[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1101 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1101

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure 
           that every child is ready for college or a career.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2013

   Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
 Roberts, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Enzi) 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 to ensure 
           that every child is ready for college or a career.

    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 ``Every Child Ready for College or 
Career 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. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 5. Table of contents of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
                            of 1965.
     TITLE I--IMPROVING BASIC PROGRAMS OPERATED BY STATE AND LOCAL 
                          EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

Sec. 101. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 103. School improvement and State administration.
Sec. 104. Basic program requirements.
Sec. 105. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
Sec. 106. Title I funds follow the low-income child State option.
Sec. 107. Academic assessments.
Sec. 108. Evaluations.
Sec. 109. Demonstrations of innovative practices.
Sec. 110. General provisions.
Sec. 111. National assessment of educational progress.
             TITLE II--HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS

Sec. 201. High-quality teachers and principals.
                  TITLE III--SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS

Sec. 301. General provisions.
      TITLE IV--EMPOWERING PARENTS THROUGH QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS

Sec. 401. Purpose.
Sec. 402. Program authorized.
Sec. 403. Grants to support high-quality charter schools.
Sec. 404. Facilities financing assistance.
Sec. 405. National activities.
Sec. 406. Records transfer.
Sec. 407. Definitions.
Sec. 408. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 409. General provisions.
               TITLE V--STATE INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY

Sec. 501. Purposes.
Sec. 502. Transferability of funds.
Sec. 503. Waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements.
Sec. 504. Maintenance of effort.
Sec. 505. Plan approval process.
                 TITLE VI--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 601. English learners and immigrant students.
Sec. 602. Magnet school assistance.
Sec. 603. Rural education achievement program.
Sec. 604. Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education.
Sec. 605. Impact aid.
Sec. 606. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance.

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. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to restore freedom to parents, teachers, 
principals, Governors, and local communities so that they can improve 
their local public schools.

SEC. 5. 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.
   ``TITLE I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DISADVANTAGED

``Sec. 1001. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 1002. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 1003. State administration.
   ``Part A--Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational 
                                Agencies

                ``subpart 1--basic program requirements

``Sec. 1111. State plans.
``Sec. 1112. Local educational agency plans.
``Sec. 1113. Eligible school attendance areas; schoolwide programs; 
                            targeted assistance programs.
``Sec. 1114. School identification and assistance.
``Sec. 1115. Reserved.
``Sec. 1116. Reserved.
``Sec. 1117. Reserved.
``Sec. 1118. Parental involvement.
``Sec. 1119. Qualifications for teachers and paraprofessionals.
``Sec. 1120. Participation of children enrolled in private schools.
``Sec. 1120A. Fiscal requirements.
``Sec. 1120B. 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.
``Sec. 1127. Carryover and waiver.
``Sec. 1128. Title I funds follow the low-income child State option.
                     ``Part B--Academic Assessments

``Sec. 1201. Grants for State assessments and related activities.
``Sec. 1202. Grants for enhanced assessment instruments.
``Sec. 1203. Funding.
               ``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. Coordination of migrant education activities.
``Sec. 1309. 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. Evaluation; technical assistance; annual model program.
                   ``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--National Assessment of Title I

``Sec. 1501. Evaluations.
                      ``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.
 ``TITLE II--PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS 
                             AND PRINCIPALS

``Sec. 2101. Purpose.
``Sec. 2102. Definitions.
``Sec. 2103. Authorizations of appropriations.
      ``Part A--Fund for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning

``Sec. 2104. Formula grants to States.
``Sec. 2105. Subgrants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 2106. Local use of funds.
``Sec. 2107. Reporting.
``Sec. 2108. National activities of demonstrated effectiveness.
``Sec. 2109. Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or 
                            control.
``Sec. 2110. Supplement, not supplant.
                    ``Part B--Teacher Incentive Fund

``Sec. 2201. Purposes; definitions.
``Sec. 2202. Teacher incentive fund grants.
``Sec. 2203. Reports and evaluations.
``Sec. 2204. Reservation of funds.
 ``TITLE III--LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT AND 
                           IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

``Sec. 3001. Authorizations of appropriations; condition on 
                            effectiveness of parts.
   ``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 and specially qualified agency plans.
``Sec. 3114. Within-State allocations.
``Sec. 3115. Subgrants to eligible entities.
``Sec. 3116. Local plans.
             ``subpart 2--accountability and administration

``Sec. 3121. Evaluations.
``Sec. 3122. Achievement objectives and 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. National professional development project.
                        ``subpart 4--definitions

``Sec. 3141. Eligible entity.
     ``Part B--Improving Language Instruction Educational Programs

``Sec. 3201. Short title.
``Sec. 3202. Purpose.
``Sec. 3203. Native American children in school.
``Sec. 3204. Residents of the territories and freely associated States.
            ``subpart 1--program development and enhancement

``Sec. 3211. Financial assistance for language instruction educational 
                            programs.
``Sec. 3212. Program enhancement activities.
``Sec. 3213. Comprehensive school and systemwide improvement 
                            activities.
``Sec. 3214. Applications.
``Sec. 3215. Capacity building.
``Sec. 3216. Programs for Native Americans and Puerto Rico.
``Sec. 3217. Evaluations.
``Sec. 3218. Construction.
          ``subpart 2--research, evaluation, and dissemination

``Sec. 3221. Authority.
``Sec. 3222. Research.
``Sec. 3223. Academic excellence awards.
``Sec. 3224. State grant program.
``Sec. 3225. Instruction materials development.
                 ``subpart 3--professional development

``Sec. 3231. Professional development grants.
           ``subpart 4--emergency immigrant education program

``Sec. 3241. Purpose.
``Sec. 3242. State administrative costs.
``Sec. 3243. Withholding.
``Sec. 3244. State allotments.
``Sec. 3245. State applications.
``Sec. 3246. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 3247. Uses of funds.
``Sec. 3248. Reports.
                      ``subpart 5--administration

``Sec. 3251. Release time.
``Sec. 3252. Notification.
``Sec. 3253. Coordination and reporting requirements.
                      ``Part C--General Provisions

``Sec. 3301. Definitions.
``Sec. 3302. Parental notification.
``Sec. 3303. National Clearinghouse.
``Sec. 3304. Regulations.
                 ``TITLE IV--SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS

``Sec. 4101. Purpose.
``Sec. 4102. Definitions.
``Sec. 4103. Formula grants to States.
``Sec. 4104. Subgrants to local educational agencies.
``Sec. 4105. Local educational agency authorized activities.
``Sec. 4106. Supplement, not supplant.
``Sec. 4107. Prohibited use of funds.
``Sec. 4108. Authorization of appropriations.
 ``TITLE V--PROMOTING INFORMED PARENTAL CHOICE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

                    ``Part A--Public Charter Schools

``Sec. 5201. Purpose.
``Sec. 5202. Program authorized.
``Sec. 5203. Grants to support high-quality charter schools.
``Sec. 5204. Facilities financing assistance.
``Sec. 5205. National activities.
``Sec. 5206. Federal formula allocation during first year and for 
                            successive enrollment expansions.
``Sec. 5207. Solicitation of input from charter school operators.
``Sec. 5208. Records transfer.
``Sec. 5209. Paperwork reduction.
``Sec. 5210. Definitions.
``Sec. 5211. Authorization of appropriations.
                  ``Part B--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. Authorization of appropriations; reservation.
               ``TITLE VI--FLEXIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

                ``Part A--Improving Academic Achievement

                      ``subpart 1--accountability

``Sec. 6111. Grants for State assessments and related activities.
``Sec. 6112. Grants for enhanced assessment instruments.
``Sec. 6113. Funding.
 ``subpart 2--funding transferability for state and local educational 
                                agencies

``Sec. 6121. Short title.
``Sec. 6122. Purpose.
``Sec. 6123. Transferability of funds.
         ``subpart 3--state and local flexibility demonstration

``Sec. 6131. Short title.
``Sec. 6132. Purpose.
``Sec. 6133. General provision.
                ``CHAPTER A--STATE FLEXIBILITY AUTHORITY

``Sec. 6141. State flexibility.
``Sec. 6142. Consolidation and use of funds.
``Sec. 6143. Performance review and penalties.
``Sec. 6144. Renewal of grant of flexibility authority.
              ``CHAPTER B--LOCAL FLEXIBILITY DEMONSTRATION

``Sec. 6151. Local flexibility demonstration agreements.
``Sec. 6152. Consolidation and use of funds.
``Sec. 6153. Limitations on administrative expenditures.
``Sec. 6154. Performance review and penalties.
``Sec. 6155. Renewal of local flexibility demonstration agreement.
``Sec. 6156. Reports.
     ``subpart 4--state accountability for adequate yearly progress

``Sec. 6161. Accountability for adequate yearly progress.
``Sec. 6162. Peer review.
``Sec. 6163. Technical assistance.
``Sec. 6164. Report to Congress.
                  ``Part B--Rural Education Initiative

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

``Sec. 6211. Use of applicable funding.
``Sec. 6212. Grant program authorized.
``Sec. 6213. Accountability.
            ``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. Annual average daily attendance determination.
``Sec. 6232. Supplement, not supplant.
``Sec. 6233. Rule of construction.
``Sec. 6234. Authorization of appropriations.
                      ``Part C--General Provisions

``Sec. 6301. Prohibition against Federal mandates, direction, or 
                            control.
``Sec. 6302. Rule of construction on equalized spending.
   ``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

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

``Sec. 7131. National research activities.
``Sec. 7132. In-service training for teachers of Indian children.
``Sec. 7133. Fellowships for Indian students.
``Sec. 7134. Gifted and talented Indian students.
``Sec. 7135. Grants to tribes for education administrative planning and 
                            development.
``Sec. 7136. Improvement of educational opportunities for adult 
                            Indians.
                  ``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; authorizations of appropriations

``Sec. 7151. Definitions.
``Sec. 7152. Authorizations of appropriations.
                  ``Part B--Native Hawaiian Education

``Sec. 7201. Short title.
``Sec. 7202. Findings.
``Sec. 7203. Purposes.
``Sec. 7204. Native Hawaiian Education Council and island councils.
``Sec. 7205. Program authorized.
``Sec. 7206. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 7207. Definitions.
                   ``Part C--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.
``Sec. 8014. Authorization of appropriations.
                     ``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. Purpose.
``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. 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. Transfer of school disciplinary records.
               ``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.
                      ``subpart 4--internet safety

``Sec. 9551. Internet safety.
                      ``subpart 5--gun possession

``Sec. 9561. Gun-free requirements.
                ``Subpart 6--Environmental Tobacco Smoke

``Sec. 9571. Short title.
``Sec. 9572. Definitions.
``Sec. 9573. Nonsmoking policy for children's services.
``Sec. 9574. Preemption.
                         ``Part F--Evaluations

``Sec. 9601. Evaluations.
      ``Part G--Approval and Disapproval of State Plans and Local 
                              Applications

``Sec. 9701. Approval and disapproval of State plans.
``Sec. 9702. Approval and disapproval of local educational agency 
                            applications.''.

     TITLE I--IMPROVING BASIC PROGRAMS OPERATED BY STATE AND LOCAL 
                          EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

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

``SEC. 1001. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a 
fair, equal, and significant opportunity to receive a high-quality 
education that prepares them for postsecondary education or the 
workforce, without the need for remediation, and to close the 
achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, especially 
the achievement gaps between minority and nonminority students, and 
between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged peers.''.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1002 (20 U.S.C. 6302) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Local Educational Agency Grants.--For the purpose of carrying 
out part A, there are authorized to be appropriated $14,974,091,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
    ``(b) State Assessments.--For the purpose of carrying out part B, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $368,900,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018.
    ``(c) Education of Migratory Children.--For the purpose of carrying 
out part C, there are authorized to be appropriated $372,751,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
    ``(d) Prevention and Intervention Programs for Youth Who Are 
Neglected, Delinquent, or at Risk.--For the purpose of carrying out 
part D, there are authorized to be appropriated $47,614,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
    ``(e) Federal Activities.--For the purpose of carrying out section 
1501, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

SEC. 103. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND STATE ADMINISTRATION.

    The Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 1003;
            (2) by redesignating section 1004 as section 1003; and
            (3) in section 1003, as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection 
                (b)'' and inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Technical Assistance and Support.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State may reserve not more than 4 
        percent of the amount the State receives under subpart 2 of 
        part A for a fiscal year to carry out paragraph (2) and to 
        carry out the State educational agencies responsibilities under 
        section 1114(a), including carrying out the State educational 
        agency's statewide system of technical assistance and support 
        for local educational agencies.
            ``(2) Uses.--Of the amount reserved under paragraph (1) for 
        any fiscal year, the State educational agency--
                    ``(A) shall allocate not less than 95 percent of 
                the amount directly to local educational agencies for 
                schools identified by the State under section 
                1114(a)(1)(B), for activities under section 1114(b); 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 school support teams or educational 
                service agencies.''.

SEC. 104. BASIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

    Subpart 1 of part A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking sections 1111 through 1117 and inserting 
        the following:

``SEC. 1111. STATE PLANS.

