II 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3742 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community 

college and career training grant program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2024 

Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 

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

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish 

a community college and career training grant program. 

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 ‘‘Assisting Community 

5 Colleges in Educating Skilled Students to Careers Act of 

6 2024’’ or the ‘‘ACCESS Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAREER TRAINING 

2 GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 Part C of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1161c et seq.) is amended to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘PART C—COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAREER 

7 TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM 

8 ‘‘SEC. 803. COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CAREER TRAINING 

9 GRANT PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section in11 clude the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) To increase the number of students who 

13 attain postsecondary credentials in high-skill, high14 wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations. 

15 ‘‘(2) To increase the degree to which postsec16 ondary education meets the skill needs of employers 

17 in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sec18 tors or occupations. 

19 ‘‘(3) To assist the Nation’s community colleges 

20 and technical colleges, through grants to eligible in21 stitutions, consortia of eligible institutions, and 

22 States, to develop, improve, and scale evidence-based 

23 strategies and delivery structures and that best meet 

24 the skill needs of students and employers. 

25 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘career 

2 pathway’, ‘individual with a barrier to employment’, 

3 ‘industry or sector partnership’, ‘integrated edu4 cation and training’, ‘local board’, ‘State board’, ‘in5 demand industry sector or occupation’, and ‘recog6 nized postsecondary credential’ have the meanings 

7 given such terms in section 3 of the Workforce Inno8 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

9 ‘‘(2) APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The term 

10 ‘apprenticeship program’ means a program under 

11 the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 

12 the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’) (50 Stat. 664, 

13 chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

14 ‘‘(3) COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP.— 

15 The term ‘community college partnership’ means a 

16 partnership of private and public sector entities 

17 which— 

18 ‘‘(A) shall include a community college, a 

19 local or regional employer representing an in20 demand industry sector or occupation, and a 

21 State board or local board; and 

22 ‘‘(B) may include an industry or sector 

23 partnership, a local educational agency, an enti24 ty with experience in providing employment, 

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1 dent populations receiving services under this 

2 section (such as a community-based organiza3 tion), a provider of adult education (as defined 

4 in section 203 of the Adult Education and 

5 Family Literacy Act), or an institution of high6 er education. 

7 ‘‘(4) CONSORTIUM OF ELIGIBLE INSTITU8 TIONS.—The term ‘consortium of eligible institu9 tions’ means a consortium that includes 3 or more 

10 eligible institutions. 

11 ‘‘(5) EDUCATION AND CAREER TRAINING PRO12 GRAM.—The term ‘education and career training 

13 program’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) a career pathway program that leads 

15 to a recognized postsecondary credential; or 

16 ‘‘(B) a program that utilizes integrated 

17 education and training strategies and leads to a 

18 recognized postsecondary credential. 

19 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi20 ble institution’ means a public institution of higher 

21 education at which the highest degree that is pre22 dominantly awarded to students is an associate de23 gree, including a 2-year Tribal College or University 

24 (as defined in section 316). 


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1 ‘‘(7) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

2 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com3 monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 

4 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is5 lands, and the United States Virgin Islands. 

6 ‘‘(8) WORK-BASED LEARNING.—The term 

7 ‘work-based learning’ means sustained interactions 

8 with industry or community professionals in real 

9 workplace settings, to the extent practicable, or sim10 ulated environments at an eligible institution that 

11 foster in-depth, firsthand engagement with the tasks 

12 required in a given career field, that are aligned to 

13 curriculum and instruction. 

14 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND AD15 MINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND

17 CONSORTIA OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—There are 

18 authorized to be appropriated to carry out sub19 section (d), such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

20 year 2025 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 

21 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO STATES.—There are author22 ized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (e), 

23 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025 

24 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 


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1 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—For each fiscal 

2 year, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent of the 

3 amount appropriated to carry out subsection (d) and 

4 5 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out 

5 subsection (e) for the national activities and admin6 istrative costs described in subsection (g). 

