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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 966 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to award grants to prepare individuals 

for the 21st century workplace and to increase America’s global competitiveness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2015 

Mr. YARMUTH (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 

CLAY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and to increase America’s global competitiveness, 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 ‘‘Ready-to-Compete 

5 Act’’. 


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1 TITLE I—READY TO LEARN: 

2 SCHOOL READINESS AND 

3 SUCCESS 

4 SEC. 101. READY-TO-LEARN GRANTS. 

5 Subpart 3 of part D of title II of the Elementary 

6 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6775) 

7 is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘Subpart 3—Ready-to-Learn 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2431. SHORT TITLE. 

10 ‘‘This subpart may be cited as ‘Ready-to-Learn Act’. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2432. READY-TO-LEARN INNOVATIVE MULTIPLAT12 FORM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND 

13 SERVICES. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

15 award grants to eligible entities to enable such entities— 

16 ‘‘(1) to provide a coordinated Ready-to-Learn 

17 service described in subsection (c); and 

18 ‘‘(2) to award subgrants or enter into contracts 

19 or cooperative agreements with an eligible sub20 grantee to enable the eligible subgrantee to operate 

21 a high-quality Ready-to-Learn program that is a 

22 part of the coordinated Ready-to-Learn service. 

23 ‘‘(b) READY-TO-LEARN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

24 Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this subpart 

25 shall operate a Ready-to-Learn program that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) develops, produces, and distributes innova2 tive multiplatform educational programming and 

3 services for young children and youth (especially 

4 those young children and youth served under part A 

5 of title I), and the parents, educators, and caregivers 

6 of such children in order to help improve early child7 hood development and student achievement in the 

8 areas of— 

9 ‘‘(A) reading; 

10 ‘‘(B) mathematics; 

11 ‘‘(C) science; 

12 ‘‘(D) health and wellness; 

13 ‘‘(E) social and emotional development; or 

14 ‘‘(F) other academic or developmentally 

15 appropriate areas; 

16 ‘‘(2) facilitates the development of— 

17 ‘‘(A) innovative multiplatform educational 

18 programming and services, directly or through 

19 contracts, with producers of innovative multi20 platform educational programming and services 

21 for young children and youth; 

22 ‘‘(B) rigorous professional development for 

23 educators and caregivers that supports effective 

24 use of Ready-to-Learn innovative multiplatform 

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1 proves the effectiveness of teachers in class2 rooms serving young children and youth; 

3 ‘‘(C) support materials and services that 

4 accompany such innovative multiplatform edu5 cational programming and services and profes6 sional development, including outreach services, 

7 in order to promote the effective use of such in8 novative multiplatform educational program9 ming and services; and 

10 ‘‘(D) related support resources for parents 

11 and caregivers that are designed for nationwide 

12 distribution over public television stations’ dig13 ital broadcasting channels and other high-tech 

14 delivery platforms; 

15 ‘‘(3) contracts with an entity that owns and op16 erates a television public broadcast station, as de17 fined in section 397(6) of the Communications Act 

18 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(6))— 

19 ‘‘(A) that demonstrates that the station is 

20 a member of a strong, local, community-based 

21 partnership, in order to deliver effective services 

22 which meet the educational needs of the chil23 dren in the community served by the broadcast 

24 area; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) so that innovative multiplatform edu2 cational programming and services developed 

3 under this subpart are disseminated and dis4 tributed to the widest possible audience appro5 priately served by the most appropriate dis6 tribution technologies; or 

7 ‘‘(4) develops and disseminates educational or 

8 training material, directly related to the television 

9 programs assisted under this subpart, that is de10 signed— 

11 ‘‘(A) to promote school readiness and suc12 cess for all children, especially children served 

13 under part A of title I, including English lan14 guage learners; and 

15 ‘‘(B) to promote the effective use of related 

16 services and related support resources developed 

17 under paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively, 

18 among parents, caregivers, teachers, Head 

19 Start programs, reading and literacy programs 

20 funded under the Elementary and Secondary 

21 Education Act, family literacy programs, child 

22 care providers, early childhood educators, public 

23 and school libraries, museums, State edu24 cational agencies, businesses, institutions of 


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1 higher education, and after-school, summer, 

2 and extended day and year programs. 