    ``(a) Plans Required.--
            ``(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, pupil services personnel, 
        administrators, other staff, and parents, that satisfies the 
        requirements of this section.
            ``(2) Consolidated plan.--A State plan submitted under 
        paragraph (1) may be submitted as part of a consolidated plan 
        under section 9302.
            ``(3) Peer review and secretarial approval.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) establish a peer-review process to 
                        assist in the review of State plans;
                            ``(ii) establish multidisciplinary peer 
                        review teams and appoint their members, 
                        including representatives of teachers, State 
                        educational agencies, local educational 
                        agencies, and those with practical experience 
                        in implementing academic standards, 
                        assessments, accountability, the needs of low-
                        performing schools, and other educational needs 
                        of students; and
                            ``(iii) approve a State plan within 45 days 
                        of its submission unless the Secretary presents 
                        a body of substantial, high-quality education 
                        research that clearly demonstrates that the 
                        State's plan does not meet the requirements of 
                        this section and is likely to be ineffective or 
                        is inappropriate for its intended purposes.
                    ``(B) Purpose of peer review.--The peer review 
                process shall be designed to--
                            ``(i) promote effective implementation of 
                        State-developed challenging academic standards 
                        through State and local innovation; and
                            ``(ii) provide transparent feedback to 
                        States designed to strengthen the States' 
                        plans.
                    ``(C) Standard and nature of review.--Peer 
                reviewers shall conduct a good faith review of State 
                plans in their totality and in deference to State and 
                local judgments, with the goal of promoting State- and 
                local-led innovation.
            ``(4) State plan determination, demonstration, and 
        revision.--If the Secretary determines that the State plan does 
        not meet the requirements of this subsection or subsection (b) 
        or (c), the Secretary shall, prior to declining to approve a 
        State plan--
                    ``(A) immediately notify the State of such 
                determination;
                    ``(B) provide a detailed description of the 
                specific requirements of this subsection or subsection 
                (b) or (c) of the State plan that the Secretary 
                determines fails to meet such requirements;
                    ``(C) offer the State an opportunity to revise and 
                resubmit its plan within 60 days of such determination;
                    ``(D) provide technical assistance, upon request of 
                the State, in order to assist the State to meet the 
                requirements of this subsection or subsection (b) or 
                (c); and
                    ``(E) conduct a public hearing within 30 days of 
                such resubmission, with public notice provided not less 
                than 15 days before such hearing.
            ``(5) State plan disapproval.--The Secretary shall have the 
        authority to disapprove a State plan if the State has been 
        notified and offered an opportunity to revise and submit with 
        technical assistance under paragraph (4), and--
                    ``(A) the State does not revise and resubmit its 
                plan; or
                    ``(B) the State revises and resubmits a plan that 
                the Secretary determines does not meet the requirements 
                of this part after a hearing conducted under paragraph 
                (4)(E).
            ``(6) Limitations.--The Secretary shall not have the 
        authority to require a State, as a condition of approval of the 
        State plan, to--
                    ``(A) include in, or delete from, such plan 1 or 
                more specific elements of the State's academic content 
                standards or academic achievement standards;
                    ``(B) use specific academic assessment instruments 
                or items;
                    ``(C) include in, or delete from, such a plan any 
                criterion that specifies, defines, or prescribes the 
                standards or measures that State or local educational 
                agencies use to establish, implement, or improve--
                            ``(i) State standards;
                            ``(ii) assessments;
                            ``(iii) State accountability systems;
                            ``(iv) systems that measure student growth;
                            ``(v) measures of other academic 
                        indicators; or
                            ``(vi) teacher and principal evaluation 
                        systems; or
                    ``(D) require the collection, publication, or 
                transmission to the Department of individual student 
                data that is not expressly required to be collected 
                under this Act.
            ``(7) Public review.--All written communications, feedback, 
        and notifications under this subsection shall be conducted in a 
        manner that is transparent and immediately made available to 
        the public through the Department website, including--
                    ``(A) plans submitted or resubmitted by a State;
                    ``(B) peer review comments;
                    ``(C) State plan determinations by the Secretary, 
                including approvals or disapprovals; and
                    ``(D) public hearings under this section.
            ``(8) 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; 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.--A State shall notify 
                the Secretary if a State makes significant changes to 
                its plan, such as the adoption of new State academic 
                content standards, State academic achievement 
                standards, new academic assessments, or changes to its 
                accountability system under subsection (b)(3).
            ``(9) Failure to meet requirements.--If a State fails to 
        meet any of the requirements of this section, then the 
        Secretary may withhold funds for State administration under 
        this part until the Secretary determines that the State has 
        fulfilled those requirements.
    ``(b) Academic Standards, Academic Assessments, and State 
Accountability Systems.--
            ``(1) Challenging state academic standards.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each State shall provide an 
                assurance that the State has adopted challenging 
                academic content standards and student academic 
                achievement standards that will be used by the State, 
                its local educational agencies, and its schools to 
                carry out this part.
                    ``(B) Same standards.--The standards required by 
                subparagraph (A) shall be the same standards that the 
                State applies to all public schools and public school 
                children in the State.
                    ``(C) Subjects.--The State shall have such 
                standards in mathematics, reading or language arts, and 
                science, and any other subjects as determined by the 
                State, which shall include the same knowledge, skills, 
                and levels of achievement expected of all children in 
                the State.
                    ``(D) Alignment.--Each State shall provide an 
                assurance to the Secretary that the State's challenging 
                academic content standards are aligned with--
                            ``(i) entrance requirements, without the 
                        need for academic remediation, for an 
                        institution of higher education in the State; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) State performance measures 
                        identified in the State plan under section 
                        113(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                        Technical Education Act of 2006.
                    ``(E) Alternate academic achievement standards.--
                Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, 
                a State may, through a documented and validated 
                standards-setting process, adopt alternate academic 
                achievement standards for students with the most 
                significant cognitive disabilities who take an 
                alternate assessment, provided those standards--
                            ``(i) are aligned with the State's 
                        challenging academic content standards under 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) promote access to the general 
                        curriculum; and
                            ``(iii) reflect professional judgment of 
                        the highest achievement standards attainable by 
                        those students.
                    ``(F) Modified academic achievement standards.--
                Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, 
                a State may, through a documented and validated 
                standards-setting process, adopt modified academic 
                achievement standards for students who have 
                disabilities that preclude them from meeting State 
                student achievement standards within the academic year 
                covered by a student's individualized education program 
                under section 614(d) of the Individuals with 
                Disabilities Education Act, provided those standards--
                            ``(i) are aligned with the State's 
                        challenging academic content standards under 
                        subparagraph (A) for the grade in which the 
                        student is enrolled; and
                            ``(ii) are challenging for such eligible 
                        students, but may be less difficult than the 
                        grade-level academic achievement standards 
                        under this section.
                    ``(G) English language proficiency standards.--Each 
                State plan shall provide an assurance that the State 
                has adopted English language proficiency standards that 
                are aligned with the State's challenging academic 
                content standards under subparagraph (A). Such 
                standards shall--
                            ``(i) ensure proficiency in each of the 
                        domains of speaking, listening, reading, and 
                        writing;
                            ``(ii) address the different proficiency 
                        levels of English language learners; and
                            ``(iii) be aligned with the State's 
                        academic content standards in reading or 
                        language arts so that achieving proficiency 
                        against the State's English language 
                        proficiency standards indicates a sufficient 
                        knowledge of English to measure validly and 
                        reliably the student's achievement on the 
                        State's reading or language arts standards.
                    ``(H) Prohibitions.--
                            ``(i) Standards review or approval.--A 
                        State shall not be required to submit any 
                        standards developed under this subsection for 
                        academic content or student academic 
                        achievement to the Secretary for review or 
                        approval.
                            ``(ii) Federal control.--The Secretary 
                        shall not have the authority to mandate, 
                        direct, control, or exercise any direction or 
                        supervision over the academic content standards 
                        or academic achievement standards adopted or 
                        implemented by a State.
                    ``(I) Existing standards.--Nothing in this part 
                shall prohibit a State from revising, consistent with 
                this section, any standard adopted under this part 
                before or after the date of enactment of the Every 
                Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2013.
            ``(2) Academic assessments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each State plan shall provide an 
                assurance that the State educational agency, in 
                consultation with local educational agencies, has 
                implemented a set of high-quality, yearly student 
                academic assessments that include, at a minimum, 
                academic assessments in mathematics and reading or 
                language arts that will be used as the primary means of 
                determining the yearly performance of each school in 
                the State in enabling all children to meet the State's 
                challenging student academic achievement standards.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--Each State plan shall provide 
                an assurance that such assessments--
                            ``(i) are the same academic assessments 
                        used to measure the achievement of all 
                        students;
                            ``(ii) are aligned with the State's 
                        challenging academic content and student 
                        academic achievement standards, and provide 
                        coherent information about student attainment 
                        of such standards;
                            ``(iii) are used for purposes for which 
                        such assessments are valid and reliable, be of 
                        adequate technical quality for each purpose 
                        required under this Act, and be consistent with 
                        relevant, nationally recognized professional 
                        and technical standards;
                            ``(iv)(I) measure the annual academic 
                        achievement of all students against the State's 
                        challenging academic achievement standards in 
                        mathematics and reading or language arts, and 
                        be administered--
                                    ``(aa) in each of grades 3 through 
                                8; and
                                    ``(bb) at least once in grades 9 
                                through 12; and
                            ``(II) measure the academic achievement of 
                        all students against the State's challenging 
                        academic achievement standards in science, and 
                        be administered not less than one time, 
                        during--
                                    ``(aa) grades 3 through 5;
                                    ``(bb) grades 6 through 8; and
                                    ``(cc) grades 9 through 12;
                            ``(v) involve multiple up-to-date measures 
                        of student academic achievement;
                            ``(vi) provide for--
                                    ``(I) the participation in such 
                                assessments of all students;
                                    ``(II) the reasonable adaptations 
                                and accommodations for children with 
                                disabilities (as defined in section 
                                602(3) of the Individuals with 
                                Disabilities Education Act) necessary 
                                to measure the academic achievement of 
                                such children relative to State 
                                academic content and student academic 
                                achievement standards;
                                    ``(III) alternate assessments 
                                aligned with grade-level academic 
                                content and academic achievement 
                                standards, unless the State develops 
                                alternate assessments aligned with--
                                            ``(aa) alternate academic 
                                        achievement standards, 
                                        consistent with subparagraph 
                                        (C), for students with the most 
                                        significant cognitive 
                                        disabilities; or
                                            ``(bb) modified academic 
                                        achievement standards 
                                        consistent with subparagraph 
                                        (C); and
                                    ``(IV) the inclusion of English 
                                language 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 
                                paragraph (1)(G);
                            ``(vii) produce individual student 
                        interpretive, descriptive, and diagnostic 
                        reports, consistent with clause (iii), that 
                        allow parents, teachers, and principals to 
                        understand and address the specific academic 
                        needs of students, and include information 
                        regarding achievement on academic assessments, 
                        and that are provided to parents, teachers, and 
                        principals in a timely manner after the 
                        assessment is given, in an understandable and 
                        uniform format; and
                            ``(viii) enable results to be disaggregated 
                        within each State, local educational agency, 
                        and school, by--
                                    ``(I) each major racial and ethnic 
                                group;
                                    ``(II) economically disadvantaged 
                                students as compared to students who 
                                are not economically disadvantaged;
                                    ``(III) students with disabilities 
                                as compared to nondisabled students;
                                    ``(IV) English proficiency status;
                                    ``(V) gender; and
                                    ``(VI) migrant status.
                    ``(C) Students with disabilities.--
                            ``(i) Alternate standards.--A State may 
                        provide for alternate assessments aligned with 
                        alternate academic achievement standards for 
                        students with the most significant cognitive 
                        disabilities, if the State--
                                    ``(I) 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) (referred 
                                to in this section as `IEP Teams') to 
                                apply in determining when a child's 
                                significant cognitive disability 
                                justifies assessment based on alternate 
                                academic achievement standards;
                                    ``(II) ensures that the parents of 
                                those students are informed that their 
                                child's academic achievement will be 
                                based on alternate academic achievement 
                                standards;
                                    ``(III) documents that students 
                                with the most significant cognitive 
                                disabilities are, to the extent 
                                practicable, included in the general 
                                curriculum, and in assessments aligned 
                                with that curriculum;
                                    ``(IV) develops, disseminates 
                                information on, and promotes the use of 
                                appropriate accommodations to increase 
                                the number of students with 
                                disabilities who are tested against 
                                academic achievement standards for the 
                                grade in which a student is enrolled; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) ensures that regular and 
                                special education teachers and other 
                                appropriate staff know how to 
                                administer assessments, including 
                                making appropriate use of 
                                accommodations, for students with 
                                disabilities.
                            ``(ii) Modified standards.--A State may 
                        assess students with disabilities based on 
                        modified academic achievement standards, if the 
                        State--
                                    ``(I) establishes and ensures 
                                implementation of clear and appropriate 
                                guidelines for IEP Teams to apply in 
                                determining which students with 
                                disabilities are eligible to be 
                                assessed based on modified academic 
                                achievement standards, which criteria, 
                                at a minimum, shall include--
                                            ``(aa) whether the 
                                        student's disability has 
                                        precluded the student from 
                                        achieving grade-level 
                                        proficiency, as demonstrated by 
                                        objective evidence, such as the 
                                        student's performance on the 
                                        State's regular assessments or 
                                        on other assessments that can 
                                        validly demonstrate academic 
                                        achievement; and
                                            ``(bb) whether the 
                                        student's progress in response 
                                        to appropriate instruction, 
                                        including special education and 
                                        related services designed to 
                                        address the student's 
                                        individual needs, is such that, 
                                        even if significant growth 
                                        occurs, the IEP Team is 
                                        reasonably certain that the 
                                        student will not achieve to 
                                        grade-level within the year 
                                        covered by the IEP, which 
                                        progress shall be based on 
                                        multiple measurements, over a 
                                        period of time, that are valid 
                                        for the subjects being 
                                        assessed;
                                    ``(II) ensures that, if a student's 
                                IEP includes goals for a subject 
                                assessed based on modified academic 
                                achievement standards, those goals are 
                                based on academic content standards for 
                                the grade in which the student is 
                                enrolled;
                                    ``(III) ensures that parents of 
                                students with disabilities who are 
                                assessed against modified academic 
                                achievement standards are informed that 
                                their child's achievement will be 
                                measured based on modified academic 
                                achievement standards;
                                    ``(IV) ensures that the alternate 
                                assessment yields results that measure 
                                the achievement of those students 
                                separately in reading or language arts, 
                                mathematics, and science relative to 
                                the modified academic achievement 
                                standards;
                                    ``(V) ensures that students who are 
                                assessed based on modified academic 
                                achievement standards have access to 
                                the curriculum, including instruction, 
                                for the grade in which the students are 
                                enrolled; and
                                    ``(VI) establishes and monitors 
                                implementation of clear and appropriate 
                                guidelines for IEP Teams to apply in 
                                developing and implementing IEPs for 
                                students who are assessed based on 
                                modified academic achievement 
                                standards.
                    ``(D) Language assessments.--Each State plan shall 
                identify the languages other than English that are 
                present to a significant extent in the participating 
                student population and indicate the languages for which 
                yearly student academic assessments are not available 
                and are needed, and such State shall make every effort 
                to develop such assessments as are necessary.
                    ``(E) Assessments of english language 
                proficiency.--Each State plan shall provide an 
                assurance that local educational agencies in the State 
                will provide for an annual assessment of English 
                proficiency (measuring students' speaking, listening, 
                reading, and writing skills in English) of all English 
                language learners in the schools served by the State 
                educational agency, except that each local educational 
                agency shall have discretion to exempt any student who 
                has been assessed as proficient in listening, speaking, 
                reading, or writing English from the corresponding 
                portion of the assessment.
                    ``(F) Deferral.--A State may defer the 
                commencement, or suspend the administration, but not 
                cease the development, of the assessments described in 
                this paragraph, for 1 year for each year for which the 
                amount appropriated for grants under part B is less 
                than $368,900,000.
                    ``(G) Construction.--Nothing in this paragraph 
                shall be construed to prescribe or prohibit the use of 
                the academic assessments described in this part for 
                student promotion or graduation purposes.
            ``(3) State accountability system.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each State plan shall provide an 
                assurance that the State has developed and is 
                implementing a single, statewide State accountability 
                system that will be based on the challenging academic 
                content standards and student academic achievement 
                standards adopted by the State, and other academic 
                indicators related to student achievement identified by 
                the State, to ensure that all students graduate from 
                high school prepared for postsecondary education or the 
                workforce without the need for remediation and that, at 
                a minimum--
                            ``(i) annually measures academic 
                        achievement of all public school students in 
                        the State towards meeting the State's 
                        challenging academic achievement standards 
                        established by the State in mathematics and 
                        reading or language arts, which may include 
                        measures of student growth to such standards 
                        and any other valid and reliable academic 
                        indicators related to student achievement;
                            ``(ii) establishes a system of annually 
                        identifying and differentiating among all 
                        public schools in the State based on student 
                        academic achievement and any other factors 
                        determined appropriate by the State and also 
                        takes into account--
                                    ``(I) achievement gaps between each 
                                category of students described in 
                                subclauses (I) through (IV) of 
                                paragraph (2)(B)(viii);
                                    ``(II) overall performance of all 
                                students and of each category of 
                                students described in subclauses (I) 
                                through (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(viii); 
                                and
                                    ``(III) secondary school graduation 
                                rates, as appropriate;
                            ``(iii) for public schools participating 
                        under this part, includes a system for 
                        annually--
                                    ``(I) identifying such schools that 
                                are in need of strategies for improving 
                                student academic achievement and any 
                                other measures determined appropriate 
                                by the State; and
                                    ``(II) providing assistance to 
                                local educational agencies to develop 
                                and implement appropriate strategies 
                                for improving identified schools;
                            ``(iv) provides a clear and understandable 
                        explanation of the method of identifying 
                        schools under clause (iii);
                            ``(v) measures the annual progress of not 
                        less than 95 percent of each category of 
                        students described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (IV) of paragraph (2)(B)(viii) who are enrolled 
                        in the school and are required to take the 
                        assessments under paragraph (2); and
                            ``(vi) measures the high school graduation 
                        rate for each category of students described in 
                        subclauses (I) through (IV) of paragraph 
                        (2)(B)(viii).
                    ``(B) Prohibition on regulation.--Nothing in this 
                subsection shall be construed to permit the Secretary 
                to establish any criterion that specifies, defines, or 
                prescribes the standards or measures that State or 
                local educational agencies use to establish, implement, 
                or improve--
                            ``(i) State standards;
                            ``(ii) assessments;
                            ``(iii) State accountability systems;
                            ``(iv) systems that measure student growth;
                            ``(v) measures of other academic 
                        indicators; or
                            ``(vi) teacher and principal evaluation 
                        systems.
    ``(c) Provisions To Support Teaching and Learning.--Each State plan 
shall provide an assurance that--
            ``(1) the State will notify local educational agencies, 
        schools, teachers, parents, and the public of the academic 
        content standards, student academic achievement standards, 
        academic assessments, and State accountability system, 
        developed under this section;
            ``(2) the State educational agency will assist each local 
        educational agency and school affected by the State plan to 
        meet the requirements of this part; and
            ``(3) low-income and minority children, enrolled in schools 
        assisted under this part, are served by effective teachers and 
        principals and have access to a high-quality instructional 
        program in the core academic subjects, and the State shall 
        adopt measures to evaluate and publicly report the progress of 
        the State educational agency with respect to such steps.
    ``(d) Other Assurances.--Each State plan shall contain an assurance 
that--
            ``(1) the State will participate in biennial State academic 
        assessments of 4th and 8th grade reading and mathematics under 
        the National Assessment of Educational Progress carried out 
        under section 303(b)(3) of the National Assessment of 
        Educational Progress Authorization Act if the Secretary pays 
        the costs of administering such assessments;
            ``(2) the State educational agency will modify or eliminate 
        State fiscal and accounting barriers so that schools can easily 
        consolidate funds from other Federal, State, and local sources 
        in order to improve educational opportunities and reduce 
        unnecessary fiscal and accounting requirements;
            ``(3) the State educational agency will support the 
        collection and dissemination to local educational agencies and 
        schools of effective parental involvement practices;
            ``(4) the State educational agency will provide the least 
        restrictive and burdensome regulations for local educational 
        agencies and individual schools participating in a program 
        assisted under this part;
            ``(5) the State educational agency will ensure that local 
        educational agencies, to the extent feasible, in developing and 
        implementing programs under this part, will work in 
        consultation with outside intermediary organizations or 
        individuals who have expertise in using strategies and programs 
        based on scientifically valid research to improve teaching, 
        learning, and schools; and
            ``(6) the State educational agency has appropriate 
        procedures and safeguards in place to ensure the validity of 
        the assessment process.
    ``(e) Reports.--
            ``(1) Annual state report card.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State that receives assistance 
                under this part shall prepare and disseminate widely to 
                the public an annual State report card.
                    ``(B) Implementation.--The State report card shall 
                be--
                            ``(i) concise; and
                            ``(ii) presented in an understandable and 
                        uniform format.
                    ``(C) Required information.--The State shall 
                include in its annual State report card--
                            ``(i) information, in the aggregate, on 
                        student achievement on the State academic 
                        assessments described in subsection (b)(2) 
                        (disaggregated by each category of students 
                        described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii));
                            ``(ii) the percentage of students tested 
                        (disaggregated by each category of students 
                        described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii));
                            ``(iii) information on any other indicator 
                        used by the State to determine student 
                        achievement under subsection (b)(3) 
                        (disaggregated by each category of students 
                        described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(viii));
                            ``(iv) graduation rates for secondary 
                        school students consistent with subsection 
                        (b)(3)(A)(vi);
                            ``(v) the professional qualifications of 
                        teachers in the State and the percentage of 
                        such teachers teaching with emergency or 
                        provisional credentials, in the aggregate and 
                        disaggregated by high-poverty compared to low-
                        poverty schools which, for the purpose of this 
                        clause, means schools in the top quartile of 
                        poverty and the bottom quartile of poverty in 
                        the State;
                            ``(vi) information on the performance of 
                        local educational agencies and schools in the 
                        State; and
                            ``(vii) for a State that implements a 
                        teacher and principal evaluation system 
                        consistent with title II, the evaluation 
                        results of teachers and principals, except that 
                        such information shall not provide individually 
                        identifiable information on individual teachers 
                        or principals.
                    ``(D) Financial information.--The State shall 
                include in its annual State report card the per-pupil 
                expenditures of Federal, State, and local funds for 
                each local educational agency in the State for the 
                preceding fiscal year.
                    ``(E) Optional information.--The State may include 
                in its annual State 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 schools.
            ``(2) Annual local educational agency report cards.--
                    ``(A) Report cards.--A local educational agency 
                that receives assistance under this part shall prepare 
                and disseminate, in accordance with subparagraph (E), 
                an annual local educational agency report card.
                    ``(B) Minimum requirements.--The local educational 
                agency shall include in its report card the information 
                described in paragraph (1)(C) as applied to the local 
                educational agency and each school served by the local 
                educational agency, and--
                            ``(i) in the case of a local educational 
                        agency, information that shows how students 
                        served by the local educational agency achieved 
                        on the statewide academic assessment compared 
                        to students in the State as a whole; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a school, information 
                        that shows how the school's students' 
                        achievement on the statewide academic 
                        assessments compared to students in the local 
                        educational agency and the State as a whole.
                    ``(C) Financial information.--The local educational 
                agency shall include in its annual local educational 
                agency report card the per-pupil expenditures of 
                Federal, State, and local funds for each school served 
                by the agency for the preceding fiscal year.
                    ``(D) Other information.--A local educational 
                agency may include in its annual local educational 
                agency report card any other appropriate information, 
                whether or not such information is included in the 
                annual State report card.
                    ``(E) Public dissemination.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), a local educational agency shall--
                                    ``(I) publicly disseminate the 
                                information described in this paragraph 
                                to all schools in the school district 
                                served by the local educational agency 
                                and to all parents of students 
                                attending such schools in an 
                                understandable and uniform format; and
                                    ``(II) make the information widely 
                                available through public means, such as 
                                posting on the Internet, distribution 
                                to the media, and distribution through 
                                public agencies.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--If a local educational 
                        agency issues a report card for all students, 
                        the local educational agency may include the 
                        information described in this paragraph as part 
                        of such report.
            ``(3) 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 Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 
        2013, may use such report cards for the purpose of 
        disseminating information under this subsection if the report 
        card is modified, as may be needed, to contain the information 
        required by this subsection.
            ``(4) Annual state report to the secretary.--Each State 
        educational agency receiving assistance under this part shall 
        report annually to the Secretary, and make widely available 
        within the State--
                    ``(A) information on the achievement of students on 
                the academic assessments required under subsection 
                (b)(2), including the disaggregated results for each 
                category of students described in subsection 
                (b)(2)(B)(viii);
                    ``(B) information on the acquisition of English 
                proficiency by children who are English language 
                learners;
                    ``(C) the number and names of the schools 
                identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B), and the school 
                assistance strategies developed and implemented by the 
                local educational agency under section 1114(b) to 
                address the needs of students in each school;
                    ``(D) the number of students and schools that 
                participated in public school choice under this title;
                    ``(E)(i) information on the quality and 
                effectiveness of teachers; and
                    ``(ii) the percentage of classes being taught by 
                teachers who are licensed or certified to teach in 
                their field of study, for the State and for each local 
                educational agency and public elementary school or 
                secondary school in the State; and
                    ``(F) information on the results of the teacher and 
                principal evaluation system, as applicable.
            ``(5) Presentation of data.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State educational agency or 
                local educational agency shall only include in its 
                annual report card described under paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) data that are sufficient to yield statistically 
                reliable information, as determined by the State or 
                local educational agency, and that do not reveal 
                personally identifiable information about an individual 
                student.
                    ``(B) Student privacy.--Subject to section 444 of 
                the General Education Provisions Act and 
                notwithstanding section 444(b)(1)(F) of such Act, 
                student educational records and information shall not 
                be shared without the informed explicit consent of the 
                student's legal guardian or if the student has reached 
                the age of majority, the student, with any--
                            ``(i) individual or governmental entity 
                        outside of the school;
                            ``(ii) local educational agency or State 
                        educational agency; and
                            ``(iii) third party contractor, such as a 
                        researcher or private or nonprofit non-
                        governmental organization, including third 
                        party assessment and testing organizations.
                    ``(C) Exception.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), 
                the sharing of educational records and information 
                shall be permissible--
                            ``(i) in an emergency situation; and
                            ``(ii) in the case where the student does 
                        not currently have a recognized legal guardian 
                        or is part of a court proceeding regarding 
                        child abuse or neglect.
            ``(6) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall transmit 
        annually to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
        Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 
        Workforce of the House of Representatives a report that 
        provides national and State level data on the information 
        collected under paragraph (4). Such report shall be submitted 
        through electronic means only.
            ``(7) Secretary's report card.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2015, and 
                annually thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to 
                the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
                of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the 
                Workforce of the House of Representatives 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 
                        comparable international assessments;
                            ``(iii) identify trends in student 
                        achievement, student performance, and secondary 
                        school graduation rates, by analyzing and 
                        reporting on the status and performance of 
                        students, disaggregated by each category of 
                        students described in subsection 
                        (b)(2)(B)(viii);
                            ``(iv) analyze data 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 report 
                        on current trends and major findings; and
                            ``(v) analyze information on the teaching 
                        and principal profession, including education 
                        and training, retention and mobility, and 
                        effectiveness in improving student achievement.
                    ``(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.
    ``(f) Voluntary Partnerships.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed to prohibit a State from entering into a voluntary 
        partnership with another State to develop and implement the 
        academic assessments, State academic content standards, and 
        accountability systems required under this section.
            ``(2) Prohibition.--The Secretary shall be prohibited from 
        requiring a State to enter into a voluntary partnership 
        described in paragraph (1), including as a condition of 
        approval of a State plan under this section or as a condition 
        of an award of Federal funds under any grant, contract, or 
        cooperative agreement.
    ``(g) 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 the 
Interior that receives funds under this part, the following shall 
apply:
            ``(1) Each such school that is 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) Each such school that is accredited by a regional 
        accrediting organization shall adopt an appropriate assessment 
        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) Each such school that is accredited by a tribal 
        accrediting agency or tribal division of education shall use an 
        assessment developed by such agency or division, except that 
        the Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that such assessment 
        meets the requirements of this section.

