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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4841 

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to establish a National 

Center for Advanced Development in Education at the Institute for 

Education Sciences, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to 

establish a National Center for Advanced Development 

in Education at the Institute for Education Sciences, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Essential Edu5 cation Discoveries Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT 

2 IN EDUCATION. 

3 (a) ORGANIZATION.—Section 111(c)(3) of the Edu4 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 

5 9511(c)(3)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

7 the end; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

9 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(E) the National Center for Advanced 

12 Development in Education (as described in part 

13 G).’’. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Education 

15 Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501) is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (18) through 

18 (23) as paragraphs (19) through (24), respectively; 

19 and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (17) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(18) SCIENCE OF LEARNING AND DEVELOP23 MENT.—The term ‘science of learning and develop24 ment’ means the body of peer-reviewed knowledge 

25 from a variety of academic fields and disciplines that 

26 demonstrates how students best learn and develop.’’. 


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1 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Education 

2 Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘PART G—NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED 

5 DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION 

6 ‘‘SEC. 195. ESTABLISHMENT. 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

8 Institute a National Center for Advanced Development in 

9 Education (in this part referred to as the ‘Advanced De10 velopment Center’). 

11 ‘‘(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Advanced Devel12 opment Center is to— 

13 ‘‘(1) identify, develop, and promote advances in 

14 and new solutions for teaching and learning, with an 

15 emphasis on breakthrough technologies, new peda16 gogical approaches, innovative learning models, and 

17 more efficient, reliable, and valid forms of assess18 ments; 

19 ‘‘(2) identify, develop, and promote trans20 formative, community-informed solutions to address 

21 disparities in achievement and opportunity for stu22 dents; 

23 ‘‘(3) identify, develop, and promote community24 informed advances in teaching and learning that 


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1 have the potential to transform education practices 

2 across— 

3 ‘‘(A) early childhood education; 

4 ‘‘(B) elementary and secondary education; 

5 ‘‘(C) postsecondary education; 

6 ‘‘(D) adult education; 

7 ‘‘(E) special education and services for stu8 dents with disabilities; and 

9 ‘‘(F) services for English learners; 

10 ‘‘(4) identify, develop, test, and promote strate11 gies and interventions that support student relation12 ships and skill-building consistent with the science of 

13 learning and development; 

14 ‘‘(5) identify and provide community-informed 

15 recommendations and solutions that address addi16 tional factors that can improve student outcomes, in17 cluding— 

18 ‘‘(A) access to a diverse teaching work19 force; and 

20 ‘‘(B) institutional barriers, including with 

21 respect to students from underrepresented com22 munities; and 

23 ‘‘(6) investigate transformative research oppor24 tunities, including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) technologies to analyze speech sam2 ples and identify speech and reading disorders; 

3 ‘‘(B) identifying tools to support skill ac4 quisition outside of school (including tools for 

5 parents); and 

6 ‘‘(C) developing tools to provide feedback 

7 directly to students on their competencies. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 196. COMMISSIONER FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION DE9 VELOPMENT. 

10 ‘‘The Advanced Development Center shall be headed 

11 by a Commissioner for Advanced Education Development 

12 (in this part referred to as the ‘Advanced Development 

13 Commissioner’) who shall be highly qualified and have 

14 substantial knowledge of the methodologies used and ac15 tivities undertaken by the Advanced Development Center. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 197. DUTIES. 

17 ‘‘(a) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Advanced Develop18 ment Center shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) collect, report, analyze, and disseminate 

20 data related to transforming education in the United 

21 States; 

22 ‘‘(2) approve and terminate projects in accord23 ance with subsection (f)(2)(B); 

24 ‘‘(3) set priorities that align with the mission of 

25 the Advanced Development Center, including by 


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1 identifying areas that can be furthered by research 

2 and development, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) interventions for learning recovery, 

4 with a particular focus on students who score 

5 below proficient on the academic assessments in 

6 mathematics or reading or language arts de7 scribed in section 1111(b)(2) of the Elementary 

8 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

9 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)), including specific chal10 lenges due to the COVID–19 public health 

11 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of 

12 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 

13 and other disruptions to instruction; 

14 ‘‘(B) pedagogy; and 

15 ‘‘(C) assessments administered to students, 

16 including such assessments that are summative, 

17 formative, competency-based, performance18 based, administered throughout the school year 

19 to produce a single summative assessment 

20 score, or incorporated into an instructional se21 quence or lesson; 

22 ‘‘(4) support the use of scientific discoveries 

23 and inventions to improve teaching and learning; 

24 ‘‘(5) carry out the evaluation and dissemination 

25 requirements under subsection (e); and 


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1 ‘‘(6) convene and engage an advisory panel 

2 under section 198. 