7 ‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS.—An eligible institution, 

8 consortium of eligible institutions, or State may not 

9 receive more than one grant under this section as a 

10 primary applicant. 

11 ‘‘(5) DURATION.—Each grant awarded under 

12 this section shall be for a period of not more than 

13 5 years. 

14 ‘‘(6) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

15 section, the Secretary shall give priority to appli16 cants based on the extent to which the applicant— 

17 ‘‘(A) leverages resources other than the 

18 funds provided under this section to support the 

19 activities carried out under this section; and 

20 ‘‘(B) can continue to sustain or expand 

21 such activities after the expiration of the grant. 

22 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS AND CON23 SORTIA OF ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—From funds au2 thorized under subsection (c)(1) and not re3 served under subsection (c)(3), the Secretary 

4 shall award, on a competitive basis, grants of 

5 not more than $1,500,000 to eligible institu6 tions, and not more than $5,000,000 to con7 sortia of eligible institutions, to assist such in8 stitutions in establishing and scaling education 

9 and career training programs consistent with 

10 the provisions of this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

12 under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 

13 priority, in addition to the priorities specified in 

14 subsection (c)(6), to applicants that— 

15 ‘‘(i) will serve individuals with bar16 riers to employment, veterans, spouses of 

17 members of the Armed Forces, Native 

18 American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native 

19 Hawaiians, or incumbent workers who are 

20 low-skilled and who need to increase their 

21 employability skills; 

22 ‘‘(ii) will serve individuals from a 

23 major racial or ethnic group or gender 

24 with— 


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1 ‘‘(I) lower than average edu2 cational attainment in the State; or 

3 ‘‘(II) lower than average employ4 ment in the in-demand industry sector 

5 or occupation; 

6 ‘‘(iii) will serve areas with high unem7 ployment rates or high levels of poverty, 

8 including rural areas; or 

9 ‘‘(iv) will increase access to education 

10 and career training programs that meet 

11 the needs of regional employers in in-de12 mand industry sectors or occupations. 

13 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—An eligible institution or 

14 consortium of eligible institutions seeking a grant 

15 under this subsection shall submit an application 

16 containing a grant proposal for an education and ca17 reer training program to the Secretary at such time 

18 and containing such information as the Secretary 

19 determines is required, including a detailed descrip20 tion of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the community college partnership, 

22 including the roles and responsibilities of each 

23 partner; 

24 ‘‘(B) the education and career training 

25 programs that will be supported under the 


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1 grant, including a description of high-skill, 

2 high-wage or in-demand industry sectors or oc3 cupations that will be targeted and the recog4 nized postsecondary credentials to be awarded; 

5 ‘‘(C) quantitative data and evidence that 

6 demonstrates the extent to which the program 

7 supported under the grant will meet the skilled 

8 worker needs of employers in the geographic 

9 area served by the grant; 

10 ‘‘(D) the extent to which the education and 

11 career training programs described in the grant 

12 proposal align with a statewide or regional 

13 workforce development strategy, including those 

14 established under the Workforce Innovation and 

15 Opportunity Act and the Carl D. Perkins Ca16 reer and Technical Education Act of 2006; 

17 ‘‘(E) the extent to which the eligible insti18 tution, or consortium, can leverage additional 

19 resources and the future sustainability of the 

20 education and career training programs sup21 ported under the grant; 

22 ‘‘(F) how the education and career train23 ing programs offered under the grant will in24 clude evidence-based practices; 


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1 ‘‘(G) the student populations that will be 

2 served under the grant, including an analysis of 

3 any barriers to employment or barriers to post4 secondary education that such populations face 

5 and an analysis of how the services to be pro6 vided under the grant will address those bar7 riers; 

8 ‘‘(H) any previous experience of the eligi9 ble institution, or consortium, in providing pro10 grams, the absence of which shall not automati11 cally disqualify the applicant from receiving a 

12 grant under this section; 

13 ‘‘(I) the extent to which the eligible institu14 tion, or consortium, plan to enroll and support 

15 students who are eligible to receive a Federal 

16 Pell Grant under subpart 1 of part A of title 

17 IV; and 

18 ‘‘(J) other information the Secretary may 

19 require of the eligible institution or consortium. 