``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 developed in 
        consultation with teachers, principals, administrators 
        (including administrators of programs described in other parts 
        of this title), other appropriate school personnel, and with 
        parents of children in schools served under this part, that 
        satisfies the requirements of this section.
            ``(2) Consolidated application.--The plan may be submitted 
        as part of a consolidated application under section 9305.
            ``(3) State review and approval.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each local educational agency 
                plan shall be filed according to a schedule established 
                by the State educational agency.
                    ``(B) 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 satisfies the requirements of 
                this part and enables children served under this part 
                to meet the State's challenging academic standards 
                described in section 1111(b)(1).
            ``(4) Duration.--Each local educational agency plan shall 
        be submitted for the first year for which this part is in 
        effect following the date of enactment of the Every Child Ready 
        for College or Career Act of 2013 and shall remain in effect 
        for the duration of the agency's participation under this part.
            ``(5) 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.
    ``(b) Plan Provisions.--To ensure that all children receive a high-
quality education that prepares them for postsecondary education and 
the workforce without the need for academic remediation, and to close 
the achievement gap between high- and low-performing children, 
especially the achievement gaps between minority and nonminority 
students, and between disadvantaged children and their more advantaged 
peers, each local educational agency plan shall describe--
            ``(1) how the local educational agency will work with each 
        of the schools served by the agency so that students meet the 
        State's challenging academic standards by--
                    ``(A) developing and implementing a comprehensive 
                program of instruction to meet the academic needs of 
                all students;
                    ``(B) identifying quickly and effectively students 
                who may be at risk for academic failure;
                    ``(C) providing additional educational assistance 
                to individual students determined as needing help in 
                meeting the State's challenging academic achievement 
                standards;
                    ``(D) identifying significant gaps in student 
                academic achievement between each category of students 
                described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of section 
                1111(b)(2)(B)(viii) and develop strategies to reduce 
                such gaps in achievement; and
                    ``(E) identifying and implementing effective 
                methods and instructional strategies that are based on 
                scientifically valid research intended to strengthen 
                the core academic program of the school;
            ``(2) how the local educational agency will monitor and 
        evaluate the effectiveness of school programs in improving 
        student academic achievement, especially for students not 
        meeting the State's challenging academic achievement standards;
            ``(3)(A) how the local educational agency will meet the 
        requirements of section 1119 regarding the qualifications of 
        teachers and paraprofessionals; and
            ``(B) how the local educational agency, through incentives 
        for voluntary transfers, recruitment programs, incentive pay, 
        performance- or merit-based pay systems, or other effective 
        strategies, will identify and address any disparities that 
        result in low-income students and minority students being 
        taught at higher rates than other students by ineffective, out-
        of-field, or inexperienced teachers;
            ``(4) the actions the local educational agency will take to 
        assist schools identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B) and other 
        schools also determined by the local educational agency to be 
        in need of assistance to improve student academic achievement, 
        and the funds used to conduct such actions;
            ``(5) the programs to be conducted by such agency's schools 
        under section 1113, 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;
            ``(6) the services the local educational agency will 
        provide homeless children, including services provided with 
        funds reserved under section 1113(a)(3)(C)(i);
            ``(7) the strategy the local educational agency will use to 
        implement effective parental involvement under section 1118;
            ``(8) how the local educational agency will coordinate and 
        integrate services provided under this part with preschool 
        educational services at the local educational agency or 
        individual school level, including 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 local 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 
        development program;
            ``(9) how the local educational agency will coordinate 
        programs and integrate services under this part with other 
        Federal, State, and local services and programs; and
            ``(10) how teachers, in consultation with parents, 
        administrators, and pupil services personnel, in targeted 
        assistance schools under section 1113, will identify the 
        eligible children most in need of services under this part.
    ``(c) Assurances.--Each local educational agency plan shall provide 
assurances that the local educational agency will--
            ``(1) ensure that the results from the academic assessments 
        required under section 1111(b)(2) will be provided to parents 
        and teachers as soon as is practicably possible after the test 
        is taken;
            ``(2) ensure that migratory children and formerly 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;
            ``(3) 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; and
            ``(4) participate, if selected, in the National Assessment 
        of Educational Progress in 4th and 8th grade reading and 
        mathematics carried out under section 303(b)(2) of the National 
        Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act.
    ``(d) Schoolwide Program Plans.--In addition to the plan 
requirements described in subsection (c), for schools operating a 
schoolwide program under section 1113(b)(2), the plan shall also 
include--
            ``(1) a description of schoolwide reform strategies that--
                    ``(A) provide opportunities for all children to 
                meet the State's challenging academic achievement 
                standards under section 1111(b);
                    ``(B) use effective methods and instructional 
                strategies that are based on scientifically valid 
                research that--
                            ``(i) strengthen the core academic program 
                        in the school; and
                            ``(ii) increase the amount and quality of 
                        learning time and help provide an enriched and 
                        accelerated curriculum; and
                    ``(C) address the academic and other support needs 
                of all children in the school;
            ``(2) a list of State educational agency and local 
        educational agency programs and other Federal programs that 
        will be consolidated in the schoolwide program; and
            ``(3) if appropriate, a description of how funds will be 
        used to establish or enhance prekindergarten programs for 
        children below the age of 6.
    ``(e) Targeted Assistance School Plans.--In addition to the plan 
requirements described in subsection (c), for schools operating a 
targeted assistance program under section 1113(b)(3), the plan shall 
also include--
            ``(1) a description of--
                    ``(A) the process for determining which students 
                will be served and the students to be served;
                    ``(B) the assistance that will be provided to such 
                students; and
                    ``(C) how the activities supported under this part 
                will be coordinated with and incorporated into the 
                regular education program of the school; and
            ``(2) assurances that the school will--
                    ``(A) help provide an accelerated, high-quality 
                curriculum;
                    ``(B) minimize removing children from the regular 
                classroom during regular school hours for instruction 
                provided under this part; and
                    ``(C) on an ongoing basis, review the progress of 
                participating children and revise the plan under this 
                section, if necessary, to provide additional assistance 
                to enable such children to meet the State's challenging 
                academic achievement standards.
    ``(f) Parents Right-to-Know.--
            ``(1) Teacher qualifications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--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:
                            ``(i) Whether the teacher has met State 
                        qualification and licensing criteria for the 
                        grade levels and subject areas in which the 
                        teacher provides instruction.
                            ``(ii) Whether the teacher is teaching 
                        under emergency or other provisional status 
                        through which State qualification or licensing 
                        criteria have been waived.
                            ``(iii) Whether the child is provided 
                        services by paraprofessionals and, if so, 
                        whether each such paraprofessional meets the 
                        qualifications required under section 1119.
                    ``(B) Additional information.--In addition to the 
                information that parents may request under subparagraph 
                (A), a school that receives funds under this part shall 
                provide to each individual parent--
                            ``(i) information on the level of 
                        achievement of the parent's child in each of 
                        the State academic assessments as required 
                        under this part; and
                            ``(ii) timely notice that the parent's 
                        child has been assigned, or has been taught for 
                        4 or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who 
                        does not meet applicable State certification or 
                        licensure requirements.
            ``(2) Language instruction.--
                    ``(A) Notice.--Each local educational agency using 
                funds under this part to provide a language instruction 
                educational program as determined under title III 
                shall, not later than 30 days after the beginning of 
                the school year, inform a parent or parents of an 
                English language learner identified for participation 
                or participating in such a program of--
                            ``(i) the reasons for the identification of 
                        their child as an English language learner and 
                        in need of placement in a language instruction 
                        educational program;
                            ``(ii) the child's level of English 
                        proficiency, how such level was assessed, and 
                        the status of the child's academic achievement;
                            ``(iii) 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;
                            ``(iv) how the program in which their child 
                        is, or will be participating, will meet the 
                        educational strengths and needs of their child;
                            ``(v) how such program will specifically 
                        help their child learn English and meet age-
                        appropriate academic achievement standards for 
                        grade promotion and graduation;
                            ``(vi) the specific exit requirements for 
                        the program, including the expected rate of 
                        transition from such program into classrooms 
                        that are not tailored for English language 
                        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;
                            ``(vii) in the case of a child with a 
                        disability, how such program meets the 
                        objectives of the individualized education 
                        program of the child, as described in section 
                        614(a)(1)(D) of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act; and
                            ``(viii) information pertaining to parental 
                        rights that includes written guidance--
                                    ``(I) detailing--
                                            ``(aa) the right that 
                                        parents have to have their 
                                        child immediately removed from 
                                        such program upon their 
                                        request; and
                                            ``(bb) 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.
                    ``(B) Special rule applicable during the school 
                year.--For those children who have not been identified 
                as English language learners prior to the beginning of 
                the school year but are identified as English language 
                learners during such school year, the local educational 
                agency shall notify the children's parents during the 
                first 2 weeks of the child being placed in a language 
                instruction educational program consistent with 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) Parental participation.--Each local 
                educational agency receiving funds under this part 
                shall implement an effective means of outreach to 
                parents of English language learners to inform the 
                parents regarding how the parents 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 challenging State 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 of students assisted 
                under this part.
                    ``(D) 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.
            ``(3) 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.

``SEC. 1113. ELIGIBLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS; SCHOOLWIDE PROGRAMS; 
              TARGETED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Eligible School Attendance Areas.--
            ``(1) Determination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A local educational agency shall 
                use funds received under this part only in eligible 
                school attendance areas.
                    ``(B) Eligible school attendance areas.--In this 
                part--
                            ``(i) the term `school attendance area' 
                        means, in relation to a particular school, the 
                        geographical area in which the children who are 
                        normally served by that school reside; and
                            ``(ii) the term `eligible school attendance 
                        area' means a school attendance area in which 
                        the percentage of children from low-income 
                        families is at least as high as the percentage 
                        of children from low-income families served by 
                        the local educational agency as a whole.
                    ``(C) Ranking order.--If funds allocated in 
                accordance with paragraph (3) 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 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.
                    ``(D) Remaining funds.--If funds remain after 
                serving all eligible school attendance areas under 
                subparagraph (C), a local educational agency shall--
                            ``(i) annually rank such agency's remaining 
                        eligible school attendance areas from highest 
                        to lowest either by grade span or for the 
                        entire local educational agency according to 
                        the percentage of children from low-income 
                        families; and
                            ``(ii) serve such eligible school 
                        attendance areas in rank order either within 
                        each grade-span grouping or within the local 
                        educational agency as a whole.
                    ``(E) Measures.--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 a free 
                or reduced priced lunch 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 
                        paragraph (3).
                    ``(F) Exception.--This subsection shall not apply 
                to a local educational agency with a total enrollment 
                of less than 1,000 children.
                    ``(G) Waiver for desegregation plans.--The 
                Secretary may approve a local educational agency's 
                written request for a waiver of the requirements of 
                this paragraph and paragraph (3) and permit such agency 
                to treat as eligible, and serve, any school that 
                children attend with a State-ordered, court-ordered 
                school desegregation plan or a plan that continues to 
                be implemented in accordance with a State-ordered or 
                court-ordered desegregation plan, if--
                            ``(i) the number of economically 
                        disadvantaged children enrolled in the school 
                        is at least 25 percent of the school's total 
                        enrollment; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary determines on the 
                        basis of a written request from such agency and 
                        in accordance with such criteria as the 
                        Secretary establishes, that approval of that 
                        request would further the purposes of this 
                        part.
            ``(2) Local educational agency discretion.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
                (1)(B), a local educational agency may--
                            ``(i) designate as eligible any school 
                        attendance area or school in which at least 35 
                        percent of the children are from low-income 
                        families;
                            ``(ii) use funds received under this part 
                        in a school that is not in an eligible school 
                        attendance area, if the percentage of children 
                        from low-income families enrolled in the school 
                        is equal to or greater than the percentage of 
                        such children in a participating school 
                        attendance area of such agency;
                            ``(iii) designate and serve a school 
                        attendance area or school that is not eligible 
                        under this section, but that was eligible and 
                        that was served in the preceding fiscal year, 
                        but only for 1 additional fiscal year; and
                            ``(iv) elect not to serve an eligible 
                        school attendance area or eligible school that 
                        has a higher percentage of children from low-
                        income families if--
                                    ``(I) the school meets the 
                                comparability requirements of section 
                                1120A(b);
                                    ``(II) the school is receiving 
                                supplemental funds from other State or 
                                local sources that are spent according 
                                to the requirements of this section; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) the funds expended from 
                                such other sources equal or exceed the 
                                amount that would be provided under 
                                this part.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Notwithstanding subparagraph 
                (A)(iv), the number of children attending private 
                elementary schools and secondary schools who are to 
                receive services, and the assistance such children are 
                to receive under this part, shall be determined without 
                regard to whether the public school attendance area in 
                which such children reside is assisted under 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Allocations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A local educational agency shall 
                allocate funds received under this part to eligible 
                school attendance areas or eligible schools, identified 
                under paragraphs (1) and (2) in rank order, on the 
                basis of the total number of children from low-income 
                families in each area or school.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), the per-pupil amount of funds 
                        allocated to each school attendance area or 
                        school under subparagraph (A) shall be at least 
                        125 percent of the per-pupil amount of funds a 
                        local educational agency received for that year 
                        under the poverty criteria described by the 
                        local educational agency in the plan submitted 
                        under section 1112, except that this clause 
                        shall not apply to a local educational agency 
                        that only serves schools in which the 
                        percentage of such children is 35 percent or 
                        greater.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--A local educational 
                        agency may reduce the amount of funds allocated 
                        under clause (i) for a school attendance area 
                        or school by the amount of any supplemental 
                        State and local funds expended in that school 
                        attendance area or school for programs that 
                        meet the requirements of this section.
                    ``(C) Reservation.--A local educational agency 
                shall reserve such funds as are necessary under this 
                part to provide services comparable to those provided 
                to children in schools funded under this part to 
                serve--
                            ``(i) homeless children who do not attend 
                        participating schools, 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; and
                            ``(iii) if appropriate, children in local 
                        institutions for delinquent children, and 
                        neglected or delinquent children in community 
                        day school programs.
    ``(b) Schoolwide Programs and Targeted Assistance Schools.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each school that will receive funds 
        under this part, the local educational agency shall determine 
        whether the school operates as a schoolwide program consistent 
        with paragraph (2) or a targeted assistance school consistent 
        with paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Schoolwide programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A local educational agency may 
                consolidate and use funds under this part, together 
                with other Federal, State, and local funds, in order to 
                upgrade the entire educational program of a school that 
                serves an eligible school attendance area in which not 
                less than 40 percent of the children are from low-
                income families, or not less than 40 percent of the 
                children enrolled in the school are from such families.
                    ``(B) Identification of students not required.--
                            ``(i) In general.--No school participating 
                        in a schoolwide program shall be required--
                                    ``(I) to identify particular 
                                children under this part as eligible to 
                                participate in a schoolwide program; or
                                    ``(II) to provide services to such 
                                children that are supplementary, as 
                                otherwise required by section 1120A(a).
                            ``(ii) Supplemental funds.--A school 
                        participating in a schoolwide program shall use 
                        funds available to carry out this paragraph 
                        only to supplement the amount of funds that 
                        would, in the absence of funds under this part, 
                        be made available from non-Federal sources for 
                        the school, including funds needed to provide 
                        services that are required by law for children 
                        with disabilities and children who are English 
                        language learners.
                    ``(C) Exemption from statutory and regulatory 
                requirements.--
                            ``(i) Exemption.--The Secretary may, 
                        through publication of a notice in the Federal 
                        Register, exempt schoolwide programs under this 
                        section from statutory or regulatory provisions 
                        of any other noncompetitive formula grant 
                        program administered by the Secretary (other 
                        than formula or discretionary grant programs 
                        under the Individuals with Disabilities 
                        Education Act, except as provided in section 
                        613(a)(2)(D) of such Act), or any discretionary 
                        grant program administered by the Secretary, to 
                        support schoolwide programs if the intent and 
                        purposes of such other programs are met.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--A school that chooses 
                        to use funds from such other programs shall not 
                        be relieved of the requirements relating to 
                        health, safety, civil rights, student and 
                        parental participation and involvement, 
                        services to private school children, 
                        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 that apply to the receipt of funds 
                        from such programs.
                            ``(iii) Records.--A school that 
                        consolidates and uses funds from different 
                        Federal programs under this paragraph shall not 
                        be required to maintain separate fiscal 
                        accounting records, by program, that identify 
                        the specific activities supported by those 
                        particular funds as long as the school 
                        maintains records that demonstrate that the 
                        schoolwide program, considered as a whole, 
                        addresses the intent and purposes of each of 
                        the Federal programs that were consolidated to 
                        support the schoolwide program.
                    ``(D) Prekindergarten program.--A school that is 
                eligible for a schoolwide program under this paragraph 
                may use funds made available under this part to 
                establish or enhance prekindergarten programs for 
                children below the age of 6.
            ``(3) Targeted assistance schools.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In all schools selected to 
                receive funds under subsection (a)(3) that are 
                ineligible for a schoolwide program under paragraph 
                (2), or that choose not to operate such a schoolwide 
                program, a local educational agency serving such school 
                may use funds received under this part only for 
                programs that provide services to eligible children 
                under subparagraph (B) identified as having the 
                greatest need for special assistance.
                    ``(B) Eligible children.--
                            ``(i) Eligible population.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The eligible 
                                population for services under this 
                                section is--
                                            ``(aa) children not older 
                                        than age 21 who are entitled to 
                                        a free public education through 
                                        grade 12; and
                                            ``(bb) children who are not 
                                        yet at a grade level at which 
                                        the local educational agency 
                                        provides a free public 
                                        education.
                                    ``(II) Eligible children from 
                                eligible population.--From the 
                                population described in subclause (I), 
                                eligible children are children 
                                identified by the school as failing, or 
                                most at risk of failing, to meet the 
                                State's challenging student academic 
                                achievement standards on the basis of 
                                multiple, educationally related, 
                                objective criteria established by the 
                                local educational agency and 
                                supplemented by the school.
                            ``(ii) Children included.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Children who are 
                                economically disadvantaged, children 
                                with disabilities, migrant children, or 
                                children who are English language 
                                learners, are eligible for services 
                                under this part on the same basis as 
                                other children selected to receive 
                                services under this part.
                                    ``(II) Head start and preschool 
                                children.--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, 
                                or in preschool services under this 
                                title, is eligible for services under 
                                this part.
                                    ``(III) Migrant children.--A child 
                                who, at any time in the 2 years 
                                preceding the year for which the 
                                determination is made, received 
                                services under part C is eligible for 
                                services under this part.
                                    ``(IV) Neglected or delinquent 
                                children.--A child in a local 
                                institution for neglected or delinquent 
                                children and youth or attending a 
                                community day program for such children 
                                is eligible for services under this 
                                part.
                                    ``(V) Homeless children.--A child 
                                who is homeless and attending any 
                                school served by the local educational 
                                agency is eligible for services under 
                                this part.
                            ``(iii) Special rule.--Funds received under 
                        this part may not be used to provide services 
                        that are otherwise required by law to be made 
                        available to children described in clause (ii) 
                        but may be used to coordinate or supplement 
                        such services.
                    ``(C) Integration of professional development.--To 
                promote the integration of staff supported with funds 
                under this part into the regular school program and 
                overall school planning and improvement efforts, public 
                school personnel who are paid with funds received under 
                this part may--
                            ``(i) participate in general professional 
                        development and school planning activities; and
                            ``(ii) assume limited duties that are 
                        assigned to similar personnel who are not so 
                        paid, including duties beyond classroom 
                        instruction or that do not benefit 
                        participating children, so long as the amount 
                        of time spent on such duties is the same 
                        proportion of total work time as prevails with 
                        respect to similar personnel at the same 
                        school.
                    ``(D) Special rules.--
                            ``(i) Simultaneous service.--Nothing in 
                        this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a 
                        school from serving students under this 
                        paragraph simultaneously with students with 
                        similar educational needs, in the same 
                        educational settings where appropriate.
                            ``(ii) Comprehensive services.--If health, 
                        nutrition, and other social services are not 
                        otherwise available to eligible children in a 
                        targeted assistance school and such school, if 
                        appropriate, has engaged in a comprehensive 
                        needs assessment and established a 
                        collaborative partnership with local service 
                        providers and funds are not reasonably 
                        available from other public or private sources 
                        to provide such services, then a portion of the 
                        funds provided under this part may be used as a 
                        last resort to provide such services, 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) the provision of basic 
                                medical equipment, such as eyeglasses 
                                and hearing aids;
                                    ``(II) compensation of a 
                                coordinator; and
                                    ``(III) professional development 
                                necessary to assist teachers, pupil 
                                services personnel, other staff, and 
                                parents in identifying and meeting the 
                                comprehensive needs of eligible 
                                children.