3 ‘‘(b) PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

4 of the enactment of this part, and every 3 years thereafter, 

5 the Advanced Development Commissioner shall submit to 

6 the Director a research plan that— 

7 ‘‘(1) is consistent with the priorities and mis8 sion of the Institute and the mission of the Ad9 vanced Development Center; and 

10 ‘‘(2) describes how the Advanced Development 

11 Center will use the performance management system 

12 described in section 185 to assess and improve the 

13 activities of the Advanced Development Center. 

14 ‘‘(c) TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Advanced Develop15 ment Commissioner may establish a program to train em16 ployees of public and private educational agencies, organi17 zations, and institutions and may establish a fellowship 

18 program to appoint such employees as temporary fellows 

19 at the Advanced Development Center in order to assist 

20 the Advanced Development Center in carrying out its du21 ties. 

22 ‘‘(d) COLLABORATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties 

24 under this section, the Advanced Development Com25 missioner may award grants and cash prizes, enter 


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1 into contracts and cooperative agreements, and pro2 vide technical assistance. 

3 ‘‘(2) ENTITIES.—In awarding grants and cash 

4 prizes and entering into contracts and cooperative 

5 agreements under paragraph (1), the Advanced De6 velopment Commissioner shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) solicit applications from public and 

8 private entities; and 

9 ‘‘(B) build research collaborations between 

10 a variety of stakeholders— 

11 ‘‘(i) from the private and public sec12 tors; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) with expertise in education prac14 tices, including teachers, principals and 

15 other school leaders, and local and State 

16 educational agency leaders. 

17 ‘‘(3) APPLICABLE PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 

18 carrying out an applicable program under subsection 

19 (f)(2), a program manager may enter into contracts 

20 and cooperative agreements in the manner described 

21 in paragraph (2). 

22 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advanced Devel2 opment Commissioner shall obtain independent, 

3 periodic, and rigorous evaluation of— 

4 ‘‘(i) the effectiveness of the processes 

5 that the Advanced Development Center is 

6 using to achieve the mission described in 

7 section 195(b); 

8 ‘‘(ii) the relevance, accessibility, and 

9 utility of the awards made and trans10 actions entered into under subsection (d) 

11 to education practitioners; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) the effectiveness of the projects 

13 carried out through such awards and 

14 transactions, using evidence standards de15 veloped in consultation with the Institute 

16 of Education Sciences, and the suitability 

17 of such projects for further investment or 

18 increased scale. 

19 ‘‘(B) BEST PRACTICES.—The Advanced 

20 Development Commissioner shall assess the in21 formation obtained from the evaluation and 

22 identify best practices for the Advanced Devel23 opment Center. 

24 ‘‘(2) DISSEMINATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advanced Devel2 opment Center shall disseminate, through the 

3 entities listed in subparagraph (B), information 

4 obtained from the evaluation under paragraph 

5 (1) and any other information determined to be 

6 relevant by the Advanced Development Commis7 sioner with respect to effective practices and 

8 technologies developed under the Advanced De9 velopment Center, as appropriate, to— 

10 ‘‘(i) education professionals, including 

11 teachers, principals, and local and State 

12 superintendents; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) parents. 

14 ‘‘(B) ENTITIES.—The Advanced Develop15 ment Center shall distribute the information de16 scribed in subparagraph (A) through— 

17 ‘‘(i) the comprehensive centers estab18 lished under section 203 of the Edu19 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 

20 (20 U.S.C. 9602); 

21 ‘‘(ii) the regional laboratories system 

22 established under section 174; and 

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1 sultation with the Director and the Sec2 retary, determines to be appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(3) USE AND ADOPTION.—The Advanced De4 velopment Commissioner shall support the use and 

5 adoption of the best practices identified in para6 graph (1)(B) at all levels of education and training. 

