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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1526 

To provide education to students in grades 7 through 12 about the importance 

of higher education. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2005 

Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; 

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

A BILL 

To provide education to students in grades 7 through 12 

about the importance of higher education. 

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 ‘‘Roads to Success Act 

5 of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

9 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
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1 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

3 (2) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec4 ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 

5 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

7 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of Education. 

9 (4) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

10 ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

11 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 SEC. 3. ROADS TO SUCCESS. 

14 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts appro15 priated under section 5, the Secretary shall award a grant 

16 to carry out the activities described in subsection (b) to 

17 Roads to Success (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘grant18 ee’’), a nonprofit educational organization that has as its 

19 primary purposes increasing awareness of the importance 

20 of higher education, developing career awareness, building 

21 life skills, and providing education planning to secondary 

22 school students. 

23 (b) GRANT AGREEMENT.—The grantee shall enter 

24 into an agreement with the Secretary that requires that 

25 the grantee— 
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1 (1) develop a curriculum-based higher education 

2 preparation program curriculum for students in 

3 grades 7 through 12 that— 

4 (A)(i) provides information for the stu5 dents about the opportunities for and the im6 portance of higher education; 

7 (ii) develops the career awareness of the 

8 students; 

9 (iii) builds the students’ life skills; and 

10 (iv) provides education planning to the stu11 dents; and 

12 (B) provides 1 class hour of higher edu13 cation preparation instruction each week for 

14 students in grades 7 through 12; and 

15 (2) award subgrants to not more than 5 State 

16 educational agencies to enable the State educational 

17 agencies to provide higher education preparation 

18 programs, using the higher education preparation 

19 program curriculum designed by the grantee, to stu20 dents in grades 7 through 12 in middle schools and 

21 secondary schools served by the State educational 

22 agencies. 

23 (c) SUBGRANTS.— 

24 (1) AWARD BASIS.—In awarding a subgrant 

25 under subsection (b)(2), the grantee shall take into 
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1 consideration the number of middle schools and sec2 ondary schools served by the State educational agen3 cy that have historically low rates of student applica4 tion and admission to institutions of higher edu5 cation. 

6 (2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—A State edu7 cational agency receiving a subgrant under sub8 section (b)(2)— 

9 (A) shall use subgrant funds to implement 

10 the higher education preparation program cur11 riculum developed under subsection (b)(1) in 

12 middle schools and secondary schools served by 

13 the State educational agency; and 

14 (B) may use subgrant funds, or any other 

15 funds including private funds, to supplement 

16 the higher education preparation program de17 scribed in subparagraph (A) with appropriate 

18 enrichments, such as guest speakers, videos, 

19 Web-based services, or multimedia tools. 

20 (3) REQUIREMENT.—In selecting students in 

21 grades 7 through 12 to participate in the higher 

22 education preparation program, a State educational 

23 agency receiving a subgrant under subsection (b)(2) 

24 shall give priority to students in the middle schools 

25 and secondary schools served by the State edu-
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1 cational agency that have historically low rates of 

2 student application and admission to institutions of 

3 higher education. 

4 (4) DURATION.—The grantee shall award each 

5 subgrant under subsection (b)(2) for a period of 5 

6 years. 

7 SEC. 4. REPORTS. 

8 (a) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORTS.—Be9 ginning in fiscal year 2007, a State educational agency 

10 receiving a subgrant under section 3(b)(2) shall— 

11 (1) require that each middle school and sec12 ondary school participating in the higher education 

13 preparation program submit an annual report on the 

14 progress of such program to the State educational 

15 agency; and 

16 (2) submit an annual report on the progress of 

17 the higher education preparation program to the 

18 grantee. 

19 (b) GRANTEE REPORTS.—The grantee shall submit 

20 an annual report on the progress of the higher education 

21 preparation program curriculum and the higher education 

22 preparation program subgrants to the Secretary. 

23 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
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1 (1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall 

2 submit to Congress an annual report on the progress 

3 of the activities funded under this Act. 

4 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the conclusion of the time period for all sub6 grants under section 3(b)(2), the Secretary shall 

7 submit to Congress a final report on the results of 

8 the higher education preparation program, together 

9 with recommendations for such legislative or admin10 istrative action as the Secretary determines appro11 priate. 

12 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

14 this Act $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 

15 through 2011. 

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