``SEC. 1114. SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) State Review and Responsibilities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State educational agency receiving 
        funds under this part shall use a system designed by the State 
        in accordance with section 1111(b)(3)(A) to annually--
                    ``(A) review the academic performance of each 
                public school in the State to measure the progress of 
                each public school served under this part in meeting 
                the State's challenging academic standards and any 
                other measures determined appropriate by the State, by 
                using--
                            ``(i) the State academic assessments 
                        described in section 1111(b)(2);
                            ``(ii) secondary school graduation rates, 
                        as appropriate; and
                            ``(iii) other indicators determined by the 
                        State; and
                    ``(B) identify the public schools that receive 
                funds under this part and are in need of assistance for 
                improving student academic achievement and any other 
                measures determined appropriate by the State.
            ``(2) State educational agency responsibilities.--The State 
        educational agency shall--
                    ``(A) make technical assistance available to local 
                educational agencies that serve schools identified 
                under paragraph (1)(B);
                    ``(B) if the State educational agency determines 
                that a local educational agency failed to carry out its 
                responsibilities under this section, take such actions 
                as the State educational agency determines to be 
                appropriate and in compliance with State law; and
                    ``(C) inform local educational agencies of schools 
                identified under subparagraph (1)(B) in a timely manner 
                that is before the beginning of the school year.
    ``(b) Local Educational Agency Review and Responsibilities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency with a 
        school identified under subsection (a)(1)(B) shall, in 
        consultation with school personnel, parents, and the local 
        community--
                    ``(A) conduct a review of such school and student 
                achievement data, including data from the State 
                assessments described in section 1111(b)(2), to 
                determine the factors that led to such identification;
                    ``(B) conduct a review of the policies, procedures, 
                personnel decisions, and budgetary decisions of the 
                local educational agency and the school that impact the 
                school and could have contributed to the identification 
                of the school;
                    ``(C) develop appropriate strategies, as described 
                under paragraph (3), for assisting the identified 
                school; and
                    ``(D) develop a comprehensive plan for the 
                successful implementation of the assistance strategies, 
                including--
                            ``(i) technical assistance that will be 
                        provided to the school;
                            ``(ii) improved delivery of services to be 
                        provided by the local educational agency;
                            ``(iii) curriculum, program of instruction, 
                        or other services provided to students in the 
                        school; and
                            ``(iv) any changes to personnel necessary 
                        to improve educational opportunities for 
                        children in the school.
            ``(2) Notice to parents.--A local educational agency shall 
        promptly provide to a parent or parents of each student 
        enrolled in a school identified under subsection (a)(1)(B)--
                    ``(A) an explanation of what the identification 
                means, and how the school compares in terms of academic 
                achievement to other schools served by the local 
                educational agency and the State educational agency 
                involved;
                    ``(B) the reasons for the identification;
                    ``(C) an explanation of what the local educational 
                agency or State educational agency is doing to help the 
                school address the student academic achievement 
                problem, including a description of the assistance 
                strategies developed under paragraph (1)(C) that will 
                be implemented in the school;
                    ``(D) an explanation of how the parents can become 
                involved in addressing the academic achievement issues 
                that caused the school to be identified; and
                    ``(E) an explanation of the parents' option to 
                transfer their child to another public school under 
                paragraph (4), if applicable.
            ``(3) School assistance strategies.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Consistent with subsection 
                (a)(1) and paragraph (1), a local educational agency 
                shall develop assistance strategies for an identified 
                school, which may include, among other strategies--
                            ``(i) replacing the principal who led the 
                        school before implementation of the strategy;
                            ``(ii) screening and replacing teachers 
                        that are not effective in improving student 
                        achievement, as determined by the State or 
                        local educational agency;
                            ``(iii) giving the school sufficient 
                        operational flexibility in programming, 
                        staffing, budgeting, and scheduling to fully 
                        implement a comprehensive strategy that is 
                        designed to substantially improve student 
                        achievement and, if applicable, increase the 
                        graduation rate;
                            ``(iv) providing ongoing, high-quality 
                        professional development to instructional staff 
                        that is aligned with the school's instructional 
                        program, facilitates effective teaching and 
                        learning, and supports the implementation of 
                        school turnaround model;
                            ``(v) implementing strategies, such as 
                        financial incentives, increased opportunities 
                        for promotion and career growth, and more 
                        flexible work conditions, that are designed to 
                        recruit, place, and retain staff with the 
                        skills that are necessary to meet the needs of 
                        the students in the school;
                            ``(vi) using data to identify and implement 
                        a research-based instructional program that is 
                        aligned with the State's challenging academic 
                        standards or to inform and differentiate 
                        instruction in order to meet the academic needs 
                        of individual students;
                            ``(vii) converting a school or closing and 
                        reopening the school--
                                    ``(I) under a charter school 
                                operator, a charter management 
                                organization, an education management 
                                organization, as a magnet school, or as 
                                an innovative school as defined under 
                                State law; and
                                    ``(II) enrolling in the school, 
                                within the grades it serves, any former 
                                student from the identified school who 
                                wishes to attend the school;
                            ``(viii) closing a school and enrolling the 
                        students who attended that school in other 
                        schools of the local educational agency that 
                        are higher performing;
                            ``(ix) adopting a new governance structure 
                        for the school; and
                            ``(x) any other strategies and activities 
                        that the local educational agency deems 
                        appropriate to address the needs of students in 
                        identified schools.
                    ``(B) State determined strategies.--Consistent with 
                State law, a State educational agency may establish 
                alternative State determined strategies that can be 
                used by local educational agencies to assist a school 
                identified under subsection (a)(1)(B), in addition to 
                the assistance strategies developed by a local 
                educational agency under subparagraph (A).
            ``(4) Public school choice.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In addition to the assistance 
                strategies developed under paragraph (3)(A), a local 
                educational agency may, not later than 3 months before 
                the first day of the school year following 
                identification under subsection (a)(1)(B), provide all 
                students enrolled in the identified school with the 
                option to transfer to another public school served by 
                the local educational agency, unless such an option is 
                prohibited by State law.
                    ``(B) 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).
                    ``(C) 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.
                    ``(D) Special rule.--A local educational agency 
                shall permit a child who transfers to another public 
                school under this paragraph to remain in that school 
                until the child has completed the highest grade in that 
                school.
                    ``(E) Provision of transportation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), a local educational agency shall 
                        provide, or shall pay for the provision of, 
                        transportation for a student who transfers 
                        under this paragraph to the public school to 
                        which the student transfers.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--The obligation of a 
                        local educational agency to provide, or pay for 
                        the provision of, transportation for a student 
                        who transfers under this paragraph ends at the 
                        end of a school year if the local educational 
                        agency determines that the school from which 
                        the student transferred is no longer identified 
                        under subsection (a)(1)(B).

``SEC. 1115. RESERVED.

``SEC. 1116. RESERVED.

``SEC. 1117. RESERVED.'';

        and
            (2) by striking section 1119 and inserting the following:

``SEC. 1119. QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS.

    ``(a) Teachers.--Each local educational agency receiving assistance 
under this part shall ensure that all teachers working in a program 
supported with funds under this part meet applicable State 
certification and licensure requirements.
    ``(b) Paraprofessionals.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency receiving 
        assistance under this part shall ensure that all 
        paraprofessionals hired after the date of enactment of the No 
        Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110) and working 
        in a program supported with funds under this part have--
                    ``(A) completed not less than 2 years of study at 
                an institution of higher education;
                    ``(B) obtained an associate's (or higher) degree; 
                or
                    ``(C) met a rigorous standard of quality and can 
                demonstrate, through a formal State or local academic 
                assessment--
                            ``(i) knowledge of, and the ability to 
                        assist in, instructing, reading, writing, and 
                        mathematics; or
                            ``(ii) knowledge of, and the ability to 
                        assist in, reading readiness, writing 
                        readiness, and mathematics readiness, as 
                        appropriate.
            ``(2) Clarification.--The receipt of a secondary school 
        diploma (or its recognized equivalent) shall be necessary but 
        not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (1)(C).
    ``(c) Exceptions for Translation and Parental Involvement 
Activities.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to a paraprofessional--
            ``(1) who is proficient in English and a language other 
        than English and who provides services primarily to enhance the 
        participation of children in programs under this part by acting 
        as a translator; or
            ``(2) whose duties consist solely of conducting parental 
        involvement activities consistent with section 1118.
    ``(d) Duties of Paraprofessionals.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each local educational agency receiving 
        assistance under this part shall ensure that a paraprofessional 
        working in a program supported with funds under this part is 
        not assigned a duty inconsistent with this subsection.
            ``(2) Limitations.--A paraprofessional described in 
        paragraph (1) may only provide instructional service to a 
        student under the direct supervision of a teacher or principal.
            ``(3) Responsibilities paraprofessionals may be assigned.--
        A paraprofessional described in paragraph (1) may be assigned--
                    ``(A) to provide one-on-one tutoring for eligible 
                students, if the tutoring is scheduled at a time when a 
                student would not otherwise receive instruction from a 
                teacher;
                    ``(B) to assist with classroom management, such as 
                organizing instructional and other materials;
                    ``(C) to provide assistance in a computer 
                laboratory;
                    ``(D) to conduct parental involvement activities;
                    ``(E) to provide support in a library or media 
                center;
                    ``(F) to act as a translator; or
                    ``(G) to provide instructional services to students 
                in accordance with paragraph (2).''.

SEC. 105. PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

    Section 1120(a) (20 U.S.C. 6320(a)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Expenditures.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Expenditures for educational 
                services and other benefits to eligible private school 
                children shall be equal to the proportion of funds 
                allocated to the local educational agency based on the 
                number of children from low-income families who attend 
                private schools.
                    ``(B) Term of determination.--The local educational 
                agency may determine the equitable share each year or 
                every 2 years.
                    ``(C) Method of determination.--The proportional 
                share of funds shall be determined--
                            ``(i) based on the total allocation 
                        received by the local educational agency; and
                            ``(ii) prior to any allowable expenditures 
                        or transfers by the local educational 
                        agency.''.

SEC. 106. TITLE I FUNDS FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME CHILD STATE OPTION.

    Subpart 2 of part A of title I (20 U.S.C. 6331 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1128. TITLE I FUNDS FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME CHILD STATE OPTION.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
to the extent permitted under State law, a State educational agency may 
allocate grant funds under this subpart among the local educational 
agencies in the State based on the number of eligible children enrolled 
in the public schools operated by each local educational agency.
    ``(b) Eligible Child.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this section, the term `eligible 
        child' means a child aged 5 to 17, inclusive, from a family 
        with an income below the poverty level on the basis of the most 
        recent satisfactory data published by the Department of 
        Commerce.
            ``(2) Criteria of poverty.--In determining the families 
        with incomes below the poverty level for the purposes of this 
        section, a State educational agency shall use the criteria of 
        poverty used by the Census Bureau in compiling the most recent 
        decennial census, as the criteria have been updated by 
        increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 
        published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    ``(c) Student Enrollment in Public Schools.--
            ``(1) Identification of eligible children.--On an annual 
        basis, on a date to be determined by the State educational 
        agency, each local educational agency that receives grant 
        funding in accordance with subsection (a) shall inform the 
        State educational agency of the number of eligible children 
        enrolled in public schools served by the local educational 
        agency.
            ``(2) Allocation to local educational agencies.--Based on 
        the identification of eligible children in paragraph (1), the 
        State educational shall provide to a local educational agency 
        an amount equal to the sum of the amount available for each 
        eligible child in the State multiplied by the number of 
        eligible children identified by the local educational agency 
        under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Distribution to schools.--Each local educational 
        agency that receives funds under paragraph (2) shall distribute 
        such funds to the public schools served by the local 
        educational agency--
                    ``(A) based on the number of eligible children 
                enrolled in such schools; and
                    ``(B) in a manner that would, in the absence of 
                such Federal funds, supplement the funds made available 
                from non-Federal resources for the education of pupils 
                participating in programs under this part, and not to 
                supplant such funds.''.

SEC. 107. ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS.

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

                     ``PART B--ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS

``SEC. 1201. GRANTS FOR STATE ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

    ``The Secretary shall make grants to States to enable the States to 
carry out the following:
            ``(1) To pay the costs of the development of the additional 
        State assessments and standards required by section 1111(b), 
        which may include the costs of working in voluntary 
        partnerships with other States, at the sole discretion of each 
        such State.
            ``(2) If a State has developed the assessments required by 
        section 1111(b), to administer those assessments or to carry 
        out other activities described in this part and other 
        activities related to ensuring that the State's schools and 
        local educational agencies are held accountable for results, 
        such as the following:
                    ``(A) Expanding the range of appropriate 
                accommodations available to English language learners 
                and students with disabilities to improve the rates of 
                inclusion in regular assessments of such students, 
                including professional development activities to 
                improve the implementation of such accommodations in 
                instructional practice.
                    ``(B) Developing or improving assessments for 
                students with disabilities, including the development 
                of assessments--
                            ``(i) for all students, including students 
                        with disabilities, using the principles of 
                        universal design;
                            ``(ii) aligned to modified State content 
                        standards; and
                            ``(iii) aligned to alternate State content 
                        standards for students with the most 
                        significant cognitive disabilities.
                    ``(C) Developing challenging academic content and 
                student academic achievement standards and aligned 
                assessments in academic subjects for which standards 
                and assessments are not required under section 1111(b).
                    ``(D) Developing or improving assessments of 
                English language proficiency necessary to comply with 
                section 1111(b)(2)(B)(vi)(IV).
                    ``(E) Ensuring the continued validity and 
                reliability of State assessments.
                    ``(F) Refining State assessments to ensure their 
                continued alignment with the State's academic content 
                standards and to improve the alignment of curricula and 
                instructional materials.

``SEC. 1202. GRANTS FOR ENHANCED ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS.

    ``(a) Grant Program Authorized.--
            ``(1) In general.--From funds made available to carry out 
        this part, the Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, 
        grants to State educational agencies to enable the agencies to 
        carry out the activities described in this section.
            ``(2) Application.--A State educational agency that desires 
        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.
            ``(3) Award of grants.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
        State educational agencies whose applications demonstrate, to 
        the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the following 
        requirements of this section will be met:
                    ``(A) Developing or improving assessments for 
                students with disabilities, including the development 
                of assessments--
                            ``(i) for all students, including students 
                        with disabilities, using the principles of 
                        universal design;
                            ``(ii) aligned to modified State content 
                        standards; and
                            ``(iii) aligned to alternate State content 
                        standards for students with the most 
                        significant cognitive disabilities.
                    ``(B) Collaborating with institutions of higher 
                education, other research institutions, or other 
                organizations to improve the quality, validity, and 
                reliability of State academic assessments.
                    ``(C) Measuring student academic achievement using 
                multiple measures of student academic achievement from 
                multiple sources.
                    ``(D) Measuring student progress or academic growth 
                over time.
                    ``(E) Evaluating student academic achievement 
                through the development of comprehensive academic 
                assessment instruments, such as performance and 
                technology-based academic assessments.
                    ``(F) Developing or improving the quality, 
                validity, and reliability of assessments for English 
                language learners, including alternative assessments 
                aligned with State content standards, testing 
                accommodations for English language learners, and 
                assessments of English language proficiency.
    ``(b) Annual Report.--Each State educational agency receiving a 
grant under this section shall submit an annual report to the Secretary 
describing its activities, and the result of those activities, under 
the grant.

``SEC. 1203. FUNDING.

    ``(a) Allotment of Appropriated Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts made available for each 
        fiscal year under subsection 1002(b) that are equal to or less 
        than the amount described in section 1111(b)(2)(F) (referred to 
        in this subsection as the `trigger amount'), the Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) reserve \1/2\ of 1 percent for the Bureau of 
                Indian Affairs;
                    ``(B) reserve \1/2\ of 1 percent for the outlying 
                areas; and
                    ``(C) from the remainder, allocate to each State 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) Remainder.--Any amounts remaining for a fiscal year 
        after the Secretary carries out paragraph (1) shall be made 
        available as follows:
                    ``(A)(i) To award funds under section 1202 to 
                States according to the quality, needs, and scope of 
                the State application under that section.
                    ``(ii) In determining the grant amount under clause 
                (i), 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.
                    ``(B) Any amounts remaining after the Secretary 
                awards funds under subparagraph (A) shall be allocated 
                to each State that did not receive a grant under such 
                subparagraph, in an amount that bears the same 
                relationship to the total funds available under this 
                subparagraph 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.
            ``(3) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority to 
        States that propose to conduct activities consistent with 
        section 1202(a)(3)(A).
    ``(b) State Defined.--In this section, the term `State' means each 
of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico.''.

SEC. 108. EVALUATIONS.

    Section 1501 (20 U.S.C. 6491) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``relative to the goal of all students reaching 
                        the proficient level of achievement based on 
                        State academic assessments, challenging State 
                        academic content standards, and challenging 
                        State student academic achievement standards 
                        under section 1111'' and inserting ``so that 
                        all students are prepared to graduate from high 
                        school ready to enter postsecondary education 
                        or the workforce without the need for academic 
                        remediation'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (D), (F), 
                        and (G);
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), 
                        (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), (M), (N), and (O), as 
                        subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), 
                        (J), (K), and (L), respectively;
                            (iv) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 
                        by clause (iii)--
                                    (I) in clause (iii), by adding 
                                ``and'' after the semicolon;
                                    (II) in clause (iv), by striking 
                                ``; and'' and inserting a period; and
                                    (III) by striking clause (v);
                            (v) by striking subparagraph (F), as 
                        redesignated by clause (iii), and inserting the 
                        following:
                    ``(F) The extent to which actions authorized under 
                section 1114(b) are implemented by State educational 
                agencies and local educational agencies to improve the 
                academic achievement of students in low-performing 
                schools, and the effectiveness of such actions, 
                including the following:
                            ``(i) The number of schools identified 
                        under section 1114(a)(1)(B) and the factors 
                        that lead to such identification.
                            ``(ii) The assistance strategies designed 
                        and implemented by the State educational agency 
                        or the local educational agency and the impact 
                        of such strategies on improving student 
                        academic achievement and improving school 
                        performance.
                            ``(iii) If applicable, the number of 
                        parents who take advantage of the public school 
                        choice provisions of this title, the costs 
                        (including transportation costs) associated 
                        with implementing these provisions, the 
                        implementation of these provisions, and the 
                        impact of these provisions (including the 
                        impact of attending another school) on student 
                        achievement.''; and
                            (vi) in subparagraph (K), as redesignated 
                        by clause (iii), by striking ``section 
                        1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)'' and inserting 
                        ``subclauses (I) through (IV) of section 
                        1111(b)(2)(B)(viii)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the 
                        No Child Left Behind Act of 2001'' and 
                        inserting ``the Every Child Ready for College 
                        or Career Act of 2013''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the 
                        No Child Left Behind Act of 2001'' and 
                        inserting ``the Every Child Ready for College 
                        or Career Act of 2013''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)(E), by striking ``section 1116'' 
        and inserting ``section 1114(c)''.

SEC. 109. DEMONSTRATIONS OF INNOVATIVE PRACTICES.

    Part E of title I (20 U.S.C. 6491 et seq.) is amended by striking 
sections 1502 through 1504.

SEC. 110. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Title I (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking parts F, G, and H;
            (2) in section 1120A, by striking subsection (a) and 
        redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d), as subsections 
        (a), (b), and (c);
            (3) by striking section 1908;
            (4) by redesignating part I as part F;
            (5) by redesignating sections 1901 through 1907 as sections 
        1601 through 1607; and
            (6) in section 1604, as redesignated by paragraph (5), by 
        striking ``6 local educational agencies'' and inserting ``25 
        local educational agencies'' both places the term appears.

SEC. 111. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.

