[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4800-S4801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2118. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Portman, and Ms. Baldwin) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 
submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Murray) to the bill S. 
1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
to ensure that every child achieves; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 56, strike lines 9 through 12 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(aa) student readiness to enter postsecondary education 
     or the workforce without the need for postsecondary 
     remediation, which may include--
       ``(AA) measures that integrate preparation for 
     postsecondary education and the workforce, including 
     performance in coursework sequences that integrate rigorous 
     academics, work-based learning, and career and technical 
     education;
       ``(BB) measures of a high-quality and accelerated academic 
     program as determined

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     appropriate by the State, which may include the percentage of 
     students who participate in a State-approved career and 
     technical program of study as described in section 
     122(c)(1)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
     Education Act of 2006 and measures of technical skill 
     attainment and placement described in section 113(b) of such 
     Act and reported by the State in a manner consistent with 
     section 113(c) of such Act, or other substantially similar 
     measures;
       ``(CC) student performance on assessments aligned with the 
     expectations for first-year postsecondary education success;
       ``(DD) student performance on admissions tests for 
     postsecondary education;
       ``(EE) student performance on assessments of career 
     readiness and acquisition of industry-recognized credentials 
     that meet the quality criteria established by the State under 
     section 123(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
     Act (29 U.S. C. 3102);
       ``(FF) student enrollment rates in postsecondary education;
       ``(GG) measures of student remediation in postsecondary 
     education; and
       ``(HH) measures of student credit accumulation in 
     postsecondary education;
       On page 57, line 14, strike ``; and'' and insert ``, which 
     may include participation and performance in Advanced 
     Placement, International Baccalaureate, dual enrollment, and 
     early college high school programs; and''.
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