3 ‘‘(c) COORDINATED READY-TO-LEARN SERVICE.—In 

4 awarding subgrants and entering into contracts and coop5 erative agreements under this subpart, an eligible entity 

6 shall provide a coordinated Ready-to-Learn service that— 

7 ‘‘(1) shall include— 

8 ‘‘(A) innovative multiplatform educational 

9 programming, determined by the eligible entity 

10 to be of sound content and artistic excellence, 

11 aligned to— 

12 ‘‘(i) State academic content and aca13 demic achievement standards described 

14 under section 1111 and State early learn15 ing standards, as appropriate; 

16 ‘‘(ii) rigorous professional develop17 ment for educators and caregivers that 

18 supports effective use of Ready-to-Learn 

19 innovative multiplatform educational pro20 gramming and services or improves the ef21 fectiveness of teachers in classrooms serv22 ing young children and youth; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) related services; 

24 ‘‘(B) effective, ongoing community out25 reach programs and ongoing partnerships with 


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1 local organizations to help ensure that the pro2 gramming— 

3 ‘‘(i) addresses specific community and 

4 school needs; 

5 ‘‘(ii) addresses needs of caregivers and 

6 educators; 

7 ‘‘(iii) reaches children served under 

8 part A of title I; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) engages multiple constituencies 

10 of children, parents, caregivers, and edu11 cators; 

12 ‘‘(C) academic and developmental tele13 vision programming described in subsection (b) 

14 (1) in— 

15 ‘‘(i) the topics described in subpara16 graphs (A) and (E) of subsection (b)(1); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(ii) not less than 1 other topic de19 scribed in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), 

20 and (F) of subsection (b)(1); and 

21 ‘‘(D) a rigorous evaluation of the impact of 

22 the innovative multiplatform educational pro23 gramming and services described in subsection 

24 (b)(l) on— 


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1 ‘‘(i) school readiness skills of young 

2 children in various socioeconomic areas, in3 cluding rural and urban areas; 

4 ‘‘(ii) school success of youth in various 

5 socioeconomic areas, including rural and 

6 urban areas; 

7 ‘‘(iii) teacher effectiveness; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) community engagement and 

9 awareness; and 

10 ‘‘(2) may include a comprehensive preschool 

11 curriculum based upon the Ready-to-Learn pro12 grams. 

13 ‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MATERIALS, TRAIN14 ING, AND CURRICULA.—The eligible entity shall provide 

15 eligible subgrantees that receive a subgrant or enter into 

16 a contract or cooperative agreement under this subpart 

17 with technical assistance, supporting materials, training, 

18 and curricula to ensure effective implementation of sub19 section (c). 

20 ‘‘(e) RESERVATION OF FUNDING.—The eligible entity 

21 shall use such sums as may be necessary from the funds 

22 received under this subpart to award subgrants to or enter 

23 into contracts or cooperative agreements with eligible sub24 grantees that are public broadcast stations, as defined in 


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1 section 397(6) of the Communications Act of 1934, to 

2 carry out subsection (c)(1)(B) and section 2435(c). 

3 ‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAMMING AND RELATED

4 SERVICES.—In awarding a grant under this subpart, the 

5 Secretary shall ensure that each eligible entity makes in6 novative multiplatform educational programming and 

7 services widely available, with support materials available, 

8 as appropriate, to young children and youth, parents, 

9 caregivers, teachers, reading and literacy programs funded 

10 under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, fam11 ily literacy programs, child care providers, early childhood 

12 educators, public and school libraries, museums, State 

13 educational agencies, businesses, institutions of higher 

14 education, and afterschool, summer, and extended day and 

15 year programs in order to increase the effective use of in16 novative multiplatform educational programming and 

17 services. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2433. COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES. 

19 ‘‘In carrying out this subpart, an eligible entity 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary and the Sec22 retary of Health and Human Services— 

23 ‘‘(A) to maximize the use of high-quality 

24 innovative multiplatform educational program25 ming and services by young children and youth, 


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1 and to make such programming widely available 

2 to federally funded programs serving such chil3 dren; and 

4 ‘‘(B) to coordinate activities assisted under 

5 this subpart with Federal programs that have a 

6 major professional development component for 

7 educators of young children and youth, includ8 ing programs under the Head Start Act, 21st 

9 Century Community Learning Centers, title I, 

10 and the Child Care and Development Block 

11 Grant Act of 1990; and 

12 ‘‘(2) ensure that all materials acquired or pro13 duced by any eligible subgrantee are determined to 

14 be of sufficient age-appropriate aesthetic appeal and 

15 educational effectiveness to warrant national dis16 tribution and support in order to maximize the im17 pact of televised materials and the use of digital con18 tent. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 2434. APPLICATION. 