    Section 305 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9624) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) State Assessments.--For the purpose of administering the 
State assessments under this title, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $72,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

             TITLE II--HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS

SEC. 201. HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subpart 5 of part C of title II as 
        subpart 3 of part E of title IX and moving that subpart to the 
        end of part E of title IX;
            (2) by redesignating sections 2361 through 2368 as sections 
        9541 through 9548, respectively;
            (3) by striking the subpart heading of subpart 3 of part E 
        of title IX, as redesignated by paragraph (1), and inserting 
        the following:

              ``Subpart 3--Teacher Liability Protection'';

            (4) in section 9546(b), as redesignated by paragraph (2), 
        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.'';
            (5) by redesignating subpart 4 of part D of title II as 
        subpart 4 of part E of title IX and moving that subpart to 
        follow subpart 3 of part E of title IX, as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1);
            (6) by redesignating section 2441 as section 9551;
            (7) by striking the subpart heading of subpart 4 of part E 
        of title IX, as redesignated by paragraph (5), and inserting 
        the following:

                    ``Subpart 4--Internet Safety'';

        and
            (8) by striking title II and inserting the following:

 ``TITLE II--PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS 
                             AND PRINCIPALS

``SEC. 2101. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this title is to improve student academic 
achievement by--
            ``(1) increasing the capacity of local educational 
        agencies, schools, teachers, and principals to provide a well-
        rounded and complete education for all students;
            ``(2) improving teacher and principal quality and 
        effectiveness;
            ``(3) increasing the number of teachers and principals who 
        are effective in improving student academic achievement in 
        schools; and
            ``(4) ensuring that low-income and minority students are 
        served by effective teachers and principals and have access to 
        a high-quality instructional program in the core academic 
        subjects.

``SEC. 2102. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Core academic subjects.--The term `core academic 
        subjects' means English, reading or language arts, writing, 
        science, technology, engineering, mathematics, foreign 
        languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, 
        geography, music, and physical education.
            ``(2) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

``SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Grants to States and Local Educational Agencies.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $3,045,058,000 
for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.
    ``(b) National Activities.--From amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 5 percent to carry out activities authorized under section 
2108.
    ``(c) Teacher Incentive Fund.--From amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) for each fiscal year that remain after making the 
reservation under subsection (b), the Secretary shall reserve not less 
than 10 percent to carry out activities authorized under part B.

      ``PART A--FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

``SEC. 2104. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.

    ``(a) Reservation of Funds.--From the total amount appropriated 
under section 2103(a) for a fiscal year after the Secretary makes the 
reservations under subsections (b) and (c) of section 2103, the 
Secretary shall reserve--
            ``(1) \1/2\ 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
            ``(2) \1/2\ 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.
    ``(b) State Allotments.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the funds appropriated under 
        section 2103(a) for a fiscal year that remains after the 
        Secretary makes the reservations under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        and subsections (b) and (c) of section 2103, the Secretary 
        shall allot to each State the sum of--
                    ``(A) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                20 percent of the remaining amount as the number of 
                individuals age 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 
                80 percent of the remaining amount as the number of 
                individuals age 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.
            ``(2) Exceptions.--
                    ``(A) Small state minimum.--No State receiving an 
                allotment under paragraph (1) may receive less than \1/
                2\ of 1 percent of the total remaining amount allotted 
                under such paragraph for a fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Reallotment.--If a State does not receive an 
                allotment under this title for a fiscal year, the 
                Secretary shall reallot the amount of the State's 
                allotment to the remaining States in accordance with 
                this section.
    ``(c) State Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State that receives an allotment 
        under this section shall reserve not less than 95 percent of 
        the amount allotted to such State under subsection (b), for 
        each fiscal year, to make subgrants to local educational 
        agencies as described in section 2105.
            ``(2) State administration.--A State educational agency may 
        use not more than 1 percent of the amount allotted to such 
        State under subsection (b) for the administrative costs of 
        carrying out such State educational agency's responsibilities 
        under this title.
            ``(3) State activities.--The State educational agency for a 
        State that receives an allotment under subsection (a) may use 
        funds not reserved under paragraph (1) to carry out the 
        following activities, which may be carried out through a grant 
        or contract with a for-profit or nonprofit entity:
                    ``(A) Reforming teacher and principal 
                certification, recertification, licensing, or tenure 
                systems to ensure that--
                            ``(i) teachers have the necessary subject 
                        matter knowledge and teaching skills in the 
                        academic subjects that the teachers teach to 
                        help students meet challenging State standards;
                            ``(ii) principals have the instructional 
                        leadership skills to help teachers teach and to 
                        help students meet challenging State standards; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) teacher certification or licensing 
                        requirements are aligned with challenging State 
                        standards.
                    ``(B) Developing or improving teacher and principal 
                evaluation systems that shall be based in significant 
                part on evidence of student achievement and may include 
                student growth and other measures determined by the 
                State.
                    ``(C) Carrying out programs that establish, expand, 
                or improve alternative routes for State certification 
                of teachers and principals, especially in the areas of 
                mathematics and science, for--
                            ``(i) highly qualified individuals with a 
                        bachelor's or master's degree;
                            ``(ii) mid-career professionals from other 
                        occupations;
                            ``(iii) paraprofessionals;
                            ``(iv) former military personnel; and
                            ``(v) recent college or university 
                        graduates with records of academic distinction 
                        who demonstrate the potential to become highly 
                        effective teachers or principals.
                    ``(D) Developing and implementing mechanisms to 
                assist local educational agencies and schools in 
                effectively recruiting and retaining teachers and 
                principals who are effective in improving student 
                academic achievement.
                    ``(E) Fulfilling the State educational agency's 
                responsibilities concerning proper and efficient 
                administration and monitoring of the programs carried 
                out under this part, including provision of technical 
                assistance to local educational agencies.
                    ``(F) Developing, or assisting local educational 
                agencies in developing--
                            ``(i) performance-based pay systems;
                            ``(ii) strategies that provide differential 
                        and bonus pay for teachers in high-need 
                        academic subjects and teachers or principals in 
                        high-poverty schools and districts;
                            ``(iii) teacher advancement initiatives 
                        that promote professional growth and emphasize 
                        multiple career paths and pay differentiation; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) new teacher and principal induction 
                        and mentoring programs that are designed to--
                                    ``(I) improve instruction and 
                                student learning and achievement; and
                                    ``(II) increase the retention of 
                                effective teachers and principals.
                    ``(G) Providing assistance to local educational 
                agencies for the development and implementation of 
                high-quality professional development programs for 
                principals that enable the principals to be effective 
                school leaders and prepare all students to meet 
                challenging State academic content and student academic 
                achievement standards, and the development and support 
                of school leadership academies to develop educational 
                leaders.
                    ``(H) Supporting efforts to train teachers and 
                principals to effectively integrate technology into 
                curricula and instruction.
                    ``(I) Providing training, technical assistance, and 
                capacity building to local educational agencies that 
                receive a subgrant under this title.
                    ``(J) Other activities identified by the State that 
                meet the purpose of this part.
    ``(d) State Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to receive an allotment under 
        this section for any fiscal year, a State shall submit a plan 
        to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and containing 
        such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each plan described under paragraph (1) 
        shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of how the State educational 
                agency will use funds received under this title for 
                State-level activities described in subsection (c).
                    ``(B) An assurance that the State educational 
                agency will monitor the implementation of activities 
                under this title and provide technical assistance to 
                local educational agencies in carrying out such 
                activities.
                    ``(C) An assurance that the State educational 
                agency will work in consultation with the entity 
                responsible for teacher professional standards, 
                certification, and licensing, to ensure that the State 
                activities carried out under this subpart are carried 
                out in conjunction with the entity responsible for such 
                standards, certification, and licensing under State 
                law.

``SEC. 2105. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    ``(a) Allocation of Funds to Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State educational agency that receives 
        a grant under this title for a fiscal year shall provide the 
        amount made available under section 2104(c)(1) to award 
        subgrants to local educational agencies from allocations 
        described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Allocation formula.--From the funds described in 
        paragraph (1), the State educational agency shall allocate to 
        each of the eligible local educational agencies in the State 
        for a fiscal year the sum of--
                    ``(A) an amount that bears the same relationship to 
                20 percent of the funds for such fiscal year 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 funds for such fiscal year 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.
            ``(3) Administrative costs.--Of the amount received under 
        paragraph (2), a local educational agency may use not more than 
        2 percent for the direct administrative costs of carrying out 
        its responsibilities under this title.
    ``(b) Local Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a subgrant 
        under this section, a local educational agency 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 reasonably require.
            ``(2) Needs assessment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a 
                subgrant under this subpart, a local educational agency 
                shall conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the 
                local educational agency and of all schools within the 
                jurisdiction of the local educational agency.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--Such needs assessment shall be 
                designed to determine the schools with the most acute 
                staffing needs related to--
                            ``(i) increasing the number of teachers and 
                        principals who are effective in improving 
                        student academic achievement;
                            ``(ii) ensuring that low-income and 
                        minority students are served by effective 
                        teachers and principals and have access to a 
                        high-quality instructional program in the core 
                        academic subjects;
                            ``(iii) hiring, retention, and promotion;
                            ``(iv) understanding and using data and 
                        assessments to improve student learning and 
                        classroom practice;
                            ``(v) improving student behavior in the 
                        classroom and school, including the 
                        identification of early and appropriate 
                        interventions; and
                            ``(vi) teaching students who are English 
                        language learners and students with 
                        disabilities.
            ``(3) Consultation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In conducting a needs assessment 
                as described in paragraph (2), a local educational 
                agency shall--
                            ``(i) involve teachers, principals, pupil 
                        services personnel, parents, community-based 
                        organizations, and others with relevant and 
                        demonstrated expertise in programs and 
                        activities designed to meet the purpose of this 
                        part; and
                            ``(ii) take into account the activities 
                        that need to be conducted in order to give 
                        teachers and principals the skills to provide 
                        students with the opportunity to meet 
                        challenging State standards.
                    ``(B) Continued consultation.--A local educational 
                agency shall consult with such individuals and 
                organizations described in subparagraph (A) on an 
                ongoing basis in order to--
                            ``(i) seek advice regarding how best to 
                        improve the local educational agency's 
                        activities to meet the purpose of this part; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) coordinate the local educational 
                        agency's activities under this part with other 
                        related strategies, programs, and activities 
                        being conducted in the community.
            ``(4) Contents.--Each application submitted under this 
        section shall be based on the results of the needs assessment 
        required under paragraph (2) and shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of the results of the 
                comprehensive needs assessment carried out under 
                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) A description of the activities to be carried 
                out by the local educational agency under this section 
                and how these activities will be aligned with the 
                State's challenging academic standards.
                    ``(C) An assurance that such activities will comply 
                with the principles of effectiveness described in 
                section 2106(b).
                    ``(D) A description of the professional development 
                activities that will be made available to teachers and 
                principals to meet needs identified by the needs 
                assessment described in paragraph (2).
                    ``(E) A description of how the local educational 
                agency will support efforts to train teachers and 
                principals to effectively integrate technology into 
                curricula and instruction.
                    ``(F) An assurance that the local educational 
                agency will comply with section 9501 (regarding 
                participation by private school children and teachers).
                    ``(G) A description of how the local educational 
                agency will prioritize funds to schools served by the 
                agency that are identified under section 1114(a)(1)(B) 
                and have the highest percentage or number of children 
                counted under section 1124(c).
                    ``(H) An assurance that the local educational 
                agency will coordinate professional development 
                activities authorized under this subpart with 
                professional development activities provided through 
                other Federal, State, and local programs.

``SEC. 2106. LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--A local educational agency that receives a 
subgrant under section 2105 shall use the funds made available through 
the subgrant to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive programs 
and activities, which may be carried out through a grant or contract 
with a for-profit or nonprofit entity, that are in accordance with the 
purposes of this title and--
            ``(1) meet the needs identified in the needs assessment 
        described in 2105(b)(2);
            ``(2) are consistent with the principles of effectiveness 
        described in subsection (b); and
            ``(3) may include, among other programs and activities--
                    ``(A) developing or improving a rigorous, 
                transparent, and fair evaluation system for teachers 
                and principals that shall be based in significant part 
                on evidence of student achievement, and may include 
                student growth as a significant factor;
                    ``(B) developing and implementing initiatives to 
                assist in recruiting, hiring, and retaining highly 
                effective teachers and principals, particularly in 
                high-poverty schools with high percentages of 
                ineffective teachers and high percentages of students 
                who do not meet State-determined proficient levels of 
                achievement in the core academic subjects, including 
                initiatives that provide--
                            ``(i) differential, incentive, or bonus pay 
                        for teachers in high-need academic subject 
                        areas and specialty areas;
                            ``(ii) performance-based pay systems for 
                        teachers and principals;
                            ``(iii) teacher advancement, professional 
                        growth, and emphasis on multiple career paths 
                        and pay differentiation; and
                            ``(iv) new teacher and principal induction 
                        and mentoring programs that are designed to 
                        improve instruction, student learning and 
                        achievement, and to increase teacher and 
                        principal retention;
                    ``(C) recruiting qualified individuals from other 
                fields, including mid-career professionals from other 
                occupations, former military personnel, and recent 
                graduates of an institution of higher education with a 
                record of academic distinction who demonstrate 
                potential to become effective teachers or principals;
                    ``(D) establishing, improving, or expanding model 
                instructional programs in the core academic subjects to 
                ensure that all children receive a well-rounded and 
                complete education;
                    ``(E) providing high-quality professional 
                development for teachers and principals focused on 
                improving teaching and student learning and achievement 
                in the core academic subjects, including supporting 
                efforts to train teachers and principals to effectively 
                integrate technology into curricula and instruction;
                    ``(F) developing programs and activities that 
                increase the ability of teachers to effectively teach 
                students with disabilities, including students with 
                significant cognitive disabilities, which may include 
                the use of response to intervention and positive 
                behavioral intervention and supports, and students who 
                are English language learners so that such students can 
                meet the State's challenging academic content and 
                student academic achievement standards;
                    ``(G) providing students with increased access to 
                up-to-date school library materials, a well-equipped, 
                technologically advanced school library media center, 
                and well-trained professionally certified school 
                library media specialist;
                    ``(H) providing programs and activities to help 
                students prepare for postsecondary level coursework in 
                the core academic subjects, including early college or 
                dual enrollment programs, Advanced Placement and 
                International Baccalaureate programs, and other 
                advanced learning programs, including programs to meet 
                the educational needs of gifted and talented students;
                    ``(I) providing programs that support extended 
                learning opportunities in the core academic subjects, 
                including before and after school programs, summer 
                school programs, and programs that extend the school 
                day, week, or school-year calendar;
                    ``(J) providing general liability insurance 
                coverage for the purchase by teachers related to 
                actions performed in their scope of duties; and
                    ``(K) carrying out other activities identified by 
                the local educational agencies that meet the purpose of 
                this part.
    ``(b) Principles of Effectiveness.--
            ``(1) In general.--For a program or activity developed 
        pursuant to this title to meet the principles of effectiveness, 
        such program or activity shall--
                    ``(A) be based upon an assessment of objective data 
                regarding the need for programs and activities in the 
                schools to be served to--
                            ``(i) increase the number of teachers and 
                        principals who are effective in improving 
                        student academic achievement; and
                            ``(ii) ensure that low-income and minority 
                        students are served by effective teachers and 
                        principals and have access to a high-quality 
                        instructional program in the core academic 
                        subjects;
                    ``(B) be based upon an established set of 
                performance measures aimed at ensuring that all 
                students receive a high-quality education in the core 
                academic subjects, taught by effective teachers, that 
                result in improved student academic achievement in the 
                school served by the program;
                    ``(C) reflect, to the extent practicable, 
                scientifically valid research, or in the absence of a 
                strong research base, reflect best practices in the 
                field, that provides evidence that the program or 
                activity will improve student academic achievement in 
                the core academic subjects; and
                    ``(D) include meaningful and ongoing consultation 
                with and input from teachers, principals, and parents, 
                in the development of the application and 
                administration of the program or activity.
            ``(2) Periodic evaluation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The program or activity shall 
                undergo a periodic evaluation to assess its progress 
                toward achieving the goal of providing students with a 
                high-quality education in the core academic subjects, 
                taught by effective teachers, that results in improved 
                student academic achievement.
                    ``(B) Use of results.--The results of evaluations 
                described under subparagraph (A) shall be--
                            ``(i) used to refine, improve, and 
                        strengthen the program or activity, and to 
                        refine the performance measures; and
                            ``(ii) made available to the public upon 
                        request, with public notice of such 
                        availability provided.

``SEC. 2107. REPORTING.

    ``(a) In General.--Each State educational agency receiving funds 
under this title shall submit to the Secretary a report that provides--
            ``(1) the number of teachers and principals in the State 
        who are licensed and certified;
            ``(2) the number of teachers in the State who are licensed 
        and certified to teach in their field of study;
            ``(3) the number of teachers and principals in the State 
        who have received emergency licensure;
            ``(4) the passage rate of teacher and principal licensure 
        examinations; and
            ``(5) if applicable, results of teacher and principal 
        evaluation systems.
    ``(b) Local Educational Agency Report.--Each local educational 
agency receiving funds under this title shall submit to the State 
educational agency such information that the State requires, which 
shall include the information listed in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Availability.--The reports and information provided under 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be made readily available to the public.

``SEC. 2108. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to promote 
innovative instruction and learning strategies by nationally recognized 
organizations with a proven track record of effectiveness in providing 
preparation and professional development activities and programs for 
teachers and principals, particularly in underserved areas.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance and National Evaluation.--From the funds 
reserved by the Secretary under section 2103(b) to carry out this 
section, the Secretary may reserve not more than 20 percent to carry 
out directly or through grants and contracts--
            ``(1) technical assistance to States and local educational 
        agencies carrying out activities under this part; and
            ``(2) national evaluations of activities carried out by 
        States and local educational agencies under this part.
    ``(c) Programs of National Significance.--From the funds reserved 
by the Secretary under section 2103(b), and not reserved under 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities for the purposes of--
            ``(1) providing teachers and school leaders from non-
        traditional preparation and certification routes to serve in 
        traditionally underserved local education agencies;
            ``(2) providing professional development activities that 
        addresses literacy, numeracy, remedial, or other needs of local 
        education agencies and their students; or
            ``(3) making freely available services and learning 
        opportunities to local education agencies through partnerships 
        and cooperative agreements or by making publicly accessible 
        through the Internet or other widely available means.
    ``(d) Program Periods and Diversity of Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant awarded by the Secretary to an 
        eligible entity under this section shall be of sufficient size, 
        for a period of not more than 3 years, and may be renewed by 
        the Secretary for an additional 2 year period.
            ``(2) Diversity of projects.--The Secretary shall ensure 
        that reach eligible entity will serve different areas, 
        including urban, suburban, and rural areas.
            ``(3) Limitation.--The Secretary may not award more than 
        one grant to an eligible entity during a grant period.
    ``(e) Cost-Sharing.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
        under this section, shall provide, from non-Federal sources, 
        not less than 50 percent of the funds for the total cost for 
        each year of activities carried out under this section.
            ``(2) Acceptable contributions.--An eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this section may meet the requirement of 
        paragraph (1) by providing contributions in cash or in kind, 
        fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, and services.
            ``(3) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive or modify the 
        requirement of paragraph (1) in cases of demonstrated financial 
        hardship.
    ``(f) Applications.--In order to receive a grant under this 
section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
Secretary in such time and in such manner that the Secretary may 
require, which shall include, at a minimum, a certification that the 
eligible entity will provide services to the local educational agency 
and schools it serves at no cost to its students or parents.
    ``(g) Definition of Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term 
`eligible entity' means--
            ``(1) an institution of higher education, as defined in 
        section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, that provides 
        course materials or resources that are research proven in 
        increasing academic achievement; or
            ``(2) a national nonprofit or for-profit organization with 
        a demonstrated track record of raising student academic 
        achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates.

``SEC. 2109. PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL MANDATES, DIRECTION, OR 
              CONTROL.

    ``Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize the 
Secretary or any other officer or employee of the Federal Government to 
mandate, direct, control, or exercise any direction or supervision over 
a State, local educational agency, or school's instructional content or 
materials, curriculum, program of instruction, academic content and 
student academic achievement standards, or academic assessments.

``SEC. 2110. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds made available under this title shall be used to 
supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
used for activities authorized under this title.