20 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY SERV22 ICES.—Not less than 25 percent of the grant 

23 funds awarded to an eligible institution or a 

24 consortium of eligible institutions under this 

25 subsection shall be used to carry out student 


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1 support services, which may include the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(i) Childcare, transportation, mental 

4 health and substance use disorder treat5 ment, assistance in obtaining health insur6 ance coverage, and assistance in accessing 

7 the supplemental nutrition assistance pro8 gram established under the Food and Nu9 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

10 seq.), the special supplemental nutrition 

11 program for women, infants, and children 

12 established by section 17 of the Child Nu13 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

14 housing, and other benefits, as appro15 priate. 

16 ‘‘(ii) Connecting students to State or 

17 Federal means-tested benefits programs, 

18 including means-tested Federal benefits 

19 programs, as defined in section 479. 

20 ‘‘(iii) The provision of direct financial 

21 assistance to help students facing financial 

22 hardships that may impact enrollment in 

23 or completion of an education and career 

24 training program, or a work-based learning 

25 program. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) Navigation and case manage2 ment services, including providing informa3 tion and outreach to target populations to 

4 take part in education and career training 

5 programs, or work-based learning pro6 grams. 

7 ‘‘(B) REQUIRED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.— 

8 Not less than 35 percent of the grant funds 

9 awarded to an eligible institution or a consor10 tium of eligible institutions under this sub11 section shall be used to carry out 2 or more of 

12 the following activities: 

13 ‘‘(i) Developing and expanding edu14 cation and career training programs 

15 through a community college partnership 

16 for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand in17 dustry sectors and occupations, which may 

18 include— 

19 ‘‘(I) apprenticeship programs; 

20 ‘‘(II) work-based learning oppor21 tunities; and 

22 ‘‘(III) paid internships. 

23 ‘‘(ii) Establishing policies and proc24 esses for assessing and awarding course 

25 credit for prior learning. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Developing and expanding pro2 grams that accelerate learning and recog3 nized postsecondary credential attainment, 

4 including competency-based education, co5 requisite remediation, and other strategies 

6 for acceleration. 

7 ‘‘(iv) Developing and expanding effi8 cient career pathways to credentials, in9 cluding the development of stackable cre10 dentials and integrated education and 

11 training strategies. 

12 ‘‘(v) Developing and expanding dual 

13 or concurrent enrollment programs or early 

14 college high school programs for secondary 

15 students or disconnected youth. 

16 ‘‘(vi) Planning and implementing for17 malized agreements between the eligible in18 stitution or consortium and other partners 

19 in the community college partnership. 

20 ‘‘(vii) Working with local boards on 

21 the use of labor market information for 

22 making program decisions. 

23 ‘‘(viii) Engaging employers in the de24 velopment of programs and curricula. 


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1 ‘‘(ix) Acquiring equipment necessary 

2 to support education and career training 

3 activities permitted under this section. 

4 ‘‘(x) Carrying out any other activities 

5 identified by the eligible institution or con6 sortium as necessary to increase institu7 tional capacity, as long as such activities 

8 are clearly outlined in the application and 

9 approved by the Secretary. 

10 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR EQUIPMENT.—An 

11 eligible institution or consortium of eligible institu12 tions that receives a grant under this subsection may 

13 use not more than 30 percent of the grant funds 

14 under this subsection to carry out paragraph 

15 (3)(B)(ix). 

