in the plan for any 
                purpose included in the eligible entity's plan 
                described in section 5104(a)(3); and
                    ``(B) use any amount of the grant not distributed 
                under subparagraph (A) for any purpose included in the 
                eligible entity's plan.
            ``(2) Amount of subgrants.--For a fiscal year, the amount 
        of a subgrant under paragraph (1)(A) for a local educational 
        agency that will participate in the eligible entity's plan 
        shall bear the same relation to the amount available for all 
        such subgrants by the eligible entity for such year, as the 
        amount made available to the local educational agency under 
        part A of title I for the most recent year for which such data 
        are available bears to the total amount made available for such 
        year to all local educational agencies selected to participate 
        in the eligible entity's plan.
            ``(3) Exception.--An eligible entity described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 5103(a)(3) that receives a 
        grant under this part for the goal of improving early childhood 
        education, as described in section 5103(a)(4)(G)--
                    ``(A) shall not be subject to the requirements of 
                paragraph (1)(A); and
                    ``(B) may use grant funds to award subgrants to 
                public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations 
                for activities consistent with any purpose included in 
                the eligible entity's plan described in section 
                5104(a)(3).
    ``(b) Use of Subgrant Funds.--Each local educational agency or 
public or private nonprofit agency or organization that receives a 
subgrant under paragraph (1)(A) or (3)(B) of subsection (a) from an 
eligible entity shall use subgrant funds for any purpose included in 
the eligible entity's plan described in section 5104(a)(3), subject to 
any requirements of the eligible entity.
    ``(c) Use of High-Need Local Educational Agency Grant Funds.--Each 
eligible entity described in subparagraph (B) or (D) of section 
5103(a)(3) that receives a grant under this part shall use such funds 
for any purpose included in the eligible entity's plan described in 
section 5104(a)(3).
    ``(d) Special Rule.--
            ``(1) Limitation on use of funds.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of this section, grant or subgrant funds under 
        this part shall only be used to fund a program or activity that 
        is an allowable use of funds under another section of this Act 
        (excluding this part and section 8007, as amended by section 
        8004 of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013), the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Adult 
        Education and Family Literacy Act, or the Carl D. Perkins 
        Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, except that grant 
        or subgrant funds for the goal of improving early childhood 
        education, as described in section 5103(a)(4)(G), may also be 
        used to fund a program or activity that is an allowable use of 
        funds under the Head Start Act or the Child Care and 
        Development Block Grant Act of 1990.
            ``(2) Limitation of use of funds for early childhood 
        education programs.--Grant or subgrant funds under this part 
        that are used to improve early childhood education programs 
        shall not be used to carry out any of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Assessments that provide rewards or sanctions 
                for individual children or teachers.
                    ``(B) A single assessment that is used as the 
                primary or sole method for assessing program 
                effectiveness.
                    ``(C) Evaluating children, other than for the 
                purposes of improving instruction, classroom 
                environment, professional development, or parent and 
                family engagement, or program improvement.

``SEC. 5107. REPORTING.

    ``(a) Annual Report.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
under this part shall submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary may require, an annual report including, at a 
minimum--
            ``(1) data on the eligible entity's progress in achieving 
        the targets for the annual performance measures and targets 
        established under section 5105; and
            ``(2) a description of the challenges the eligible entity 
        has faced in implementing its program under this part, and how 
        the eligible entity has addressed, or plans to address, such 
        challenges.
    ``(b) Local Report.--Each local educational agency and each public 
or private nonprofit agency or organization that receives a subgrant 
from an eligible entity under section 5106(a) shall submit to the 
eligible entity such information as the eligible entity may require to 
complete the annual report required by subsection (a).''.

                    PART B--INVESTING IN INNOVATION

SEC. 5201. INVESTING IN INNOVATION.

    Part B of title V (20 U.S.C. 7221 et seq.) is amended to read as 
follows:

                   ``PART B--INVESTING IN INNOVATION

``SEC. 5201. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this part are to--
            ``(1) fund the identification, development, evaluation, and 
        expansion of innovative, research- and evidence-based 
        practices, programs, and strategies in order to significantly--
                    ``(A) increase student academic achievement and 
                close achievement gaps;
                    ``(B) increase high school graduation rates;
                    ``(C) increase college enrollment readiness and 
                rates of college enrollment;
                    ``(D) improve teacher and school leader 
                effectiveness; and
                    ``(E) improve school readiness and strengthen 
                collaboration and coordination among elementary schools 
                and early childhood care and education; and
            ``(2) support the rapid development, expansion, adoption, 
        and implementation of tools and resources that improve the 
        efficiency, effectiveness, or pace of adoption of such 
        educational practices, programs, and strategies.

``SEC. 5202. RESERVATIONS.

    ``(a) ARPA-ED.--The Secretary may reserve not more than 30 percent 
of the funds appropriated under section 3(u) for each fiscal year to 
carry out the activities of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-
Education established under section 221 of the Department of Education 
Organization Act, except that the amount so reserved for any fiscal 
year shall not exceed $100,000,000.
    ``(b) National Activities.--The Secretary may reserve not more than 
5 percent of the funds appropriated under section 3(u) for any fiscal 
year to carry out activities of national significance. Such activities 
may include--
            ``(1) capacity-building;
            ``(2) technical assistance;
            ``(3) dissemination of best practices developed with grant 
        funds provided under this part; and
            ``(4) carrying out prize awards consistent with section 24 
        of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
        U.S.C. 3719).
    ``(c) Availability of Funds.--Funds for the activities described in 
subsection (a), and for prize awards under subsection (b)(4), shall be 
available until expended.

``SEC. 5203. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED; LENGTH OF GRANTS; PRIORITIES.

    ``(a) Program Authorization.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts made available to carry out 
        this part and not reserved under section 5202 for a fiscal 
        year, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, 
        to eligible entities.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--In this part, the term `eligible 
        entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency or a consortium of 
                local educational agencies; or
                    ``(B) a partnership between a nonprofit 
                organization or an educational service agency and--
                            ``(i) 1 or more local educational agencies; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) a consortium of public schools.
    ``(b) Duration of Grants.--The Secretary--
            ``(1) shall award grants under this part for a period of 
        not more than 3 years; and
            ``(2) may extend such grants for an additional 2-year 
        period if the grantee demonstrates to the Secretary that it is 
        making significant progress on the program performance measures 
        identified in section 5206.
    ``(c) Rural Set-Aside.--The Secretary shall ensure that not less 
than 22 percent of the funds awarded under subsection (a) for any 
fiscal year are for projects that meet both of the following 
requirements, except that the Secretary shall not be required to make 
such awards unless a sufficient number of otherwise eligible high 
quality applications are received:
            ``(1) The eligible entity includes--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency with an urban-
                centric district locale code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, 
                as determined by the Secretary;
                    ``(B) a consortium of such local educational 
                agencies; or
                    ``(C) if the applicant is a partnership, an 
                educational service agency or a nonprofit organization 
                with demonstrated expertise in serving students from 
                rural areas.
            ``(2) A majority of the schools to be served by the project 
        are designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43, or a 
        combination of such codes, as determined by the Secretary, 
        and--
                    ``(A) are served by a local educational agency in 
                which 20 percent or more of the children ages 5 through 
                17 years old are from families with incomes below the 
                poverty line;
                    ``(B) are served by a local educational agency in 
                which the total number of students in average daily 
                attendance at all of the schools served by the local 
                educational agency is fewer than 600; or
                    ``(C) are served by a local educational agency 
                located in a county that has a total population density 
                of fewer than 10 persons per square mile.
    ``(d) Priorities.--In awarding grants under this part, the 
Secretary shall give priority to an eligible entity that includes, in 
its application under section 5204, a plan to--
            ``(1) address the needs of high-need local educational 
        agencies;
            ``(2) improve school readiness; or
            ``(3) address the unique learning needs of students who are 
        children with disabilities or English learners.
    ``(e) Standards of Evidence.--The Secretary shall set standards for 
the quality of evidence that an applicant shall provide in order to 
demonstrate that the activities it proposes to carry out with funds 
under this part are likely to succeed in improving student outcomes, 
including, where applicable, academic achievement and graduation rates. 
These standards shall include the following:
            ``(1) Strong evidence that the activities proposed by the 
        applicant will have a statistically significant effect on 
        student outcomes.
            ``(2) Moderate evidence that the activities proposed by the 
        applicant will improve outcomes.
            ``(3) A rationale based on research findings or a 
        reasonable hypothesis that the activities proposed by the 
        applicant will improve student outcomes.
    ``(f) Support for New Practices, Strategies, or Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall ensure that not less 
        than one-half of the funds awarded under subsection (a) for any 
        fiscal year are for projects that--
                    ``(A) meet an evidence standard described in 
                paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (e); and
                    ``(B) do not meet the evidence standard described 
                in paragraph (1) of such subsection.
            ``(2) Exception.--The Secretary shall not be required to 
        make the awards described in paragraph (1) unless a sufficient 
        number of otherwise eligible high-quality applications are 
        received.

``SEC. 5204. APPLICATIONS.

    ``Each eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under this 
part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require. At a minimum, each application shall--
            ``(1) describe the project for which the applicant is 
        seeking a grant and how the evidence supporting that project 
        meets the standards of evidence established by the Secretary 
        under section 5203(e);
            ``(2) describe how the applicant will address at least 1 of 
        the areas described in section 5205(a)(1);
            ``(3) provide an estimate of the number of children that 
        the applicant plans to serve under the proposed project, 
        including the percentage of those children who are from low-
        income families;
            ``(4) demonstrate that the applicant has established 1 or 
        more partnerships with public or private organizations and that 
        the partner or partners will provide matching funds, except 
        that the Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement on 
        a case-by-case basis, upon a showing of exceptional 
        circumstances;
            ``(5) describe the applicant's plan for continuing the 
        proposed project after funding under this part ends;
            ``(6) if the applicant is a local educational agency--
                    ``(A) document the local educational agency's 
                record during the previous 3 years in--
                            ``(i) increasing student achievement, 
                        including achievement for each subgroup of 
                        students described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) closing achievement gaps; and
                    ``(B) demonstrate how the local educational agency 
                has made significant improvements in other outcomes, as 
                applicable, on the performance measures described in 
                section 5206;
            ``(7) if the applicant is a partnership that includes a 
        nonprofit organization or educational service agency, provide 
        evidence that the nonprofit organization or educational service 
        agency has helped at least 1 school or local educational 
        agency, during the previous 3 years, significantly--
                    ``(A) increase student achievement, including 
                achievement for each subgroup of students described in 
                section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x); and
                    ``(B) close achievement gaps;
            ``(8) provide a description of the applicant's plan for 
        independently evaluating the effectiveness of activities 
        carried out with funds under this part;
            ``(9) provide an assurance that the applicant will--
                    ``(A) cooperate with evaluations, as requested by 
                the Secretary;
                    ``(B) make data available to third parties for 
                validation and further study; and
                    ``(C) participate in communities of practice; and
            ``(10) if the applicant is a partnership that includes a 
        nonprofit organization or educational service agency that 
        intends to make subgrants, consistent with section 5205(b), 
        provide an assurance that the applicant will apply paragraphs 
        (1) through (9), as appropriate, in its selection of 
        subgrantees and in its oversight of those subgrants.

``SEC. 5205. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) Mandatory uses.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this part shall carry out the following:
                    ``(A) Use the grant funds to carry out, at a 
                minimum, 1 of the following activities:
                            ``(i) Improving the effectiveness of 
                        teachers and school leaders and increasing 
                        equity in the distribution of effective 
                        teachers and school leaders.
                            ``(ii) Strengthening the use of data to 
                        improve teaching and learning.
                            ``(iii) Providing high-quality instruction 
                        based on college and career ready standards and 
                        measuring students' mastery of standards using 
                        high-quality assessments aligned with those 
                        standards.
                            ``(iv) Turning around the lowest-performing 
                        schools.
                            ``(v) Improving school readiness for 
                        students who are low-income, English learners, 
                        or children with disabilities.
                            ``(vi) Other areas relating to school 
                        improvement consistent with the purposes of 
                        this part, as determined by the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Use the grant funds to develop or expand 
                strategies to improve the performance of high-need 
                students on the applicable performance measures 
                described in section 5206.
            ``(2) Permissive use of funds.--Each eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this part may use the grant funds for an 
        independent evaluation, as required under section 5204(a)(8), 
        of the innovative practice carried out with the grant.
    ``(b) Authority To Subgrant.--
            ``(1) In general.--If an eligible entity that receives a 
        grant under this part includes a nonprofit organization or 
        educational service agency, such nonprofit organization or 
        educational service agency may use the grant funds to award 
        subgrants to other entities to provide support to 1 or more 
        schools or local educational agencies.
            ``(2) Compliance with requirements of grantees.--Each 
        entity awarded a subgrant under paragraph (1) shall comply with 
        the requirements of this part relating to grantees, as 
        appropriate.

``SEC. 5206. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

    ``The Secretary shall establish performance measures for the 
programs and activities carried out under this part. These measures, at 
a minimum, shall track the grantee's progress in improving outcomes for 
each subgroup of students described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x) that is 
served by the grantee, including, as applicable, by--
            ``(1) increasing student achievement and decreasing 
        achievement gaps;
            ``(2) increasing high school graduation rates;
            ``(3) increasing college readiness and rates of college 
        enrollment;
            ``(4) improving teacher and school leader effectiveness;
            ``(5) improving school readiness; and
            ``(6) any other indicator as the Secretary or grantee may 
        determine.

``SEC. 5207. REPORTING.

    ``An eligible entity that receives a grant under this part shall 
submit to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the 
Secretary may require, an annual report that includes, among other 
things, information on the entity's progress on the performance 
measures established under section 5206, and the data supporting that 
progress.''.

                   PART C--MAGNET SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE

SEC. 5301. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    Section 5301 (20 U.S.C. 7231) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) The use of magnet schools has increased dramatically 
        since the inception of the magnet schools assistance program 
        under this Act, with more than 1,500,000 students nationwide 
        attending such schools.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph (B) 
                and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) to ensure that all students have equitable 
                access to a high-quality public education that will 
                prepare them to succeed in a highly competitive economy 
                comprised of people from many different racial and 
                ethnic backgrounds; and''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, particularly whole-
                        school programs,'' after ``magnet school 
                        programs''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``challenging State 
                        academic content standards and student academic 
                        achievement standards'' and inserting ``college 
                        and career ready State academic content 
                        standards and student academic achievement 
                        standards under section 1111(a)(1)''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(3) the development and design of evidence-based 
        educational methods and practices that promote diversity and 
        increase high-quality public educational options;
            ``(4) courses of instruction within magnet schools that 
        will substantially increase the college and career readiness of 
        students attending such schools;''.

SEC. 5302. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    Section 5303 (20 U.S.C. 7231b) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ``competitive'' after ``to award''.

SEC. 5303. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 5305 (20 U.S.C. 7231d) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Information and Assurances.--Each application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include--
            ``(1) a description of--
                    ``(A) how a grant awarded under this part will be 
                used to--
                            ``(i) improve student academic achievement 
                        for all students and subgroups of students 
                        described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x) attending 
                        the magnet school program; and
                            ``(ii) promote desegregation, including how 
                        the proposed magnet school program will 
                        increase interaction among students of 
                        different social, economic, ethnic, and racial 
                        backgrounds, including the policies, programs, 
                        and activities aimed at increasing interaction 
                        among such students;
                    ``(B)(i) a description of the evidence that the 
                magnet school program that the applicant proposes to 
                implement would improve student academic achievement 
                and reduce minority group isolation; or
                    ``(ii) if such evidence is not available, a 
                rationale, based on current research findings, for how 
                the program would improve student academic achievement 
                and reduce minority group isolation;
                    ``(C) how the applicant will continue the magnet 
                school program after assistance under this part is no 
                longer available, and, if applicable, an explanation of 
                why magnet schools established or supported by the 
                applicant with grant funds under this part cannot be 
                continued without the use of grant funds under this 
                part;
                    ``(D) how grant funds under this part will be 
                used--
                            ``(i) to improve student academic 
                        achievement for all students attending the 
                        magnet school programs; and
                            ``(ii) to implement services and activities 
                        that are consistent with other programs under 
                        this Act, and other Acts, as appropriate;
                    ``(E) the student application process, and 
                selection criteria, if any, to be used by the proposed 
                magnet school program;
                    ``(F) how the applicant will conduct outreach and 
                disseminate information about the proposed magnet 
                school program, including the application and selection 
                process, in a timely, clear, and accessible manner to 
                all students and their parents and families and, to the 
                extent practicable, in a language they can understand; 
                and
                    ``(G) how the applicant will assess, monitor, and 
                evaluate the impact of the activities funded under this 
                part on student academic achievement and integration; 
                and
            ``(2) assurances that the applicant will--
                    ``(A) use grant funds under this part for the 
                purpose specified in section 5301(b);
                    ``(B) employ highly rated school leaders and 
                teachers in the courses of instruction assisted under 
                this part;
                    ``(C) not engage in discrimination based on race, 
                religion, color, national origin, sex, or disability 
                in--
                            ``(i) the hiring, promotion, or assignment 
                        of employees of the applicant or other 
                        personnel for whom the applicant has any 
                        administrative responsibility;
                            ``(ii) the assignment of students to 
                        schools, or to courses of instruction within 
                        the schools, of such applicant, except to carry 
                        out the approved plan; and
                            ``(iii) designing or operating 
                        extracurricular activities for students;
                    ``(D) carry out a high-quality education program 
                that will result in greater parent and family 
                decisionmaking and engagement; and
                    ``(E) give students residing in the local 
                attendance area of the proposed magnet school program 
                equitable consideration for placement in the program, 
                consistent with desegregation guidelines and the 
                capacity of the applicant to accommodate the 
                students.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``will be met'' and 
        inserting ``are being met''.

SEC. 5304. PRIORITY.

    Section 5306 (20 U.S.C. 7231e) is amended by striking paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3), and inserting the following:
            ``(1) have the highest quality applications and demonstrate 
        the greatest need for assistance, based on the expense or 
        difficulty of effectively carrying out approved desegregation 
        plans and the magnet school program for which the grant is 
        sought;
            ``(2) propose to carry out new magnet school programs, 
        significantly revise existing magnet school programs, or 
        significantly expand magnet school programs, in a manner that--
                    ``(A) is aligned with other programs that have 
                demonstrated a record of success in increasing student 
                academic achievement and reducing minority group 
                isolation; or
                    ``(B) has a strong research basis for improving 
                student academic achievement and reducing minority 
                group isolation;
            ``(3) select, or propose to select, students to attend 
        magnet school programs solely or primarily by lottery, rather 
        than through academic examination or other selective enrollment 
        methods; and
            ``(4) propose to serve the entire student population of a 
        school.''.

SEC. 5305. USE OF FUNDS.

    Section 5307 (20 U.S.C. 7231f) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (1) through 
        (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) for planning, outreach, and promotional activities 
        directly related to the development, expansion, continuation, 
        or enhancement of academic programs and services offered at 
        magnet schools;
            ``(2) for the acquisition of books, educational technology, 
        materials, and equipment necessary to conduct programs in 
        magnet schools;
            ``(3) for--
                    ``(A) the compensation, or subsidization of the 
                compensation, of elementary school and secondary school 
                teachers, leaders, and other instructional staff who 
                are highly rated; and
                    ``(B) high-quality professional development and 
                staff capacity-building activities, including those 
                designed to recruit, prepare, support, and retain 
                highly rated school teachers, leaders, and other 
                instructional staff;
            ``(4) with respect to a magnet school program offered to 
        less than the entire student population of a school, for 
        instructional activities that are designed to make available 
        the special curriculum that is offered by the magnet school 
        program to students who are enrolled in the school but who are 
        not enrolled in the magnet school program;
            ``(5) for activities, which may include the formation of 
        partnerships with public or nonprofit organizations, to help 
        enhance the program or promote parent and family decisionmaking 
        and engagement that will build the recipient's capacity to 
        operate magnet school programs once the grant period has ended;
            ``(6) to enable the local educational agency, or consortium 
        of such agencies, to have more flexibility in designing magnet 
        schools for students in all grades; and
            ``(7) for other operational costs that cannot be met with 
        other State or local sources.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``based on the State's 
        challenging academic content standards and student academic 
        achievement standards or directly related to improving student 
        reading skills or knowledge of mathematics, science, history, 
        geography, English, foreign languages, art, or music, or to 
        improving vocational, technological, and professional skills'' 
        and inserting ``and making sufficient academic growth''.

SEC. 5306. LIMITATIONS.

    Section 5309 (20 U.S.C. 7231h) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``a period that shall 
        not exceed 3 fiscal years'' and inserting ``an initial period 
        of not more than 3 fiscal years, and may be renewed for not 
        more than an additional 2 years if the Secretary finds that the 
        grantee is achieving the intended outcomes of the grant and 
        shows improvement in increasing student academic achievement 
        and reducing minority-group isolation, and other indicators of 
        success established by the Secretary''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``50'' and inserting ``40''; and
                    (B) by striking ``15'' and inserting ``10''.

SEC. 5307. EVALUATIONS.

    Section 5310 (20 U.S.C. 7231i) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5310. EVALUATIONS.

    ``(a) Impact of Activities.--From the amount reserved for 
evaluation activities in accordance with section 9601(a), the 
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences, shall, in consultation with the relevant program office at 
the Department, evaluate the implementation and impact of the 
activities supported under this part, consistent with section 9601, 
including--
            ``(1) how, and the extent to which, magnet school programs 
        lead to educational quality and improvement;
            ``(2) the extent to which magnet school programs enhance 
        student access to a high quality education;
            ``(3) the extent to which magnet school programs lead to 
        the elimination, reduction, or prevention of minority group 
        isolation in elementary schools and secondary schools with 
        substantial proportions of minority students; and
            ``(4) the extent to which magnet school programs differ 
        from other school programs in terms of the organizational 
        characteristics and resource allocations of such magnet school 
        programs.
    ``(b) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall collect and disseminate 
to the general public information on successful magnet school 
programs.''.

SEC. 5308. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS TO AGENCIES NOT PREVIOUSLY 
              ASSISTED.

    Section 5311 (20 U.S.C. 7231j) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5311. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS TO AGENCIES NOT 
              PREVIOUSLY ASSISTED.

    ``For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated pursuant to 
section 3(v) exceeds $75,000,000, the Secretary shall give priority in 
using such amounts in excess of $75,000,000 to awarding grants to local 
educational agencies or consortia of such agencies that did not receive 
a grant under this part for the preceding fiscal year.''.

                     PART D--PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

SEC. 5401. PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7241 et seq.) is amended to read as 
follows:

                    ``PART D--PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

``SEC. 5401. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to support the creation, expansion, 
and replication of high-performing charter schools that serve the needs 
and increase the academic achievement of all students.

``SEC. 5402. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

    ``From the funds appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal 
year--
            ``(1) 85 percent shall be available to carry out subpart 1; 
        and
            ``(2) 15 percent shall be available to carry out subpart 2.

            ``Subpart 1--Successful Charter Schools Program

``SEC. 5411. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Charter school.--The term `charter school' means a 
        public school that--
                    ``(A) is governed by a separate and independent 
                board that exercises authority over 1 or more schools, 
                including authority in the areas of governance, 
                personnel, budget, schedule, and instructional program;
                    ``(B) has ongoing, significant autonomy in the 
                areas of--
                            ``(i) the hiring, replacement, and salaries 
                        of the school staff;
                            ``(ii) the school budget;
                            ``(iii) scheduling formats for the school 
                        day and school year;
                            ``(iv) the instructional programs of the 
                        school, including instructional models and 
                        curricula; and
                            ``(v) the management and daily operation of 
                        the school;
                    ``(C) in accordance with a specific State statute 
                authorizing the granting of charters to schools, is 
                exempt from significant State or local rules that 
                inhibit the flexible operation and management of public 
                schools, but not from any rules relating to the other 
                requirements of this paragraph;
                    ``(D) is created by a developer as a public school, 
                or is adapted by a developer from an existing public 
                school, and is operated under public supervision and 
                direction;
                    ``(E) operates in pursuit of a specific set of 
                educational objectives determined by the school's 
                developer and agreed to by the charter school 
                authorizer;
                    ``(F) provides 1 or more programs of elementary 
                education, secondary education, or both, including 
                early childhood education, and may also provide adult 
                education, in accordance with State law;
                    ``(G) is nonsectarian in its programs, admissions 
                policies, employment practices, and all other 
                operations, and is not affiliated with a sectarian 
                school or religious institution;
                    ``(H) does not charge tuition;
                    ``(I) complies with the Age Discrimination Act of 
                1975, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, title 
                IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of 
                the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, title II of the 
                Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and part B of 
                the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
                    ``(J) is a school to which parents choose to send 
                their children, and that admits students on the basis 
                of a lottery if more students apply for admission than 
                can be accommodated, except as modified by the 
                Secretary by regulation in accordance with clause (iv) 
                or (v) of section 1116(d)(4)(B);
                    ``(K) complies with the same Federal and State 
                audit requirements as do other elementary schools, 
                secondary schools, and early childhood education and 
                adult education programs, as applicable, in the State, 
                unless such requirements are specifically waived for 
                the purpose of this program;
                    ``(L) meets all applicable Federal, State, and 
                local health and safety requirements;
                    ``(M) operates in accordance with State law; and
                    ``(N) has a written performance contract with a 
                charter school authorizer that includes--
                            ``(i) a description of how student 
                        performance will be measured on the basis of--
                                    ``(I) State assessments that are 
                                required of other public schools; and
                                    ``(II) any other assessments that 
                                are mutually agreeable to the charter 
                                school authorizer and the charter 
                                school;
                            ``(ii) a requirement that student academic 
                        achievement and growth, consistent with section 
                        1111, for the students enrolled at the school 
                        as a whole and for each subgroup described in 
                        section 1111(a)(3)(D) will be used as a primary 
                        factor in decisions about the renewal or 
                        revocation of the charter, in addition to other 
                        criteria, as appropriate;
                            ``(iii) the student academic achievement 
                        and growth, consistent with section 1111, and 
                        student retention goals, and, in the case of a 
                        high school, graduation rate goals for the 
                        students enrolled at the school as a whole and 
                        for each subgroup described in section 
                        1111(a)(3)(D), and any other goals to be 
                        achieved by the end of the contract period;
                            ``(iv) the obligations and responsibilities 
                        of the charter school and the charter school 
                        authorizer; and
                            ``(v) a description of the autonomy that 
                        will be granted to the charter school in each 
                        area described under subparagraph (B).
            ``(2) Charter school authorizer.--The term `charter school 
        authorizer' means any public or nonprofit entity that has the 
        authority under State law, and is approved by the Secretary, to 
        authorize or approve a public charter school.
            ``(3) Developer.--The term `developer' means any 
        individual, group of individuals, or public nonprofit 
        organization that--
                    ``(A) has applied for, or been granted, a charter 
                for a charter school; or
                    ``(B) has received authorization to start a charter 
                school.
            ``(4) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a State educational agency;
                    ``(B) a local educational agency, except a charter 
                school that is considered a local educational agency 
                under State law;
                    ``(C) a charter school authorizer; or
                    ``(D) a charter management organization.
            ``(5) Expand.--The term `expand' means to increase the 
        student enrollment of an existing high-performing charter 
        school by more than 50 percent or through the addition of not 
        less than 2 grades to such existing charter school over the 
        course of a grant or subgrant under this part.
            ``(6) High-performing charter school.--The term `high-
        performing charter school' means--
                    ``(A) in the case of a charter school that was not 
                open or did not enroll students in the preceding school 
                year, a charter school that has a written performance 
                contract with a charter school authorizer that 
                includes, for the students enrolled at the school as a 
                whole and for each subgroup described in section 
                1111(a)(3)(D) for the most recent year for which such 
                data are available--
                            ``(i) student academic achievement and 
                        growth goals (as measured, in the case of a 
                        charter school that is an elementary school or 
                        secondary school, by performance on the 
                        statewide academic assessments required under 
                        section 1111(a)(2) and individual academic 
                        growth, consistent with section 1111(a)) that 
                        are higher than the average student academic 
                        achievement and growth results, consistent with 
                        section 1111, in demographically similar 
                        schools in the State;
                            ``(ii) student retention goals that are 
                        similar to, or greater than, the average 
                        student retention rates in demographically 
                        similar schools in the State; and
                            ``(iii) if the charter school is a high 
                        school, goals for graduation rates, rates of 
                        student enrollment at institutions of higher 
                        education, and rates of student persistence at 
                        institutions of higher education that are 
                        higher than such average rates in 
                        demographically similar schools in the State; 
                        or
                    ``(B) in the case of a charter school that was open 
                and enrolled students for the preceding school year, a 
                charter school that has, for the students enrolled at 
                the school as a whole and for each subgroup described 
                in section 1111(a)(3)(D) for the most recent year for 
                which such data are available--
                            ``(i) student academic achievement and 
                        growth results (as measured, in the case of a 
                        charter school that is an elementary school or 
                        secondary school, by performance on the 
                        statewide academic assessments required under 
                        section 1111(a)(2) and individual academic 
                        growth, consistent with section 1111) that are 
                        significantly higher than the average student 
                        academic achievement and growth results, 
                        consistent with section 1111, in 
                        demographically similar schools in the State;
                            ``(ii) student retention rates that are 
                        similar to or higher than the average student 
                        retention rates in demographically similar 
                        schools in the State; and
                            ``(iii) if the school is a high school, 
                        higher graduation rates, rates of student 
                        enrollment at institutions of higher education, 
                        and rates of student persistence at 
                        institutions of higher education than such 
                        average rates in demographically similar 
                        schools in the State.
            ``(7) Replicate.--The term `replicate' means to open 1 or 
        more new campuses of, or schools based on, an existing high-
        performing charter school under a new or existing charter, or 
        both, over the course of a grant or subgrant under this part.

``SEC. 5412. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--From the amount available to carry out this 
subpart, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities to enable such eligible entities to award subgrants 
to developers to create, expand, or replicate 1 or more high-performing 
charter schools, including through conversion of an existing public 
school into a charter school.
    ``(b) Allocations.--The Secretary shall use not less than 25 
percent of funds to award grants to eligible entities described in 
5411(4)(A).
    ``(c) Considerations.--In awarding grants under this subpart, the 
Secretary shall consider--
            ``(1) the geographic diversity of the eligible entities, 
        including the distribution of grants among urban, suburban, and 
        rural areas; and
            ``(2) the number of eligible entities in a State that are 
        receiving grants under this subpart in any fiscal year.
    ``(d) Grant Amount.--
            ``(1) In determining the amount of each grant to be awarded 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) the number of operating charter schools under 
                the jurisdiction or in the service area of the eligible 
                entity;
                    ``(B) to the extent practicable, the number of 
                students, including students on charter school waiting 
                lists, that will be served by high-performing charter 
                schools that receive funds under this subpart; and
                    ``(C) the amount of funds that is needed to 
                implement the activities described in the approved 
                application.
    ``(e) Duration.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each grant awarded under this subpart 
        shall be for an initial period of not more than 3 years.
            ``(2) Renewal.--The Secretary may renew a grant awarded 
        under this subpart for an additional period of not more than 2 
        years, if the eligible entity is achieving the objectives of 
        the grant and has shown improvement on the performance measures 
        and targets described in section 5417(a).
    ``(f) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Grants.--An eligible entity described under 
        subparagraph (A) of section 5411(4) may not receive more than 1 
        grant at a time under this section.
            ``(2) Subgrants.--A developer may not receive more than 1 
        grant or subgrant at a time under this section.
    ``(g) Reservations.--
            ``(1) Administrative expenses.--An eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this subpart may use not more than a 
        total of 5 percent of grant funds for administrative expenses 
        associated with the grant, including for improvement of the 
        eligible entity's oversight or management of charter schools.
            ``(2) Improving authorizer quality.--An eligible entity 
        described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 5411(4) 
        shall use 5 percent of grant funds for improving authorizer 
        quality, including charter school oversight and monitoring 
        systems and procedures for revoking or not renewing charters.
    ``(h) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive a statutory or regulatory 
requirement over which the Secretary exercises administrative 
authority, except a requirement described in section 5411(1), if--
            ``(1) the waiver is requested in an approved application 
        under this subpart; and
            ``(2) the Secretary determines that granting the waiver 
        will promote the purpose of this subpart.