                    ``PART B--TEACHER INCENTIVE FUND

``SEC. 2201. PURPOSES; DEFINITIONS.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this part are--
            ``(1) to assist States, local educational agencies, and 
        nonprofit organizations to develop, implement, improve, or 
        expand comprehensive performance-based compensation systems for 
        teachers and principals, especially for teachers and principals 
        in high-need schools, who raise student academic achievement 
        and close the achievement gap; and
            ``(2) to study and review performance-based compensation 
        systems for teachers and principals to evaluate the 
        effectiveness, fairness, quality, consistency, and reliability 
        of the systems.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this part:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency or a consortium of 
                local educational agencies, including 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 part; or
                    ``(C) a partnership consisting of--
                            ``(i) one or more agencies described in 
                        subparagraph (A) or (B); and
                            ``(ii) at least 1 nonprofit or for-profit 
                        organization.
            ``(2) High-need local educational agency.--The term `high-
        need local educational agency' means a local educational 
        agency--
                    ``(A)(i) that serves not fewer than 10,000 children 
                from families with incomes below the poverty line; or
                    ``(ii) for which not less than 20 percent of the 
                children served by the agency are from families with 
                incomes below the poverty line; and
                    ``(B)(i) for which there is a high percentage of 
                teachers not teaching in the academic subjects or grade 
                levels that the teachers were trained to teach; or
                    ``(ii) for which there is a high percentage of 
                teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary 
                certification or licensing.
            ``(3) High-need school.--The term `high-need school' means 
        a school that--
                    ``(A) is located in an area in which the percentage 
                of students from families with incomes below the 
                poverty line is 30 percent or more; or
                    ``(B)(i) has a high percentage of out-of-field 
                teachers;
                    ``(ii) is within the top quartile of elementary 
                schools and secondary schools statewide, as ranked by 
                the number of unfilled, available teaching positions at 
                the schools;
                    ``(iii) has a high teacher turnover rate; or
                    ``(iv) has a high percentage of teachers who are 
                not certified or licensed.
            ``(4) Performance-based compensation system.--The term 
        `performance-based compensation system' means a system of 
        compensation for teachers and principals that--
                    ``(A) differentiates levels of compensation 
                primarily on the basis of measurable increases in 
                student academic achievement; and
                    ``(B) may include--
                            ``(i) differentiated levels of compensation 
                        on the basis of effective teachers' and 
                        principals' employment and success in hard-to-
                        staff schools or high-need subject areas; and
                            ``(ii) recognition of the skills and 
                        knowledge of teachers and principals as 
                        demonstrated through--
                                    ``(I) successful fulfillment of 
                                additional responsibilities or job 
                                functions; and
                                    ``(II) evidence of high achievement 
                                and mastery of content knowledge and 
                                superior teaching skills.

``SEC. 2202. 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 agencies to develop, 
implement, improve, or expand a performance-based compensation system 
in a school served by a project under this part.
    ``(b) Priority.--In awarding a grant under this part, the Secretary 
shall give priority to an eligible entity that concentrates the 
activities proposed to be assisted under the grant on teachers and 
principals serving in high-need schools.
    ``(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--
            ``(1) a description of the performance-based compensation 
        system that the eligible entity proposes to develop, implement, 
        improve, or expand;
            ``(2) a description and evidence of the support and 
        commitment, from teachers and principals in the school to be 
        served by the project, the community, and the local educational 
        agency, for the performance-based compensation system, 
        including a demonstration of consultation with teachers and 
        principals on the development and implementation of the 
        performance-based compensation system;
            ``(3) a description of how the eligible entity will develop 
        and implement a fair, rigorous, and objective process to 
        evaluate teacher, principal, and student performance under the 
        project, including the baseline performance against which 
        evaluations of improved performance will be made;
            ``(4) 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;
            ``(5) 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;
            ``(6) a description of how the eligible entity will use 
        grant funds under this part in each year of the grant;
            ``(7) a description of how the eligible entity will 
        continue the performance-based compensation system assisted 
        under the grant after the grant ends;
            ``(8) a description, if applicable, of how the eligible 
        entity will define effective for the purposes of section 
        2201(b)(4)(B)(i), through the use of measurable indicators, 
        that are based in significant part on measures of student 
        academic achievement; and
            ``(9) 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.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
        under this part shall use the grant funds to develop, 
        implement, improve, or expand, in collaboration with teachers, 
        principals, other school administrators, and members of the 
        public, a performance-based compensation system consistent with 
        this part.
            ``(2) Authorized activities.--Grant funds under this part 
        may be used for the following:
                    ``(A) Developing appraisal systems that reflect 
                clear and fair measures of teacher and principal 
                performance based on demonstrated improvements in 
                student academic achievement.
                    ``(B) Conducting outreach within a local 
                educational agency or a State to gain input on how to 
                construct the appraisal system and to develop support 
                for the appraisal system.
                    ``(C) Paying, as part of a comprehensive 
                performance-based compensation system, 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--
                            ``(i) teachers and principals who raise 
                        student academic achievement;
                            ``(ii) teachers who--
                                    ``(I) raise student academic 
                                achievement; and
                                    ``(II)(aa) teach in high-need 
                                schools; or
                                    ``(bb) teach subjects that are 
                                difficult to staff; or
                            ``(iii) principals who raise student 
                        academic achievement in the school and serve in 
                        high-need schools.
    ``(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 once.
    ``(f) Equitable Distribution.--To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall ensure an equitable geographic distribution of grants 
under this part.
    ``(g) Matching Requirement.--Each eligible entity that receives a 
grant under this part shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an 
amount equal to 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.
    ``(h) Supplement, Not Supplant.--Grant funds provided under this 
part shall be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal or State 
funds available to carry out activities described in this part.

``SEC. 2203. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS.

    ``(a) Activities Summary.--Each eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this part shall provide to the Secretary a summary of the 
activities assisted under the grant.
    ``(b) Report.--The Secretary shall provide to Congress an annual 
report on the implementation of the program assisted under this part, 
including--
            ``(1) information on eligible entities that received grant 
        funds under this part, including--
                    ``(A) information provided by eligible entities to 
                the Secretary in the applications submitted under 
                section 2202(c);
                    ``(B) the summaries received under subsection (a); 
                and
                    ``(C) grant award amounts;
            ``(2) student academic achievement data; and
            ``(3) such other information as the Secretary may include.
    ``(c) Evaluation.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, through a grant or 
        contract, carry out an independent evaluation to measure the 
        effectiveness of the program assisted under this part.
            ``(2) Contents.--The evaluation under paragraph (1) shall 
        measure--
                    ``(A) the effectiveness of the program in improving 
                student academic achievement;
                    ``(B) the satisfaction of the participating 
                teachers or principals; and
                    ``(C) the extent to which the program assisted the 
                eligible entities in recruiting and retaining high-
                quality teachers and principals, especially in hard-to-
                staff subject areas.

``SEC. 2204. RESERVATION OF FUNDS.

    ``Of the total amount reserved under section 2103(c) for this part 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve for such fiscal year not 
more than 1 percent for the cost of the evaluation under section 
2203(c) and for technical assistance in carrying out this part.''.

                  TITLE III--SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS

SEC. 301. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.)--
                    (A) by redesignating subpart 3 of part A as subpart 
                5 of part E of title IX and moving that subpart to 
                follow subpart 4 of part E of title IX, as redesignated 
                by section 201 of this Act;
                    (B) by redesignating section 4141 as section 9561;
                    (C) by redesignating section 4155 as section 9537 
                and moving that section so as to follow section 9536;
                    (D) by redesignating part C as subpart 6 of part E 
                of title IX and moving that subpart to follow subpart 5 
                of part E of title IX, as redesignated by subparagraph 
                (A); and
                    (E) by redesignating sections 4301, 4302, 4303, and 
                4304, as sections 9571, 9572, 9573, and 9574, 
                respectively; and
            (2) by striking title IV (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and 
        inserting the following:

                 ``TITLE IV--SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS

``SEC. 4101. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this title is to improve students' safety, health, 
and well-being during and after the school day by--
            ``(1) increasing the capacity of local educational 
        agencies, schools, and local communities to create safe, 
        healthy, supportive, and drug-free environments;
            ``(2) carrying out programs designed to improve school 
        safety and promote students' physical and mental health well-
        being, healthy eating and nutrition, and physical fitness;
            ``(3) preventing and reducing substance abuse, school 
        violence, and bullying; and
            ``(4) strengthening parent and community engagement to 
        ensure a healthy, safe, and supportive school environment.

``SEC. 4102. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Controlled substance.--The term `controlled 
        substance' means a drug or other substance identified under 
        Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V in section 202(c) of the 
        Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)).
            ``(2) Drug.--The term `drug' includes controlled 
        substances, the illegal use of alcohol or tobacco, and the 
        harmful, abusive, or addictive use of substances, including 
        inhalants and anabolic steroids.
            ``(3) 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 illegal use of drugs; and
                    ``(B) with respect to violence, the promotion of 
                school safety, such that students and school personnel 
                are free from violent and disruptive acts, including 
                sexual harassment and abuse, and victimization 
                associated with prejudice and intolerance, on school 
                premises, going to and from school, and at school-
                sponsored activities, though the creation and 
                maintenance of a school environment that is free of 
                weapons and fosters individual responsibility and 
                respect for the rights of others.
            ``(4) School-based mental health services provider.--The 
        term `school-based mental health services provider' includes a 
        State licensed or State certified school counselor, school 
        psychologist, school social worker, or other State licensed or 
        certified mental health professional qualified under State law 
        to provide such services to children and adolescents.
            ``(5) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

``SEC. 4103. FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.

    ``(a) Reservations.--From the total amount appropriated under 
section 4108 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve--
            ``(1) not more than 1 percent for national activities, 
        which the Secretary may carry out directly or through grants 
        and contracts, such as providing technical assistance to States 
        and local educational agencies carrying out activities under 
        this title or conducting a national evaluation;
            ``(2) \1/2\ 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 title; and
            ``(3) \1/2\ of 1 percent for the Secretary of the Interior 
        for programs under this title in schools operated or funded by 
        the Bureau of Indian Education.
    ``(b) State Allotments.--
            ``(1) Allotment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In accordance with subparagraph 
                (B), the Secretary shall allot among each of the States 
                the total amount made available to carry out this title 
                for any fiscal year and not reserved under subsection 
                (a).
                    ``(B) Determination of state allotment amounts.--
                Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall allot the 
                amount made available under subparagraph (A) for a 
                fiscal year among the States in proportion to the 
                number of children, aged 5 to 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 individuals who reside in all such States for 
                that fiscal year.
            ``(2) Small state minimum.--No State receiving an allotment 
        under paragraph (1) may receive less than \1/2\ of 1 percent of 
        the total amount allotted under such paragraph.
            ``(3) Reallotment.--If a State does not receive an 
        allotment under this title for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
        shall reallot the amount of the State's allotment to the 
        remaining States in accordance with this section.
    ``(c) State Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State that receives an allotment 
        under this section shall reserve not less than 98 percent of 
        the amount allotted to such State under subsection (b), for 
        each fiscal year for subgrants to local educational agencies 
        under section 4104.
            ``(2) State administration.--A State educational agency may 
        use not more than 1 percent of the amount made available to the 
        State under subsection (b) for the administrative costs of 
        carrying out its responsibilities under this title.
            ``(3) State activities.--A State educational agency may use 
        the amount made available to the State under subsection (b) and 
        not reserved under paragraph (1) for the following activities:
                    ``(A) Providing training, technical assistance, and 
                capacity building to local educational agencies that 
                are recipients of awards under this title.
                    ``(B) Other activities identified by the State that 
                meet the purpose of this title.
    ``(d) State Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to receive an allotment under 
        this section for any fiscal year, a State shall submit a plan 
        to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the 
        Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each plan submitted by a State under this 
        section shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of how the State educational 
                agency will use funds received under this title for 
                State-level activities.
                    ``(B) An assurance that the State educational 
                agency will monitor the implementation of activities 
                under this title and provide technical assistance to 
                local educational agencies in carrying out such 
                activities.

``SEC. 4104. SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    ``(a) Allocations to Local Educational Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State that receives an allotment under 
        this title for a fiscal year shall provide the amount made 
        available under section 4103(c)(1) for subgrants to local 
        educational agencies in accordance with this section.
            ``(2) Funds to local educational agencies.--From the funds 
        reserved by a State under section 4103(c)(1), the State shall 
        allocate to each local educational agency in the State an 
        amount that bears the same relationship to such funds as the 
        number of individuals ages 5 to 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 such 
        individuals in the geographic areas served by all the local 
        educational agencies in the State, as so determined.
            ``(3) Administrative costs.--Of the amount received under 
        paragraph (2), a local educational agency may use not more than 
        2 percent for the direct administrative costs of carrying out 
        its responsibilities under this title.
    ``(b) Local Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a subgrant 
        under this section, a local educational agency 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 reasonably require.
            ``(2) Consultation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A local educational agency shall 
                conduct a needs assessment described in paragraph (3), 
                and develop its application, through consultation with 
                parents, teachers, principals, pupil services 
                personnel, students, community-based organizations, 
                local government representatives, and others with 
                relevant and demonstrated expertise in programs and 
                activities designed to meet the purpose of this title.
                    ``(B) Continued consultation.--On an ongoing basis, 
                the local educational agency shall consult with the 
                individuals and organizations described in subparagraph 
                (A) in order to seek advice regarding how best--
                            ``(i) to improve the local educational 
                        agency's activities in order to meet the 
                        purpose of this title; and
                            ``(ii) to coordinate such agency's 
                        activities under this title with other related 
                        strategies, programs, and activities being 
                        conducted in the community.
            ``(3) Needs assessment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive a 
                subgrant under this section, a local educational agency 
                shall conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the 
                local educational agency and of all schools within the 
                jurisdiction of the local educational agency.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--The needs assessment required 
                under subparagraph (A) shall take into account risk 
                factors of the community, school, family, or peer-
                individual domains that are known, through prospective, 
                longitudinal research efforts, to be predictive of drug 
                use, violent behavior, and the physical and mental 
                health and well-being of youth in the school and 
                community.
            ``(4) Contents.--Each application submitted under this 
        subsection shall be based on the needs assessment described in 
        paragraph (3) and shall include the following:
                    ``(A) The results of the needs assessment described 
                in paragraph (3) and an identification of each school 
                that will be served by a subgrant under this section.
                    ``(B) A description of the activities to be carried 
                out by the local educational agency under this title 
                and how these activities are aligned with the results 
                of the needs assessment conducted under paragraph (3).
                    ``(C) A description of the performance indicators 
                that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
                activities carried out under this section.
                    ``(D) An assurance that the activities will comply 
                with the principles of effectiveness described in 
                section 4105(b), and foster a healthy, safe, and 
                supportive school environment that improves students' 
                safety, health, and well-being during and after the 
                school day.
                    ``(E) An assurance that the local educational 
                agency will prioritize funds to schools served by the 
                local educational agency that--
                            ``(i) are among the schools with the 
                        greatest needs as identified through the needs 
                        assessment conducted under paragraph (3);
                            ``(ii) have the highest percentages or 
                        numbers of children counted under section 
                        1124(c);
                            ``(iii) are identified for improvement 
                        under section 1114; or
                            ``(iv) are identified as a persistently 
                        dangerous public elementary school or secondary 
                        school under section 9532.
                    ``(F) An assurance that the local educational 
                agency will comply with section 9501 (regarding 
                participation by private school children and teachers).

``SEC. 4105. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Local Educational Agency Activities.--A local educational 
agency that receives a subgrant under section 4104 shall use the 
subgrant funds to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive 
programs and activities, which are coordinated with other schools and 
community-based services and programs, that are in accordance with the 
purpose of this title and--
            ``(1) foster safe, healthy, supportive, and drug-free 
        environments that support student academic achievement;
            ``(2) are consistent with the principles of effectiveness 
        described in subsection (b);
            ``(3) promote the involvement of parents in the activity or 
        program; and
            ``(4) may include, among other programs and activities--
                    ``(A) drug and violence prevention activities and 
                programs, including professional development and 
                training for school and pupil services personnel, and 
                interested community members in prevention, education, 
                early identification, and intervention mentoring, or 
                rehabilitation referral, as related to drug and 
                violence prevention;
                    ``(B) before and after school programs and 
                activities, including during summer recess periods, and 
                programs to extend the school day, week, or school-year 
                calendar;
                    ``(C) school-based mental health services, 
                including early identification of drug use and 
                violence, and direct individual or group counseling 
                services provided by qualified school-based mental 
                health services providers;
                    ``(D) emergency intervention services following 
                traumatic crisis events;
                    ``(E) programs that train school personnel to 
                identify warning signs of youth suicide;
                    ``(F) mentoring programs and activities for 
                children who are at risk of academic failure, dropping 
                out of school, or involvement in criminal or delinquent 
                activities, or who lack strong positive role models;
                    ``(G) elementary school and secondary school 
                counseling programs;
                    ``(H) programs or activities that support a 
                healthy, active lifestyle, including nutritional 
                education and regular, structured physical education 
                programs for elementary school and secondary school 
                students;
                    ``(I) implementation of schoolwide positive 
                behavioral interventions and supports, including 
                through coordination with similar activities carried 
                out under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
                Act; and
                    ``(J) other activities and programs identified as 
                necessary by the local educational agency through the 
                needs assessment conducted under section 4104(b)(3) 
                that meet the purpose of this title.
    ``(b) Principles of Effectiveness.--
            ``(1) In general.--For a program or activity developed 
        pursuant to this title to meet the principles of effectiveness, 
        such program or activity shall--
                    ``(A) be based upon an assessment of objective data 
                regarding the need for programs and activities in the 
                elementary schools and secondary schools and 
                communities to be served to--
                            ``(i) improve school safety and promote 
                        students' physical and mental health well-
                        being, healthy eating and nutrition, and 
                        physical fitness; and
                            ``(ii) strengthen parent and community 
                        engagement to ensure a healthy, safe, and 
                        supportive school environment;
                    ``(B) be based upon an established set of 
                performance measures aimed at ensuring a healthy, safe, 
                and supportive school environment for students in the 
                elementary schools and secondary schools and 
                communities to be served by the program;
                    ``(C) reflect, to the extent practicable, 
                scientifically valid research, or in the absence of a 
                strong research base, reflect best practices in the 
                field, that provides evidence that the program or 
                activity will provide students a healthy, safe, and 
                supportive school environment; and
                    ``(D) include meaningful and ongoing consultation 
                with and input from parents in the development of the 
                application and administration of the program or 
                activity.
            ``(2) Periodic evaluation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The program or activity shall 
                undergo a periodic evaluation to assess its progress 
                toward achieving its goal of providing students a 
                healthy, safe, and supportive school environment that 
                promotes school safety and students' physical and 
                mental health and well-being, healthy eating and 
                nutrition, and physical fitness.
                    ``(B) Use of results.--The results of evaluations 
                under subparagraph (A) shall be--
                            ``(i) used to refine, improve, and 
                        strengthen the program or activity, and to 
                        refine the performance measures; and
                            ``(ii) made available to the public upon 
                        request, with public notice of such 
                        availability provided.

``SEC. 4106. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``Funds made available under this title shall be used to 
supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
used for activities authorized under this title.

``SEC. 4107. PROHIBITED USE OF FUNDS.

    ``No funds under this title may be used for--
            ``(1) construction; or
            ``(2) medical services, drug treatment or rehabilitation, 
        except for pupil services or referral to treatment for students 
        who are victims of, or witnesses to, crime or who illegally use 
        drugs.

``SEC. 4108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$1,372,627,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

      TITLE IV--EMPOWERING PARENTS THROUGH QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS

SEC. 401. PURPOSE.

    Section 5201 (20 U.S.C. 7221) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5201. PURPOSE.

    ``It is the purpose of this subpart to--
            ``(1) provide financial assistance for the planning, 
        program design, and initial implementation of charter schools;
            ``(2) expand the number of high-quality charter schools 
        available to students across the Nation;
            ``(3) evaluate the impact of such schools on student 
        achievement, families, and communities, and share best 
        practices between charter schools and other public schools;
            ``(4) encourage States to provide support to charter 
        schools for facilities financing in an amount more nearly 
        commensurate to the amount the States have typically provided 
        for traditional public schools;
            ``(5) improve student services to increase opportunities 
        for students who are children with disabilities, English 
        language learners, and other traditionally underserved students 
        to attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic 
        achievement standards; and
            ``(6) support efforts to strengthen the charter school 
        authorizing process to improve performance management, 
        including transparency, monitoring, and evaluation of such 
        schools.''.

SEC. 402. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    Section 5202 (20 U.S.C. 7221a) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5202. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to carry out a 
charter school program that supports charter schools that serve 
elementary school and secondary school students by--
            ``(1) supporting the startup, replication, and expansion of 
        charter schools;
            ``(2) assisting charter schools in accessing credit to 
        acquire and renovate facilities for school use; and
            ``(3) carrying out national activities to support--
                    ``(A) charter school development;
                    ``(B) the dissemination of best practices of 
                charter schools for all schools; and
                    ``(C) the evaluation of the impact of the program 
                on schools participating in the charter school program.
    ``(b) Funding Allotment.--From the amount made available under 
section 5211 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) reserve 15 percent to support charter school 
        facilities assistance under section 5204;
            ``(2) reserve not more than 5 percent to carry out national 
        activities under section 5205; and
            ``(3) use the remaining amount after the reservations under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) to carry out section 5203.
    ``(c) Prior Grants and Subgrants.--The recipient of a grant or 
subgrant under this subpart, as such subpart was in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Every Child Ready for College or 
Career Act of 2013, shall continue to receive funds in accordance with 
the terms and conditions of such grant or subgrant.''.