7 ‘‘(f) HIRING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

9 188, the Advanced Development Commissioner, with 

10 the approval of and in collaboration with the Direc11 tor, shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) make appointments of scientific, engi13 neering, and professional personnel, which may 

14 include temporary or time-limited appointments 

15 as determined by the Director to be necessary 

16 to carry out the mission described in section 

17 195(b), without regard to the provisions of title 

18 5, United States Code, governing appointment 

19 in the competitive service and fix the compensa20 tion of such personnel at a rate to be deter21 mined by the Director; 

22 ‘‘(B) hire staff with sufficient qualifica23 tions and expertise (as determined by the Com24 missioner in consultation with the Director) to 

25 enable the Advanced Development Center to 


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1 carry out the duties described in subsection (a) 

2 in conjunction with other operations of the In3 stitute, without regard to the provisions of title 

4 5, United States Code, governing appointment 

5 in the competitive service and fix the compensa6 tion of such staff at a rate to be determined by 

7 the Director; and 

8 ‘‘(C) use all existing authorities of the Di9 rector to hire administrative, financial, and cler10 ical staff as necessary to carry out this sub11 section and pay such staff in accordance with 

12 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

13 of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, re14 lating to classification and General Schedule 

15 pay rates. 

16 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM MANAGERS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Advanced Devel18 opment Commissioner, with the approval of and 

19 in collaboration with the Director, shall des20 ignate staff appointed or hired under subpara21 graphs (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), respec22 tively, to serve as program managers for the 

23 Advanced Development Center. 

24 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—A program manager shall 

25 be responsible for— 


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1 ‘‘(i) establishing research and develop2 ment goals for an applicable program, in3 cluding by developing and hosting work4 shops and consulting with outside experts; 

5 ‘‘(ii) publicizing such goals; 

6 ‘‘(iii) soliciting applications from eligi7 ble entities for projects that advance such 

8 goals and contribute to making rapid ad9 vances in teaching and learning, to be sub10 mitted by such entities at such time, in 

11 such manner, and containing such infor12 mation as the program manager, in con13 junction with the Advanced Development 

14 Commissioner, may require; 

15 ‘‘(iv) selecting, on a competitive basis, 

16 such projects to be supported under an ap17 plicable program, taking into consider18 ation— 

19 ‘‘(I) the novelty and scientific 

20 and technical merit of a proposed 

21 project; 

22 ‘‘(II) the demonstrated capabili23 ties of the eligible entity to success24 fully carry out such proposed project; 


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1 ‘‘(III) the extent to which the eli2 gible entity considered, as part of the 

3 application submitted under clause 

4 (iii), future commercial applications of 

5 a proposed project to increase the 

6 likelihood of scalability of such 

7 project; and 

8 ‘‘(IV) such other criteria as the 

9 program manager, in conjunction with 

10 the Advanced Development Commis11 sioner, may require; 

12 ‘‘(v) terminating such projects, as ap13 plicable; and 

14 ‘‘(vi) establishing the research collabo15 rations described in subsection (d)(3). 

16 ‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(i) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The 

18 term ‘applicable program’ means a pro19 gram— 

20 ‘‘(I) for which a project manager 

21 establishes research and development 

22 goals; 

23 ‘‘(II) that supports projects 

24 aligned with such goals; and 


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1 ‘‘(III) that receives funds from 

2 the Advanced Development Center. 

3 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term 

4 ‘eligible entity’ means— 

5 ‘‘(I) a State educational agency; 

6 ‘‘(II) a local educational agency; 

7 ‘‘(III) a public or private non8 profit institution of higher education; 

9 ‘‘(IV) a nonprofit educational or10 ganization; and 

11 ‘‘(V) a federally funded research 

12 and development center. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 198. ADVISORY PANEL. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date on which the Advanced Development Commis16 sioner is appointed, the Commissioner shall establish an 

17 advisory panel to identify, evaluate, and make rec18 ommendations with respect to improving education re19 search in order to promote the mission of the Advanced 

20 Development Center. 

21 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

23 date on which the advisory panel is established, the 

24 advisory panel shall create and update on an annual 

25 basis a report that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) identifies, analyzes, and evaluates the 

2 state of— 

3 ‘‘(i) education research and develop4 ment; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) education research priorities at 

6 the State and local levels; 

7 ‘‘(B) identifies and promotes advances in 

8 teaching and learning; and 

9 ‘‘(C) highlights factors that can have an 

10 impact on student learning outcomes, with par11 ticular attention to opportunity and achieve12 ment disparities for students, including the fac13 tors addressed in section 195(b)(6). 