16 ‘‘(e) GRANTS TO STATES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

18 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—From funds au19 thorized under subsection (c)(2) and not re20 served under subsection (c)(3), the Secretary 

21 shall award grants to States, on a competitive 

22 basis, to assist in establishing statewide sys23 temic reforms that result in student success 

24 and system relevance and in supporting and 


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1 scaling education and career training programs, 

2 consistent with the provisions of this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(B) GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

4 shall make grants to eligible States of not less 

5 than $2,500,000 and not more than 

6 $10,000,000 for a 4-year grant period. 

7 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

8 under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 

9 priority, in addition to the priorities specified in 

10 subsection (c)(6), to applicants that— 

11 ‘‘(i) will serve individuals with bar12 riers to employment, veterans, spouses of 

13 members of the Armed Forces, or incum14 bent workers who need to increase their 

15 employability skills; 

16 ‘‘(ii) will serve areas with high unem17 ployment rates or high levels of poverty, 

18 including rural areas, including by award19 ing subgrants under paragraph (3)(B); and 

20 ‘‘(iii) will increase access to education 

21 and career training programs that meet 

22 the needs of regional employers in in-de23 mand industry sectors or occupations. 

24 ‘‘(2) STATE APPLICATION.—To receive a grant 

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1 cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man2 ner, and containing such information as the Sec3 retary may reasonably require. Such application 

4 shall be developed in consultation with the State 

5 board. At a minimum, each State application shall 

6 include— 

7 ‘‘(A) a description of how the State is im8 plementing or has a plan to implement— 

9 ‘‘(i) a statewide longitudinal data sys10 tem built upon student outcome data, in11 cluding labor market outcomes by institu12 tion, program, and subpopulation of inter13 est, with information made available to the 

14 public in easy-to-understand formats; 

15 ‘‘(ii) statewide policies to develop and 

16 expand articulation agreements and poli17 cies that guarantee transfers between insti18 tutions, including through common course 

19 numbering and use of a general core cur20 riculum; 

21 ‘‘(iii) statewide policies to support the 

22 development of articulation agreements be23 tween non-credit and credit-bearing 

24 courses at State postsecondary education 

25 institutions; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) statewide policies to support the 

2 expansion of high-quality dual or concur3 rent enrollment programs and early college 

4 high school programs; 

5 ‘‘(v) statewide policies to support the 

6 expansion of education and career training 

7 programs in in-demand industry sectors or 

8 occupations; 

9 ‘‘(vi) statewide policies to support the 

10 expansion of career pathway programs, in11 cluding the development of stackable cre12 dentials; 

13 ‘‘(vii) statewide policies to support the 

14 expansion of work-based learning opportu15 nities, including apprenticeship programs; 

16 ‘‘(viii) statewide policies to increase 

17 educational attainment among major racial 

18 and ethnic groups with below average edu19 cational attainment in the State; 

20 ‘‘(ix) statewide policies that encourage 

21 the development and implementation of ac22 celerated learning strategies, including 

23 competency-based education, credit for 

24 prior learning, and other strategies for 


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1 supporting students’ pathways to creden2 tial attainment; and 

3 ‘‘(x) statewide policies to increase 

4 alignment between workforce, postsec5 ondary, poverty alleviation, and economic 

6 development systems in the State; and 

7 ‘‘(B) a description of the State’s plan to— 

8 ‘‘(i) use funds received under this sub9 section and the State’s leveraged funds to 

10 carry out statewide activities described in 

11 the State’s application under subparagraph 

12 (A); 

13 ‘‘(ii) support community college part14 nerships in implementing or scaling the ac15 tivities described in and consistent with the 

16 requirements of subsection (d); 

17 ‘‘(iii) provide technical assistance and 

18 support to subgrantees; 

19 ‘‘(iv) align with statewide or regional 

20 workforce development strategies in place 

21 in the geographic area served under the 

22 grant, including those established under 

23 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

24 Act and the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

25 Technical Education Act of 2006; 


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1 ‘‘(v) measure the performance of sub2 grantees, including a description of how 

3 the State will work with subgrantees to 

4 track and report on the primary indicators 

5 of performance described under section 

6 116(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innova7 tion and Opportunity Act; and 

8 ‘‘(vi) enroll and support students who 

9 are eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant 

10 under subpart 1 of part A of title IV. 