``SEC. 5413. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the 
Secretary may require.
    ``(b) Contents.--
            ``(1) Eligible entities.--At a minimum, the application 
        described in subsection (a) shall include a description of --
                    ``(A) how the eligible entity will use grant funds 
                to create, expand, or replicate 1 or more high-
                performing charter schools;
                    ``(B) the need for the high-performing charter 
                schools that the eligible entity seeks to support, 
                including information that demonstrates the interest of 
                parents and communities in increasing charter school 
                enrollment capacity, such as the number of students who 
                are on waiting lists for charter schools under the 
                jurisdiction of the eligible entity;
                    ``(C) the performance measures the eligible entity 
                will use to measure outcomes;
                    ``(D) how the eligible entity will provide 
                information and support to parents, families, and 
                students regarding the available charter school options 
                in a simple, clear, and easily accessible format and, 
                to the extent practicable, in a language that such 
                parents, families, and students can understand;
                    ``(E) how the eligible entity will coordinate the 
                grant funds received under this subpart with other 
                Federal, State, and local funds;
                    ``(F) how the eligible entity will ensure that each 
                charter school within such eligible entity's 
                jurisdiction or service area--
                            ``(i) meets the requirements of section 
                        5411(1); and
                            ``(ii) provides equitable access and 
                        effectively serves the needs of all students, 
                        including children with disabilities and 
                        English learners, and implements outreach and 
                        recruitment practices that include families of 
                        such students;
                    ``(G) how the eligible entity will award subgrants 
                to developers, on a competitive basis and through a 
                high-quality review process, including a description of 
                the subgrant application;
                    ``(H) how the eligible entity will target subgrants 
                to high-performing charter schools that plan to serve 
                students who attend schools that have been identified 
                through the State accountability and improvement system 
                described in section 1116;
                    ``(I) the eligible entity's record, if applicable, 
                of success in creating, expanding, replicating, 
                managing, and overseeing high-performing charter 
                schools, and closing unsuccessful schools;
                    ``(J) how the eligible entity will hold charter 
                schools within such eligible entity's jurisdiction 
                accountable if such schools do not meet the objectives 
                specified in the performance contract described in 
                section 5411(1)(N), including by closing unsuccessful 
                schools; and
                    ``(K) how charter school authorizers are approved, 
                monitored, held accountable for establishing rigorous 
                standards, periodically reviewed, and re-approved in 
                the State in which the eligible entity operates, based 
                on the performance of the charter schools that such 
                charter school authorizers authorize, including in the 
                areas of student safety, financial management, and 
                compliance with all applicable statutes and 
                regulations.
            ``(2) State educational agencies.--Each eligible entity 
        described in section 5411(4)(A) shall include in the 
        application described in paragraph (1) (in addition to the 
        requirements of such paragraph), the following:
                    ``(A) A description of the State's laws, policies, 
                or procedures, if applicable, that address--
                            ``(i) how decisions are made to close 
                        unsuccessful charter schools, and how student 
                        academic achievement and growth, consistent 
                        with section 1111, for all students and for 
                        each subgroup of students described in section 
                        1111(a)(3)(D), is a primary factor in such 
                        decisions;
                            ``(ii) how charter schools are monitored 
                        and held accountable for--
                                    ``(I) meeting the requirements 
                                described in section 5411(1); and
                                    ``(II) providing equitable access 
                                and effectively serving the needs of 
                                all students, including students with 
                                disabilities and English learners; and
                            ``(iii) how a charter school that is 
                        considered a local educational agency under 
                        State law, or a local educational agency in 
                        which a charter school is located, will comply 
                        with subsections (a)(5) and (e)(1)(B) of 
                        section 613 of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act.
                    ``(B) Information about the eligible entity's 
                record of funding charter schools, including funding 
                charter school facilities.
                    ``(C) Information about the number of charter 
                schools in the State that--
                            ``(i) have been closed or have had charters 
                        revoked or not renewed in the preceding 5-year 
                        period, and the reasons for such closures, 
                        revocations, or nonrenewals;
                            ``(ii) have been identified, through the 
                        State accountability and improvement system, as 
                        focus schools or priority schools under 
                        subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116 in the 
                        preceding 5-year period;
                            ``(iii) have met objectives specified in 
                        the performance contract described in section 
                        5411(1)(N); and
                            ``(iv) the charter school authorizer has 
                        authorized that are high-performing charter 
                        schools, and the percentage of such charter 
                        schools as compared to the total number of 
                        charter schools that the charter school 
                        authorizer has authorized.
            ``(3) Local educational agencies.--Each eligible entity 
        described in section 5411(4)(B) shall include in the 
        application described in paragraph (1) (in addition to the 
        requirements described in such paragraph), a description of the 
        eligible entity's policies and procedures for--
                    ``(A) ensuring that charter schools under the 
                jurisdiction of such eligible entity have equitable 
                access to school facilities and school facilities 
                financing;
                    ``(B) complying with subsections (a)(5) and 
                (e)(1)(B) of section 613 of the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act; and
                    ``(C) supporting public school choice.
            ``(4) Charter school authorizers.--Each eligible entity 
        described in section 5411(4)(C) shall include in the 
        application described in paragraph (1) (in addition to the 
        requirements of such paragraph), the following:
                    ``(A) A demonstration that the eligible entity has 
                explicit and clear policies and procedures in place for 
                the approval, monitoring, renewal, and closure of 
                charter schools, and an assurance that such policies 
                and procedures make student academic achievement and 
                growth, consistent with section 1111, for all students 
                and for each subgroup of students described in section 
                1111(a)(3)(D), a primary factor in such decisions.
                    ``(B) A description of how the eligible entity will 
                make publicly available (in a clear and uniform format, 
                a timely manner, and a form that is easily accessible, 
                and, to the extent practicable, in a language that 
                families and students can understand)--
                            ``(i) information about the criteria and 
                        procedures for granting, denying, revoking, and 
                        renewing charters for charter schools; and
                            ``(ii) the results of decisions relating to 
                        the granting, denial, revocation, and renewal 
                        of charters for charter schools, including 
                        performance data and other relevant information 
                        on which each decision is based.
                    ``(C) Information about the number of charter 
                schools that the charter school authorizer has 
                authorized in each of the following categories:
                            ``(i) Charter schools that have been closed 
                        or have had charters revoked or not renewed by 
                        the eligible entity in the preceding 5-year 
                        period, and the reasons for such closures, 
                        revocations, or nonrenewals.
                            ``(ii) Charter schools that have been 
                        identified as focus schools or priority schools 
                        under subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116 
                        through the State accountability and 
                        improvement system.
                            ``(iii) Charter schools that have met 
                        objectives specified in the performance 
                        contract described in section 5411(1)(N).
                            ``(iv) Charter schools that are high-
                        performing charter schools, and the percentage 
                        of such charter schools as compared to the 
                        total number of charter schools that the 
                        charter school authorizer has authorized.
            ``(5) Charter management organizations.--Each eligible 
        entity described in section 5411(4)(D) shall include in the 
        application described in paragraph (1) (in addition to the 
        requirements of such paragraph), a description of--
                    ``(A) the qualifications of such eligible entity's 
                management team; and
                    ``(B) a multi-year financial and operating model 
                for each of the high-performing charter schools that 
                such eligible entity will create, expand, or replicate 
                under the grant.
            ``(6) Special rule.--In the case of a developer that plans 
        to open a charter school in a jurisdiction or service area 
        where no eligible entity will be awarding subgrants under this 
        subpart for the fiscal year for which the developer applies, 
        the Secretary may award a grant to such developer if such 
        developer has an approved application that includes the 
        requirements described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of 
        paragraph (1) and paragraph (5). The requirements of 
        subsections (b) and (c) of section 5416 and section 5417(c) 
        shall apply to a developer receiving a grant under this 
        paragraph in the same manner as such sections apply to a 
        developer receiving a subgrant under section 5416, except that 
        the developer shall submit the data under section 5417(c) 
        directly to the Secretary.

``SEC. 5414. SELECTION CRITERIA; PRIORITY.

    ``(a) Selection Criteria.--
            ``(1) In general.--In awarding grants to eligible entities 
        under this subpart, the Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) the quality of the eligible entity's 
                application;
                    ``(B) the eligible entity's record, if applicable, 
                of success in creating, expanding, replicating, 
                managing, and overseeing high-performing charter 
                schools;
                    ``(C) the eligible entity's record of discontinuing 
                funding or closing low-performing charter schools, 
                including, as applicable, by revoking or not renewing 
                the charters of such charter schools, and the eligible 
                entity's commitment to discontinuing funding or closing 
                low-performing charter schools in the future;
                    ``(D) the extent to which the eligible entity 
                demonstrates that such eligible entity will award 
                subgrants targeted to serving students who attend 
                schools that have been identified as focus schools or 
                priority schools under subsection (c) or (d) of section 
                1116 through the State accountability and improvement 
                system;
                    ``(E) the quality of the eligible entity's plan for 
                supporting subgrant recipients, through such activities 
                as technical assistance, directly or through grants, 
                contracts, or cooperative agreements, in order to--
                            ``(i) improve student academic achievement 
                        and growth, consistent with section 1111, for 
                        all students and for each subgroup of students 
                        described in section 1111(a)(3)(D); and
                            ``(ii) promote effective outreach to, and 
                        recruitment of, students who are children with 
                        disabilities and students who are English 
                        learners, and the parents and families of such 
                        students; and
                    ``(F) the extent to which the State in which the 
                eligible entity operates provides for and enforces 
                high-quality standards for charter school authorizers, 
                including by establishing standards for rigorous and 
                periodic reviews.
            ``(2) State educational agencies.--In the case of an 
        applicant that is an eligible entity described in section 
        5411(4)(A), in addition to the elements described in paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall also consider the extent to which such 
        eligible entity--
                    ``(A) ensures that charter schools receive 
                equitable funding compared to other public schools in 
                the State, and a commensurate share of Federal, State, 
                and local revenues compared to public schools in the 
                State, including equitable State funding to support 
                early childhood education programs operated by charter 
                schools in the State, in accordance with State law; and
                    ``(B) provides charter schools with equitable 
                access to funds for facilities (which may include funds 
                for leasing or purchasing facilities or for making 
                tenant improvements), assistance for facilities 
                acquisition, access to public facilities, the ability 
                to share in the proceeds of bonds and levies, or other 
                support related to facilities.
            ``(3) Local educational agencies.--In the case of an 
        applicant that is an eligible entity described in section 
        5411(4)(B) (except for a charter school that is considered a 
        local educational agency under State law), in addition to the 
        elements described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall also 
        consider--
                    ``(A) if charter schools are operating within the 
                area served by such eligible entity, the extent to 
                which the eligible entity has policies and procedures 
                in place to ensure that--
                            ``(i) charter schools have equitable access 
                        to school facilities; or
                            ``(ii) charter schools are not denied 
                        access to available public school facilities; 
                        and
                    ``(B) the extent to which the eligible entity 
                demonstrates support for public school choice.
            ``(4) Charter school authorizers.--In the case of an 
        applicant that is an eligible entity described in section 
        5411(4)(C), in addition to the elements described in paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall also consider the eligible entity's 
        record of success in authorizing and supporting high-performing 
        charter schools.
            ``(5) Charter management organizations.--In the case of an 
        applicant that is an eligible entity described in section 
        5411(4)(D), in addition to the elements described in paragraph 
        (1), as applicable, the Secretary shall also consider--
                    ``(A) the quality of the eligible entity's 
                management team; and
                    ``(B) the quality and sustainability of the 
                eligible entity's multi-year financial and operating 
                model.
    ``(b) Priority.--
            ``(1) Students from low-income families.--In awarding 
        grants under this subpart, the Secretary shall give priority to 
        eligible entities that propose to create, expand, or replicate 
        high-performing charter schools that plan to enroll a large 
        percentage of students from low-income families.
            ``(2) Diversity.--In awarding grants under this subpart, 
        the Secretary may give priority to eligible entities that 
        propose to create, expand, or replicate a high-performing 
        charter school that will have a diverse student population.
            ``(3) State educational agencies.--In the case of an 
        applicant that is an eligible entity described in section 
        5411(4)(A), the Secretary shall give priority to such eligible 
        entities--
                    ``(A) from States that do not have a law that 
                prohibits, or effectively inhibits, increasing the 
                number of high-performing charter schools in the State;
                    ``(B) from States that--
                            ``(i) provide for, and adequately support, 
                        2 or more charter school authorizers, of which 
                        not less than 1 is a statewide charter school 
                        authorizer; or
                            ``(ii) in the case of a State in which 
                        local educational agencies are the only charter 
                        school authorizers--
                                    ``(I) allow for an appeals process 
                                through which developers have an 
                                opportunity to appeal a denial to 
                                another authorizer that will issue a 
                                final determination regarding whether 
                                or not to grant the developer a 
                                charter; and
                                    ``(II) require charter school 
                                authorizers to indicate an affirmative 
                                interest in serving as charter school 
                                authorizers; and
                    ``(C) that have a policy or procedure in place that 
                ensures that--
                            ``(i) charter schools are reauthorized or 
                        have their charter renewed not less than once 
                        every 5 years; and
                            ``(ii) charter schools submit independently 
                        audited financial statements to the authorizer.

``SEC. 5415. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Required Uses of Funds.--Each eligible entity receiving a 
grant under section 5412(a) shall--
            ``(1) use not less than 95 percent of the remaining grant 
        funds, after the reservations made under section 5412(g), to 
        award subgrants to 1 or more developers, as described in 
        section 5416, to enable such developers to create, expand, or 
        replicate 1 or more high-performing charter schools (which may 
        include opening new schools or converting existing schools into 
        charter schools) in the area served by the eligible entity or 
        under the jurisdiction of the eligible entity;
            ``(2) in awarding subgrants, give priority to developers 
        that propose to create, expand, or replicate a high-performing 
        charter school in which a large percentage of the students 
        enrolled are from low-income families;
            ``(3) provide developers who are receiving a subgrant with 
        support and technical assistance in--
                    ``(A) improving student academic achievement and 
                growth, consistent with section 1111;
                    ``(B) effectively serving the needs of all 
                students, including students who are children with 
                disabilities and students who are English learners; and
                    ``(C) implementing outreach and recruitment 
                practices that includes families of students who are 
                children with disabilities and English learners;
            ``(4) directly, or through a partnership with a nonprofit 
        organization (such as a community-based organization), develop 
        and implement parent, family, and student information, 
        outreach, and recruitment programs to provide information and 
        support to parents, families, and students about the public 
        school choice options available to them, including students who 
        are children with disabilities and students who are English 
        learners, in a simple, clear, and easily accessible format and, 
        to the extent practicable, in a language that such parents, 
        families, and students can understand.
    ``(b) Permissible Use of Funds.--Each eligible entity receiving a 
grant under section 5412(a) may use not more than 2.5 percent of grant 
funds to disseminate information to public schools in the eligible 
entity's jurisdiction or service area about lessons learned through the 
grant activities, in order to--
            ``(1) successfully address the education needs of all 
        students, including students who are children with disabilities 
        and students who are English learners; and
            ``(2) replicate high-performing charter school models.

``SEC. 5416. SUBGRANTS.

    ``(a) Applications.--Each developer that desires to receive a 
subgrant under this subpart shall submit an application to the 
appropriate eligible entity at such time, in such form, and including 
such information and assurances as the eligible entity may reasonably 
require, which shall include the information required under 
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1) and paragraph (5) of 
section 5413(b).
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--A developer that receives a subgrant under 
this subpart shall use such subgrant funds to create, expand, or 
replicate 1 or more high-performing charter schools, which may include 
carrying out the following activities:
            ``(1) If necessary, carrying out not more than 12 months of 
        planning and program design, unless such developer demonstrates 
        the need for an additional planning period of not more than 3 
        months.
            ``(2) Recruiting and providing preparation, induction, and 
        professional development for teachers, school leaders, and 
        other staff who will work in a charter school that is supported 
        by the developer.
            ``(3) Acquiring necessary equipment, supplies, and 
        educational materials, including curricula, assessments, and 
        instructional materials.
            ``(4) Professional development and implementation of 
        systems for the delivery of appropriate services for students 
        who are children with disabilities and students who are English 
        learners, including through centralizing, purchasing, or 
        sharing the provision of such services with other 
        organizations.
            ``(5) Develop transportation systems to provide 
        transportation to students to and from the school.
            ``(6) Paying operational costs for a charter school that 
        cannot be met through State or local funding sources.
            ``(7) Directly, or through a partnership with a nonprofit 
        organization (including a community-based organization), 
        developing and implementing parent, family, and student 
        information and outreach programs to provide information and 
        support to parents, families, and students about each charter 
        school, in a simple, clear, and easily accessible format and, 
        to the extent practicable, in a language that the parents, 
        families, and students can understand.
            ``(8) Developing and implementing effective outreach and 
        recruitment strategies to inform families of students who are 
        children with disabilities and students who are English 
        learners about the charter school, the charter school 
        admissions process, and the charter school's plan to 
        effectively provide appropriate educational and related 
        services to such students.
            ``(9) Evaluating and disseminating information, including 
        through technical assistance, about the effectiveness of the 
        activities supported by the subgrant.
    ``(c) Limitations.--Not more than 1 percent of subgrant funds may 
be used to carry out the activities described in subsection (b)(9).

``SEC. 5417. PERFORMANCE MEASURES; REPORTS.

    ``(a) Performance Measures and Targets.--Each eligible entity 
receiving a grant under this subpart shall establish performance 
measures and annual targets, approved by the Secretary, for the charter 
schools that are created, expanded, or replicated with funds provided 
through a grant or subgrant under this subpart. Such measures and 
targets shall include, at a minimum, in the aggregate and disaggregated 
by each subgroup of students described in section 1111(a)(3)(D)--
            ``(1) the number of students enrolled in each charter 
        school;
            ``(2) the number of students enrolled in each high-
        performing charter school;
            ``(3) the number of students enrolled in each high-
        performing charter school who were formerly attending a school 
        that has been identified as a focus school or priority school 
        under subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116 through the State 
        accountability and improvement system;
            ``(4) student academic achievement and growth, consistent 
        with section 1111, including, if applicable, performance on the 
        State academic assessments required under section 1111(a)(2), 
        and student growth consistent with section 1111;
            ``(5) student retention rates;
            ``(6) in the case of a public charter school that is a 
        secondary school, student graduation rates, and student rates 
        of enrollment and persistence in institutions of higher 
        education; and
            ``(7) other measures required by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Reports.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this 
subpart shall annually prepare and submit a report to the Secretary 
containing the information described under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Developers.--Each developer receiving a subgrant under this 
subpart from an eligible entity shall provide the eligible entity with 
the data necessary to comply with the requirements of this section.

``SEC. 5418. FEDERAL FORMULA ALLOCATION DURING FIRST YEAR AND FOR 
              SUCCESSIVE ENROLLMENT EXPANSIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of the allocation to schools by the 
States or their agencies of funds under part A of title I, and any 
other Federal funds which the Secretary allocates to States on a 
formula basis, the Secretary and each State educational agency shall 
take such measures as are necessary to ensure that every charter school 
receives the Federal funding for which the charter school is eligible 
not later than 5 months after the charter school first opens, 
notwithstanding the fact that the identity and characteristics of the 
students enrolling in that charter school are not fully and completely 
determined until that charter school actually opens. The measures 
similarly shall ensure that every charter school expanding its 
enrollment in any subsequent year of operation receives the Federal 
funding for which the charter school is eligible not later than 5 
months after such expansion.
    ``(b) Adjustment and Late Openings.--
            ``(1) In general.--The measures described in subsection (a) 
        shall include provision for appropriate adjustments, through 
        recovery of funds or reduction of payments for the succeeding 
        year, in cases where payments made to a charter school on the 
        basis of estimated or projected enrollment data exceed the 
        amounts that the school is eligible to receive on the basis of 
        actual or final enrollment data.
            ``(2) Rule.--For charter schools that first open after 
        November 1 of any academic year, the State, in accordance with 
        guidance provided by the Secretary and applicable Federal 
        statutes and regulations, shall ensure that such charter 
        schools that are eligible for the funds described in subsection 
        (a) for such academic year have a full and fair opportunity to 
        receive those funds during the charter schools' first year of 
        operation.

``SEC. 5419. RECORDS TRANSFER.

    ``State educational agencies and local educational agencies 
receiving funds under part A of title I or any other Federal funds from 
the Secretary, shall, in the most timely manner possible and to the 
extent practicable, ensure that a student's records and, if applicable, 
a student's individualized education program as defined in section 602 
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, are transferred to 
a charter school upon the transfer of the student to the charter 
school, and to another public school upon the transfer of the student 
from a charter school to another public school, in accordance with 
applicable State law.

``SEC. 5420. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``From funds made available under this subpart for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent for national 
activities to carry out (directly or through grants, contracts that use 
a competitive bidding process, or cooperative agreements) research, 
development, data collection, technical assistance, outreach, and 
dissemination activities, including--
            ``(1) research, technical assistance, and other activities 
        to assist eligible entities receiving a grant under this 
        subpart, and other eligible entities in improving the entity's 
        capacity to--
                    ``(A) create, expand, replicate, operate, or 
                support high-performing charter schools that meet the 
                needs of, and improve the outcomes for, all students, 
                including students who are children with disabilities 
                and students who are English learners;
                    ``(B) support charter school authorizers to improve 
                quality through the adoption of research-based policies 
                and procedures and increased capacity; and
                    ``(C) work to turn around schools that have been 
                identified as focus schools or priority schools under 
                subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116 through the State 
                accountability and improvement system;
            ``(2) providing for the research and dissemination of 
        information about specific charter school models and program 
        characteristics for which there is strong evidence of a 
        significant impact on improving student academic achievement 
        and growth, consistent with section 1111, for all students, 
        including students who are children with disabilities and 
        English learners;
            ``(3) developing and implementing activities that help 
        parents, families, students, and the community identify and 
        access high-performing charter schools;
            ``(4) providing for the collection of information regarding 
        the financial resources available to charter schools (including 
        access to private capital) and widely disseminating to charter 
        schools any such relevant information and model descriptions of 
        successful programs; and
            ``(5) carrying out other related activities.

  ``Subpart 2--Charter School Facility Acquisition, Construction, and 
                               Renovation

``SEC. 5431. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this subpart is to provide grants to eligible 
entities to improve access to facilities and facilities financing for 
high-performing charter schools and assist such schools to address the 
cost of acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities.

``SEC. 5432. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a State educational agency;
                    ``(B) a local educational agency, except a charter 
                school that is considered a local educational agency 
                under State law;
                    ``(C) a nonprofit entity;
                    ``(D) a State financing authority; or
                    ``(E) a consortium of entities described in any of 
                subparagraphs (A) through (D).
            ``(2) High-performing charter school.--The term `high-
        performing charter school' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 5411.
            ``(3) Per-pupil facilities aid program.--The term `per-
        pupil facilities aid program' means a program--
                    ``(A) that is specified in State law;
                    ``(B) that provides annual financing, on a per-
                pupil basis, for charter school facilities; and
                    ``(C) in which a State makes payments, on a per-
                pupil basis, to charter schools to provide such schools 
                with financing--
                            ``(i) that is dedicated solely for funding 
                        charter school facilities; or
                            ``(ii) a portion of which is dedicated for 
                        funding charter school facilities.

``SEC. 5433. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

    ``(a) Credit Enhancement Grants.--The Secretary shall use not less 
than 65 percent of the amount available to carry out this subpart to 
award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to enable such 
eligible entities to demonstrate innovative credit enhancement methods 
of assisting high-performing charter schools to access private sector 
capital to address the cost of acquiring, constructing, and renovating 
facilities by enhancing the availability of loans or bond financing.
    ``(b) Other Facilities Grants.--The Secretary shall use the 
remainder of the amount available to carry out this subpart to award 
grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to--
            ``(1) improve access to facilities and facilities financing 
        for high-performing charter schools, through methods that may 
        include--
                    ``(A) leveraging State and local facilities funds, 
                including the cost of implementing school bond programs 
                that include high-performing charter schools;
                    ``(B) implementing open-facilities-access programs 
                or making available renovated or adapted space for 
                high-performing charter schools; and
                    ``(C) assisting with constructing or improving, at 
                low cost, facilities for high-performing charter 
                schools through innovative methods; and
            ``(2) support an eligible entity described in section 
        5432(1)(A) in the establishment, enhancement, and 
        administration of a per-pupil facilities aid program through 
        Federal payments that shall be not more than--
                    ``(A) 90 percent of the cost, for the first fiscal 
                year for which the program receives assistance under 
                this subsection;
                    ``(B) 80 percent in the second such year;
                    ``(C) 60 percent in the third such year;
                    ``(D) 40 percent in the fourth such year; and
                    ``(E) 20 percent in the fifth such year.
    ``(c) State Share of Per-Pupil Facilities Aid Program.--A State 
receiving a grant under subsection (b)(2) may partner with 1 or more 
organizations to provide not more than 50 percent of the State share of 
the cost of establishing, enhancing, or administering the per-pupil 
facilities aid program.
    ``(d) Grant Amount.--In determining the amount of each grant to be 
awarded under this subpart, the Secretary shall consider--
            ``(1) the quality of the application submitted under 
        section 5435;
            ``(2) the number of students that are served or may be 
        served by high-performing charter schools that would receive 
        assistance under the grant program; and
            ``(3) the amount of funds that is needed to implement the 
        activities described in the approved application.
    ``(e) Supplement Not Supplant.--Funds made available under this 
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, State and local 
public funds expended to provide programs for charter schools.

``SEC. 5434. CHARTER SCHOOL OBJECTIVES.

    ``An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart shall use 
the funds to assist 1 or more high-performing charter schools to 
accomplish 1 or both of the following objectives:
            ``(1) The acquisition (by purchase, lease, donation, or 
        otherwise) of an interest (including an interest held by a 
        third party for the benefit of a charter school) in improved or 
        unimproved real property that is necessary to commence or 
        continue the operation of a charter school.
            ``(2) The construction of new facilities, or the 
        renovation, repair, or alteration of existing facilities, 
        necessary to commence or continue the operation of a charter 
        school.

``SEC. 5435. APPLICATIONS; SELECTION CRITERIA.

    ``(a) In General.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this 
subpart shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the 
Secretary may require.
    ``(b) Contents.--An application submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            ``(1) a description of the activities that the eligible 
        entity proposes to carry out using funds received under this 
        subpart;
            ``(2) a demonstration that the eligible entity will 
        consider the quality of a charter school when determining--
                    ``(A) which charter schools will receive assistance 
                under this subpart;
                    ``(B) how much grant assistance will be provided to 
                each charter school; and
                    ``(C) the type of assistance that each charter 
                school will receive;
            ``(3) a description of the eligible entity's record of 
        successfully carrying out the activities that such eligible 
        entity proposes to carry out;
            ``(4) if applicable, the eligible entity's record of 
        leveraging private-sector funding and a description of how the 
        proposed activities will leverage the maximum amount of 
        private-sector financing capital relative to the amount of 
        government funding;
            ``(5) an explanation of how the eligible entity possesses 
        sufficient expertise in education to evaluate the likelihood of 
        success of a charter school for which facilities financing is 
        sought;
            ``(6) in the case of an application submitted by an 
        eligible entity that includes 1 or more State or local 
        educational agencies, a description of the agency's policies 
        and procedures for ensuring that charter schools have equitable 
        access to school facilities; and
            ``(7) such other information as the Secretary may 
        reasonably require.
    ``(c) Selection Criteria.--In awarding grants under this subpart, 
the Secretary shall consider--
            ``(1) the quality of the eligible entity's application;
            ``(2) the extent to which the eligible entity proposes to 
        support high-performing charter schools that plan to enroll a 
        large percentage of students from low-income families;
            ``(3) the extent to which the eligible entity proposes to 
        support high-performing charter schools that plan to enroll a 
        large percentage of students who attend schools that have been 
        identified as focus schools or priority schools under 
        subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116 through the State 
        accountability and improvement system;
            ``(4) the geographic diversity of the eligible entities, 
        including the distribution of grants between urban and rural 
        areas; and
            ``(5) the number of eligible entities in a State that are 
        receiving grants under this subpart in any fiscal year.

``SEC. 5436. RESERVE ACCOUNT.

    ``(a) Use of Funds.--To assist charter schools with addressing the 
cost of acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities and 
accessing facilities and facilities financing, an eligible entity 
receiving a grant under section 5433(a) shall, in accordance with State 
and local law, directly or indirectly, alone or in collaboration with 
others, deposit the funds received under this subpart (other than funds 
used for administrative costs in accordance with section 5437) in a 
reserve account established and maintained by the eligible entity for 
this purpose. Amounts deposited in such account shall be used by the 
eligible entity for 1 or more of the following purposes:
            ``(1) Guaranteeing, insuring, and reinsuring bonds, notes, 
        evidences of debt, loans, and interests therein, the proceeds 
        of which are used for an objective described in section 5434.
            ``(2) Guaranteeing and insuring leases of personal and real 
        property for an objective described in section 5434.
            ``(3) Facilitating financing by identifying potential 
        lending sources, encouraging private lending, and other similar 
        activities that directly promote lending to, or for the benefit 
        of, charter schools.
            ``(4) Facilitating the issuance of bonds by charter 
        schools, or by other public entities for the benefit of charter 
        schools, by providing technical, administrative, and other 
        appropriate assistance (including the recruitment of bond 
        counsel, underwriters, and potential investors and the 
        consolidation of multiple charter school projects within a 
        single bond issue).
    ``(b) Investment.--Funds received under this subpart and deposited 
in the reserve account established under subsection (a) shall be 
invested in obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States or a 
State, or in other similarly low-risk securities.
    ``(c) Reinvestment of Earnings.--Any earnings on funds received 
under this subpart shall be deposited in the reserve account 
established under subsection (a) and used in accordance with such 
subsection.

``SEC. 5437. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    ``An eligible entity may use not more than 2.5 percent of the funds 
received under this subpart for the administrative costs of carrying 
out its responsibilities under this subpart.

``SEC. 5438. AUDITS AND REPORTS.

    ``(a) Financial Record Maintenance and Audit.--The financial 
records of each eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart 
shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles and shall be subject to an annual audit by an independent 
public accountant.
    ``(b) Reports.--
            ``(1) Grantee annual reports.--Each eligible entity 
        receiving a grant under this subpart annually shall submit to 
        the Secretary a report of its operations and activities under 
        this subpart.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each annual report submitted under 
        paragraph (1) shall include--
                    ``(A) a copy of the most recent financial 
                statements, and any accompanying opinion on such 
                statements, prepared by the independent public 
                accountant reviewing the financial records of the 
                eligible entity;
                    ``(B) a copy of any report made on an audit of the 
                financial records of the eligible entity that was 
                conducted under subsection (a) during the reporting 
                period;
                    ``(C) if applicable, an evaluation by the eligible 
                entity of the effectiveness of its use of the Federal 
                funds provided under this subpart in leveraging private 
                funds;
                    ``(D) a listing and description of the charter 
                schools served during the reporting period and the 
                performance of such charter schools in increasing 
                student achievement and growth, consistent with section 
                1111;
                    ``(E) a description of the activities carried out 
                by the eligible entity to assist charter schools in 
                meeting the objectives set forth in section 5434; and
                    ``(F) a description of the characteristics of 
                lenders and other financial institutions participating 
                in the activities undertaken by the eligible entity 
                under this subpart during the reporting period, if 
                applicable.
            ``(3) Secretarial report.--The Secretary shall review the 
        reports submitted under paragraph (1) and shall provide a 
        comprehensive annual report to Congress on the activities 
        conducted under this subpart.

``SEC. 5439. NO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR GRANTEE OBLIGATIONS.

    ``No financial obligation of an eligible entity entered into 
pursuant to this subpart (such as an obligation under a guarantee, 
bond, note, evidence of debt, or loan) shall be an obligation of, or 
guaranteed in any respect by, the United States. The full faith and 
credit of the United States is not pledged to the payment of funds 
which may be required to be paid under any obligation made by an 
eligible entity pursuant to any provision of this subpart.

``SEC. 5440. RECOVERY OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in accordance with chapter 37 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall collect--
            ``(1) all of the funds in a reserve account established by 
        an eligible entity under section 5436(a) if the Secretary 
        determines, not earlier than 2 years after the date on which 
        the eligible entity first received funds under this subpart, 
        that the eligible entity has failed to make substantial 
        progress in carrying out the purposes described in such 
        section; or
            ``(2) all or a portion of the funds in a reserve account 
        established by an eligible entity under section 5436(a) if the 
        Secretary determines that the eligible entity has permanently 
        ceased to use all or a portion of the funds in such account to 
        accomplish any purpose described in such section.
    ``(b) Exercise of Authority.--The Secretary shall not exercise the 
authority provided in subsection (a) to collect from any eligible 
entity any funds that are being properly used to achieve 1 or more of 
the purposes described in section 5436(a).
    ``(c) Procedures.--The provisions of sections 451, 452, and 458 of 
the General Education Provisions Act shall apply to the recovery of 
funds under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Construction.--This section shall not be construed to impair 
or affect the authority of the Secretary to recover funds under part D 
of the General Education Provisions Act.''.

                 PART E--VOLUNTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

SEC. 5501. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE.

    Title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:

           ``PART E--VOLUNTARY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS

``SEC. 5501. GRANTS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--From funds made available to carry out this 
part, the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
eligible entities to enable the entities to establish or expand a 
program of public school choice (referred to in this part as a 
`program') in accordance with this part in order to increase student 
academic achievement and student growth by increasing the educational 
options available to students who are served by high-need local 
educational agencies.
    ``(b) Duration.--Grants awarded under subsection (a) may be awarded 
for a period of 3 years and may be renewed for not more than an 
additional 2 years if the Secretary finds that the grantee is achieving 
the objectives of the grant.

``SEC. 5502. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Required Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this part shall use the grant funds to establish or expand 
inter- or intra-district public school choice programs for students 
attending the lowest-performing schools that enable those students to 
attend high-quality public elementary schools and secondary schools, 
including charter schools.
    ``(b) Permissible Uses of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this part may use the grant funds for--
            ``(1) planning or designing a program (for not more than 1 
        year);
            ``(2) transportation services to and from high-quality 
        schools for participating students;
            ``(3) improving public school finance systems to allow 
        school funding to follow students, including tuition transfer 
        payments to high-quality public elementary schools or secondary 
        schools to which students transfer under the program;
            ``(4) capacity-enhancing activities that enable high-
        quality public elementary schools or secondary schools to 
        accommodate transfer requests under the program;
            ``(5) public education and recruitment campaigns to inform 
        students attending the lowest-performing schools and their 
        parents about the program and to facilitate their 
        participation; and
            ``(6) other costs reasonably necessary to implement the 
        program, such as the development of lottery systems.
    ``(c) Nonpermissible Uses of Funds.--An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this part may not use the grant funds for school 
construction.
    ``(d) Administrative Expenses.--The eligible entity may use not 
more than 5 percent of the funds made available through a grant under 
this part for any fiscal year for administrative expenses.

``SEC. 5503. APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Submission.--An eligible entity that desires a grant under 
this part shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    ``(b) Contents.--An application submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include a comprehensive plan that describes--
            ``(1) the activities to be carried out;
            ``(2) how the activities--
                    ``(A) will increase access to high-quality schools 
                for students attending the lowest-performing schools;
                    ``(B) will increase the student academic 
                achievement and student growth of students 
                participating in the grant activities, including 
                English learners and students with disabilities; and
                    ``(C) if applicable, will increase diversity within 
                a school or local educational agency;
            ``(3) how students will be selected to participate in grant 
        activities, including the design and implementation of a 
        lottery system if the program is oversubscribed, and how 
        students and parents will be informed of their opportunity to 
        participate;
            ``(4) how the program will be coordinated with and leverage 
        other related Federal and non-Federal funding and programs;
            ``(5) how the applicant will continue to implement the plan 
        after the period of the grant has expired;
            ``(6) if the activities required under section 5505(a)(2) 
        are to be carried out in partnership with a public or other 
        nonprofit organization, a description of the organization's 
        experience, capacity, responsibilities, and how the eligible 
        entity will monitor the public or other nonprofit 
        organization's effectiveness in carrying our such activities; 
        and
            ``(7) such other information as the Secretary may require.
    ``(c) Selection Criteria.--In selecting grantees under this part, 
the Secretary shall consider--
            ``(1) the quality of the applicant's comprehensive plan;
            ``(2) the extent to which the applicant can demonstrate 
        that its grant activities will increase student academic 
        achievement and student growth for students participating in 
        the grant activities, including English learners and students 
        with disabilities; and
            ``(3) the extent to which the applicant can demonstrate 
        that its grant activities will ensure that parents and students 
        are informed of the program, in a clear and uniform format and, 
        to the extent practicable, in a language that the parents and 
        students can understand, to increase the likelihood that 
        parents will have their children participate in the grantee's 
        program.

``SEC. 5504. PRIORITIES.