14 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION.—Not 

15 later than 1 month after the date on which the re16 port described in paragraph (1) is created and not 

17 later than 1 month after each subsequent update of 

18 such report, the advisory panel shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) submit such report to— 

20 ‘‘(i) the Advanced Development Com21 missioner; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the Director; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary; 

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1 ‘‘(v) the Committee on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate; 

3 ‘‘(vi) the Committee on Education and 

4 the Workforce of the House of Representa5 tives; and 

6 ‘‘(vii) the Committee on Health, Edu7 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(B) make such report publicly available 

10 on the website of the Institute. 

11 ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The advisory panel shall be 

12 composed of at least 8, but not more than 12, members 

13 appointed by the Advanced Development Commissioner as 

14 follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

16 shall be parents. 

17 ‘‘(2) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

18 shall be education professionals. 

19 ‘‘(3) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

20 shall be experts in technology. 

21 ‘‘(4) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

22 shall be specialists in rapid gains in student achieve23 ment and school improvement. 

24 ‘‘(5) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

25 shall be specialists in personalized learning. 


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1 ‘‘(6) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

2 shall be education and social science researchers. 

3 ‘‘(7) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

4 shall be representatives from the Department or Na5 tional Science Foundation. 

6 ‘‘(8) At least 1 but not more than 2 members 

7 shall be individuals with expertise in education 

8 issues not otherwise represented who will contribute 

9 to the overall rigor and quality of the Advanced De10 velopment Center. 

11 ‘‘(d) ADVISORY NATURE.—The function of the advi12 sory panel shall be advisory in nature. Nothing in this sec13 tion shall be construed as giving the advisory panel au14 thority over the activities authorized under this part. 

15 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The advisory panel shall termi16 nate 5 years after the date of establishment of such panel. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 199. COMMUNITY-INFORMED DEFINED. 

18 ‘‘In this part, the term ‘community-informed’ means 

19 to be informed by input from State educational agencies, 

20 local educational agencies, parents, students, and edu21 cation practitioners, including teachers, principals, and 

22 other school leaders within the community or regional area 

23 where activities planned and carried out by the Advanced 

24 Development Center will occur. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 200. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap3 propriated to carry out this part such sums as may be 

4 necessary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 

5 ‘‘(b) TIMING.—Amounts made available for a fiscal 

6 year under subsection (a) shall remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 ‘‘(c) RESERVATION.—The Secretary may reserve not 

9 more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal 

10 year under subsection (a) for administrative expenses and 

11 technical assistance.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. IMPROVING STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYS13 TEMS. 

14 Section 208 of the Education Sciences Reform Act 

15 (20 U.S.C. 9607) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 208. GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATEWIDE, LONGITU17 DINAL DATA SYSTEMS. 

18 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 

19 award grants to eligible entities to design, develop, im20 prove, and implement statewide longitudinal data systems 

21 (in this section referred to as ‘SLDS’) to— 

22 ‘‘(1) produce more consistent and comprehen23 sive data of individuals and on the pathways of such 

24 individuals from birth into the workforce; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, 

2 disaggregate, and use such data in a manner that 

3 protects the privacy of such individuals. 

4 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity seeking a 

5 grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 

6 application in such form, at such time, and containing 

7 such information as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity shall use a 

9 grant awarded under this section to— 

10 ‘‘(1) modernize data infrastructure and ana11 lytics capacity to— 

12 ‘‘(A) use and integrate data across edu13 cation, workforce, nutrition, and other social 

14 service systems into SLDS, including— 

15 ‘‘(i) early childhood education; 

16 ‘‘(ii) elementary and secondary edu17 cation; 

18 ‘‘(iii) career and technical education; 

19 ‘‘(iv) postsecondary education; and 

20 ‘‘(v) workforce development programs 

21 supported by the— 

22 ‘‘(I) Department of Education; 

23 ‘‘(II) Department of Labor; 

24 ‘‘(III) Department of Health and 

25 Human Services; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) Department of Agriculture; 

2 ‘‘(V) Department of Defense; and 

3 ‘‘(VI) Department of Commerce; 

4 ‘‘(B) improve access to, and use of, data 

5 integrated across the systems described in sub6 paragraph (A); 