20 ‘‘To be eligible to receive a grant under this subpart, 

21 an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an applica22 tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such 

23 information as the Secretary may reasonably require. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2435. REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—In car3 rying out this subpart, an eligible entity shall prepare and 

4 submit to the Secretary an annual report that contains 

5 such information as the Secretary may require. At a min6 imum, the report shall describe the activities undertaken 

7 with funds received under the grant awarded to the eligible 

8 entity under this subpart, including each of the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) PROGRAMMING AND RELATED SERVICES; 

10 TARGET POPULATION.—The innovative multiplat11 form educational programming and services devel12 oped, directly or indirectly, by the eligible entity, and 

13 the target population served by the programming 

14 and services. 

15 ‘‘(2) SUPPORT OR TRAINING AND PROFES16 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS.—The support or 

17 training and professional development materials de18 veloped to accompany the innovative multiplatform 

19 educational programming and services, and the 

20 method by which the materials were distributed to 

21 consumers and users of the innovative multiplatform 

22 educational programming and services. 

23 ‘‘(3) MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION.—The means by 

24 which innovative multiplatform educational program25 ming and services developed under this subpart were 

26 distributed, including the technologies that were 


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1 used to make the innovative multiplatform edu2 cational programming and services available, and the 

3 geographic distribution achieved through such tech4 nologies. 

5 ‘‘(4) INITIATIVES.—The initiatives undertaken 

6 by the eligible entity to develop public-private part7 nerships to secure non-Federal support for the devel8 opment, distribution, and broadcast of innovative 

9 multiplatform educational programming and serv10 ices. 

11 ‘‘(5) IMPACT.—The impact of the innovative 

12 multiplatform educational programming and services 

13 on teaching and learning, including the impact on 

14 improving school readiness skills, reading skills, 

15 mathematics skills, science skills, and skills in other 

16 developmentally appropriate content areas. 

17 ‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 

18 prepare and submit to the relevant committees of Con19 gress an annual report that includes the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) ACTIVITY SUMMARY.—A summary of the 

21 activities assisted under section 2432. 

22 ‘‘(2) EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND PROFES23 SIONAL DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS.—A description 

24 of the education, training, and professional develop25 ment materials described in section 2432(b)(2)(B) 


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1 that are made available under this subpart, the man2 ner in which outreach was conducted to inform par3 ents and child care providers of the availability of 

4 such materials, and the manner in which such mate5 rials were distributed in accordance with section 

6 2432. 

7 ‘‘(c) EVALUATION OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—In 

8 carrying out this subpart, an eligible entity shall require 

9 each eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant or enters 

10 into a contract or cooperative agreement under this sub11 part to provide evaluation data that include descriptions 

12 of the impact of outreach activities carried out under this 

13 subpart, including— 

14 ‘‘(1) the manner in which outreach was con15 ducted to inform parents, educators, and child care 

16 providers of the availability of the innovative multi17 platform educational programming and services pro18 duced under this subpart, including specific strate19 gies used to reach a wide audience; 

20 ‘‘(2) the extent to which the outreach programs 

21 included multiple outreach efforts with the same or22 ganizations or groups and resulted in lasting rela23 tionships with those organizations or groups and the 

24 members of those organizations or groups; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the outreach programs 

2 and services conducted and the number of children, 

3 families, educators, and child care providers that 

4 had access to and utilized the innovative multiplat5 form educational programming and services provided 

6 under this subpart to improve school readiness skills 

7 and school success. 

8 ‘‘(d) EVALUATION OF IMPACT ON SCHOOL READI9 NESS AND SUCCESS.—The Secretary shall evaluate the 

10 impact of the outreach content and services provided 

11 under this subpart on improving school readiness skills 

12 and school success nationwide, particularly with respect 

13 to young children and youth in the most disadvantaged 

14 communities. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 2436. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 

16 ‘‘An eligible subgrantee that receives a subgrant or 

17 enters into a contract or cooperative agreement under this 

18 subpart may use not more than 5 percent of the amount 

19 received under the subgrant, contract, or cooperative 

20 agreement, respectively, for the normal and customary ex21 penses of administering the grant, contract, or cooperative 

22 agreement, respectively. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 2437. CONTINUATION OF AWARDS. 