    ``In awarding grants under this part, the Secretary shall give 
priority to an eligible entity that proposes to--
            ``(1) establish or expand an inter-district choice program 
        that serves a large percentage of students from low-income 
        families; and
            ``(2) establish or expand a program that will increase 
        diversity.

``SEC. 5505. REQUIREMENTS AND VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.

    ``(a) Parent and Community Involvement and Notice.--In carrying out 
a program under this part, an eligible entity shall carry out the 
following:
            ``(1) Develop the program with--
                    ``(A) the involvement of parents and other 
                education stakeholders in the community to be served; 
                and
                    ``(B) individuals who will carry out the program, 
                including administrators, teachers, principals, and 
                other staff.
            ``(2) Develop and carry out the following activities, alone 
        or in partnership with a public or other nonprofit organization 
        that has a record of success in implementing such activities:
                    ``(A) Disseminating timely and accurate information 
                about the program to parents of students attending the 
                lowest-performing schools, in a clear and uniform 
                format and, to the extent practicable, in a language 
                that they can understand, including through the use of 
                a variety of effective and innovative outreach 
                approaches, such as by sending customized letters to 
                each family about available programs.
                    ``(B) Providing education and training to parents 
                of students attending the lowest-performing schools to 
                enable the parents to use the information provided 
                under subparagraph (A) in their decisions about their 
                children's education.
    ``(b) Selection of Students.--An eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this part shall select students to participate in a program 
on the basis of a lottery, if more students apply for admission to the 
program than can be accommodated.
    ``(c) Voluntary Participation.--Student participation in a program 
funded under this part shall be voluntary.
    ``(d) Performance Measures.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible entity awarded a grant 
        under this part shall establish performance measures and 
        targets that--
                    ``(A) are approved by the Secretary;
                    ``(B) are implemented for each program established 
                or expanded with funds provided under this part; and
                    ``(C) at a minimum, track--
                            ``(i) the number of students participating;
                            ``(ii) the participating students' academic 
                        achievement and student growth;
                            ``(iii) in the case of participating high 
                        school students, their graduation rates;
                            ``(iv) the extent to which students in 
                        schools participating in the programs or 
                        schools funded under this part are being 
                        educated in diverse schools and classrooms; and
                            ``(v) any other measure required by the 
                        Secretary.
            ``(2) Reports.--Each eligible entity awarded a grant under 
        this part shall annually report to the Secretary on its 
        performance on the measures and targets established under 
        paragraph (1), and shall provide that information both in the 
        aggregate and disaggregated for each subgroup of students 
        described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x).

``SEC. 5506. EVALUATIONS.

    ``From the amount reserved for evaluation activities in accordance 
with section 9601(a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Institute of Education Sciences, shall, in consultation with the 
relevant program office at the Department, evaluate the implementation 
and impact of the activities supported under this part, consistent with 
section 9601, including--
            ``(1) how, and the extent to which, the programs promote 
        educational equity and excellence;
            ``(2) the characteristics of the students participating in 
        the programs; and
            ``(3) the effect of the programs on the academic 
        achievement and student growth of students participating in the 
        programs both in the aggregate and disaggregated for each 
        subgroup of students described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x).

``SEC. 5507. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this part:
            ``(1) Charter school.--The term `charter school' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 5411.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) 1 or more high-need local educational 
                agencies applying with 1 or more other local 
                educational agencies; or
                    ``(B) a State educational agency applying with 1 or 
                more high-need local educational agencies.
            ``(3) Lowest-performing school.--The term `lowest-
        performing school' means a public elementary school or 
        secondary school that has been identified as a focus school 
        under section 1116(c) or a priority school under section 
        1116(d).''.

            TITLE VI--PROMOTING FLEXIBILITY; RURAL EDUCATION

SEC. 6101. PROMOTING FLEXIBILITY.

    Title VI (20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking the title heading and inserting the 
        following: ``PROMOTING FLEXIBILITY; RURAL EDUCATION''; and
            (2) by striking part A and inserting the following:

                       ``PART A--TRANSFERABILITY

``SEC. 6101. TRANSFERABILITY OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Transfers by States.--
            ``(1) Authority to transfer.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (2), in accordance with this part, a State may 
        transfer up to 100 percent of the State funds allotted to the 
        State for a fiscal year for use for State-level activities 
        described in this Act that are carried out as part of a grant 
        program in which funds for the grant are distributed by a 
        formula to 1 or more other State formula grant programs under 
        this Act for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Prohibition against transferring funds out certain 
        titles.--A State may not transfer, pursuant to paragraph (1), 
        any funds that originate in title I or III out of such 
        respective title.
    ``(b) Transfers by Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) Authority to transfer.--Except as provided in 
        paragraph (2), in accordance with this part, a local 
        educational agency may transfer 100 percent of the funds 
        allocated to it for a fiscal year for use for local-level 
        activities described in this Act that are carried out as part 
        of a grant program in which funds for the grant are distributed 
        by a formula to 1 or more other local educational agency 
        formula grant programs under this Act for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Prohibition against transferring funds out of certain 
        titles.--A local educational agency may not transfer, pursuant 
        to paragraph (1), any funds that originate in title I, III, 
        part A of title VII, or VIII out of such respective title.
            ``(3) Special rule with respect to rural districts.--Except 
        as provided in paragraph (2), a local educational agency that 
        is eligible to receive assistance under part B may transfer 100 
        percent of the funds allocated to it for a fiscal year for use 
        for local-level activities described in this Act that are 
        carried out as part of a grant program in which funds for the 
        grant are distributed by a formula to 1 or more other local 
        educational agency formula grant programs under this Act for 
        such fiscal year or to carry out activities under a grant 
        program in which funds for the grant are distributed by formula 
        to States.
    ``(c) Applicable Rules.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        part, funds transferred pursuant to this section are subject to 
        each of the rules and requirements applicable to the funds 
        under the provision to which the transferred funds are 
        transferred.
            ``(2) Consultation.--Each State educational agency or local 
        educational agency that transfers funds under this section 
        shall conduct consultations in accordance with section 9501, if 
        such transfer transfers funds from a program that provides for 
        the participation of students, teachers, or other educational 
        personnel, from private schools.''.

SEC. 6102. RURAL EDUCATION.

    Part B of title VI (20 U.S.C. 7341 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 6211;
            (2) by redesignating sections 6212 and 6213 as sections 
        6211 and 6212, respectively;
            (3) in section 6211, as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking ``grant'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``activities 
                authorized'' and all that follows through the period at 
                the end of paragraph (5) and inserting ``activities 
                consistent with section 6101(b).'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``paragraph (3)'' 
                                and inserting ``paragraphs (3) and 
                                (4)'';
                                    (II) by striking ``section 
                                6211(b)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                                (d)''; and
                                    (III) by striking ``section 
                                6211(c)'' and inserting ``subpart 2 of 
                                part A of title II''; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Determination of initial amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The initial amount referred to 
                in paragraph (1) is equal to $100 multiplied by the 
                total number of students in excess of 50 students, in 
                average daily attendance at the schools served by the 
                local educational agency, plus $20,000, except that the 
                initial amount may not exceed $60,000.
                    ``(B) Appropriation more than $211,723,832.--
                Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if the appropriation 
                for this part is more than $211,723,832, a grant under 
                this part shall not be less than $25,000, and the 
                initial amount may not exceed $80,000.''; and
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
                        following:
            ``(4) Coalitions of like school districts.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) 
                and subject to subparagraph (B), in the case of a local 
                educational agency that is eligible under subsection 
                (d) and is comprised of 3 or more like school 
                districts, the Secretary shall award a grant under 
                subsection (a) to such a local educational agency for a 
                fiscal year in an amount equal to the difference 
                between--
                            ``(i) the initial amount determined under 
                        paragraph (2) for the fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) the quotient that is obtained by 
                        dividing--
                                    ``(I) the total amount received by 
                                the agency under the provisions of law 
                                described in subpart 2 of part A of 
                                title II for the preceding fiscal year; 
                                by
                                    ``(II) the sum of--
                                            ``(aa) the number of 
                                        constituent districts that 
                                        comprise such local educational 
                                        agency; plus
                                            ``(bb) the product of--

                                                    ``(BB) the number 
                                                of constituent school 
                                                districts within such 
                                                local educational 
                                                agency; and

                                                    ``(CC) 4,000.

                    ``(B) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
                (A), no local educational agency shall receive more 
                than $60,000 under this paragraph.''.
                    (D) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (e);
                    (E) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
                following:
    ``(d) Eligibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--A local educational agency shall be 
        eligible for a grant under this section if--
                    ``(A)(i)(I) the total number of students in average 
                daily attendance at all of the schools served by the 
                local educational agency is fewer than 600;
                    ``(II) in the case of a local educational agency 
                described in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), the total 
                number of students in average daily attendance at all 
                schools served by the local educational agency is fewer 
                than the product of--
                            ``(aa) 600; and
                            ``(bb) the number of constituent school 
                        districts within the local educational agency; 
                        or
                    ``(III) each county or locale in which a school 
                served by the local educational agency is located has a 
                total population density of fewer than 10 persons per 
                square mile; and
                    ``(ii) each of the schools served by the local 
                educational agency is designated with a school locale 
                code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the 
                Secretary; or
                    ``(B) the agency meets at least 1 of the criteria 
                established in subparagraph (A)(i) and the Secretary, 
                in accordance with paragraph (2), grants the State 
                educational agency's request to waive the criterion 
                described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
            ``(2) Certification.--The Secretary shall determine whether 
        to waive the criterion described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) based 
        on a demonstration by the local educational agency, and with 
        the concurrence of the State educational agency, that the local 
        educational agency is located in an area defined as rural by a 
        governmental agency of the State.''; and
                    (F) by striking subsection (e), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (D), and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Special Eligibility Rule.--A local educational agency may 
receive grant funding under subpart 1 or subpart 2, but may not receive 
grant funding under both such subparts.'';
            (4) by striking section 6212, as redesignated by paragraph 
        (2), and inserting the following:

``SEC. 6212. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENTS.

    ``Each local educational agency that uses or receives funds under 
this subpart for a fiscal year shall administer assessments that are 
consistent with section 1111(a)(2).'';
            (5) in section 6221--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``under 
                section 6234 for'' and inserting ``to carry out'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``6, 7, or 
                8,'' and inserting ``33, 41, 42, or 43,''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``under section 6234 for'' and 
                        inserting ``to carry out''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Bureau 
                        of Indian Affairs'' and inserting ``Bureau of 
                        Indian Education'';
            (6) in section 6222, by striking subsection (a) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(a) Local Awards.--Grant funds awarded to local educational 
agencies under this subpart shall be used to carry out local-level 
activities consistent with section 6101(b).'';
            (7) in section 6224--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``the Committee on Education and 
                        the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
                        and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
                        and Pensions of the Senate'' and inserting 
                        ``the authorizing committees''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``local educational 
                        agencies and schools'' and inserting the 
                        following:
            ``(2) how local educational agencies and schools'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                        ``Assessment'' and inserting ``Assessments''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``an assessment that is 
                        consistent with section 1111(b)(3)'' and 
                        inserting ``assessments that are consistent 
                        with section 1111(a)(2)''; and
                    (C) by striking subsection (e);
            (8) by striking section 6234;
            (9) by redesignating sections 6231 through 6233 as sections 
        6232 through 6234, respectively;
            (10) by inserting before section 6232, as redesignated by 
        paragraph (9), the following:

``SEC. 6231. CHOICE OF PARTICIPATION.

    ``If a local educational agency is eligible for funding under 
subpart 1 and subpart 2 of this part, such local educational agency may 
choose to participate in either subpart 1 or subpart 2.'';
            (11) in section 6232, as redesignated by paragraph (9)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``6212'' and 
                inserting ``6211''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking ``under section 6212 or 
                        subpart 2'' each place the term appears and 
                        inserting ``under this part''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``under this section'' and 
                        inserting ``under this part''; and
            (12) in section 6233, as redesignated by paragraph (9), by 
        striking ``subpart 1 or subpart 2'' and inserting ``this 
        part''.

SEC. 6103. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Title VI (20 U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended by striking part C.

    TITLE VII--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

                        PART A--INDIAN EDUCATION

SEC. 7101. PURPOSE.

    Section 7102 (20 U.S.C. 7402) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7102. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this part to support the efforts of local 
educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, postsecondary 
institutions, and other entities--
            ``(1) to ensure the academic achievement of American Indian 
        and Alaska Native students by meeting their unique cultural, 
        language, and educational needs, consistent with section 
        1111(a);
            ``(2) to ensure that Indian and Alaska Native students gain 
        knowledge and understanding of Native communities, languages, 
        tribal histories, traditions, and cultures; and
            ``(3) to ensure that principals, teachers, and other staff 
        who serve Indian and Alaska Native students have the ability to 
        provide culturally appropriate and effective instruction to 
        such students.''.

        Subpart 1--Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies

SEC. 7111. FORMULA GRANT PURPOSE.

    Section 7111 (20 U.S.C. 7421) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7111. PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this subpart to support the 
efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations, 
postsecondary institutions, and other entities to improve the academic 
achievement of American Indian and Alaska Native students by meeting 
their unique cultural, language, and educational needs.
    ``(b) Programs.--This subpart carries out the purpose described in 
subsection (a) by authorizing programs of direct assistance for--
            ``(1) meeting the unique educational and culturally related 
        academic needs of Indians and Alaska Natives, including gaining 
        knowledge of Native American languages, history, traditions, 
        and cultures;
            ``(2) the education of Indian children and adults;
            ``(3) the training of Indian persons as educators and 
        counselors, and in other professions serving Indian people; and
            ``(4) research, evaluation, data collection, and technical 
        assistance.''.

SEC. 7112. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, TRIBES, AND INDIAN 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 7112 (20 U.S.C. 7422) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and Indian tribes'' 
        and inserting ``, Indian tribes, and Indian organizations'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``a reservation'' and 
        inserting ``an Indian reservation''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Indian Tribes and Indian Organizations.--
            ``(1) In general.--If a local educational agency that is 
        otherwise eligible for a grant under this subpart does not 
        establish a committee under section 7114(c)(5) for such grant, 
        an Indian tribe, an Indian organization, or a consortium of 
        such entities, that represents more than one-half of the 
        eligible Indian children who are served by such local 
        educational agency may apply for such grant.
            ``(2) Unaffiliated indian tribes.--An Indian tribe that 
        operates a school and is not affiliated with either the local 
        educational agency or the Bureau of Indian Education shall be 
        eligible to apply for a grant under this subpart.
            ``(3) Special rule.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall treat each 
                Indian tribe, Indian organization, or consortium of 
                such entities applying for a grant pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) or (2) as if such tribe, Indian 
                organization, or consortium were a local educational 
                agency for purposes of this subpart .
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
                (A), such Indian tribe, Indian organization, or 
                consortium shall not be subject to the requirements of 
                subsections (b)(7) or (c)(5) of section 7114 or section 
                7118(c) or 7119.
            ``(4) Assurance to serve all indian children.--An Indian 
        tribe, Indian organization, or consortium of such entities that 
        is eligible to apply for a grant under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, in the application required under section 7114, an 
        assurance that the entity will use the grant funds to provide 
        services to all Indian students served by the local educational 
        agency.
    ``(d) Indian Community-Based Organization.--
            ``(1) In general.--If no local educational agency pursuant 
        to subsection (b), and no Indian tribe, Indian organization, or 
        consortium pursuant to subsection (c), applies for a grant 
        under this subpart, an Indian community-based organization 
        serving the community of the local educational agency may apply 
        for such grant.
            ``(2) Applicability of special rule.--The Secretary shall 
        apply the special rule in subsection (c)(3) to a community-
        based organization applying or receiving a grant under 
        paragraph (1) in the same manner as such rule applies to an 
        Indian tribe, Indian organization, or consortium.
            ``(3) Definition of indian community-based organization.--
        In this subsection, the term `Indian community-based 
        organization' means any organization that--
                    ``(A) is composed primarily of Indian parents and 
                community members, tribal government education 
                officials, and tribal members from a specific 
                community;
                    ``(B) assists in the social, cultural, and 
                educational development of Indians in such community;
                    ``(C) meets the unique cultural, language, and 
                academic needs of Indian students; and
                    ``(D) demonstrates organizational capacity to 
                manage the grant.
    ``(e) Consortia.--
            ``(1) In general.--A local educational agency, Indian 
        tribe, or Indian organization that meets the eligibility 
        requirements under this section may form a consortium with 
        other eligible local educational agencies, Indian tribes, or 
        Indian organizations for the purpose of obtaining grants and 
        operating programs under this subpart.
            ``(2) Requirements for local educational agencies in 
        consortia.--In any case where 2 or more local educational 
        agencies that are eligible under subsection (b) form or 
        participate in a consortium to obtain a grant, or operate a 
        program, under this subpart, each local educational agency 
        participating in such a consortium shall--
                    ``(A) provide, in the application submitted under 
                section 7114, an assurance that the eligible Indian 
                children served by such local educational agency will 
                receive the services of the programs funded under this 
                subpart; and
                    ``(B) agree to be subject to all requirements, 
                assurances, and obligations applicable to a local 
                educational agency receiving a grant under this 
                subpart.''.

SEC. 7113. AMOUNT OF GRANTS.

    Section 7113 (20 U.S.C. 7423) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Bureau of Indian 
                        Affairs'' and inserting ``Bureau of Indian 
                        Education''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$10,000''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$4,000'' and 
                inserting ``$15,000'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Bureau 
                of Indian Affairs'' and inserting ``Bureau of Indian 
                Education'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by striking ``the 
                Bureau of Indian Affairs'' and inserting ``the Bureau 
                of Indian Education''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section 
                7114(c)(4)'' and inserting ``section 7114(c)(5)''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``under section 
        7152(a)'' and inserting ``to carry out this subpart''.

SEC. 7114. APPLICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7114 (20 U.S.C. 7424) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``is consistent 
                                with'' and inserting ``supports''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``, tribal,'' 
                                after ``State''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``such goals'' and all that follows through the 
                        semicolon at the end and inserting ``such 
                        goals, to ensure such students meet the same 
                        college and career ready State academic 
                        achievement standards under section 1111(a)(1) 
                        for all children;'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(3) explains how the local educational agency will use 
        the funds made available under this subpart to supplement other 
        Federal, State, and local programs that meet the needs of such 
        students;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) the parents of Indian children, and 
                representatives of Indian tribes, on the committee 
                described in subsection (c)(5) will participate in the 
                planning of the professional development materials;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``subsection (c)(4); and'' and 
                                inserting ``subsection (c)(5);''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(iii) the Indian tribes whose children 
                        are served by the local educational agency; 
                        and''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) describes--
                    ``(A) the formal process the local educational 
                agency used to collaborate with Indian tribes located 
                in the community in the development of the 
                comprehensive programs; and
                    ``(B) the actions taken as a result of the 
                collaboration.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the education 
                of Indian children, and not to supplant such funds'' 
                and inserting ``services and activities consistent with 
                those described in this subpart, and not to supplant 
                such funds'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
                as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) the local educational agency will use funds received 
        under this subpart only for activities described and authorized 
        under this subpart;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``, as measured by 
                                the State academic assessments required 
                                under section 1111(a)(2), high school 
                                graduation rates, and other academic 
                                outcomes as appropriate,'' after 
                                ``effective''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``and'' after the 
                                semicolon; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) determine the extent to which such activities 
                address the unique cultural, language, and educational 
                needs of Indian students;'';
                    (E) in paragraph (4)(C), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by inserting ``representatives of 
                        Indian tribes with reservations located within 
                        50 miles of any of the schools that have Indian 
                        children in any such school,'' after ``Indian 
                        children and teachers''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' after the 
                        semicolon; and
                    (F) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and family members'' 
                        after ``parents'' each place the term appears;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by redesignating clauses (ii) 
                                and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), 
                                respectively; and
                                    (II) by inserting after clause (i) 
                                the following:
                            ``(ii) representatives of Indian tribes 
                        with reservations located within 50 miles of 
                        any of the schools that have children in any 
                        such school;'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by adding ``or 
                        representatives of Indian tribes described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii)'' after ``children'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``and'' after the semicolon; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(iii) determined that the program will 
                        directly enhance the educational experience of 
                        Indian and Alaska Native students;'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
                        and
                            (vi) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) that shall determine the extent to which the 
                activities of the local educational agency will address 
                the unique cultural, language, and education needs of 
                Indian students; and
                    ``(G) that shall determine the extent to which 
                grant funds will directly enhance the educational 
                experiences of American Indian students;''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) the local educational agency will coordinate 
        activities under this title with other Federal programs 
        supporting educational and related services administered by 
        such agency; and
            ``(7) the local educational agency conducted outreach to 
        parents and family members to meet the requirements under 
        subsection (c)(5).''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Outreach.--The Secretary shall monitor the applications for 
grants under this subpart to identify eligible local educational 
agencies and schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Education that 
have not applied for such grants, and shall undertake appropriate 
outreach activities to encourage and assist eligible entities to submit 
applications for such grants.
    ``(e) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall, directly or by 
contract, provide technical assistance to a local educational agency 
upon request (in addition to any technical assistance available under 
other provisions of this Act or available through the Institute of 
Education Sciences) to support the services and activities provided 
under this subpart, including technical assistance for--
            ``(1) the development of applications under this subpart;
            ``(2) improvement in the quality of implementation, 
        content, and evaluation of activities supported under this 
        subpart; and
            ``(3) integration of activities under this subpart with 
        other educational activities carried out by the local 
        educational agency.''.

SEC. 7115. AUTHORIZED SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.

    Section 7115 (20 U.S.C. 7425) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by adjusting the margin of paragraph (1) to 
                align with paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``solely for the 
                services and activities described in such application'' 
                after ``section 7114(a)'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (11) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following:
            ``(1) activities that support Native American language 
        immersion programs and Native American language restoration 
        programs, which may be taught by traditional leaders;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``early childhood'' and 
                inserting ``high-quality early education'';
                    (D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``challenging State 
                academic content and student academic achievement 
                standards'' and inserting ``college and career ready 
                State academic content and student academic achievement 
                standards under section 1111(a)'';
                    (E) by striking paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), and inserting the following:
            ``(5) integrated educational services in combination with 
        other programs to meet the unique needs of Indian children and 
        their families, including programs that promote parental 
        involvement--
                    ``(A) in school activities; and
                    ``(B) to increase student achievement;'';
                    (F) by striking paragraph (7), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), and inserting the following:
            ``(7) activities to educate individuals so as to prevent 
        violence, suicide, and substance abuse;'';
                    (G) by striking paragraphs (10) and (11), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (A), and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(10) activities that incorporate culturally and 
        linguistically relevant curriculum content into classroom 
        instruction that is responsive to the unique learning styles of 
        Indian and Alaska Native children to ensure that such children 
        are better able to meet the student academic achievement 
        standards, consistent with section 1111(a);
            ``(11) family literacy activities;'';
                    (H) in paragraph (12), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``children'' and all that 
                follows through the period and inserting ``children; 
                and''; and
                    (I) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) dropout prevention strategies and strategies--
                    ``(A) to meet the educational needs of at-risk 
                Indian students in correctional facilities; and
                    ``(B) to support Indian students who are 
                transitioning from such facilities to schools served by 
                local educational agencies.'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``section 7114(c)(4)'' and 
                        inserting ``section 7114(c)(5)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
                        semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) the local educational agency identifies in its 
        application how the use of such funds in a schoolwide program 
        will produce benefits to the Indian students that would not be 
        achieved if the funds were not used in a schoolwide program.''; 
        and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Funds provided to a grantee 
under this subpart may not be used for long-distance travel expenses 
for training activities available locally or regionally.''.

SEC. 7116. INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AUTHORIZED.

    Section 7116 (20 U.S.C. 7426) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(9), by striking ``section 
        7114(c)(4)'' and inserting ``section 7114(c)(5)'';
            (2) in subsection (g), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``the No Child Left Behind Act of 
                2001'' and inserting ``the Strengthening America's 
                Schools Act of 2013'';
                    (B) by inserting ``the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services,'' after ``the Secretary of the 
                Interior,''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``and coordination'' after 
                ``providing for the implementation'';
            (3) by striking subsection (o) and inserting the following:
    ``(o) Report on Statutory Obstacles to, and Best Practices for, 
Program Integration.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, 
        the Secretary of Education shall submit a report to the 
        authorizing committees, the Committee on Indian Affairs of the 
        Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives on the results of the implementation of the 
        demonstration projects authorized under this section.
            ``(2) Contents.--Such report shall identify--
                    ``(A) statutory barriers to the ability of 
                participants to integrate more effectively their 
                education and related services to Indian students in a 
                manner consistent with the objectives of this section; 
                and
                    ``(B) the best practices for program integration 
                that result in increased student proficiency, 
                graduation rates, and other relevant academic outcomes 
                for Indian and Alaska Native students.''.

SEC. 7117. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FORMS.

    Section 7117 (20 U.S.C. 7427) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ``or 
                membership'' after ``enrollment''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or 
                membership'' after ``enrollment'';
            (2) by striking subsections (d) and (e) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(d) Documentation and Types of Proof.--
            ``(1) Types of proof.--For purposes of determining whether 
        a child is eligible to be counted for the purpose of computing 
        the amount of a grant award under section 7113, the membership 
        of the child, or any parent or grandparent, of the child, in a 
        tribe or band of Indians (as so defined) may be established by 
        proof other than an enrollment number, notwithstanding the 
        availability of an enrollment number for a member of such tribe 
        or band. Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to 
        require the furnishing of an enrollment number.
            ``(2) No new or duplicate determinations.--Once a child is 
        determined to be an Indian eligible to be counted for such 
        grant award, the local educational agency shall maintain a 
        record of such determination and shall not require a new or 
        duplicate determination to be made for such child for a 
        subsequent application for a grant under this subpart.
            ``(3) Previously filed forms.--An Indian student 
        eligibility form that was on file as required by this section 
        on the day before the date of enactment of the Strengthening 
        America's Schools Act of 2013 and that met the requirements of 
        this section, as this section was in effect on the day before 
        the date of enactment of such Act, shall remain valid for such 
        Indian student.'';
            (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively;
            (4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by 
        striking ``the Bureau of Indian Affairs'' and inserting ``the 
        Bureau of Indian Education''; and
            (5) by inserting after subsection (f), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (3), the following:
    ``(g) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall, directly or 
through contract, provide technical assistance to a local educational 
agency upon request, in addition to any technical assistance available 
under section 1116 or available through the Institute of Education 
Sciences, to support the services and activities described under this 
section, including for the--
            ``(1) development of applications under this section;
            ``(2) improvement in the quality of implementation, content 
        of activities, and evaluation of activities supported under 
        this subpart;
            ``(3) integration of activities under this title with other 
        educational activities established by the local educational 
        agency; and
            ``(4) coordination of activities under this title with 
        programs administered by each Federal agency providing grants 
        for the provision of educational and related services.''.

    Subpart 2--Special Programs and Projects to Improve Educational 
              Opportunities for Indian Children and Youth

SEC. 7121. SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL 
              OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

    Subpart 2 of part A of title VII is amended by inserting ``and 
Youth'' after ``Children'' in the subpart heading.

SEC. 7122. IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN CHILDREN 
              AND YOUTH.

    Section 7121 (20 U.S.C. 7441) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by adding ``and youth'' after 
        ``children'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and youth'' after 
        ``children'' both places the term appears;
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and youth'' after ``children'' 
                each place the term appears; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
                        ``emotional,'' after ``social,'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (G) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(G) high-quality early childhood education 
                programs that are effective in preparing young children 
                to be making sufficient academic growth by the end of 
                grade 3, including kindergarten and prekindergarten 
                programs, family-based preschool programs that 
                emphasize school readiness, screening and referral, and 
                the provision of services to Indian children and youth 
                with disabilities;'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (K), by striking 
                        ``family literacy services'' and inserting 
                        ``family literacy activities'';
                            (iv) in subparagraph (L), by striking 
                        ``qualified tribal elders and seniors; or'' and 
                        inserting ``traditional leaders;'';
                            (v) in subparagraph (M), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (vi) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(N) other services that meet the purpose 
                described in this section.'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Professional 
                development of'' and inserting ``High-quality 
                professional development of'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``make a grant 
                payment for a grant described in this paragraph to an 
                eligible entity after the initial year of the multi-
                year grant only if the Secretary determines'' and 
                inserting ``award grants for an initial period of not 
                more than 3 years and may renew such grants for not 
                more than an additional 2 years if the Secretary 
                determines''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``parents of 
                        Indian children and representatives of Indian 
                        tribes'' and inserting ``family members of 
                        Indian children and youth and official 
                        representatives designated by the Indian 
                        tribes''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii)--
                                    (I) by striking ``information'' and 
                                inserting ``evidence''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``scientifically 
                                based'' and inserting ``evidence-
                                based''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Continuation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, a grantee that is carrying out activities pursuant to a grant 
awarded under this section prior to the date of enactment of the 
Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013 may continue to carry out 
such activities under such grant in accordance with the terms of that 
grant award.''.

SEC. 7123. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS AND EDUCATION 
              PROFESSIONALS.

    Section 7122 (20 U.S.C. 7442) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(1) to increase the number of qualified Indian teachers 
        and administrators serving Indian students;
            ``(2) to provide training to qualified Indian individuals 
        to become educators; and'';
            (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Continuation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section, a grantee that is carrying out activities 
        pursuant to a grant awarded under this section prior to the 
        date of enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 
        2013 may continue to carry out such activities under such grant 
        in accordance with the terms of that award.'';
            (3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Application.--Each eligible entity desiring a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and accompanied by such information, as the Secretary 
may reasonably require. At a minimum, an application under this section 
shall describe how the eligible entity will--
            ``(1) recruit qualified Indian individuals, such as 
        students who may not be of traditional college age, to become 
        teachers or principals;
            ``(2) use funds made available under the grant to support 
        the recruitment, preparation, and professional development of 
        Indian teachers or principals in local educational agencies 
        that serve a high proportion of Indian students; and
            ``(3) assist participants in meeting the requirements under 
        subsection (h).'';
            (4) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
    ``(g) Grant Period.--The Secretary shall award grants under this 
section for an initial period of not more than 3 years, and may renew 
such grants for not more than an additional 2 years if the Secretary 
finds that the grantee is achieving the objectives of the grant.''; and
            (5) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking clause (ii) and 
        inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) in a local educational agency that 
                        serves a high proportion of Indian students; 
                        or''.

                     Subpart 3--National Activities

SEC. 7131. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Subpart 3 of part A of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7451 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 7131--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``under section 7152(b)'' and 
                        inserting ``to carry out this subpart'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the 
                        education'' and inserting ``improving the 
                        academic achievement and development'';
                            (iii) by striking paragraph (2);
                            (iv) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
                        paragraph (2);
                            (v) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
                        clause (iv), by striking ``Indians; and'' and 
                        inserting ``Indian students;''; and
                            (vi) by inserting after paragraph (2), as 
                        redesignated by clause (iv), the following:
            ``(3) provide technical assistance and logistical support 
        to grantees under this subpart; and''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(c) Coordination.--Research activities supported under this 
section--
            ``(1) shall be coordinated with appropriate offices within 
        the Department; and
            ``(2) may include collaborative research activities that 
        are jointly funded and carried out by the Bureau of Indian 
        Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.'';
            (2) by striking sections 7132, 7133, 7134, 7135, and 7136; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 7132. IMPROVEMENT OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR STUDENTS THROUGH 
              NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to improve 
educational opportunities and academic achievement of Indian and Alaska 
Native students through Native American language programs and to foster 
the acquisition of Native American language.
    ``(b) Definition of Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term 
`eligible entity' means a State educational agency, local educational 
agency, Indian tribe, Indian organization, federally supported 
elementary school or secondary school for Indian students, Indian 
institution (including an Indian institution of higher education), or a 
consortium of such entities.
    ``(c) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
eligible entities to enable such entities to carry out the following 
activities:
            ``(1) Native American language programs that--
                    ``(A) provide instruction through the use of a 
                Native American language for not less than 10 children 
                for an average of not less than 500 hours per year per 
                student;
                    ``(B) provide for the involvement of parents, 
                caregivers, and families of students enrolled in the 
                program;
                    ``(C) utilize, and may include the development of, 
                instructional courses and materials for learning Native 
                American languages and for instruction through the use 
                of Native American languages;
                    ``(D) provide support for professional development 
                activities; and
                    ``(E) include a goal of all students achieving--
                            ``(i) fluency in a Native American 
                        language; and
                            ``(ii) academic proficiency in mathematics, 
                        English, reading or language arts, and science.
            ``(2) Native American language restoration programs that--
                    ``(A) provide instruction in not less than 1 Native 
                American language;
                    ``(B) provide support for professional development 
                activities for teachers of Native American languages;
                    ``(C) develop instructional materials for the 
                programs; and
                    ``(D) include the goal of increasing proficiency 
                and fluency in not less than 1 Native American 
                language.
    ``(d) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that desires to 
        receive a grant under this section shall submit an application 
        to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
        by such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Certification.--An eligible entity that submits an 
        application for a grant to carry out the activity specified in 
        subsection (c)(1), shall include in such application a 
        certification that assures that such entity has experience and 
        a demonstrated record of effectiveness in operating and 
        administering a Native American language program or any other 
        educational program in which instruction is conducted in a 
        Native American language.
    ``(e) Grant Duration.--The Secretary shall make grants under this 
section only on a multi-year basis. Each such grant shall be for a 
period not to exceed 5 years.
    ``(f) Definition.--In this section, the term `average' means the 
aggregate number of hours of instruction through the use of a Native 
American language to all students enrolled in a Native American 
language program during a school year divided by the total number of 
students enrolled in the program.
    ``(g) Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
        more than 5 percent of the funds provided to a grantee under 
        this section for any fiscal year may be used for administrative 
        purposes.
            ``(2) Exception.--An elementary school or secondary school 
        for Indian students that receives funds from a recipient of a 
        grant under subsection (c) for any fiscal year may use not more 
        than 10 percent of the funds for administrative purposes.

``SEC. 7133. IMPROVING STATE AND TRIBAL EDUCATION AGENCY COLLABORATION.

    ``The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of 
Indian Education, shall conduct a study of the relationship among State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and other relevant 
State and local agencies, and tribes or tribal representatives to--
            ``(1) identify examples of best practices in collaboration 
        among those entities that result in the provision of better 
        services to Indian students; and
            ``(2) provide recommendations on--
                    ``(A) State educational agency functions that 
                tribal educational agencies could perform;
                    ``(B) areas and agency functions in which greater 
                State educational agency and tribal education agency 
                collaboration is needed; and
                    ``(C) other steps to reducing barriers to serving 
                Indian students, especially such students who are at 
                risk of academic failure.''.

