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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1686 

To amend section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 12, 2011 

Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend section 1112 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965. 

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 ‘‘Education for Tomor5 row’s Jobs Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS. 

7 Section 1112(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 

8 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(b)(1)) is amend9 ed— 


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

2 the end; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (Q), by striking the period 

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

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

6 ‘‘(R) in the case of a local educational 

7 agency that chooses to use subgrant funds 

8 under this part to establish and carry out the 

9 program described in this subparagraph, a de10 scription of how the local educational agency 

11 will establish and carry out such program, in12 cluding a description of how the agency will— 

13 ‘‘(i) create a network of schools or 

14 programs of study within schools that 

15 meaningfully and coherently integrate a 

16 rigorous academic curricula emphasizing— 

17 ‘‘(I) real-world applications and 

18 aligned with entrance requirements 

19 for public institutions of higher edu20 cation in the State; 

21 ‘‘(II) a career and technical edu22 cation component aligned with the 

23 State’s challenging academic stand24 ards pursuant to section 1111(b)(1) 

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1 pay, high-growth, or high-skill indus2 try or industry sectors; 

3 ‘‘(III) work-based learning oppor4 tunities aligned with such standards; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(IV) wraparound support serv7 ices; 

8 ‘‘(ii) ensure that the educational expe9 rience of students participating in such 

10 program is personalized through school11 level strategies such as cohort scheduling, 

12 professional learning communities, and 

13 smaller learning communities; 

14 ‘‘(iii) provide a needs and resource as15 sessment demonstrating the local edu16 cational agency’s capacity to carry out the 

17 program; 

18 ‘‘(iv) facilitate partnerships among the 

19 local educational agency and schools par20 ticipating in the program, and institutions 

21 of higher education, industry, community22 based organizations, parent organizations, 

23 and other stakeholders, and solicit ongoing 

24 participation of these groups on an advi25 sory basis; 


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1 ‘‘(v) contract with not less than one 

2 qualified intermediary with demonstrated 

3 expertise in building, connecting, sus4 taining, and measuring partnerships with 

5 employers, institutions of higher education, 

6 community-based organizations, parent or7 ganizations, and other key external stake8 holders; 

9 ‘‘(vi) provide staff at schools partici10 pating in the program and other stake11 holders high-quality and rigorous profes12 sional development and technical assist13 ance; 

14 ‘‘(vii) facilitate transitions from— 

15 ‘‘(I) secondary schools that do 

16 not award a diploma to secondary 

17 schools that award a diploma; and 

18 ‘‘(II) from secondary schools that 

19 award a diploma to postsecondary 

20 education; 

21 ‘‘(viii) where appropriate, develop and 

22 provide enabling policies, including regard23 ing budgeting, governance, curriculum, and 

24 scheduling autonomies for the program; 


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1 ‘‘(ix) ensure that students throughout 

2 the local educational agency, including 

3 English language learners and students 

4 with disabilities, will be able to fully par5 ticipate in the school or program of study 

6 in which they are enrolled and that student 

7 assignment to a school or program of 

8 study will be conducted— 

9 ‘‘(I) without tracking students 

10 into the school or program of study on 

11 the basis of their prior academic 

12 achievement or membership in a 

13 group of students specified under 

14 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); and 

15 ‘‘(II) when possible, based upon 

16 the preference of the student or the 

17 student’s parent; 

18 ‘‘(x) demonstrate how the program 

19 will be sustainable; and 

20 ‘‘(xi) provide for an ongoing and rig21 orous evaluation of the program and dis22 seminate best practices.’’. 

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