11 ‘‘(3) STATE USES OF FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES.—A State 

13 that receives a grant under this subsection may 

14 reserve not more than 20 percent of the grant 

15 funds for statewide activities described para16 graph (2)(A) that support the purposes of the 

17 grant, which may include technical assistance, 

18 professional development, activities to scale best 

19 practices, and other activities required to carry 

20 out the functions described under paragraph 

21 (2)(A). 

22 ‘‘(B) SUBGRANTS FOR COMMUNITY COL23 LEGE PARTNERSHIPS.—A State that receives a 

24 grant under this subsection shall use not less 

25 than 80 percent of the grant funds to award 


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1 subgrants to eligible community college partner2 ships to support the implementation and scaling 

3 of activities described under subsection (d)(3) 

4 that are consistent with the requirements of 

5 subsection (d). 

6 ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) REPORTS.—Each eligible institution, con8 sortium of eligible institutions, or State receiving a 

9 grant under this section shall report to the Secretary 

10 annually. 

11 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 

12 ‘‘(A) the activities carried out with grant 

13 funds, including activities carried out directly 

14 by the eligible institution, consortium, or State 

15 and activities carried out by any partner organi16 zations; 

17 ‘‘(B) data on the population served with 

18 grant funds, including on indicators of perform19 ance, as described in section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) of 

20 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) resources leveraged by the eligible in23 stitution, consortium, or State to support activi24 ties under this section. 

25 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL EVALUATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 

3 months after the data of enactment of the As4 sisting Community Colleges in Educating 

5 Skilled Students to Careers Act of 2024, the 

6 Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract 

7 with an independent third party entity to per8 form an evaluation of the grants awarded under 

9 this section. Such evaluation shall apply rig10 orous procedures to obtain valid and reliable 

11 data concerning the effect of strategies and de12 livery structures implemented through edu13 cation and career training programs on student 

14 outcomes, including labor market outcomes. 

15 ‘‘(B) COMBINED RESULTS.—Lessons 

16 learned through this evaluation— 

17 ‘‘(i) shall be combined with lessons 

18 learned through the implementation of the 

19 Trade Adjustment Assistance Community 

20 College and Career Training Grant Pro21 gram, as authorized under chapter 4 of 

22 title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

23 U.S.C. 2371 et seq.), and the Strength24 ening Community Colleges Training 

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1 tion 169(c) of the Workforce Innovation 

2 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224(c)); 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(ii) shall be reported to Congress as 

5 described in paragraph (3). 

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

7 shall provide technical assistance to States and to el8 igible institutions, applying lessons learned from ear9 lier grants awarded through the Trade Adjustment 

10 Assistance Community College and Career Training 

11 Grant Program, as authorized under chapter 4 of 

12 title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2371 

13 et seq.), and from evidence gained through the 

14 Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants 

15 program, as authorized under section 169(c) of the 

16 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

17 U.S.C. 3224(c)). 

18 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall 

19 submit an annual report to the Committee on 

20 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen21 ate and the Committee on Education and Labor of 

22 the House of Representatives— 

23 ‘‘(A) describing each grant awarded under 

24 this section during the preceding fiscal year; 


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1 ‘‘(B) assessing the impact of each award of 

2 a grant under this section in a fiscal year pre3 ceding the fiscal year referred to in subpara4 graph (A) on the population served by the 

5 grant; and 

6 ‘‘(C) providing data relating to program 

7 performance and student outcomes, 

8 disaggregated by major racial and ethnic 

9 groups and by gender. 

10 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 

11 5 percent of the amounts made available under sub12 section (c)(3) may be used by the Secretary for Fed13 eral administration of the program under this sec14 tion.’’. 

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