                   Subpart 4--Federal Administration

SEC. 7141. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION.

    Section 7141(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 7471(b)(1)) is amended by inserting 
``and the Secretary of the Interior'' after ``advise the Secretary''.

        Subpart 5--Definitions; Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 7151. DEFINITIONS; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Subpart 5 of part A of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7491 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in the subpart heading, by striking ``; Authorizations 
        of Appropriations'';
            (2) by striking section 7152; and
            (3) in section 7151--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (2); and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Traditional leaders.--The term `traditional leaders' 
        has the meaning given the term in the Native American Languages 
        Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 2902).''.

       PART B--NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION; ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

SEC. 7201. NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION.

    Title VII (20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in part B, by striking the part heading and inserting 
        the following: ``native hawaiian education; alaska native 
        education'';
            (2) by inserting before section 7201 the following:

               ``Subpart 1--Native Hawaiian Education'';

            (3) in section 7201, by striking ``part'' and inserting 
        ``subpart'';
            (4) by redesignating part C as subpart 2 of part B; and
            (5) in subpart 2 of part B, as redesignated by paragraph 
        (4), by striking the heading and inserting ``Alaska Native 
        Education''.

                  Subpart 1--Native Hawaiian Education

SEC. 7202. FINDINGS.

    Section 7202 (20 U.S.C. 7512) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7202. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Native Hawaiians are a distinct and unique indigenous 
        people with a historical continuity to the original inhabitants 
        of the Hawaiian archipelago, whose society was organized as a 
        nation and internationally recognized as a nation by the United 
        States, and many other countries.
            ``(2) Native Hawaiians have a cultural, historic, and land-
        based link to the indigenous people who exercised sovereignty 
        over the Hawaiian Islands.
            ``(3) The political relationship between the United States 
        and the Native Hawaiian people has been recognized and 
        reaffirmed by the United States, as evidenced by the inclusion 
        of Native Hawaiians in many Federal statutes.
            ``(4) In 1993, 2005, and 2009, the Kamehameha Schools 
        Bishop Estate released the findings of the Native Hawaiian 
        Educational Assessment Project, which found that despite the 
        successes of the programs established under title IV of the 
        Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary 
        School Improvement Amendments of 1988, many of the same 
        educational needs still existed for Native Hawaiians.
            ``(5) The percentage of Native Hawaiian students served by 
        the State of Hawaii Department of Education rose 30 percent 
        from 1980 to 2008, and there are and will continue to be 
        geographically rural, isolated areas with a high Native 
        Hawaiian population density.
            ``(6) The Native Hawaiian people are determined to 
        preserve, develop, and transmit to future generations their 
        ancestral territory and their cultural identity in accordance 
        with their own spiritual and traditional beliefs, customs, 
        practices, language, and social institutions.
            ``(7) The State of Hawaii, in the constitution and statutes 
        of the State of Hawaii--
                    ``(A) reaffirms and protects the unique right of 
                the Native Hawaiian people to practice and perpetuate 
                their culture and religious customs, beliefs, 
                practices, and language;
                    ``(B) recognizes the traditional language of the 
                Native Hawaiian people as an official language of the 
                State of Hawaii, which may be used as the language of 
                instruction for all subjects and grades in the public 
                school system; and
                    ``(C) promotes the study of the Hawaiian culture, 
                language, and history by providing a Hawaiian education 
                program and using community expertise as a suitable and 
                essential means to further the program.''.

SEC. 7203. PURPOSES.

    Section 7203 (20 U.S.C. 7513) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7203. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this subpart are to--
            ``(1) develop, implement, assess, expand, and evaluate 
        innovative educational programs, Native Hawaiian language 
        medium programs, Native Hawaiian culture-based education 
        programs, and other education programs to improve the academic 
        achievement of Native Hawaiian students by meeting their unique 
        cultural and language needs to help such students meet college 
        and career ready State academic content and student academic 
        achievement standards adopted under section 1111(a)(1);
            ``(2) provide guidance to appropriate Federal, State, and 
        local agencies to more effectively and efficiently focus 
        resources, including resources made available under this 
        subpart, on the development and implementation of--
                    ``(A) innovative educational programs for Native 
                Hawaiian students;
                    ``(B) rigorous and substantive Native Hawaiian 
                language programs; and
                    ``(C) Native Hawaiian culture-based educational 
                programs; and
            ``(3) create a system by which information from programs 
        funded under this subpart will be collected, analyzed, 
        evaluated, reported, and used in decision making activities 
        with respect to the types of grants awarded under this 
        subpart.''.

SEC. 7204. NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION COUNCIL.

    Section 7204 (20 U.S.C. 7514) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7204. NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION COUNCIL.

    ``(a) Grant Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to better effectuate the 
        purposes of this subpart through the coordination of 
        educational and related services and programs available to 
        Native Hawaiian students, including those programs receiving 
        funding under this subpart, the Secretary shall award a grant 
        to an education council, as described in subsection (b).
            ``(2) Duration of grant.--A grant under this section shall 
        be for a period of 5 years.
            ``(3) Funding.--For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        use the amount described in section 7205(h)(1) to make a 
        payment under the grant. Funds made available through the grant 
        shall remain available until expended.
    ``(b) Composition.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive the grant 
        under subsection (a), the council shall be an education council 
        (referred to in this section as the `Education Council') that 
        meets the requirements of this subsection.
            ``(2) In general.--The Education Council shall consist of 
        15 members, of whom--
                    ``(A) 1 shall be the President of the University of 
                Hawaii (or a designee);
                    ``(B) 1 shall be the Governor of the State of 
                Hawaii (or a designee);
                    ``(C) 1 shall be the Superintendent of the State of 
                Hawaii Department of Education (or a designee);
                    ``(D) 1 shall be the chairperson of the Office of 
                Hawaiian Affairs (or a designee);
                    ``(E) 1 shall be the executive director of Hawaii's 
                Charter School Network (or a designee);
                    ``(F) 1 shall be the chief executive officer of the 
                Kamehameha Schools (or a designee);
                    ``(G) 1 shall be the chairperson of the Queen 
                Liliuokalani Trust (or a designee);
                    ``(H) 1 shall be a member, selected by the other 
                members of the Education Council, who represents a 
                private grant making entity (or a designee);
                    ``(I) 1 shall be the mayor of the County of Hawaii 
                (or a designee);
                    ``(J) 1 shall be the Mayor of Maui County (or a 
                designee from the Island of Maui);
                    ``(K) 1 shall be the Mayor of the County of Kauai 
                (or a designee);
                    ``(L) 1 shall be appointed by the Mayor of Maui 
                County from the Island of either Molokai or Lanai;
                    ``(M) 1 shall be the Mayor of the City and County 
                of Honolulu (or a designee);
                    ``(N) 1 shall be the Chairperson of the Hawaiian 
                Homes Commission (or a designee); and
                    ``(O) 1 shall be the Chairperson of the Hawaii 
                Workforce Development Council (or a designee 
                representing the private sector).
            ``(3) Requirements.--Any designee serving on the Council 
        shall demonstrate, as determined by the individual who 
        appointed such designee with input from the Native Hawaiian 
        community, not less than 5 years of experience as a consumer or 
        provider of Native Hawaiian education or cultural activities, 
        with traditional cultural experience given due consideration.
            ``(4) Limitation.--A member of the Education Council, 
        including a designee, may not receive, as an individual, grant 
        funds awarded under this subpart while serving on the Education 
        Council.
            ``(5) No compensation.--None of the funds made available 
        through the grant may be used to provide compensation to any 
        member of the Education Council or member of a working group 
        established by the Education Council, for functions described 
        in this section.
            ``(6) Administrative provisions relating to education 
        council.--The Education Council shall meet at the call of the 
        Chair of the Council, or upon request by a majority of the 
        members of the Education Council, but in any event not less 
        often than every 120 days.
            ``(7) Chair, vice chair.--
                    ``(A) Selection.--The Education Council shall 
                select a Chair and Vice Chair from among the members of 
                the Education Council.
                    ``(B) Service.--The Chair and Vice Chair selected 
                under subparagraph (A) shall each serve for one 2-year 
                term.
    ``(c) Use of Funds for Technical Assistance and Assessment.--The 
Education Council shall use funds made available through the grant 
under this section to carry out, directly or through subgrant or 
contract, the following activities:
            ``(1) Providing technical assistance to Native Hawaiian 
        organizations that are grantees or potential grantees under 
        this subpart.
            ``(2) Obtaining from such grantees information and data 
        regarding grants awarded under this subpart, including 
        information and data about--
                    ``(A) the effectiveness of such grantees in meeting 
                the educational priorities recommended by the Education 
                Council under subsection (e)(1)(B), using metrics 
                consistent with such priorities; and
                    ``(B) the effectiveness of such grantees in 
                carrying out any of the activities described in section 
                7205(c) that are related to the specific goals and 
                purposes of each grantee's grant project, using metrics 
                consistent with such goals and purposes.
            ``(3) Assessing and defining the educational needs of 
        Native Hawaiians.
            ``(4) Assessing the programs and services available to 
        address the educational needs of Native Hawaiians.
            ``(5) Assessing and evaluating the individual and aggregate 
        impact achieved by grantees under this subpart in improving 
        Native Hawaiian educational performance and meeting the goals 
        of this subpart.
            ``(6) Providing direction and guidance, through the 
        issuance of reports and recommendations, to appropriate 
        Federal, State, and local agencies in order to focus and 
        improve the use of resources, including resources made 
        available under this subpart, relating to Native Hawaiian 
        student education, and serve, where appropriate, in an advisory 
        capacity.
            ``(7) Hiring an executive director to enable the Commission 
        to carry out the activities described in this subsection.
    ``(d) Use of Funds for Community Consultations.--The Education 
Council shall use funds made available through the grant under this 
section to hold not less than 1 community consultation each year on 
each of the Islands of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, and Kauai, 
at which--
            ``(1) not less than 3 members of the Education Council 
        shall be in attendance;
            ``(2) the Education Council shall gather community input 
        regarding--
                    ``(A) entities that are, at the time of the 
                community consultation, receiving a grant under this 
                subpart;
                    ``(B) priorities and needs; and
                    ``(C) other Native Hawaiian educational issues; and
            ``(3) the Education Council shall report to the community 
        on the outcomes of the grants awarded under this subpart.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) Annual education council report.--The Education 
        Council shall use funds made available through the grant under 
        this section to prepare and submit to the Secretary, before the 
        end of each calendar year, annual reports that contain--
                    ``(A) a description of the activities of the 
                Education Council during the preceding calendar year;
                    ``(B) recommendations of the Education Council, if 
                any, regarding priorities to be established under 
                section 7205(b);
                    ``(C) significant barriers to achieving the goals 
                under this subpart;
                    ``(D) a summary of each community consultation 
                session, as described in subsection (d); and
                    ``(E) recommendations to establish funding 
                priorities based on an assessment of--
                            ``(i) the educational needs of Native 
                        Hawaiians;
                            ``(ii) programs and services currently 
                        available to address such needs, including the 
                        effectiveness of such programs in improving 
                        educational performance of Native Hawaiians; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) priorities for funding in specific 
                        geographic communities.
            ``(2) Report by the secretary.--Not later than 2 years 
        after the date of enactment of the Strengthening America's 
        Schools Act of 2013, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to 
        the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the 
        authorizing committees a report that--
                    ``(A) summarizes the annual reports of the 
                Education Council;
                    ``(B) describes the allocation and use of funds 
                under this subpart and the information gathered since 
                the first annual report submitted by the Education 
                Council to the Secretary under this section; and
                    ``(C) contains recommendations for changes in 
                Federal, State, and local policy to advance the 
                purposes of this subpart.''.

SEC. 7205. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    Section 7205 (20 U.S.C. 7515) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7205. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) Grants and Contracts.--In order to carry out programs that 
meet the purposes of this subpart, the Secretary is authorized to award 
grants to, or enter into contracts with--
            ``(1) Native Hawaiian educational organizations;
            ``(2) Native Hawaiian community-based organizations;
            ``(3) public and private nonprofit organizations, agencies, 
        and institutions with experience in successfully developing or 
        operating Native Hawaiian education and workforce development 
        programs or programs of instruction in the Native Hawaiian 
        language;
            ``(4) charter schools; and
            ``(5) consortia of the organizations, agencies, 
        institutions, and schools described in paragraphs (1) through 
        (4).
    ``(b) Priority.--In awarding grants and entering into contracts 
under this subpart, the Secretary shall give priority to--
            ``(1) programs that meet the educational priorities 
        recommended by the Education Council under section 
        7204(e)(1)(B);
            ``(2) programs designed to improve the academic achievement 
        of Native Hawaiian students by meeting their unique cultural 
        and linguistic needs in order to help such students meet 
        college and career ready academic standards adopted under 
        section 1111(a)(1); and
            ``(3) programs in which a State educational agency, local 
        educational agency, institution of higher education, or a State 
        educational agency or local educational agency in partnership 
        with an institution of higher education apply for a grant or 
        contract under this subpart as part of a partnership or 
        consortium.
    ``(c) Authorized Activities.--Activities provided through programs 
carried out under this subpart may include--
            ``(1) the development and maintenance of a statewide Native 
        Hawaiian early childhood education system to provide a 
        continuum of high-quality services for Native Hawaiian children 
        from the prenatal period through the age of kindergarten entry;
            ``(2) the operation of family-based education centers that 
        provide such services as--
                    ``(A) programs for Native Hawaiian parents and 
                their infants from the prenatal period of infancy 
                through age 3;
                    ``(B) preschool programs for Native Hawaiian 
                children; and
                    ``(C) research on, and development and assessment 
                of, family-based early childhood education programs for 
                Native Hawaiians;
            ``(3) activities that enhance beginning reading and 
        literacy in either the Hawaiian or the English language among 
        Native Hawaiian students in kindergarten through grade 3 and 
        assistance in addressing the distinct features of combined 
        English and Hawaiian literacy for Hawaiian speakers in grades 5 
        and 6;
            ``(4) activities to meet the special needs of Native 
        Hawaiian students with disabilities, including--
                    ``(A) the identification of such students and their 
                needs;
                    ``(B) the provision of support services to the 
                families of those students; and
                    ``(C) other activities consistent with the 
                requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities 
                Education Act;
            ``(5) activities that address the special needs of Native 
        Hawaiian students who are gifted and talented, including--
                    ``(A) educational, psychological, social, 
                emotional, and developmental activities designed to 
                assist in the educational progress of such students; 
                and
                    ``(B) activities that involve the parents of such 
                students in a manner designed to assist in the 
                students' educational progress;
            ``(6) the development of academic and career and technical 
        curricula to address the needs of Native Hawaiian children, 
        youth, and adults, including curricula materials in the 
        Hawaiian language and mathematics, science, engineering, and 
        technology curricula that incorporate Native Hawaiian tradition 
        and culture;
            ``(7) professional development activities for educators, 
        including--
                    ``(A) the development of programs to prepare 
                prospective teachers to address the unique needs of 
                Native Hawaiian students within the context of Native 
                Hawaiian culture, language, and traditions;
                    ``(B) in-service programs to improve the ability of 
                teachers who teach in schools with concentrations of 
                Native Hawaiian students to meet those students' unique 
                needs; and
                    ``(C) the recruitment and preparation of Native 
                Hawaiian individuals, and other individuals who live in 
                communities with a high concentration of Native 
                Hawaiians, to become teachers or leaders;
            ``(8) the operation of community-based learning centers 
        that address the needs of Native Hawaiian families and 
        communities through the coordination of public and private 
        programs and services, including--
                    ``(A) early childhood education programs, including 
                preschool programs;
                    ``(B) before- and after-school programs and weekend 
                academies;
                    ``(C) career and technical and adult education 
                programs; and
                    ``(D) programs that recognize and support the 
                unique cultural and educational needs of Native 
                Hawaiian children and youth and incorporate 
                appropriately qualified Native Hawaiian elders and 
                seniors;
            ``(9) activities, including program co-location, to enable 
        Native Hawaiian individuals to enter and complete programs of 
        postsecondary education, including--
                    ``(A) the provision of full or partial scholarships 
                for undergraduate or graduate study that are awarded to 
                students based on their academic promise and financial 
                need, with a priority, at the graduate level, given to 
                Native Hawaiian students entering professions in which 
                Native Hawaiians are underrepresented;
                    ``(B) family literacy activities;
                    ``(C) counseling and support services for students 
                receiving scholarship assistance;
                    ``(D) counseling and guidance for Native Hawaiian 
                secondary school students who have the potential to 
                receive scholarships;
                    ``(E) assistance with completing the higher 
                education admissions and financial aid application 
                process; and
                    ``(F) faculty development activities designed to 
                promote the matriculation of Native Hawaiian students;
            ``(10) activities that recognize and support the unique 
        needs of Native Hawaiian youth regarding the completion of 
        quality workforce preparation and training programs and 
        activities, including apprenticeship programs;
            ``(11) research and data collection activities to determine 
        the educational status and needs of Native Hawaiian children 
        and youth;
            ``(12) other research and evaluation activities related to 
        programs carried out under this subpart; and
            ``(13) other activities, consistent with the purposes of 
        this subpart, to meet the educational needs of Native Hawaiian 
        children and youth.
    ``(d) Additional Activities.--From funds made available to carry 
out this subpart, the Secretary shall support the following:
            ``(1) The development of a body of Native Hawaiian law.
            ``(2) The repair and renovation of public schools that 
        serve high concentrations of Native Hawaiian students.
            ``(3) Informal education programs that present traditional 
        Hawaiian knowledge, science, astronomy, and the environment 
        through State museums or learning centers.
            ``(4) Public charter schools serving high concentrations of 
        Native Hawaiian students.
            ``(5) The perpetuation of, and expansion of access to, 
        Hawaiian culture and history through digital archives.
    ``(e) Special Rule and Conditions.--
            ``(1) Institutions outside hawaii.--The Secretary may not 
        establish a policy under this section that prevents a Native 
        Hawaiian student enrolled at a 2- or 4-year degree-granting 
        institution of higher education outside of the State of Hawaii 
        from receiving a scholarship pursuant to subsection (c)(9)(A).
            ``(2) Scholarship conditions.--The Secretary shall 
        establish conditions for receipt of a scholarship awarded under 
        subsection (c)(9)(A). The conditions shall require that an 
        individual seeking such a scholarship enter into a contract to 
        provide professional services, either during the scholarship 
        period or upon completion of a program of postsecondary 
        education, to the Native Hawaiian community.
    ``(f) Treatment of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        funds made available under this subpart shall be used to 
        supplement, and not supplant, any State or local funds used to 
        achieve the purposes of this subpart.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
        nonprofit entity or Native Hawaiian community-based 
        organization that receives a grant or other funds under this 
        subpart.
    ``(g) Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
        more than 5 percent of funds provided to a recipient of a grant 
        or contract under subsection (a) for any fiscal year may be 
        used for administrative purposes.
            ``(2) Exception.--Not more than 10 percent of funds 
        provided under subsection (a) for any fiscal year to a 
        nonprofit entity serving the Native Hawaiian community may be 
        used for administrative purposes.
    ``(h) Reservation; Availability of Funds.--
            ``(1) Reservation.--From the funds made available to carry 
        out this subpart, the Secretary shall reserve, for each of 
        fiscal years 2012 through 2017, not less than $500,000 for the 
        Education Council.
            ``(2) Availability.--Funds made available to carry out this 
        subpart and funds reserved under this subsection shall remain 
        available until expended.''.

SEC. 7206. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    Section 7206 (20 U.S.C. 7516) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7206. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Application Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--No grant may be made under this subpart, 
        and no contract may be entered into under this subpart, unless 
        the entity seeking the grant or contract submits an application 
        to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
        such information as the Secretary may determine to be necessary 
        to carry out the provisions of this subpart.
            ``(2) Academic projects.--Applications submitted under this 
        subpart to carry out projects and activities that are academic 
        in nature shall describe--
                    ``(A) the criteria that will be used to ensure that 
                such projects and activities use evidence-based 
                strategies and methods; and
                    ``(B) the process through which the applicant will 
                monitor and report such activities, including the 
                achievement of identified objectives.
    ``(b) Applications to Education Council.--The Secretary shall 
provide to the Education Council a copy of each grant or contract 
application submitted under this subpart.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each entity that receives a grant under 
        this subpart (except for section 7204) shall submit to the 
        Secretary an annual report, in such form and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require, that determines the 
        extent to which activities carried out with funds provided 
        under this subpart are effective in improving the educational 
        achievement of Native Hawaiian students served by such funds.
            ``(2) Content.--As a part of the information reported under 
        paragraph (1), each entity that receives a grant under this 
        subpart shall provide data, using information from the most 
        recent year for which data are available, on--
                    ``(A) the academic achievement of the Native 
                Hawaiian students the entity serves, as measured by the 
                State assessments required under section 1111(a)(2) and 
                the high school graduation rates and institution of 
                higher education attendance rates of those students; 
                and
                    ``(B) such other measures as the Secretary may 
                prescribe.''.

SEC. 7207. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 7207 (20 U.S.C. 7517) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``part'' and inserting ``subpart'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as 
        paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (2), the following:
            ``(1) Community consultation.--The term `community 
        consultation' means a public gathering--
                    ``(A) to discuss Native Hawaiian education 
                concerns; and
                    ``(B) about which the public has been given not 
                less than 30 days notice.''.

                   Subpart 2--Alaska Native Education

SEC. 7301. ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION.

    Subpart 2 of part B of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.), as 
amended by section 7201, is further amended by striking sections 7301 
through 7306 and inserting the following:

``SEC. 7301. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This subpart may be cited as the `Alaska Native Educational 
Equity, Support, and Assistance Act'.

``SEC. 7302. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) The attainment of educational success is critical to 
        the betterment of the conditions, long-term well-being, and 
        preservation of the culture and languages of Alaska Natives.
            ``(2) It is the policy of the Federal Government to 
        encourage the maximum participation by Alaska Natives in the 
        planning and the management of Alaska Native education programs 
        and to support efforts developed by and undertaken within the 
        Alaska Native community to improve educational opportunity for 
        all students.
            ``(3) Alaska Native children enter and exit school with 
        serious educational handicaps.
            ``(4) The educational achievement of Alaska Native children 
        is far below national norms. Alaska Native performance on 
        standardized tests is low, Alaska Native student dropout rates 
        are high, Natives are significantly underrepresented among 
        holders of baccalaureate degrees in the State of Alaska, and 
        Alaska Natives are more likely than other Alaskans to be 
        without access to employment. As a result, Alaska Native 
        students are being denied their opportunity to become full 
        participants in society and an entire generation is being 
        condemned to an underclass status and a life of limited 
        choices.
            ``(5) The programs and activities authorized under this 
        subpart are essential if educational handicaps are to be 
        overcome.
            ``(6) The sheer magnitude of the geographic and other 
        barriers to be overcome in delivering educational services in 
        rural Alaska and Alaska villages should be addressed through 
        the development and implementation of innovative, model 
        programs in a variety of areas.
            ``(7) Alaska Native children should be afforded the 
        opportunity to begin their formal education on a par with their 
        non-Native peers. The Federal Government should lend support to 
        efforts developed by and undertaken within the Alaska Native 
        community to improve educational opportunity for all students.
            ``(8) In 1983, pursuant to Public Law 98-63 (97 Stat. 326), 
        Alaska ceased to receive educational funding from the Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs.

``SEC. 7303. PURPOSES.

    ``The purposes of this subpart are as follows:
            ``(1) To address the critical need to meet the unique 
        educational needs of Alaska Natives.
            ``(2) To authorize the development and expansion of 
        effective supplemental educational programs to benefit Alaska 
        Natives.
            ``(3) To supplement existing programs and authorities in 
        the area of education to further the purposes of this subpart.
            ``(4) To provide direction and guidance to appropriate 
        Federal, State, and local agencies to focus resources, 
        including resources made available under this subpart, on 
        meeting the educational needs of Alaska Natives.
            ``(5) To ensure the maximum participation by Alaska Natives 
        in the planning and management of programs designed to serve 
        Alaska Natives.

``SEC. 7304. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) General Authority.--
            ``(1) Grants and contracts.--The Secretary is authorized to 
        make grants to, or enter into contracts with, the following 
        entities in order to enable such entities to carry out programs 
        that meet the purposes of this subpart:
                    ``(A) Alaska Native organizations.
                    ``(B) Educational entities with experience in 
                developing or operating Alaska Native programs or 
                programs of instruction conducted in Alaska Native 
                languages.
                    ``(C) Cultural and community-based organizations 
                with experience in developing or operating programs to 
                benefit the educational needs of Alaska Natives.
                    ``(D) Consortia of organizations and entities 
                described in this paragraph.
            ``(2) Permissible activities.--Activities provided through 
        programs carried out under this subpart may include the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The development and implementation of plans, 
                methods, and strategies to improve the education of 
                Alaska Natives.
                    ``(B) The development of curricula and programs 
                that address the educational needs of Alaska Native 
                students, including the following:
                            ``(i) Curricula materials that reflect the 
                        cultural diversity, languages, history, or the 
                        contributions of Alaska Natives.
                            ``(ii) Instructional programs that make use 
                        of Alaska Native languages and cultures.
                            ``(iii) Networks that develop, test, and 
                        disseminate best practices and introduce 
                        successful programs, materials, and techniques 
                        to meet the educational needs of Alaska Native 
                        students in urban and rural schools.
                    ``(C) Training and professional development 
                activities for educators, including the following:
                            ``(i) Pre-service and in-service training 
                        and professional development programs to 
                        prepare teachers to develop appreciation for 
                        and understanding of Alaska Native cultures, 
                        values, and ways of knowing and learning in 
                        order to effectively address the cultural 
                        diversity and unique needs of Alaska Native 
                        students.
                            ``(ii) The recruitment and preparation of 
                        teachers who are Alaska Native.
                            ``(iii) Programs that will lead to the 
                        certification and licensing of Alaska Native 
                        teachers, principals, and superintendents.
                    ``(D) The development and operation of home 
                instruction programs for Alaska Native preschool 
                children, to ensure the active involvement of parents 
                in their children's education from the earliest ages.
                    ``(E) Family literacy activities.
                    ``(F) The development and operation of student 
                enrichment programs, including such programs in 
                science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
                that--
                            ``(i) are designed to prepare Alaska Native 
                        students to excel in such subjects;
                            ``(ii) provide appropriate support services 
                        to the families of such students that are 
                        needed to enable such students to benefit from 
                        the programs; and
                            ``(iii) include activities that recognize 
                        and support the unique cultural and educational 
                        needs of Alaska Native children, and 
                        incorporate appropriately qualified Alaska 
                        Native elders and other tradition bearers.
                    ``(G) Research and data collection activities to 
                determine the educational status and needs of Alaska 
                Native children and adults.
                    ``(H) Other research and evaluation activities 
                related to programs carried out under this subpart.
                    ``(I) Remedial and enrichment programs to assist 
                Alaska Native students to be college or career ready 
                upon graduation from high school.
                    ``(J) Parenting education for parents and 
                caregivers of Alaska Native children to improve 
                parenting and caregiving skills (including skills 
                relating to discipline and cognitive development), 
                including parenting education provided through in-home 
                visitation of new mothers.
                    ``(K) Culturally based education programs designed 
                and provided by an entity with demonstrated experience 
                in--
                            ``(i) providing programs of study, both on 
                        site and in local schools, to share the rich 
                        and diverse cultures of Alaska Native peoples 
                        among youth, elders, teachers, and the larger 
                        community;
                            ``(ii) instructing Alaska Native youth in 
                        leadership, communication, Native culture, 
                        arts, and languages;
                            ``(iii) increasing the high school 
                        graduation rate of the Alaska Native students 
                        who are served;
                            ``(iv) providing instruction in Alaska 
                        Native history and ways of living to students 
                        and teachers in the local school district;
                            ``(v) providing intergenerational learning 
                        and internship opportunities to Alaska Native 
                        youth and young adults; and
                            ``(vi) providing cultural immersion 
                        activities aimed at Alaska Native cultural 
                        preservation.
                    ``(L) A statewide on-site exchange program, for 
                both students and teachers, involving schools and 
                culture camps that demonstrates effectiveness in 
                facilitating cultural relationships between urban and 
                rural Alaskans to build mutual respect and 
                understanding, and foster a statewide sense of common 
                identity through host family, school, and community 
                cross-cultural immersion. Such a program should be 
                competitively awarded.
                    ``(M) Activities carried out through Head Start 
                programs carried out under the Head Start Act, 
                including the training of teachers for such programs.
                    ``(N) Other early childhood education programs.
                    ``(O) Education programs for at-risk urban Alaska 
                Native students in kindergarten through grade 12 that 
                are operated by tribes or tribal organizations that 
                have demonstrated experience in increasing graduation 
                rates among such students and that--
                            ``(i) include a culturally informed 
                        curriculum intended to preserve and promote 
                        Alaska Native culture;
                            ``(ii) partner effectively with the local 
                        educational agency by providing a school-
                        within-a school program model;
                            ``(iii) provide high-quality academic 
                        instruction, small classroom sizes, and social-
                        emotional support for students from elementary 
                        school through high school;
                            ``(iv) work with parents to increase 
                        parental involvement in their students' 
                        education;
                            ``(v) have a proven track record of 
                        improving academic proficiency and increasing 
                        graduation rates;
                            ``(vi) provide college preparation and 
                        career planning; and
                            ``(vii) incorporate a strong data 
                        collection and continuous evaluation component 
                        at all levels of the program.
                    ``(P) A statewide program that has demonstrated 
                effectiveness in providing technical assistance and 
                support to schools and communities in order to engage 
                adults in promoting the academic progress and overall 
                well-being of young people through strengths-based 
                approaches to child and youth development, positive 
                youth-adult relationships, improved conditions for 
                learning (such as school climate and student connection 
                to school and community), and increased connections 
                between schools and families.
                    ``(Q) Career preparation activities to enable 
                Alaska Native children and adults to prepare for 
                meaningful employment, including programs providing 
                career and technical preparation, mentoring, training, 
                and apprenticeship activities.
                    ``(R) The provision of operational support and the 
                purchase of equipment to develop regional career and 
                technical schools in rural areas of Alaska, including 
                boarding schools, for Alaska Native students in grades 
                9 through 12, or at higher levels of education, to 
                provide the students with necessary resources to 
                prepare for skilled employment opportunities.
                    ``(S) Other activities, consistent with the 
                purposes of this subpart, to meet the educational needs 
                of Alaska Native children and adults.
                    ``(T) Regional leadership academies that 
                demonstrate effectiveness in building respect and 
                understanding and fostering a sense of Alaska Native 
                identity to promote Alaska Native students pursuit of, 
                and success in, completing higher education or career 
                training.
            ``(3) Home instruction programs.--Home instruction programs 
        for Alaska Native preschool children carried out under 
        paragraph (2)(D) may include the following:
                    ``(A) Programs for parents and their infants, from 
                the prenatal period of the infant through age 3.
                    ``(B) Preschool programs.
                    ``(C) Training, education, and support for parents 
                in such areas as reading readiness, observation, story 
                telling, and critical thinking.
    ``(b) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--Not more than 5 percent 
of funds provided to a grantee under this section for any fiscal year 
may be used for administrative purposes.
    ``(c) Priorities.--In awarding grants or contracts to carry out 
activities described in this subpart, the Secretary shall give priority 
to applications from Alaska Native regional nonprofit organizations, 
Alaska Native organizations, or consortia that include not less than 1 
Alaska Native regional nonprofit organization.

``SEC. 7305. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Application Required.--No grant may be made under this 
subpart, and no contract may be entered into under this subpart, unless 
the entity seeking the grant or contract submits an application to the 
Secretary in such form, in such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may determine necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this subpart.
    ``(b) Applications.--A State educational agency or local 
educational agency may apply for an award under this subpart only as 
part of a consortium involving an Alaska Native organization. The 
consortium may include other eligible applicants.
    ``(c) Consultation Required.--Each applicant for an award under 
this subpart shall provide for ongoing advice from and consultation 
with representatives of the Alaska Native community.
    ``(d) Local Educational Agency Coordination.--Each entity that 
applies for an award under this subpart shall inform each local 
educational agency that serves students who would participate in the 
program that such entity plans to carry out under the grant or contract 
about the application described in subsection (a).

``SEC. 7306. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subpart:
            ``(1) Alaska native.--The term `Alaska Native' has the same 
        meaning as the term `Native' has in section 3(b) of the Alaska 
        Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
            ``(2) Alaska native organization.--The term `Alaska Native 
        organization' means a federally recognized tribe, a consortium 
        of tribes, a regional nonprofit Alaska Native association, or 
        another organization, that--
                    ``(A) has or commits to acquire expertise in the 
                education of Alaska Natives; and
                    ``(B) has Alaska Natives in substantive and 
                policymaking positions within the tribe, consortium, 
                association, or organization.''.

                         TITLE VIII--IMPACT AID

SEC. 8001. PURPOSE.

    Section 8001 (20 U.S.C. 7701) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ``challenging State standards'' and 
inserting ``college and career ready State academic content and student 
academic achievement standards under section 1111(a)(1)''.

SEC. 8002. PAYMENTS RELATING TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 8002 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``8014(a)'' and 
        inserting ``3(aa)(1)'';
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by aligning the margins of paragraphs (2) and 
                (3) with the margins of paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5);
            (3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
    ``(g) Former Districts.--
            ``(1) Consolidations.--For fiscal year 2006 and all 
        succeeding fiscal years, if a local educational agency 
        described in paragraph (2) is formed at any time after 1938 by 
        the consolidation of 2 or more former school districts, the 
        local educational agency may elect to have the Secretary 
        determine its eligibility and any amount for which the local 
        educational agency is eligible under this section for any 
        fiscal year on the basis of 1 or more of those former 
        districts, as designated by the local educational agency.
            ``(2) Eligible local educational agencies.--A local 
        educational agency referred to in paragraph (1) is--
                    ``(A) any local educational agency that, for fiscal 
                year 1994 or any preceding fiscal year, applied, and 
                was determined to be eligible under section 2(c) of the 
                Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st 
                Congress) as the section was in effect for that fiscal 
                year; or
                    ``(B) a local educational agency formed by the 
                consolidation of 2 or more districts, at least 1 of 
                which was eligible for assistance under this section 
                for the fiscal year preceding the year of 
                consolidation, if--
                            ``(i) for fiscal years 2006 through 2013, 
                        the local educational agency had notified the 
                        Secretary of the designation not later than 30 
                        days after the date of enactment of the 
                        Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) for fiscal year 2014, and any 
                        subsequent fiscal year, the local educational 
                        agency includes the designation in its 
                        application under section 8005 or any timely 
                        amendment to such application.
            ``(3) Availability of funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law limiting the period during which the Secretary 
        may obligate funds appropriated for any fiscal year after 2005, 
        the Secretary may obligate funds remaining after final payments 
        have been made from any of such fiscal years to carry out this 
        subsection.'';
            (4) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``8014(a)'' and inserting ``3(aa)(1)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``8014(a)'' 
                and inserting ``3(aa)(1)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
                        ``8014(a)'' and inserting ``3(aa)(1)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``8014(a) of this title'' and inserting 
                        ``3(aa)(1)'';
            (5) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (i) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--The calculation of the foundation 
        payment under subsection (h)(1)(B) for a local educational 
        agency described in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be 
        equal to 90 percent of the payment received in fiscal year 
        2005, for fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.'';
            (6) by striking subsections (k) and (m);
            (7) by redesignating subsections (l) and (n) as subsections 
        (j) and (k), respectively;
            (8) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (7)), 
        in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``(h)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``(h)(3)''; and
            (9) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(l) Records.--The Secretary may base a determination of 
eligibility under subsection (a)(1) on original records (including 
facsimiles or other reproductions of those records) documenting the 
assessed value of real property, prepared by a legally authorized 
official as of the time of the Federal acquisition, or other records 
that the Secretary determines to be appropriate and reliable, including 
Federal agency records or local historical records.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding section 5(d), this section, 
and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect with respect 
to applications submitted under section 8002 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 8003. PAYMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE FEDERALLY CONNECTED CHILDREN.