7 ‘‘(2) increase the capacity of staff at the eligible 

8 entity to oversee, maintain, support, and operate 

9 SLDS; 

10 ‘‘(3) ensure the technical quality, including va11 lidity and reliability, of the data described in para12 graph (1); 

13 ‘‘(4) promote linkages and use across States 

14 and systems, including with respect to— 

15 ‘‘(A) early childhood education; 

16 ‘‘(B) elementary and secondary education; 

17 ‘‘(C) postsecondary education; and 

18 ‘‘(D) workforce, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) employment; 

20 ‘‘(ii) healthcare; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) social services, including nutri22 tion; 

23 ‘‘(5) meet Federal and State law requirements 

24 with respect to protecting the privacy of individuals, 

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1 tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly referred to as the 

3 ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 

4 1974’); 

5 ‘‘(6) provide, prior to beginning employment 

6 and on a regular basis thereafter, training to local 

7 and State employees, including school leaders and 

8 teachers, with respect to maintaining privacy of per9 sonally identifiable information and securely utilizing 

10 data from SLDS to improve education and work11 force practice, policy, and outcomes; 

12 ‘‘(7) promote the creation and management of 

13 accurate data that are needed— 

14 ‘‘(A) for State and local educational, labor, 

15 workforce, health, social services, and other rel16 evant agencies to comply with Federal and 

17 State laws and reporting requirements; 

18 ‘‘(B) to better understand and address 

19 achievement and opportunity gaps in education, 

20 employment, health, and social services; and 

21 ‘‘(C) to enable, facilitate, and participate 

22 in research within a State and across States to 

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1 ices, and improve student, worker, and family 

2 outcomes; and 

3 ‘‘(8) support continual improvement of edu4 cation, workforce, health, and social services pro5 grams and systems, including by better under6 standing whether such programs and systems are— 

7 ‘‘(A) serving students, workers, and fami8 lies, with a focus on underserved students, 

9 workers, and families; 

10 ‘‘(B) supporting the attainment of key 

11 education, employment, health, social services, 

12 and other relevant outcomes, including sus13 tained increases in wages; 

14 ‘‘(C) making data available, in a way that 

15 protects personally identifiable student informa16 tion, to researchers and encouraging partner17 ships to make information actionable; 

18 ‘‘(D) achieving positive outcomes for the 

19 students, workers, families, and other demo20 graphics that such programs and systems are 

21 intended to serve; and 

22 ‘‘(E) engaging with diverse stakeholders to 

23 receive input and share information. 

24 ‘‘(d) FUNDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

2 made available under this section shall be used to 

3 supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, 

4 or local funds used for developing statewide longitu5 dinal data systems. 

6 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

7 may reserve not more than 5 percent of the funds 

8 made available under this section for program ad9 ministration and technical assistance. 

10 ‘‘(e) REPORT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta12 tion with the National Academies Committee on Na13 tional Statistics, shall make publicly available a re14 port on the implementation and effectiveness of the 

15 activities carried out by eligible entities with grant 

16 funds awarded under this section including by— 

17 ‘‘(A) identifying and analyzing State prac18 tices regarding the development and use of 

19 statewide longitudinal data systems; 

20 ‘‘(B) evaluating the ability of such systems 

21 to manage individual student data consistent 

22 with the Elementary and Secondary Education 

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), promote 

24 linkages across States, and protect student pri25 vacy consistent with section 183; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) identifying best practices and areas 

2 for improvement. 

3 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—The report required under para4 graph (1) shall be submitted— 

5 ‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 

6 of the enactment of this section; and 

7 ‘‘(B) not later than 4 years after the date 

8 of the enactment of this section. 

9 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, 

10 the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 

11 ‘‘(1) a State; 

12 ‘‘(2) a State educational agency; 

13 ‘‘(3) a State workforce development board es14 tablished under section 101 of the Workforce Inno15 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111); 

16 ‘‘(4) a State higher education agency as defined 

17 under section 103 of the Higher Education Act (20 

18 U.S.C. 1003); and 

19 ‘‘(5) other statewide data governance bodies or 

20 organizations managing or overseeing the SLDS of 

21 a State, as determined and designated by the Gov22 ernor. 

23 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 ‘‘(1) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

2 year 2025; and 

3 ‘‘(2) for each fiscal year thereafter, not less 

4 than the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2024.’’. 

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