SEC. 403. GRANTS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    Section 5203 (20 U.S.C. 7221b) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5203. GRANTS TO SUPPORT HIGH-QUALITY CHARTER SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) 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 
        schools, or a group or consortium of such organizations.
            ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a State entity;
                    ``(B) an authorized public chartering agency;
                    ``(C) a local educational agency; or
                    ``(D) a charter management organization.
            ``(3) State entity.--The term `State entity' means--
                    ``(A) a State educational agency;
                    ``(B) a State charter school board;
                    ``(C) a Governor of a State; or
                    ``(D) a charter support organization.
    ``(b) Program Authorized.--From the amount available under section 
5202(b)(3), the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, 
to eligible entities to enable--
            ``(1) eligible entities described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
        or (C) of subsection (a)(2) to--
                    ``(A) award subgrants to eligible applicants--
                            ``(i) to open new charter schools;
                            ``(ii) to open replicable, high-quality 
                        charter school models; or
                            ``(iii) to expand high-quality charter 
                        schools; and
                    ``(B) provide technical assistance to eligible 
                applicants and authorized public chartering agencies in 
                carrying out the activities described in subparagraph 
                (A) and work with authorized public chartering agencies 
                in the State to improve authorizing quality; or
            ``(2) eligible entities described in subparagraph (B), (C), 
        or (D) of subsection (a)(2) to open new charter schools, to 
        open replicable high-quality charter school models, or to 
        expand high-quality charter schools, which may include--
                    ``(A) supporting the physical expansion of charter 
                school buildings, including financing the development 
                of new buildings and campuses to meet increased 
                enrollment needs;
                    ``(B) paying costs associated with hiring 
                additional teachers to serve additional students;
                    ``(C) providing transportation to students to and 
                from the charter school;
                    ``(D) purchasing instructional materials, 
                implementing teacher and principal professional 
                development programs, and hiring additional non-
                teaching staff; and
                    ``(E) supporting any necessary activities 
                associated with the charter school carrying out the 
                purpose of this section.
    ``(c) Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) Special rule for subgranting entities.--An eligible 
        entity receiving a grant under subsection (b)(1) shall--
                    ``(A) use 90 percent of the grant funds to carry 
                out subsection (b)(1)(A), in accordance with the 
                quality charter school program described in the 
                entity's application approved pursuant to subsection 
                (f); and
                    ``(B) reserve 10 percent of such funds to carry out 
                the activities described in subsection (b)(1)(B), of 
                which not more than 30 percent may be used for 
                administrative costs which may include technical 
                assistance.
            ``(2) Contracts and grants.--An eligible entity may use a 
        grant received under this section to carry out the activities 
        described in subsection (b) directly or through grants, 
        contracts, or cooperative agreements.
    ``(d) Program Periods; Peer Review; Diversity of Projects.--
            ``(1) Program periods.--
                    ``(A) Grants.--A grant awarded by the Secretary to 
                an eligible entity under this section shall be for a 
                period of not more than 3 years, and may be renewed by 
                the Secretary for 1 additional 2-year period.
                    ``(B) Subgrants.--A subgrant awarded by an eligible 
                entity under this section shall be for a period of not 
                more than 3 years, of which an eligible applicant may 
                use not more than 18 months for planning and program 
                design. An eligible entity may renew a subgrant for 1 
                additional 2-year period.
            ``(2) Peer review.--The Secretary, and each eligible entity 
        awarding subgrants under this section, shall use a peer review 
        process to review applications for assistance under this 
        section.
            ``(3) Diversity of projects.--Each eligible entity awarding 
        subgrants under this section shall award subgrants in a manner 
        that, to the extent practicable and applicable, ensures that 
        such subgrants--
                    ``(A) are distributed throughout different areas, 
                including urban, suburban, and rural areas; and
                    ``(B) will assist charter schools representing a 
                variety of educational approaches.
    ``(e) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Grants.--An eligible entity may not receive more than 
        1 grant under this section at a time, unless the eligible 
        entity demonstrates to the Secretary that, for each charter 
        school supported under the first grant, the education results 
        have improved in the areas described in subparagraphs (A) and 
        (D) of section 5210(7).
            ``(2) Subgrants.--An eligible applicant may not receive 
        more than 1 subgrant under this section per charter school for 
        each grant period or renewal period.
    ``(f) Applications.--An eligible entity desiring to receive a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time and in such manner as the Secretary may require. The application 
shall include the following:
            ``(1) A description of the entity's objectives in running a 
        quality charter school program under this section and how the 
        objectives of the program will be carried out, including--
                    ``(A) a description of how the entity will--
                            ``(i) support both new charter school 
                        startup and the expansion and replication of 
                        high-quality charter school models;
                            ``(ii) work with charter schools to promote 
                        inclusion of all students and support all 
                        students upon enrollment to promote retention;
                            ``(iii) work with charter schools on 
                        recruitment practices, including efforts to 
                        engage groups that may otherwise have limited 
                        opportunities to participate in charter 
                        schools;
                            ``(iv) share best and promising practices 
                        between charter schools and other public 
                        schools;
                            ``(v) ensure the charter schools the 
                        eligible entity supports can meet the 
                        educational needs of their students, including 
                        students who are children with disabilities and 
                        English language learners; and
                            ``(vi) support efforts to increase quality 
                        initiatives, including meeting the quality 
                        authorizing elements described in paragraph 
                        (2)(D)(ii);
                    ``(B) in the case of any eligible entity that will 
                be awarding subgrants under subsection (b)(1)(A), a 
                description of how the entity will--
                            ``(i) inform eligible charter schools, 
                        developers, authorized public chartering 
                        agencies, and other entities of the 
                        availability of funds under the program;
                            ``(ii) work with eligible applicants to 
                        ensure that the applicants access all Federal 
                        funds that they are eligible to receive, and 
                        help the charter schools supported by the 
                        applicants and the students attending the 
                        charter schools--
                                    ``(I) participate in the Federal 
                                programs in which the schools and 
                                students are eligible to participate; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) receive the commensurate 
                                share of Federal funds the schools and 
                                students are eligible to receive under 
                                such programs;
                            ``(iii) ensure eligible applicants that 
                        receive a subgrant under the entity's program 
                        are prepared to continue to operate the charter 
                        schools receiving the subgrant funds once the 
                        funds have expired;
                            ``(iv) support charter schools in local 
                        educational agencies with large numbers of 
                        schools identified by the State under section 
                        1114(a)(1)(B); and
                            ``(v) carry out the subgrant competition, 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) a description of the 
                                application each eligible applicant 
                                desiring to receive a subgrant will 
                                submit, which application shall 
                                include--
                                            ``(aa) a description of the 
                                        roles and responsibilities of 
                                        eligible applicants, partner 
                                        organizations, and charter 
                                        management organizations, 
                                        including the administrative 
                                        and contractual roles and 
                                        responsibilities; and
                                            ``(bb) a description of the 
                                        quality controls agreed to 
                                        between the eligible applicant 
                                        and the authorized public 
                                        chartering agency involved, 
                                        such as a contract or 
                                        performance agreement, and how 
                                        a school's performance on the 
                                        State's academic accountability 
                                        system will be a primary factor 
                                        for renewal; and
                                    ``(II) a description of how the 
                                entity will review applications;
                    ``(C) except in the case of an eligible entity 
                described in subsection (a)(3)(A), a description of how 
                the entity--
                            ``(i) will work with the State educational 
                        agency and the charter schools in the State to 
                        maximize charter school participation in 
                        Federal and State programs for charter schools; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) will work with the State educational 
                        agency to adequately operate the entity's 
                        program under this section, where applicable;
                    ``(D) in the case of an eligible entity that is a 
                State entity, a description of the extent to which the 
                entity--
                            ``(i) is able to meet and carry out the 
                        priorities described in subsection (g)(2); and
                            ``(ii) is working to develop or strengthen 
                        a cohesive statewide system to support the 
                        opening of new charter schools, the opening of 
                        replicable, high-quality charter school models, 
                        and the expansion of high-quality charter 
                        schools; and
                    ``(E) in the case of an entity that partners with 
                an outside organization to carry out the entity's 
                quality charter school program, in whole or in part, a 
                description of the roles and responsibilities of such 
                partner.
            ``(2) Assurances, including a description of how the 
        assurances will be met, that--
                    ``(A) the eligible entity, if awarding subgrants, 
                will--
                            ``(i) consider applications from eligible 
                        charter schools, authorized public chartering 
                        agencies, charter management organizations, and 
                        other entities as applicable under State law; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) provide adequate technical 
                        assistance to such eligible applicants to--
                                    ``(I) meet the objectives described 
                                in clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph 
                                (1)(A) and subparagraph (B); and
                                    ``(II) enroll traditionally 
                                underserved students, including 
                                students who are children with 
                                disabilities and English language 
                                learners, to promote an inclusive 
                                education environment;
                    ``(B) each charter school receiving funds under the 
                entity's program will have a high degree of autonomy 
                over budget and operations;
                    ``(C) the entity will support charter schools in 
                meeting the educational needs of their students as 
                described in paragraph (1)(A)(v); and
                    ``(D) in the case of an eligible entity that is a 
                State entity--
                            ``(i) the entity will ensure that the 
                        authorized public chartering agency of any 
                        charter school that receives funds under the 
                        entity's program--
                                    ``(I) ensures that the charter 
                                school is meeting the obligations under 
                                this Act, part B of the Individuals 
                                with Disabilities Education Act, title 
                                VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 
                                section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
                                of 1973; and
                                    ``(II) adequately monitors and 
                                helps the schools in recruiting, 
                                enrolling, and meeting the needs of all 
                                students, including students who are 
                                children with disabilities and English 
                                language learners; and
                            ``(ii) the entity will promote quality 
                        authorizing, such as through providing 
                        technical assistance, to support all authorized 
                        public chartering agencies in the State to 
                        improve the monitoring of their charter 
                        schools, including by--
                                    ``(I) using annual performance 
                                data, which may include graduation 
                                rates and student growth data, as 
                                appropriate, to measure the progress of 
                                their schools toward becoming high-
                                quality charter schools; and
                                    ``(II) reviewing the schools' 
                                independent, annual audits of financial 
                                statements conducted in accordance with 
                                generally accepted accounting 
                                principles, and ensuring any such 
                                audits are publically reported.
            ``(3) A request and justification for waivers of any 
        Federal statutory or regulatory provisions that the entity 
        believes are necessary for the successful operation of the 
        charter schools that will receive funds under the entity's 
        program under this section, and a description of any State or 
        local rules, generally applicable to public schools, that will 
        be waived, or otherwise not apply, to such schools.
    ``(g) Selection Criteria; Priority.--
            ``(1) Selection criteria.--The Secretary shall award grants 
        to eligible entities under this section on the basis of the 
        quality of the applications submitted under subsection (f), 
        after taking into consideration--
                    ``(A) the degree of flexibility afforded by the 
                State's public charter school law and, in the case of 
                an eligible entity described in subsection (a)(2)(A), 
                how the entity will work to maximize the flexibility 
                provided to charter schools under the law;
                    ``(B) the quality of the strategy for assessing 
                achievement of the entity's objectives under subsection 
                (f)(1);
                    ``(C) the likelihood that the eligible entity, and 
                any eligible applicants receiving subgrants from the 
                eligible entity, will meet those objectives and improve 
                educational results for students;
                    ``(D) the proposed number of new charter schools to 
                be opened, and the number of high-quality charter 
                schools to be replicated or expanded under the program;
                    ``(E) in the case of an eligible entity awarding 
                subgrants under subsection (b)(1)(A), the entity's plan 
                to--
                            ``(i) adequately monitor the eligible 
                        applicants receiving subgrants under the 
                        entity's program;
                            ``(ii) work with the authorized public 
                        chartering agencies involved to avoid 
                        duplication of work for the charter schools and 
                        authorized public chartering agencies; and
                            ``(iii) provide adequate technical 
                        assistance, as described in the entity's 
                        application under subsection (f), for the 
                        eligible applicants receiving subgrants under 
                        the entity's program; and
                    ``(F) the eligible entity's plan to support quality 
                authorizing efforts in the State, consistent with the 
                objectives under subsection (f)(1).
            ``(2) Priority.--In selecting eligible entities that are 
        State entities to receive a portion of the grants awarded under 
        this section, the Secretary shall give priority to State 
        entities to the extent that the entities meet the following 
        criteria:
                    ``(A) In the case in which a State entity is 
                located in a State that allows an entity other than the 
                State educational agency to be an authorized public 
                chartering agency or a State in which only a local 
                educational agency may be an authorized public 
                chartering agency, the State has an appeals process for 
                the denial of an application for a charter school.
                    ``(B) The State entity is located in a State that 
                ensures equitable financing, as compared to traditional 
                public schools, for charter schools and students in a 
                prompt manner.
                    ``(C) The State entity is located in a State that 
                uses charter schools and best practices from charter 
                schools to help improve struggling schools and local 
                educational agencies.
                    ``(D) The State entity partners with an 
                organization that has a demonstrated record of success 
                in developing management organizations to support the 
                development of charter schools in the State.
                    ``(E) The State entity supports charter schools 
                that support at-risk students through activities such 
                as dropout prevention or dropout recovery.
    ``(h) Local Uses of Funds.--An eligible applicant receiving a 
subgrant under this section shall use such funds to open new charter 
schools, open replicable, high-quality charter school models, or expand 
existing high-quality charter schools, which may include the activities 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of subsection (b)(2).
    ``(i) Reporting Requirements.--Each eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary, at the end of 
the second and third year of the grant period and at the end of any 
renewal period, a report that includes the following:
            ``(1) The number of students served and, if applicable, how 
        many new students were served during each year of the grant.
            ``(2) In the case of an eligible entity awarding subgrants 
        under subsection (b)(1)(A), the number of subgrants awarded 
        under this section to carry out each of the following:
                    ``(A) The opening of new charter schools.
                    ``(B) The opening of replicable, high-quality 
                charter school models.
                    ``(C) The expansion of high-quality charter 
                schools.
            ``(3) In the case of an eligible entity receiving a grant 
        under subsection (b)(2), the number of new charter schools 
        opened, the number of replicable high-quality charter school 
        models opened, and the number of high-quality charter schools 
        expanded under the grant.
            ``(4) In the case of a State entity described in 
        subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (a)(3), the 
        progress the State entity made toward meeting the priorities 
        described in subsection (g)(2), as applicable.
            ``(5) A description of--
                    ``(A) how the entity met the objectives of the 
                quality charter school program described in the 
                entity's application under subsection (f);
                    ``(B) how the entity complied with, and, if 
                applicable, ensured that eligible applicants complied 
                with, the assurances described in the entity's 
                application; and
                    ``(C) how the entity worked with authorized public 
                chartering agencies, including how the agencies worked 
                with the management company or leadership of the 
                schools in which the subgrants were awarded, if 
                applicable.''.

SEC. 404. FACILITIES FINANCING ASSISTANCE.

    Section 5204 (20 U.S.C. 7221c) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5204. FACILITIES FINANCING ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Grants to Eligible Entities.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amount reserved under section 
        5202(b)(1), the Secretary shall award not less than 3 grants to 
        eligible entities that have applications approved under 
        subsection (d) to demonstrate innovative methods of assisting 
        charter schools to address the cost of acquiring, constructing, 
        and renovating facilities by enhancing the availability of 
        loans or bond financing.
            ``(2) Eligible entity defined.--In this section, the term 
        `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a public entity, such as a State or local 
                governmental entity;
                    ``(B) a private nonprofit entity; or
                    ``(C) a consortium of entities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B).
    ``(b) Grantee Selection.--
            ``(1) Evaluation of application.--The Secretary shall 
        evaluate each application submitted under subsection (d), and 
        shall determine whether the application is sufficient to merit 
        approval.
            ``(2) Distribution of grants.--The Secretary shall award 
        not less than one grant to an eligible entity described in 
        subsection (a)(2)(A), not less than one grant to an eligible 
        entity described in subsection (a)(2)(B), and not less than one 
        grant to an eligible entity described in subsection (a)(2)(C), 
        if applications are submitted that permit the Secretary to do 
        so without approving an application that is not of sufficient 
        quality to merit approval.
    ``(c) Grant Characteristics.--Grants under subsection (a) shall be 
of a sufficient size, scope, and quality so as to ensure an effective 
demonstration of an innovative means of enhancing credit for the 
financing of charter school acquisition, construction, or renovation.
    ``(d) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--To receive a grant under subsection (a), 
        an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application 
        in such form as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            ``(2) Contents.--An application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall contain--
                    ``(A) a statement identifying the activities 
                proposed to be undertaken with funds received under 
                subsection (a), including how the eligible entity will 
                determine which charter schools will receive 
                assistance, and how much and what types of assistance 
                charter schools will receive;
                    ``(B) a description of the involvement of charter 
                schools in the application's development and the design 
                of the proposed activities;
                    ``(C) a description of the eligible entity's 
                expertise in capital market financing;
                    ``(D) a description of how the proposed activities 
                will leverage the maximum amount of private-sector 
                financing capital relative to the amount of government 
                funding used and otherwise enhance credit available to 
                charter schools, including how the entity will offer a 
                combination of rates and terms more favorable than the 
                rates and terms that a charter school could receive 
                without assistance from the entity under this section;
                    ``(E) a description of how the eligible entity 
                possesses sufficient expertise in education to evaluate 
                the likelihood of success of a charter school program 
                for which facilities financing is sought; and
                    ``(F) in the case of an application submitted by a 
                State governmental entity, a description of the actions 
                that the entity has taken, or will take, to ensure that 
                charter schools within the State receive the funding 
                the charter schools need to have adequate facilities.
    ``(e) Charter School Objectives.--An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under this section shall use the funds deposited in the reserve 
account established under subsection (f) to assist one or more charter 
schools to access private sector capital to accomplish one 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, including 
        predevelopment costs, or the renovation, repair, or alteration 
        of existing facilities, necessary to commence or continue the 
        operation of a charter school.
    ``(f) Reserve Account.--
            ``(1) Use of funds.--To assist charter schools to 
        accomplish the objectives described in subsection (e), an 
        eligible entity receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall, 
        in accordance with State and local law, directly or indirectly, 
        alone or in collaboration with others, deposit the funds 
        received under subsection (a) (other than funds used for 
        administrative costs in accordance with subsection (g)) 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 one or more of the 
        following purposes:
                    ``(A) Guaranteeing, insuring, and reinsuring bonds, 
                notes, evidences of debt, loans, and interests therein, 
                the proceeds of which are used for an objective 
                described in subsection (e).
                    ``(B) Guaranteeing and insuring leases of personal 
                and real property for an objective described in such 
                subsection.
                    ``(C) 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.
                    ``(D) 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).
            ``(2) Investment.--Funds received under this section and 
        deposited in the reserve account established under paragraph 
        (1) shall be invested in obligations issued or guaranteed by 
        the United States or a State, or in other similarly low-risk 
        securities.
            ``(3) Reinvestment of earnings.--Any earnings on funds 
        received under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the reserve 
        account established under paragraph (1) and used in accordance 
        with such subsection.
    ``(g) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--An eligible entity may 
use not more than 2.5 percent of the funds received under subsection 
(a) for the administrative costs of carrying out its responsibilities 
under this section (excluding subsection (k)).
    ``(h) Audits and Reports.--
            ``(1) Financial record maintenance and audit.--The 
        financial records of each eligible entity receiving a grant 
        under subsection (a) shall be maintained in accordance with 
        generally accepted accounting principles and shall be subject 
        to an annual audit by an independent public accountant.
            ``(2) Reports.--
                    ``(A) Grantee annual reports.--Each eligible entity 
                receiving a grant under subsection (a) annually shall 
                submit to the Secretary a report of the entity's 
                operations and activities under this section.
                    ``(B) Contents.--Each annual report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--
                            ``(i) 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;
                            ``(ii) a copy of any report made on an 
                        audit of the financial records of the eligible 
                        entity that was conducted under paragraph (1) 
                        during the reporting period;
                            ``(iii) an evaluation by the eligible 
                        entity of the effectiveness of its use of the 
                        Federal funds provided under subsection (a) in 
                        leveraging private funds;
                            ``(iv) a listing and description of the 
                        charter schools served during the reporting 
                        period, including the amount of funds used by 
                        each school, the type of project facilitated by 
                        the grant, and the type of assistance provided 
                        to the charter schools;
                            ``(v) a description of the activities 
                        carried out by the eligible entity to assist 
                        charter schools in meeting the objectives set 
                        forth in subsection (e); and
                            ``(vi) a description of the characteristics 
                        of lenders and other financial institutions 
                        participating in the activities undertaken by 
                        the eligible entity under this section 
                        (excluding subsection (k)) during the reporting 
                        period.
                    ``(C) Secretarial report.--The Secretary shall 
                review the reports submitted under subparagraph (A) and 
                shall provide a comprehensive annual report to Congress 
                on the activities conducted under this section 
                (excluding subsection (k)).
    ``(i) No Full Faith and Credit for Grantee Obligation.--No 
financial obligation of an eligible entity entered into pursuant to 
this section (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 section.
    ``(j) Recovery of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in accordance with 
        chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code, shall collect--
                    ``(A) all of the funds in a reserve account 
                established by an eligible entity under subsection 
                (f)(1) if the Secretary determines, not earlier than 2 
                years after the date on which the eligible entity first 
                received funds under this section (excluding subsection 
                (k)), that the eligible entity has failed to make 
                substantial progress in carrying out the purposes 
                described in subsection (f)(1); or
                    ``(B) all or a portion of the funds in a reserve 
                account established by an eligible entity under 
                subsection (f)(1) 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 subsection.
            ``(2) Exercise of authority.--The Secretary shall not 
        exercise the authority provided in paragraph (1) to collect 
        from any eligible entity any funds that are being properly used 
        to achieve one or more of the purposes described in subsection 
        (f)(1).
            ``(3) Procedures.--The provisions of sections 451, 452, and 
        458 of the General Education Provisions Act shall apply to the 
        recovery of funds under paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Construction.--This subsection 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.
    ``(k) Per-Pupil Facilities Aid Program.--
            ``(1) Definition of per-pupil facilities aid program.--In 
        this subsection, the term `per-pupil facilities aid program' 
        means a program in which a State makes payments, on a per-pupil 
        basis, to charter schools to provide the schools with 
        financing--
                    ``(A) that is dedicated solely for funding charter 
                school facilities; or
                    ``(B) a portion of which is dedicated for funding 
                charter school facilities.
            ``(2) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--From the amount reserved under 
                section 5202(b)(1) and remaining after the Secretary 
                makes grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
                make grants, on a competitive basis, to States to pay 
                for the Federal share of the cost of establishing or 
                enhancing, and administering, per-pupil facilities aid 
                programs.
                    ``(B) Period.--The Secretary shall award grants 
                under this subsection for periods of not more than 5 
                years.
                    ``(C) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost 
                described in subparagraph (A) for a per-pupil 
                facilities aid program shall be not more than--
                            ``(i) 90 percent of the cost, for the first 
                        fiscal year for which the program receives 
                        assistance under this subsection;
                            ``(ii) 80 percent for the second such year;
                            ``(iii) 60 percent for the third such year;
                            ``(iv) 40 percent for the fourth such year; 
                        and
                            ``(v) 20 percent for the fifth such year.
                    ``(D) State share.--A State receiving a grant under 
                this subsection may partner with 1 or more 
                organizations to provide up to 50 percent of the State 
                share of the cost of establishing or enhancing, and 
                administering, the per-pupil facilities aid program.
                    ``(E) Multiple grants.--A State may receive more 
                than 1 grant under this subsection, so long as the 
                amount of such grant funds provided to charter schools 
                increases with each successive grant.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall use the funds made 
                available through the grant to establish or enhance, 
                and administer, a per-pupil facilities aid program for 
                charter schools in the State of the applicant.
                    ``(B) Evaluations; technical assistance; 
                dissemination.--From the amount made available to a 
                State through a grant under this subsection for a 
                fiscal year, the State may reserve not more than 5 
                percent to carry out evaluations, to provide technical 
                assistance, and to disseminate information.
                    ``(C) Supplement, not supplant.--Funds made 
                available under this subsection shall be used to 
                supplement, and not supplant, State and local public 
                funds expended to provide per-pupil facilities aid 
                programs, operations financing programs, or other 
                programs, for charter schools.
            ``(4) Requirements.--
                    ``(A) Voluntary participation.--No State may be 
                required to participate in a program carried out under 
                this subsection.
                    ``(B) State law.--
                            ``(i) In general.--To be eligible to 
                        receive a grant under this subsection, a State 
                        shall establish or enhance, and administer, a 
                        per-pupil facilities aid program for charter 
                        schools in the State, that--
                                    ``(I) is specified in State law; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) provides annual financing, 
                                on a per-pupil basis, for charter 
                                school facilities.
                            ``(ii) Special rule.--A State that is 
                        required under State law to provide its charter 
                        schools with access to adequate facility space 
                        may be eligible to receive a grant under this 
                        subsection if the State agrees to use the funds 
                        to develop a per-pupil facilities aid program 
                        consistent with the requirements of this 
                        subsection.
            ``(5) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this subsection, a State shall submit an application to 
        the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require.''.