    Section 8003 (20 U.S.C. 7703) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by inserting after ``of such agency'' 
                the following: ``(including those children enrolled in 
                a State that has a State open enrollment policy but not 
                including children enrolled in a distance learning 
                program who are not residing within the geographic 
                boundaries of the agency)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after 
                ``1984,'' the following: ``or under lease of off-base 
                property under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
                10, United States Code (10 U.S.C. 2871 et seq.), to be 
                children described in paragraph (1)(B) if the property 
                described is within the fenced security perimeter of 
                the military facility or is attached to, and under any 
                type of force protection agreement with, the military 
                installation where such housing is situated,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in each of paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A)(i), by 
                striking ``8014(b)'' and inserting ``3(aa)(2)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                                striking ``continuing'';
                                    (II) by striking clauses (i) and 
                                (ii) and inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--A heavily impacted local 
                        educational agency is eligible to receive a 
                        basic support payment under subparagraph (A) 
                        with respect to a number of children determined 
                        under subsection (a)(1) if the agency--
                                    ``(I) is a local educational agency 
                                whose boundaries are the same as a 
                                Federal military installation, or whose 
                                boundaries are the same as island 
                                property designated by the Secretary of 
                                the Interior to be property that is 
                                held in trust by the Federal 
                                Government, and that has no taxing 
                                authority;
                                    ``(II) is a local educational 
                                agency that--
                                            ``(aa) has an enrollment of 
                                        children described in 
                                        subsection (a)(1) that 
                                        constitutes a percentage of the 
                                        total student enrollment of the 
                                        agency that is not less than 45 
                                        percent;
                                            ``(bb) has a per-pupil 
                                        expenditure that is less than--

                                                    ``(AA) for an 
                                                agency that has a total 
                                                student enrollment of 
                                                500 or more students, 
                                                125 percent of the 
                                                average per-pupil 
                                                expenditure of the 
                                                State in which the 
                                                agency is located; or

                                                    ``(BB) for an 
                                                agency that has a total 
                                                student enrollment of 
                                                less than 500 students, 
                                                150 percent of the 
                                                average per-pupil 
                                                expenditure of the 
                                                State in which the 
                                                agency is located, or 
                                                the average per-pupil 
                                                expenditure of 3 or 
                                                more comparable local 
                                                educational agencies in 
                                                the State in which the 
                                                agency is located; and

                                            ``(cc) is an agency that--

                                                    ``(AA) has a tax 
                                                rate for general fund 
                                                purposes that is not 
                                                less than 95 percent of 
                                                the average tax rate 
                                                for general fund 
                                                purposes of comparable 
                                                local educational 
                                                agencies in the State; 
                                                or

                                                    ``(BB) was eligible 
                                                to receive a payment 
                                                under this subsection 
                                                for fiscal year 2012 
                                                and is located in a 
                                                State that by State law 
                                                has eliminated ad 
                                                valorem tax as a 
                                                revenue source for 
                                                local educational 
                                                agencies;

                                    ``(III) is a local educational 
                                agency that has an enrollment of 
                                children described in subsection (a)(1) 
                                that constitutes a percentage of the 
                                total student enrollment of the agency 
                                which is not less than 30 percent, and 
                                has a tax rate for general fund 
                                purposes which is not less than 125 
                                percent of the average tax rate for 
                                general fund purposes for comparable 
                                local educational agencies in the 
                                State; or
                                    ``(IV) is a local educational 
                                agency that has a total student 
                                enrollment of not less than 25,000 
                                students, of which not less than 50 
                                percent are children described in 
                                subsection (a)(1) and not less than 
                                5,500 of such children are children 
                                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
                                of subsection (a)(1).
                            ``(ii) Loss of eligibility.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--A heavily 
                                impacted local educational agency that 
                                met the requirements of clause (i) for 
                                a fiscal year shall be ineligible to 
                                receive a basic support payment under 
                                subparagraph (A) if the agency fails to 
                                meet the requirements of such clause 
                                for the subsequent fiscal year, except 
                                that such agency shall continue to 
                                receive a basic support payment under 
                                this paragraph for the fiscal year for 
                                which the ineligibility determination 
                                is made.
                                    ``(II) Exception.--Notwithstanding 
                                subclause (I) and clause (i), a local 
                                educational agency that obtains 
                                eligibility for a basic support payment 
                                under subparagraph (A) by meeting the 
                                requirements of clause (i)(II) for a 
                                fiscal year and, for the subsequent 
                                fiscal year, meets all of the 
                                requirements of such clause except for 
                                the requirement of item (cc) of such 
                                clause, shall be eligible to receive a 
                                basic support payment under 
                                subparagraph (A). If, for the next 
                                subsequent fiscal year, such local 
                                educational agency again fails to meet 
                                the requirement of such item (cc), the 
                                local educational agency shall be 
                                ineligible to receive a basic support 
                                payment under subparagraph (A), except 
                                that such agency shall continue to 
                                receive a basic support payment under 
                                this paragraph for the fiscal year for 
                                which the ineligibility determination 
                                is made.''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                            ``(iv) Special rule.--Notwithstanding 
                        clause (i)(II)(aa), a local educational agency 
                        shall be considered eligible to receive a basic 
                        support payment under subparagraph (A) with 
                        respect to the number of children determined 
                        under subsection (a)(1) for a fiscal year if 
                        the agency--
                                    ``(I) has an enrollment of children 
                                described in subsection (a)(1), 
                                including, for purposes of determining 
                                eligibility, those children described 
                                in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of such 
                                subsection, that constitutes a 
                                percentage of the total student 
                                enrollment of the agency that is not 
                                less than 35 percent;
                                    ``(II) was eligible to receive 
                                assistance under this paragraph for 
                                fiscal year 2001; and
                                    ``(III) meets the requirements of 
                                items (bb) and (cc) of clause (i)(II) 
                                for the fiscal year for which the 
                                determination is being made.
                            ``(v) Application.--With respect to the 
                        first fiscal year for which a heavily impacted 
                        local educational agency described in clause 
                        (i) applies for a basic support payment under 
                        subparagraph (A), or with respect to the first 
                        fiscal year for which a heavily impacted local 
                        educational agency applies for a basic support 
                        payment under subparagraph (A) after becoming 
                        ineligible under clause (i) for 1 or more 
                        preceding fiscal years, the agency shall apply 
                        for such payment at least 1 year prior to the 
                        start of that first fiscal year.'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) 
                        and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Maximum amount for heavily impacted local 
                educational agencies.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided for 
                        in subparagraph (D), the maximum amount that a 
                        heavily impacted local educational agency is 
                        eligible to receive under this paragraph for 
                        any fiscal year is the sum of the total 
                        weighted student units, as computed under 
                        subsection (a)(2) and subject to clause (ii), 
                        multiplied by the greater of--
                                    ``(I) four-fifths of the average 
                                per-pupil expenditure of the State in 
                                which the local educational agency is 
                                located for the third fiscal year 
                                preceding the fiscal year for which the 
                                determination is made; or
                                    ``(II) four-fifths of the average 
                                per-pupil expenditure of all of the 
                                States for the third fiscal year 
                                preceding the fiscal year for which the 
                                determination is made.
                            ``(ii) Special rules.--
                                    ``(I) Calculations for local 
                                educational agencies with large numbers 
                                of certain eligible children.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--In the 
                                        case of a local educational 
                                        agency with respect to which 35 
                                        percent or more of the total 
                                        student enrollment of the 
                                        schools of the agency are 
                                        children described in 
                                        subparagraph (D) or (E) of 
                                        subsection (a)(1), and that has 
                                        an enrollment of children 
                                        described in subparagraph (A), 
                                        (B), or (C) of such subsection 
                                        equal to at least 10 percent of 
                                        the agency's total enrollment, 
                                        the Secretary shall calculate 
                                        the weighted student units of 
                                        the children described in 
                                        subparagraph (D) or (E) of such 
                                        subsection by multiplying the 
                                        number of such children by a 
                                        factor of 0.55.
                                            ``(bb) Exception.--
                                        Notwithstanding subclause (I), 
                                        any local educational agency 
                                        that received a payment under 
                                        this clause for fiscal year 
                                        2006, shall not be required to 
                                        have an enrollment of children 
                                        described in subparagraph (A), 
                                        (B), or (C) of subsection 
                                        (a)(1) equal to at least 10 
                                        percent of the agency's total 
                                        enrollment for purposes of 
                                        subclause (I).
                                    ``(II) Calculations for local 
                                educational agencies with small numbers 
                                of eligible children.--For a local 
                                educational agency that has an 
                                enrollment of 100 or fewer children 
                                described in subsection (a)(1), the 
                                Secretary shall calculate the total 
                                number of weighted student units for 
                                purposes of subsection (a)(2) by 
                                multiplying the number of such children 
                                by a factor of 1.75.
                                    ``(III) Calculations for certain 
                                other local educational agencies.--For 
                                a local educational agency that does 
                                not qualify under paragraph 
                                (2)(B)(i)(I) and has an enrollment of 
                                more than 100 but not more than 1,000 
                                children described in subsection 
                                (a)(1), the Secretary shall calculate 
                                the total number of weighted student 
                                units for purposes of subsection (a)(2) 
                                by multiplying the number of such 
                                children by a factor of 1.25.
                    ``(D) Maximum amount for large heavily impacted 
                local educational agencies.--
                            ``(i) Applicable formula.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Subject to 
                                clause (ii), the maximum amount that a 
                                heavily impacted local educational 
                                agency described in subclause (II) is 
                                eligible to receive under this 
                                paragraph for any fiscal year shall be 
                                determined in accordance with the 
                                formula described in paragraph (1)(C).
                                    ``(II) Large heavily impacted local 
                                educational agencies.--A heavily 
                                impacted local educational agency 
                                described in this subclause is a local 
                                educational agency that has a total 
                                student enrollment of not less than 
                                25,000 students, of which not less than 
                                50 percent are children described in 
                                subsection (a)(1) and not less than 
                                5,500 of such children are children 
                                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
                                of subsection (a)(1).
                            ``(ii) Factor.--For purposes of calculating 
                        the maximum amount described in clause (i), the 
                        factor used in determining the weighted student 
                        units under subsection (a)(2) with respect to 
                        children described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
                        of subsection (a)(1) shall be 1.35.'';
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (E);
                            (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
                        through (H) as subparagraph (E) through (G), 
                        respectively;
                            (v) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by 
                        clause (iv))--
                                    (I) by striking clause (ii);
                                    (II) by striking ``; and'' at the 
                                end of clause (i) and inserting a 
                                period; and
                                    (III) by striking ``the Secretary'' 
                                and all that follows through ``shall 
                                use'' and inserting ``the Secretary 
                                shall use'';
                            (vi) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated 
                        by clause (iv)), in the matter preceding clause 
                        (i), by striking ``(C)(i)(II)(bb)'' and 
                        inserting ``(B)(i)(II)(bb)'';
                            (vii) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated 
                        by clause (iv))--
                                    (I) in clause (i)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``(B), 
                                        (C), (D), or (E),'', and 
                                        inserting ``(B), (C), or 
                                        (D),'';
                                            (bb) by striking ``by 
                                        reason of'' and inserting ``due 
                                        to'';
                                            (cc) by inserting after 
                                        ``clause (iii)'' the following: 
                                        ``or as the direct result of 
                                        base realignment and closure or 
                                        modularization as determined by 
                                        the Secretary of Defense, force 
                                        structure change, or force 
                                        relocation,''; and
                                            (dd) by inserting before 
                                        the period at the end the 
                                        following: ``or during such 
                                        time as activities associated 
                                        with base realignment and 
                                        closure, modularization, force 
                                        structure change, or force 
                                        relocation are ongoing''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``(D) or (E)'' in both places such term 
                                appears and inserting ``(C) or (D)''; 
                                and
                            (viii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Special rule.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) deem each local educational agency 
                        that received a fiscal year 2009 basic support 
                        payment for heavily impacted local educational 
                        agencies under this paragraph as eligible to 
                        receive a basic support payment for heavily 
                        impacted local educational agencies under this 
                        paragraph for each of fiscal years 2011, 2012, 
                        2013, and 2014; and
                            ``(ii) make a payment to such local 
                        educational agency under such section for each 
                        of fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
                    ``(I) Continued eligibility for a heavily impacted 
                local educational agency entering into an 
                intergovernmental cooperative agreement with a state 
                educational agency.--For any fiscal year, a heavily 
                impacted local educational agency that received a basic 
                support payment under this paragraph for the fiscal 
                year prior to the fiscal year for which such local 
                educational agency entered into an intergovernmental 
                cooperative agreement with a State educational agency 
                shall remain eligible to receive a basic support 
                payment under this paragraph for the duration of the 
                intergovernmental cooperative agreement, but in no case 
                for more than 5 years.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``8014(b)'' and inserting ``3(aa)(2)'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by redesignating clause (iv) as 
                                clause (v); and
                                    (II) by inserting after clause 
                                (iii) the following:
                            ``(iv) In the case of a local educational 
                        agency that is providing a program of distance 
                        learning to children not residing within the 
                        geographic boundaries of the agency, the 
                        Secretary shall disregard such children from 
                        such agency's total enrollment when calculating 
                        the percentage under clause (i)(I) and shall 
                        disregard any funds received for such children 
                        when calculating the total current expenditures 
                        attributed to the operation of such agency when 
                        calculating the percentage under clause 
                        (i)(II).'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``subparagraph (D) or (E) of paragraph (2), as 
                        the case may be'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                        (2)(D)''; and
                            (iv) by striking subparagraph (D) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Ratable distribution.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For each fiscal year 
                        described in subparagraph (A) for which the 
                        sums appropriated under section 3(aa)(2) exceed 
                        the amount required to pay each local 
                        educational agency 100 percent of the local 
                        educational agency's threshold payment under 
                        subparagraph (B) or (C), the Secretary shall 
                        distribute such excess sums to each eligible 
                        local educational agency that has not received 
                        the agency's maximum payment amount computed 
                        under paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) 
                        by multiplying--
                                    ``(I) a percentage, the denominator 
                                of which is the difference between the 
                                maximum payment amount computed under 
                                paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may 
                                be) for all local educational agencies 
                                and the amount of the threshold payment 
                                (as calculated under subparagraphs (B) 
                                and (C)) of all local educational 
                                agencies, and the numerator of which is 
                                the aggregate amount of funds 
                                appropriated under section 3(aa)(2) 
                                that exceeds the amount of such 
                                threshold payments for all local 
                                educational agencies; by
                                    ``(II) the difference between the 
                                maximum payment amount computed under 
                                paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may 
                                be) for the agency and the amount of 
                                the threshold payment as calculated 
                                under subparagraphs (B) and (C) for the 
                                agency.
                            ``(ii) Insufficient payments.--For each 
                        fiscal year described in subparagraph (A) for 
                        which the sums appropriated under section 
                        3(aa)(2) are insufficient to pay each local 
                        educational agency all of the local educational 
                        agency's threshold payment described in clause 
                        (i), the Secretary shall ratably reduce the 
                        payment to each local educational agency under 
                        this paragraph.
                            ``(iii) Increases.--If the sums 
                        appropriated under section 3(aa)(2) are 
                        sufficient to increase the threshold payment 
                        above the 100 percent threshold payment 
                        described in clause (i), then the Secretary 
                        shall increase payments on the same basis as 
                        such payments were reduced, except no local 
                        educational agency may receive a payment amount 
                        greater than 100 percent of the maximum payment 
                        calculated under this subsection.'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Exception.--Calculation of payments for a local 
        educational agency shall be based on data from the fiscal year 
        for which the agency is making an application for payment if 
        such agency--
                    ``(A) is newly established by a State, for the 
                first year of operation of such agency only;
                    ``(B) was eligible to receive a payment under this 
                section for the previous fiscal year and has had an 
                overall increase in enrollment (as determined by the 
                Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of 
                Defense, the Secretary of Interior, or the heads of 
                other Federal agencies)--
                            ``(i) of not less than 10 percent, or 100 
                        students, of children described in--
                                    ``(I) subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 
                                or (D) of subsection (a)(1); or
                                    ``(II) subparagraph (F) or (G) of 
                                subsection (a)(1), but only to the 
                                extent such children are civilian 
                                dependents of employees of the 
                                Department of Defense or the Department 
                                of the Interior; and
                            ``(ii) that is the direct result of closure 
                        or realignment of military installations under 
                        the base closure process or the relocation of 
                        members of the Armed Forces and civilian 
                        employees of the Department of Defense as part 
                        of force structure changes or movements of 
                        units or personnel between military 
                        installations or because of actions initiated 
                        by the Secretary of Interior or the head of 
                        another Federal agency; or
                    ``(C) was eligible to receive a payment under this 
                section for the previous fiscal year and has had an 
                overall increase in enrollment (as determined by the 
                Secretary)--
                            ``(i) of not less than 10 percent of 
                        children described in subsection (a)(1), or not 
                        less than 100 of such children; and
                            ``(ii) that is the direct result of the 
                        closure of a local educational agency that 
                        received a payment under paragraph (1) or (2) 
                        of subsection (b) in the previous fiscal 
                        year.'';
            (4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``8014(c)'' and 
        inserting ``3(aa)(3)'';
            (5) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the total 
        amount the Secretary shall pay a local educational agency under 
        subsection (b)--
                    ``(A) for fiscal year 2014, shall not be less than 
                90 percent of the total amount that the local 
                educational agency received under paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) of subsection (b) for fiscal year 2013;
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 2015, shall not be less than 
                85 percent of the total amount that the local 
                educational agency received under paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) of subsection (b) for fiscal year 2013; and
                    ``(C) for fiscal year 2016, shall not be less than 
                80 percent of the total amount that the local 
                educational agency received under paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) of subsection (b) for fiscal year 2013.''; and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (2); and
            (6) by striking subsection (g).

SEC. 8004. CONSTRUCTION.

    Section 8007 (20 U.S.C. 7707) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``8014(e)'' each place the term appears and 
        inserting ``3(aa)(4)''; and
            (2) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) The agency is eligible under section 
                8003(b)(2) or is receiving a basic support payment 
                under circumstances described in section 
                8003(b)(2)(B)(ii).''.

SEC. 8005. FACILITIES.

    Section 8008(a) (20 U.S.C. 7708(a)) is amended by striking 
``8014(f)'' and inserting ``3(aa)(5)''.

SEC. 8006. FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 8010 (20 U.S.C. 7710) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking ``under section 
        8003(b)'' and all that follows through the period at the end 
        and inserting ``under this title.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``section 8014'' and 
        inserting ``section 3(aa)''.

SEC. 8007. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 8013 (20 U.S.C. 7713) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and Marine Corps'' and 
        inserting ``Marine Corps, and Coast Guard''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(A)(iii)(II), by striking ``Stewart B. 
        McKinney Homeless Assistance Act'' and inserting ``McKinney-
        Vento Homeless Assistance Act''.

SEC. 8008. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Title VIII (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by striking section 
8014.

SEC. 8009. ELIGIBILITY FOR IMPACT AID PAYMENT.

    (a) Local Educational Agencies.--Notwithstanding section 8013(9) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)), 
North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, North Shore District 
112, and Township High School District 113 in Lake County, Illinois, 
and Glenview Public School District 34 and Glenbrook High School 
District 225 in Cook County, Illinois, shall be considered local 
educational agencies as such term is used in, and for purposes of, 
title VIII of such Act.
    (b) Computation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
federally connected children (as determined under section 8003(a) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a))) 
who are in attendance in the North Shore District 112, Township High 
School District 113, Glenview Public School District 34, and Glenbrook 
High School District 225 described in subsection (a), shall be 
considered to be in attendance in the North Chicago Community Unit 
School District 187 described in subsection (a) for purposes of 
computing the amount that the North Chicago Community Unit School 
District 187 is eligible to receive under subsection (b) or (d) of 
section 8003 of such Act if--
            (1) such school districts have entered into an agreement 
        for such students to be so considered and for the equitable 
        apportionment among all such school districts of any amount 
        received by the North Chicago Community Unit School District 
        187 under such section; and
            (2) any amount apportioned among all such school districts 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) is used by such school districts only 
        for the direct provision of educational services.

SEC. 8010. REPEAL OF SUNSET UNDER THE NDAA AMENDMENTS TO IMPACT AID.

    Section 563(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``, Implementation, and 
        Repeal'' and inserting ``and Implementation'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``for a 2-year period''; 
        and
            (3) by striking paragraph (4).

                      TITLE IX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 9101. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 9101 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended to read 
as follows:

``SEC. 9101. DEFINITIONS.

    ``Except as otherwise provided, in this Act:
            ``(1) Adjusted cohort; entering cohort; transferred into; 
        transferred out.--
                    ``(A) Adjusted cohort.--Subject to clauses (ii) and 
                (iii) of subparagraph (D) and subparagraphs (E) through 
                (G), the term `adjusted cohort' means the difference 
                of--
                            ``(i) the sum of--
                                    ``(I) the entering cohort; plus
                                    ``(II) any students that 
                                transferred into the cohort in any of 
                                grades 9 through 12; minus
                            ``(ii) any students that are removed from 
                        the cohort as described in subparagraph (E).
                    ``(B) Entering cohort.--The term `entering cohort', 
                when used with respect to a secondary school, means the 
                number of first-time students in grade 9 enrolled in 
                the secondary school 1 month after the start of the 
                secondary school's academic year.
                    ``(C) Transferred into.--The term `transferred 
                into', when used with respect to a secondary school 
                student, means a student who--
                            ``(i) was a first-time student in grade 9 
                        during the same school year as the entering 
                        cohort; and
                            ``(ii) enrolls after the entering cohort is 
                        calculated as described in subparagraph (B).
                    ``(D) Transferred out.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The term `transferred 
                        out' when used with respect to a secondary 
                        school student, means a student who the 
                        secondary school or local educational agency 
                        has confirmed has transferred--
                                    ``(I) to another school from which 
                                the student is expected to receive a 
                                regular secondary school diploma; or
                                    ``(II) to another educational 
                                program from which the student is 
                                expected to receive a regular secondary 
                                school diploma.
                            ``(ii) Confirmation requirements.--
                                    ``(I) Documentation required.--The 
                                confirmation of a student's transfer to 
                                another school or educational program 
                                described in clause (i) requires 
                                documentation from the receiving school 
                                or program that the student enrolled in 
                                the receiving school or program.
                                    ``(II) Lack of confirmation.--A 
                                student who was enrolled, but for whom 
                                there is no confirmation of the student 
                                having transferred out, shall remain in 
                                the cohort as a nongraduate for 
                                reporting and accountability purposes 
                                under this Act.
                            ``(iii) Programs not providing credit.--A 
                        student enrolled in a GED or other alternative 
                        educational program that does not issue or 
                        provide credit toward the issuance of a regular 
                        secondary school diploma shall not be 
                        considered transferred out and shall remain in 
                        the adjusted cohort.
                    ``(E) Cohort removal.--To remove a student from a 
                cohort, a school or local educational agency shall 
                require documentation to confirm that the student has 
                transferred out, emigrated to another country, or is 
                deceased.
                    ``(F) Treatment of other departures and 
                withdrawals.--A student who was retained in a grade, 
                enrolled in a GED program or other program that 
                provides a recognized equivalent of a secondary school 
                diploma, aged out of a secondary school or secondary 
                school program, or left secondary school for any other 
                reason, including expulsion, shall not be considered 
                transferred out, and shall remain in the adjusted 
                cohort.
                    ``(G) Special rule.--For secondary schools that 
                start after grade 9, the entering cohort shall be 
                calculated 1 month after the start of the secondary 
                school's academic year in the earliest secondary school 
                grade at the secondary school.
            ``(2) Advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
        course.--The term `Advanced Placement or International 
        Baccalaureate course' means--
                    ``(A) a course of postsecondary-level instruction 
                provided to middle school or secondary school students, 
                terminating in an Advanced Placement or International 
                Baccalaureate examination; or
                    ``(B) another highly rigorous, evidence-based, 
                postsecondary preparatory program terminating in--
                            ``(i) an examination or courses that are 
                        widely accepted for credit at institutions of 
                        higher education; or
                            ``(ii) another examination or courses 
                        approved by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Advanced placement or international baccalaureate 
        examination.--The term `Advanced Placement or International 
        Baccalaureate examination' means an Advanced Placement 
        examination administered by the College Board, an International 
        Baccalaureate examination administered by the International 
        Baccalaureate Organization, or another such examination 
        approved by the Secretary.
            ``(4) Authorizing committees.--The term `authorizing 
        committees' means the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
            ``(5) Average daily attendance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided otherwise by 
                State law or this paragraph, the term `average daily 
                attendance' means--
                            ``(i) the aggregate number of days of 
                        attendance of all students during a school 
                        year; divided by
                            ``(ii) the number of days school is in 
                        session during that year.
                    ``(B) Conversion.--The Secretary shall permit the 
                conversion of average daily membership (or other 
                similar data) to average daily attendance for local 
                educational agencies in States that provide State aid 
                to local educational agencies on the basis of average 
                daily membership (or other similar data).
                    ``(C) Special rule.--If the local educational 
                agency in which a child resides makes a tuition or 
                other payment for the free public education of the 
                child in a school served by another local educational 
                agency, the Secretary shall, for the purpose of this 
                Act--
                            ``(i) consider the child to be in 
                        attendance at a school of the agency making the 
                        payment; and
                            ``(ii) not consider the child to be in 
                        attendance at a school of the agency receiving 
                        the payment.
            ``(6) Average per-pupil expenditure.--The term `average 
        per-pupil expenditure' means, in the case of a State or of the 
        United States--
                    ``(A) without regard to the source of funds--
                            ``(i) the aggregate current expenditures, 
                        during the most recent fiscal year for which 
                        satisfactory data are available, of all local 
                        educational agencies in the State or, in the 
                        case of the United States, for all States 
                        (which, for the purpose of this paragraph, 
                        means the 50 States and the District of 
                        Columbia); plus
                            ``(ii) any direct current expenditures by 
                        the State for the operation of those agencies; 
                        divided by
                    ``(B) the aggregate number of children in average 
                daily attendance to whom those agencies provided free 
                public education during that year.
            ``(7) Charter management organization.--The term `charter 
        management organization' means a nonprofit organization that 
        operates, manages, or oversees multiple charter schools by 
        centralizing or sharing certain functions and resources among 
        such schools.
            ``(8) Child.--The term `child' means any person within the 
        age limits for which the State provides free public education.
            ``(9) Child with a disability.--The term `child with a 
        disability' has the same meaning given that term in section 602 
        of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
            ``(10) Conditions for learning.--The term `conditions for 
        learning' means conditions that advance student achievement and 
        positive child and youth development by supporting schools 
        that--
                    ``(A) promote physical, mental, and emotional 
                health;
                    ``(B) ensure the safety of students and staff;
                    ``(C) promote social, emotional, and character 
                development; and
                    ``(D) have the following attributes:
                            ``(i) Provide opportunities for physical 
                        activity and good nutrition.
                            ``(ii) Are free of violence, harassment, 
                        and weapons.
                            ``(iii) Prevent use and abuse of drugs and 
                        controlled substances.
                            ``(iv) Help staff and students to model 
                        positive social and emotional skills.
                            ``(v) Employ adults who have high 
                        expectations for student conduct, character, 
                        and academic achievement.
                            ``(vi) Engage parents and family members in 
                        meaningful and sustained ways to promote 
                        positive student academic achievement and 
                        developmental outcomes.
            ``(11) Consolidated local application.--The term 
        `consolidated local application' means an application submitted 
        by a local educational agency pursuant to section 9305.
            ``(12) Consolidated local plan.--The term `consolidated 
        local plan' means a plan submitted by a local educational 
        agency pursuant to section 9305.
            ``(13) Consolidated state application.--The term 
        `consolidated State application' means an application submitted 
        by a State educational agency pursuant to section 9302.
            ``(14) Consolidated state plan.--The term `consolidated 
        State plan' means a plan submitted by a State educational 
        agency pursuant to section 9302.
            ``(15) Core academic subjects.--The term `core academic 
        subjects' means English, reading or language arts, mathematics, 
        science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, 
        arts, history, and geography.
            ``(16) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means 
        each of the programs authorized by--
                    ``(A) part A of title I;
                    ``(B) part C of title I;
                    ``(C) part D of title I;
                    ``(D) part A of title II;
                    ``(E) part A of title III;
                    ``(F) part B of title IV; and
                    ``(G) subpart 2 of part B of title VI.
            ``(17) Current expenditures.--The term `current 
        expenditures' means expenditures for free public education--
                    ``(A) including expenditures for administration, 
                instruction, attendance and health services, pupil 
                transportation services, operation and maintenance of 
                plant, fixed charges, and net expenditures to cover 
                deficits for food services and student body activities; 
                but
                    ``(B) not including expenditures for community 
                services, capital outlay, and debt service, or any 
                expenditures made from funds received under title I.
            ``(18) Department.--The term `Department' means the 
        Department of Education.
            ``(19) Developmental delay.--The term `developmental delay' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 632 of the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1432).
            ``(20) Distance learning.--The term `distance learning' 
        means the transmission of educational or instructional 
        programming to geographically dispersed individuals and groups 
        via telecommunications.
            ``(21) Early childhood education program.--The term `early 
        childhood education program' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1003).
            ``(22) Educational service agency.--The term `educational 
        service agency' means a regional public multiservice agency 
        authorized by State statute to develop, manage, and provide 
        services or programs to local educational agencies.
            ``(23) Elementary school.--The term `elementary school' 
        means a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, 
        including a public elementary charter school, that provides 
        elementary education, as determined under State law.
            ``(24) English learner.--The term `English learner' means 
        an individual--
                    ``(A) who is aged 3 through 21;
                    ``(B) who is enrolled or preparing to enroll in an 
                elementary school or secondary school;
                    ``(C)(i) who was not born in the United States or 
                whose native language is a language other than English;
                    ``(ii)(I) who is a Native American or Alaska 
                Native, or a native resident of the outlying areas; and
                    ``(II) who comes from an environment where a 
                language other than English has had a significant 
                impact on the individual's level of English language 
                proficiency; or
                    ``(iii) who is migratory, whose native language is 
                a language other than English, and who comes from an 
                environment where a language other than English is 
                dominant; and
                    ``(D) whose difficulties in speaking, reading, 
                writing, or understanding the English language may be 
                sufficient to deny the individual--
                            ``(i) the ability to meet or exceed the 
                        State student academic achievement standards 
                        under section 1111(a)(1) in a subject for the 
                        individual's grade level, as determined based 
                        on the State academic assessments described in 
                        section 1111(a)(2);
                            ``(ii) the ability to successfully achieve 
                        in classrooms where the language of instruction 
                        is English; or
                            ``(iii) the opportunity to participate 
                        fully in society.
            ``(25) Evidence-based.--The term `evidence-based', when 
        used with respect to a program, practice, or policy, means--
                    ``(A) based on a comprehensive, unbiased review and 
                weighing of 1 or more evaluation studies that--
                            ``(i) have been carried out consistent with 
                        the principles of scientific research;
                            ``(ii) have strong internal and external 
                        validity; and
                            ``(iii) support the direct attribution of 1 
                        or more outcomes to the program, practice, or 
                        policy; or
                    ``(B) in the absence of any study described in 
                subparagraph (A), based on a comprehensive, unbiased 
                review and weighing of data analysis, research, or 1 or 
                more evaluation studies of relevant programs, 
                practices, or policies, that--
                            ``(i) were carried out consistent with the 
                        principles of scientifically based research; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) are accompanied by strategies to 
                        generate more robust evidence over time through 
                        research, evaluation, and data analysis, 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) the measurement of 
                                performance with reliable process and 
                                outcome indicators; and
                                    ``(II) the implementation of 
                                evaluations with strong internal and 
                                external validity where feasible and 
                                appropriate.
            ``(26) Expanded learning time.--The term `expanded learning 
        time' means using a longer school day, week, or year schedule 
        to significantly increase the total number of school hours, in 
        order to include additional time for--
                    ``(A) instruction in core academic subjects;
                    ``(B) instruction in other subjects and enrichment 
                and other activities that contribute to a well-rounded 
                education, including music and the arts, physical 
                education, and experiential and work-based learning; 
                and
                    ``(C) instructional and support staff to 
                collaborate, plan, and engage in professional 
                development, including on family and community 
                engagement, within and across grades and subjects.
            ``(27) Family literacy activities.--The term `family 
        literacy activities' means activities that--
                    ``(A) are of sufficient intensity in terms of 
                hours, and of sufficient duration, to make sustainable 
                improvements in the literacy rates of a family;
                    ``(B) better enable parents to support their 
                children's learning needs; and
                    ``(C) integrate all of the following activities:
                            ``(i) Parent adult education and literacy 
                        activities that lead to readiness for 
                        postsecondary education or training, career 
                        advancement, and economic self-sufficiency.
                            ``(ii) Interactive literacy activities 
                        between parents and their children.
                            ``(iii) Training for parents regarding how 
                        to be the primary teacher for their children 
                        and full partners in the education of their 
                        children.
                            ``(iv) Age-appropriate education to prepare 
                        children for success in school and life 
                        experiences.
            ``(28) Family member.--The term `family member' means a 
        parent, relative, or other adult who is responsible for the 
        care and well-being of a child.
            ``(29) Former english learner.--The term `former English 
        learner' means a student who is proficient in English, as 
        determined by the State assessment of English language 
        proficiency under section 1111(a)(2)(D), but previously was an 
        English learner, as defined in this section.
            ``(30) Free public education.--The term `free public 
        education' means education that is provided--
                    ``(A) at public expense, under public supervision 
                and direction, and without tuition charge; and
                    ``(B) as elementary or secondary education, as 
                determined under State law, except that, 
                notwithstanding State law, such term--
                            ``(i) includes preschool education; and
                            ``(ii) does not include any education 
                        provided beyond grade 12.
            ``(31) Gifted and talented.--The term `gifted and 
        talented', when used with respect to students, children, or 
        youth, means students, children, or youth who give evidence of 
        high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, 
        creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific 
        academic fields, and who need services or activities not 
        ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop 
        those capabilities.
            ``(32) Graduation rates.--The term `graduation rates' 
        shall, at a minimum, include both of the following:
                    ``(A) A 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate for 
                a school year, defined as the percent obtained by 
                calculating the product of--
                            ``(i) the result of--
                                    ``(I) the number of students who--
                                            ``(aa) formed the adjusted 
                                        cohort 4 years earlier; and
                                            ``(bb) graduate in 4 years 
                                        or less with a regular 
                                        secondary school diploma; 
                                        divided by
                                    ``(II) the number of students who 
                                formed the adjusted cohort for that 
                                year's graduating class 4 years 
                                earlier; multiplied by
                            ``(ii) 100.
                    ``(B) A cumulative graduation rate for a school 
                year, defined as the percent obtained by calculating 
                the product of--
                            ``(i) the result of--
                                    ``(I) the sum of--
                                            ``(aa) the number of 
                                        students who--