24 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligi25 ble subgrantee that received a subgrant or enters into a 


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1 contract or cooperative agreement under this subpart (as 

2 this subpart existed on the day before the date of enact3 ment of the Ready-to-Learn Act) shall continue to receive 

4 funds in accordance with the terms of the subgrant, con5 tract, or cooperative agreement, respectively, until the 

6 date on which the subgrant, contract, or cooperative 

7 agreement, respectively, terminates under such terms. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2438. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap10 propriated to carry out this subpart $50,000,000 for fiscal 

11 year 2016 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

12 of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 

13 ‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—In any fiscal year in which the 

14 amount appropriated is greater than $30,000,000, the 

15 Secretary shall reserve 50 percent of such excess for inno16 vative multiplatform educational programming and serv17 ices for youth. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2439. DEFINITIONS. 

19 ‘‘In this subpart— 

20 ‘‘(a) the term ‘eligible entity’ means a public tele21 communications entity that is able to demonstrate— 

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1 sible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool 

2 and elementary school children; 

3 ‘‘(2) a capacity to contract with the producers 

4 of children’s television programming for the purpose 

5 of developing educational television programming of 

6 high quality; 

7 ‘‘(3) a capacity to integrate children’s television 

8 programming with innovative multiplatform edu9 cational programming and services; 

10 ‘‘(4) a capacity, consistent with the entity’s 

11 mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such con12 tracts in a manner that returns to the entity an ap13 propriate share of any ancillary income from sales of 

14 any program-related products; and 

15 ‘‘(5) a capacity to localize programming and 

16 materials to meet specific State and local needs and 

17 to provide educational outreach at the local level; 

18 ‘‘(b) the term ‘eligible subgrantee’ means— 

19 ‘‘(1) a national nonprofit membership organiza20 tion that acquires and distributes programming to 

21 noncommercial educational television broadcasters 

22 through the national public television interconnection 

23 system that the organization manages and operates; 

24 ‘‘(2) a local or statewide public television sta25 tion or system; or 


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1 ‘‘(3) a nonprofit producer of high-quality chil2 dren’s educational television and other media pro3 gramming; 

4 ‘‘(c) the term ‘innovative multiplatform educational 

5 programming and services’ means high-quality program6 ming that is— 

7 ‘‘(1) packaged for distribution over broadband, 

8 digital, and over-the-airwaves television; 

9 ‘‘(2) packaged with companion content for dis10 tribution over the Internet, mobile devices, classroom 

11 devices, and any other technologies appropriate for 

12 the content; 

13 ‘‘(3) aligned across all platforms to a central 

14 curriculum and story; 

15 ‘‘(4) accessible to students in all regions, in16 cluding rural areas via distance learning tech17 nologies; 

18 ‘‘(5) designed to target the research-identified 

19 needs of young children or youth, or a subset there20 of; and 

21 ‘‘(6) designed to reach students in the targeted 

22 age range age-appropriately and via the media that 

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1 ‘‘(d) the term ‘school success’ means improved aca2 demic achievement or engagement in subject areas ref3 erenced in section 2432(b)(1); 

4 ‘‘(e) the term ‘young children’ means children ages 

5 2–8; and 

6 ‘‘(f) the term ‘youth’ means children ages 9–13.’’. 

7 TITLE II—READY-TO-EARN 

8 GRANTS 

9 SEC. 201. READY-TO-EARN GRANTS. 

10 Chapter 4 of subtitle A of title II of the Workforce 

11 Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9251 et seq.) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 244. TELEVISION BROADCAST WORKFORCE TRAINING 

14 GRANT PROGRAM. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

16 award grants, on a competitive basis, to an entity that 

17 owns and operates a television public broadcast station, 

18 as defined in section 397(6) of the Communications Act 

19 of 1934, or a partnership of such entities, for the purpose 

20 of developing, disseminating, and providing online and on21 air education and training services for adults, including 

22 adult education, adult literacy, high school equivalency 

23 test preparation, workforce training, and related outreach 

24 services that are priorities for the community. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

2 a grant under this section, an entity shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) own or operate a local television public 

4 broadcast station, as defined in section 397(6) of the 

5 Communications Act of 1934, that is able to dem6 onstrate a capacity for the development and dis7 tribution of high-quality educational digital content 

8 and services in the areas of adult education, adult 

9 literacy, high school equivalency test preparation, 

10 workforce training, and related outreach services; 

11 ‘‘(2) partner with an eligible agency as defined 

12 in section 203(4) or a State Board as described in 

13 section 111 or institutions of higher education in 

14 order to implement a high-quality program in ac15 cordance with this section; and 

16 ‘‘(3) conduct a needs assessment of the pro17 posed community to be served through online and 

18 on-air education and training services. 