SEC. 405. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Section 5205 (20 U.S.C. 7221d) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5205. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--From the amount reserved under section 
5202(b)(2), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) use not less than 50 percent of such funds to award 
        grants in accordance with subsection (b); and
            ``(2) use the remainder of such funds to--
                    ``(A) disseminate technical assistance to State 
                entities in awarding subgrants under section 
                5203(b)(1)(A);
                    ``(B) disseminate best practices regarding public 
                charter schools; and
                    ``(C) evaluate the impact of the charter school 
                program, including the impact on student achievement, 
                carried out under this subpart.
    ``(b) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amounts described in subsection 
        (a)(1), the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive 
        basis, to eligible applicants for the purpose of carrying out 
        the activities described in section 5202(a)(1) and section 
        5203(b).
            ``(2) Terms and conditions.--Except as otherwise provided 
        in this subsection, grants awarded under this subsection shall 
        have the same terms and conditions as grants awarded under 
        section 5203.
            ``(3) Eligible applicant defined.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `eligible applicant' means an eligible 
        applicant that desires to open a charter school in a State 
        that--
                    ``(A) did not apply for a grant under section 5203;
                    ``(B) did not receive a grant under section 5203; 
                or
                    ``(C) received a grant under section 5203 and is in 
                the fourth or fifth year of the grant period for such 
                grant.
    ``(c) Contracts and Grants.--The Secretary may carry out any of the 
activities described in this section directly or through grants, 
contracts, or cooperative agreements.''.

SEC. 406. RECORDS TRANSFER.

    Section 5208 (20 U.S.C. 7221g) is amended by inserting ``as quickly 
as possible and'' before ``to the extent practicable''.

SEC. 407. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 5210 (20 U.S.C. 7221i) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (K), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end, the following:
                    ``(M) may serve prekindergarten or postsecondary 
                students.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``under section 
        5203(d)(3)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Charter support organization.--The term `charter 
        support organization' means a nonprofit, non-governmental 
        entity that provides, on a statewide or regional basis, 
        assistance to developers during the planning, program design, 
        and initial implementation of a charter school, and technical 
        assistance to operating charter schools.
            ``(6) Expansion of a high-quality charter school.--The term 
        `expansion of a high-quality charter school' means a high-
        quality charter school that either significantly increases its 
        enrollment or adds one or more grades to its school.
            ``(7) High-quality charter school.--The term `high-quality 
        charter school' means a charter school that--
                    ``(A) shows evidence of strong academic results;
                    ``(B) has no significant issues in the areas of 
                student safety, financial management, or statutory or 
                regulatory compliance;
                    ``(C) has demonstrated success in significantly 
                increasing student academic achievement and attainment 
                for all students served by charter schools; and
                    ``(D) has demonstrated success in increasing 
                student academic achievement for the subgroups of 
                students described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(viii).
            ``(8) Replicable, high-quality charter school model.--The 
        term `replicable, high-quality charter school model' means a 
        high-quality charter school that will open a new campus under 
        an existing charter.''.

SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 5211 (20 U.S.C. 7221j) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 5211. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subpart 
$241,507,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

SEC. 409. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended by--
            (1) striking part A;
            (2) striking subparts 2 and 3 of part B;
            (3) striking part D;
            (4) in part B, by striking ``Subpart 1--Charter School 
        Programs'';
            (5) by redesignating part B as part A; and
            (6) by redesignating part C as part B.

               TITLE V--STATE INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY

SEC. 501. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this title are to--
            (1) support State, local, and tribal leadership and 
        innovation in preparing all students to meet State-developed 
        academic content standards and student academic achievement 
        standards;
            (2) establish a process to permit State, local, and tribal 
        educational leaders to implement alternative and innovative 
        strategies to improve academic achievement for all students and 
        otherwise meet the purposes of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
            (3) provide States and local educational agencies with 
        maximum flexibility in using Federal funds provided under this 
        Act; and
            (4) direct the Secretary of Education to defer to State, 
        local, and tribal judgments regarding how best to accomplish 
        the purposes of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).

SEC. 502. TRANSFERABILITY OF FUNDS.

    Section 6123 (20 U.S.C. 7305b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``not more than 50 percent of 
                        the nonadministrative State funds'' and 
                        inserting ``all, or any lesser amount, of State 
                        funds''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
                        (D) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Any provision of title II.
                    ``(B) Any provision of title IV.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and subject to 
                the 50 percent limitation described in paragraph (1)''; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``(except'' and all that follows through 
                        ``subparagraph (C))'' and inserting ``may 
                        transfer all, or any lesser amount, of the 
                        funds allocated to it'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (B);
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
                        subparagraph (B); and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated 
                        by clause (iii), by striking ``and subject to 
                        the percentage limitation described in 
                        subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``subparagraph (A), (B), or 
                        (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A) or 
                        (B)''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
                        (D) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Any provision of title II.
                    ``(B) Any provision of title IV.''.

SEC. 503. WAIVERS OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 9401 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7861) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Request for waiver.--A State educational agency, 
        local educational agency (through a State educational agency), 
        or Indian tribe that receives funds under a program authorized 
        under this Act may submit a request to the Secretary to waive 
        any statutory or regulatory requirement of this Act.
            ``(2) Receipt of waiver.--Except as provided in subsection 
        (c), the Secretary shall waive any statutory or regulatory 
        requirement of this Act for a State educational agency, local 
        educational agency, Indian tribe, or school (through a local 
        educational agency), that submits a waiver request pursuant to 
        this subsection.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``, which shall include a 
                        plan'' after ``waiver request to the 
                        Secretary'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and 
                        how the waiving of those requirements will'' 
                        and all that follows through the end, and 
                        inserting a semicolon;
                            (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
                        subparagraph (F); and
                            (iv) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D), 
                        and inserting the following:
                    ``(C) describes the methods the State educational 
                agency, local educational agency, or Indian tribe will 
                use to--
                            ``(i) monitor the effectiveness of the 
                        implementation of the plan; and
                            ``(ii) assure regular evaluation and 
                        continuous improvement of the plan;
                    ``(D) as applicable to the waiver request, includes 
                information on how the State educational agency, local 
                educational agency, or Indian tribe will maintain and 
                improve transparency in reporting to parents and the 
                public on student achievement and school performance, 
                including the achievement of students according to the 
                student subgroups described in subclauses (I) through 
                (IV) of section 1111(b)(2)(B)(viii); and'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by striking ``(on 
                behalf of, and based on the requests of, local 
                educational agencies)'' and inserting ``(on their own 
                behalf, or on behalf of, and based on the requests of, 
                local educational agencies in the State)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
                        preceding clause (i), by inserting ``or on 
                        behalf of local educational agencies in the 
                        State,'' after ``acting on its own behalf,''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``reviewed by the State educational agency'' 
                        and inserting ``reviewed and approved by the 
                        State educational agency before being submitted 
                        to the Secretary''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Waiver determination, demonstration, and revision.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall approve a 
                waiver request not more than 90 days after the date on 
                which such request is submitted, unless the Secretary 
                determines and demonstrates that--
                            ``(i) the waiver request does not meet the 
                        requirements of this section; and
                            ``(ii) the waiver is not permitted under 
                        subsection (c).
                    ``(B) Waiver determination and revision.--If the 
                Secretary determines and demonstrates that the waiver 
                request does not meet the requirements of this section, 
                the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) immediately--
                                    ``(I) notify the State educational 
                                agency, local educational agency, or 
                                Indian tribe of such determination; and
                                    ``(II) at the request of the State 
                                educational agency, local educational 
                                agency, or Indian tribe, provide 
                                detailed reasons for such determination 
                                in writing;
                            ``(ii) offer the State educational agency, 
                        local educational agency, or Indian tribe an 
                        opportunity to revise and resubmit the waiver 
                        request not more than 60 days after the date of 
                        such determination; and
                            ``(iii) if the Secretary determines that 
                        the resubmission does not meet the requirements 
                        of this section, at the request of the State 
                        educational agency, local educational agency, 
                        or Indian tribe, conduct a public hearing not 
                        more than 30 days after the date of such 
                        resubmission.
                    ``(C) Waiver disapproval.--The Secretary may 
                disapprove a waiver request if--
                            ``(i) the State educational agency, local 
                        educational agency, or Indian tribe has been 
                        notified and offered an opportunity to revise 
                        and resubmit the waiver request, as described 
                        under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (B); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the State educational agency, local 
                        educational agency, or Indian tribe--
                                    ``(I) does not revise and resubmit 
                                the waiver request; or
                                    ``(II) revises and resubmits the 
                                waiver request, and the Secretary 
                                determines that such waiver request 
                                does not meet the requirements of this 
                                section after a hearing conducted under 
                                subparagraph (B)(iii).
                    ``(D) External conditions.--The Secretary shall not 
                disapprove a waiver request under this section based on 
                conditions outside the scope of the waiver request.'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and 
        (10) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9);
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the heading, by adding ``; Limitations'' 
                after ``Duration and Extension of Waiver''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Specific limitations.--The Secretary shall not place 
        any requirements on a State educational agency, local 
        educational agency, or Indian tribe, as a condition of approval 
        of a waiver request.'';
            (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Reports.--A State educational agency, local educational 
agency, and Indian Tribe receiving a waiver under this section shall 
describe, as part of, and pursuant to, the required annual reporting 
under section 1111(e), the progress of schools covered under the 
provisions of such waiver toward increasing academic achievement.''; 
and
            (6) in subsection (f), by inserting ``and the recipient of 
        the waiver has failed to make revisions needed to carry out the 
        purpose of the waiver,'' after ``has been inadequate to justify 
        a continuation of the waiver''.

SEC. 504. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.

    Section 9521 (20 U.S.C. 7901) is repealed.

SEC. 505. PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.

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

      ``PART G--APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF STATE PLANS AND LOCAL 
                              APPLICATIONS

``SEC. 9701. APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF STATE PLANS.

    ``(a) Deemed Approval.--A plan submitted by a State pursuant to 
section 2104(d) or section 4103(d) 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 plan, that the plan is not in compliance 
with section 2104(d) or section 4103(d), as applicable.
    ``(b) Disapproval Process.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall not finally 
        disapprove a plan submitted under section 2104(d) or section 
        4103(d), except after giving the State educational agency 
        notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
            ``(2) Notification.--If the Secretary finds that the plan 
        is not in compliance, in whole or in part, with section 2104(d) 
        or section 4103(d), as applicable, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) give the State educational agency notice and 
                an opportunity for a hearing; and
                    ``(B) notify the State educational agency of the 
                finding of noncompliance and, in such notification, 
                shall--
                            ``(i) cite the specific provisions in the 
                        plan that are not in compliance; and
                            ``(ii) request additional information, only 
                        as to the noncompliant provisions, needed to 
                        make the plan compliant.
            ``(3) Response.--If the State educational agency responds 
        to the Secretary's notification described in paragraph (2)(B) 
        during the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the 
        State educational agency received the notification, and 
        resubmits the plan with the requested information described in 
        paragraph (2)(B)(ii), the Secretary shall approve or disapprove 
        such plan prior to the later of--
                    ``(A) the expiration of the 45-day period beginning 
                on the date on which the plan is resubmitted; or
                    ``(B) the expiration of the 120-day period 
                described in subsection (a).
            ``(4) Failure to respond.--If the State educational agency 
        does not respond to the Secretary's notification described in 
        paragraph (2)(B) during the 45-day period beginning on the date 
        on which the State educational agency received the 
        notification, such plan shall be deemed to be disapproved.

``SEC. 9702. APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY 
              APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Deemed Approval.--An application submitted by a local 
educational agency pursuant to section 2105(b) or section 4104(b) shall 
be deemed to be approved by the State educational agency unless the 
State educational agency makes a written determination, prior to the 
expiration of the 120-day period beginning on the date on which the 
State educational agency received the application, that the application 
is not in compliance with section 2105(b) or section 4104(b), as 
applicable.
    ``(b) Disapproval Process.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State educational agency shall not 
        finally disapprove an application submitted under section 
        2105(b) or section 4104(b), except after giving the local 
        educational agency notice and opportunity for a hearing.
            ``(2) Notification.--If the State educational agency finds 
        that the application is not in compliance, in whole or in part, 
        with section 2105(b) or section 4104(b), as applicable, the 
        State educational agency shall--
                    ``(A) give the local educational agency notice and 
                an opportunity for a hearing; and
                    ``(B) notify the local educational agency of the 
                finding of noncompliance, and in such notification, 
                shall--
                            ``(i) cite the specific provisions in the 
                        application that are not in compliance; and
                            ``(ii) request additional information, only 
                        as to the noncompliant provisions, needed to 
                        make the application compliant.
            ``(3) Response.--If the local educational agency responds 
        to the State educational agency's notification described in 
        paragraph (2)(B) during the 45-day period beginning on the date 
        on which the local educational agency received the 
        notification, and resubmits the application with the requested 
        information described in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), the State 
        educational agency shall approve or disapprove such application 
        prior to the later of--
                    ``(A) the expiration of the 45-day period beginning 
                on the date on which the application is resubmitted; or
                    ``(B) the expiration of the 120-day period 
                described in subsection (a).
            ``(4) Failure to respond.--If the local educational agency 
        does not respond to the State educational agency's notification 
        described in paragraph (2)(B) during the 45-day period 
        beginning on the date on which the local educational agency 
        received the notification, such application shall be deemed to 
        be disapproved.''.

                 TITLE VI--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORIZATIONS

SEC. 601. ENGLISH LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS.

    Section 3001 (20 U.S.C. 6801) is amended by striking ``$750,000,000 
for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
5 succeeding fiscal years.'' and inserting ``$693,848,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

SEC. 602. MAGNET SCHOOL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 5311 (20 U.S.C. 7231j) is amended by striking 
``$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.'' and inserting 
``$91,647,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

SEC. 603. RURAL EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 6234 (20 U.S.C. 7355c) is amended by striking 
``$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting 
``$169,840,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018''.

SEC. 604. INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION.

    (a) Grants to Local Educational Agencies and Tribes.--Section 7152 
(20 U.S.C. 7492) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7152. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Subpart 1.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 1, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $100,381,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.
    ``(b) Subpart 2.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 2, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $17,993,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.
    ``(c) Subpart 3.--For the purpose of carrying out subpart 3, there 
are authorized to be appropriated $5,565,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.''.
    (b) Native Hawaiian Education.--Section 7205(c) (20 U.S.C. 7515(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section and section 7204 $32,397,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``for fiscal year 2002 
        and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting ``for 
        fiscal years 2014 through 2018''.
    (c) Alaska Native Education.--Section 7304(d)(1) (20 U.S.C. 
7544(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2002 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.'' and 
inserting ``$31,453,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2108.''.

SEC. 605. IMPACT AID.

    Section 8014 (20 U.S.C. 7714) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$32,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
        seven succeeding fiscal years.'' and inserting ``$63,445,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``$809,400,000 for 
        fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
        the seven succeeding fiscal years.'' and inserting 
        ``$1,093,203,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.'';
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``$50,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
        seven succeeding fiscal years.'' and inserting ``$45,881,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.'';
            (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``$10,052,000 for fiscal 
        year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
        2001, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may 
        be necessary for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.'' 
        and inserting ``$16,529,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
        through 2018.''; and
            (5) in subsection (f), by striking ``$5,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
        seven succeeding fiscal years.'' and inserting ``$4,591,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.''.

SEC. 606. MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.

    Section 726 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11435) is amended by striking ``$100,000,000 for fiscal year 
2009 and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent fiscal 
year.'' and inserting ``$61,771,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.''.
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