                                                    ``(AA) form the 
                                                adjusted cohort for 
                                                that year's graduating 
                                                class; and

                                                    ``(BB) graduate in 
                                                4 years or less with a 
                                                regular secondary 
                                                school diploma; plus

                                            ``(bb) the number of 
                                        additional students from 
                                        previous cohorts who graduate 
                                        with a regular secondary school 
                                        diploma by the end of the 
                                        school year in--

                                                    ``(AA) more than 4 
                                                years but not more than 
                                                6 years; or

                                                    ``(BB) before 
                                                exceeding the age for 
                                                eligibility for a free 
                                                appropriate public 
                                                education (as defined 
                                                in section 602 of the 
                                                Individuals with 
                                                Disabilities Education 
                                                Act) under State law; 
                                                divided by

                                    ``(II) the sum of--
                                            ``(aa) the number of 
                                        students who form the adjusted 
                                        cohort for that year's 
                                        graduating class; plus
                                            ``(bb) the number of 
                                        additional student graduates 
                                        described in subclause (I)(bb); 
                                        multiplied by
                            ``(ii) 100.
            ``(33) High school.--The term `high school' means a 
        secondary school that--
                    ``(A) grants a diploma, as defined by the State; 
                and
                    ``(B) includes, at least, grade 12.
            ``(34) Highly qualified teacher.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `highly qualified 
                teacher' means--
                            ``(i) with respect to any public elementary 
                        school, middle school, or high school teacher 
                        teaching in a State, a teacher who--
                                    ``(I)(aa) has obtained State 
                                certification as a teacher (including 
                                certification obtained through 
                                alternative routes to certification) or 
                                passed the State teacher licensing 
                                examination, and holds a license to 
                                teach in the State, except that when 
                                used with respect to any teacher 
                                teaching in a charter school, the term 
                                means that the teacher meets the 
                                requirements set forth in the State's 
                                charter school law; or
                                    ``(bb) has passed a rigorous State 
                                test for subject matter knowledge and 
                                is making satisfactory progress towards 
                                obtaining full certification or 
                                licensure within 3 years through 
                                participation in a high-quality, State-
                                approved alternative certification 
                                program; and
                                    ``(II) has not had certification or 
                                licensure requirements waived on an 
                                emergency, temporary, or provisional 
                                basis;
                            ``(ii) with respect to--
                                    ``(I) an elementary school teacher 
                                who is new to the profession, that the 
                                teacher holds at least a bachelor's 
                                degree and--
                                            ``(aa) if teaching more 
                                        than a single subject, has 
                                        demonstrated, by receiving a 
                                        passing score on a rigorous 
                                        State test, subject knowledge 
                                        and teaching skills in reading, 
                                        writing, mathematics, and other 
                                        areas of the basic elementary 
                                        school curriculum (which may 
                                        consist of passing a State-
                                        required certification or 
                                        licensing test or tests in 
                                        reading, writing, mathematics, 
                                        and other areas of the basic 
                                        elementary school curriculum); 
                                        or
                                            ``(bb) if teaching a single 
                                        subject, meets either the 
                                        requirement in item (aa) or 
                                        (bb) of subclause (II); and
                                    ``(II) a middle school or high 
                                school teacher who is new to the 
                                profession, that the teacher holds at 
                                least a bachelor's degree and has 
                                demonstrated a high level of competency 
                                in each of the academic subjects in 
                                which the teacher teaches by--
                                            ``(aa) receiving a passing 
                                        score on a rigorous State 
                                        academic subject test in each 
                                        of the academic subjects in 
                                        which the teacher teaches 
                                        (which may consist of a passing 
                                        level of performance on a 
                                        State-required certification or 
                                        licensing test or tests in each 
                                        of the academic subjects the 
                                        teacher teaches); or
                                            ``(bb) successful 
                                        completion, in each of the 
                                        academic subjects in which the 
                                        teacher teaches, of an academic 
                                        major, a graduate degree, 
                                        coursework equivalent to an 
                                        undergraduate academic major, 
                                        or advanced certification or 
                                        credentialing; and
                            ``(iii) with respect to an elementary 
                        school, middle school, or high school teacher 
                        who is not new to the profession, that the 
                        teacher holds at least a bachelor's degree 
                        and--
                                    ``(I) has met the applicable 
                                standard in subclause (I) or (II) of 
                                clause (ii), which includes an option 
                                for a test; or
                                    ``(II) demonstrates competence in 
                                all the academic subjects in which the 
                                teacher teaches based on a high 
                                objective uniform State standard of 
                                evaluation, which may include multiple 
                                subjects, that--
                                            ``(aa) is set by the State 
                                        for both grade-appropriate 
                                        academic subject-matter 
                                        knowledge and teaching skills;
                                            ``(bb) is aligned with 
                                        State academic content and 
                                        student academic achievement 
                                        standards under section 
                                        1111(a)(1) and developed in 
                                        consultation with core content 
                                        specialists, teachers, 
                                        principals, and school 
                                        administrators;
                                            ``(cc) provides objective, 
                                        coherent information about the 
                                        teacher's attainment of core 
                                        content knowledge in the 
                                        academic subjects in which a 
                                        teacher teaches;
                                            ``(dd) is applied uniformly 
                                        to all teachers in the same 
                                        academic subject and the same 
                                        grade level throughout the 
                                        State;
                                            ``(ee) takes into 
                                        consideration, but is not based 
                                        primarily on, the time the 
                                        teacher has been teaching in 
                                        the academic subject;
                                            ``(ff) is made available to 
                                        the public on request; and
                                            ``(gg) may involve 
                                        multiple, objective measures of 
                                        teacher competency.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Notwithstanding the 
                requirements of subparagraph (A), a State may deem a 
                teacher to be a highly qualified teacher for purposes 
                of this Act, if the teacher is--
                            ``(i) a teacher with a bachelor's degree 
                        who has received and maintained, for the State 
                        in which the teacher teaches, a rating in the 
                        highest categories of a professional growth and 
                        improvement system;
                            ``(ii) a teacher in a rural local 
                        educational agency, as described in section 
                        6211(d), who teaches multiple subjects, if the 
                        teacher is a highly qualified teacher in 1 of 
                        the core academic subjects that the teacher 
                        teaches and becomes highly qualified in the 
                        additional subjects in not more than 3 years by 
                        meeting the requirements of clause (ii) or 
                        (iii) of subparagraph (A);
                            ``(iii) a science teacher who holds a broad 
                        field science or individual science 
                        certification or licensure and whom the State 
                        determines is highly qualified for purposes of 
                        this paragraph;
                            ``(iv) a teacher who has been determined to 
                        be highly qualified by the State as of the day 
                        before the date of enactment of the 
                        Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013; or
                            ``(v) a teacher who is a participant in an 
                        exchange visitor program and whom the State 
                        determines is highly qualified for the purposes 
                        of this paragraph.
                    ``(C) Special education teachers.--The definition 
                of the term `highly qualified teacher' shall also 
                include a special education teacher who is highly 
                qualified as determined under section 602(10) of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
            ``(35) High-need local educational agency.--The term `high-
        need local educational agency' means a local educational 
        agency--
                    ``(A) that serves not fewer than 10,000 children 
                from families with incomes below the poverty line;
                    ``(B) for which not less than 20 percent of the 
                children served by the agency are from families with 
                incomes below the poverty line; or
                    ``(C) that is in the highest quartile of local 
                educational agencies in the State, based on student 
                poverty.
            ``(36) High-need school.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `high-need school' 
                means--
                            ``(i) an elementary school or middle school 
                        in which not less than 50 percent of the 
                        enrolled students are children from low-income 
                        families; or
                            ``(ii) a high school in which not less than 
                        40 percent of the enrolled students are 
                        children from low-income families, which may be 
                        calculated using comparable data from feeder 
                        schools.
                    ``(B) Low-income family.--For purposes of 
                subparagraph (A), the term `low-income family' means a 
                family--
                            ``(i) in which the children are eligible 
                        for a free or reduced price lunch under the 
                        Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
                        (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.);
                            ``(ii) receiving assistance under a State 
                        program funded under part A of title IV of the 
                        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or
                            ``(iii) in which the children are eligible 
                        to receive medical assistance under the 
                        Medicaid program.
            ``(37) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        `institution of higher education' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
            ``(38) Leading indicators.--The term `leading indicators' 
        means areas in which a priority school is expected to 
        demonstrate improvement, such as--
                    ``(A) average student attendance rates;
                    ``(B) teacher attendance rates;
                    ``(C) on-time grade promotion;
                    ``(D) credit accumulation rates;
                    ``(E) expulsion, suspension, violence, and 
                harassment rates;
                    ``(F) teacher retention and turnover rates;
                    ``(G) percentage of students failing a core, 
                credit-bearing course; and
                    ``(H) entrance and placement examinations, and 
                preparation courses, for postsecondary education.
            ``(39) Local educational agency.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `local educational 
                agency' means a public board of education or other 
                public authority legally constituted within a State for 
                either administrative control or direction of, or to 
                perform a service function for, public elementary 
                schools or secondary schools in a city, county, 
                township, school district, or other political 
                subdivision of a State, or of or for a combination of 
                school districts or counties that is recognized in a 
                State as an administrative agency for its public 
                elementary schools or secondary schools.
                    ``(B) Administrative control and direction.--The 
                term includes any other public institution or agency 
                having administrative control and direction of a public 
                elementary school or secondary school.
                    ``(C) Bie schools.--The term includes an elementary 
                school or secondary school funded by the Bureau of 
                Indian Education but only to the extent that including 
                the school makes the school eligible for programs for 
                which specific eligibility is not provided to the 
                school in another provision of law and the school does 
                not have a student population that is smaller than the 
                student population of the local educational agency 
                receiving assistance under this Act with the smallest 
                student population, except that the school shall not be 
                subject to the jurisdiction of any State educational 
                agency other than the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
                    ``(D) Educational service agencies.--The term 
                includes educational service agencies and consortia of 
                those agencies.
                    ``(E) State educational agency.--The term includes 
                the State educational agency in a State in which the 
                State educational agency is the sole educational agency 
                for all public schools.
            ``(40) Magnet school.--The term `magnet school' means a 
        public elementary school, public secondary school, public 
        elementary education center, or public secondary education 
        center, that offers a special curriculum capable of attracting 
        substantial numbers of students of different racial 
        backgrounds.
            ``(41) Multi-tier system of supports.--The term `multi-tier 
        system of supports' means a comprehensive system of 
        differentiated supports that includes evidence-based 
        instruction, universal screening, progress monitoring, 
        formative assessments, research-based interventions matched to 
        students' needs, and educational decision-making using student 
        outcome data.
            ``(42) Mutual consent.--The term `mutual consent' means a 
        process through which--
                    ``(A) the principal or hiring team and the teacher 
                agree to the placement at a school;
                    ``(B) the principal or hiring team selects teachers 
                for the school from an unrestricted pool of internal 
                and external candidates based on an assessment of the 
                qualifications of the individual candidates; and
                    ``(C) the local educational agency ensures that 
                other schools served by the local educational agency 
                are not being forced to accept teachers displaced from 
                persistently low-achieving schools.
            ``(43) Native american and native american language.--The 
        terms `Native American' and `Native American language' have the 
        same meaning given those terms in section 103 of the Native 
        American Languages Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 2902).
            ``(44) Outlying area.--The term `outlying area'--
                    ``(A) means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States 
                Virgin Islands;
                    ``(B) means the Republic of Palau, to the extent 
                permitted under section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact 
                of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 
                108-188; 117 Stat. 2751) and until an agreement for the 
                extension of United States education assistance under 
                the Compact of Free Association becomes effective for 
                the Republic of Palau; and
                    ``(C) for the purpose of any discretionary grant 
                program under this Act, includes the Republic of the 
                Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
                Micronesia, to the extent permitted under section 
                105(f)(1)(B)(viii) of the Compact of Free Association 
                Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188; 117 Stat. 
                2751).
            ``(45) Parent.--The term `parent' includes a legal guardian 
        or other person standing in loco parentis (such as a 
        grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a 
        person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare).
            ``(46) Positive behavioral interventions and supports.--The 
        term `positive behavioral interventions and supports' means a 
        management system and set of activities establishing the social 
        culture of a school and the use of evidence-based behavioral 
        practices needed for schools to prevent problem behaviors and 
        provide effective learning environments for all students.
            ``(47) Poverty line.--The term `poverty line' means the 
        poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget 
        and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the 
        Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) 
        applicable to a family of the size involved.
            ``(48) Professional development.--The term `professional 
        development' means activities based on scientifically valid 
        research that are coordinated and aligned to increase the 
        effectiveness of educators (including teachers, principals, 
        other school leaders, specialized instructional support 
        personnel, paraprofessionals, and, as applicable, early 
        childhood educators) and are regularly assessed to determine 
        the activities' effectiveness, and that--
                    ``(A) are designed and implemented to improve 
                student achievement and classroom practice;
                    ``(B) are aligned with--
                            ``(i) State academic content standards and 
                        student academic achievement standards 
                        developed under section 1111(a)(1);
                            ``(ii) related academic and school 
                        improvement goals of the school, local 
                        educational agency, and, as appropriate, 
                        statewide and local curricula; and
                            ``(iii) rigorous teaching standards;
                    ``(C) increase educators'--
                            ``(i) knowledge and understanding about how 
                        students learn;
                            ``(ii) academic content knowledge;
                            ``(iii) ability to analyze student work and 
                        achievement data from multiple sources, 
                        including how to adjust instructional 
                        strategies, assessments, and materials based on 
                        such analysis; and
                            ``(iv) ability to instruct students with 
                        disabilities and English learners so that they 
                        are able to meet the State academic content 
                        standards and student academic achievement 
                        standards;
                    ``(D) are informed by, and aligned with, such 
                educators' evaluations under the applicable 
                professional growth and improvement system;
                    ``(E) are job-embedded, ongoing, collaborative, 
                data-driven, and classroom-focused; and
                    ``(F) are, as appropriate--
                            ``(i) designed to provide educators with 
                        the knowledge and skills to work more 
                        effectively with parents and families; and
                            ``(ii) provided jointly for school staff 
                        and other early childhood education program 
                        providers, where applicable, to address the 
                        transition to elementary school, including 
                        issues related to school readiness across all 
                        major domains of early learning.
            ``(49) Professional growth and improvement system.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `professional growth 
                and improvement system' means a rigorous, transparent, 
                and fair system of evaluation and support based on 
                research and best practices for teachers and principals 
                that--
                            ``(i) provides meaningful feedback to 
                        teachers and principals on the results of their 
                        evaluation;
                            ``(ii) establishes multiple categories of 
                        teacher and principal performance to ensure 
                        that the evaluation provides meaningful 
                        differentiation and is aligned with student 
                        academic achievement results;
                            ``(iii) evaluates teachers and principals 
                        regularly consistent with research and best 
                        practices, including by using multiple 
                        measures;
                            ``(iv) is directly aligned with 
                        professional development activities;
                            ``(v) is developed and implemented with 
                        teacher and principal involvement;
                            ``(vi) provides training for the evaluators 
                        who are responsible for conducting classroom 
                        and school level observations;
                            ``(vii) for principals--
                                    ``(I) is based in significant part 
                                on evidence of improved student 
                                academic achievement and growth and 
                                student outcomes, including the English 
                                language proficiency of English learner 
                                students, and evidence of providing 
                                strong instructional leadership and 
                                support to teachers and other staff; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) may include other measures 
                                of principal performance such as parent 
                                and family engagement; and
                            ``(viii) for teachers, is based in 
                        significant part on each of the following:
                                    ``(I) Evidence of improved student 
                                academic achievement and growth that is 
                                limited to evidence-based or externally 
                                validated measures.
                                    ``(II) Observations of classroom 
                                teaching.
                                    ``(III) Other measures that inform 
                                teacher performance, which may include 
                                student perception surveys.
                    ``(B) Rules of construction.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph shall be construed to--
                            ``(i) require a State or local educational 
                        agency to change the components of a teacher 
                        and principal evaluation system that has been 
                        approved by the Secretary pursuant to the 
                        Secretary's waiver authority under section 9401 
                        on the day before the date of enactment of the 
                        Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) alter or otherwise affect the 
                        rights, remedies, and procedures afforded 
                        school or school district employees under 
                        Federal, State, or local laws (including 
                        applicable regulations or court orders) or 
                        under the terms of collective bargaining 
                        agreements, memoranda of understanding, or 
                        other agreements between such employees and 
                        their employers.
            ``(50) Regular secondary school diploma.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `regular secondary 
                school diploma' means the standard secondary school 
                diploma awarded to the preponderance of students in the 
                State that is fully aligned with State standards, or a 
                higher diploma. Such term shall not include a GED or 
                other recognized equivalent of a diploma, a certificate 
                of attendance, or any lesser diploma award.
                    ``(B) Exception for students with significant 
                cognitive disabilities.--For a student who has a 
                significant cognitive disability and is assessed using 
                an alternate assessment aligned to alternate academic 
                achievement standards under section 1111(a)(1)(C), 
                receipt of a regular secondary school diploma or a 
                State-defined alternate diploma aligned with completion 
                of the student's right to a free appropriate public 
                education under the Individuals with Disabilities 
                Education Act shall be counted as graduating with a 
                regular secondary school diploma for the purposes of 
                this Act, except that not more than 1 percent of 
                students served by a State or a local educational 
                agency, as appropriate, shall be counted as graduates 
                with a regular secondary school diploma under this 
                subparagraph.
            ``(51) Scientifically based research.--The term 
        `scientifically based research'--
                    ``(A) means research that involves the application 
                of rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to 
                obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to 
                education activities and programs; and
                    ``(B) includes research that--
                            ``(i) employs systematic, empirical methods 
                        that draw on observation or experiment;
                            ``(ii) involves rigorous data analyses that 
                        are adequate to test the stated hypotheses and 
                        justify the general conclusions drawn;
                            ``(iii) relies on measurements or 
                        observational methods that provide reliable and 
                        valid data across evaluators and observers, 
                        across multiple measurements and observations, 
                        and across studies by the same or different 
                        investigators;
                            ``(iv) is evaluated using experimental or 
                        quasi-experimental designs in which 
                        individuals, entities, programs, or activities 
                        are assigned to different conditions and with 
                        appropriate controls to evaluate the effects of 
                        the condition of interest, with a preference 
                        for random-assignment experiments, or other 
                        designs to the extent that those designs 
                        contain within-condition or across-condition 
                        controls;
                            ``(v) ensures that experimental studies are 
                        presented in sufficient detail and clarity to 
                        allow for replication or, at a minimum, offer 
                        the opportunity to build systematically on 
                        their findings; and
                            ``(vi) has been accepted by a peer-reviewed 
                        journal or approved by a panel of independent 
                        experts through a comparably rigorous, 
                        objective, and scientific review.
            ``(52) Scientifically valid research.--The term 
        `scientifically valid research' includes applied research, 
        basic research, and field-initiated research in which the 
        rationale, design, and interpretation are soundly developed in 
        accordance with principles of scientific research.
            ``(53) Secondary school.--The term `secondary school' means 
        a nonprofit institutional day or residential school, including 
        a public secondary charter school, that provides secondary 
        education, as determined under State law, except that the term 
        does not include any education beyond grade 12.
            ``(54) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            ``(55) Specialized instructional support personnel; 
        specialized instructional support services.--
                    ``(A) Specialized instructional support 
                personnel.--The term `specialized instructional support 
                personnel' means school counselors, school social 
                workers, school psychologists, school nurses, and other 
                qualified professional personnel involved in providing 
                assessment, diagnosis, counseling, educational, 
                therapeutic, and other necessary services (including 
                related services as that term is defined in section 602 
                of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) as 
                part of a comprehensive program to meet student needs.
                    ``(B) Specialized instructional support services.--
                The term `specialized instructional support services' 
                means the services provided by specialized 
                instructional support personnel.
            ``(56) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, and each of the outlying areas.
            ``(57) State advisory council on early childhood education 
        and care.--The term `State Advisory Council on Early Childhood 
        Education and Care' means the State Advisory Council on Early 
        Childhood Education and Care designated or established under 
        section 642B(b)(1)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
        9837b(b)(1)(A)).
            ``(58) State educational agency.--The term `State 
        educational agency' means the agency primarily responsible for 
        the State supervision of public elementary schools and 
        secondary schools.
            ``(59) Student with interrupted formal education.--The term 
        `student with interrupted formal education' means a student 
        identified as an English learner who--
                    ``(A) enrolled in a United States school after 
                grade 2;
                    ``(B) has completed successfully 2 or more years 
                less of schooling than students of the same age;
                    ``(C) performs 2 years or more below grade level, 
                as measured by State college and career ready student 
                academic achievement standards; and
                    ``(D) is preliterate in such student's first 
                language.
            ``(60) Teacher mentoring.--The term `teacher mentoring' 
        means supporting teachers or principals to increase the 
        effectiveness and retention of such teachers or principals 
        through a program that--
                    ``(A) includes clear criteria for the selection of 
                mentors that takes into account the mentor's--
                            ``(i) effectiveness; and
                            ``(ii) ability to facilitate adult 
                        learning;
                    ``(B) provides high-quality training for mentors in 
                how to support teachers or principals effectively;
                    ``(C) provides regularly scheduled time for 
                collaboration, examination of student work and 
                achievement data, and ongoing opportunities for mentors 
                and mentees to observe each other's teaching or 
                leading, and identify and address areas for 
                improvement; and
                    ``(D) matches mentees with mentors in the same 
                field, grade, grade span, or subject area.
            ``(61) Teacher of english learners.--The term `teacher of 
        English learners' means a teacher who--
                    ``(A) teaches students who are identified as 
                English learners;
                    ``(B) has as a primary role to support English 
                learners with English language acquisition; and
                    ``(C) is responsible for tracking the progress 
                toward English proficiency of English learners.
            ``(62) Turnaround partner.--The term `turnaround partner' 
        means a public or private nonprofit organization, institution 
        of higher education, or charter management organization, with a 
        demonstrated record of successful school improvement.
            ``(63) Universal design for learning.--The term `universal 
        design for learning' has the meaning given the term in section 
        103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
            ``(64) Young child.--The term `young child' means an 
        individual who has not reached the age at which the State in 
        which the child resides requires mandatory school 
        attendance.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 1604(b) (20 U.S.C. 6574(b)), as redesignated 
        by section 1601(a)(3) of this Act, by striking ``the Committee 
        on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
        the Senate'' and inserting ``the authorizing committees'';
            (2) in section 3122(b) (20 U.S.C. 6843(b)), as redesignated 
        by section 3001(3) of this Act, by striking ``the Committee on 
        Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and 
        the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
        Senate'' and inserting ``the authorizing committees''; and
            (3) in section 9401(e)(4) (20 U.S.C. 7861(e)(4)), by 
        striking ``the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate'' and inserting 
        ``the authorizing committees''.

SEC. 9102. UNSAFE SCHOOL CHOICE OPTION.

    Section 9532(a) (20 U.S.C. 7912(a)) is amended by striking 
``attending'' and all that follows through ``victim of'' and inserting 
``who is threatened with, or becomes a victim of,''.

SEC. 9103. GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.

    Subpart 2 of part E of title IX (20 U.S.C. ) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

``SEC. 9537. GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.

    ``When awarding grants on a competitive basis under this Act, the 
Secretary shall ensure geographic diversity.''.

SEC. 9104. EVALUATION AUTHORITY.

    Section 9601 (20 U.S.C. 7941) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 9601. EVALUATION AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Reservation of Funds.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the Secretary may reserve not less than 1 percent and not more than 3 
percent of the amount appropriated to carry out each categorical 
program and demonstration project authorized under this Act. The 
reserved amounts shall be used by the Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to--
            ``(1) conduct--
                    ``(A) comprehensive, high-quality evaluations of 
                the program or project that--
                            ``(i) provide information to inform policy-
                        making and to support continuous program 
                        improvement; and
                            ``(ii) use methods appropriate for the 
                        questions being asked; and
                    ``(B) impact evaluations that employ experimental 
                or quasi-experimental designs, where practicable and 
                appropriate, and other rigorous methodologies that 
                permit the strongest possible causal inferences;
            ``(2) provide technical assistance to grant recipients on--
                    ``(A) the conduct of the evaluation activities that 
                the grantees carry out under this Act; and
                    ``(B) the collection and reporting of performance 
                data relating to the program or project;
            ``(3) evaluate the aggregate short- and long-term effects 
        and cost efficiencies across Federal programs assisted or 
        authorized under this Act and related Federal preschool, 
        elementary, and secondary programs under any other Federal law;
            ``(4) increase the usefulness of evaluations of grant 
        recipients in order to ensure the continuous progress of the 
        program or project by improving the quality, timeliness, 
        efficiency, dissemination, and use of information relating to 
        performance under the program or project; and
            ``(5) identify and disseminate research and best practices 
        related to the programs and projects authorized under this Act 
        to build the evidence base for the programs and projects that 
        effectively meet the goals of this Act.
    ``(b) Title I.--The Secretary shall reserve under subsection (a) 1 
percent of the funds appropriated to carry out title I.
    ``(c) Evaluation Plan.--Beginning not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013, 
the Secretary shall annually develop and submit to Congress a plan 
that--
            ``(1) describes the timeline for evaluation of the programs 
        and projects authorized under this Act; and
            ``(2) describes the specific evaluation activities that the 
        Secretary intends to carry out for such programs and projects 
        during the next year.
    ``(d) Evaluation Activities Authorized Elsewhere.--If, under any 
other provision of this Act (other than title I), funds are authorized 
to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with respect to a 
program or project, the Secretary may not reserve additional funds 
under this section for the evaluation of that program or project.
    ``(e) Special Rule Regarding Allocation for Impact Evaluations.--
The Secretary shall use not less than 30 percent of the funds reserved 
under this section for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2019, in 
the aggregate for each year, for impact evaluations that meet the 
requirements of subsection (a)(1).''.

SEC. 9105. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Reorganization.--Title IX (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

                 ``PART G--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title IX (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 9401 (20 U.S.C. 7861)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ``, in 
                accordance with section 1111(b),''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``subpart 1 of 
                part B of title V'' and inserting ``subpart 1 of part D 
                of title V'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) of section 9501(b) (20 U.S.C. 
        7881(b)) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--This section applies to programs under--
                    ``(A) part C of title I;
                    ``(B) part A of title II, to the extent provided in 
                paragraph (3);
                    ``(C) part A of title III;
                    ``(D) part A of title IV;
                    ``(E) part B of title IV;
                    ``(F) part D of title IV; and
                    ``(G) part E of title IV.''; and
            (3) in section 9534(b) (20 U.S.C. 7914(b)), by striking 
        ``part B of title V'' each place the term appears and inserting 
        ``part D of title V''.

TITLE X--COMMISSION ON EFFECTIVE REGULATION AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS FOR 
                             PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SEC. 10011. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Commission on Effective Regulation 
and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act''.

SEC. 10012. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Chairperson.--The term ``Chairperson'' means the 
        Chairperson of the Commission.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for 
        Public Schools.

SEC. 10013. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON EFFECTIVE REGULATION AND 
              ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a commission to be known as 
the ``Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for 
Public Schools''.
    (b) Purpose.--The Commission shall--
            (1) examine Federal, State, and local regulatory 
        requirements on elementary and secondary education;
            (2) make recommendations on how to align and improve such 
        Federal, State, and local requirements to improve performance 
        and innovation;
            (3) examine the quality and purpose of current Federal, 
        State, and local assessment requirements; and
            (4) make recommendations to improve and align assessment 
        systems to provide quality and meaningful information for 
        parents, teachers, and students to improve student achievement, 
        teacher performance, and innovation.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of--
                    (A) 4 Governors;
                    (B) 6 State legislators;
                    (C) 2 Chief State school officers;
                    (D) 2 State officials responsible for administering 
                Federal education programs;
                    (E) 4 superintendents;
                    (F) 2 principals;
                    (G) 2 teachers;
                    (H) 2 assessment experts; and
                    (I) 2 teacher and principal effectiveness experts.
            (2) Recommendations.--The Secretary shall solicit input and 
        nominations for appointing members of the Commission from--
                    (A) Governors;
                    (B) members of Congress;
                    (C) State legislators;
                    (D) superintendents, principals, teachers, and 
                other members of the education community; and
                    (E) parents, students, and other members of the 
                general public.
            (3) Determination.--The Secretary shall determine the 
        membership of the Commission after considering recommendations 
        submitted under paragraph (2).
    (d) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall designate a Governor as the 
Chairperson of the Commission.
    (e) Meetings.--The Commission shall hold, at the call of the 
Chairperson, not less than 1 meeting every 6 months. All such meetings 
shall be open to the public. The Commission may hold, at the call of 
the Chairperson, such other meetings as the Chairperson sees fit to 
carry out this title.
    (f) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.
    (g) Initial Meeting.--The Commission shall hold its first meeting 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 10014. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall hold such hearings, 
        sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and 
        receive such evidence as the Commission determines appropriate 
        to carry out this title.
            (2) Participation.--In hearings held under this subsection, 
        the Commission shall consider inviting witnesses from, among 
        other groups--
                    (A) teachers;
                    (B) parents;
                    (C) principals;
                    (D) superintendents;
                    (E) Federal, State, and local educational agency 
                personnel;
                    (F) researchers and other experts; and
                    (G) any other individuals determined appropriate by 
                the Commission.
    (b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure 
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the 
Commission considers necessary to carry out this title. Upon request of 
the Chairperson, the head of such department or agency shall furnish 
such information to the Commission.

SEC. 10015. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Duties.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall take such actions as 
        it determines necessary to gain a full understanding of the 
        issues of effective regulation and assessment systems for 
        public schools.
            (2) Areas of emphasis.--The Commission shall focus--
                    (A) in examining the over-regulation of public 
                schools, on--
                            (i) examining Federal, State, and local 
                        regulations governing public schools;
                            (ii) differentiating between financial, 
                        programmatic, general education, special 
                        education, and civil rights requirements;
                            (iii) identifying which government entity 
                        requires each regulation;
                            (iv) measuring the cost of compliance in 
                        terms of funds spent on compliance and time in 
                        hours and personnel;
                            (v) identifying duplicative, redundant, or 
                        unnecessary regulations at each governmental 
                        level; and
                            (vi) investigating how Federal, State, and 
                        local interpretations of laws and regulations 
                        create an additional or unnecessary burden and 
                        are used as a rationale for imposing 
                        requirements that are not actually mandated by 
                        law; and
                    (B) in examining the effective testing of public 
                schools, on--
                            (i) examining Federal, State, and local 
                        testing and standardized assessment 
                        requirements for public elementary schools, 
                        middle schools, and high schools;
                            (ii) determining the purpose and intent of 
                        each such test or assessment, including whether 
                        it is intended to measure student achievement 
                        and growth, teacher and principal 
                        effectiveness, or system accountability;
                            (iii) determining the frequency, length, 
                        and scheduling of such tests and assessments, 
                        and measuring, in hours and days, the student 
                        and teacher time spent on testing;
                            (iv) examining standardized assessments 
                        required by Federal, State, or local 
                        requirements, excluding teacher-created tests 
                        and quizzes and formative assessments;
                            (v) reporting on the quality of 
                        standardized assessments;
                            (vi) examining reporting practices of test 
                        results and the degree to which such results 
                        are returned in a timely manner with sufficient 
                        quality to be useful to parents, teachers and 
                        principals, and students to inform and improve 
                        their work, including targeting instruction to 
                        student needs, grading student work, and 
                        evaluating teacher and principal effectiveness;
                            (vii) analyzing the ability of quality 
                        assessments to measure whether a student is 
                        prepared to graduate from high school and 
                        pursue college or a career without the need for 
                        academic remediation;
                            (viii) examining what factors most 
                        contribute to quality assessments and the 
                        extent to which high-quality assessments can 
                        advance student learning;
                            (ix) determining the technology 
                        infrastructure required for next generation 
                        assessments; and
                            (x) identifying opportunities to improve 
                        assessment practices to better promote parent, 
                        teacher and principal, and student 
                        understanding of progress toward college and 
                        career readiness and public understanding of 
                        school performance and educational 
                        productivity.
            (3) Samples.--In conducting its work under this title, the 
        Commission may rely on samples of States and local educational 
        agencies for examples of regulations and testing requirements.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Commission 
        shall provide regular reports in a manner and form of the 
        Commission's choosing to--
                    (A) the Secretary; and
                    (B) the members of the authorizing committees.
            (2) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the first meeting of the Commission, and annually thereafter, 
        the Commission shall issue a report to--
                    (A) the Secretary; and
                    (B) the members of the authorizing committees.
            (3) Public report.--The Commission shall--
                    (A) prepare a report--
                            (i) analyzing findings of the Commission; 
                        and
                            (ii) making recommendations for Federal, 
                        State, and local policy makers; and
                    (B) broadly disseminate such report to the general 
                public.
    (c) Testimony.--The Chairperson shall annually provide testimony to 
the authorizing committees.