19 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

20 under this section, an eligible entity, or partnership of eli21 gible entities, shall submit an application to the Secretary. 

22 Each application shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) describe the innovative, high-quality train24 ing, tools, products, and educational digital content 

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1 prove the quality and delivery of adult education, 

2 adult literacy, high school equivalency test prepara3 tion, workforce training, and related outreach serv4 ices; 

5 ‘‘(2) describe the partnership and the roles of 

6 the partners in implementing a high-quality program 

7 in accordance with this section; 

8 ‘‘(3) describe how the eligible entity or entities 

9 will address the needs of adults who are non-English 

10 speakers; 

11 ‘‘(4) describe how the comprehensive program 

12 described in this section will meet the needs of that 

13 community and include partnerships with commu14 nity-based organizations that serve adults in need of 

15 such services; 

16 ‘‘(5) describe the research-based practices and 

17 advanced technologies that the program funded 

18 under this section will use to carry out the purposes 

19 of this section; 

20 ‘‘(6) describe the rigorous evaluation the eligible 

21 entity or entities will use to support continuous im22 provement of the program and services, including 

23 the report described under subsection (g); and 

24 ‘‘(7) contain such additional assurances as the 

25 Secretary may reasonably require. 


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1 ‘‘(d) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds pro2 vided under this section shall be used for— 

3 ‘‘(1) the development, training and use of inno4 vative, high-quality tools, products, and educational 

5 digital content and services for— 

6 ‘‘(A) adult education, adult literacy, high 

7 school equivalency test preparation, workforce 

8 training, and related outreach services; 

9 ‘‘(B) professional development; and 

10 ‘‘(C) community and family outreach; 

11 ‘‘(2) professional development and training of 

12 staff; 

13 ‘‘(3) evaluation as described in subsection (g); 

14 ‘‘(4) outreach activities to engage adult learners 

15 and community organizations; 

16 ‘‘(5) English language education and services 

17 for non-English speakers; and 

18 ‘‘(6) other activities as needed to meet the pur19 poses of this section. 

20 ‘‘(e) DURATION.—A grant under this section shall be 

21 awarded for a period of 5 years. 

22 ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An entity that re23 ceives a grant under this section may not use more than 

24 5 percent of the amount received under the grant for ad25 ministrative costs. 


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1 ‘‘(g) REPORTS AND EVALUATION.—An entity receiv2 ing a grant under this section shall prepare and submit 

3 to the Secretary an annual report that contains such infor4 mation as the Secretary may require. At a minimum, such 

5 report shall describe the program activities undertaken 

6 with funds received under the grant, including— 

7 ‘‘(1) the success in engaging families and the 

8 number of such families; 

9 ‘‘(2) the impact of professional development 

10 and training for staff on the acquisition of training 

11 and job skills; 

12 ‘‘(3) the effectiveness of the specific, innovative, 

13 high-quality training, tools, products, and edu14 cational digital content and services developed and 

15 used to improve the quality and delivery of adult 

16 education, adult literacy, high school equivalency 

17 test preparation, workforce training, and related out18 reach services; and 

19 ‘‘(4) the impact of the program on adult lit20 eracy and English language skills, workforce skills, 

21 job placements, and high school equivalency test pas22 sage rates. 

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

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1 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and such sums as may 

2 be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. 

3 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘institu4 tion of higher education’ has the meaning given such term 

5 in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 

7 SEC. 202. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

8 The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 is amended— 

9 (1) in section 111(b)(1)(C)(vii), by inserting ‘‘, 

10 and public broadcasting entities’’ after ‘‘juvenile jus11 tice programs’’; 

12 (2) in section 117(b)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘in13 cluding public broadcasting entities’’ after ‘‘enti14 ties’’; 

15 (3) in section 122(a)(2)(C), by inserting ‘‘, in16 cluding a public broadcasting entity’’ after ‘‘training 

17 services’’; 

18 (4) in section 129(c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in19 cluding educational digital content and services’’ 

20 after ‘‘instruction’’; 

21 (5) in section 203(5)(H), by inserting ‘‘includ22 ing a public broadcasting entity’’ after ‘‘institution’’; 

23 and 


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1 (6) in section 231(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘and edu2 cational digital content and services’’ after ‘‘com3 puters’’. 

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