SEC. 10016. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.

    (a) Compensation of Members.--Each member of the Commission shall 
serve without compensation in addition to any such compensation 
received for the member's service as an officer or employee of the 
United States, if applicable.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter 1 of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes 
or regular places of business in the performance of services for the 
Commission.
    (c) Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary of Elementary and 
        Secondary Education shall provide assistance to the Commission, 
        upon request of the Commission, without reimbursement.
            (2) Detail of government employees.--Any Federal Government 
        employee may be detailed to the Commission without 
        reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or 
        loss of civil service status or privilege.

      TITLE XI--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

                    PART A--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS

           Subpart 1--McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

SEC. 11011. SHORT TITLE.

    This subpart may be cited as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Education Reauthorization Act of 2013''.

SEC. 11012. EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

    Subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

        ``Subtitle B--Education for Homeless Children and Youth

``SEC. 721. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    ``The following is the policy of Congress:
            ``(1) Each State shall ensure that each homeless child and 
        youth has access to the same free appropriate public education, 
        including a public preschool education, as is provided to other 
        children and youth.
            ``(2) In any State where compulsory residency requirements 
        or other requirements of laws, regulations, practices, or 
        policies may act as a barrier to the identification, 
        enrollment, attendance, or success in school of homeless 
        children and youth, the State shall review and revise such 
        laws, regulations, practices, or policies to ensure that 
        homeless children and youth are afforded the same free 
        appropriate public education as is provided to other children 
        and youth.
            ``(3) Homelessness is not a sufficient reason to separate 
        students from the mainstream school environment.
            ``(4) Homeless children and youth shall have access to the 
        education and other services that such children and youth need 
        to ensure that such children and youth have an opportunity to 
        meet the same college and career ready State student academic 
        achievement standards to which all students are held.

``SEC. 722. GRANTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF 
              HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

    ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
grants to States from allotments made under subsection (c) and in 
accordance with this section to enable such States to carry out the 
activities described in subsections (d) through (g).
    ``(b) Application.--In order for a State to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, the State educational agency, in 
consultation with other relevant State agencies, shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require.
    ``(c) Allocation and Reservations.--
            ``(1) Allocation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (C), the 
                Secretary is authorized to allot to each State an 
                amount that bears the same ratio to the amount 
                appropriated for such year under section 727 that 
                remains after the Secretary reserves funds under 
                paragraph (2) and uses funds to carry out section 724 
                (d) and (h), as the amount allocated under section 1122 
                of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 6332) to the State for that year bears to 
                the total amount allocated under section 1122 of such 
                Act to all States for that year, except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Minimum allotments.--No State shall receive 
                for a fiscal year less under this paragraph than the 
                greater of--
                            ``(i) $300,000; or
                            ``(ii) an amount that bears the same ratio 
                        to the amount appropriated for such year under 
                        section 727 that remains after the Secretary 
                        reserves funds under paragraph (2) and uses 
                        funds to carry out section 724 (d) and (h), as 
                        the amount the State received under this 
                        paragraph for the preceding fiscal year bears 
                        to the total amount received by all States 
                        under this paragraph for the preceding fiscal 
                        year.
                    ``(C) Reduction for insufficient funds.--If there 
                are insufficient funds in a fiscal year to allot to 
                each State the minimum amount under subparagraph (B), 
                the Secretary shall ratably reduce the allotments to 
                all States based on the proportionate share that each 
                State received under this subsection for the preceding 
                fiscal year.
            ``(2) Reservations.--
                    ``(A) Students in territories.--The Secretary is 
                authorized to reserve 0.1 percent of the amount 
                appropriated for each fiscal year under section 727 to 
                be allocated by the Secretary among the United States 
                Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, according 
                to their respective need for assistance under this 
                subtitle, as determined by the Secretary. Funds 
                allocated under this subparagraph shall be used for 
                programs that are consistent with the purposes of the 
                programs described in this subtitle.
                    ``(B) Indian students.--
                            ``(i) Transfer.--The Secretary shall 
                        transfer 1 percent of the amount appropriated 
                        for each fiscal year under section 727 to the 
                        Department of the Interior for programs that 
                        are for Indian students served by schools 
                        funded by the Secretary of the Interior, as 
                        determined under the Indian Self-Determination 
                        and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et 
                        seq.), and that are consistent with the 
                        purposes of the programs described in this 
                        subtitle.
                            ``(ii) Agreement.--The Secretary of 
                        Education and the Secretary of the Interior 
                        shall enter into an agreement, consistent with 
                        the requirements of this subtitle, for the 
                        distribution and use of the funds described in 
                        clause (i) under terms that the Secretary of 
                        Education determines best meet the purposes of 
                        the programs described in this subtitle. Such 
                        agreement shall set forth the plans of the 
                        Secretary of the Interior for the use of the 
                        funds transferred, including appropriate goals, 
                        objectives, and milestones for that use.
    ``(d) State Activities.--Grant funds from a grant made to a State 
under this section shall be used for the following:
            ``(1) To provide activities for and services to improve the 
        identification of homeless children and youth and enable such 
        children and youth to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school, 
        including in early childhood education programs.
            ``(2) To establish or designate an Office of the 
        Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youth in the 
        State educational agency in accordance with subsection (f) that 
        has sufficient knowledge, authority, and time to carry out the 
        duties described in this subtitle.
            ``(3) To prepare and carry out the State plan described in 
        subsection (g).
            ``(4) To develop and implement professional development 
        activities for liaisons designated under subsection 
        (g)(1)(J)(ii), other local educational agency and school 
        personnel, and community agencies--
                    ``(A) to improve their identification of homeless 
                children and youth; and
                    ``(B) to improve their awareness of, and capacity 
                to respond to, specific needs in the education of 
                homeless children and youth.
    ``(e) State and Local Subgrants.--
            ``(1) Minimum disbursements by states.--From the grant 
        funds made available each year to a State under subsection (a) 
        to carry out this subtitle, the State educational agency shall 
        distribute not less than 75 percent by making subgrants under 
        section 723 to local educational agencies for the purposes of 
        carrying out section 723.
            ``(2) Use by state educational agency.--A State educational 
        agency may use any grant funds remaining after making subgrants 
        under section 723 to conduct activities under subsection (f) 
        directly or through making grants or entering into contracts.
            ``(3) Prohibition on segregating homeless students.--In 
        providing a free public education to a homeless child or youth, 
        no State receiving funds under this subtitle shall segregate 
        such child or youth in a separate school, or in a separate 
        program within a school, based on such child's or youth's 
        status as homeless.
    ``(f) Functions of the Office of the Coordinator.--The Coordinator 
for Education of Homeless Children and Youth established in each State 
shall--
            ``(1) gather and make publicly available reliable, valid, 
        and comprehensive information on--
                    ``(A) the nature and extent of the problems 
                homeless children and youth have in gaining access to 
                public preschool programs, and to public elementary 
                schools and secondary schools;
                    ``(B) the difficulties in identifying the special 
                needs and barriers to participation and achievement of 
                such children and youth;
                    ``(C) any progress made by the State educational 
                agency and local educational agencies in the State in 
                addressing such problems and difficulties; and
                    ``(D) the success of the programs under this 
                subtitle in identifying homeless children and youth and 
                allowing homeless children and youth to enroll in, 
                attend, and succeed in, school; and
            ``(2) develop and carry out the State plan described in 
        subsection (g);
            ``(3) collect data for and transmit to the Secretary, at 
        such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, 
        reports containing such information as the Secretary determines 
        is necessary to assess the educational needs of homeless 
        children and youth within the State, including data requested 
        pursuant to section 724(h);
            ``(4) improve the provision of comprehensive education and 
        related support services to homeless children and youth and 
        their families, and to minimize educational disruption, through 
        coordination of activities, and collaboration with--
                    ``(A) educators, including teachers, 
                administrators, special education personnel, and child 
                development and preschool program personnel;
                    ``(B) providers of services to homeless children 
                and youth and homeless families, public and private 
                child welfare and social services agencies, law 
                enforcement agencies, juvenile and family courts, 
                agencies providing mental health services, domestic 
                violence agencies, child care providers, runaway and 
                homeless youth centers, and providers of services and 
                programs funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.);
                    ``(C) providers of emergency, transitional, and 
                permanent housing to homeless children and youth, and 
                their families, including public housing agencies, 
                shelter operators, operators of transitional housing 
                facilities, and providers of transitional living 
                programs for homeless youth;
                    ``(D) local educational agency liaisons designated 
                under subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii) for homeless children 
                and youth; and
                    ``(E) community organizations and groups 
                representing homeless children and youth and their 
                families;
            ``(5) provide professional development and technical 
        assistance to and conduct monitoring of local educational 
        agencies, in coordination with local educational agency 
        liaisons designated under subsection (g)(1)(J)(ii), to ensure 
        that local educational agencies comply with the requirements of 
        paragraphs (3) through (8) of subsection (g), and subsection 
        (e)(3); and
            ``(6) make opportunities available for teachers and local 
        educational agency liaisons designated under subsection 
        (g)(1)(J)(ii) to participate in ongoing and relevant 
        professional development programs and activities.
    ``(g) State Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State shall submit to the Secretary 
        and implement a plan to provide for the education of all 
        homeless children and youth within the State. Such plan shall 
        include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of how such children and youth 
                are (or will be) given the opportunity--
                            ``(i) to meet the same college and career 
                        ready State student academic achievement 
                        standards as all students are expected to meet; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) to become college and career ready.
                    ``(B) A description of the procedures the State 
                educational agency will use, in coordination with local 
                educational agencies, to identify such children and 
                youth in the State and to assess their needs.
                    ``(C) A description of procedures for the prompt 
                resolution of disputes arising under this subtitle, 
                which shall--
                            ``(i) be developed in coordination and 
                        collaboration with the liaisons designated 
                        under subparagraph (J)(ii);
                            ``(ii) be readily available and provided in 
                        a written format and, to the extent 
                        practicable, in a manner and form 
                        understandable to the parents and guardians of 
                        homeless children and youth;
                            ``(iii) take into account the educational 
                        best interest of the homeless child or youth, 
                        or unaccompanied youth, involved; and
                            ``(iv) ensure that parents and guardians of 
                        homeless children and youth, and unaccompanied 
                        youth, who have exhausted the procedures 
                        available under this paragraph are able to 
                        appeal to the State educational agency, and are 
                        enrolled in school pursuant to paragraph (4)(C) 
                        and receive transportation pursuant to 
                        subparagraph (J)(iii) pending final resolution 
                        of the dispute.
                    ``(D) A description of programs for school 
                personnel (including the liaisons, principals, 
                attendance officers, teachers, enrollment personnel, 
                and specialized instructional support personnel) to 
                increase the awareness of such personnel of the 
                specific needs of homeless adolescents, including 
                runaway and homeless youth.
                    ``(E) A description of procedures that ensure that 
                homeless children and youth are able to participate in 
                Federal, State, or local nutrition programs.
                    ``(F) A description of procedures that ensure 
                that--
                            ``(i) homeless children have access to 
                        public preschool programs, administered by the 
                        State educational agency or local educational 
                        agency, including through the policies and 
                        practices required under paragraph (3);
                            ``(ii) homeless youth, including youth 
                        separated from public schools, are identified 
                        and accorded equal access to appropriate and 
                        available secondary education and support 
                        services, including receiving appropriate 
                        credit for full or partial coursework 
                        satisfactorily completed while attending a 
                        prior school, and for work completed after 
                        their enrollment in a new school, consistent 
                        with State graduation requirements and 
                        accreditation standards; and
                            ``(iii) homeless children and youth who 
                        meet the relevant eligibility criteria are able 
                        to participate in Federal, State, or local 
                        before- and after-school care, magnet schools, 
                        summer schools, career and technical education, 
                        advanced placement, online learning 
                        opportunities, charter school programs, and 
                        relevant workforce investment programs.
                    ``(G) Strategies to address problems identified in 
                the reports provided to the Secretary under subsection 
                (f)(3).
                    ``(H) Strategies to address other problems with 
                respect to the education of homeless children and 
                youth, including enrollment problems related to--
                            ``(i) immunization and other required 
                        health records and screenings;
                            ``(ii) residency requirements;
                            ``(iii) lack of birth certificates, school 
                        records, or other documentation;
                            ``(iv) guardianship issues; or
                            ``(v) uniform or dress code requirements.
                    ``(I) A demonstration that the State educational 
                agency, and local educational agencies and schools in 
                the State, have developed and shall regularly review 
                and revise their policies and practices to remove 
                barriers to the identification, enrollment, attendance, 
                retention, and success of homeless children and youth 
                in schools, including early childhood education 
                programs, in the State.
                    ``(J) Assurances that the following will be carried 
                out:
                            ``(i) The State educational agency and 
                        local educational agencies in the State will 
                        adopt policies and practices to ensure that 
                        homeless children and youth are not stigmatized 
                        or segregated on the basis of their status as 
                        homeless.
                            ``(ii) Local educational agencies will 
                        designate an appropriate staff person as the 
                        local educational agency liaison for homeless 
                        children and youth, who shall have sufficient 
                        training and time to carry out the duties 
                        described in paragraph (7)(A), and who may also 
                        be a coordinator for other Federal programs.
                            ``(iii) The State and local educational 
                        agencies in the State will adopt policies and 
                        practices to ensure that transportation is 
                        provided at the request of the parent or 
                        guardian involved (or in the case of an 
                        unaccompanied youth, the liaison), to and from 
                        the school of origin, for as long as the 
                        student has the right to attend the school of 
                        origin as determined in paragraph (4)(A), in 
                        accordance with the following, as applicable:
                                    ``(I) If the child or youth 
                                continues to live in the area served by 
                                the local educational agency for the 
                                school of origin, the child's or 
                                youth's transportation to and from the 
                                school of origin shall be provided or 
                                arranged by the local educational 
                                agency for the school of origin.
                                    ``(II) If the child's or youth's 
                                living arrangements in the area served 
                                by the local educational agency of 
                                origin terminate and the child or 
                                youth, though continuing the child's or 
                                youth's education in the school of 
                                origin, begins living in an area served 
                                by another local educational agency, 
                                the local educational agency of origin 
                                and the local educational agency for 
                                the area in which the child or youth is 
                                living shall agree upon a method to 
                                apportion the responsibility and cost 
                                for providing transportation to and 
                                from the school of origin. If the local 
                                educational agencies are unable to 
                                agree upon such method, the 
                                responsibility and costs for 
                                transportation shall be shared equally 
                                between the agencies.
                            ``(iv) The State educational agency and 
                        local educational agencies will adopt policies 
                        and practices to promote school success for 
                        homeless children and youth, including access 
                        to full participation in academic and 
                        extracurricular activities that are made 
                        available to non-homeless students.
            ``(2) Compliance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each plan adopted under this 
                subsection shall also describe how the State will 
                ensure that local educational agencies in the State 
                will comply with the requirements of paragraphs (3) 
                through (8).
                    ``(B) Coordination.--Such plan shall indicate what 
                technical assistance the State will furnish to local 
                educational agencies and how compliance efforts will be 
                coordinated with the local educational agency liaisons 
                designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii).
            ``(3) School readiness for homeless children.--Each State 
        plan adopted under this subsection shall ensure that entities 
        carrying out preschool programs funded, administered, or 
        overseen by the agency involved--
                    ``(A) identify and prioritize homeless children for 
                enrollment and increase their enrollment and attendance 
                in early childhood education programs, including 
                through policies such as--
                            ``(i) reserving spaces in preschool 
                        programs for homeless children;
                            ``(ii) conducting targeted outreach to 
                        homeless children and their families;
                            ``(iii) waiving application deadlines;
                            ``(iv) providing ongoing professional 
                        development for staff regarding the needs of 
                        homeless children and their families and 
                        strategies to serve the children and families; 
                        and
                            ``(v) developing the capacity to serve all 
                        identified homeless children; and
                    ``(B) review the educational and related needs of 
                homeless children and their families in such agency's 
                service area, in coordination with the liaison 
                designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii).
            ``(4) Local educational agency requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The local educational agency 
                serving each child or youth to be assisted under this 
                subtitle shall, according to the child's or youth's 
                best interest--
                            ``(i) continue the child's or youth's 
                        education in the school of origin for the 
                        duration of homelessness--
                                    ``(I) in any case in which the 
                                child or youth becomes a homeless child 
                                or youth between academic years or 
                                during an academic year; and
                                    ``(II) for the remainder of the 
                                academic year, if the child or youth 
                                becomes permanently housed during an 
                                academic year; or
                            ``(ii) enroll the child or youth in any 
                        public school that nonhomeless students who 
                        live in the attendance area in which the child 
                        or youth is actually living are eligible to 
                        attend.
                    ``(B) Best interest in school stability.--In 
                determining the best interest of the child or youth 
                under subparagraph (A), the local educational agency 
                shall--
                            ``(i) presume that keeping a homeless child 
                        or youth in the school of origin is in the 
                        child's or youth's best interest, except when 
                        doing so is contrary to the wishes of the 
                        child's or youth's parent or guardian;
                            ``(ii) consider student-centered factors 
                        related to the child's or youth's best 
                        interest, including factors related to the 
                        impact of mobility on achievement, education, 
                        health, and safety of homeless children and 
                        youth, giving priority to the wishes of the 
                        homeless child's or youth's parent or guardian 
                        or the unaccompanied youth involved;
                            ``(iii) if, after conducting the best 
                        interest determination described in clause 
                        (ii), the local educational agency determines 
                        that it is not in the child's or youth's best 
                        interest to attend the school of origin or the 
                        school requested by the parent, guardian, or 
                        unaccompanied youth, provide, in coordination 
                        with the local education agency liaison, the 
                        homeless child's or youth's parent or guardian 
                        or the unaccompanied youth, with a written 
                        explanation in a manner or form understandable 
                        to such parent, guardian, or youth, to the 
                        extent practicable, including a statement 
                        regarding the right to appeal under 
                        subparagraph (E);
                            ``(iv) in the case of an unaccompanied 
                        youth, ensure that the local educational agency 
                        liaison assists in placement or enrollment 
                        decisions under this subparagraph, gives 
                        priority to the views of such unaccompanied 
                        youth, and provides notice to such youth of the 
                        right to appeal under subparagraph (E); and
                            ``(v) provide transportation pursuant to 
                        paragraphs (1)(J)(iii) and (5).
                    ``(C) Enrollment.--
                            ``(i) Enrollment.--The school selected in 
                        accordance with this paragraph shall 
                        immediately enroll the homeless child or youth, 
                        even if the child or youth--
                                    ``(I) is unable to produce records 
                                traditionally required for enrollment, 
                                including previous academic records, 
                                health records, proof of residency or 
                                guardianship, or other documentation;
                                    ``(II) has unpaid fines or fees 
                                from prior schools or is unable to pay 
                                fees in the school selected; or
                                    ``(III) has missed application or 
                                enrollment deadlines during any period 
                                of homelessness.
                            ``(ii) Contacting school last attended.--
                        The enrolling school shall immediately contact 
                        the school last attended by the child or youth 
                        to obtain relevant academic and other records.
                            ``(iii) Relevant health records.--If the 
                        child or youth needs to obtain immunizations or 
                        other required health records, the enrolling 
                        school shall immediately enroll the child or 
                        youth and immediately refer the parent or 
                        guardian of the child or youth, or the 
                        unaccompanied youth, to the local educational 
                        agency liaison designated under paragraph 
                        (1)(J)(ii), who shall assist in obtaining 
                        necessary immunizations or screenings, or 
                        immunization or other required health records 
                        in accordance with subparagraph (D).
                            ``(iv) No liability.--Whenever the school 
                        selected enrolls an unaccompanied youth in 
                        accordance with this paragraph, no liability 
                        shall be imposed upon the school by reason of 
                        enrolling the youth without parent or guardian 
                        consent.
                    ``(D) Records.--Any record ordinarily kept by the 
                school, including immunizations or medical records, 
                academic records, birth certificates, guardianship 
                records, and evaluations for special services or 
                programs, regarding each homeless child or youth shall 
                be maintained--
                            ``(i) so that the records involved are 
                        available when a homeless child or youth enters 
                        a new school or school district, even if the 
                        child or youth owes fees or fines or did not 
                        withdraw from the previous school in 
                        conformance with local withdrawal procedures; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) in a manner consistent with section 
                        444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
                        U.S.C. 1232g).
                    ``(E) Disputes.--If a dispute arises over 
                eligibility, enrollment, school selection, or service 
                in a public school or public preschool, or any other 
                issue relating to services under this subtitle--
                            ``(i) in the case of a dispute relating to 
                        eligibility for enrollment or school selection, 
                        the child or youth shall be immediately 
                        enrolled in the school in which enrollment is 
                        sought, pending final resolution of the dispute 
                        including all available appeals;
                            ``(ii) the parent or guardian of the child 
                        or youth shall be provided with a written 
                        explanation of the school's decision regarding 
                        eligibility for enrollment, school selection, 
                        or services, made by the school or the local 
                        educational agency, which shall include 
                        information about the right to appeal the 
                        decision;
                            ``(iii) the child, youth, parent, or 
                        guardian shall be referred to the local 
                        educational agency liaison designated under 
                        paragraph (1)(J)(ii), who shall carry out the 
                        dispute resolution process as described in 
                        paragraph (1)(C) as expeditiously as possible 
                        after receiving notice of such dispute; and
                            ``(iv) in the case of an unaccompanied 
                        youth, the liaison shall ensure that the youth 
                        is immediately enrolled in the school in which 
                        the youth seeks enrollment, pending resolution 
                        of such dispute.
                    ``(F) Placement choice.--The choice regarding 
                placement shall be made regardless of whether the child 
                or youth involved lives with the homeless parents or 
                has been temporarily placed elsewhere.
                    ``(G) School of origin defined.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In this paragraph, the 
                        term `school of origin' means the school that a 
                        child or youth attended when permanently housed 
                        or the school in which the child or youth was 
                        last enrolled.
                            ``(ii) Receiving school.--When a child or 
                        youth completes the final grade level served by 
                        the school of origin, as described in clause 
                        (i), the term `school of origin' shall include 
                        the designated receiving school at the next 
                        grade level for the feeder school that the 
                        child or youth attended.
                    ``(H) Contact information.--Nothing in this 
                subtitle shall prohibit a local educational agency from 
                requiring a parent or guardian of a homeless child to 
                submit contact information.
                    ``(I) Privacy.--Information about a homeless 
                child's or youth's living situation shall be treated as 
                a student education record under section 444 of the 
                General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) and 
                shall not be released to housing providers, employers, 
                law enforcement personnel, or other persons or agencies 
                not authorized to have such information under section 
                99.31 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, paying 
                particular attention to preventing disruption of the 
                living situation of the child or youth and to 
                supporting the safety of such children and youth who 
                are survivors of domestic violence and unaccompanied 
                youth.
                    ``(J) Academic achievement.--The school selected in 
                accordance with this paragraph shall ensure that 
                homeless children and youth have opportunities to meet 
                the same college and career ready State student 
                academic achievement standards to which other students 
                are held, including implementing the policies and 
                practices required by paragraph (1)(J)(iv).
                    ``(K) School readiness for homeless children.--Each 
                local educational agency shall ensure school readiness 
                for homeless children as described in paragraph (3).
            ``(5) Comparable services.--In addition to receiving 
        services provided for homeless children and youth under this 
        subtitle or other Federal, State, or local laws, regulations, 
        policies, or practices, each homeless child or youth to be 
        assisted under this subtitle also shall be provided services 
        comparable to services offered to other students in the school 
        selected under paragraph (4), including the following:
                    ``(A) Transportation services.
                    ``(B) Educational services for which the child or 
                youth meets the eligibility criteria, including 
                services provided under title I of the Elementary and 
                Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
                seq.), similar State or local programs, charter 
                schools, magnet schools, educational programs for 
                children with disabilities, and educational programs 
                for students with limited English proficiency.
                    ``(C) Programs in career and technical education.
                    ``(D) Programs for gifted and talented students.
                    ``(E) School nutrition programs.
                    ``(F) Health and counseling services, as 
                appropriate.
            ``(6) Coordination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each local educational agency 
                shall coordinate--
                            ``(i) the provision of services under this 
                        subtitle with the services of local social 
                        services agencies and other agencies or 
                        entities providing services to homeless 
                        children and youth and their families, 
                        including services and programs funded under 
                        the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 
                        5701 et seq.); and
                            ``(ii) transportation, transfer of school 
                        records, and other interdistrict activities, 
                        with other local educational agencies.
                    ``(B) Housing assistance.--Each State educational 
                agency and local educational agency that receives 
                assistance under this subtitle shall coordinate, if 
                applicable, with State and local housing agencies 
                responsible for developing a comprehensive housing 
                affordability strategy described in section 105 of the 
                Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
                U.S.C. 12705) to minimize education disruption for 
                children and youth who become homeless.
                    ``(C) Coordination purpose.--The coordination 
                required under subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be 
                designed to--
                            ``(i) ensure that all homeless children and 
                        youth are identified within a reasonable time 
                        frame;
                            ``(ii) ensure that homeless children and 
                        youth have access to and are in reasonable 
                        proximity to available education and related 
                        support services; and
                            ``(iii) raise the awareness of school 
                        personnel and service providers of the effects 
                        of short-term stays in a shelter and other 
                        challenges associated with homelessness.
                    ``(D) Homeless children and youths with 
                disabilities.--For children and youth who are to be 
                assisted both under this subtitle, and under the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1400 et seq.) or section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
                of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), each local educational agency 
                shall coordinate the provision of services under this 
                subtitle with the provision of programs for children 
                with disabilities served by such local educational 
                agency and other involved local educational agencies.
            ``(7) Local educational agency liaison.--
                    ``(A) Duties.--Each local educational agency 
                liaison for homeless children and youth, designated 
                under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), shall ensure that--
                            ``(i) all homeless children and youth are 
                        identified by school personnel and through 
                        outreach and coordination activities with other 
                        entities and agencies;
                            ``(ii) homeless children and youth are 
                        enrolled in, and have a full and equal 
                        opportunity to succeed in, schools of that 
                        local educational agency;
                            ``(iii) homeless families, and homeless 
                        children and youth, have access to educational 
                        services for which such families, children, and 
                        youth are eligible, including services through 
                        Head Start, Early Head Start, early 
                        intervention, and Even Start programs, and 
                        preschool programs described in paragraph (3);
                            ``(iv) homeless families, and homeless 
                        children and youth, receive referrals to health 
                        care services, dental services, mental health 
                        and substance abuse services, housing services, 
                        and other appropriate services;
                            ``(v) homeless children and youth are 
                        certified as eligible for free meals offered 
                        under the Richard B. Russell National School 
                        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the 
                        Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et 
                        seq.), without further application;
                            ``(vi) the parents or guardians of homeless 
                        children and youth are informed of the 
                        educational and related opportunities available 
                        to their children, including early learning 
                        opportunities, and are provided with meaningful 
                        opportunities to participate in the education 
                        of their children;
                            ``(vii) public notice of the educational 
                        rights of homeless children and youth is 
                        incorporated into documents related to 
                        residency requirements or enrollment, provided 
                        upon school enrollment and withdrawal, posted 
                        on the local educational agency's website, and 
                        disseminated in locations frequented by parents 
                        or guardians of such children and youth, and 
                        unaccompanied youth, including schools, 
                        shelters, public libraries, and soup kitchens, 
                        in a manner and form understandable to parents 
                        and guardians of homeless children and youth 
                        and unaccompanied youth;
                            ``(viii) disputes are resolved in 
                        accordance with paragraph (4)(E);
                            ``(ix) the parent or guardian of a homeless 
                        child or youth, and any unaccompanied youth, is 
                        fully informed of all transportation services, 
                        including transportation to the school of 
                        origin, as described in paragraph (1)(J)(iii), 
                        and is assisted in accessing transportation to 
                        the school that is selected under paragraph 
                        (4)(A);
                            ``(x) school personnel are adequately 
                        prepared to implement this subtitle and receive 
                        professional development, resource materials, 
                        technical assistance, and other support; and
                            ``(xi) unaccompanied youth--
                                    ``(I) are enrolled in school;
                                    ``(II) have opportunities to meet 
                                the same college and career ready State 
                                student academic achievement standards 
                                to which other students are held, 
                                including through implementation of the 
                                policies and practices required by 
                                subparagraphs (F)(ii) and (J)(iv) of 
                                paragraph (1); and
                                    ``(III) are informed of their 
                                status as independent students under 
                                section 480 of the Higher Education Act 
                                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv), including 
                                through school counselors that have 
                                received professional development about 
                                unaccompanied youth, and receive 
                                verification of such status for 
                                purposes of the Free Application for 
                                Federal Student Aid described in 
                                section 483 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
                                1090).
                    ``(B) Notice.--State Coordinators appointed under 
                subsection (d)(2) and local educational agencies shall 
                inform school personnel, service providers, and 
                advocates working with homeless families and homeless 
                children and youth of the contact information and 
                duties of the local educational agency liaisons, 
                including publishing an annually updated list of the 
                liaisons on the State educational agency's website.
                    ``(C) Local and state coordination.--The local 
                educational agency liaisons shall, as a part of their 
                duties, coordinate and collaborate with the State 
                Coordinators and community and school personnel 
                responsible for the provision of education and related 
                support services to homeless children and youth. Such 
                coordination shall include collecting and providing to 
                the State Coordinator the reliable, valid, and 
                comprehensive data needed to meet the requirements of 
                paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (f).
                    ``(D) Professional development.--The local 
                educational agency liaisons shall participate in the 
                professional development and other technical assistance 
                activities provided by the State Coordinator pursuant 
                to subsection (f)(5).
            ``(8) School readiness for homeless children.--The State 
        educational agency, and the local educational agencies in the 
        State, shall ensure that the programs serving public preschool 
        children comply with the requirements of this subtitle.
    ``(h) Emergency Disaster Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make emergency 
        disaster grants to eligible local educational agencies and 
        eligible States described in paragraph (2), in order to 
        increase the capacity for such local educational agencies and 
        States to respond to major disasters.
            ``(2) Eligibility; application.--
                    ``(A) Eligibility.--
                            ``(i) Local educational agency 
                        eligibility.--A local educational agency shall 
                        be eligible to receive an emergency disaster 
                        grant under this subsection, based on 
                        demonstrated need, if such local educational 
                        agency's enrollment of homeless children and 
                        youth has increased as a result of a hurricane, 
                        flood, or other natural disaster for which the 
                        President declared a major disaster under title 
                        IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
                        and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et 
                        seq.).
                            ``(ii) State eligibility.--A State, through 
                        the Office of the Coordinator for Education of 
                        Homeless Children and Youths in the State 
                        educational agency, shall be eligible to 
                        receive an emergency disaster grant under this 
                        subsection if there are 1 or more eligible 
                        local educational agencies, as described in 
                        clause (i), located within the State.
                    ``(B) Application.--In order for an eligible State 
                or an eligible local educational agency to receive a 
                grant under this subsection, the State educational 
                agency, in consultation with other relevant State 
                agencies, or local educational agency shall submit an 
                application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
                manner, and containing or accompanied by such 
                information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(3) Distribution of grants.--The Secretary shall 
        distribute emergency disaster grant funds--
                    ``(A) based on demonstrated need, to State 
                educational agencies or local educational agencies for 
                local educational agencies whose enrollment of homeless 
                children and youths has increased as a result of a 
                hurricane, flood, or other natural disaster for which 
                the President has declared a major disaster under title 
                IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.);
                    ``(B) expeditiously, and in no case later than 75 
                days after such funds are appropriated to the 
                Secretary; and
                    ``(C) in a manner that enables local educational 
                agencies to use such funds for the immediate needs of 
                disaster response and ongoing disaster recovery.
            ``(4) Amount of grants.--The Secretary shall distribute 
        grants under this subsection in amounts determined by the 
        Secretary and related to the increase in enrollment of homeless 
        children and youths as a result of such major disaster.
            ``(5) Uses of funds.--A local educational agency or State 
        educational agency that receives an emergency disaster grant 
        under this subsection shall use the grant funds to carry out 
        the activities described in section 723(d).
            ``(6) Restriction.--The Secretary--
                    ``(A) shall determine the amount (if any) by which 
                the funds appropriated under section 727 for fiscal 
                year 2009 exceed $70,000,000; and
                    ``(B) may only use funds from that amount to carry 
                out this subsection.

``SEC. 723. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY SUBGRANTS FOR THE EDUCATION OF 
              HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

    ``(a) General Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State educational agency shall, in 
        accordance with section 722(e), and from amounts made available 
        to such agency under section 727, make subgrants to local 
        educational agencies for the purpose of facilitating the 
        identification, enrollment, attendance, and success in school 
        of homeless children and youth.
            ``(2) Services.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Services under paragraph (1)--
                            ``(i) may be provided through programs on 
                        school grounds or at other facilities; and
                            ``(ii) shall, to the maximum extent 
                        practicable, be provided through existing 
                        programs and mechanisms that integrate homeless 
                        children and youth with nonhomeless children 
                        and youth.
                    ``(B) Services on school grounds.--If services 
                under paragraph (1) are provided to homeless children 
                and youth on school grounds, the school involved may 
                use funds under this subtitle to provide the same 
                services to other children and youth who are determined 
                by the local educational agency serving the school to 
                be at risk of failing in, or dropping out of, school.
            ``(3) Requirement.--Services provided under this section 
        shall not replace the regular academic program and shall be 
        designed to expand upon or improve services provided as part of 
        the school's regular academic program.
            ``(4) Duration of grants.--Subgrants awarded under this 
        section shall be for terms of not to exceed 3 years.
    ``(b) Application.--A local educational agency that desires to 
receive a subgrant under this section shall submit an application to 
the State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and 
containing or accompanied by such information as the State educational 
agency may reasonably require. Such application shall include the 
following:
            ``(1) An assessment of the educational and related needs of 
        homeless children and youth in the area served by the local 
        educational agency (which may be undertaken as part of a needs 
        assessment for another disadvantaged group).
            ``(2) A description of the services and programs for which 
        assistance is sought to address the needs identified in 
        paragraph (1).
            ``(3) An assurance that the local educational agency's 
        combined fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate 
        expenditures of that agency and the State with respect to the 
        provision of free public education by such agency for the 
        fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the subgrant 
        determination is made, was not less than 90 percent of such 
        combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second 
        fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the 
        determination is made.
            ``(4) An assurance that the applicant complies with, or 
        will use requested funds to comply with, paragraphs (3) through 
        (7) of section 722(g).
            ``(5) A description of policies and procedures that the 
        agency will implement to ensure that activities carried out by 
        the agency will not isolate or stigmatize homeless children and 
        youth.
            ``(6) An assurance that the local educational agency will 
        collect and promptly provide data requested by the State 
        Coordinator pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
        722(f).
            ``(7) An assurance that the local educational agency has 
        removed the policies and practices that have created barriers 
        to the identification, enrollment, attendance, retention, and 
        success in school of all homeless children and youth.
    ``(c) Awards.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State educational agency shall, in 
        accordance with the requirements of this subtitle and from 
        amounts made available to it under section 722(a), make 
        subgrants on a competitive basis to local educational agencies 
        that submit applications under subsection (b). Such subgrants 
        shall be awarded on the basis of the need of such agencies for 
        assistance under this subtitle and the quality of the 
        applications submitted.
            ``(2) Need.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In determining need under 
                paragraph (1), the State educational agency may 
                consider the number of homeless children and youth 
                enrolled in preschool, elementary schools, and 
                secondary schools within the area served by the local 
                educational agency, and shall consider the needs of 
                such children and youth and the ability of the local 
                educational agency to meet such needs.
                    ``(B) Other considerations.--The State educational 
                agency may also consider the following:
                            ``(i) The extent to which the proposed use 
                        of funds will facilitate the identification, 
                        enrollment, attendance, retention, and 
                        educational success of homeless children and 
                        youth.
                            ``(ii) The extent to which the application 
                        reflects coordination with other local and 
                        State agencies that serve homeless children and 
                        youth.
                            ``(iii) The extent to which the applicant 
                        exhibits in the application and in current 
                        practice (as of the date of submission of the 
                        application) a commitment to education for all 
                        homeless children and youth.
                            ``(iv) Such other criteria as the State 
                        agency determines to be appropriate.
            ``(3) Quality.--In determining the quality of applications 
        under paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall 
        consider each of the following:
                    ``(A) The applicant's needs assessment under 
                subsection (b)(1) and the likelihood that the program 
                presented in the application will meet such needs.
                    ``(B) The types, intensity, and coordination of 
                services to be provided under the program.
                    ``(C) The extent to which the applicant will 
                promote meaningful involvement of parents or guardians 
                of homeless children or youth in the education of their 
                children.
                    ``(D) The extent to which homeless children and 
                youth will be integrated into the regular education 
                program involved.
                    ``(E) The quality of the applicant's evaluation 
                plan for the program.
                    ``(F) The extent to which services provided under 
                this subtitle will be coordinated with other services 
                available to homeless children and youth and their 
                families, including housing and social services and 
                services provided under the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), 
                title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and similar State and 
                local programs.
                    ``(G) The extent to which the local educational 
                agency will use the subgrant to leverage resources, 
                including by maximizing nonsubgrant funding for the 
                position of the liaison described in section 
                722(g)(1)(J)(ii) and the provision of transportation.
                    ``(H) The local educational agency's use of funds 
                to serve homeless children and youth under section 
                1113(c)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(c)(3)).
                    ``(I) The extent to which the applicant's program 
                meets such other measures as the State educational 
                agency considers to be indicative of a high-quality 
                program, including the extent to which the local 
                educational agency will provide services to 
                unaccompanied youth and preschool-aged children.
                    ``(J) The extent to which the application describes 
                how the applicant will meet the requirements of section 
                722(g)(4).
    ``(d) Authorized Activities.--A local educational agency may use 
funds awarded under this section for activities that carry out the 
purpose of this subtitle, including the following:
            ``(1) The provision of tutoring, supplemental instruction, 
        and enriched educational services that are linked to the 
        achievement of the same college and career ready State academic 
        content standards and college and career ready State student 
        academic achievement standards as the State establishes for 
        other children and youth.
            ``(2) The provision of expedited evaluations of the 
        strengths, needs, and eligibility of homeless children and 
        youth, including needs and eligibility for programs and 
        services (including educational programs for gifted and 
        talented students, children with disabilities, and students 
        with limited English proficiency, charter school programs, 
        magnet school programs, programs in career and technical 
        education, and school nutrition programs).
            ``(3) Professional development and other activities for 
        educators and specialized instructional support personnel that 
        are designed to heighten the understanding and sensitivity of 
        such educators and personnel to the needs of homeless children 
        and youth, the rights of such children and youth under this 
        subtitle, and the specific educational needs of runaway and 
        homeless youth.
            ``(4) The provision of referral services to homeless 
        children and youth for medical, dental, mental, and other 
        health services.
            ``(5) The provision of assistance to defray the cost of 
        transportation under paragraphs (1)(J)(iii) and (5)(A) of 
        section 722(g), not otherwise provided through Federal, State, 
        or local funding.
            ``(6) The provision of developmentally appropriate early 
        childhood education programs, not otherwise provided through 
        Federal, State, or local funding.
            ``(7) The provision of services and assistance to attract, 
        engage, and retain homeless children and youth, particularly 
        homeless children and youth who are not enrolled in school, in 
        public school programs and services provided to nonhomeless 
        children and youth.
            ``(8) The provision for homeless children and youth of 
        before- and after-school, mentoring, and summer programs in 
        which a teacher or other qualified individual provides 
        tutoring, homework assistance, and supervision of educational 
        activities.
            ``(9) If necessary, the payment of fees and other costs 
        associated with tracking, obtaining, and transferring records 
        necessary to facilitate the appropriate placement of homeless 
        children and youth in school, including birth certificates, 
        immunization or other required health records, academic 
        records, guardianship records, and evaluations for special 
        programs or services.
            ``(10) The provision of education and training to the 
        parents of homeless children and youth about the rights of, and 
        resources available to, such children and youth, and other 
        activities designed to increase the meaningful involvement of 
        families of homeless children or youth in the education of 
        their children.
            ``(11) The development of coordination of activities 
        between schools and agencies providing services to homeless 
        children and youth, as described in section 722(g)(6).
            ``(12) The provision of specialized instructional support 
        services (including counseling) and referrals for such 
        services.
            ``(13) Activities to address the particular needs of 
        homeless children and youth that may arise from domestic 
        violence and parental mental health or substance abuse 
        problems.
            ``(14) The adaptation of space and purchase of supplies for 
        any nonschool facilities made available under subsection (a)(2) 
        to provide services under this subsection.
            ``(15) The provision of school supplies, including supplies 
        to be distributed at shelters or temporary housing facilities, 
        or other appropriate locations.
            ``(16) The provision of assistance to defray the cost of 
        the position of liaison designated pursuant to section 
        722(g)(1)(J)(ii), not otherwise provided through Federal, 
        State, or local funding.
            ``(17) The provision of other extraordinary or emergency 
        assistance needed to enable homeless children and youth to 
        enroll, attend, and succeed in school, including in early 
        childhood education programs.

``SEC. 724. SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

    ``(a) Review of State Plans.--In reviewing the State plan submitted 
by a State educational agency under section 722(g), the Secretary shall 
use a peer review process and shall evaluate whether State laws, 
policies, and practices described in such plan adequately address the 
problems of all homeless children and youth relating to access to 
education and placement as described in such plan.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) provide support and technical assistance to State 
        educational agencies to assist such agencies in carrying out 
        their responsibilities under this subtitle; and
            ``(2) establish or designate a Federal Office of the 
        Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths that 
        has sufficient capacity, resources, and support to carry out 
        the responsibilities described in this subtitle.
    ``(c) Notice.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, before the next 
        school year that begins after the date of enactment of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Reauthorization Act of 2013, 
        develop and disseminate a public notice of the educational 
        rights of homeless children and youth. The notice shall include 
        information regarding the definition of homeless children and 
        youth in section 726.
            ``(2) Dissemination.--The Secretary shall disseminate the 
        notice nationally. The Secretary also shall disseminate such 
        notice to heads of other Department of Education offices, 
        including those responsible for special education programs, 
        higher education, and programs under parts A, B, C, D, G, and H 
        of title I, title III, title IV, and part B of title V of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 
        et seq., 6361 et seq., 6391 et seq., 6421 et seq., 6531 et 
        seq., 6551 et seq., 6801 et seq., 7102 et seq., and 7221 et 
        seq.). The Secretary shall also disseminate such notice to 
        heads of other Federal agencies, and grant recipients and other 
        entities carrying out federally funded programs, including Head 
        Start programs, grant recipients under the Health Care for the 
        Homeless program of the Health Resources and Services 
        Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
        grant recipients under the Emergency Food and Shelter National 
        Board Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, grant 
        recipients under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 
        5701 et seq.), grant recipients under the John H. Chafee Foster 
        Care Independence program, grant recipients under homeless 
        assistance programs administered by the Department of Housing 
        and Urban Development, and recipients of Federal funding for 
        programs carried out by the Administration on Children, Youth 
        and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.
    ``(d) Evaluation and Dissemination.--The Secretary shall conduct 
evaluation, dissemination, and technical assistance activities for 
programs that are designed to meet the educational needs of homeless 
preschool, elementary school, and secondary school students, and may 
use funds appropriated under section 727 to conduct such activities.
    ``(e) Submission and Distribution.--The Secretary shall require 
applications for grants under section 722 to be submitted to the 
Secretary not later than the expiration of the 120-day period beginning 
on the date that funds are available for purposes of making such grants 
and shall make such grants not later than the expiration of the 180-day 
period beginning on such date.
    ``(f) Determination by Secretary.--The Secretary, based on the 
information received from the States and information gathered by the 
Secretary under subsection (h), shall determine the extent to which 
State educational agencies are ensuring that each homeless child or 
youth has access to a free appropriate public education, as described 
in section 721(1). The Secretary shall provide support and technical 
assistance to State educational agencies in areas in which barriers to 
a free appropriate public education persist.
    ``(g) Publication.--The Secretary shall develop, issue, and publish 
in the Federal Register, not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Reauthorization Act 
of 2013, a summary of the changes enacted by that Act and related 
strategies, which summary shall include--
            ``(1) strategies by which a State can assist local 
        educational agencies to implement the provisions amended by the 
        Act;
            ``(2) strategies by which a State can review and revise 
        State policies and procedures that may present barriers to the 
        identification, enrollment, attendance, and success of homeless 
        children and youth in school; and
            ``(3) strategies by which entities carrying out preschool 
        programs can implement requirements of section 722(g)(3).
    ``(h) Information.--
            ``(1) In general.--From funds appropriated under section 
        727, the Secretary shall, directly or through grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements, periodically but not less 
        frequently than every 2 years, collect and disseminate publicly 
        data and information regarding--
                    ``(A) the number of homeless children and youth;
                    ``(B) the education and related support services 
                such children and youth receive;
                    ``(C) the extent to which the needs of homeless 
                children and youth are being met;
                    ``(D) the academic progress being made by homeless 
                children and youth, including the percent or number of 
                homeless children and youth participating in State 
                assessments; and
                    ``(E) such other data and information as the 
                Secretary determines to be necessary and relevant to 
                carry out this subtitle.
            ``(2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate such 
        collection and dissemination with other agencies and entities 
        that receive assistance and administer programs under this 
        subtitle.
    ``(i) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Reauthorization Act of 2013, 
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President and the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate a report on the status of the provision of 
education and related support services to homeless children and youth, 
which shall include information on--
            ``(1) the education of homeless children and youth; and
            ``(2) the actions of the Secretary and the effectiveness of 
        the programs supported under this subtitle.

``SEC. 725. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    ``Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to diminish the 
rights of parents or guardians of homeless children or youth, or 
unaccompanied youth, otherwise provided under State law, policy, or 
practice, including laws or policies that authorize the best interest 
determination in section 722(g)(3) to be made solely by the parent, 
guardian, or youth involved.

``SEC. 726. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subtitle:
            ``(1) Enroll; enrollment.--The terms `enroll' and 
        `enrollment' include attending classes and participating fully 
        in school activities.
            ``(2) Homeless children and youth.--The term `homeless 
        children and youth'--
                    ``(A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, 
                and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of 
                section 103(a)(1)); and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) children and youth who--
                                    ``(I) are sharing the housing of 
                                other persons due to loss of housing, 
                                economic hardship, or a similar reason;
                                    ``(II) are living in motels, 
                                hotels, trailer parks, or camping 
                                grounds due to the lack of alternative 
                                adequate accommodations;
                                    ``(III) are living in emergency or 
                                transitional shelters; and
                                    ``(IV) are abandoned in hospitals;
                            ``(ii) children and youth who have a 
                        primary nighttime residence that is a public or 
                        private place not designed for or ordinarily 
                        used as a regular sleeping accommodation for 
                        human beings (within the meaning of section 
                        103(a)(2)(C));
                            ``(iii) children and youth who are living 
                        in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned 
                        buildings, substandard housing, bus or train 
                        stations, or similar settings; and
                            ``(iv) migratory children (as such term is 
                        defined in section 1312 of the Elementary and 
                        Secondary Education Act of 1965) who qualify as 
                        homeless for the purposes of this subtitle 
                        because the children are living in 
                        circumstances described in clauses (i) through 
                        (iii).
            ``(3) Local educational agency; state educational agency.--
        The terms `local educational agency' and `State educational 
        agency' have the meanings given such terms in section 9101 of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).
            ``(4) School.--The term `school' includes charter schools, 
        virtual schools, distance learning programs, and other public 
        education programs administered by a State or local educational 
        agency.
            ``(5) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Education.
            ``(6) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
            ``(7) Unaccompanied youth.--The term `unaccompanied youth' 
        means a homeless child or youth not in the physical custody of 
        a parent or legal guardian.

``SEC. 727. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``For the purpose of carrying out this subtitle, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2014 and each of the 6 succeeding fiscal years.''.

         Subpart 2--Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education

SEC. 11021. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-EDUCATION.

    The Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 220 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 221. ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-EDUCATION.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There shall be in the Department an Advanced 
Research Projects Agency-Education (referred to in this section as 
`ARPA-ED').
    ``(b) Purposes.--ARPA-ED is established under this section for the 
purposes of pursuing breakthrough research and development in 
educational technology and providing the effective use of the 
technology to improve achievement for all students, by--
            ``(1) identifying and promoting revolutionary advances in 
        fundamental and applied sciences and engineering that could be 
        translated into new learning technologies;
            ``(2) developing novel learning technologies, and the 
        enabling processes and contexts for effective use of those 
        technologies;
            ``(3) developing, testing, and evaluating the impact and 
        efficacy of those technologies;
            ``(4) accelerating transformational technological advances 
        in areas in which the private sector, by itself, is not likely 
        to accelerate such advances because of difficulties in 
        implementation or adoption, or technical and market 
        uncertainty;
            ``(5) coordinating activities with nongovernmental entities 
        to demonstrate technologies and research applications to 
        facilitate technology transfer; and
            ``(6) encouraging educational research using new 
        technologies and the data produced by the technologies.
    ``(c) Authorities of Secretary.--The Secretary is authorized to--
            ``(1) appoint a Director, who shall be responsible for 
        carrying out the purposes of ARPA-ED, as described in 
        subsection (b), and such additional functions as the Secretary 
        may prescribe;
            ``(2) establish processes for the development and execution 
        of projects and the solicitation of entities to carry out the 
        projects in a manner that is--
                    ``(A) tailored to the purposes of ARPA-ED and not 
                constrained by other Department-wide administrative 
                requirements that could detract from achieving program 
                results; and
                    ``(B) designed to heighten transparency, and 
                public- and private-sector involvement, to ensure that 
                investments are made in the most promising areas;
            ``(3) award grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
        cash prizes, and enter into other transactions (in accordance 
        with such regulations as the Secretary may establish regarding 
        other transactions);
            ``(4) make appointments of up to 20 scientific, 
        engineering, professional, and other mission-related employees, 
        for periods of up to 4 years (which appointments may not be 
        renewed) without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
        States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service;
            ``(5)(A) prescribe the rates of basic pay for the personnel 
        described in paragraph (4) at rates not in excess of the 
        maximum rate of basic pay authorized for senior-level positions 
        under section 5376 of title 5, United States Code, 
        notwithstanding any provision of that title governing the rates 
        of basic pay or classification of employees in the executive 
        branch, but those personnel shall not receive any payment for 
        service (such as an award, premium payment, incentive payment 
        or bonus, allowance, or other similar payment) under any other 
        provision of that title; and
            ``(B) pay any employee appointed pursuant to paragraph (4) 
        payments in addition to that basic pay, except that the total 
        amount of those payments for any calendar year shall not exceed 
        the lesser of--
                    ``(i) $25,000; or
                    ``(ii) the difference between the employee's annual 
                rate of basic pay under paragraph (4) and the annual 
                rate for level I of the Executive Schedule under 
                section 5312 of title 5, United States Code, based on 
                the rates in effect at the end of the applicable 
                calendar year (or, if the employee separated during 
                that year, on the date of separation);
            ``(6) obtain independent, periodic, rigorous evaluations, 
        as appropriate, of--
                    ``(A) the effectiveness of the processes ARPA-ED is 
                using to achieve its purposes; and
                    ``(B) the effectiveness of individual projects 
                assisted by ARPA-ED, using evidence standards developed 
                in consultation with the Institute of Education 
                Sciences, and the suitability of ongoing projects 
                assisted by ARPA-ED for further investment or increased 
                scale; and
            ``(7) disseminate, through the comprehensive centers 
        established under section 203 of the Educational Technical 
        Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602), the regional 
        educational laboratories system established under section 174 
        of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9564), 
        or such other means as the Secretary determines to be 
        appropriate, information on effective practices and 
        technologies developed with ARPA-ED support.
    ``(d) Evaluation Funds.--The Secretary may use funds made available 
for ARPA-ED to pay the cost of the evaluations under subsection (c)(6).
    ``(e) Federal Advisory Committee Act.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any advisory committee convened by the Secretary to 
provide advice with respect to this section shall be exempt from the 
requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and 
the definition of `employee' in section 2105 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall not be considered to include any appointee to such a 
committee.
    ``(f) Nonduplication.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall ensure that grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, 
cash prizes, or other assistance or arrangements awarded or entered 
into pursuant to this section that are designed to carry out the 
purposes of ARPA-ED do not duplicate activities under programs carried 
out under Federal law other than this section by the Department or 
other Federal agencies.''.

                    PART B--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 11211. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Higher Education Act of 1965.--The Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 103(24)(B) (20 U.S.C. 1003(24)(B)) is amended 
        by striking ``students who are limited English proficient'' and 
        inserting ``English learners''.
            (2) Section 200 (20 U.S.C. 1021) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (6)(B)(x) by striking ``section 
                5210'' and inserting ``section 5411'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (8);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (23) as 
                paragraphs (8) through (22), respectively;
                    (D) by striking paragraph (12), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), and inserting the following:
            ``(12) Highly qualified teacher.--The term `highly 
        qualified teacher' has the meaning given such term in section 
        9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.'';
                    (E) by striking paragraph (14), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), and inserting the following:
            ``(14) English learner.--The term `English learner' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965.'';
                    (F) in paragraph (16)(B)(ii), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``to become highly 
                qualified'' and inserting ``to become a highly 
                qualified teacher'';
                    (G) in paragraph (21)(D)(i), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``becomes highly 
                qualified'' and inserting ``becomes a highly qualified 
                teacher''; and
                    (H) in paragraph (22)(D)(iii), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (C), by striking ``students who are 
                limited English proficient'' and inserting ``English 
                learners''.
            (3) Section 202 (20 U.S.C. 1022a) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(6)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking 
                        ``student academic achievement standards and 
                        academic content standards under section 
                        1111(b)(1)'' and inserting ``college and career 
                        ready State academic content standards and 
                        student academic achievement standards under 
                        section 1111(a)(1)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
                        ``students who are limited English proficient'' 
                        and inserting ``English learners''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A)(i)(I)--
                                            (aa) by inserting 
                                        ``teachers'' after ``highly 
                                        qualified''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``students 
                                        who are limited English 
                                        proficient'' and inserting 
                                        ``English learners''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) in clause 
                                        (ii)(IV)(aa), by striking 
                                        ``students who are limited 
                                        English proficient'' and 
                                        inserting ``English learners''; 
                                        and
                                            (bb) in clause (iii), by 
                                        inserting ``teachers'' after 
                                        ``highly qualified''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking 
                        ``limited English proficient students'' and 
                        inserting ``English learners''.
            (4) Section 204(a)(4)(D) (20 U.S.C. 1022c(a)(4)(D)) is 
        amended by striking ``limited English proficient students'' and 
        inserting ``English learners''.
            (5) Section 205 (20 U.S.C. 1022d) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)(G), by striking ``students 
                who are limited English proficient'' and inserting 
                ``English learners''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``State's challenging academic content 
                        standards required under section 1111(b)(1)'' 
                        and inserting ``college and career ready State 
                        academic content standards required under 
                        section 1111(a)(1)''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (L), by striking 
                        ``students who are limited English proficient'' 
                        and inserting ``English learners''.
            (6) Section 206 (20 U.S.C. 1022e) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``limited 
                English proficient students'' and inserting ``English 
                learners''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``limited 
                English proficient students'' and inserting ``English 
                learners''.
            (7) Section 208(b) (20 U.S.C. 1022g(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``teachers'' after ``are highly 
                qualified''; and
                    (B) by striking ``is highly qualified'' and 
                inserting ``is a highly qualified teacher''.
            (8) Section 242(b) (20 U.S.C. 1033a(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``teachers'' after ``highly qualified''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``teachers'' 
                after ``highly qualified''.
            (9) Section 251(b)(1)(A)(iii) (20 U.S.C. 
        1034(b)(1)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting ``teachers'' after 
        ``highly qualified''.
            (10) Section 255(k) (20 U.S.C. 1035(k)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 
                9101(23)(B)(ii)'' and inserting ``section 
                9101(32)(A)(ii)(II)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 
                9101(23)'' and inserting ``section 9101(32)''.
            (11) Section 258(d) (20 U.S.C. 1036(d)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``limited English 
                        proficient students'' and inserting ``English 
                        learners''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``teachers who will be'' 
                        after ``highly qualified''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``limited 
                English proficient students'' and inserting ``English 
                learners''.
            (12) Section 402B(c)(7) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-12(c)(7)) is 
        amended by striking ``students who are limited English 
        proficient'' and inserting ``English learners''.
            (13) Section 402C(d)(7) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-13(d)(7)) is 
        amended by striking ``students who are limited English 
        proficient'' and inserting ``English learners''.
            (14) Section 402D (20 U.S.C. 1070a-14) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``students 
                who are limited English proficient'' and inserting 
                ``English learners''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(6), by striking ``students 
                who are limited English proficient'' and inserting 
                ``English learners''.
            (15) Section 402F(b)(11) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-16(b)(11)) is 
        amended by striking ``students who are limited English 
        proficient'' and inserting ``English learners''.
            (16) Section 404D (20 U.S.C. 1070a-24) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(10)(K), by striking 
                ``students who are limited English proficient'' and 
                inserting ``English learners''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(6)(B)(ii), by striking 
                ``students who are limited English proficient'' and 
                inserting ``English learners''.
            (17) Section 428J(b)(1)(B) (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)(1)(B)) is 
        amended by striking ``is highly qualified'' and inserting ``is 
        a highly qualified teacher''.
            (18) Section 428K(b)(5) (20 U.S.C. 1078-11(b)(5)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``students who are 
                limited english proficient'' and inserting ``English 
                learners'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``is highly 
                qualified'' and inserting ``is a highly qualified 
                teacher''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``students 
                who are limited English proficient'' and inserting 
                ``English learners''.
            (19) Section 460(b)(1)(B) (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(B)) is 
        amended by striking ``is highly qualified'' and inserting ``is 
        a highly qualified teacher''.
            (20) Section 741(a)(10) (20 U.S.C. 1138(a)(10)) is amended 
        by striking ``limited English proficient students'' and 
        inserting ``English learners'' each place the term appears.
            (21) Section 806(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1161f(a)(2)) is amended 
        to read as follows:
            ``(2) Highly qualified teacher.--The term `highly qualified 
        teacher' has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.''.
    (b) Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.--The Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Section 602 (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (10)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking ``has the meaning 
                                given the term in section 9101'' and 
                                inserting ``means that the teacher is a 
                                highly qualified teacher in accordance 
                                with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
                                section 9101(32)''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``requirements of section 9101'' and 
                                inserting ``requirements for a highly 
                                qualified teacher as defined in section 
                                9101(32)(A)'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding clause 
                                (i), by striking ``section 1111(b)(1)'' 
                                and inserting ``section 1111(a)(1)'';
                                    (II) clause (i), by striking 
                                ``requirements of section 9101'' and 
                                inserting ``requirements for a highly 
                                qualified teacher, as defined in 
                                section 9101''; and
                                    (III) in clause (ii), by striking 
                                ``subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 
                                9101(23)'' and inserting ``clause (ii) 
                                or (iii) of section 9101(32)(A)'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``applicable requirements of section 
                                9101'' and inserting ``applicable 
                                requirements to be a highly qualified 
                                teacher as defined in section 9101''; 
                                and
                                    (II) in each of clauses (ii) and 
                                (iii), by striking ``section 
                                9101(23)(C)(ii)'' and inserting 
                                ``section 9101(32)(A)(iii)(II)''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
                        ``highly qualified for purposes of'' and 
                        inserting ``to be a highly qualified teacher 
                        for purposes of''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (18), by striking ``has the 
                meaning given the term in section 9101 of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965'' and 
                inserting ``when used in reference to an individual, 
                means an individual who meets the requirements 
                described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 
                9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                of 1965''.
            (2) Section 611(e)(2)(C) (20 U.S.C. 1411(e)(2)(C)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in clause (x), by striking ``sections 1111(b) 
                and 6111'' and inserting ``sections 1111 and 1131''; 
                and
                    (B) in clause (xi)--
                            (i) by striking ``, including supplemental 
                        educational services as defined in 1116(e) of 
                        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                        1965''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``objectives established 
                        by the State under section 1111(b)(2)(G)'' and 
                        inserting ``targets established by the State 
                        under section 1111(a)(3)(C) of''.
            (3) Section 612(a) (20 U.S.C. 1412(a))--
                    (A) in paragraph (15)--
                            (i) by striking clause (ii) of subparagraph 
                        (A);
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and 
                        (iv) of subparagraph (A) as clauses (ii) and 
                        (iii), respectively;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, 
                        including measurable annual objectives for 
                        progress by children with disabilities under 
                        section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)(cc) of the 
                        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                        1965''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``section 1111(h)'' and inserting ``section 
                        1111(e)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (16)(C)(ii)(II), by striking 
                ``section 1111(b)(1)'' and inserting ``section 
                1111(a)'';
            (4) Section 654(a)(1)(B) (20 U.S.C. 1454(a)(1)(B)) is 
        amended by striking ``challenging State student academic 
        achievement and functional standards and with the requirements 
        for professional development, as defined in section 9101'' and 
        inserting ``college and career ready State academic achievement 
        and functional standards and with the requirements for 
        professional development, as defined in section 9101''.
            (5) Section 663(b)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1463(b)(2)) is amended by 
        striking ``for assessing adequate yearly progress, as described 
        under section 1111(b)(2)(B)'' and inserting ``as described in 
        section 1111(a)(2)''.
    (c) Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.--
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 3(8) (20 U.S.C. 2302(8)) is amended by striking 
        ``section 5210'' and inserting ``section 5411''.
            (2) Section 8(e) (20 U.S.C. 2306a(e)) is amended by 
        striking ``section 1111(b)(1)(D)'' and inserting section 
        ``1111(a)(1)''.
            (3) Section 113 (20 U.S.C. 2323) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                                    (I) in clause (i), by striking 
                                ``challenging academic content 
                                standards and student academic 
                                achievement standards, as adopted by a 
                                State in accordance with section 
                                1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and 
                                Secondary Education Act of 1965 and 
                                measured by the State determined 
                                proficient levels on the academic 
                                assessments described in section 
                                1111(b)(3) of such Act'' and inserting 
                                ``college and career ready State 
                                academic content and student academic 
                                achievement standards, as adopted by a 
                                State in accordance with section 
                                1111(a)(1) of the Elementary and 
                                Secondary Education Act of 1965 and 
                                measured by the State-determined 
                                proficient levels on the academic 
                                assessments described in section 
                                1111(a)(2) of such Act''; and
                                    (II) in clause (iv), by striking 
                                ``Student graduation rates (as 
                                described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) 
                                of the Elementary and Secondary 
                                Education Act of 1965)'' and inserting 
                                ``Student graduation rates (as 
                                described in section 9101 of the 
                                Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                                of 1965)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii)(I), by 
                        striking ``categories of students described in 
                        section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i)'' and inserting 
                        ``categories of students described in section 
                        1111(a)(2)(B)(x)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking 
                ``categories of students described in section 
                1111(h)(1)(C)(i)'' and inserting ``categories of 
                students described in section 1111(a)(2)(B)(x)''.
            (4) Section 114(d)(4)(A)(iii)(I)(aa) (20 U.S.C. 
        2324(d)(4)(A)(iii)(I)(aa)) is amended by striking ``academic 
        content standards and student academic achievement standards, 
        as adopted by States under section 1111(b)(1)'' and inserting 
        ``college and career ready State academic content and student 
        academic achievement standards, as adopted by a State in 
        accordance with section 1111(a)(1)''.
            (5) Section 122(c)(1)(I)(i) (20 U.S.C. 2342(c)(1)(I)(i)) is 
        amended by striking ``rigorous and challenging academic content 
        standards and student academic achievement standards adopted by 
        the State under section 1111(b)(1)'' and inserting ``college 
        and career ready State academic content and student academic 
        achievement standards, as adopted by a State in accordance with 
        section 1111(a)(1)''.
    (d) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--The National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Section 112(a)(1)(F) (42 U.S.C. 12523(a)(1)(F)) is 
        amended by striking ``attention to schools not making adequate 
        yearly progress for two or more consecutive years under section 
        1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 6301 et seq.)'' and inserting ``attention to schools 
        that are identified as focus schools or priority schools under 
        subsection (c) or (d) of section 1116 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316)''.
            (2) Section 119(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) (42 U.S.C. 
        12563(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ``the graduation 
        rate (as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)'' and inserting 
        ``the graduation rates (as defined in section 9101''.
            (3) Section 120(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 12565(a)(2)(C)) is 
        amended by striking ``improved graduation rates, as defined in 
        section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)'' and inserting ``improved graduation 
        rates, as defined in section 9101''.
            (4) Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)(C)(iii), by striking 
                ``secondary school graduation rates as defined in 
                section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi)'' and inserting ``secondary 
                school graduation rates as defined in section 9101''; 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (i)(1), by inserting ``college 
                and career ready'' after ``State''.
    (e) Title VI of the America COMPETES Act.--The America COMPETES Act 
(Public Law 110-69) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 6112 (20 U.S.C. 9812) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 
                ``teachers'' after ``highly qualified''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(4) Highly qualified teacher.--The term `highly qualified 
        teacher' has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).''.
            (2) Section 6113(d)(2)(G)(i) (20 U.S.C. 9813(d)(2)(G)(i)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``teachers of'' after ``highly 
                qualified''; and
                    (B) by striking ``teachers'' after ``foreign 
                language''.
            (3) Section 6114(b)(3) (20 U.S.C. 9814(b)(3)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``teachers of'' after ``highly 
                qualified''; and
                    (B) by striking ``teachers'' after ``foreign 
                language''.
            (4) Section 6122 (20 U.S.C. 9832) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``has the meaning 
                given the term `low-income individual' in section 
                1707(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6537(3))'' and inserting ``means a 
                student who is from a low-income family, as defined in 
                section 9101(36)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(36)(B))'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``has the 
                meaning'' and all that follows through the period and 
                inserting ``, used with respect to a school, means a 
                school that serves a student population 40 percent or 
                more of whom are low-income students.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``means a local 
                educational agency or educational service agency 
                described in 6112(3)(A)'' and inserting ``means a high-
                need local educational agency, as defined under section 
                9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)''.
            (5) Section 6123(j)(2)(B) (20 U.S.C. 9833(j)(2)(B)) is 
        amended by striking ``disaggregated under section 
        1111(h)(1)(C)(i)'' and inserting ``disaggregated under section 
        1111(a)(2)(B)(x)''.
            (6) Section 6201(e)(2)(D)(ii)(I) (20 U.S.C. 
        9871(e)(2)(D)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking ``assessments 
        under section 1111(b)'' and inserting ``assessments under 
        section 1111(a)''.
    (f) The Education of the Deaf Act of 1986.--Section 104(b)(5) of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4304(b)(5)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``challenging 
                academic content standards, challenging student 
                academic achievement standards, and academic 
                assessments of a State, adopted and implemented, as 
                appropriate, pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
                section 1111(b)'' and inserting ``college and career 
                ready State academic content and student academic 
                achievement standards and assessments of a State, 
                adopted and implemented, as appropriate, pursuant to 
                section 1111(a)''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by adding ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
        and
            (4) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by paragraph (3), 
        by striking ``, and whether the programs at the Clerc Center 
        are making adequate yearly progress, as determined under 
        subparagraph (B)''.
    (g) The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.--The Education 
Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Section 153(a)(1)(F)(ii) (20 U.S.C. 9543(a)(1)(F)(ii)) 
        is amended by striking ``the percentage of teachers who are 
        highly qualified'' and inserting ``the percentage of teachers 
        who are highly qualified teachers''.
            (2) Section 177(a)(5) (20 U.S.C. 9567b(a)(5)) is amended by 
        striking ``section 1111(b)'' and inserting ``section 1111(a)''.
    (h) The Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002.--Section 203 
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ``schools 
        identified for school improvement (as described in section 
        1116(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 6316(b))'' and inserting ``schools identified as 
        priority schools (as described in section 1116(d) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        6316(c)(2)))'';
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (3) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(3) schools in the region identified by the State's 
        accountability system under section 1116 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316).''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by striking ``1116(b) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        6316(b))'' and inserting ``1116 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316)''.
    (i) National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002.--Section 
9 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 1862n) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(10)(A)(iii)(I), by striking ``are 
        considered highly qualified'' and inserting ``are considered 
        highly qualified teachers''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ``or a high-need 
        local educational agency in which at least one school does not 
        make adequate yearly progress, as determined pursuant to part A 
        of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.)''.
    (j) Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.--Section 9 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5)(D), by striking ``section 
                1309'' and inserting ``section 1312''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (12)(A)(vi), by striking ``section 
                1309'' and inserting ``section 1312''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(E), by striking ``section 1309'' 
        and inserting ``section 1312''.
    (k) America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010.--Section 
553(d)(6) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (20 
U.S.C. 9903(d)(6)) is amended by striking ``the requirements under 
section 9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801(23)) for highly qualified teachers'' and inserting 
``the requirements for a highly qualified teacher as defined in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965''.
    (l) Violence Against Women Act of 1994.--Section 41403(6)(B)(iii) 
of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14043e-
2(6)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ``section 1309'' and inserting 
``section 1312''.
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